The Ascension
Mark 16:19
Why translations differ here
Mark's longer ending: original, added, or both? Mark 16:9–20 is in the great majority of manuscripts and was known by the second century (Irenaeus quotes it).
In 9 translations
- BSB
- After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was taken 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.
- 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.NU adds “Jesus”
- ASV
- 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.
- LSV
- The LORD, then, indeed, after speaking to them, was received up to Heaven, and sat on the right hand of God;
- YLT
- The Lord, then, indeed, after speaking to them, was received up to the heaven, and sat on the right hand of God;
- DBY
- The Lord therefore, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat at the right hand of God.Elohim
- DRC
- And the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God.
- GNV
- So after ye Lord had spoken vnto them, he was receiued into heauen, and sate at the right hand of God.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Where the editions differ
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- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include Ὁ μὲν οὖν κύριος (“the Indeed therefore [the] Lord”); SBLGNT (2010) do not include this wording.
- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA27, Tyndale House, Westcott–Hort, Tregelles include Ἰησοῦς (“Jesus”); NA28, SBLGNT (2010), Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include μετὰ τὸ λαλῆσαι αὐτοῖς ἀνελήφθη εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ ἐκάθισεν ἐκ δεξιῶν τοῦ θεοῦ (“after the speaking to them was taken up into the heaven and sat at [the] right hand the of God”); SBLGNT (2010) do not include this wording.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Spelling of ἀνελήφθη: NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text: ἀνελήμφθη.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.
- SBLGNT: Ἰησοῦς. Westcott and Hort (1881) (double brackets), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read Ἰησοῦς; Robinson–Pierpont omit this wording.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- Ὁ μὲν οὖν κύριος Ἰησοῦς μετὰ τὸ λαλῆσαι αὐτοῖς ἀνελήμφθη εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ ἐκάθισεν ἐκ δεξιῶν τοῦ θεοῦ.
- RP2018
- Ὁ μὲν οὖν κύριος, μετὰ τὸ λαλῆσαι αὐτοῖς, ἀνελήφθη εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν, καὶ ἐκάθισεν ἐκ δεξιῶν τοῦ θεοῦ.
- TR-Boyd
- Ὁ μὲν οὖν Κύριος, μετὰ τὸ λαλῆσαι αὐτοῖς, ἀνελήφθη εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν, καὶ ἐκάθισεν ἐκ δεξιῶν τοῦ Θεοῦ.
- SCR1894
- ο μεν ουν κυριος μετα το λαλησαι αυτοις ανεληφθη εις τον ουρανον και εκαθισεν εκ δεξιων του θεου
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Cross-references most cited first
- 1 Peter 3:22who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.
- Hebrews 1:3The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on…
- Hebrews 12:2Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
- Romans 8:34Who is there to condemn us? For Christ Jesus, who died, and more than that was raised to life, is at the right hand of God—and He is interceding for us.
- Psalms 110:1The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
- Acts 2:33Exalted, then, to the right hand of God, He has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.
- Acts 7:55–56But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked intently into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. “Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand…
- Colossians 3:1Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
- Hebrews 8:1The point of what we are saying is this: We do have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,
- Ephesians 1:20–22which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in the…
- Hebrews 6:20where Jesus our forerunner has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.
- Hebrews 10:12–13But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God. Since that time, He waits for His enemies to be made a footstool for His feet,
- John 20:17“Do not cling to Me,” Jesus said, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go and tell My brothers, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’”
- Acts 1:9–11After He had said this, they watched as He was taken up, and a cloud hid Him from their sight. They were looking intently into the sky as He was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. “Men of…
- Hebrews 10:19–22Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body, and since we have a great priest over the house…
- Ephesians 4:8–11This is why it says: “When He ascended on high, He led captives away, and gave gifts to men.” What does “He ascended” mean, except that He also descended to the lower parts of the earth? He who descended is the very…
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