Were looking steadfastly (ατενιζοντες ησαν). Periphrastic imperfect active of ατενιζω, a late intensive verb (intensive α and τειν…

Looked steadfastly (or, earnestly). They fixed their eyes, or gazed intently toward heaven. Luke 4:20, And the eye…

Two men stood by them in white apparel.—Better, were standing, as their appearance was sudden and their approach unnoticed. The f…

Luke wrote before concerning the two men, in shining garments, who said to the women at the sepulcher, Why seek you the living among the dead? …

Luke describes the disciples as “looking intently up [a favorite word of Luke] into the sky as he was going.” They were soon challenged by a double…

Two men: He calls them this because of their form. For although they might indeed have had human bodies—a point I will not strongly argue …

And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven
For though he was taken out of their sight by the cloud, they kept looking upw…

They were earnest in asking about what their Master had never directed or encouraged them to seek. Our Lord knew that his ascension and the teachin…