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LUKE 24:52 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Luke 24:51Luke 24:53
“And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy:”
Then they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy — they worshiped him: the first act of the post-ascension community is worship. The Gospel that opened with Zechariah's fear and the shepherds' fear ends with worship. Returned to Jerusalem with great joy: the joy that runs through the infancy narrative (1:14, 1:47, 2:10) is the final note of the Gospel.

Church Fathers on Luke 24:52

Having omitted all those things which may have taken place during forty-three days between our Lord and His disciples, St. Luke silently joins to the first day of the resurrection, the last day when He ascended into heaven, saying, And he led them out as far as to Bethany. First, indeed, because of the name of the place, which signifies “the house of obedience.” For He who descended because of the disobedience of the wicked, ascended because of the obedience of the converted.…

Bede · 8th century

Perhaps pouring into them a power of preservation, until the coming of the Spirit; and perhaps instructing them, that as often as we go away, we should commend to God by our blessing those who are placed under us.

Theophylact · 11th century

But that He blessed them with uplifted hands, signifies that it becomes him who blesses any one to be furnished with various works and labors in behalf of others. For in this way are the hands raised up on high.

Origen · 3rd century
Read all 11 entries in the readerCatena Aurea · St. Thomas Aquinas, tr. J. H. Newman · public domain
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