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That is why the Scriptures say,

“When he ascended to the heights,
    he led a crowd of captives
    and gave gifts to his people.”[a]

Notice that it says “he ascended.” This clearly means that Christ also descended to our lowly world.[b] 10 And the same one who descended is the one who ascended higher than all the heavens, so that he might fill the entire universe with himself.

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Footnotes

  1. 4:8 Ps 68:18.
  2. 4:9 Some manuscripts read to the lower parts of the earth.

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