Ephesians 4:9
(Nowe, in that hee ascended, what is it but that he had also descended first into the lowest partes of the earth?
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
8Wherfore he saith, Whe he asceded vp on hie, he led captiuity captiue, and gaue gifts vnto men.
Cross References
Genesis 11:5But the Lord came downe, to see the citie and towre, which the sonnes of men builded.
Psalms 8:5For thou hast made him a little lower then God, and crowned him with glory and worship.
Psalms 139:15My bones are not hid from thee, though I was made in a secret place, and facioned beneath in the earth.
Isaiah 44:23Reioyce, ye heauens: for the Lord hath done it: shoute, ye lower partes of the earth: brast foorth into prayses, ye mountaines, O forest and euery tree therein: for the Lord hath redeemed Iaakob and will be glorified in Israel.
John 3:13For no man ascendeth vp to heauen, but he that hath descended from heauen, that Sonne of man which is in heauen.
John 6:38For I came downe from heauen, not to do mine owne wil, but his wil which hath sent me.
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 →