Ascension Day - where you can read about it:
There are a number of versions of what happened at Jesus' ascension in the New Testament.
St. Luke's gospel ends with it at chapter 24 verses 50 - 53.
The Acts of the Apostles, also written by St. Luke, has the account of Jesus' ascension near the beginning. This book of the Bible carries on the story after the earthly life of Jesus. It tells us what the first followers of Jesus did and where they went as they told people about Jesus and all that he had done and said. So it makes sense to put the ascension of Jesus at the beginning.
You can read another version of Jesus' ascension in St. Mark's gospel at chapter 16, verse 19, but it helps to read verses 15 - 20 to get a better picture of what the writer is saying. (It is now generally accepted that the end of St. Mark's gospel, chapter 16, verses 9 - 20 were written some time later to give a better ending to Mark's account of the life of Jesus.)
The ascension of Jesus is not the only one referred to in the Bible. In Genesis 5.24 you can read about Enoch. After living a holy life he 'walked with God; then he was no more, because God took him away.' Elijah was a great prophet and his ascension is described in 2 Kings 2.1-2,11.
So there is a tradition in the Bible of special people, going bodily from earth to heaven. The most important instance, however, is of Jesus.
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