Verse 9
And when he had said these things, as they were looking, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
There had been at least ten appearances of Jesus to his disciples after his resurrection, and possibly many, many more; but this event was, in a sense, final.
What happened on the fortieth day was that this series of visitations came to an end, with a scene which impressed on the disciples their Master's heavenly glory.[15]
A cloud received him ... There was such a cloud at the transfiguration (Matthew 17:5); Jesus spoke of his coming "in the clouds of heaven" (Mark 14:62); and in the Old Testament, a cloud was the visible token to Israel that the glory of God dwelt in the tent of meeting (Exodus 40:34).
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