KJV ORIGINAL
Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
They said, 'Hey, you guys from Galilee — why are you just standing there staring up at the sky? This same Jesus who just went up to heaven is going to come back the exact same way you saw him leave.'
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Stop staring at where Jesus went — he's coming back the same way he left.
📜 Historical Context — Why was this verse written?
The book of Acts, traditionally attributed to Luke, was addressed to Theophilus and a broader Gentile audience around the mid-first century CE. It provides an
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