Verse 9

(Now this, He went up, what is it but that he first went down into the lower parts of the earth?

Referenced Verses

  • John 3:13 : 13 And no one has ever gone up to heaven but he who came down from heaven, the Son of man.
  • John 6:33 : 33 The bread of God is the bread which comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world.
  • Ps 63:9 : 9 But those whose desire is my soul's destruction will go down to the lower parts of the earth.
  • Ps 139:15 : 15 My frame was not unseen by you when I was made secretly, and strangely formed in the lowest parts of the earth.
  • Matt 12:40 : 40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the stomach of the great fish, so will the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
  • Gen 11:5 : 5 And the Lord came down to see the town and the tower which the children of men were building.
  • Exod 19:20 : 20 Then the Lord came down on to Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain, and the Lord sent for Moses to come up to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.
  • Ps 8:5 : 5 For you have made him only a little lower than the gods, crowning him with glory and honour.
  • Prov 30:4 : 4 Who has gone up to heaven and come down? who has taken the winds in his hands, prisoning the waters in his robe? by whom have all the ends of the earth been fixed? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if you are able to say?
  • Isa 44:23 : 23 Make a song, O heavens, for the Lord has done it: give a loud cry, you deep parts of the earth: let your voices be loud in song, you mountains, and you woods with all your trees: for the Lord has taken up the cause of Jacob, and will let his glory be seen in Israel.
  • John 6:38 : 38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do my pleasure, but the pleasure of him who sent me.
  • John 6:41 : 41 Now the Jews said bitter things about Jesus because of his words, I am the bread which came down from heaven.
  • John 6:51 : 51 I am the living bread which has come from heaven: if any man takes this bread for food he will have life for ever: and more than this, the bread which I will give is my flesh which I will give for the life of the world.
  • John 6:58 : 58 This is the bread which has come down from heaven. It is not like the food which your fathers had: they took of the manna, and are dead; but he who takes this bread for food will have life for ever.
  • John 6:62 : 62 What then will you say if you see the Son of man going up to where he was before?
  • John 8:14 : 14 Jesus said in answer, Even if I give witness about myself, my witness is true, because I have knowledge of where I came from and where I am going; but you have no knowledge of where I come from or of where I am going.
  • John 16:27-28 : 27 For the Father himself gives his love to you, because you have given your love to me and have had faith that I came from God. 28 I came out from the Father and have come into the world: again, I go away from the world and go to the Father.
  • John 20:17 : 17 Jesus said to her, Do not put your hand on me, for I have not gone up to the Father: but go to my brothers and say to them, I go up to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.
  • Acts 2:34-36 : 34 For David has not gone up into heaven, but says, himself, The Lord said to my Lord, Be seated at my right hand, 35 Till I put all those who are against you under your feet. 36 For this reason, let all Israel be certain that this Jesus, whom you put to death on the cross, God has made Lord and Christ.
  • Heb 2:7 : 7 You made him a little lower than the angels; you gave him a crown of glory and honour, and made him ruler over all the works of your hands:
  • Heb 2:9 : 9 But we see him who was made a little lower than the angels, even Jesus, crowned with glory and honour, because he let himself be put to death so that by the grace of God he might undergo death for all men.