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NASB | Ephesians 4:9 (Now this expression, "He ascended," what does it mean except that He also had descended into the lower parts of the earth? |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ephesians 4:9 (Now this expression, "He ascended," what does it mean except that He also had previously descended [from the heights of heaven] into the lower parts of the earth? |
Subject: Dr. B. What does aggelos mean? |
Bible Note: Greetings Dr. B! May I add a point concerning your point? :-) With the exception of James 1:17, every example you cited is a case where the 'thing' going up or coming down is in the accusative case - thus it is not doing the action. Even with James 1:17 (and the others as well), the verbs are either participles, or in one case infinitives, thus again, they are more descriptive than examples of the 'things' actually doing the action. I haven't checked all of the occurances of these verbs, so there may be examples of nominative uses with main verbs, but I doubt it. So, I think Mark makes an excellent point. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |