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Acts 7:56

Jesus
Heaven and the new creationJesus Christ

54 When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.

55 But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,

And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.

57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,

58 And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was Saul.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
“Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”
KJV
And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
WEB
and said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”
ASV
and said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God.
DARBY
and said, Lo, I behold the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God.
BLB
and he said, “Behold, I see the heavens having been opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”
ÅB
og han sa: Nå ser jeg himlene åpne, og Menneskesønnen stå ved Guds høyre hånd!
OTB
«Se,» sa han, «jeg ser himmelen åpnet og Menneskesønnen stå ved Guds høyre hånd.»
B1930
og han sa: Nu ser jeg himlene åpne, og Menneskesønnen stå ved Guds høire hånd!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Matthew 26:64–65

    Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.

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  • Acts 10:11

    And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:

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  • Revelation 11:19

    And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.

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  • Matthew 3:16

    And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:

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  • Revelation 19:11

    And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.

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  • Revelation 4:1

    After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.

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  • Daniel 7:13–14

    I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.

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  • Acts 10:16

    This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven.

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