εὐθὺς, straightway, a favourite word of Mk.'s, to be taken with εἶδε = as soon as He had ascended, etc., He saw. For similar usage in reference to εἶτα vide Hermann, Viger, p. 772. σχιζομένους, being rent asunder, a sudden event; a stronger word than that used in Mt. and Lk. (ἀνεῴχθησαν ῆναι). The subject of εἶδε is Jesus. εἰς αὐτόν : this reading suggests the idea of a descent not merely upon (ἐπὶ) but into Him, as if to take up its abode; henceforth the immanent spirit of Jesus.

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