Mark 16:19. So thou. This phrase, not found elsewhere in this Gospel, introduces the conclusion.

The Lord. A term of the highest reverence in this case. Jesus is inserted on good authority.

After he had spoken onto them. Both the time and place of the discourse are indefinite, and the fuller account of the Ascension is not contradicted by anything here stated.

Was received up into heaven. See Luke 24:51; Acts 1:9. The original suggests also the idea of being taken back again.

And sat down at the right hand of God, in the place of honor and power. The Ascension is the natural completion of the Resurrection. After such a glorious triumph over death and hell, Christ could not die again, but only return to His former glory and take possession of His throne and kingdom, at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. On Christ's presence there, see John 19:3; Acts 2:33; Acts 7:56; Ephesians 1:20; Colossians 3:1.

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