Ephesians 4:9
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(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
- King James Bible "Authorized Version", Cambridge Edition
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Other Translations of Ephesians 4:9
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
(Now this {expression,} "He ascended, what does it mean except that He also had descended into the lower parts of the earth?"
- New American Standard Version (1995)
(Now this, He ascended, what is it but that he also descended into the lower parts of the earth?
- American Standard Version (1901)
(Now this, He went up, what is it but that he first went down into the lower parts of the earth?
- Basic English Bible
But that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended into the lower parts of the earth?
- Darby Bible
Now that he ascended, what is it, but because he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
- Douay Rheims Bible
Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
- Webster's Bible
(Now this "re-ascended" --what does it mean but that He had first descended into the lower regions of the earth?
- Weymouth Bible
Now this, "He ascended," what is it but that he also first descended into the lower parts of the earth?
- World English Bible
But what is it, that he stiede vp, no but that also he cam doun first in to the lowere partis of the erthe?
- Wycliffe Bible
and that, he went up, what is it except that he also went down first to the lower parts of the earth?
- Youngs Literal Bible
View Wesley's Notes for Ephesians 4:9
4:9 Now this expression, He ascended, what is it, but that he descended - That is, does it not imply, that he descended first? Certainly it does, on the supposition of his being God. Otherwise it would not: since all the saints will ascend to heaven, though none of them descended thence. Into the lower parts of the earth - So the womb is called, #Psa 139:15|; the grave, #Psa 63:9|.
View People's Bible Notes for Ephesians 4:9
Eph 4:9 Now that he ascended . . . also descended first. Paul, in applying this to Christ, shows that it implies that he must have descended from heaven, before his ascension to heaven. This must necessarily follow, if the one ascending is divine, and has a home in heaven, as Ps 68:18 indicates.
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