And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
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Gill's Exposition
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness,.... The history referred to is in Num 21:8. There is, in many things, an agreement between this serpent, and Jesus Christ: as in the matter of it,…
Barnes' Notes
And no man hath ascended into heavens - No man, therefore, is qualified to speak of heavenly things, Joh 3:12. To speak of those things requires intimate acquaintance with them - demands that we have…
Adam Clarke
No man hath ascended - This seems a figurative expression for, No man hath known the mysteries of the kingdom of God; as in Deu 30:12; Psa 73:17; Pro 30:4; Rom 11:34. And the expression is founded…
We found, in the close of the foregoing chapter, that few were brought to Christ at Jerusalem; yet here was one, a considerable one. It is worth while to go a great way for the salvation though but of…
Cambridge Bible
no man hath ascended up to heaven No man has been in heaven, so as to see and know these heavenly things, excepting Christ.
came down from heaven Literally, out of heaven; at the Incarnation. On -the…
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