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# he left
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This could also be translated as: “he left the earth” or “he left to go back to heaven.”
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# will come on the clouds in the sky
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This could mean ** *the clouds in the sky will surround him as he comes*** or ** *the clouds of the sky will carry him along***.
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# When Jesus returns
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The connecting word **When** introduces a simultaneous clause. Jesus’ followers who have died will rise and meet him in the sky at the time of Jesus’ return. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/grammar-connect-time-simultaneous]])
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# Jesus returns
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This could mean ** *Jesus returns to the earth***.
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# meet him in the sky
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This could mean ** *join him in the sky***. Those who believe in Jesus will go up to be near Jesus while he is in the sky.