Act 1:9, 11, 2:33, 1Ti 3:16, Heb 4:14, 7:26, 8:1, 9:24 | ISV | STEP | Jesus Goes Up to Heaven After saying this, he was taken up while they were watching, and a cloud took him out of their sight.

Acts 1:9

9 Jesus Goes Up to HeavenAfter saying this, he was taken up while they were watching, and a cloud took him out of their sight.Luke 24:51; John 6:62; Acts 6:2

Acts 1:11

11 They asked, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up toward heaven? This same Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you saw him go up into heaven.”Dan 7:13; Matt 24:30; Mark 13:26; Luke 21:27; John 14:3; Acts 2:7; 13:31; 1Thes 1:10; 4:16; 2Thes 1:10; Rev 1:7

Acts 2:33

33 He has been exalted to the right hand of God, has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit, ^{▼▼Or the promise of the Holy Spirit} and has poured out what you are seeing and hearing.John 14:26; 15:26; Acts 1:4; 5:31; 10:45; Eph 4:8; Phil 2:9; Heb 10:12

1 Timothy 3:16

16 By common confession, the secret of our godly worship is great: ^{▼▼What follows probably represents an early Christian hymn or creed.}Matt 3:16; 28:2; Mark 16:5; Luke 2:13; John 1:14, 32-33; 15:26; 16:8-9; 20:12; Acts 1:19; 10:34; Rom 1:4; 10:18; Gal 2:8; Eph 3:5-6, 8, 10; Col 1:6, 23, 27-28; 1Tim 2:7; 1Pet 1:12; 1John 1:2; 5:6

In flesh was he ^{▼▼Other mss. read God} revealed to sight,

Kept righteous by the Spirit's might,

Adored by angels singing. ^{▼▼Lit. he was seen by angels}

To nations was he manifest,

Believing souls found peace and rest, ^{▼▼Lit. he was believed in the world}

Our Lord in heaven reigning! ^{▼▼Lit. he was taken up in glory}

Hebrews 4:14

14 Our Compassionate High PriestTherefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us continue to hold on to our confession.Heb 3:1; 7:26; 10:23

Hebrews 7:26

26 We need such a high priest—one who is holy, innocent, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens.Eph 1:20; 4:10; Heb 4:15; 8:1

Hebrews 8:1

1 Christ Has a Better Ministry

Now the main point in what we are saying is this: we do have this kind of high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heavenEph 1:20; Col 3:1; Heb 1:3; 10:12; 12:2

Hebrews 9:24

24 For Christ did not go into a sanctuary made by human ^{▼▼The Gk. lacks human} hands and just a copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in God's presence on our behalf.Rom 8:34; Heb 6:20; 7:25; 8:2; 1John 2:1