Ephesians 4:9 Cross References
Ephesians 4:9
9: Notice that it says "he ascended." This means that Christ first came down to the lowly world in which we live.
John 3:13
- For only I, the Son of Man, have come to earth and will return to heaven again.
John 6:33
- The true bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."
Psalms 63:9
- But those plotting to destroy me will come to ruin. They will go down into the depths of the earth.
Proverbs 30:4
- Who but God goes up to heaven and comes back down? Who holds the wind in his fists? Who wraps up the oceans in his cloak? Who has created the whole wide world? What is his name--and his son's name? Tell me if you know!
John 16:27
- for the Father himself loves you dearly because you love me and believe that I came from God.
- Yes, I came from the Father into the world, and I will leave the world and return to the Father."
John 20:17
- "Don't cling to me," Jesus said, "for I haven't yet ascended to the Father. But go find my brothers and tell them that I am ascending to my Father and your Father, my God and your God."
Psalms 8:5
- For you made us only a little lower than God, and you crowned us with glory and honor.
Genesis 11:5
- But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower the people were building.
Psalms 139:15
- You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.
Matthew 12:40
- For as Jonah was in the belly of the great fish for three days and three nights, so I, the Son of Man, will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.
Hebrews 2:9
- What we do see is Jesus, who "for a little while was made lower than the angels" and now is "crowned with glory and honor" because he suffered death for us. Yes, by God's grace, Jesus tasted death for everyone in all the world.
John 8:14
- Jesus told them, "These claims are valid even though I make them about myself. For I know where I came from and where I am going, but you don't know this about me.
John 6:62
- Then what will you think if you see me, the Son of Man, return to heaven again?
John 6:38
- For I have come down from heaven to do the will of God who sent me, not to do what I want.
Exodus 19:20
- The LORD came down on the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the top of the mountain. So Moses climbed the mountain.
John 6:41
- Then the people began to murmur in disagreement because he had said, "I am the bread from heaven."
Isaiah 44:23
- Sing, O heavens, for the LORD has done this wondrous thing. Shout, O earth! Break forth into song, O mountains and forests and every tree! For the LORD has redeemed Jacob and is glorified in Israel.
John 6:58
- I am the true bread from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will live forever and not die as your ancestors did, even though they ate the manna."
Hebrews 2:7
- For a little while you made him lower than the angels, and you crowned him with glory and honor.
John 6:51
- I am the living bread that came down out of heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will live forever; this bread is my flesh, offered so the world may live."
Acts 2:34
- For David himself never ascended into heaven, yet he said, 'The LORD said to my Lord, Sit in honor at my right hand
- until I humble your enemies, making them a footstool under your feet.'
- So let it be clearly known by everyone in Israel that God has made this Jesus whom you crucified to be both Lord and Messiah!"