“Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.”
'Men of Galilee,' they said, 'why do you stand here looking up 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.' — the angelic address emphasizes Galilean origin, connecting Jesus to his earthly ministry and the disciples' calling. The parousia promise (houto pareleusetai, he will come in this manner) guarantees Jesus' return in the same glorious, visible, bodily manner as his ascension. The ascension is thus a type and foretaste of the final restoration of all things.
Church Fathers on Acts 1:11
And having this said, while they beheld, He was taken up; and a cloud received Him out of their sight Acts 1:9. Do you see that they did preach and fulfil the Gospel? For great was the gift He had bestowed on them. In the very place, He says, where you are afraid, that is, in Jerusalem, there preach ye first, and afterwards unto the uttermost part of the earth. Then for assurance of what He had said, While they beheld, He was taken up. Not while they beheld did He rise from…
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