Acts 1:9 (ASV)

Passage

And when he had said these things, as they were looking, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.

Nearby Context

Acts 1:7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know times or seasons, which the Father hath set within His own authority.

Acts 1:8 But ye shall receive power, when the Holy Spirit is come upon you: and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea and Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

Acts 1:9 And when he had said these things, as they were looking, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.

Acts 1:10 And while they were looking stedfastly into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;

Acts 1:11 who also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye looking into heaven? this Jesus, who was received up from you into heaven shall so come in like manner as ye beheld him going into heaven.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "said", "things", "looking", "taken", "cloud", "received", and "sight". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "said" and "things", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "But ye shall receive power when the..." into verse 10's "And while they were looking stedfastly into...", so "said" and "things" belong inside that flow. In Acts context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "said" and "things" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.