Les Feldick Bible Study

Where is the complete record of what happened when Jesus ascended early that Sunday morning?

The complete record is found in Hebrews chapter 9, verse 11. It describes what took place early that Sunday morning when Jesus ascended to His Father after telling Mary not to touch Him, prior to His later ascension from the Mount of Olives recorded in Acts chapter 1.

Les teaches that John 20:17 records the first ascension: Jesus told Mary not to touch Him because He had not yet ascended to His Father, and He sent her to the eleven with the message that He was ascending to His Father and their Father. Les then contrasts this with the second ascension in Acts chapter 1, when Jesus left from the Mount of Olives as the disciples watched. He directs us to Hebrews, calling it the complete record of what took place early that Sunday morning, both in time and eternity, as Jesus left the confines of this earth, beginning in Hebrews chapter 9, verse 11.

Hebrews 9:11

But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;