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Therefore it is said,

‘When he ascended on high he made captivity itself a captive;
    he gave gifts to his people.’

(When it says, ‘He ascended’, what does it mean but that he had also descended[a] into the lower parts of the earth? 10 He who descended is the same one who ascended far above all the heavens, so that he might fill all things.)

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  1. Ephesians 4:9 Other ancient authorities add first

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