From Home to Heaven
W. Bull, B. A. Luke 24:50-53 And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.… It seems natural to wish to pass away from this world from the place which we call our home. How many persons — when they are in search of health in the mountains of Switzerland or by the lake side, in the watering places, or bright sunny spots, where they seek to fan the dying embers of life — when they find that their end is approaching, desire to go home to die. Those who go out to India in the Civil Service have this hope before them, that they shall spend their last days in England and die at home. So it was natural that our Saviour should choose to pass away from the familiar slope of Olivet, within sight of Bethany, the nearest place to a home that the Son of Man knew during His public ministry, that from this oft-frequented haunt He should ascend to His Father and our Father, to His God and our God. (W. Bull, B. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them. WEB: He led them out as far as Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.