Hechos 1:10

10 Mientras se esforzaban por verlo ascender al cielo, dos hombres vestidos con túnicas blancas de repente se pusieron en medio de ellos.

Hechos 1:10 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 1:10

And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven
For though he was taken out of their sight by the cloud, they kept looking upwards, and after him, if they could see him again, or any more of him:

as he went up;
they looked up to heaven after him, as he went up from the earth, before the cloud took him out of their sight; and still they continued looking, as the cloud carried him up, until it was out of the reach of their sight, being willing to see the last of him in this way:

behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
that is, two angels in the form of men; it being usual with them to appear in human form: these on a sudden appeared and stood on the earth just by them; though the Ethiopic version renders it, "they stood above them", as if they were in the air over their heads; and they appeared in white apparel, as the angel at the sepulchre in ( Matthew 28:2 Matthew 28:3 ) which was a symbol both of their purity and holiness, and of their lustre and glory. The Ethiopic version renders it, "they were clothed with lightning"; they appeared in such a dazzling form, that it looked as if they were covered with lightning; as the angel that appeared at Christ's resurrection, his countenance is said to be as lightning; which must at once fix the attention of the disciples to them, and strike them with surprise: hence a "behold" is prefixed to this: and hereby they knew that they were not common and ordinary men, or mere men, but angels in such a form.

Hechos 1:10 In-Context

8 pero recibirán poder cuando el Espíritu Santo descienda sobre ustedes; y serán mis testigos, y le hablarán a la gente acerca de mí en todas partes: en Jerusalén, por toda Judea, en Samaria y hasta los lugares más lejanos de la tierra.

9 Después de decir esto, Jesús fue levantado en una nube mientras ellos observaban, hasta que ya no pudieron verlo.

10 Mientras se esforzaban por verlo ascender al cielo, dos hombres vestidos con túnicas blancas de repente se pusieron en medio de ellos.

11 «Hombres de Galilea —les dijeron—, ¿por qué están aquí parados, mirando al cielo? Jesús fue tomado de entre ustedes y llevado al cielo, ¡pero un día volverá del cielo de la misma manera en que lo vieron irse!».

12 Matías toma el lugar de Judas
Después los apóstoles regresaron del monte de los Olivos a Jerusalén, a un kilómetro
de distancia.