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

Now Jesus being risen early on the first day of the week appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom He had cast out seven devils:

And while He was blessing them, He was parted from them, and was carried up into heaven.

till the day in which He was taken up, after He had by the holy Spirit given instructions to the apostles whom He had chosen:

Wherefore it is said, "When he ascended on high, He led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men."

Having therefore a great high-priest, that is passed into the heavens, even Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession:

Whither Jesus our fore-runner is entered for us, being made an high-priest for ever, after the order of Melchisedec.

Now the sum of the things that have been said is this, that we have such an high-priest, who is sat down at the right hand of the throne of the majesty in the heavens;

who is gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers being made subject to Him.

Received

but do ye continue in the city of Jerusalem, till ye are endued with power from on high.

and He will give you another comforter to abide with you for ever:

Nevertheless I tell you the truth, it is expedient for you that I should go away; for if I go not away, the comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send Him unto you.

And meeting them together He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, said He, ye have heard from me;

and they were all filled with the holy Spirit, and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

Wherefore it is said, "When he ascended on high, He led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men."

For men

And so it is written, "The first man Adam was made a living soul." But the last Adam is an enlivening spirit.

And He is the head of the body, which is the church: who is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, that in all things He might have the pre-eminence.

in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

Who being the refulgence of his glory and the imprest image of his person, and sustaining all things by his powerful word, having by Himself performed the purging away of our sins, sat down at the right hand of the majesty on high.

Rebellious

"I desire mercy rather than sacrifice:" for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.

and that in his name should be preached repentance and remission of sins to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

(as ye yourselves also know,) Him being given up by the determinate counsel and fore-knowlege of God ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain.

And Ananias went away and came into the house; and putting his hands on him, said, "Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, who appeared to thee on the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the holy Spirit."

What! know ye not that the unjust shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor the effeminate, nor sodomites,

who before was a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and an oppressor. But I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief: and the grace of our Lord superabounded,

For we also were formerly foolish, disobedient, going astray, enslaved to various disorderly appetites and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.