Ephesians 4:10
He that descended is also he that ascended high above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
9But this―He ascended―what does it mean, but that he also descended into the lower earthly regions?
Cross References
Luke 24:44And he said to them: These are the words that I spoke to you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled that are written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.
John 19:24Then they said, one to another, let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be. This was done that the scripture might be fulfilled, which says: They divided my clothing among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. The soldiers, therefore, did these things.
John 19:36for these things were done that the scripture might be fulfilled: A bone of him shall not be broken.
Acts 1:11who also said: Men of Galilee, why stand you gazing up into heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, shall come in the same manner in which you saw him go into heaven.
Acts 3:18But the things which God foretold by the mouth of all his prophets, that the Christ should suffer, he has thus fulfilled.
Romans 9:25As he says also in Hosea: I will call that my people which is not my people, and her beloved, who was not beloved.
Matthew Henry on Ephesians 4:3-17
Exhortation to Unity; Persuasives to Unity. ( a. d. 61.) 2 With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; 3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; 5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. 7 But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. 8 Wherefore… Read the whole commentary →