51 As he was blessing them, he was parted from them and taken up to heaven.+

10 The very one who descended is also the one who ascended+ far above all the heavens,+ so that he might give fullness to all things.*

16 Indeed, the sacred secret of this godly devotion is admittedly great: ‘He was made manifest in flesh,+ was declared righteous in spirit,+ appeared to angels,+ was preached about among nations,+ was believed upon in the world,+ was received up in glory.’+