gospel · 30 · Bethany
He led them out as far as Bethany, blessed them, and was carried up out of their sight. The apostles returned to Jerusalem to wait — the hinge between the gospel story and the church's own, forty days after the resurrection.
The Ascension of Jesus is the Christian and Islamic belief that Jesus ascended to Heaven. Christian doctrine, as reflected in the major Christian creeds and confessional statements, holds that Jesus ascended after his resurrection, where he was exalted as Lord and Christ, sitting at the right hand of God. Islamic doctrine holds that Jesus directly ascended to heaven without dying or resurrecting.
The risen Lord carried up; the apostles turned toward the world.