Acts 1:10 (DRB)

Passage

And while they were beholding him going up to heaven, behold two men stood by them in white garments.

Nearby Context

Acts 1:8 But you shall receive the power of the Holy Ghost coming upon you, and you shall be witnesses unto me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and even to the uttermost part of the earth.

Acts 1:9 And when he had said these things, while they looked on, he was raised up: and a cloud received him out of their sight.

Acts 1:10 And while they were beholding him going up to heaven, behold two men stood by them in white garments.

Acts 1:11 Who also said: Ye men of Galilee, why stand you looking up to heaven? This Jesus who is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come as you have seen him going into heaven.

Acts 1:12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount that is called Olivet, which is nigh Jerusalem, within a sabbath day's journey.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "And when he had said these things..." into verse 11's "Who also said Ye men of Galilee...", so "beholding" and "going" 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 "beholding" and "going" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.