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So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.
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Commentators explain that Jesus 'sat down at the right hand of God' is not about a physical chair. This phrase signifies His exaltation to the highest possible position of honor, power, and authority. It indicates both rest, as His redemptive work was finished, and rule, as He took possession of His kingdom.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
He was received up into heaven. This occurred in a cloud from the Mount of Olives. See Acts 1:9.
The right hand of God. We …
Was received up into heaven (ανελημπθη εις τον ουρανον). First aorist passive indicative. Luke gives the fact of the Ascension twi…
19th Century
Anglican
So then after the Lord had spoken.—See Note on Luke 24:53. St. Matthew, it will be remembered, gives no account of the As…
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Baptist
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 n…
“After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them” may refer to vv.15–18 or to some other occasion. The Ascension had been predicted by Jesus (cf. 14:7) and…
16th Century
Protestant
And after the Lord had thus spoken to them. The Evangelist Matthew, having extolled in magnificent language the reign of Christ over the w…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
So then, after the Lord The Vulgate Latin and Syriac versions add, "Jesus"; and the Ethiopic version reads, "our Lor…
After the Lord had spoken, He went up into heaven. Sitting is a posture of rest, for He had finished His work; it is also a posture of rule, for He…
