Acts 1:11 (YLT)

Passage

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.'

Nearby Context

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;

Acts 1:13 and when they came in, they went up to the upper room, where were abiding both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James, of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zelotes, and Judas, of James;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "said", "galileans", "stand", "gazing", "heaven", "jesus", and "received". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "said" and "galileans", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "and as they were looking stedfastly to..." into verse 12's "Then did they return to Jerusalem from...", so "said" and "galileans" 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 "galileans" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.