Acts 1:9
Good News Translation
After saying this, he was taken up to heaven as they watched him, and a cloud hid him from their sight.

New Revised Standard Version
When he had said this, as they were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.

Contemporary English Version
After Jesus had said this and while they were watching, he was taken up into a cloud. They could not see him,

New American Bible
When he had said this, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him from their sight.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when he had said these things, while they looked on, he was raised up: and a cloud received him out of their sight.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And when he had said these things, while they looked on, he was raised up: and a cloud received him out of their sight.

when.

Acts 1:2 Until the day on which, giving commandments by the Holy Ghost to the apostles whom he had chosen, he was taken up.

Psalm 68:18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive; thou hast received gifts in men. Yea for those also that do not believe, the dwelling of the Lord God.

Mark 16:19 And the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sitteth on the right hand of God.

Luke 24:50,51 And he led them out as far as Bethania: and lifting up his hands, he blessed them. . . .

John 6:62 If then you shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?

Ephesians 4:8-12 Wherefore he saith: Ascending on high, he led captivity captive: he gave gifts to men. . . .

a cloud.

Exodus 19:9 The Lord said to him: Lo, now will I come to thee in the darkness of a cloud, that the people may hear me speaking to thee, and may believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people to the Lord.

Exodus 34:5 And when the Lord was come down in a cloud, Moses stood with him, calling upon the name of the Lord.

Isaiah 19:1 The burden of Egypt. Behold the Lord will ascend upon a swift cloud, and will enter into Egypt, and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst thereof.

Daniel 7:13 I beheld, therefore, in the vision of the night, and lo, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and he came even to the ancient of days: and they presented him before him.

Luke 21:27 And then they shall see the Son of man coming in a cloud, with great power and majesty.

Revelation 1:7 Behold, he cometh with the clouds, and every eye shall see him: and they also that pierced him. And all the tribes of the earth shall bewail themselves because of him. Even so. Amen.

Revelation 11:12 And they heard a great voice from heaven, saying to them: Come up hither. And they went up to heaven in a cloud: and their enemies saw them.

Revelation 14:4 These are they who were not defiled with women: for they are virgins. These follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were purchased from among men, the firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.

Context
The Ascension
8But you shall receive the power of the Holy Ghost coming upon you, and you shall be witnesses unto me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and even to the uttermost part of the earth. 9And when he had said these things, while they looked on, he was raised up: and a cloud received him out of their sight. 10And while they were beholding him going up to heaven, behold two men stood by them in white garments.…
Cross References
Mark 16:19
And the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sitteth on the right hand of God.

Luke 24:50
And he led them out as far as Bethania: and lifting up his hands, he blessed them.

Luke 24:51
And it came to pass, whilst he blessed them, he departed from them and was carried up to heaven.

Acts 1:2
Until the day on which, giving commandments by the Holy Ghost to the apostles whom he had chosen, he was taken up.

Acts 1:11
Who also said: Ye men of Galilee, why stand you looking up to heaven? This Jesus who is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come as you have seen him going into heaven.

1 Thessalonians 4:17
Then we who are alive, who are left, shall be taken up together with them in the clouds to meet Christ, into the air: and so shall we be always with the Lord.

1 Timothy 3:16
And evidently great is the mystery of godliness, which was manifested in the flesh, was justified in the spirit, appeared unto angels, hath been preached unto the Gentiles, is believed in the world, is taken up in glory.

Revelation 11:12
And they heard a great voice from heaven, saying to them: Come up hither. And they went up to heaven in a cloud: and their enemies saw them.

Acts 1:8
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