Ephesians 4:9 KJV — MannaFest

Ephesians 4:9

(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?

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ASV

(Now this, He ascended, what is it but that he also descended into the lower parts of the earth?

WEB

What does “He ascended” mean, except that He also descended to the lower parts of the earth?

YLT

and that, he went up, what is it except that he also went down first to the lower parts of the earth?

DBT

But that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended into the lower parts of the earth?

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Ephesians — The cosmic letter. Chapters 1–3 set out what believers are in Christ — positional truth stretching from before the foundation to the fullness of times. Chapters 4–6 call the believer to walk worthy of it.

Author: Paul (1:1)
Date: c. AD 60–62, from Roman imprisonment

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John 3:13
And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
Matthew 12:40
For 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.
Proverbs 30:4
Who 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 6:33
For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
Psalms 63:9
But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

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As much as if he had said, "When David speaks of Christ's ascension, he intimates the knowledge he had of Christ's humiliation on earth; for, when it is said that he ascended, this implies that he first descended: for what is it but a proof or demonstration of his having done so?" Into the lower parts of the earth; this may refer either to his incarnation, according to that of David, Ps. cxxxix.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Christ, as Lord of all, took possession first of the earth the unseen world beneath it (some conjecture that the region of the lost is in the central parts of our globe), then of heaven (Ac 2:27, 28). However, all we surely know is, that His soul at death descended to Hades, that is, underwent the ordinary condition of departed spirits of men.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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EPH 4:9PRO 30:4 JHN 3:13
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
EPH 4:9JHN 3:13 PRO 30:4
EPH 4:9MAT 12:40 JON 1:17
EPH 4:9JHN 3:13 JHN 6:38
EPH 4:9JHN 3:13 ACT 2:34
EPH 4:9JHN 3:13 JHN 1:18
EPH 4:9JHN 3:13 JHN 13:3
EPH 4:9MAT 12:40 MAT 27:63-64

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