Note 113 — Quest. IX., X., XI. (continued 3)

It is elsewhere said concerning him, 1 John iii. 5. that he was manifested, &c. εφανερωθη, as also in ver. 8. And as for what is said in the last clause of the verse we are considering, that he was received up into glory, it is a very great strain on the sense of these words, to apply it to a mystery, or to the gospel, since the words, ανεληφθη εν δοξη, plainly intimate a person’s meeting with a glorious reception when ascending into heaven; αναλαμβαινομαι signifies sursum recipere, therefore we render it, received up; and so it is often applied to our Saviour, Acts i. 2, 11, 22. and his ascension is called, Luke ix. 51. ἡμερα της αναληψεως, the time in which he should be received up.