Mar 16:19 | RWP | e4.org | Was received up into heaven ( ανελημπθη εις τον ουρανον ). First aorist passive indicative. Luke gives the fact of the Ascension twice in Gospel ( .) and . The Ascension in Mark took place after Jesus spoke to the disciples, not in Galilee ( ), 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 ( ) at the close of the forty days ( ) and so after the return from Galilee ( ). Sat down at the right hand of God ( εκαθισεν εκ δεξιων του θεου ). Swete notes that the author "passes beyond the field of history into that of theology," an early and most cherished belief ( .; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ).

‏ Mark 16:19

Was received up into heaven ( ανελημπθη εις τον ουρανον ). 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 ( εκαθισεν εκ δεξιων του θεου ). 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).