Ephesians 4:8-9

New American Standard Bible

⁸Therefore ^[a]it says,

“^(A)When He ascended on high,
He ^(B)led captive the captives,
And He gave gifts to people.”

⁹(Now this expression, “He ^(C)ascended,” what ^[b]does it mean except that He also ^[c]had descended into ^(D)the lower parts of the earth?

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Ephesians 4:8 Or He
Ephesians 4:9 Lit is it except
Ephesians 4:9 One early ms had first descended

Psalm 68:18

New American Standard Bible

¹⁸You have ^(A)ascended on high, You have ^(B)led captive Your captives;
You have received gifts among people,
Even among the rebellious as well, that ^[a]the Lord God may dwell there.

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Psalm 68:18 Heb Yah

Psalm 68:18 in all English translations

1 Peter 3:18-20

New American Standard Bible

¹⁸For ^(A)Christ also ^[a]suffered for sins ^(B)once for all time, the just for the unjust, so that He might ^(C)bring us to God, having been put to death ^(D)in the flesh, but made alive ^(E)in the ^[b]spirit; ¹⁹in ^[c]which He also went and made proclamation to the spirits in prison, ²⁰who once were disobedient when the ^(F)patience of God ^(G)kept waiting in the days of Noah, during the construction of ^(H)the ark, in which a few, that is, ^(I)eight ^(J)persons, were brought safely through the water.