“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.
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