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Acts 1:9-12 (CEV)

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⁹ After Jesus had said this and while they were watching, he was taken up into a cloud. They could not see him, ¹⁰ but as he went up, they kept looking up into the sky. Suddenly two men dressed in white clothes were standing there beside them. ¹¹ They said, "Why are you men from Galilee standing here and looking up into the sky? Jesus has been taken to heaven. But he will come back in the same way that you have seen him go." ¹² The Mount of Olives was about half a mile from Jerusalem. The apostles who had gone there were Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon, known as the Eager One, and Judas the son of James. After t

This passage relates to the following question(s):
(v. 9) Where is Christ now? He was taken up before their very eyes
(v. 9) From where did Jesus asend? Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven... from the hill called the Mount of Olives

This passage is referenced in the following quiet time(s):
(v. 9) Life of Jesus (part 2) (2010-06-26)

Definition(s):
Galilee (Gal-ih-lee): wheel; revolution
Jesus (Jeez-us): savior; deliverer
Judas (Joo-das): Jude, same as Judah