Ephesians 4:9
What does "He ascended" mean, except that He also descended to the lower parts of the earth?
Cross References
Isaiah 44:23
Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud, O depths of the earth. Break out into singing, O mountains, you forests and all your trees. For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and revealed His glory in Israel.

Ezekiel 31:14
This happened so that no other trees by the waters would become great in height and set their tops among the clouds, and no other well-watered trees would reach them in height. For they have all been consigned to death, to the depths of the earth, among the mortals who descend to the Pit.'

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

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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 . . .

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