Charles Spurgeon Commentary Mark 16:19

"So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken unto them, was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God." — Mark 16:19 (ASV)

So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.

The disciples were not at once received up into heaven, though they might have been if God had so willed it, there was work for them to do here below, so Christ alone was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God; and as for his followers, –