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Luke 24:50-51

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Jesus’ Departure

24:50 Then 1  Jesus 2  led them out as far as Bethany, 3  and lifting up his hands, he blessed them. 24:51 Now 4  during the blessing 5  he departed 6  and was taken up into heaven. 7 

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[24:50]  1 tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[24:50]  2 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[24:50]  3 sn Bethany was village on the Mount of Olives about 2 mi (3 km) from Jerusalem; see John 11:1, 18.

[24:51]  4 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]  5 tn Grk “while he blessed them.”

[24:51]  6 tn Grk “he departed from them.”

[24:51]  7 tc The reference to the ascension (“and was taken up into heaven”) is lacking in א* D it sys, 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.



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