And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.
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To Bethany - See the notes at Mar 16:19. Bethany was on the eastern declivity of the Mount of Olives, from which our Lord was taken up to heaven, Act 1:12. Bethany was a favored place. It was the…
Adam Clarke
He led them out as far as to Bethany - The difficulties in this verse, when collated with the accounts given by the other evangelists, are thus reconciled by Dr. Lightfoot.
"I. This very evangelist…
This evangelist omits the solemn meeting between Christ and his disciples in Galilee; but what he said to them there, and at other interviews, he subjoins to what he said to them at the first visit he…
Cambridge Bible
50-53. The Ascension.
50. he led them out Not of course at the conclusion of the last scene, but at the end of the forty days, Act 1:3.
as far as to Bethany Rather, as far as towards Bethany (pros, א,…
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