Ascensão
A ascensão de Jesus ao céu é a coroação de sua obra redentora. Ele subiu à destra do Pai, de onde voltará com poder e glória para buscar os seus.
Καὶ ταῦτα εἰπών, βλεπόντων αὐτῶν, ἐπήρθη, καὶ νεφέλη ὑπέλαβεν αὐτὸν ἀπὸ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτῶν.
Καὶ ὡς ἀτενίζοντες ἦσαν εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν, πορευομένου αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἄνδρες δύο παρειστήκεισαν αὐτοῖς ἐν ἐσθῆτι λευκῇ,35 D [97%] HF,RP,OC,TR,CP ¦ εσθησεσι λευκαις ℵ(A)(B)C [3%] NU οἳ καὶ εἶπον·35 [98%] HF,RP,OC,TR,CP ¦ ειπαν ℵA,B,C,D [2%] NU «Ἄνδρες Γαλιλαῖοι, τί ἑστήκατε ἐμβλέποντες35 A,C,D [75%] HF,RP,OC,TR,CP[NU] ¦ βλεποντες ℵB [25%] εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν; Οὗτος35 [30%] ¦ 1 ο ℵA,B,C,D [70%] HF,RP,OC,TR,CP,NU (A demonstrative pronoun defines, even more than a definite article, so the article is redundant here.) Ἰησοῦς ὁ ἀναληφθεὶς35 [94%] HF,RP,OC,TR,CP ¦ αναληφθης [4%] ¦ αναλημφφθεις ℵA,B,C,D [2%] NU ἀφ᾿ ὑμῶν εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν, οὕτως ἐλεύσεται ὃν τρόπον ἐθεάσασθε αὐτὸν πορευόμενον εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν.»
Ὁ μὲν οὖν Κύριος,35 A (94.5%) HF,RP,CP,TR,OC ¦ 1 ιησους C(W) (5.2%) NU ¦ ιησους (0.2%) ¦ one other variant μετὰ τὸ λαλῆσαι αὐτοῖς, ἀνελήφθη εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ ἐκάθισεν ἐκ δεξιῶν τοῦ Θεοῦ.
Ἐξήγαγεν δὲ αὐτοὺς ἔξω35 A,D,W [99%] CP,HF,RP,TR,OC[NU] ¦ --- 𝕻75ℵB,C [1%] ἕως εἰς35 A [97.5%] CP,HF,RP,TR,OC ¦ προς 𝕻75ℵB,C,D [1%] NU ¦ --- W [1.5%] Βηθανίαν, καὶ ἐπάρας τὰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ εὐλόγησεν αὐτούς. Καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ εὐλογεῖν αὐτὸν αὐτούς, διέστη ἀπ᾿ αὐτῶν καὶ ἀνεφέρετο εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν.
Ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ τοῦ Πατρός μου μοναὶ πολλαί εἰσιν (εἰ δὲ μή, εἶπον ἂν ὑμῖν).35 𝕻66(N) [96%] CP,HF,RP,OC,TR ¦ 1 οτι ℵA,B,C,D,W [4%] NU Πορεύομαι ἑτοιμάσαι τόπον ὑμῖν.
»Ἀμήν, ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ὁ πιστεύων εἰς ἐμέ, τὰ ἔργα ἃ ἐγὼ ποιῶ κἀκεῖνος ποιήσει· καὶ μείζονα τούτων ποιήσει, ὅτι ἐγὼ πρὸς τὸν Πατέρα μου35 [95%] CP,HF,RP,OC,TR ¦ --- 𝕻66,75ℵA,B,D,Q,W [5%] NU πορεύομαι.
Ἐξῆλθον παρὰ τοῦ Πατρὸς καὶ ἐλήλυθα εἰς τὸν κόσμον. Πάλιν ἀφίημι τὸν κόσμον καὶ πορεύομαι πρὸς τὸν Πατέρα.»
Λέγει αὐτῇ ὁ35 ℵA,N,W [99.5%] CP,HF,RP,OC,TR ¦ --- B,D [0.5%] NU Ἰησοῦς· «Μή μου ἅπτου· οὔπω γὰρ ἀναβέβηκα πρὸς τὸν Πατέρα μου·35 𝕻66A,N [99.5%] CP,HF,RP,OC,TR ¦ --- ℵB,D,W [0.5%] NU πορεύου δὲ πρὸς τοὺς ἀδελφούς μου καὶ εἰπὲ αὐτοῖς, ‹Ἀναβαίνω πρὸς τὸν Πατέρα μου καὶ Πατέρα ὑμῶν, καὶ Θεόν μου καὶ Θεὸν ὑμῶν.› »
Εἶπεν οὖν ¦ 1 αυτοις [5%] TR ὁ Ἰησοῦς· «Ἔτι μικρὸν χρόνον35 (D)N [98%] CP,HF,RP,OC,TR ¦ ∼ 21 𝕻66,75ℵ(B)W [2%] NU μεθ᾿ ὑμῶν εἰμι, καὶ ὑπάγω πρὸς τὸν πέμψαντά με.
Καί, ὁμολογουμένως μέγα ἐστὶν τὸ τῆς εὐσεβείας μυστήριον· Θεὸς35 A,Cv [98.5%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ος ℵ [1%] NU ¦ ο D ¦ ω 061 ¦ ος θεος 256 (For an explanation of this statement of evidence, and a discussion of the implications, please see my book, ‘The Identity of the New Testament Text IV, footnote 3, on pages 115-117’) [The variant chosen by NU is a grammatical impossibility (no antecedent for the pronoun), besides being a stupidity. What is a ‘mystery’ about any human male being manifested in flesh? All human beings have bodies. In the absence of concrete evidence, the claim that this is a quote lifted from a known hymn or poem becomes no more than a desperate attempt to ‘save’ a choice that besides being stupid is also perverse (because of the theological consequences).] ἐφανερώθη ἐν σαρκί, ἐδικαιώθη ἐν πνεύματι, ὤφθη ἀγγέλοις, ἐκηρύχθη ἐν ἔθνεσιν, ἐπιστεύθη ἐν κόσμῳ, ἀνελήφθη35 [97%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ανελημφθη ℵA,C [3%] NU ἐν δόξῃ.