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# as they were looking up
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"as they watched." The apostles "were looking up" at Jesus because Jesus rose into the sky. AT: "as they were looking up at the sky" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# he was raised up
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "he rose up into the sky" or "God took him up into the sky" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# a cloud hid him from their eyes
"a cloud blocked their view so that they could no longer see him"
# looking intensely to heaven
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"staring at the sky" or "gazing at the sky"
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# You men of Galilee
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The angels address the apostles as men who are from Galilee.
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# will return in the same manner
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Jesus will return in the sky, just as clouds covered him when he arose into heaven.
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/jesus]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/galilee]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/heaven]]
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