Ephesians 4:9

Paul reasons that Christ's ascending implies a prior descending. The exalted Lord is the same one who first came down.

Cross-references · 21

• John 3:13No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.
• Matt 12:40For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
• Prov 30:4Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His hands? Who has bound up the waters in His cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is the name of His Son—surely you know!
• John 6:33For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
• Ps 63:9But those who seek my life to destroy it will go into the depths of the earth.
• John 6:38For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.
• Ps 8:5You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor.
• John 20:17“Do not cling to Me,” Jesus said, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go and tell My brothers, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’”
• John 6:62Then what will happen if you see the Son of Man ascend to where He was before?
• John 6:58This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your fathers, who ate the manna and died, the one who eats this bread will live forever.”
• Isa 44:23Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud, O depths of the earth. Break forth in song, O mountains, you forests and all your trees. For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and revealed His glory in Israel.
• Exod 19:20The LORD descended to the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the summit. So Moses went up,
• Gen 11:5Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building.
• John 16:27–28For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came from God.
• John 6:51I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is My flesh.”
• John 6:41At this, the Jews began to grumble about Jesus because He had said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”
• Heb 2:9But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because He suffered death, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.
• Ps 139:15My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
• Heb 2:7You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor
• John 8:14Jesus replied, “Even if I testify about Myself, My testimony is valid, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you do not know where I came from or where I am going.
• Acts 2:34–36For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand

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