The Ascension and Triumphant Proclamation of the Gospel Thereafter (Mr 16:19, 20).
19. So then after the Lord--an epithet applied to Jesus by this
Evangelist only in
Mr 16:19, 20,
when He comes to His glorious Ascension and its subsequent fruits. It
is most frequent in Luke.
had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven--See on
Lu 24:50, 51.
and sat on the right hand of God--This great truth is here only
related as a fact in the Gospel history. In that exalted attitude He
appeared to Stephen
(Ac 7:55, 56);
and it is thereafter perpetually referred to as His proper condition in
glory.
JFB.
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