Bible Verses About Ascension

There is much debate surrounding the Ascension of Jesus Christ, with many people unsure of what exactly it is or what it means. The Bible does give some insights into Ascension, however, and what it means for followers of Christ. In the Ascension, Jesus is taken up into Heaven by God, and seated at the right hand of the Father. This event signified Jesus’ return to the Father and His glorification in Heaven. Additionally, the Ascension serves as a promise to believers that they too will one day be united with Christ in Heaven.

After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.

¹⁰ They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. ¹¹ “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking 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 into heaven.”

~Acts 1:9-11

 When he had led them out to the vicinity of Bethany, he lifted up his hands and blessed them. ⁵¹ While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven.

~Luke 24:50-51

They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. ¹¹ “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking 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 into heaven.”

~Acts 1:10-11

After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and he sat at the right hand of God.

~Mark 16:19

I came from the Father and entered the world; now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.

~John 16:28

 My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?

~John 14:2

Beyond all question, the mystery from which true godliness springs is great:

~1 Timothy 3:16

Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.

~John 20:17

Jesus said, “I am with you for only a short time, and then I am going to the one who sent me.

~John 7:33

Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.

~John 14:12

Then what if you see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before!

~John 6:62

No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven—the Son of Man.^[a]

~John 3:13

who has gone into heaven and is at God’s right hand—with angels, authorities and powers in submission to him.

~1 Peter 3:22

When he had led them out to the vicinity of Bethany, he lifted up his hands and blessed them. ⁵¹ While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven. ⁵² Then they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy. ⁵³ And they stayed continually at the temple, praising God.

~Luke 24:50-53

 While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven.

~Luke 24:51

“Look, he is coming with the clouds,”^[a]
    and “every eye will see him,
even those who pierced him”;
    and all peoples on earth “will mourn because of him.”^[b]
So shall it be! Amen.

~Revelation 1:7

Then they gathered around him and asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?”

⁷ He said to them: “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. ⁸ But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

⁹ After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.

¹⁰ They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. ¹¹ “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking 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 into heaven.”

~Acts 1:6-11

 After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.

¹⁰ They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. ¹¹ “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking 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 into heaven.”

~Acts 1:9-11

 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.

~John 14:3

Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking 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 into heaven.”

~Acts 1:11

“You heard me say, ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.

~John 14:28

The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.

~Hebrews 1:3

And that he may send the Messiah, who has been appointed for you—even Jesus. ²¹ Heaven must receive him until the time comes for God to restore everything, as he promised long ago through his holy prophets.

~Acts 3:20-21

~Psalm 110:1

Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven,^[a] Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess.

~Hebrews 4:14

 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, ¹⁹ and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength ²⁰ he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, ²¹ far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. ²² And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, ²³ which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.

~Ephesians 1:18-23

They will wage war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will triumph over them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings—and with him will be his called, chosen and faithful followers.”

~Revelation 17:14

When the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal.

~2 Kings 2:1

 When he had led them out to the vicinity of Bethany, he lifted up his hands and blessed them.

~Luke 24:50

Mount Sinai was covered with smoke, because the Lord descended on it in fire. The smoke billowed up from it like smoke from a furnace, and the whole mountain^[a] trembled violently.

~Exodus 19:18

 They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, lived. (Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

~Numbers 13:22

The men of Ai looked back and saw the smoke of the city rising up into the sky, but they had no chance to escape in any direction; the Israelites who had been fleeing toward the wilderness had turned back against their pursuers.

~Joshua 8:20

 For when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city and that smoke was going up from it, they turned around and attacked the men of Ai.

~Joshua 8:21

 But when the column of smoke began to rise from the city, the Benjamites turned and saw the whole city going up in smoke.

~Judges 20:40

So Joshua marched up from Gilgal with his entire army, including all the best fighting men.

~Joshua 10:7

Crossed south of Scorpion Pass, continued on to Zin and went over to the south of Kadesh Barnea. Then it ran past Hezron up to Addar and curved around to Karka.

~Joshua 15:3

As the flame blazed up from the altar toward heaven, the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame. Seeing this, Manoah and his wife fell with their faces to the ground.

~Judges 13:20

When you ascended on high,
    you took many captives;
    you received gifts from people,
even from^[a] the rebellious—
    that you,^[b] Lord God, might dwell there.

~Psalms 68:18

Who has gone up to heaven and come down?
    Whose hands have gathered up the wind?
Who has wrapped up the waters in a cloak?
    Who has established all the ends of the earth?
What is his name, and what is the name of his son?
    Surely you know!

~Proverbs 30:4

For David did not ascend to heaven, and yet he said,

~Acts 2:34

 Three days after arriving in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem,

~Acts 25:1

~Ephesians 4:8

~Ephesians 4:9

~Ephesians 4:10

~Revelations 8:4

~Revelations 11:12