11 and they said, “(A)Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who (B)has been taken up from you into heaven, will (C)come in the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven.”

The Upper Room

12 Then they (D)returned to Jerusalem from the [a](E)mountain called [b]Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a [c]Sabbath day’s journey away. 13 When they had entered the city, they went up to (F)the upstairs room where they were staying, that is, (G)Peter, John, [d]James, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, [e]James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and (H)Judas the [f]son of [g]James.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 1:12 Or hill
  2. Acts 1:12 Or Olive Grove
  3. Acts 1:12 2,000 cubits, or about 0.6 miles or 1 km
  4. Acts 1:13 Or Jacob
  5. Acts 1:13 Or Jacob
  6. Acts 1:13 Or brother
  7. Acts 1:13 Or Jacob

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