“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.”
Exalted 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. — the exaltation to God's right hand (kathisma dexion, seated at the right hand, the place of power and honor) is the consequence of resurrection and vindication. Christ's reception of the Spirit from the Father and his pouring out of the Spirit are intimately connected: the ascended Christ is the giver of the Spirit. The disciples' tongues experience is directly traced to Christ's heavenly exaltation.
Church Fathers on Acts 2:33
of His resurrection, that neither was His soul left in hell, nor did His flesh see corruption. Acts 2:31 This again is wonderful: it shows that His resurrection was not like that of other men. For though death laid hold on Him, yet it did not its own work then.— And, as regards the sin, he has spoken of that, covertly and darkly; of the punishment, he forbore to add anything; but that they had slain Him, this he has spoken out; for the rest he now comes to the sign given by…
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