Eph 4:8 (A) What ascension is Paul referring to here?
Eph 4:8 (A) What ascension is Paul referring to here?
Opinions are divided among bible commentators when the ascension to which Paul refers here took place.
Some believe it was when Christ ascended to heaven from Mt Olivet after His forty day post-resurrection ministry recorded in Mk 16, Luke 24 and Ac 1 (CP Mk 16:19; Luke 24:50-51; Ac 1:1-9).
Others believe it is the ascension Jesus referred to in Jn 20 on resurrection day.
They believe that Jesus ascended to the Father that very day and returned the same evening to appear before the disciples in the locked room (CP Jn 20:1-20).
It is irrelevant which teaching is correct - neither is fundamental to salvation, so whichever we disagree with, let us do so in love.