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Andκαὶhaving saidεἰπὼνthese things,ταῦταas theyαὐτῶνwere watching,βλεπόντωνhe was lifted up,ἐπήρθηandκαὶa cloudνεφέληtookὑπέλαβενhimαὐτὸνout ofἀπὸtheirαὐτῶνsight.τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν
Acts 1:9
Study it in the app“And having said these things, as they were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.”
After he goes up to heaven, two men in white say he will come back the same wayJesus Will Return
With the Greek beneath
Acts 1:9, word by word
- having saidεἰπὼνeipōn
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipōn” appears- were watchingβλεπόντωνblepontōn
see
To use the eyes to perceive something; also to look with intent.
Where else “blepontōn” appears- he was lifted upἐπήρθηepērthē
lift up
To hold something high: eyes, hands, voice.
Where else “epērthē” appears- a cloudνεφέληnephelē
cloud
Cloud.
Where else “nephelē” appears- tookὑπέλαβενhypelaben
take up
To take up, lift up.
Where else “hypelaben” appears- sightὀφθαλμῶνophthalmōn
eye
The organ of sight, in the face.
Where else “ophthalmōn” appears
The context
8but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses both in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
9 · This verse (above)
10And as they were gazing into heaven while he was going, look, two men stood by them in white clothing,
To study Acts 1 in a group
1. What it says
What does Jesus tell the apostles they will receive, and what will they be, before he is taken up? (v. 8)
2. What it means
Why do you think Jesus does not answer their question about the timing and speaks instead of being witnesses? (vv. 6-8)
3. How I live it
The disciples waited together in prayer (v. 14). What helps you hold steady when you wait for something and do not know when it will come?