Ephesians 4:10

Ephesians 4:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)
• New International Version (NIV)He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.)
• English Standard Version (ESV)He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.)
• New King James Version (NKJV)He who descended is also the One who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.)

Context of Ephesians 4:10

8This is what it says about him: ‘When he went up to the highest place, he led many prisoners with him. Then he gave gifts to his people.’ 9It says: ‘He went up.’ That must mean that Christ had also come down. He came down to a lower place, the earth. So the man who came down is also the man who went up, high above all the heavens. He did that so that he would fill everything everywhere. 11It was Christ who chose to give different gifts to his people. He chose some to be apostles. He chose some to speak messages from God. He chose some to tell God's good news to many people. He chose some to take care of his people, and to teach them. 12He gave all these gifts to help God's people to serve him in different ways. As a result, the church, which is like Christ's body, would become strong.

Ephesians 4:10 word by word

ὁ καταβὰς αὐτός ἐστιν καὶ ὁ ἀναβὰς ὑπεράνω πάντων τῶν οὐρανῶν, ἵνα πληρώσῃ τὰ πάντα.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• descendedκαταβαίνωkatabainō · to come/go downG2597
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• the sameαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• alsoκαίkai · andG2532
• ascended upἀναβαίνωanabainō · to ascendG305
• far aboveὑπεράνωhuperanō · aboveG5231
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• heavensοὐρανόςouranos · heavenG3772
• thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• he might fillπληρόωplēroō · to fulfillG4137

Cross-references for Ephesians 4:10

• Ephesians 1:20He used that power to raise Christ, so that he became alive again after his death. Then he gave Christ a place to sit at his right side in heaven.
• Acts 1:9When Jesus had finished speaking to his apostles, God took him up to heaven. The apostles watched Jesus while he went up. Then a cloud hid him and they could not see him any more.
• 1 Timothy 3:16Yes, the message that God has shown us about Jesus Christ is very great. We all agree to this: God showed him to us as a man. God's Spirit showed that he always did what was right. Angels saw him. People taught his message in many countries of the world. People in the world believed in him. God took him up to be with himself in heaven.
• Hebrews 4:14Jesus, the Son of God, helps us as God's most important priest. He is our great priest who has gone up into heaven. We say that we believe in him. So we must continue to show people that we trust him.
• Hebrews 7:26Jesus is the kind of special priest that we need. He completely belongs to God. He has never done anything wrong. He is completely good and clean. He is separate from everyone who does wrong things. God has raised him up to the most important place in heaven.
• Hebrews 8:1The most important thing that we are saying is this: In Jesus, we do have this kind of special priest. He has now sat down to rule with God in heaven. He sits at the right side of God, who rules with all authority.
• Hebrews 9:23The tabernacle and the things that were in it needed animals' blood to make them clean. That was a picture of the true place in heaven where people worship God. But the true things in heaven need better sacrifices to make them clean than the sacrifices of animals.
• Ephesians 3:19Christ's love for us is so great that nobody can ever completely know it. As you understand this more and more, God's own nature will completely fill you.
• John 1:16The Word is full of everything that we need. We have all received one good thing after another good thing.
• Acts 2:33God took Jesus back up to heaven. He caused Jesus to sit at his right side, the place of great honour. Jesus received the Holy Spirit from his Father God, so that he could give the Spirit to us. This is what God had promised to do. God has poured his Holy Spirit on us. Now you are seeing and hearing the result of this.
• Colossians 1:19God chose to put his nature in Christ completely.
• Colossians 2:9The whole nature of God himself lives in Christ, in his human body.
• Matthew 24:34I tell you this: The people who are alive now will not all die until all these things happen.
• Luke 24:44Then he said to them, ‘I told you about these things while I was still with you. Everything that God's servants wrote about me in the Bible had to happen. Moses wrote about me in his book of God's Law. The prophets also wrote about me. The book called Psalms also tells about me. And now it has become true.’
• John 19:24So they said to each other, ‘We will not tear it. Instead, we will play a game with dice. The person who wins the game will have the shirt.’ This happened in the way that the Bible had already said: ‘Each of them took some of my clothes. They played a game with dice to win what I was wearing.’ And that is what the soldiers did.
• Acts 3:18Jesus was God's Messiah. A long time ago, many of God's prophets spoke about him. They spoke God's message about what would happen to the Messiah. They said that he would suffer. God has now caused these things to happen.

Commentaries on Ephesians 4:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10He that descended - And he who descended so low is the same who has ascended so high. He came to the lower parts of the earth - the very deepest abasement; having emptied himself; taken upon him; the form of a servant, and humbled himself unto death, even the death of the cross; now he is ascended far above all heavens - higher than all height; he has a name above every name. Here his descending into the lower parts of the earth is put in opposition to…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10He that descended is the same also that ascended - The same Redeemer came down from God, and returned to him. It was not a different being, but the same. Far above all heavens - see the notes on Ephesians 1:20-23; compare Hebrews 7:26. He is gone above the visible heavens, and has ascended into the highest abodes of bliss; see the notes on 2 Corinthians 12:2. That he might fill all things - Margin, “fulfil.” The meaning is, “that he might fill all things…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-16Verses 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-10to the lower parts of the earth: This phrase has been understood in several different ways by Bible scholars. Some people have thought this phrase refers to Jesus' tomb after his crucifixion. Others have suggested it means the world of the dead, the place where spirits go after death (compare Matthew 12:40; 1 Peter 3:18–20). Still others have connected it to the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. However, the phrase most likely refers to the…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. all heavens--Greek, "all the heavens" (He 7:26; 4:14), Greek, "passed through the heavens" to the throne of God itself. might fill--In Greek, the action is continued to the present time, both "might" and "may fill," namely, with His divine presence and Spirit, not with His glorified body. "Christ, as God, is present everywhere; as glorified man, He can be present anywhere" [Ellicott].Read the comment

Topics related to Ephesians 4:10

• Jesus, the Christ
• Prophecy

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Commentaries on Ephesians 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings