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 Son of Man" see on John 1:51.

which is in heaven These words are omitted in the best MSS. If they are retained, the meaning is -Whose proper home is heaven." Or the Greek participle may be the imperfect tense (comp. John 6:62; John 9:25; John 17:5), which was in heaven before the Incarnation. It is doubtful whether in this verse we have any direct allusion to the Ascension, though this is sometimes assumed.

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