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Ascended on high

The Old Testament

You have ascended on high; You have led captives away. You have received gifts from men, even from the rebellious, that the LORD God may dwell there.

Psalm 68:18

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In the New Testament

This is why it says: “When He ascended on high, He led captives away, and gave gifts to men.”

Ephesians 4:8

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You have ascended on high, you have led captives away, you have received gifts from men.

Paul reads this as the ascension, and says 'gave gifts unto men' instead of 'received gifts for men'. That reading also existed in Jewish interpretation, in the Targum. According to Ephesians 4 those gifts are apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers: a text much used in Pentecostal and charismatic churches.