Ephesians 4:9

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Ephesians 4:9

(Now this expression, “He ascended,” what does it mean except that He also had previously descended [from the heights of heaven] into the lower parts of the earth?

John 3:13

No one has gone up into heaven, but there is One who came down from heaven, the Son of Man [Himself—whose home is in heaven].

John 6:33

For the Bread of God is He who comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world.”

Psalm 63:9

But those who seek my life to destroy it
Will [be destroyed and] go into the depths of the earth [into the underworld].

Matthew 12:40

for just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the sea monster, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Genesis 11:5

Now the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.

Exodus 19:20

The Lord came down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain; and the Lord called Moses to the top of the mountain, and he went up.

Psalm 8:5

Yet You have made him a little lower than God,
And You have crowned him with glory and honor.

Psalm 139:15

My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was being formed in secret,
And intricately and skillfully formed [as if embroidered with many colors] in the depths of the earth.

Who has ascended into heaven and descended?
Who has gathered the wind in His fists?
Who has bound the waters in His garment?
Who has established all the ends of the earth?
What is His name, and what is His Son’s name?
Certainly you know!

Isaiah 44:23

Shout for joy, O heavens, for the Lord has done it!
Shout in triumph, you depths of the earth;
Break forth into jubilant rejoicing, you mountains,
O forest, and every tree in it!
For the Lord has redeemed Jacob,
And He shows His glory in Israel.

John 6:38

For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.

John 6:41

Now the Jews murmured and found fault with Him because He said, “I am the Bread that came down out of heaven.”

John 6:51

I am the Living Bread that came down out of heaven. If anyone eats of this Bread [believes in Me, accepts Me as Savior], he will live forever. And the Bread that I will give for the life of the world is My flesh (body).”

John 6:58

This is the Bread which came down out of heaven. It is not like [the manna that] our fathers ate and they [eventually] died; the one who eats this Bread [believes in Me, accepts Me as Savior] will live forever.”

John 6:62

What then [will you think] if you see the Son of Man ascending to [the realm] where He was before?

John 8:14

Jesus replied, “Even if I do testify on My own behalf, My testimony is valid, because I know where I came from and where I am going; but you do not know where I come from or where I am going.

John 16:27-28

for the Father Himself [tenderly] loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came from the Father.

John 20:17

Jesus said to her, “Do not hold Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to My brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God.’”

Acts 2:34-36

For David did not ascend into the heavens, yet he himself says,

‘The Lord [the Father] said to my Lord [the Son],
“Sit at My right hand,

Hebrews 2:7

“You have made him for a little while lower [in status] than the angels;
You have crowned him with glory and honor,
And set him over the works of Your hands;

Hebrews 2:9

But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while [by taking on the limitations of humanity], crowned with glory and honor because of His suffering of death, so that by the grace of God [extended to sinners] He might experience death for [the sins of] everyone.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Ephesians 4:9

(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?

He ascended

Acts 2:34

He also

John 16:27

The lower

Hebrews 2:7

General references

John 6:62

1 Corinthians 12:7

Bible References

He ascended

No one has gone up into heaven, but there is One who came down from heaven, the Son of Man [Himself—whose home is in heaven].

For the Bread of God is He who comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world.”

Jesus said to her, “Do not hold Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to My brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God.’”

For David did not ascend into the heavens, yet he himself says,

‘The Lord [the Father] said to my

Lord [the Son],

“Sit at My right hand,

He also

Now the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.

The Lord came down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain; and the Lord called Moses to the top of the mountain, and he went up.

For the Bread of God is He who comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world.”

Jesus replied, “Even if I do testify on My own behalf, My testimony is valid, because I know where I came from and where I am going; but you do not know where I come from or where I am going.

for the Father Himself [tenderly] loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came from the Father.

The lower

Yet You have made him a little lower than God,
And You have crowned him with glory and honor.

But those who seek my life to destroy it
Will [be destroyed and] go into the depths of the earth [into the underworld].

My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was being formed in secret,
And intricately and skillfully formed [as if embroidered with many colors] in the depths of the earth.

for just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the sea monster, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

“You have made him for a little while lower [in status] than the angels;
You have crowned him with glory and honor,

And set him over the works of Your hands;

General references

What then [will you think] if you see the Son of Man ascending to [the realm] where He was before?

But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit [the spiritual illumination and the enabling of the Holy Spirit] for the common good.