Ephesians 4:9

Modern King James Version

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

Cross References

Genesis 11:5

And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of Adam had built.

Psalm 139:15

My bones were not hidden from You when I was made in secret and skillfully formed in the lowest parts of the earth.

Psalm 63:9

But those who seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the depths of the earth.

Psalm 8:5

For You have made him lack a little from God, and have crowned him with glory and honor.

Exodus 19:20

And Jehovah came down upon Mount Sinai, on the top of the mountain. And Jehovah called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.

Proverbs 30:4

Who has gone up to Heaven and has come down? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has bound the waters in His garments? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is His Son's name? Surely you know.

Isaiah 44:23

Sing, O heavens; for Jehovah has done it. Shout, lower parts of the earth. Break out into singing, O mountains, O forest, and every tree in it. For Jehovah has redeemed Jacob, and glorified Himself in Israel.

Ezekiel 31:14

to the end that none of all the trees by the waters shall be exalted in their height, nor give their top among the thick boughs, nor should their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water. For all of them are given to death, to the lower parts of the earth, in the midst of the sons of men, with those who go down into the Pit.

Matthew 12:40

For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the huge fish, so the Son of Man shall be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

John 20:17

Jesus said to her, Do not touch Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father. But go to My brothers and say to them, I ascend to My Father and Your Father, and to My God and your God.

John 3:13

And no one has ascended up to Heaven except He who came down from Heaven, the Son of Man who is in Heaven.

John 6:33

For the bread of God is He who comes down from Heaven and gives life to the world.

John 6:38

For I came down from Heaven, not to do My own will but the will of Him who sent Me.

John 6:41

Then the Jews murmured about Him, because He said, I am the bread which came down from Heaven.

John 6:51

I am the Living Bread which came down from Heaven. If anyone eats of this Bread, he shall live forever. And truly the bread that I will give is My flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

John 6:58

This is the Bread which came down from Heaven, not as your fathers ate the manna, and died; he who partakes of this Bread shall live forever.

John 6:62

Then what if you should see the Son of Man going up where He was before?

John 8:14

Jesus answered and said to them, Though I bear record concerning Myself, My witness is true. For I know from where I came, and where I go. But you do not know from where I came, and where I go.

Hebrews 2:7

You have made him a little lower than the angels. You crowned him with glory and honor and set him over the works of Your hands.

Hebrews 2:9

But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor, that He by the grace of God should taste death for all.