So then, when the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.
Parallel translations
- WEB So then the Lord, after he had spoken to them, was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.
- KJV So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
- BSB After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.
- NKJV So then, after the Lord had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.
- NLT When the Lord Jesus had finished talking with them, he was taken up into heaven and sat down in the place of honor at God’s right hand.
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After speaking to them, the Lord Jesus is taken up into heaven and seated at God's right hand. The risen Christ is enthroned in glory.
Overview
The ascension marks Jesus' exaltation, taking his place at the right hand of God, the position of supreme authority foretold in Psalm 110:1. Seated, he reigns as Lord and intercedes for his people (Hebrews 7:25). His enthronement assures the church that its mission proceeds under the rule of the victorious Christ.
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- 1 Pet 3:22who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him.
- Heb 1:3His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purified us of our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
- Heb 12:2looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
- Ps 110:1A Psalm by David. Yahweh says to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet.”
- Rom 8:34Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, yes rather, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.
- Acts 2:33Being therefore exalted by the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this, which you now see and hear.
- Heb 8:1Now in the things which we are saying, the main point is this. We have such a high priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,
- Acts 7:55–56But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
- Col 3:1If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.
- Eph 4:8–11Therefore he says, “When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men.”
- Heb 6:20where as a forerunner Jesus entered for us, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.
- Acts 1:9–11When he had said these things, as they were looking, he was taken up, and a cloud received him out of their sight.
- John 20:17Jesus said to her, “Don’t hold me, for I haven’t yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers, and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”
- Heb 10:12–13but he, when he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God;
- Heb 10:19–22Having therefore, brothers, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus,
- Eph 1:20–22which he worked in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,
- Acts 1:2–3until the day in which he was received up, after he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen.
- Luke 9:51It came to pass, when the days were near that he should be taken up, he intently set his face to go to Jerusalem,
- 1 Cor 15:24–25Then the end comes, when he will deliver up the Kingdom to God, even the Father; when he will have abolished all rule and all authority and power.
- 1 Tim 3:16Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, and received up in glory.
- Matt 28:18–20Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.
- Rev 3:20–21Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with me.
- John 6:62Then what if you would see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before?
- John 21:22Jesus said to him, “If I desire that he stay until I come, what is that to you? You follow me.”
- John 17:4–5I glorified you on the earth. I have accomplished the work which you have given me to do.
- John 16:28I came from the Father, and have come into the world. Again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.”
- John 21:15So when they had eaten their breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.”
- Luke 24:44–51He said to them, “This is what I told you, while I was still with you, that all things which are written in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me must be fulfilled.”
- John 17:13But now I come to you, and I say these things in the world, that they may have my joy made full in themselves.
- Heb 9:24For Christ hasn’t entered into holy places made with hands, which are representations of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us;
- Acts 3:21whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God spoke long ago by the mouth of his holy prophets.
- Heb 7:26For such a high priest was fitting for us: holy, guiltless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
- Heb 4:14Having then a great high priest, who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold tightly to our confession.
- John 13:1Now before the feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that his time had come that he would depart from this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
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