While he blessed them, he parted from them and was carried up into heaven.
And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.
Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”
And as they still went on and talked, behold, chariots of fire and horses of fire separated the two of them. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.
He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
Therefore it says, “When he ascended on high he led a host of captives, and he gave gifts to men.” (In saying, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower regions, the earth? He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.)
So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.
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