Psa 24:7-10, 68:17-19, 24-25, 33, Luk 24:51-53, Act 1:5-11, Eph 4:8-10 | ESV | STEP | Lift up your heads , O gates ! And be lifted up , O ancient doors , that the King of glory may come in .

7 ^aLift up your heads, O gates!
And be lifted up, O ancient doors,
that ^bthe King of glory may come in.
8 Who is this King of glory?
The Lord, strong and mighty,
the Lord, ^cmighty in battle!
9 Lift up your heads, O gates!
And lift them up, O ancient doors,
that the King of glory may come in.
10 Who is this King of glory?
^dThe Lord of hosts,
he is the King of glory! Selah

Psalms 68:17-19

17 ^eThe chariots of God are twice ten thousand,
thousands upon thousands;
the Lord is among them; Sinai is now in the sanctuary.
18 ^fYou ascended on high,
^gleading a host of captives in your train
and ^hreceiving gifts among men,
even among ⁱthe rebellious, ^jthat the Lord God may dwell there.
19 Blessed be the Lord,
who daily ^kbears us up;
God is our salvation. Selah

Psalms 68:24-25

24 Your procession is ^{▼▼Or has been} seen, O God,
the procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary—
25 ^mthe singers in front, ⁿthe musicians last,
between them ^ovirgins playing tambourines:

Psalms 68:33

33 to him ^pwho rides in ^qthe heavens, the ancient heavens;
behold, he ^rsends out his voice, his mighty voice.

Luke 24:51-53

51 While he blessed them, ^she parted from them and was carried up into heaven. 52 And they ^tworshiped him and ^ureturned to Jerusalem ^vwith great joy, 53 and ^wwere continually in the temple ^xblessing God.

Acts 1:5-11

5 for ^yJohn baptized with water, ^zbut you will be baptized ^aawith ^{▼▼Or in} the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

The Ascension

6 So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, ^acwill you at this time ^adrestore the kingdom to Israel?” 7 He said to them, ^ae“It is not for you to know ^aftimes or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. 8 But you will receive ^agpower ^ahwhen the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and ^aiyou will be ^ajmy witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and ^akSamaria, and ^alto the end of the earth.” 9 And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, ^amhe was lifted up, and ^ana cloud took him out of their sight. 10 And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, ^aotwo ^apmen stood by them in ^aqwhite robes, 11 and said, ^ar“Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, ^aswill ^atcome in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.”

Ephesians 4:8-10

8 Therefore it says,

^au“When he ascended on high ^avhe led a host of captives,
and he gave gifts to men.” ^{▼▼The Greek word anthropoi can refer to both men and women}
9 ( ^axIn saying, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that he had also descended into ^aythe lower regions, the earth? ^{▼▼Or the lower parts of the earth?} 10 He who descended is the one who also ^baascended ^bbfar above all the heavens, that he might ^bcfill all things.)