2 Kings 2:3

2:3 Some members of the prophetic guild ¹  in Bethel came out to Elisha and said, “Do you know that today the Lord is going to take your master from you?” ²  He answered, “Yes, I know. Be quiet.”

Joshua 1:1-2

The Lord Commissions Joshua

1:1 After Moses the Lord’s servant died, the Lord said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant: 1:2 “Moses my servant is dead. Get ready! ³  Cross the Jordan River! ⁴  Lead these people into the land which I am ready to hand over to them. ⁵ 

Luke 24:51

24:51 Now ⁶  during the blessing ⁷  he departed ⁸  and was taken up into heaven. ⁹ 

John 17:5-7

17:5 And now, Father, glorify me at your side ¹⁰  with the glory I had with you before the world was created. ¹¹ 

Jesus Prays for the Disciples

17:6 “I have revealed ¹²  your name to the men ¹³  you gave me out of the world. They belonged to you, ¹⁴  and you gave them to me, and they have obeyed ¹⁵  your word. 17:7 Now they understand ¹⁶  that everything ¹⁷  you have given me comes from you,

Acts 1:2

1:2 until the day he was taken up to heaven, ¹⁸  after he had given orders ¹⁹  by ²⁰  the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen.

Acts 1:11

1:11 and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand here ²¹  looking up into the sky? This same Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven ²²  will come back in the same way you saw him go into heaven.”

Acts 26:25

26:25 But Paul replied, ²³  “I have not lost my mind, most excellent Festus, ²⁴  but am speaking ²⁵  true and rational ²⁶  words.

[2:3]  ¹ tn Heb “the sons of the prophets.”

[2:3]  ² tn Heb “from your head.” The same expression occurs in v. 5.

[1:2]  ³ tn Heb “Get up!”

[1:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “this Jordan”; the word “River” has been supplied in the translation for clarity (likewise in v. 11).

[1:2]  ⁵ tc Heb “Cross over this Jordan, you and all these people, to the land that I am giving to them, to the children of Israel.” The final phrase, “to the children of Israel,” is probably a later scribal addition specifying the identity of “these people/them.”

[24:51]  ⁶ tn Grk “And it happened that while.” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[24:51]  ⁷ tn Grk “while he blessed them.”

[24:51]  ⁸ tn Grk “he departed from them.”

[24:51]  ⁹ tc The reference to the ascension (“and was taken up into heaven”) is lacking in א* D it sy^s, but it is found in Ì⁷⁵ and the rest of the ms tradition. The authenticity of the statement here seems to be presupposed in Acts 1:2, for otherwise it is difficult to account for Luke’s reference to the ascension there. For a helpful discussion, see TCGNT 162-63.

[17:5]  ¹⁰ tn Or “in your presence”; Grk “with yourself.” The use of παρά (para) twice in this verse looks back to the assertion in John 1:1 that the Word (the Λόγος [Logos], who became Jesus of Nazareth in 1:14) was with God (πρὸς τὸν θεόν, pro" ton qeon). Whatever else may be said, the statement in 17:5 strongly asserts the preexistence of Jesus Christ.

[17:5]  ¹¹ tn Grk “before the world was.” The word “created” is not in the Greek text but is implied.

[17:6]  ¹² tn Or “made known,” “disclosed.”

[17:6]  ¹³ tn Here “men” is retained as a translation for ἀνθρώποις (anqrwpoi") rather than the more generic “people” because in context it specifically refers to the eleven men Jesus had chosen as apostles (Judas had already departed, John 13:30). If one understands the referent here to be the broader group of Jesus’ followers that included both men and women, a translation like “to the people” should be used here instead.

[17:6]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “Yours they were.”

[17:6]  ¹⁵ tn Or “have kept.”

[17:7]  ¹⁶ tn Or “they have come to know,” or “they have learned.”

[17:7]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “all things.”

[1:2]  ¹⁸ tn The words “to heaven” are not in the Greek text, but are supplied from v. 11. Several modern translations (NIV, NRSV) supply the words “to heaven” after “taken up” to specify the destination explicitly mentioned later in 1:11.

[1:2]  ¹⁹ tn Or “commands.” Although some modern translations render ἐντειλάμενος (enteilameno") as “instructions” (NIV, NRSV), the word implies authority or official sanction (G. Schrenk, TDNT 2:545), so that a word like “orders” conveys the idea more effectively. The action of the temporal participle is antecedent (prior) to the action of the verb it modifies (“taken up”).

[1:2]  ²⁰ tn Or “through.”

[1:11]  ²¹ tn The word “here” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context, but must be supplied for the modern English reader.

[1:11]  ²² tc Codex Bezae (D) and several other witnesses lack the words εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν (ei" ton ouranon, “into heaven”) here, most likely by way of accidental deletion. In any event, it is hardly correct to suppose that the Western text has intentionally suppressed references to the ascension of Christ here, for the phrase is solidly attested in the final clause of the verse.

[26:25]  ²³ tn Grk “said.”

[26:25]  ²⁴ sn See the note on Porcius Festus in 24:27.

[26:25]  ²⁵ tn Or “declaring.” BDAG 125 s.v. ἀποφθέγγομαι states, “speak out, declare boldly or loudly…τὶ: σωφροσύνης ῥήματα Ac 26:25.”

[26:25]  ²⁶ tn BDAG 987 s.v. σωφροσύνη 1 has “gener. soundness of mind, reasonableness, rationality…ἀληθείας καὶ σωφροσύνης ῥήματα true and rational words (opp. μαίνομαι) Ac 26:25.”