Luke 24:44-53
Read Luke 24 in full →44Now He said to them, “aThese are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things which are written about Me in the bLaw of Moses and the Prophets and cthe Psalms must be fulfilled.” 45Then He aopened their 1minds to understand the Scriptures, 46and He said to them, “aThus it is written, that the 1Christ would suffer and brise again from the dead the third day, 47and that arepentance 1for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed 2in His name to ball the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. 48“You are awitnesses of these things. 49“And behold, aI am sending the promise of My Father upon you, but byou are to stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”
The Ascension
50And He led them out as far as aBethany, and lifting up His hands, He blessed them. 51And it happened that while He was blessing them, He parted from them and was carried up into heaven. 52And they, after worshiping Him, returned to Jerusalem with great joy, 53and were continually in the temple blessing God.