- Ephesians 4:9
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- Ephesians 4:9
- (KJV)
(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended
first into the lower parts of the earth?
- (1611 KJV)
(Now that he ascended, what is it but that hee also
descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
- (1587 Geneva Bible)
(Nowe, in that hee ascended, what is it but that
he had also descended first into the lowest partes of the
earth?
- (1526 Tyndale)
That he ascended: what meaneth it but that he also
descended fyrst into the lowest parties of the erth?
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- Counterfeit Versions
- (1881 RV) (Now this, He ascended, what is it but that he also descended
into the lower parts of the earth?
- (1901 ASV) (Now this, He ascended, what is it but that he also descended
into the lower parts of the earth?
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(CSB) But what does “he ascended” mean except that he also descended to
the lower parts of the earth?
- (NIV) (What does “he ascended” mean except that he also descended to the
lower, earthly regions?
- (NASV) (Now this expression, "He ascended," what does it mean except
that He also had descended into the lower parts of the earth?
- (THE MESSAGE) Is it not true that the One who climbed up also climbed
down, down to the valley of earth?
- (AMP) [But He ascended?] Now what can this, He ascended, mean but that
He had previously descended from [the heights of] heaven into [the depths],
the lower parts of the earth?
- (NLT) Notice that it says “he ascended.” This clearly means that Christ
also descended to our lowly world.
- (ESV) In saying, "He ascended," what does it mean but that he had also
descended into the lower regions, the earth?
- (CEV) When it says, "he went up," it means that Christ had been deep in
the earth.
- (NCV) When it says, "He went up," what does it mean? It means that he
first came down to the earth.
- (HCSB) But what does "He ascended" mean except that He descended to the
lower parts of the earth?
- (NIRV) What does "he went up" mean? It can only mean that he also came
down to the lower, earthly places.
- (RSV) (In saying, "He ascended," what does it mean but that he had also
descended into the lower parts of the earth?
- (NAB-Roman Catholic) What does "he ascended" mean except that he also
descended into the lower (regions) of the earth?
- (NWT-Jehovah’s Witnesses) Now the expression “he ascended,” what does it
mean but that he also descended into the lower regions, that is, the earth?
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- Textus Receptus - Traditional text
- το
δε ανεβη τι εστιν ει
μη οτι και κατεβη πρωτον εις τα
κατωτερα μερη της γης
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- Hort-Westcott - Critical Text
- το δε ανεβη τι εστιν ει μη οτι και κατεβη εις τα κατωτερα μερη της γης
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- Corrupted Manuscripts
- This verse is corrupted in the following manuscripts:
- Aleph 01 - Sinaiticus - Nineteenth Century Counterfeit
A 02 - Alexandrinus - Fifth century
- C 04 - Ephraemi Rescriptus - Fifth century
- D 06 - Paris: Claromontanus - Sixth century
- P 46 - circa 200 AD
- 33 (Minuscule) - Ninth Century
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- Manuscripts which agree with the Textus Receptus for this verse
- Byzantine Text (450-1450 A.D.)
- Aleph 01 - Sinaiticus - Nineteenth Century Counterfeit
(Corrected)
B 03 - Vaticanus - Fourth century
- C 04 - Ephraemi Rescriptus - Fifth century (Corrected)
- L 020 - Ninth century
- P 025 - Ninth century
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- Published Critical Greek Texts with Corruptions
- Omit “First”
- Greisbach, Johann - 1805
- Lachmann, Karl - 1842
- Tischendorf, Constantine - 1869
- Alford, Henry - 1849 revised in 1871
- Tregelles, Samuel - 1857
- Wordsworth, Christopher - 1856 revised in 1870
- Westcott and Hort - 1881 - In the margin or brackets
- Nestle - 1927 as revised in seventeenth edition in 1941
- Nestle-Aland - 1979 - Twenty Sixth Edition
- United Bible Societies - 1983 - Fourth Edition
- Nestle-Aland - 1993 - Twenty Seventh Edition
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- Affected Teaching
- This has to be one of the most subtle attacks on the resurrection of
Christ. This verse is speaking of the resurrection of Christ. It speaks of
the fact that the same Christ who ascended into Heaven is the very same one
who was crucified and buried. This verse tells us that Christ was physically
buried after His death, which signified that His death was real. It states
that He was “first” buried in the ground and then He arose from the dead and
ascended into Heaven. By using the word “first” it shows a progression that
He was crucified and then buried first and after He was buried, He was then
resurrected. The modern versions, omitting the word “first,” just make a
statement that He came into our world from Heaven above and completely
shrouds the real meaning of this verse.
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