Luke 24:51 - Printer Friendly

ESV: While he blessed them, he parted from them and was carried up into heaven.

NIV: While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven.

NASB: While He was blessing them, He parted from them and was carried up into heaven.

CSB: And while he was blessing them, he left them and was carried up into heaven.

NLT: While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up to heaven.

KJV: And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.

NKJV: Now it came to pass, while He blessed them, that He was parted from them and carried up into heaven.

Luke was a traveling companion of Paul (Acts 16:10) and a physician (Colossians 4:14). Unlike Matthew, Mark, and John, Luke writes his gospel as an historian, rather than as a first-hand eyewitness. His extensive writings also include the book of Acts (Acts 1:1–3). These are deliberately organized, carefully researched accounts of those events. The gospel of Luke focuses on the earthly ministry of Jesus Christ. Luke's Gentile perspective presents Christ as a Savior for all people, offering both forgiveness and direction to those who follow Him.

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