Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
worshipped him—certainly in the strictest sense of adoration.
returned to Jerusalem—as instructed to do: but not till after gazing, as if entranced, up into the blue vault in which He had disappeared, they were gently checked by two shining ones, who assured them He would come again to them in the like manner as He had gone into heaven. (See on Acts 1:10-11). This made them return, not with disappointment at His removal, but "with great joy."
to Bethany—not to the village itself, but on the "descent" to it from Mount Olivet.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Luke 24:52:
Acts 1:9-11
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