Luke 24:50–51

Footnotes

1. 126 Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
2. 127 Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3. 128 Bethany was village on the Mount of Olives about 2 mi (3 km) from Jerusalem; see John 11:1, 18.
4. 129 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.
5. 130 Grk “while he blessed them.”
6. 131 Grk “he departed from them.”
7. 132 The reference to the ascension (“and was taken up into heaven”) is lacking in א* D it sys, but it is found in 𝔓75 and the rest of the 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 . For the translation of ἀνεφέρετο (anephereto) as “was taken up” see ἀναφέρω 1. There is great debate whether this event equals Acts 1:9–11 so that Luke has telescoped something here that he describes in more detail later. The text can be read in this way because the temporal marker in v. 50 is vague.