P. Derek Overfield PhD Thesis - Research@StAndrews:FullText

Acts 2:33 also provides us with another
facet of the tradition that is of some consequence
for the interpretation of the ascension in Eph 1:20ff.
In vv. 32f we read 'tot1'tov 'tbv ' IT]CTOt1v &'vtO"'n'}O"Ev l> 6£'0"
obviously refers
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to the resurrection; ~,ooed, can only refer to
the same'event -
or at least to the outcome of that
event, as is emphasised by o~y
This means that
exaltation and resurrection are alternate descriptions
of the same event.
The same conclusion is reached
by means of a different approach by B. Lindars as
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follows. and 'tot1'to
f').t1C£'t£ xa.t &.xo~€'t'e are obviously Lucan
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expressl0ns an 'tot1 and
are re-statements of part of the citation
from Joel 3:1-5 (LXX) in v. 17.
The remaining phrases
are then in all probability relics of the
commentary on Ps 15 which is itself used by Luke to
express another aspect of the resurrection.
If this
is so then ~loo6€C,
refers to the resurrection event.
Both approaches, our own and that of Lindarsj
require
that a local significance be attached to 't", o£~"4,
as opposed to the more usual interpretation of the
phrase as an instrumental dative.
The local significance
follows from our argument above that in v. 33
the predominant influence is Ps 109:1. 32
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