Psalm 68:18

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.

Ascended

Led

Judges 5:12

Received

For men

Rebellious

General references

Genesis 25:5

Exodus 29:45

Bible References

Ascended

Who shall ascend the mountain of Yahweh? And who shall stand in his holy place?

God hath ascended with a shout, Yahweh, with the sound of a horn.

The declaration of Yahweh to my Lord - Sit thou at my right hand, Until I make thy foes thy footstool.

And it came to pass, while he was blessing them, he parted from them

Until the day when, having given command unto the apostles, whom through Holy Spirit he had chosen, he was taken up;

Wherefore he saith - Ascending on high, he took captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.

Having then a great high-priest who hath passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast the confession;

Where a forerunner in our behalf hath entered, even Jesus, who, according to the rank of Melchizedek, hath become, a high-priest unto times age-abiding.

A crowning point on the things being spoken: - such a one as this, have we, as high-priest, who hath sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, -

Who is on the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, messengers and authorities and powers, having been made subject unto him.

Led

Awake! awake! Deborah, Awake! awake! utter words of song, - Arise! Barak, and bind fast thy captives, O son of Abinoam!

Received

And lo! I, am sending forth the promise of my Father upon you; but tarry, ye, in the city, until ye be clothed, from on high, with power.

And, I, will request the Father, and, Another Advocate, will he give unto you, that he may be with you age-abidingly,

But, I, the truth, am telling you - It is profitable for you, that, I, depart; for, if I should not depart, The Advocate, would in nowise come unto you, but, if I go, I will send him unto you.

And being in company with them he charged them, from Jerusalem, not to absent themselves, but - To abide around the promise of the Father which ye have heard of me,

And they were all filled with Holy Spirit, and began to be speaking with other kinds of tongues just as the Spirit was giving unto them to be sounding forth.

Wherefore he saith - Ascending on high, he took captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.

For men

Thus, also, it is written - The first man, Adam, became, a living soul, the last Adam, a life-giving spirit.

And, he, is the head of the body, the assembly, Who is the beginning, Firstborn from among the dead, in order that, he, might become, in all things, himself, pre-eminent; -

In whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden away.

Who, being an eradiated brightness of his glory, and an exact representation of his very being, also bearing up all things by the utterance of his power, purification of sins, having achieved, sat down on the right hand of the majesty in high places:

Rebellious

How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and, scoffers, in scoffing, delight them? and, dullards, hate knowledge?

Let the lawless forsake his way, And the man of iniquity, his thoughts, - And let him return unto Yahweh That he may have compassion upon him, And unto our God, For he will abundantly pardon.

But go ye, and learn what this meaneth, - Mercy, I desire, and not, sacrifice; For I came, not to call the righteous, but sinners.

And that repentance for remission of sins should be proclaimed upon his name unto all the nations, - beginning from Jerusalem.

The same, by the marked out counsel and foreknowledge of God given up, through the hands of lawless men, suspending, ye slew,

And Ananias departed, and entered into the house; and, laying upon him his hands, said - Saul, brother! The Lord, hath sent me, - Jesus, who appeared unto thee in the way by which thou wast coming, - that thou mayest recover sight, and be filled with Holy Spirit.

Or know ye not that, wrong-doers, shall not inherit, God's kingdom? Be not deceiving yourselves: - neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites,

Though, formerly, a defamer, and persecutor, and insulter; nevertheless mercy was shown me, because, without knowledge, I acted, in unbelief:

For, even we, used, at one time, to be - thoughtless, unyielding, deceived, in servitude unto manifold covetings and pleasures, in malice and envy, leading on, detestable, hating one another.

General references

And Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac;

Thus will I make my habitation in the midst of the sons of Israel, and will be their God;