Ephesians 4:9

New Century Version

When it says, “He went up,” what does it mean? It means that he first came down to the earth.

Cross References

Genesis 11:5

The Lord came down to see the city and the tower that the people had built.

Psalm 139:15

You saw my bones being formed as I took shape in my mother’s body. When I was put together there,

Psalm 63:9

Some people are trying to kill me, but they will go down to the grave.

Psalm 8:5

You made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor.

Exodus 19:20

When the Lord came down on top of Mount Sinai, he called Moses to come up to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.

Proverbs 30:4

Who has gone up to heaven and come back down? Who can hold the wind in his hand? Who can gather up the waters in his coat? Who has set in place the ends of the earth? What is his name or his son’s name? Tell me, if you know!

Isaiah 44:23

Skies, sing for joy because the Lord did great things! Earth, shout for joy, even in your deepest parts! Sing, you mountains, with thanks to God. Sing, too, you trees in the forest! The Lord saved the people of Jacob! He showed his glory when he saved Israel.

Ezekiel 31:14

So the trees that grow by the water will not be proud to be tall; they will not put their tops among the clouds. None of the trees that are watered well will grow that tall, because they all are meant to die and go under the ground. They will be with people who have died and have gone down to the place of the dead.

Matthew 12:40

Jonah was in the stomach of the big fish for three days and three nights. In the same way, the Son of Man will be in the grave three days and three nights.

John 20:17

Jesus said to her, “Don’t hold on to me, because I have not yet gone up to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am going back to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’ ”

John 3:13

The only one who has ever gone up to heaven is the One who came down from heaven—the Son of Man.

John 6:33

God’s bread is the One who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”

John 6:38

I came down from heaven to do what God wants me to do, not what I want to do.

John 6:41

Some people began to complain about Jesus because he said, “I am the bread that comes down from heaven.”

John 6:51

I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give up so that the world may have life.”

John 6:58

I am not like the bread your ancestors ate. They ate that bread and still died. I am the bread that came down from heaven, and whoever eats this bread will live forever.”

John 6:62

Then will it also bother you to see the Son of Man going back to the place where he came from?

John 8:14

Jesus answered, “Yes, I am saying these things about myself, but they are true. I know where I came from and where I am going. But you don’t know where I came from or where I am going.

Hebrews 2:7

You made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor.

Hebrews 2:9

But we see Jesus, who for a short time was made lower than the angels. And now he is wearing a crown of glory and honor because he suffered and died. And by God’s grace, he died for everyone.