{Was received up into heaven} (anel(886d)pth(8820)eis ton
ouranon). First aorist passive indicative. Luke gives the fact
of the Ascension twice in Gospel ( Lu 24:50f. ) and Ac 1:9-11 .
The Ascension in Mark took place after Jesus spoke to the
disciples, not in Galilee ( 16:15-18 ), nor on the first or
second Sunday evening in Jerusalem. We should not know when it
took place nor where but for Luke who locates it on Olivet ( Lu
24:50 ) at the close of the forty days ( Ac 1:3 ) and so after
the return from Galilee ( Mt 28:16 ). {Sat down at the right hand
of God} (ekathisen ek dexi(936e) tou theou). Swete notes that the
author "passes beyond the field of history into that of
theology," an early and most cherished belief ( Ac 7:55f. Ro
8:34 Eph 1:20 Col 3:1 Heb 1:3 8:1 10:12 12:2 1Pe 3:22 Re
3:21 ).
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