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, but he who descended out of heaven, the Son of Man, who is in heaven.
• Matt 12:40For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
• Prov 30:4Who has ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has bound the waters in his garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son’s name, if you know?
• John 6:33For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world.”
• Ps 63:9But those who seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
• John 6:38For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.
• Ps 8:5For you have made him a little lower than God, and crowned him with glory and honor.
• John 20:17Jesus said to her, “Don’t hold me, for I haven’t yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers, and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”
• John 6:62Then what if you would see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before?
• John 6:58This is the bread which came down out of heaven — not as our fathers ate the manna, and died. He who eats this bread will live forever.”
• Isa 44:23Sing, you heavens, for Yahweh has done it! Shout, you lower parts of the earth! Break out into singing, you mountains, O forest, all of your trees, for Yahweh has redeemed Jacob, and will glorify himself in Israel.
• Exod 19:20Yahweh came down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain. Yahweh called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.
• Gen 11:5Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.
• 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 which came down out of heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. Yes, the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”
• John 6:41The Jews therefore murmured concerning him, because he said, “I am the bread which came down out of heaven.”
• Heb 2:9But we see him who has been made a little lower than the angels, Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that by the grace of God he should taste of death for everyone.
• Ps 139:15My frame wasn’t hidden from you, when I was made in secret, 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 answered them, “Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you don’t know where I came from, or where I am going.
• Acts 2:34–36For David didn’t ascend into the heavens, but he says himself, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit by my right hand,

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