This is why it[a] says:

“When he ascended on high,
    he took many captives(A)
    and gave gifts to his people.”[b](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 4:8 Or God
  2. Ephesians 4:8 Psalm 68:18

Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.

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Therefore He says:

(A)“When He ascended on high,
He led captivity captive,
And gave gifts to men.”

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(What does “he ascended” mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions[a]?

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  1. Ephesians 4:9 Or the depths of the earth

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

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(A)(Now this, “He ascended”—what does it mean but that He also [a]first descended into the lower parts of the earth?

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  1. Ephesians 4:9 NU omits first