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Green's Literal Translation
Luke 24:50
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And he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them.
Afterward he lead them out into Bethania, and lift vp his hands, and blessed them.
Then he led them out to the vicinity of Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them.
He led them out as far as to Beit-Anyah, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.
And he led them out as far as Bethany, and having lifted up his hands, he blessed them.
Jesus led his followers out of Jerusalem almost to Bethany. He raised his hands and blessed his followers.
Then He led them out as far as Bethany, and lifted up His hands and blessed them.
And he led them out until they were over against Bethany: and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.
When Jesus had led them out as far as Bethany, He lifted up His hands and blessed them.
Jesus led his disciples out to Bethany, where he raised his hands and blessed them.
He led them out toward Beit-Anyah; then, raising his hands, he said a b'rakhah over them;
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And he brought them out unto Bethania, and lifted up his hands, and blessed them.
And he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifted his hands, and blessed them.
And he led them out as farre as to Bethanie, and hee lift vp his hands, and blessed them.
And he led them out into Bethanie, and lift vp his handes, & blessed them.
And he led them out until they were over against Bethany: and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.
And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.
And he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands, he blessed them.
Jesus led his followers as far as Bethany, and he raised his hands and blessed them.
Then Jesus led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands, he blessed them.
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Then Jesus led them to Bethany, and lifting his hands to heaven, he blessed them.
Jesus led them out as far as Bethany. Then He lifted up His hands and prayed that good would come to them.
Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and, lifting up his hands, he blessed them.
And he led them forth as far as unto Bethany; and, uplifting his hands, he blessed them.
And he led them out as far as Bethania: and lifting up his hands, he blessed them.
And he took them out as far as Bethany, and he lifted up his hands and blessed them.
Then he led them out of the city as far as Bethany, where he raised his hands and blessed them.
And he led them out as far as to Bethany: and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.
And he led them out as far as Bethany; and lifting up his hands, he blessed them.
And He brought them out to within view of Bethany, and then lifted up His hands and blessed them.
And he ledde hem forth in to Betanye, and whanne his hondis weren lift vp, he blesside hem.
And he led them forth without -- unto Bethany, and having lifted up his hands he did bless them,
He led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.
Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them.
And he ledde the out into Bethany and lyfte vp his hondes and blest them.
And he led them out until [they were] across from Bethany: and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.
And he took them out till they were near Bethany, and lifting up his hands, he gave them a blessing.
And He led them out as far as Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them.
But he led them out vnto Bethany, and lift vp his handes, and blessed them.
At length he led them out as far as Bethany; and stretching out his hands, he gave them his benediction.
He then led them out of the city over to Bethany. Raising his hands he blessed them, and while blessing them, took his leave, being carried up to heaven.
Later on, Jesus led them out near Bethany. He lifted his hands and blessed his cowboys.
And He led them out as far as Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them.
And He led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up His hands, He blessed them.
Contextual Overview
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as far: Mark 11:1, Acts 1:12
he lifted: Genesis 14:18-20, Genesis 27:4, Genesis 48:9, Genesis 49:28, Numbers 6:23-27, Mark 10:16, Hebrews 7:5-7
Reciprocal: Leviticus 9:22 - his hand Deuteronomy 33:1 - the blessing Joshua 22:6 - General 1 Kings 8:14 - blessed all 1 Chronicles 16:2 - he blessed 2 Chronicles 6:3 - blessed Mark 16:19 - he was Luke 19:29 - Bethany John 12:1 - Bethany Acts 1:9 - when 1 Corinthians 15:7 - then Hebrews 7:7 - the less
Cross-References
And it happened before he had finished speaking. Behold! Rebekah came out, she who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, the brother of Abraham, with her pitcher on her shoulder.
And the girl ran and told these things to the house of her mother.
And the slave brought out vessels of silver and vessels of gold and garments, and he gave to Rebekah. And he gave precious things to her brother and to her mother.
And her brother and her mother said, Let the girl stay with us, perhaps ten days. Afterwards she may go.
And they blessed Rebekah, and said to her, Our sister, may you become myriads of thousands, and may your seed possess the gate of ones hating them.
And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream of the night, and said to him, Watch out for yourself, that you not speak with Jacob from good to evil.
It is in the power of my hand to do you harm. But the God of your fathers spoke to me last night, saying, Watch out for yourself that you do not speak with Jacob from good to evil.
But Absalom did not speak either good or evil with Amnon, for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had humbled his sister Tamar.
This is from Jehovah, it is marvelous in our eyes.
Jesus said to them, Did you never read in the Scriptures, "A Stone which the builders rejected, this One became the Head of the Corner? This was from the Lord, and it is a wonder in our eyes?" Psalm 118:22, 23
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And he led them out as far as Bethany,.... Not the town of Bethany; could that be thought, it might be supposed that he led his disciples thither, to pay a visit to his dear friends there, Lazarus, Mary, and Martha, before his ascension; but the town of Bethany was fifteen furlongs, or near two miles distance from Jerusalem, John 11:18 whereas the place from whence Christ ascended was but a sabbath day's journey from it, which was two thousand cubits, or about a mile, Acts 1:12. This Bethany, therefore, was a tract of land, so called from the town, which began at the Mount of Olives, where Bethphage ended; see Mark 11:1 and hither from Jerusalem Christ led his disciples, in order to ascend to heaven in their sight; and this was the spot of ground, where he began to ride in triumph to Jerusalem, and here he ascended in a triumphant manner to heaven; this was the place he frequently retired to for solemn, and solitary prayer, and where he had put up many a strong cry to God, and now from hence he ascended to him; this was the place whither he went after he had ate his last passover, where he was taken, and from whence he came to suffer and die for his people:
and he lift up his hands, and blessed them. The lifting up of his hands was not in order to put them upon his disciples; though the Ethiopic version adds, "and put them on"; nor was it used as a prayer gesture; nor was the blessing of them prayer wise, or by praying for a blessing on them; but as Aaron, his type, lift up his hands towards the people of Israel, and blessed them, when he had offered the offerings for them, Leviticus 9:22 so Christ, as the great high priest, having offered himself a sacrifice for the sins of his people, lift up his hands towards his apostles, and blessed them in an authoritative way, by bestowing blessings upon them: he blessed them with a larger measure of the Spirit; for though they were to wait some few days longer for the extraordinary effusion of the Spirit, yet, in the mean while, they received from him more of it than they had formerly had; for he breathed upon them, and said, receive the Holy Ghost, John 20:22. He blessed them with larger measures of grace, and with more spiritual light, and understanding into the Scriptures of truth, and with much inward peace of mind, and with the fresh discoveries of pardoning love; and which seemed necessary, since by their conduct towards him, one by denying him, and the rest by forsaking him, the peace of their minds was broken, and they needed a fresh application of forgiving grace. The form of blessing the people used by Aaron, and his sons, the priests, who were types of Christ, is recorded in Numbers 6:23 and though our Lord might not use the same form in blessing his disciples, yet it seems he used the same gesture, lifting up his hands, as they did. The Targumists say d, the blessing of the priests was done by stretching, or spreading out their hands; but other Jewish writers observe, it was by lifting them up: concerning which their rule is e;
"in the province, the priests lift up their hands, as high as their shoulders, but in the sanctuary, above their heads, except the high priest, who did not lift up his hands above the plate of gold on his forehead.''
The reason of this was, because the name Jehovah was written upon it, and it was not proper his hands should be lifted up above that. The account Maimonides f gives of this affair is;
"how is the lifting up of hands? in the borders, at the time the messenger of the congregation comes to service, when he has said, who ever will, c. all the priests that stand in the synagogue, remove from their places, and go, and ascend the desk (or pulpit), and stand there with their faces to the temple, and their backs to the people, and their fingers closed within their hands, until the messenger of the congregation has finished the confession, or thanksgiving and then they turn their faces to the people, and stretch out their fingers, and lift up their hands to their shoulders and begin to bless, and the messenger of the congregation pronounces them (the blessings) word by word, c. How is the blessing of the priests in the sanctuary? the priests go up into the desk (or pulpit), after the priests have finished the morning daily service, and lift up their hands above, over their heads, except the high priest, who does not lift up his hands above the plate of gold, on his forehead and one pronounces them (the blessings) word for word, as they do in the borders (in the country), c.''
And as our Lord used this gesture in blessing, it is very likely he complied with another rule, by expressing it in the Hebrew tongue for the Jews say g, the blessing of the priests is not said in any place, but in the holy tongue.
d Targum Jon. in Num. vi. 23. & Targum in Cant. vii. 7. e Misn Sota, c. 7. sect. 6. Bemidbar Rabba sect. 11. fol. 203. 3. f Hilchot Tephilla, c. 14. sect. 3. 9. g Hilchot Tephilla, c. 14. sect. 11. Vid. Targum Jon. & Rabba, ut supra, & T. Bab. Sota, fol. 38. 1.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
To Bethany - See the notes at Mark 16:19. Bethany was on the eastern declivity of the Mount of Olives, from which our Lord was taken up to heaven, Acts 1:12. Bethany was a favored place. It was the abode of Martha, and Mary, and Lazarus, and our Saviour delighted to be there. From this place, also, he ascended to his Father and our Father, and to his God and our God.
While he blessed them - While he commanded his benediction to rest upon them; while he assured them of his favor, and commended them to the protection and guidance of God, in the dangers, trials, and conflicts which they were to meet in a sinful and miserable world.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 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 Sabbath day's journey.
"II. Josephus tells us that mount Olivet was but five furlongs from the city, and a Sabbath day's journey was seven furlongs and a half. Antiq. lib. 20, cap. 6. About that time there came to Jerusalem a certain Egyptian, pretending himself a prophet, and persuading the people that they should go out with him to the mount of Olives, Ὁ και της πολεως αντικρυς κειμενον, απεχει σταδια πεντε; which, being situated on the front of the city, is distant five furlongs. These things are all true:
1. That the mount of Olives lay but five furlongs distant from Jerusalem.
2. That the town of Bethany was fifteen furlongs.
3. That the disciples were brought by Christ as far as Bethany.
4. That, when they returned from the mount of Olives, they travelled more than five furlongs. And,
5. Returning from Bethany, they travelled but a Sabbath day's journey.
All which may be easily reconciled, if we would observe: - That the first space from the city was called Bethphage, which I have cleared elsewhere from Talmudic authors, the evangelists themselves also confirming it. That part of that mount was known by that name to the length of about a Sabbath day's journey, till it came to that part which is called Bethany. For there was a Bethany, a tract of the mount, and the town of Bethany. The town was distant from the city about fifteen furlongs, i.e. about two miles, or a double Sabbath day's journey: but the first border of this tract (which also bore the name of Bethany) was distant but one mile, or a single Sabbath day's journey.
"Our Saviour led out his disciples, when he was about to ascend, to the very first region or tract of mount Olivet, which was called Bethany, and was distant from the city a Sabbath day's journey. And so far from the city itself did that tract extend itself which was called Bethphage; and when he was come to that place where the bounds of Bethphage and Bethany met and touched one another, he then ascended; in that very place where he got upon the ass when he rode into Jerusalem, Mark 11:1. Whereas, therefore, Josephus saith that mount Olivet was but five furlongs from the city, he means the first brink and border of it. But our evangelist must be understood of the place where Christ ascended, where the name of Olivet began, as it was distinguished from Bethphage."
Between the appearance of Christ to his apostles, mentioned in Luke 24:36, c., almost all the forty days had passed, before he led them out to Bethany. They went by his order into Galilee, Matthew 26:32; Matthew 28:10; Mark 14:28; Mark 16:7; and there he appeared to them, as is mentioned by Matthew, Matthew 28:16, &c., and more particularly by John, John 21:1, &c. See Bishop PEARCE.
Lifted up his hands — Probably to lay them on their heads, for this was the ordinary way in which the paternal blessing was conveyed, See Genesis 48:8-20.
