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.
Cross-references
Acts 1:2 refers to the same ascension, noting that Jesus gave commands before being taken up.
Acts 1:22 defines the apostles' witness period as ending at the ascension — the same event described here.
Luke 24:50 provides the location (Bethany) and that Jesus blessed the disciples just before the ascension.
Revelation 11:12 has the two witnesses ascending in a cloud, mirroring Jesus' own ascension pattern.
Ephesians 4:8-12 interprets the ascension as Christ giving spiritual gifts to the church, quoting Psalm 68.
John 6:62 records Jesus predicting his ascension to where he was before, fulfilled in Acts.
Luke 24:51 is the parallel ascension account, adding that Jesus was carried up while blessing them.
Mark 16:19 gives a parallel account: Jesus taken up into heaven and seated at God's right hand.
Psalm 68:18 describes God ascending with captives, a prophecy fulfilled in Christ's ascension as seen in Acts.
Daniel 7:13 shows the Son of Man approaching God on clouds; Jesus' ascension fulfills that vision of his exaltation.
John 17:11 records Jesus praying 'I am coming to you' as he leaves the world — this ascension fulfills that return to the Father.
2 Kings 2:12 shows Elisha seeing Elijah taken and crying out; the apostles similarly witness Jesus' departure.
Hebrews 9:24 says Christ entered heaven itself to appear for us — the same ascension event.
Ephesians 4:10 directly states Christ ascended far above the heavens — the same ascension event.
Matthew 9:15 predicts the bridegroom will be taken away; Jesus' ascension fulfills that departure.
John 16:28 has Jesus saying he is 'leaving the world and going to the Father' — the ascension here is that very departure.
In Matthew 17:5, a cloud also marks divine presence — there overshadowing at the transfiguration, here receiving Jesus at the ascension.
2 Kings 2:1 records Elijah being taken up to heaven; this prefigures Jesus' own ascension.
Luke 9:51 says Jesus 'set his face to go to Jerusalem' because his 'taking up' was near — this verse records that ascension.
In Mark 9:7, a cloud again veils divine glory — there at the transfiguration, here as Jesus is taken up into heaven.
Luke 21:27 describes the Son of Man coming in a cloud at the end; the same Jesus who ascended will return in like manner.
Revelation 1:7 speaks of Christ coming with clouds; this echoes the ascension cloud and promises his visible return.
Mark 14:62 speaks of the Son of Man coming with clouds — here a cloud receives him at the ascension, linking his exaltation.
Mark 2:20 predicts the bridegroom will be 'taken away' — a reference to Jesus' departure, which this ascension fulfills.
In Luke 19:12, a nobleman goes to receive a kingdom and return — here Jesus departs to heaven, enacting that parable.
1 Thessalonians 4:17 describes believers being caught up in clouds — a similar upward movement to Christ's ascension.