Commentaries:John Wesley's Notes
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Ephesians 4:9
Now this expression, He ascended, what is it, but that he descended - That is, does it not imply, that he descended first? Certainly it does, on the supposition of his being God. Otherwise it would not: since all the saints will ascend to heaven, though none of them descended thence. Into the lower parts of the earth - So the womb is called, Psalms 139:15; the grave, Psalms 63:9.
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