Ephesians 4:9

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

(In saying, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower parts of the earth?

Cross References

Genesis 11:5

And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the sons of men had built.

Psalm 139:15

my frame was not hidden from thee, when I was being made in secret, intricately wrought in the depths of the earth.

Psalm 63:9

But those who seek to destroy my life shall go down into the depths of the earth;

Psalm 8:5

Yet thou hast made him little less than God, and dost crown him with glory and honor.

Exodus 19:20

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

Proverbs 30:4

Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has wrapped up the waters in a garment? 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 the Lord has done it; shout, O depths of the earth; break forth into singing, O mountains, O forest, and every tree in it! For the Lord has redeemed Jacob, and will be glorified in Israel.

Ezekiel 31:14

All this is in order that no trees by the waters may grow to lofty height or set their tops among the clouds, and that no trees that drink water may reach up to them in height; for they are all given over to death, to the nether world among mortal men, with those who go down to the Pit.

Matthew 12:40

For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

John 20:17

Jesus said to her, “Do not hold me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brethren and say to them, I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.”

John 3:13

No one has ascended into heaven but he who descended from heaven, the Son of man.

John 6:33

For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven, and gives life to the world.”

John 6:38

For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me;

John 6:41

The Jews then murmured at 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 any one eats of this bread, he will live for ever; and the bread which I shall give for the life of the world is my flesh.”

John 6:58

This is the bread which came down from heaven, not such as the fathers ate and died; he who eats this bread will live for ever.”

John 6:62

Then what if you were to see the Son of man ascending where he was before?

John 8:14

Jesus answered, “Even if I do bear witness to myself, my testimony is true, for I know whence I have come and whither I am going, but you do not know whence I come or whither I am going.

Hebrews 2:7

Thou didst make him for a little while lower than the angels, thou hast crowned him with glory and honor,

Hebrews 2:9

But we see Jesus, who for a little while was made lower than the angels, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for every one.