Acts 1:10 (YLT)

Passage

and as they were looking stedfastly to the heaven in his going on, then, lo, two men stood by them in white apparel,

Nearby Context

Acts 1:8 but ye shall receive power at the coming of the Holy Spirit upon you, and ye shall be witnesses to me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and unto the end of the earth.'

Acts 1:9 And these things having said--they beholding--he was taken up, and a cloud did receive him up from their sight;

Acts 1:10 and as they were looking stedfastly to the heaven in his going on, then, lo, two men stood by them in white apparel,

Acts 1:11 who also said, `Men, Galileans, why do ye stand gazing into the heaven? this Jesus who was received up from you into the heaven, shall so come in what manner ye saw him going on to the heaven.'

Acts 1:12 Then did they return to Jerusalem from the mount that is called of Olives, that is near Jerusalem, a sabbath's journey;

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "And these things having said--they beholding--he was..." into verse 11's "who also said Men Galileans why do...", so "looking" and "stedfastly" 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 "looking" and "stedfastly" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.