So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
So then, after the Lord - an epithet applied to Jesus by this Evangelist only in the two concluding verses, when He comes to His glorious Ascension and its subsequent fruits. It is most frequent in Luke.
Had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven. See the notes at Luke 24:50-51.
And sat on the right hand of God. This great truth is here only related as a fact in the Gospel History. In that exalted attitude He appeared to Stephen (Acts 7:55-56); and it is thereafter perpetually referred to as His proper condition in glory.