Psa 68:18, Mar 16:19, Luk 24:50-51, Joh 6:62, Act 1:2, Eph 4:8-12 | ESV | STEP | You ascended on high , leading a host of captives in your train and receiving gifts among men , even among the rebellious , that the Lord God may dwell there.

rCited from Ps. 68:18

s Judg. 5:12; [Col. 2:15]

uSee John 3:13

v Ps. 63:9; Isa. 44:23

xSee Mark 16:19

y Heb. 4:14; 7:26; 9:24

z ch. 1:23

aa[1 Cor. 12:5, 6]

abSee 1 Cor. 12:28

ac Acts 21:8; 2 Tim. 4:5

ad Jer. 3:15; [Acts 20:28]

agSee 2 Cor. 13:9

ah ver. 16, 29

aiSee 1 Cor. 12:27

Psalms 68:18

18 ^aYou ascended on high,
^bleading a host of captives in your train
and ^creceiving gifts among men,
even among ^dthe rebellious, ^ethat the Lord God may dwell there.

Mark 16:19

19 So then the Lord Jesus, ^fafter he had spoken to them, ^gwas taken up into heaven and ^hsat down at the right hand of God.

Luke 24:50-51

The Ascension

50 And ⁱhe led them out as far as ^jBethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them. 51 While he blessed them, ^khe parted from them and was carried up into heaven.

John 6:62

62 Then what if you were to see ^lthe Son of Man ^mascending to ⁿwhere he was before?

Acts 1:2

2 until the day when ^ohe was taken up, after he ^phad given commands ^qthrough the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen.

Ephesians 4:8-12

8 Therefore it says,

^r“When he ascended on high ^she led a host of captives,
and he gave gifts to men.” ^{▼▼The Greek word anthropoi can refer to both men and women}
9 ( ^uIn saying, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that he had also descended into ^vthe lower regions, the earth? ^{▼▼Or the lower parts of the earth?} 10 He who descended is the one who also ^xascended ^yfar above all the heavens, that he might ^zfill all things.) 11 And ^aahe gave the ^abapostles, the prophets, the ^acevangelists, the ^adshepherds ^{▼▼Or pastors} and teachers, ^{▼▼Or the shepherd-teachers} 12 ^agto equip the saints for the work of ministry, for ^ahbuilding up ^aithe body of Christ,