Originally posted by seanD
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The only post-resurrection miracle illustration that can stand equivalent to the visual spectacle I'm referring to is the ascension. But Matthew and John don't include this miracle. Moreover, even Luke's ascension itself is mundane in comparison to other saints in ancient literature, such as Elijah being swooped up to heaven in a flaming chariot, or when John ascends into heaven in the book of Revelation, or the spectacle of Christ's ascension described in the Ascension of Isaiah and the gospel of Bartholomew, or even Stephen's vision of Jesus standing next to the throne of God in Acts. Luke's ascension is either strangely a visual regression in comparison, or Luke's ascension is an actual historical event without the embellishment we've come to expect from this other literature.
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