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Notice that it says “he ascended.” This clearly means that Christ also descended to our lowly world.[a]

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  1. 4:9 Some manuscripts read to the lower parts of the earth.

(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

13 No one has ever gone to heaven and returned. But the Son of Man[a] has come down from heaven.

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  1. 3:13 Some manuscripts add who lives in heaven. “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself.

13 No one has ever gone into heaven(A) except the one who came from heaven(B)—the Son of Man.[a](C)

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  1. John 3:13 Some manuscripts Man, who is in heaven

33 The true bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”

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33 For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven(A) and gives life to the world.”

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What we do see is Jesus, who for a little while was given a position “a little lower than the angels”; and because he suffered death for us, he is now “crowned with glory and honor.” Yes, by God’s grace, Jesus tasted death for everyone.

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But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor(A) because he suffered death,(B) so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.(C)

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40 For as Jonah was in the belly of the great fish for three days and three nights, so will the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.

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40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish,(A) so the Son of Man(B) will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.(C)

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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!

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Who has gone up(A) to heaven and come down?
    Whose hands(B) have gathered up the wind?
Who has wrapped up the waters(C) in a cloak?(D)
    Who has established all the ends of the earth?
What is his name,(E) and what is the name of his son?
    Surely you know!

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15 You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion,
    as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.

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15 My frame was not hidden from you
    when I was made(A) in the secret place,
    when I was woven together(B) in the depths of the earth.(C)

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But those plotting to destroy me will come to ruin.
    They will go down into the depths of the earth.

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Those who want to kill me will be destroyed;(A)
    they will go down to the depths of the earth.(B)

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Yet you made them only a little lower than God[a]
    and crowned them[b] with glory and honor.

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  1. 8:5a Or Yet you made them only a little lower than the angels; Hebrew reads Yet you made him [i.e., man] a little lower than Elohim.
  2. 8:5b Hebrew him [i.e., man]; similarly in 8:6.

You have made them[a] a little lower than the angels[b](A)
    and crowned them[c] with glory and honor.(B)

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  1. Psalm 8:5 Or him
  2. Psalm 8:5 Or than God
  3. Psalm 8:5 Or him

But the Lord came down to look at the city and the tower the people were building.

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But the Lord came down(A) to see the city and the tower the people were building.

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Yet for a little while you made them a little lower than the angels
    and crowned them with glory and honor.[a]

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  1. 2:7 Some manuscripts add You gave them charge of everything you made.

You made them a little[a] lower than the angels;
    you crowned them with glory and honor

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  1. Hebrews 2:7 Or them for a little while

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, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”

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17 Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers(A) and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father(B) and your Father, to my God and your God.’”

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27 for the Father himself loves you dearly because you love me and believe that I came from God.[a] 28 Yes, I came from the Father into the world, and now I will leave the world and return to the Father.”

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  1. 16:27 Some manuscripts read from the Father.

27 No, the Father himself loves you because you have loved me(A) and have believed that I came from God.(B) 28 I came from the Father and entered the world; now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.”(C)

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