Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 24:51
Carried up into heaven - Ανεφερετο - into that heaven from which he had descended, John 1:18 ; John 3:13 . This was forty days after his resurrection, Acts 1:3 , during which time he had given the most convincing proofs of that resurrection, not only to the apostles, but to many others - to upwards of five hundred at one time, 1 Corinthians 15:6 . As in his life they had seen the way to the kingdom, and in his death the price of the kingdom, so in his ascension they had the... read more
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 24:50
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 ( Acts 1:12 ;) tells us, that when the disciples came back from the place where our Lord had ascended, they returned from mount Olivet, distant from Jerusalem a Sabbath day's journey. But now the town of Bethany was about fifteen furlongs from Jerusalem, John 11:18 , and that is double a... read more