Ephesians 4:9
What does "He ascended" mean, except that He also descended to the lower parts of the earth?
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he ascended.

Proverbs 30:4
Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His hands? Who has bound up the waters in His cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is the name of His Son--surely you know!

John 3:13
No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven--the Son of Man.

John 6:33, 62
For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world." . . .

John 20:17
"Do not cling to Me, " Jesus said, "for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go and tell My brothers, 'I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.'"

Acts 2:34-36
For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says: 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at My right hand, . . .

he also.

Genesis 11:5
Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building.

Exodus 19:20
The LORD descended to the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the summit. So Moses went up,

John 6:33, 38, 41, 51, 58
For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world." . . .

John 8:14
Jesus replied, "Even if I testify about Myself, My testimony is valid, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you do not know where I came from or where I am going.

John 16:27, 28
For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came from God. . . .

the lower.

Psalm 8:5
You made him a little lower than the angels; you crowned him with glory and honor.

Psalm 63:9
But those who seek my life to destroy it will go into the depths of the earth.

Psalm 139:15
My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.

Matthew 12:40
For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Hebrews 2:7, 9
You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor . . .

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
(Now this expression, "He ascended," what does it mean except that He also had descended into the lower parts of the earth?

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But what does "He ascended" mean except that He descended to the lower parts of the earth?

International Standard Version
Now what does this "he went up" mean except that he also had gone down into the lower parts of the earth?

NET Bible
Now what is the meaning of "he ascended," except that he also descended to the lower regions, namely, the earth?

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But that he ascended, what is it but that also he first descended to the lower regions of The Earth?
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