KJV King James Version
And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, [even] the Son of man which is in heaven.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
John 3:13
And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, [even] the Son of man which is in heaven.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.
WEB World English Bible
No one has ascended into heaven, but he who descended out of heaven, the Son of Man, who is in heaven.
ASV American Standard Version
And no one hath ascended into heaven, but he that descended out of heaven, even the Son of man, who is in heaven.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and no one hath gone up to the heaven, except he who out of the heaven came down—the Son of Man who is in the heaven.
Surrounding context — John 3
10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?
11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
12 If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you [of] heavenly things?
13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, [even] the Son of man which is in heaven.
14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
καὶG2532 · kaiandοὐδεὶςG3762 · oudeisnoneἀναβέβηκενG305 · anabainōto ascendεἰςG1519 · eistowardτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoοὐρανὸνG3772 · ouranosheavenεἰG1487 · eiifμὴG3361 · mēnotὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoἐκG1537 · ekout fromτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoοὐρανοῦG3772 · ouranosheavenκαταβάς,G2597 · katabainōto come/go downὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoυἱὸςG5207 · uhiossonτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoἀνθρώπουG444 · anthrōposa human
Cross-references
Proverbs 30:4Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what [is] his name, and what [is] his son’s name, if thou canst tell?John 6:38For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.Acts 2:34For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,John 1:18No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him].1 Corinthians 15:47The first man [is] of the earth, earthy: the second man [is] the Lord from heaven.John 13:3Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God;Ephesians 4:9-10(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?John 6:62[What] and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?Romans 10:6But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down [from above]:)John 3:31He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.John 6:46Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.John 6:42And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?John 17:5And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.Mark 16:19-20So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.John 6:33For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.John 16:28-30I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.John 8:42Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.Deuteronomy 30:12It [is] not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
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