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 3:13And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
• Matt 12:40For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
• Prov 30:4Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son’s name, if thou canst tell?
• John 6:33For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
• Ps 63:9But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
• John 6:38For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
• Ps 8:5For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
• John 20:17Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
• John 6:62What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?
• John 6:58This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.
• Isa 44:23Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.
• Exod 19:20And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.
• Gen 11:5And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
• John 16:27–28For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.
• John 6:51I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
• John 6:41The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.
• Heb 2:9But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
• Ps 139:15My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
• Heb 2:7Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands:
• John 8:14Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.
• Acts 2:34–36For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,

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