What then if ye should behold (εαν ουν θεωρητε). No "what" in the Greek. Condition of third class with εαν and present active subj…

What and if... Jesus does not say that those who were then present would see him ascend, but he implies that he would ascend. They had tak…

What and if ye shall see ...?—Our version adds the word “what,” as will be seen from the italic…

These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum. Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an h…

St. Augustine of Hippo: Such was our Lord’s discourse. The people did not realize that it had a deep meaning or that it was acco…

This reference to the Ascension is one of several in the gospel (3:13; 8:21; 14:3; 16:10; 17:11; 20:17), though the act itself is not recorded. The…

What if you will see the Son of man ascend to where he was before? The lowly and despicable condition of Christ, which they saw before the…

[What] and if you shall see the son of man
Meaning himself then in a state of humiliation, and was taken for a mere …

The human nature of Christ had not previously been in heaven, but being God and man, that wondrous Person was truly said to have come down from hea…