Ephesians 4:9 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Now what does it mean that he went up except that he also had gone down to the lowest parts of the earth?(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

(Now this, He went up, what is it but that he first went down into the lower parts of the earth?

DBY:

But that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended into the lower parts of the earth?

ERV:

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

WEY:

WBS:

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

WEB:

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

YLT:

and that, he went up, what is it except that he also went down first to the lower parts of the earth?

Ephesians 4:9 Cross References

XREF:

Isaiah 44:23 Shout for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done it! Shout joyfully, you lower parts of the earth; Break forth into a shout of joy, you mountains, O forest, and every tree in it; For the LORD has redeemed Jacob And in Israel He shows forth His glory.

John 3:13 "No one has ascended into heaven, but He who descended from heaven: the Son of Man. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

4:9 (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the {h} lower parts of the earth?
(h) Down to the earth, which is the lowest part of the world.

PNT:

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.

WES:

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.

MHC:

4:7-16 Unto every believer is given some gift of grace, for their mutual help. All is given as seems best to Christ to bestow upon every one. He received for them, that he might give to them, a large measure of gifts and graces; particularly the gift of the Holy Ghost. Not a mere head knowledge, or bare acknowledging Christ to be the Son of God, but such as brings trust and obedience. There is a fulness in Christ, and a measure of that fulness given in the counsel of God to every believer; but we never come to the perfect measure till we come to heaven. God's children are growing, as long as they are in this world; and the Christian's growth tends to the glory of Christ. The more a man finds himself drawn out to improve in his station, and according to his measure, all that he has received, to the spiritual good of others, he may the more certainly believe that he has the grace of sincere love and charity rooted in his heart.

CONC:

Ascended Descended Earthly Except Expression Lower Mean Regions Saying

Ascended Descended Earth Earthly Except Expression First Lower Mean Parts Regions

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