02/07/2024 0 Kommentarer
Kristi Himmelfart
Kristi Himmelfart
# Kirkeåret
Kristi Himmelfart
Her er en af hovedteksterne som fortæller om dengang Jesus vendte tilbage til himlen for at sende Helligånden til Jorden til dem der ønsker at modtage ..
Fra Apostlenes Gerninger:
I min første bog fortalte jeg dig, Theofilus, om alt det, som Jesus gjorde og lærte fra begyndelsen lige til den dag, han blev taget op til himlen, efter at han ved Helligånden havde givet sine befalinger til de apostle, han havde udvalgt. Efter sin lidelse og død trådte Jesus frem for dem med mange beviser på, at han levede, idet han i fyrre dage viste sig for dem og talte om Guds rige. Og da han spist sammen med dem, pålagde han dem, at de ikke måtte forlade Jerusalem, men skulle vente på det, som Faderen havde lovet – »om det har I hørt mig sige: Johannes døbte med vand, men I skal døbes med Helligånden om ikke mange dage.« Mens de nu var sammen, spurgte de ham: »Herre, er det nu, du vil genoprette Riget for Israel?« Han svarede: »Det er ikke jeres sag at kende tider eller timer, som Faderen har fastsat af egen magt. Men I skal få kraft, når Helligånden kommer over jer, og I skal være mine vidner både i Jerusalem og i hele Judæa og Samaria og lige til jordens ende.« Da han havde sagt dette, blev han løftet op, mens de så på det, og en sky tog ham bort fra deres øjne. Som de nu stirrede mod himlen, mens han fór bort, se, da stod der to mænd i hvide klæder hos dem. De sagde: »Hvorfor står I og ser op mod himlen, galilæere? Den Jesus, som er blevet taget fra jer op til himlen, skal komme igen på samme måde, som I har set ham fare op til himlen.« ApG 1,1-11
Og en engelsk version:
Ap.1
In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen. After his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God. On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”
Then they gathered around him and asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?”
He said to them: “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.
They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.”
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