12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

• Ascension
• Incarnation
• Kingship of Christ

8 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1John 1:2 — (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)
• 1Tim 3:16 — And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up int
• Acts 1:2 — Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:
• Acts 1:9 — And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
• Heb 9:24 — For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
• John 1:1 — In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
• John 3:13 — And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
• John 6:33 — For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
• John 6:62 — What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?
• John 8:14 — Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.
• John 8:14 — Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.
• John 13:1 — Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto t
• John 13:1 — Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto t
• John 13:3 — Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God;
• John 14:4 — And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.
• John 14:28 — Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.
• John 16:5 — But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?
• John 16:5 — But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?
• John 16:16 — A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.
• John 16:16 — A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.
• John 16:25 — These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.
• John 17:5 — And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
• John 17:11 — And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
• John 20:17 — Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
• Mark 1:38 — And he said unto them, Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also: for therefore came I forth.
• Mark 16:19 — So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
• Matt 26:11 — For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.
• Prov 8:30 — Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;