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Mark 16:19

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

KJV

ὁ μὲν οὖν κύριος μετὰ τὸ λαλῆσαι αὐτοῖς ἀνελήμφθη εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ ἐκάθισεν ἐκ δεξιῶν τοῦ θεοῦ.

Greek NT

Et Dominus quidem Jesus postquam locutus est eis, assumptus est in cælum, et sedet a dextris Dei.

Vulgate

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.

ASV

And the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sitteth on the right hand of God.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δεξιός
dexios
adjective · 54×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καθίζω
kathizo
verb · 47×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
λαλέω
laleo
verb · 298×
μέν
men
particle · 177×
μετά
meta
preposition · 469×
οὐρανός
ouranos
noun · 274×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
ἀναλαμβάνω
analambano
verb · 13×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

trivial
SBLGNT: Ἰησοῦς | WHspur/Treg/NIV: Ἰησοῦς
  • ἸησοῦςSBLGNT
  • ἸησοῦςWestcott-Hort (spurious), Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus
major
The Long Ending of Mark. The earliest and most reliable manuscripts end Mark at 16:8. Verses 9-20 are absent from Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Vaticanus, the two oldest complete uncial manuscripts. Eusebius and Jerome noted that these verses were missing from most Greek copies known to them. The passage is present in Codex Alexandrinus, Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus, and the vast majority of Byzantine manuscripts. A shorter alternative ending also exists in some manuscripts.
  • Mark ends at 16:8: '...for they were afraid.'Codex Sinaiticus (01/ℵ); Codex Vaticanus (03/B); Minuscule 304; Syriac Sinaitic; Some Armenian MSS; Some Georgian MSS
  • Ἀναστὰς δὲ πρωὶ πρώτῃ σαββάτου ἐφάνη πρῶτον Μαρίᾳ τῇ Μαγδαληνῇ...Codex Alexandrinus (02/A); Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (04/C); Codex Bezae (05/D); Majority of Byzantine MSS; Vulgate; Peshitta
  • Πάντα δὲ τὰ παρηγγελμένα τοῖς περὶ τὸν Πέτρον συντόμως ἐξήγγειλαν...Codex Regius (019/L); Minuscule 083; Some Sahidic MSS; Some Ethiopic MSS
source: curated

Themes

Historic Christian voices

9 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§659"So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God."531 Christ's body was glorified at the moment of his Resurrection, as proved by the new and supernatural properties it subsequently and permanently enjoys.532 But during the forty days when he eats and drinks familiarly with his disciples and teaches them about…
Proofs of the foregoing, drawn from the Gospels of Mark and Luke. 1. Luke also, the follower and disciple of the apostles, referring to Zacharias and Elisabeth, from whom, according to promise, John was born, says: And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. Luke 1:6 And again, speaking of Zacharias: And it came…
Did it belong for Christ to ascend into heaven? According to which nature did it become Him to ascend? Did He ascend by His own power? Did He ascend above all the corporeal heavens? Did He ascend above all spiritual creatures? The effect of the ascension Article 1. Whether it was fitting for Christ to ascend into heaven? Objection 1. It would seem that it was not fitting for Ch…
He ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God the Father almighty.
Tertullian points to Christ sitting at the right hand of the Father as proof that the Son is a distinct Person from the Father. The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at My right hand" — David thus witnesses two Lords. Stephen saw Jesus standing at the right hand of God, confirming the personal distinction.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 15:24 — Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.
  • 1Pet 3:22 — Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
  • 1Pet 3:22 — Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
  • 1Tim 3:16 — And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up int
  • 1Tim 3:16 — And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up int
  • 2Kgs 2:11 — And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
  • Acts 1:2 — Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:
  • Acts 1:9 — And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
  • Acts 1:9 — And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
  • Acts 2:33 — Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
  • Acts 2:33 — Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
  • Acts 3:21 — Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
  • Acts 7:55 — But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
  • Acts 7:55 — But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
  • Col 3:1 — If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
  • Col 3:1 — If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
  • Eph 1:20 — Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
  • Eph 1:20 — Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
  • Eph 4:8 — Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
  • Heb 1:3 — Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the
  • Heb 1:3 — Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the
  • Heb 4:14 — Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
  • Heb 6:20 — Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
  • Heb 7:26 — For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
  • Heb 7:26 — For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
  • Heb 8:1 — Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
  • Heb 9:24 — For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
  • Heb 9:24 — For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
  • Heb 10:12 — But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
  • Heb 10:19 — Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
  • Heb 12:2 — Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
  • John 3:13 — And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
  • John 6:62 — What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?
  • John 6:62 — What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?
  • John 7:33 — Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me.
  • John 13:1 — Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto t
  • John 16:16 — A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.
  • John 16:28 — I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.
  • John 17:4 — I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
  • John 17:13 — And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.