GOD'S WORD Translation GW
New International Version NIV
9 After he had said this, he was taken to heaven. A cloud hid him so that they could no longer see him.
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After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.
10 They were staring into the sky as he departed. Suddenly, two men in white clothes stood near them.
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They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them.
11 They asked, "Why are you men from Galilee standing here looking at the sky? Jesus, who was taken from you to heaven, will come back in the same way that you saw him go to heaven."
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“Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.”
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