Acts 1:10 (DBY)

Passage

And as they were gazing into heaven, as he was going, behold, also two men stood by them in white clothing,

Nearby Context

Acts 1:8 but ye will receive power, the Holy Spirit having come upon you, and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.

Acts 1:9 And having said these things he was taken up, they beholding [him], and a cloud received him out of their sight.

Acts 1:10 And as they were gazing into heaven, as he was going, behold, also two men stood by them in white clothing,

Acts 1:11 who also said, Men of Galilee, why do ye stand looking into heaven? This Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven, shall thus come in the manner in which ye have beheld him going into heaven.

Acts 1:12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called [the mount] of Olives, which is near Jerusalem, a sabbath-day's journey off.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "gazing", "heaven", "going", "behold", "stood", "white", and "clothing". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "gazing" and "heaven", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "And having said these things he was..." into verse 11's "who also said Men of Galilee why...", so "gazing" and "heaven" 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 "gazing" and "heaven" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.