What Does “Right hand” Mean in the Bible?
The right hand, or the right side. Its opposite is the left hand.
A detail
- “Seated at the right hand of God”: means that Jesus shares the honor and the power of the Father.
Where it appears in the Bible
Mark 10:37; Matthew 26:64
What the Bible says
Mark 10:37
And they said: Grant to us, that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory.
Matthew 26:64
Jesus saith to him: Thou hast said it. Nevertheless I say to you, hereafter you shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of the power of God, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: Catechism 663