Introduction:
I. The variant is on signs v.17
A. A troublesome statement concerning all believers v.17
1. They will cast out demons v.17a
-Lk. 9:1-2
2. They will speak with new tongues v.17b
-1 Cor. 14:18-19
3. They will take up serpents v.18a
4. They will drink anything deadly v.18b
-Acts 28:1-6
5. They will lay hands on the sick v.18c
-1 Cor. 12:30
II. The variant allows for truth vv.19-20
A. His ascension to heaven v.19a
B. His seat at the right hand of God v.19b
-Matt. 26:64; Mk. 14:62; Lk. 22:69; Eph. 1:20; Col. 3:1;
Heb. 8:1, 12:22
III. The variant concludes with signs v.20
-2 Cor. 12:12; Heb. 2:3b-4