According to Mark and Luke, Jesus ascended to the day after His
resurrection. Luke relates that after meeting His disciples in the Cenacle, Jesus went with them to Bethany, blessed them, parted from them and rose to . Mark relates that before He ascended He said to His disciples: "Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved". According to Acts I, Jesus ascended to forty days afterwards. Before His Ascension He commanded His disciples to remain in Jerusalem and await the fulfillment of His promise that they would receive the Holy Ghost. As they looked, a cloud carried Him out of their sight and there appeared "two men in white apparel", who asked them: "Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into Heaven?" and they promised that Jesus "shall so come", in the manner that He rose to . The disciples went to the city, "from the Mount called Olives" and they went into an upper room where they devoted themselves to prayer and supplication, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and His brothers.
