50And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.
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Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey.
And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples,
Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them, …
And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.
All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 50-53)This evangelist omits the solemn meeting between Christ and his disciples in Galilee ; but what he said to them there, and at other interviews, he subjoins to what he said to them at the first visit he made them on the evening of the day he rose; and has now nothing more to account for but his ascension into heaven, of which we have a very brief narrative in these verses, in which we are told, I.…
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