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Thouh hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thoui hast received gifts ηfor men; yea, for the rebelliousk also, that the Lord God might dwelll among them.

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Acts 1:2‑9• ²until that day in which, having by the Holy Spirit charged the apostles whom he had chosen, he was taken up;
³to whom also he presented himself living, after he had suffered, with many proofs; being seen by them during forty days, and speaking of the things which concern the kingdom of God;
⁴and, being assembled with them, commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to await the promise of the Father, which said he ye have heard of me.
⁵For John indeed baptised with water, but *ye* shall be baptised with the Holy Spirit after now not many days.
⁶They therefore, being come together, asked him saying, Lord, is it at this time that thou restorest the kingdom to Israel?
⁷And he said to them, It is not yours to know times or seasons, which the Father has placed in his own authority;
⁸but ye will receive power, the Holy Spirit having come upon you, and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.
⁹And having said these things he was taken up, they beholding him, and a cloud received him out of their sight. (Acts 1:2‑9)

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Eph. 4:8• ⁸Wherefore he says, Having ascended up on high, he has led captivity captive, and has given gifts to men. (Eph. 4:8)

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Acts 2:4,33• ⁴And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues as the Spirit gave to them to speak forth.
³³Having therefore been exalted by the right hand of God, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this which *ye* behold and hear. (Acts 2:4,33)

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in the man.

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1 Cor. 6:9‑11• ⁹Do ye not know that unrighteous persons shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not err: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor those who make women of themselves, nor who abuse themselves with men,
¹⁰nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor abusive persons, nor the rapacious, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
¹¹And these things were some of you; but ye have been washed, but ye have been sanctified, but ye have been justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. (1 Cor. 6:9‑11)

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1 Tim. 1:13,15• ¹³who before was a blasphemer and persecutor, and an insolent overbearing man: but mercy was shewn me because I did it ignorantly, in unbelief.
¹⁵Faithful is the word, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom *I* am the first. (1 Tim. 1:13,15)

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Rev. 21:3• ³And I heard a loud voice out of the heaven, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he shall tabernacle with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, their God. (Rev. 21:3)

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ascended.

Psa. 24:3,7‑10• ³Who shall ascend into the mount of Jehovah? and who shall stand in his holy place?
⁷Lift up your heads, ye gates, and be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in.
⁸Who is this King of glory? Jehovah strong and mighty, Jehovah mighty in battle.
⁹Lift up your heads, ye gates; yea, lift up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in.
¹⁰Who is he, this King of glory? Jehovah of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah. (Psa. 24:3,7‑10)

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Psa. 47:5• ⁵God is gone up amid shouting, Jehovah amid the sound of the trumpet. (Psa. 47:5)

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Psa. 110:1• ¹Psalm of David. Jehovah said unto my Lord, Sit at my right hand, until I put thine enemies as footstool of thy feet. (Psa. 110:1)

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Mark 16:9• ⁹Now when he had risen very early, the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary of Magdala, out of whom he had cast seven demons. (Mark 16:9)

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Luke 24:51• ⁵¹And it came to pass as he was blessing them, he was separated from them and was carried up into heaven. (Luke 24:51)

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Acts 1:2‑9• ²until that day in which, having by the Holy Spirit charged the apostles whom he had chosen, he was taken up;
³to whom also he presented himself living, after he had suffered, with many proofs; being seen by them during forty days, and speaking of the things which concern the kingdom of God;
⁴and, being assembled with them, commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to await the promise of the Father, which said he ye have heard of me.
⁵For John indeed baptised with water, but *ye* shall be baptised with the Holy Spirit after now not many days.
⁶They therefore, being come together, asked him saying, Lord, is it at this time that thou restorest the kingdom to Israel?
⁷And he said to them, It is not yours to know times or seasons, which the Father has placed in his own authority;
⁸but ye will receive power, the Holy Spirit having come upon you, and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.
⁹And having said these things he was taken up, they beholding him, and a cloud received him out of their sight. (Acts 1:2‑9)

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Eph. 4:8‑10• ⁸Wherefore he says, Having ascended up on high, he has led captivity captive, and has given gifts to men.
⁹But that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended into the lower parts of the earth?
¹⁰He that descended is the same who has also ascended up above all the heavens, that he might fill all things; (Eph. 4:8‑10)

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Heb. 4:14• ¹⁴Having therefore a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast the confession. (Heb. 4:14)

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Heb. 6:20• ²⁰where Jesus is entered as forerunner for us, become for ever a high priest according to the order of Melchisedec. (Heb. 6:20)

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Heb. 8:1• ¹Now a summary of the things of which we are speaking is, We have such a one high priest who has sat down on the right hand of the throne of the greatness in the heavens; (Heb. 8:1)

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1 Peter 3:22• ²²who is at the right hand of God, gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers being subjected to him. (1 Peter 3:22)

led.

Judg. 5:12• ¹²Awake, awake, Deborah! awake, awake, utter a song! Arise, Barak, and lead captive thy captives, thou son of Abinoam! (Judg. 5:12)

received.

Luke 24:49• ⁴⁹And behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you; but do ye remain in the city till ye be clothed with power from on high. (Luke 24:49)

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John 14:16‑17• ¹⁶And I will beg the Father, and he will give you another Comforter, that he may be with you for ever,
¹⁷the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see him nor know him; but ye know him, for he abides with you, and shall be in you. (John 14:16‑17)

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John 16:7,13‑15• ⁷But I say the truth to you, It is profitable for you that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Comforter will not come to you; but if I go I will send him to you.
¹³But when *he* is come, the Spirit of truth, he shall guide you into all the truth: for he shall not speak from himself; but whatsoever he shall hear he shall speak; and he will announce to you what is coming.
¹⁴He shall glorify me, for he shall receive of mine and shall announce it to you.
¹⁵All things that the Father has are mine; on account of this I have said that he receives of mine and shall announce it to you. (John 16:7,13‑15)

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Acts 1:4• ⁴and, being assembled with them, commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to await the promise of the Father, which said he ye have heard of me. (Acts 1:4)

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Acts 2:4,33‑38• ⁴And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues as the Spirit gave to them to speak forth.
³³Having therefore been exalted by the right hand of God, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this which *ye* behold and hear.
³⁴For David has not ascended into the heavens, but he says himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit at my right hand
³⁵until I have put thine enemies to be the footstool of thy feet.
³⁶Let the whole house of Israel therefore know assuredly that God has made him, this Jesus whom *ye* have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
³⁷And having heard it they were pricked in heart, and said to Peter and the other apostles, What shall we do, brethren?
³⁸And Peter said to them, Repent, and be baptised, each one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, for remission of sins, and ye will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. (Acts 2:4,33‑38)

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Eph. 4:8• ⁸Wherefore he says, Having ascended up on high, he has led captivity captive, and has given gifts to men. (Eph. 4:8)

for men.

Heb. in the man.

1 Cor. 15:45‑47• ⁴⁵Thus also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul; the last Adam a quickening spirit.
⁴⁶But that which is spiritual was not first, but that which is natural, then that which is spiritual:
⁴⁷the first man out of the earth, made of dust; the second man, out of heaven. (1 Cor. 15:45‑47)

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Col. 1:18‑19• ¹⁸And *he* is the head of the body, the assembly; who is the beginning, firstborn from among the dead, that *he* might have the first place in all things:
¹⁹for in him all the fulness of the Godhead was pleased to dwell, (Col. 1:18‑19)

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Col. 2:3,9• ³in which are hid all the treasures of wisdom and of knowledge.
⁹For in him dwells all the fulness of the Godhead bodily; (Col. 2:3,9)

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Heb. 1:3• ³who being the effulgence of his glory and the expression of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, having made by himself the purification of sins, set himself down on the right hand of the greatness on high, (Heb. 1:3)

rebellious.

Prov. 1:22‑23• ²²How long, simple ones, will ye love simpleness, and scorners take pleasure in their scorning, and the foolish hate knowledge?
²³Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour forth my spirit unto you, I will make known to you my words. (Prov. 1:22‑23)

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Isa. 55:7• ⁷Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. (Isa. 55:7)

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Matt. 9:13• ¹³But go and learn what that is--I will have mercy and not sacrifice; for I have not come to call righteous men but sinners. (Matt. 9:13)

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Luke 24:47• ⁴⁷and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations beginning at Jerusalem. (Luke 24:47)

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Acts 2:23,36,38‑41• ²³--him, given up by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye, by the hand of lawless men, have crucified and slain.
³⁶Let the whole house of Israel therefore know assuredly that God has made him, this Jesus whom *ye* have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
³⁸And Peter said to them, Repent, and be baptised, each one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, for remission of sins, and ye will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
³⁹For to you is the promise and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God may call.
⁴⁰And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, Be saved from this perverse generation.
⁴¹Those then who had accepted his word were baptised; and there were added in that day about three thousand souls. (Acts 2:23,36,38‑41)

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Acts 9:17• ¹⁷And Ananias went and entered into the house; and laying his hands upon him he said, Saul, brother, the Lord has sent me, Jesus that appeared to thee in the way in which thou camest, that thou mightest see, and be filled with the Holy Spirit. (Acts 9:17)

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1 Cor. 6:9‑11• ⁹Do ye not know that unrighteous persons shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not err: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor those who make women of themselves, nor who abuse themselves with men,
¹⁰nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor abusive persons, nor the rapacious, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
¹¹And these things were some of you; but ye have been washed, but ye have been sanctified, but ye have been justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. (1 Cor. 6:9‑11)

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1 Tim. 1:13‑15• ¹³who before was a blasphemer and persecutor, and an insolent overbearing man: but mercy was shewn me because I did it ignorantly, in unbelief.
¹⁴But the grace of our Lord surpassingly over-abounded with faith and love, which is in Christ Jesus.
¹⁵Faithful is the word, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom *I* am the first. (1 Tim. 1:13‑15)

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Titus 3:3‑7• ³For we were once ourselves also without intelligence, disobedient, wandering in error, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
⁴But when the kindness and love to man of our Saviour God appeared,
⁵not on the principle of works which have been done in righteousness which *we* had done, but according to his own mercy he saved us through the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,
⁶which he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
⁷that, having been justified by *his* grace, we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. (Titus 3:3‑7)

that.

Psa. 78:60• ⁶⁰And he forsook the tabernacle at Shiloh, the tent where he had dwelt among men, (Psa. 78:60)

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Psa. 132:13‑14• ¹³For Jehovah hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his dwelling:
¹⁴This is my rest for ever; here will I dwell, for I have desired it. (Psa. 132:13‑14)

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2 Chron. 6:18• ¹⁸But will God indeed dwell with man on the earth? behold, the heavens and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built! (2 Chron. 6:18)

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Isa. 57:15• ¹⁵For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, and whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, and with him that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. (Isa. 57:15)

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Ezek. 48:35• ³⁵Round about it was eighteen thousand cubits; and the name of the city from that day, Jehovah is there. (Ezek. 48:35)

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John 14:17,23• ¹⁷the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see him nor know him; but ye know him, for he abides with you, and shall be in you.
²³Jesus answered and said to him, If any one love me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our abode with him. (John 14:17,23)

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2 Cor. 6:16• ¹⁶and what agreement of God's temple with idols? for *ye* are the living God's temple; according as God has said, I will dwell among them, and walk among them; and I will be their God, and they shall be to me a people. (2 Cor. 6:16)

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Rev. 1:20• ²⁰The mystery of the seven stars which thou hast seen on my right hand, and the seven golden lamps.--The seven stars are angels of the seven assemblies; and the seven lamps are seven assemblies. (Rev. 1:20)

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Rev. 2:1• ¹To the angel of the assembly in Ephesus write: These things says he that holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lamps: (Rev. 2:1)

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Rev. 21:3• ³And I heard a loud voice out of the heaven, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he shall tabernacle with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, their God. (Rev. 21:3)

• He is Jehovah in Zion, according to promise, here ascended, on His rejection, He receives gifts as man. He is beyond all Jewish promises. Yet it applies to Jews, the rebellious. But there it is not Jehovah, but Jah Elohim. Christ's exaltation will bring back God in sovereign grace into the midst of Israel. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 64-77” by J.N. Darby)

• Moreover, all this goodness to Israel flows from Christ having ascended on high. Doubtless the psalmist but little entered into the deep significance of his own words (1 Peter 1:11); nevertheless the Spirit of God, as we know from the use of these words in Ephesians 4:8, had Christ in view. In His place of glory He received gifts for men. In Ephesians the gifts are spoken of in connection with the Church; here in connection with Israel, even though Israel had been rebellious. (“Psalms 68” by H. Smith)

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Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts in Manp, and even for the rebellious, for the dwellingq there of Jah Elohim.

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i.e. as man (Adam), in connection with mankind.

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See Ex. 25.8.