Apostelgeschichte 1:10

10 Und wie sie unverwandt gen Himmel schauten, als er auffuhr, siehe, da standen zwei Männer in weißem Kleide bei ihnen, welche auch sprachen:

Apostelgeschichte 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.

Apostelgeschichte 1:10 In-Context

8 Aber ihr werdet Kraft empfangen, wenn der Heilige Geist auf euch gekommen ist; und ihr werdet meine Zeugen sein, sowohl in Jerusalem als auch in ganz Judäa und Samaria und bis an das Ende der Erde.

9 Und als er dies gesagt hatte, wurde er emporgehoben, indem sie es sahen, und eine Wolke nahm ihn auf von ihren Augen hinweg.

10 Und wie sie unverwandt gen Himmel schauten, als er auffuhr, siehe, da standen zwei Männer in weißem Kleide bei ihnen, welche auch sprachen:

11 Männer von Galiläa, was stehet ihr und sehet hinauf gen Himmel? Dieser Jesus, der von euch weg in den Himmel aufgenommen worden ist, wird also kommen, wie ihr ihn habt hingehen sehen in den Himmel.

12 Da kehrten sie nach Jerusalem zurück von dem Berge, welcher Ölberg heißt, der nahe bei Jerusalem ist, einen Sabbathweg entfernt.