{"id":3855,"date":"2023-10-15T18:54:35","date_gmt":"2023-10-15T22:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/?p=3855"},"modified":"2023-10-15T18:54:35","modified_gmt":"2023-10-15T22:54:35","slug":"daily-bible-nugget-787-john-662","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/?p=3855","title":{"rendered":"Daily Bible Nugget #787, John 6:62"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/fb:like>

The Nugget:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Joh 6:62\u00a0 What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?<\/p>\n

My Comment:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Just now I was answering the mistaken claim that the Ascension of Christ is not mentioned in the four Gospels.<\/p>\n

When I left my computer for a very few moments, when I accessed the Facebook post I was responding to, the FB page somehow refreshed itself and I cannot find my unfinished post. Since my e-Sword Bible software program is still open, I can reconstruct my unfinished post here:<\/p>\n

The Ascension is mentioned in<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

John 6:62,<\/p>\n

Joh 6:62\u00a0 What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?<\/p>\n

John 20:17
\n17\u00a0 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
\nKing James Version<\/p>\n

It is mentioned in Matthew<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Matthew 26:63-64
\n63\u00a0 But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.
\n64\u00a0 Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
\nKing James Version<\/p>\n

By the Rule of Interpretation I call necessary inference, Jesus during His trial while under oath said He as the Son of man would be seen “sitting on the right hand of power” (that is, the right hand of God), “and coming in the clouds of heaven.” Jesus, therefore, predicted His ascension and future return, since He spoke this prediction while He was still on earth, but He could not be sitting on the right hand of God in heaven unless He first ascended to heaven.<\/p>\n

The ascension is mentioned in the Gospel of Mark<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Mark 16:19
\n19\u00a0 So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
\nKing James Version<\/p>\n

Although many Bible scholars have questioned the authenticity of Mark 16:9-20, I firmly disagree with them. I have placed the following note in my digital Bible study resource,\u00a0The Ultimate Cross Reference Treasury:<\/em><\/p>\n

Mar 16:9\u00a0 Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.<\/p>\n

Now when<\/strong>. The genuineness of Mark 16:9-20 is established by the fact that they are:<\/p>\n

(1)<\/strong> contained in the majority of even ancient manuscripts, and in the famous few that omit these verses space was left in some of them sufficient to be included;<\/p>\n

(2)<\/strong> the verses are included in ancient versions including the various forms of the Syriac, the Latin, Gothic, Egyptian and Coptic, Armenian, Ethiopic, and Georgian, several of these predating the oldest extant Greek manuscripts for this passage;<\/p>\n

(3)<\/strong> the passage has been cited from the time of the earliest Christian writers, including Papias (AD 100) who refers to Mark 16:18 (as stated by Eusebius, Hist. Ecc. iii. 39); Justin Martyr (AD 151), who quotes Mark 16:20 (Apol. I. c. 45); Iren\u00e6us (AD 180), who quotes and remarks on Mark 16:19 (Adv. H\u00e6r. lib. iii. c. x.); Hippolytus (AD 190-227) quotes Mark 16:17-19 (Lagarde\u2019s ed., 1858, p. 74); Ambrose (AD 374-397) quotes Mark 16:15 four times, Mark 16:16-18 three times, and Mark 16:20 once; Chrysostom (AD 400) refers to Mark 16:9; and states that Mark 16:19-20 are “the end of the Gospel.” Jerome (AD 331-420) includes these twelve verses in his Latin translation, besides quoting Mar 16:9; Mar 16:14 in his other writings; Augustine (AD 395-430) more than quotes them. He discusses them as being the work of the Evangelist Mark, and says that they were publicly read in the churches (Adapted in part from the Companion Bible<\/em>, Appendix 168, p. 190).<\/p>\n

The ascension is mentioned in the Gospel of Luke<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Luke 9:51
\n51\u00a0 And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,
\nKing James Version<\/p>\n

Luke 24:51
\n51\u00a0 And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.
\nKing James Version<\/p>\n

The claim of the individual who posted the Facebook meme today denying that the ascension of Christ is mentioned in the four Gospels is based on a statement he found in a book by F. F. Bruce,\u00a0The Books and the Parchments.<\/em><\/p>\n

In this book Bruce surmises that the ending of Luke and the beginning of Acts which repeats the mention of the ascension was added later and was not part of the original text Luke wrote.<\/p>\n

To this I answer, Nonsense! Apparently Bruce assumed that Luke and Acts formed one continuous manuscript. I answer that it is far more likely that Luke wrote two separate books, each taking up its own manuscript roll.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, I am unaware of any manuscript evidence that demonstrates the ascension of Christ is properly missing from either the ending of Luke or the beginning of Acts.<\/p>\n

The ascension is mentioned in the Gospel of John<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

John 6:62
\n62\u00a0 What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?
\nKing James Version<\/p>\n

John 7:33
\n33\u00a0 Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me.
\nKing James Version<\/p>\n

John 13:1
\n1\u00a0 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 the end.
\nKing James Version<\/p>\n

John 16:16
\n16\u00a0 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.
\nKing James Version<\/p>\n

John 16:28
\n28\u00a0 I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.
\nKing James Version<\/p>\n

John 20:17
\n17\u00a0 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
\nKing James Version<\/p>\n

The ascension is mentioned in the Book of Acts<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Acts 1:2
\n2\u00a0 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:
\nKing James Version
\nActs 1:3
\n3\u00a0 To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:
\nKing James Version<\/p>\n

Acts 1:9-11
\n9\u00a0 And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
\n10\u00a0 And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
\n11\u00a0 Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
\nKing James Version<\/p>\n

Acts 2:33
\n33\u00a0 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.
\nKing James Version<\/p>\n

Acts 3:21
\n21\u00a0 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.
\nKing James Version<\/p>\n

Acts 7:56
\n56\u00a0 And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
\nKing James Version<\/p>\n

The ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ to heaven is alluded to elsewhere in the New Testament<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Ephesians 4:8-11
\n8\u00a0 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
\n9\u00a0 (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
\n10\u00a0 He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)
\n11\u00a0 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
\nKing James Version<\/p>\n

1 Timothy 3:16
\n16\u00a0 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 into glory.
\nKing James Version<\/p>\n

Hebrews 4:14
\n14\u00a0 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.
\nKing James Version<\/p>\n

Hebrews 9:24
\n24\u00a0 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:
\nKing James Version<\/p>\n

Hebrews 10:12-13
\n12\u00a0 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
\n13\u00a0 From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.
\nKing James Version<\/p>\n

1 Peter 3:22
\n22\u00a0 Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
\nKing James Version<\/p>\n

The conclusion is clear. All four Gospels, the book of Acts, and many additional New Testament books mention and declare the ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ who is now in heaven at the right hand of God making intercession for us:<\/p>\n

Romans 8:34
\n34\u00a0 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
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