18 (A)You ascended on high,
    (B)leading a host of captives in your train
    and (C)receiving gifts among men,
even among (D)the rebellious, (E)that the Lord God may dwell there.

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18 When you ascended(A) on high,(B)
    you took many captives;(C)
    you received gifts from people,(D)
even from[a] the rebellious(E)
    that you,[b] Lord God, might dwell there.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 68:18 Or gifts for people, / even
  2. Psalm 68:18 Or they

11 and said, (A)“Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, (B)will (C)come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.”

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11 “Men of Galilee,”(A) they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back(B) in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.”

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Therefore it says,

(A)“When he ascended on high (B)he led a host of captives,
    and he gave gifts to men.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 4:8 The Greek word anthropoi can refer to both men and women

This is why it[a] says:

“When he ascended on high,
    he took many captives(A)
    and gave gifts to his people.”[b](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 4:8 Or God
  2. Ephesians 4:8 Psalm 68:18