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

Led

Judges 5:12

Received

For men

Rebellious

General references

Genesis 25:5

Exodus 29:45

Bible References

Ascended

Who goeth up into the hill of Jehovah? And who riseth up in His holy place?

God hath gone up with a shout, Jehovah with the sound of a trumpet.

A Psalm of David. The affirmation of Jehovah to my Lord: 'Sit at My right hand, Till I make thine enemies thy footstool.'

And he, having risen in the morning of the first of the sabbaths, did appear first to Mary the Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven demons;

and it came to pass, in his blessing them, he was parted from them, and was borne up to the heaven;

till the day in which, having given command, through the Holy Spirit, to the apostles whom he did choose out, he was taken up,

wherefore, he saith, 'Having gone up on high he led captive captivity, and gave gifts to men,' --

Having, then, a great chief priest passed through the heavens -- Jesus the Son of God -- may we hold fast the profession,

whither a forerunner for us did enter -- Jesus, after the order of Melchisedek chief priest having become -- to the age.

And the sum concerning the things spoken of is: we have such a chief priest, who did sit down at the right hand of the throne of the greatness in the heavens,

who is at the right hand of God, having gone on to heaven -- messengers, and authorities, and powers, having been subjected to him.

Led

Awake, awake, Deborah; Awake, awake, utter a song; Rise, Barak, and take captive thy captivity, Son of Abinoam.

Received

And, lo, I do send the promise of my Father upon you, but ye -- abide ye in the city of Jerusalem till ye be clothed with power from on high.'

and I will ask the Father, and another Comforter He will give to you, that he may remain with you -- to the age;

'But I tell you the truth; it is better for you that I go away, for if I may not go away, the Comforter will not come unto you, and if I go on, I will send Him unto you;

And being assembled together with them, he commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, 'Ye did hear of me;

and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, according as the Spirit was giving them to declare.

wherefore, he saith, 'Having gone up on high he led captive captivity, and gave gifts to men,' --

For men

so also it hath been written, 'The first man Adam became a living creature,' the last Adam is for a life-giving spirit,

And himself is the head of the body -- the assembly -- who is a beginning, a first-born out of the dead, that he might become in all things -- himself -- first,

in whom are all the treasures of the wisdom and the knowledge hid,

who being the brightness of the glory, and the impress of His subsistence, bearing up also the all things by the saying of his might -- through himself having made a cleansing of our sins, sat down at the right hand of the greatness in the highest,

Rebellious

'Till when, ye simple, do ye love simplicity? And have scorners their scorning desired? And do fools hate knowledge?

Forsake doth the wicked his way, And the man of iniquity his thoughts, And he returneth to Jehovah, and He pitieth him, And unto our God for He multiplieth to pardon.

but having gone, learn ye what is, Kindness I will, and not sacrifice, for I did not come to call righteous men, but sinners, to reformation.'

and reformation and remission of sins to be proclaimed in his name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem:

this one, by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, being given out, having taken by lawless hands, having crucified -- ye did slay;

And Ananias went away, and did enter into the house, and having put upon him his hands, said, 'Saul, brother, the Lord hath sent me -- Jesus who did appear to thee in the way in which thou wast coming -- that thou mayest see again, and mayest be filled with the Holy Spirit.'

have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites,

who before was speaking evil, and persecuting, and insulting, but I found kindness, because, being ignorant, I did it in unbelief,

for we were once -- also we -- thoughtless, disobedient, led astray, serving desires and pleasures manifold, in malice and envy living, odious -- hating one another;

General references

And Abraham giveth all that he hath to Isaac;

and I have tabernacled in the midst of the sons of Israel, and have become their God,