"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]])
"Raised" here is an idiom for "lifted." This can be stated in active form. AT: "he was lifted up" or "he rose up into the sky" or "God took him up into the sky" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])