APRIL 2007: ESSAY by Stephen T. Davis I What exactly is the Ascension of Jesus? It is a purported event, narrated only in Luke-Acts (Luke 24:50-53, Acts 1:1-11) but referred to or implied in very many other places in the New Testament.1 The essential claim is that the risen Jesus parted from the disciples on earth by being bodily taken up into heaven. As it says in Luke, "he withdrew from them and was carried up to heaven" (Luke 24:51).…
Stephen T. DavisApril 16, 2007