Christ Ascends to God’s Right Hand(A)

19 So then, (B)after the Lord had spoken to them, He was (C)received up into heaven, and (D)sat down at the right hand of God.

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19 After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven(A) and he sat at the right hand of God.(B)

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Then, as they were afraid and bowed their faces to the earth, they said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead?

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In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead?

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Jesus Ascends to Heaven(A)

(B)Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, (C)He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.

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After he said this, he was taken up(A) before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.

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34 “For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he says himself:

(A)‘The Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at My right hand,
35 Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.” ’

36 “Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.”

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34 For David did not ascend to heaven, and yet he said,

“‘The Lord said to my Lord:
    “Sit at my right hand
35 until I make your enemies
    a footstool for your feet.”’[a](A)

36 “Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord(B) and Messiah.”(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 2:35 Psalm 110:1

Therefore He says:

(A)“When He ascended on high,
He led captivity captive,
And gave gifts to men.”

(B)(Now this, “He ascended”—what does it mean but that He also [a]first descended into the lower parts of the earth? 10 He who descended is also the One (C)who ascended far above all the heavens, (D)that He might fill all things.)

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 4:9 NU omits first

This is why it[a] says:

“When he ascended on high,
    he took many captives(A)
    and gave gifts to his people.”[b](B)

(What does “he ascended” mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions[c]? 10 He who descended is the very one who ascended(C) higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.)(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 4:8 Or God
  2. Ephesians 4:8 Psalm 68:18
  3. Ephesians 4:9 Or the depths of the earth

Our Compassionate High Priest

14 Seeing then that we have a great (A)High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, (B)let us hold fast our confession.

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Jesus the Great High Priest

14 Therefore, since we have a great high priest(A) who has ascended into heaven,[a](B) Jesus the Son of God,(C) let us hold firmly to the faith we profess.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 4:14 Greek has gone through the heavens