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Luke 24

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luke.24.lk24AscensionText

καὶ ἀνεφέρετο εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν

TEXTTRANSLATIONmoderate confidence

Does verse 51 explicitly say Jesus was carried into heaven?

The ascension clause is absent from D and some Old Latin witnesses but present in P75, the principal Alexandrian witnesses, and the broad tradition.

Why this default

The explicit ascension is included because P75 and broad early distributed support outweigh the Western omission, despite the narrative continuation in Acts.

Evidence

ExternalInclusion: P75, א, A, B, C, W, Θ, Ψ and Byzantine witnesses; omission: D and several Old Latin witnesses.

InternalThe clause could be added to make the departure explicit or omitted to avoid tension with Acts 1; the early distributed support favors inclusion.

Project defaultand was carried up into heaven

Project default · broad early text

Witnessesκαὶ ἀνεφέρετο εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν — P75, א, A, B, C, W, Θ, Ψ
Alternative[The explicit ascension clause is absent]

Western shorter text

Witnessesomission — D, Old Latin witnesses
Alternative[and was carried up into heaven]

Ascension clause visibly bracketed

Reference roleStandardized inspectable reference; manuscript forks are independently reopened.

Revision historyNo decision-level revision has been recorded since the provenance ledger was introduced.

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