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NASB | Ephesians 4:8 Therefore it says, "WHEN HE ASCENDED ON HIGH, HE LED CAPTIVE A HOST OF CAPTIVES, AND HE GAVE GIFTS TO MEN." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ephesians 4:8 Therefore it says, "WHEN HE ASCENDED ON HIGH, HE LED CAPTIVITY CAPTIVE, AND HE BESTOWED GIFTS ON MEN." [Ps 68:18] |
Subject: Eph 4:8("given") vs Ps 68:18("received)? |
Bible Note: Hello: You seem to be concerned that Paul did not quote what David had said exactly. David had said that Jesus received gifts, and Paul is saying that he gave gifts. I would say we should thank God for the way he inspired both of those writers to reveal God’s will. But Paul was doing more than just quoting. The Holly Spirit was revealing to him something that was hidden in the psalm. Look at the passages again: Psalm 68:18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men. Ephesians 4:8 When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. We should say that God wanted to know a little more through Paul. Jesus received gifts for men and he actually passed them on. Of course, Paul tells us even more: Eph 4:9-16 (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?” Etc. We should not be surprised that the New Testament writers reveal more than the Old Testament writers did. Moses told us about a rock (Exodus 17:6). Paul tells us that it was really a Rock and that the Rock was Christ (1 Corinthians 10:4). David spoke about Christ in Psalm 16:9, but we would hardly realize that until Peter explains it in Acts 2:25ff. The whole idea of a church with gentile members was hidden in the Old testament but revealed in the new. But it is perhaps the greatest revelation we have in the New Testament is the truth about salvation, a truth tat was not as clear in the Old. “Of which salvation the prophets enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto us: searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven” (1 Peter 1:10-12). |