Psalm 68:18

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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

Received

For men

Rebellious

Titus 3:3

Bible References

Ascended

(a) Now after he rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary of Magdala out of whom he had cast seven daemons.

And as he blessed them he parted from them [and was carried up to heaven].

down to the day when, after issuing his orders by the holy Spirit to the disciples whom he had chosen, he was taken up to heaven.

Thus it is said, When he ascended on high he led a host captive and granted gifts to men.

As we have a great high priest, then, who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession;

There Jesus entered for us in advance, when he became high priest for ever with the rank of Melchizedek.

The point of all this is, we do have such a high priest, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of Majesty in the heavens,

who is at God's right hand ??for he went to heaven after angels, authorities, and powers celestial had been made subject to him.)

Received

And I will send down on you what my Father has promised; wait in the city till you are endued with power from on high."

and I will ask the Father to give you another Helper to be with you for ever,

Yet ??I am telling you the truth ??my going is for your good. If I do not depart, the Helper will not come to you; whereas if I go, I will send him to you.

Also, as he ate with them, he charged them not to leave Jerusalem but to wait for what the Father promised ??"for what you have heard me speak of," said he;

and they were all filled with the holy Spirit ??they began to speak in foreign tongues, as the Spirit enabled them to express themselves.

Thus it is said, When he ascended on high he led a host captive and granted gifts to men.

For men

Thus it is written, 'The first man, Adam, became an animate being, the last Adam a life-giving Spirit';

Also, he is the head of the Body, that is, of the church, in virtue of his primacy as the first to be born from the dead ??that gives him pre-eminence over all.

in whom all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge lie hidden!

He, reflecting God's bright glory and stamped with God's own character, sustains the universe with his word of power; when he had secured our purification from sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high;

Rebellious

Go and learn the meaning of this word, I care for mercy not for sacrifice. For I have not come to call just men but sinners."

and that repentance and the remission of sins must be preached in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

this Jesus, betrayed in the predestined course of God's deliberate purpose, you got wicked men to nail to the cross and murder;

So Ananias went off and entered the house, laying his hands on him with these words, "Saul, my brother, I have been sent by the Lord, by Jesus who appeared to you on the road, to let you regain your sight and be filled with the holy Spirit."

What! do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the Realm of God? Make no mistake about it; neither the immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor catamites nor sodomites

though I had formerly been a blasphemer and a persecutor and a wanton aggressor. I obtained mercy because in my unbelief I had acted out of ignorance;

For we ourselves were once senseless, disobedient, astray, enslaved to all manner of passions and pleasures; we spent our days in malice and envy, we were hateful, and we hated one another.