Mark 16:20

As for the disciples, they went out from Jerusalem, and then they preached everywhere. Wherever they went, the Lord enabled them to perform miracles. By doing that, he showed people that God’s message is true.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.

In Context

19After the Lord Jesus had said this to the disciples, he was taken { God took him} up into heaven. Then he sat down on his throne beside God to rule with him.

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Cross References

Acts 2:1On the day when the Jews were celebrating the Pentecost festival, the believers were all together in one place in Jerusalem.

Acts 5:12God was enabling the apostles to do many amazing miracles among the people. All the believers were meeting together regularly in the temple courtyard at the place called Solomon’s Porch.

Acts 14:3So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there speaking boldly for the Lord, and the Lord Jesus enabled them to do many miracles. In this way he showed people that the message about how the Lord saves us in a way that we do not deserve is true.

Romans 15:19specifically, by my performing many powerful miracles [DOU]. I have done those things as a result of God’s Spirit powerfully enabling me. As a result of doing those things, while traveling all the way around from Jerusalem to Illyricum province, I have completed my work of proclaiming the message about Christ in those places.

1 Corinthians 3:6I was the first one who preached God’s message to you. I was like [MET] someone who plants seeds. Later, Apollos taught you more of God’s message. That was like [MET] someone who waters plants after they start to grow. But it is God who enables people to grow spiritually, just like he is the one who causes plants to grow.

Hebrews 2:4God also confirmed to us that this message was true by enabling believers to do many things that showed God’s power, to do other miraculous things [DOU], and to do other things by the gifts that the Holy Spirit distributed to them according to what God desired.

Matthew Henry on Mark 16:20

The Ascension. 19 So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. 20 And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen. Here is, 1. Christ welcomed into the upper world ( v. 19 ): After the Lord had spoken what he had to say to his disciples, he went up into heaven, in a cloud; which we have a particular account of ( Acts i. 9 ), and he had not only an admission, but an… Read the whole commentary →

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