Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Luke 24:50
He led them out as far as Bethany — Not the town, but the district: to the mount of Olives, Acts 1:12, which stood within the boundaries of Bethany.
He led them out as far as Bethany — Not the town, but the district: to the mount of Olives, Acts 1:12, which stood within the boundaries of Bethany.
Verse Luke 24:50. _HE LED THEM OUT AS FAR AS TO BETHANY_] The difficulties in this verse, when collated with the accounts given by the other evangelists, are thus reconciled by Dr. _Lightfoot_. "I....
TO BETHANY - See the notes at Mark 16:19. Bethany was on the eastern declivity of the Mount of Olives, from which our Lord was taken up to heaven, Acts 1:12. Bethany was a favored place. It was the ab...
VII. HIS RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION CHAPTER 24 _ 1. The Resurrection. (Luke 24:1)_ 2. The Walk to Emmaus; the Appearance of the Risen Son of Man. (Luke 24:13) 3. The Appearance to the Eleven. (Luk...
THE LAST WORDS AND THE ASCENSION. Jesus reminds His disciples how He had told them that Scripture predictions about Him must be fulfilled. He goes over the ground again (with Luke 24:45 _cf._ Luke 24:...
THE WRONG PLACE TO LOOK (Luke 24:1-12)...
Jesus led them out as far as Bethany; and he raised his hands and blessed them; and as he was blessing them he parted from them, and was borne up into heaven. And when they had worshipped him they ret...
HE LED, &c. At the end of the forty days (Acts 1:3). AS FAR AS TO. Until they were at, or opposite to. BETHANY. Now _el'Azariyeh._...
50-53. The Ascension. 50. _he led them out_ Not of course at the conclusion of the last scene, but at the end of the forty days, Acts 1:3. _as far as to Bethany_ Rather, as far as towards Bethany _(p...
THE ASCENSION...
ἘΞΉΓΑΓΕΝ. Not of course at the conclusion of the last scene, but at the end of the forty days, Acts 1:3. ἝΩΣ ΠΡΌΣ. ‘As far as towards Bethany’ (πρός, אBCD, &c.), i.e. “over against,” R.V[422] The trad...
VER 50. AND HE LED THEM OUT AS FAR AS TO BETHANY AND HE LIFTED UP HIS HANDS, AND BLESSED THEM. 51. AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHILE HE BLESSED THEM, HE WAS PARTED FROM THEM, AND CARRIED UP INTO HEAVEN. 52....
ΈΞΉΓΑΓΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΈΞΆΓΩ (G1806) выводить, ΈΠΆΡΑΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΈΠΑΊΡΩ (G1869) поднимать....
DISCOURSE: 1593 THE ASCENSION OF CHRIST Luke 24:50. _And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them. And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted...
HE LED THEM OUT AS FAR AS TO BETHANY;— The town of Bethany was about _fifteen furlongs_ from Jerusalem; John 11:18 whereas the place from which our Lord ascended on mount Olivet, was but a sabbath-day...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 4 Eleven Commissioned, Again (Luke 24:44-53) 44 Then he said to them, These are my words which I spoke to you, while I was still with you, that everything written about me...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _The Ascension of Jesus Scripture_ Luke 24:50-53 And he led them out until they were over against Bethany: and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them. 51 And it came to pass, w...
And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them. AND HE LED THEM OUT AS FAR AS TO BETHANY - not to the village itself, which would be no congenial spot; but ...
49 Compare Joh_14:15-17; Joh_26:16:7. 49 The sequel to Luke's account is in the book of Acts. There the thread of the kingdom proclamation is taken up by the twelve apostles, after their enduement wi...
THE ASCENSION (Acts 1:9; Mark 1:19). See on 51. AND CARRIED UP INTO HEAVEN] A few ancient authorities omit these words. If they are omitted, it is possible to regard this event, not as the Ascension,...
THE RESURRECTION AND THE ASCENSION 1-11. Two angels appear to the women at the sepulchre (Matthew 28:1; Mark 16:1 : cp. John 20:1). See on Mt and Jn....
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 24 THE *RESURRECTION 24:1-12 V1 Very early on the first day of the week, the women went to the *tomb. They carried the *spices that they had prepared...
AND HE LED THEM OUT AS FAR AS TO BETHANY. — It must be admitted that this narrative, taken by itself, would leave the impression that the Ascension followed with not more than a day’s interval on the...
CHAPTER 26 THE FIRST LORD'S DAY. THE Sabbath came and went over the grave of its Lord, and silence reigned in Joseph's garden, broken only by the mailed sentinels, who laughed and chatted by, the sea...
_Farewell_! (_cf._ Mark 16:19-20; Acts 1:9-12)....
ἐξήγαγε : does this imply that Jesus walked through the streets of Jerusalem towards Bethany visible to all? Assuming that it does, some (_e.g._, Holtz. in H. C.) find here a contradiction of the stat...
“WITNESSES OF THESE THINGS” Luke 24:44-53 The risen Savior is the key to Scripture. The pages of Holy Writ need the illumination that falls from His face. Whenever you open the Old Testament, descri...
No human eye saw the resurrection. The women came early, but only to find the stone rolled away. The record of those earliest experiences is full of touching beauty. Luke alone gives us the story of t...
(8) And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them. (8) Christ ascends into heaven, and departing bodily from his disciples, fills their hearts with the Holy S...
THE ASCENSION Luke 24:50-53. “ _And He led them out even unto Bethany_, _and lifting up His hands_, _He blessed them. And it came to pass_, _while He was blessing them_, _He departed from them_, _and...
6. _The Ascension: Luke 24:50-53_. The resurrection restored humanity in that one of its members who, by His holy life and expiatory death, conquered our two enemies the law which condemned us because...
"And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them. (51) And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven. (52) And...
The last chapter gave in the judgment of present things, another world and eternal things in good and evil, the Lord's instruction for the disciples after the dealings of grace in Luke 15:1-32, and th...
_THE ASCENSION_ ‘And He led them out as far as to Bethany, and He lifted up His hands, and blessed them. And it came to pass, while He blessed them, He was parted from them, and carried up into heave...
Luke 24:50._And lifted up his hands, and blessed them; _by which he showed that the office of _blessing, _which was enjoined on the priests under the law, belonged truly and properly to himself. When...
But the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, had prepared everything for the burial of His Son, who had glorified Him by giving Himself up to death. He is with the rich in His death. Jos...
AND HE LED THEM OUT AS FAR AS BETHANY,.... Not the town of Bethany; could that be thought, it might be supposed that he led his disciples thither, to pay a visit to his dear friends there, Lazarus, Ma...
And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them. Ver. 50. _As far as to Bethany_] Where his three dear friends dwelt, Lazarus, Martha, and Mary. From hence he w...
_And he led them out as far as Bethany_ Not the town, but the district: namely, to the mount of Olives, which was within the boundaries of Bethany. _And he lifted up his hands_ In a most solemn and de...
BETHANY; a village on the side of mount Olivet, about two miles east of Jerusalem....
AND HE LED THEM OUT AS FAR AS TO BETHANY. AND HE LIFTED UP HIS HANDS AND BLESSED THEM....
The ascension:...
HE IS NOT HERE. BUT RISEN (vs.1-12) Though these dear women came to the grave very early in the morning the first day of the week, they were too late. Mary of Bethany had anointed the Lord Jesus befo...
50-53 Christ ascended from Bethany, near the Mount of Olives. There was the garden in which his sufferings began; there he was in his agony. Those that would go to heaven, must ascend thither from th...
Ver. 50,51. This must be understood to have happened forty days after our Saviour's resurrection, for so Luke himself tells us, ACTS 1:3. AND HE LED THEM OUT AS FAR AS BETHANY; not the village Bethany...
The Teaching of the Apostles -on the selfsame day came the disciples from Nazareth of Galilee, where the conception of our Lord was announced, to the mount which is called that of the Place of Olives...
Luke 24:50 And G1161 led G1806 (G5627) them G846 out G1854 as G2193 G1519 Bethany G963 and...
‘And he led them out until they were over against Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.' Then having prepared them and opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, and having prom...
THE NEW MESSAGE AND THE NEW POWER; A FINAL SUMMARY PREPARING FOR ACTS (24:44-53). Having presented what he sees as the ultimate revelation of the earthly Jesus in describing the appearance of Jesus to...
THE NEW MESSAGE AND THE NEW POWER (24:44-51) In Mark 1:15 the Gospel is summarised as, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the Kingly Rule of God is at hand, repent and believe in the Good News.' In other wor...
Luke 24:50. LED THEM OUT. Out of the city, which has just been mentioned (Luke 24:49). AS FAR AS TOWARDS BETHANY. Probably over the brow of the Mount of Olives to the descent towards Bethany. In Acts...
ON THE FACT OF THE ASCENSION. This must be accepted on unimpeachable evidence. Meyer affirms this, adding: ‘For besides being reported historically (here, Acts 1; Mark 16), it was expressly foretold b...
OVER AGAINST BETHANY (εως προς Βηθανιαν). That is on Olivet. On this blessed spot near where he had delivered the great Eschatological Discourse he could see Bethany and Jerusalem....
AS FAR AS until they were opposite Bethany....
Luke 24:50 The Ascension of our Saviour. I. As we meditate upon the passage before us, taking it in connection with other passages in which the same writer has entered more minutely into detail, ther...
Luke 24:50 The Ascension. I. As far as the accompaniments of the Ascension were visible to men, they were the simplest and most unattractive that the case could admit. Even the Birth of the Saviour w...
Luke 24:1. Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulcher, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. And they found the st...
This Exposition belongs to last week's Sermon, but there was no space available for its insertion there, and no Exposition appears to have been given before the preceding discourse. Luke 24:49. _And,...
Luke 24:1. Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulcher, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. And they found the st...
CONTENTS: Resurrection of Christ. Ministry of the risen Christ. His commission to evangelization. The ascension. CHARACTERS: Jesus, angels, Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary mother of James, Peter, discip...
Luke 24:21. _To-day is the third day._ Christ was to rise the third day, according to the scriptures, as he had intimated to the disciples. Matthew 20:19. See also Genesis 22:4;...
THEN he led THEM NOT. Compare Mark 16:19-20; Acts 1:1-9. AND BLESSED THEM. The last act of our Lord on the earth, was a _blessing._ FILLED WITH GREAT JOY. Their Lord and Savior was ALIVE and had been...
_While He blessed them He was parted from them_ THE ASCENSION I. CONSIDER THE ASCENSION AS THE CROWNING FACT OF CHRIST’S LIFE. It was the consummation of all His glorious work for man, and henceforth...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 24:50 Jesus LED THEM OUT AS FAR AS BETHANY on the Mount of Olives (see notes on 19:29; John 11:1)....
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 24:1 The Resurrection of Jesus. Luke’s Gospel began in the temple (Luke 1:5). After Jesus has risen from the dead, it will conclude in the temple as well ...
CHAPTER 24 VER. 1. _Now upon the first day of the week._ The first day after the Sabbath, the Lord's day, _i.e._ the day on which Christ rose from the dead. See S. Matthew 28:1....
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 24:44. THESE ARE THE WORDS.—_I.e._, “this is the meaning of the words.” Probably in Luke 24:44 St. Luke gives a summary of Christ’s discourses during the time between the Resurre...
EXPOSITION LUKE 24:1 THE RESURRECTION. All the four evangelists give an account of the Resurrection. None of the four, however, attempt to give a _history _of_ _it simply from a human point of sight...
Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came to the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. And they found the stone rolled aw...
Acts 1:12; Genesis 14:18; Genesis 27:4; Genesis 48:9; Genesis 49:28;...
Did Jesus ascend from Bethany or from the Mountain of Olives near Jerusalem? PROBLEM: Luke says Jesus ascended from Bethany (Luke 24:50), but Acts 1:9-11 affirms that He ascended from the Mt. of Oliv...