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What Paul is
explaining in this "parenthetical" section (verses 8-10) using an OT
quotations is how Christ was enabled in the divine plan of God to give
the gift described in
Ephesians 4:7.
Paul wants the saints to know that although the gift is free, there was
a great cost that had to be paid to make this bestowal of grace
available. And so Paul proceeds to tie the giving of gifts to the
triumphant ascension of Christ. He explains that it is Christ's
exaltation to the right hand of His Father that makes possible for Him
to give gifts to men. And so Paul turn to
to illustrate beautifully what Christ did for us. This
Therefore it
says - What is it? The Word of God in Psalm 68. What Paul is saying is that the truth he has just stated (see
Ephesians 4:7)
should not surprise us because it was foretold in the Old Testament (now
it might "surprise" a Gentile reader for they had been far off
from the Hebrew Scriptures). In other words, the previous statement
about the grace given to believers by the Lord is not something that
just popped into Paul's mind, but a truth which was always a part of the
manifold wisdom of God (see note
Ephesians 3:10)
and His marvelous plan of redemption, especially as it applies to the
Church, even though the Church itself was a mystery in the OT.
Paul then goes on in verses 9 and 10 to write a "commentary" on the OT
Most observers
feel that the Scripture Paul quotes from is
Thou hast ascended on high. Thou hast
led captive Thy captives; Thou hast received gifts among men,
Even among the rebellious also, that the LORD God may dwell there. (Comment:
Note that the verse in Ephesians is reads "gave gifts" instead of
"received gifts" is "gave gifts". In this Psalm David is extolling the
Name of Jehovah because of the great victory He had given him. David's
victory reminds him of the prior glorious "victorious" acts of God,
including the Red Sea crossing, destruction of Pharaoh's hosts, the
subsequent wilderness journey and entrance into the Promised Land of
Canaan. In each of these scenarios God's people were in dire straits and
yet God, as it were, had come down and delivered them and then ascended
back to heaven! And herein we see the wisdom of God's inspiration of
David who spoke primarily of a local event, which the Spirit intended to
have a double meaning, a greater prophetic message, foretelling what would happen to the Messiah over a millennium later! From
comparison of the Old and the New Testament passages, it is also clear
that Paul is teaching that the Lord Jesus Christ is Jehovah. As an
aside, the exact fulfillment of such detailed prophecies of course
provides one of the great proofs of the divine inspiration of the
John MacArthur comments on
Paul's use of
Psalm 68 noting that this psalm...
is a victory hymn composed by David
to celebrate God's conquest of the Jebusite city and the triumphant
ascent of God (represented by the Ark of the Covenant) up Mount Zion
(cf. 2 Sa. 6-7; 1Chr 13). After a king won such a victory he would
bring home the spoils and enemy prisoners to parade before his people.
An Israelite king would take his retinue through the holy city of
Jerusalem and up Mount Zion.
Another feature of the victory
parade, however, would be the display of the king's own soldiers who had
been freed after being held prisoner by the enemy. These were often
referred to as recaptured captives—prisoners who had been taken
prisoner again, so to speak, by their own king and given freedom. (MacArthur,
J: Ephesians. Chicago: Moody Press)
Wayne Barber gives the
background to help Paul's selection of Psalm 68:18 to explain how Christ
was enable to give gifts to men...
The writer is giving a picture here
of those days when the general would go out to battle. He would win a
victory, and then on the way back into town the commander and his
chariot would be up front. Boy, he is proud. He has won the victory. The
people line the streets and are all shouting, "Hallelujah, the victory
has been won." Behind him, chained to the back of his chariot, are all
the people that he has conquered, the generals and the leaders of the
armies. Then behind them are all the spoils of war. As soon as he gets
into town, he goes up to the holy mountain and there on the holy
mountain, the riches or spoils of war, are given to him. He in turn
disperses them to all the other people. He has to receive the gifts in
order to give the gifts. Now I am saying that for a reason. In Psalm
68:18 it says, "Thou hast received gifts among men,..." When Paul quotes
that Scripture, he doesn't say that. He says, "And He gave gifts to
men." The liberal stands up and says, "There is a contradiction in
Scripture right there. It says in the Old Testament that He received
gifts. Paul says He gave gifts. There is something wrong here." Friend,
how are you going to give them until you have first received them? Paul
just takes it that extra step that the Psalmist did not take. He is not
contradicting anything. He is just fully explaining what the Lord Jesus
did for us on the cross when He ascended back in to heaven.
The Lord Jesus came down and
conquered sin, death and many other things. He ascends back to the
heavens. He has His captives with Him. Then and only then can He give
gifts unto men.
There is a wonderful picture here of what Christ has done for us. You
see, without the ascension, there would never be a Christ who could send
His Holy Spirit, the Gift, who in turn could display all the different
gifts. What did He say in John 14? "I must go to My Father." Why? "So
that the Holy Spirit might come." He is the gift. The Holy Spirit is the
one who is going to be making sure He carries out God's desires of
having the pie sliced in the way that it is sliced. But Jesus has to
ascend first. You say, "I don't understand. He is the Son of God. Why
does He have to qualify for anything? Why does He have to ascend in
order to do anything? He is God." That is right, but He is also the
God-man. We forget this. He uniquely became a brand new creature never
seen before. He became the God-man. Not only that, but when He ascended,
He went into the throne room by His own blood and there received the
name that is above every name. He was exalted on high. Now, as Lord of
the Universe, He qualifies to give gifts unto men.
Paul is pointing to what it cost God for us to have our gifts! Jesus had
to go to the cross! Jesus had to resurrect! Jesus had to ascend! Jesus
had to go into the presence of the Father before the Spirit could come
who is the actual one who disburses the gifts unto men.
During World War I there was a
tradition in the towns, particularly in France. During the war, many
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the army of that particular city. They had a tradition. They had walled
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hands of the wounded. They would hold up the hands of the bleeding. Then
they would raise that flag and say, "We have been to battle, and we have
won the victory!" The gates would swing open, and they would walk
through. The streets would be lined with people. They would shower them
with hallelujahs for the victory that had been won.
Can you imagine the Lord Jesus' return back into heaven? He ascended. He
is the ascended Christ. Without His ascension, we would have no gifts.
Without His ascension we would have no body. Without His ascension, we
would have nothing. He had to ascend and go back to the Father so that
the Spirit could come and give gifts to the body. As He walked up to the
gates of heaven, the choir of heaven on that gate would say, "What right
do you have to enter these gates?" The Lord Jesus Christ would hold up
His hands with the nail prints in His wrists. He would show them the
nail prints in His feet and the spear mark in His side. Then He would
say, "I've been to Calvary, and I have won the victory!" Then the gates
would open up in heaven, and the Lord Jesus would march triumphantly to
the Father and sit at His right hand, the name above every name, the One
who is going to send His gift to His body who will dispense the gifts
unto all men.
It cost God everything for us to be diverse. It cost God everything for
us to have our gifts. Until we are free in His Spirit, empowered with
His might, then the church is not operating. Whatever we are doing is
nothing more than a secular organization on this earth. We have got to
see that. We are not preserving the unity of the Spirit when we
criticize a brother because they see things differently. They are gifted
differently. Friend, we need to function in the gift that was blood
bought for each one of us. You've got enough to do simply living in your
own gift. That is why Paul says to work out your own salvation. Begin to
function in the gifts that you have and honor the fact that it cost Him
everything for you to have those gifts. (Ephesians 4:7-10: Preserving the Unity of
the Spirit)
Hoehner has an interesting
thought on Paul's quotation from Psalm 68 writing that...
Ephesians 4:8 includes a quotation
from the Old Testament, which confirms God's giving of gifts. Most think
it quotes Psalm 68:18 with five minor and two major changes. The two
major variations are the change from the second to the third person, and
the change of direction from having received gifts from men to the
giving of gifts to men. However, it is better to think that Paul was not
quoting one particular verse of the psalm but rather that he was
summarizing all of Psalm 68, which has many words similar to those in
Psalm 68:18. (Walvoord,
J. F., Zuck, R. B., et al: The Bible Knowledge Commentary. 1985. Victor).
Here is C H Spurgeon's
commentary on
68:18 from his epic work,
The Treasury of David...
Thou hast ascended on high.
The ark was conducted to the summit of Zion; God himself took possession
of the high places of the earth. The antitype of the ark, the Lord
Jesus, has ascended into the heavens with signal marks of triumph. To do
battle with our enemies, the Lord descended and left his throne; but now
that the fight is finished, he returns to his glory; high above all
things is he now exalted.
Thou hast led captivity captive.
As great conquerors of old led whole nations into captivity, so Jesus
leads forth from the territory of his foe a vast company as the trophies
of his mighty grace. From the gracious character of his reign it comes
to pass that to be led into captivity by him is for our captivity to
cease. The Lord Jesus puts death to death.
Thou hast received gifts for men,
or, received gifts among men: they have paid thee tribute, and will in
every age continue to do so, delighting in thy reign. Paul's rendering
is the Gospel one: Jesus has "received gifts for men," of which he
makes plentiful distribution, enriching his church with the priceless
fruits of his ascension, such as apostles, evangelists, pastors, and
teachers, and all their varied endowments. In him we are endowed with
priceless treasures, and we give him ourselves, our all. (The
Treasury of David)
Great King of grace my heart subdue,
I would be led in triumph too;
As willing captive to my Lord,
To own the conquests of his word.
Christmas Evan (1766-1838)
commenting on Psalm 68:18 writes...
The ancient prophecy of David
is fulfilled here on the foot of mount Olivet. To take "captivity
captive," signifies that Christ conquered the allied principalities and
powers, the devil, sin, death, and hell; and that he deprived them of
the instruments wherewith they enslaved men. He not only silenced the
cannon on the spiritual Gibraltar, but he took rock, fortifications, and
all. He not only silenced the horrible and destructive battlements of
the powerful and compactly united ghostly enemies, but he threw down the
towers, razed the castles, and took away the keys of the dungeons. He is
the Master henceforth, and for ever. He did, also, at the same time,
save his people. Where, O Jesus, is the army of which thou art the
Captain? "Here! all the names are written in pearls on the breastplate
which I wear as a high priest." He had no sooner left the grave than he
began to distribute his gifts, and did so all along the road on his way
to his Father's house; and, especially after he entered the heaven of
heavens, did he shower down gifts unto men, as a mighty conqueror loaded
with treasures with which to enrich and adorn his followers and people.
They were gifts of mercy: gifts to the rebellious; to those who threw
down their arms at his feet in penitent submission, that the Lord God
may dwell among them. The apostle shows that a portion of these gifts
are gifts of ministry. Accordingly, whenever God condescends to dwell
among a people and in a country, he gives that people and country this
ministry. He sends them his gospel in the mouths of faithful servants.
He establishes there his house; the board and the candlestick; and then,
in his Spirit, he dwells there and blesses his heritage. (The
Treasury of David)
Therefore (1352)
(dio) It is an urgent invitation to listen attentively and is
because Jesus has distributed grace to each member of His body.
(lego) personifies the Scripture as speaking. It is always good
to maintain a high view of the precious word of God and to recall that
when the Scripture speaks, it is truly the infinite, transcendent,
incomprehensible God Himself personally communicating with us! This is
an awesome thought which should continually fill our hearts with praise
and thanksgiving that the Creator has condescended to communicate so
intimately with His creation. Hallelujah!
He ascended
- He who? Clearly the Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ of the New
Testament is Jehovah of the Old Testament. In fact the Greek word used
for Jesus in the NT is kurios, which is the same word used over
6000 times in the Greek translation of the OT to translate Jehovah
(LORD, Yahweh). Jesus is LORD in both testaments! It was not the Father
Who ascended but it was the Son, Who subordinated Himself for the work
of salvation, although He is subordinate in Himself but co-equal with
His Father (misunderstanding of these basic doctrines led to the Arian
heresy which held that Christ although divine was a created being).
(anabaino from aná = up + baíno = to go) means to
go up and here describes Jesus ascending on high (into heaven) after His
victory on Calvary over sin, Satan and the world. In the first chapter
Paul referred to this momentous event writing...
which (refers to the working of the
strength of His might) He brought about in Christ, when He raised Him
from the dead, and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places,
21 far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every
name that is named, not only in this age, but also in the one to come.
22 And He put all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him as
head over all things to the church, 23 which is His body, the fulness of
Him who fills all in all. (See notes
Ephesians 1:20;
(hupsos from húpsi = high, aloft) means elevation, altitude, the sky.
As used figuratively in James (see below) it speaks of dignity or being
exalted (as having a "high" position).
Luke 1:78 Because of the
tender mercy of our God, With which the Sunrise (KJV = Dayspring -
the Messiah's coming would be like the coming of dawn, light driving
away darkness) from on high shall visit us (cf Mal 4:2, Lu 19:42,
44 - the Jews failed to recognize His time of visitation!)
Luke 24:49 "And behold, I am
sending forth the promise of My Father upon you; but you are to stay in
the city until you are clothed with power from on high."
Ephesians 3:8
may be able to comprehend with
all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and
James 1:9 But let the brother
of humble circumstances glory in his high position
Revelation 21:16 And the city
is laid out as a square, and its length is as great as the width; and he
measured the city with the rod, fifteen hundred miles; its length and
width and height are equal.
CAPTIVES: echmaloteusen (3SAAI) aichmalosian: (Judges
5:12; Colossians 2:15)
He led captive
a host of captives - In the context of Ephesians 4, this passage
depicts our triumphant Lord Jesus Christ returning from earth to heaven
after His victory at Calvary.
KJV Commentary
writes that...
This is a quotation from Psalm 68:18,
a messianic psalm of victory in which God is praised for deliverance. He
led captivity captive. The inferences drawn from the triumphal return of
the King are: (1) the thought of victory; and (2) the bestowal of gifts.
The captives are most probably the Old Testament saints in sheol
(hades). (Dobson,
E G, Charles Feinberg, E Hindson, Woodrow Kroll, H L. Wilmington: KJV
Bible Commentary: Nelson)
John MacArthur
explains that...
In His crucifixion and resurrection,
Jesus Christ conquered Satan, sin, and death (cf. Col 2:!5-note), and by that
great victory He led captive a host of captives, who once were prisoners
of the enemy but now are returned to the God and the people with whom
they belong. (MacArthur,
J: Ephesians. Chicago: Moody Press)
Although I favor
the above interpretations, it must be mentioned that there are other able
commentators who feel this passage indicates quite a different identity
of the captives. For example Martyn Lloyd-Jones feels
the picture is one of triumph over
enemies, one of the leading of enemies in triumph. In ancient times, if
a king or a prince or a great military captain waged successful warfare,
when he came back to his own country there was always a kind of victory
parade. The conquered kings and princes and military chieftains and
captains were all made to walk in the procession in their chains. The
conqueror was 'leading captivity captive'. He had taken his foes captive
and was now making a public display of them. At the same time he threw
gifts to his own people. He was riding in his chariot distributing his
largesse among the acclaiming people, and he was leading these conquered
men as captives at the same time. (Lloyd-Jones,
D. M. Exposition of Ephesians in 8 Vol. Baker Book
Logos Version)
He led captive
(aichmaloteuo from aichme = spear + halotós = be
taken, conquered) means to be taken a prisoner of war by the sword.
The idea is to gain complete control over another, either by force or deception.
The allusion is to a triumphal possession in which one marched the
captives that one had taken in a war.
A host of
captives (161)
(aichmalosia) describes the state of being captive or of taking
someone captive by the force of the spear.
AND HE GAVE GIFTS TO MEN: edoken
(3SAAI) domata tois anthropois: (1Samuel 30:26; Esther
He gave -
As noted above, Paul substitutes "gave" for "received". Some might argue
that this contradicts the infallibility of the Scripture. But there is
really no contradiction for it is true to say that Christ both received
and gave. Listen to what Peter, speaking of the Lord Jesus Christ, says
in Acts 2...
"Therefore having been exalted to the
right hand of God, and having received from the Father the
promise of the Holy Spirit, He has poured forth this which you both see
and hear. (Acts 2:33)
Comment: And so we see Christ
has both received and given, the latter action presupposing the former.
So the Son received the gift from the Father and gives gifts to the
Church, thus there is no contradiction for both statements are true. The
same Holy Spirit Who inspired David to write received, also inspired
Paul to write give, these actions being two sides of the same "coin" for
the same intended meaning is brought out in both cases; i.e., that
Jehovah Jesus is the One through Whom and by Whom the gifts flow to the
Church. This pictures Jesus as our Great High Priest, Who mediates the
receiving and giving between us and His Father.
Gave gifts
- The greatest gift Jesus gave was the Holy Spirit, Who in turn
brought life to men in salvation, baptized (brought them into union)
with the body of Christ and then distributed individual spiritual gifts
to each believer as He willed.
In the gospel of
John Jesus referred to His giving of the Spirit, recording that...
on the last day, the great day of the
feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, "If any man is thirsty, let
him come to Me and drink. 38 "He who believes in Me, as the Scripture
said, 'From his innermost being shall flow rivers of living water.'" 39
But this He spoke of the Spirit, Whom those who believed in Him were to
receive; for the gift of the Spirit was not yet given (as He would be
given by Jesus at the appropriate time), because Jesus was not yet
glorified. (John 7:37-39)
Jesus promised to
send the Spirit to His
"When the Helper comes, whom I will
send to you from the Father, that is the Spirit of truth, Who proceeds
from the Father, He will bear witness of Me" (John 14:26)
"But I tell you the truth, it is to
your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper shall
not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you. (John 16:7)
"And behold, I am sending forth the
promise of My Father upon you; but you are to stay in the city until you
are clothed with power from on high." (Lu 24:49)
(didomi) means He granted these gifts based on decision of
His will and not on the merit of the recipients.
explains that...
Upon arriving in heaven, He gave
gifts to men. Paul here uses yet another term for gifts (domata) to
express the comprehensiveness of this gracious provision. Like a
triumphant conqueror distributing the spoils to his subjects, so Christ
takes the trophies He has won and distributes them in His kingdom. After
His ascension came all the gifts empowered by the Holy Spirit (John
7:39; 14:12; Acts 2:33). When the Savior was exalted on high, He
sent the Spirit (Acts 1:8), and with the coming of the Spirit also
came His gifts to the church. (MacArthur,
J: Ephesians. Chicago: Moody Press)
(doma from didomi) is a word that means present or gift
but which lends greater emphasis to the character of the gift. For
example, in secular Greek doma was used of a thing given, as in a
medical dose.
Doma can
mean a gift as such without any benefit necessarily derived from it.
Vine explains that doma...
lends greater stress to the concrete
character of the gift, than to its beneficent nature
Doma in
this verse is in plural (domata) and refers to the actual gifts
which prove Christ's generous character (cf, dorea in
Ephesians 4:7).
Doma is far
more common in the
Septuagint (LXX)
being found some 58
times (Gen. 25:6; 47:22; Exod. 28:38; Lev. 7:30; 23:38; Num. 3:9;
18:6-7, 11, 29; 27:7; 28:2; Deut. 12:11; 23:23; 1 Sam. 18:25; 2 Sam.
19:42; 1 Ki. 13:7; 2 Chr. 2:10; 17:11; 21:3; 31:14; 32:23; Est. 1:1; Ps.
68:18; Pr. 18:16; 19:17; Eccl. 3:13; 5:1, 19; Ezek. 20:26, 31; 46:5,
16f; Dan. 2:6, 48; 5:17; Hos. 9:1; 10:6; Mal. 1:3)
except in Eph. 4:8, is used of human gifts in the only other NT uses...
Matthew 7:11 "If you then,
being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more
shall your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask
Him! (Comment: here doma refers to a good gift from man to man
irrespective of the character of the giver which may be evil.)
Luke 11:13 "If you then, being
evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall
your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?"
In Philippians 4
Paul uses doma to refer to the material gifts the Philippians
repeatedly sent him for his needs writing...
Not that I seek the gift
(doma) itself, but I seek for the profit which increases to your account
(See note
Philippians 4:17)
To men
(anthropos) to those men and women who compose the Church.
Ephesians 4:9 (Now
expression, "He
does it
that He
into the
of the
Amplified: [But
He ascended?] Now what can this, He ascended, mean but that He had
previously descended from [the heights of] heaven into [the depths],
the lower parts of the earth?
Bible - Lockman)
NLT: Notice that it says "he ascended." This means that Christ
first came down to the lowly world in which we live. (NLT
- Tyndale House)
Phillips: (Note the implication here - to say that Christ
"ascended" means that he must previously have "descended", that is
from the height of Heaven to the depth of this world. (Phillips:
Wuest: Now, the fact that He ascended, what is it except
that also He descended into the nether parts of the earth? (Eerdmans)
Young's Literal: (Now this "re-ascended" —what does it
mean but that He had first descended into the lower regions of the
ASCENDED": to de Anebe (3SAAI): (Proverbs 30:4;
John 3:13; 6:33,62; 20:17; Acts 2:34-36)
He ascended
- Refers of course to Jesus Christ, these verses (4:9-10) serving as
parenthesis explaining "He ascended" in the prior verse and proving that
only Christ fits the description.
(anabaino from aná = up + baíno = to go) means to
go up and here describes Jesus ascending on high (into heaven).
Study Bible notes that...
The ascent/descent idea about
Jesus--God's Son from heaven coming to earth, descending even to hell
and rising above all creation to God's heaven--is a marvelous way of
expressing in spatial terms the thoroughness of Christ's redemption. (Disciple's
Study Bible)
ALSO HAD DESCENDED INTO THE LOWER PARTS OF THE EARTH?: ti estin (3SPAI)
ei me oti kai katebe (3SAAI) eis ta katotera [mere] tes ges:
(Genesis 11:5; Exodus 19:20; John 6:33,38,41,51,58; 8:14; 16:27,28)
(Psalms 8:5; 63:9; 139:15; Matthew 12:40; Hebrews 2:7,9)
He also
descended into the lower parts of the earth - the interpretations
include descent to Hades (Sheol), descent to the grave, or descent to
earth (incarnation). Descent into Hades is the view held by the early
church fathers but which is less popular with modern evangelical
comments that the lower parts...
Could mean that Christ descended into
Hades between His death and resurrection. Or, more likely, "of the
earth" is better understood as an appositional phrase, meaning that
Christ descended (at His incarnation) into the lower parts (of the
universe), namely, the earth. (The
Ryrie Study Bible: New American Standard Translation: 1995. Moody
Henry Morris
makes an interesting point explaining that...
The ascending Lord was not merely
ascending back from the earth, but from "the lower parts of the earth."
This somewhat enigmatic geographical reference could, by itself, perhaps
refer to the deep ocean bottom, but this would not yield captives. More
likely it refers to the great pit at the center of the earth, indicated
in the Bible as the prison confining the souls of the dead, the place
called Sheol in the Old Testament Hebrew and Hades in the Greek New
Testament, but often translated "hell" in the King James Version. One of
Christ's purposes when He came to earth was
"to preach deliverance to the
captives, and...to set at liberty them that are bruised" (Luke 4:18).
This statement of Jesus is taken from
Isaiah 61:1, where it reads
"...to proclaim liberty to the
captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound."
When Christ died on the cross, He in
the Spirit "went and preached unto the spirits in prison" (1Peter 3:19).
The word "preached" can be better translated "proclaimed"--that is,
proclaimed His victory over Satan. Christ had said prophetically (Psalm
16:10), "thou wilt not leave [abandon] my soul in hell" (see
note 1Peter 3:19).
He returned from Hades with "the keys of hell and of death"
(Re 1:18-note),
bringing "captivity captive" with Him as He returned. His spirit
returned to His body resting in Joseph's tomb, and He arose from the
dead, alive forever more. The souls of those who had died in faith came
with Him from their resting place in Hades in "Abraham's bosom" (Luke
16:22), and then, in a mighty miracle, "the graves were opened; and many
bodies of the saints which slept arose" (Matthew 27:52). With the thief
on the cross who had also believed, the Lord then presumably took them
all with Him into "paradise, the third heaven" (Luke 23:43; 2Cor 12:2,4), where they will remain with the Lord until He comes
to earth again with them and with the souls of all who have died as
Christian believers since that time (1Th 3:13; 4:14). (Morris,
Henry: Defenders Study Bible. World Publishing)
Those who favor
this section as a reference to Christ descending into Hades associate
this Ephesians passage with the passage in Peter which says...
in which (Jesus alive in the spirit)
also He went and made proclamation to the spirits now in prison (See
1 Peter 3:19)
Comment: It must be stated that the interpretation of this
passage in 1Peter is very controversial and there are some excellent
evangelical commentators who don't interpret this as Christ descending
to Hades.
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Ephesians 4:9 is a
much debated passage and the NET Bible note summarizes the most
likely interpretations (the first two being the most commonly
mentioned by conservative writers) of the lower parts of the earth...
(1) The traditional view
understands it as a reference to the underworld (hell), where Jesus is
thought to have descended in the three days between his death and
resurrection. In this case, "of the earth" would be a partitive
(2) A second option is to
translate the phrase "of the earth" as a genitive of apposition:
"to the lower parts, namely, the earth" (as in the present
translation). Many recent scholars hold this view and argue that it is a
reference to the incarnation.
(3) A third option, which also
sees the phrase "of the earth" as a genitive of apposition, is
that the descent in the passage occurs after the ascent rather than
before it, and refers to the descent of the Spirit at Pentecost (cf.
Acts 4:11-16). Support for this latter view is found in the
intertestamental and rabbinic use of Ps 68:18 (quoted in Eph 4:8), which
is consistently and solely interpreted as a reference to Moses' ascent
of Mt. Sinai to "capture" the words of the law. The probability,
therefore, is that the comments here in v. 9 reflect a polemic against
the interpretation of Ps 68:18 in certain circles as a reference to
Moses. (NET
(katabaino from katá = down + baíno = go) means to
come or go down or to descend from a higher to a lower place.
A T Robertson
notes that...
If the anabas is the Ascension of
Christ, then the katabas would be the Descent (Incarnation) to earth and
tēs gēs would be the genitive of apposition. What follows in verse 10
argues for this view. Otherwise one must think of the death of Christ
(the descent into Hades of Acts 2:31). (see note
Ephesians 1:20)
(katoteros) means the lower region or lower parts. This verse
marks the only Scriptural use of katoteros.
(meros) means a division, region or portion.
(ge) refers to soil (as distinct from the sea), to the solid part
or to the entire globe.
Lower parts of
the earth - this phase is not
without some controversy among conservative, evangelical sources. Even
the rendering of the translations reflects this difference of opinion.
Literally Paul
writes that Jesus
went down into (eis) the lower parts or regions of the earth
Now, read the
NIV and the NLT to determine where Christ descended...
(What does "He ascended" mean except
that He also descended to the lower, earthly regions? (NIV)
Notice that it says "He ascended."
This means that Christ first came down to the lowly world in which we
live. (NLT)
Clearly from a
simple reading of these two translations (neither of which is literal),
one would arrive at the interpretation that this verse speaks of
Christ's incarnation, thus describing His descent from His Father's
side down to the "earthly regions" (NIV) or "the lowly world in which we
live" (NLT) as the God-Man.
Now look at how
this same passage is rendered in the following (more literal)
(Now that he ascended, what is it but
that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? (KJV)
[But He ascended?] Now what can this,
He ascended, mean but that He had previously descended from [the heights
of] heaven into [the depths], the lower parts of the earth? (Amplified)
These renderings
suggest that Christ's descent was to the "lower parts of the earth"
which has been traditionally interpreted as Hades (Sheol).
Regarding the
interpretation of this verse as a reference to
is the OT counterpart), Peter in his first post-Pentecostal sermon
quotes from David's Psalm 16 (a Messianic Psalm) and makes reference to
Luke recording...
Acts 2:27 BECAUSE THOU WILT
PRESENCE.' 29 "Brethren, I may confidently say to you regarding
the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is
with us to this day. (Peter's point is that this remarkable prophecy of
Messiah's resurrection was not fulfilled by David) 30 And
so, because he was a prophet, and knew that GOD HAD SWORN TO HIM WITH AN
OATH TO SEAT one OF HIS DESCENDANTS UPON HIS THRONE (in 2Sa 7:11-16
God made a covenant with David which ultimately was also a prophecy of
the Messiah - see 2Chr 21:7 where word "covenant" is used) 31
he (David, the prophet = literally one who tells beforehand) looked
ahead and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that HE WAS NEITHER
NOR DID His flesh SUFFER DECAY.
In 1 Peter there is another passage
that refers to the events surrounding Christ's death on the Cross and
which helps understand the phrase He also descended into the lower
parts of the earth...
18 For Christ also died for sins once
for all, the just for the unjust, in order that He might bring us to
God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the
spirit; 19 in which also He went and made proclamation (not the verb
used to preach the gospel) to the spirits now in prison, 20 who once
were disobedient, when the patience of God kept waiting in the days of
Noah, during the construction of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight
persons, were brought safely through the water. (See notes
1 Peter 3:18;
What Peter is saying is that between
His death on Calvary and His resurrection, Jesus was physically dead but
spiritually alive. During these three days Jesus also "went and made
proclamation to the spirits now in prison" and this could be interpreted
as a explanation of He also descended into the lower parts of the
earth. At this time Jesus proclaimed His victory over the demonic
spirits who were in
being the OT synonym), which was the place of the departed dead. When
Christ descended to Sheol, He proclaimed His victory, because as Paul
records in Colossians...
When He had disarmed the rulers and
authorities, He made a public display of them, having triumphed over
them through Him. (See notes
Colossians 2:15)
John MacArthur after acknowledging
that Peter is undoubtedly speaking of Jesus' descent to Hades, notes
that it is less certain that these passages in Ephesians 4 are a
definite description of the same event that Peter describes. MacArthur
emphasizes that...
Paul's point in Ephesians 4:8-10 is
to explain that Jesus' paying the infinite price of coming to earth and
suffering death on our behalf qualified Him to be exalted above all the
heavens (that is, to the throne of God), in order that He might
rightfully have the authority to give gifts to His saints. By that
victory He gained the right to rule His church and to give gifts to His
church, that He might fill all things. (MacArthur,
J: Ephesians. Chicago: Moody Press)
Ephesians 4:10 He
He who
that He might
Amplified: He
Who descended is the [very] same as He Who also has ascended high
above all the heavens, that He [His presence] might fill all things
(the whole universe, from the lowest to the highest).
Bible - Lockman)
NLT: The same one who came down is the one who ascended higher
than all the heavens, so that his rule might fill the entire universe.
- Tyndale House)
Phillips: The one who made this descent is identically the
same person as he who has now ascended high above the very Heavens -
that the whole universe from lowest to highest might know his
presence.) (Phillips:
Wuest: The One who descended himself is also the One who
ascended above all the heavens, in order that He might fill all
things. (Eerdmans)
Young's Literal: He who descended is the same as He
who ascended again far above all the Heavens in order to fill the
HE WHO ASCENDED FAR ABOVE ALL THE HEAVENS: o katabas (AAPMSN) autos
estin (3SPAI) kai o anabas (AAPMSN) huperano panton ton ouranon:
(Ep 1:20, 21, 22, 23; Acts 1:9,11; 1Timothy 3:16; Hebrews 4:14; 7:26;
8:1; 9:23,24) (Ep 3:19; John 1:16; Acts 2:33; Colossians 1:19; 2:9)
Himself (846)
(autos) sets Jesus apart from anyone and everyone else in regard
to His descent and ascent. He is unique.
(anabaino from aná = up + baíno = to go) means to
go up and here describes Jesus ascending on high (into heaven).
summarizes this section writing that...
The central thought in verses 8–10 is
that the Giver of the gifts is the ascended Christ. There were no such
gifts before He went back to heaven.
Far above (5231)
(huperano from hupér = above + áno = up, upwards)
indicating that after His incarnation and crucifixion, Christ then
ascended higher than all the heavens.
All the heavens
- Paul himself had ascended to the third heaven (2Cor 12:2)
(See discussion of
Third Heaven: What is the third heaven?)
All (3956)
(pas) means all without exception. Paul's point is clearly to
emphasize the supremacy of Christ. (See notes on parallel teaching in
Ephesians 1:20;
1:23) Clearly this
position would place all powers subject to Him.
Heavens (3772)
(ouranos) means sky and
by extension heaven, the over-arching, all-embracing heaven beneath
which is the earth and all that is therein.
Morris has
an interesting comment writing that...
Jesus, in pre-incarnate theophanies,
had previously "ascended up to heaven" and come "down from heaven," even
while remaining "in heaven" (John 3:13 "And no one has ascended into
heaven, but He who descended from heaven, even the Son of Man.").
Now, however, He "ascended up far above all heavens"--above the
atmosphere, above the stars, even above the third heaven of paradise,
"that he might fill all things." He is Creator and Redeemer of the
entire universe, omnipresent in the Spirit, even though residing at the
right hand of the Father in His glorified human body. (Morris,
Henry: Defenders Study Bible. World Publishing)
THINGS: hina plerose (3SAAS) ta panta: (Eph 3:19; John
1:16; Acts 2:33; Colossians 1:19; 2:9) (Matthew 24:34; Luke 24:44; John
19:24,28,36; Acts 3:18; 13:32,33; Romans 9:25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30; 15:9,
10, 11, 12, 13; 16:25,26)
As we close on
this parenthetical section, Eph 4:8-10, remember that although the
descent and especially the meaning of the lower parts has received a
great deal of discussion, Paul's main emphasis is on the ascension of
Christ, for this results in His bestowal of gifts. Let us continually
major on the major ideas and not on the minors, lest we miss the reason
Paul added this parenthesis.
This passage
parallels Paul's teaching in chapter 1 where he writes that the working
of God's mighty power is that power...
which He brought about in Christ,
when He raised Him from the dead, and seated Him at His right hand in
the heavenly places, 21 far above all rule and authority and power and
dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also
in the one to come. 22 And He put all things in subjection under His
feet, and gave Him as head over all things to the church, 23 which is
His body, the fulness of Him who fills all in all. (See notes
Ephesians 1:20;
This passage also helps understand
Paul's statement regarding...
the summing up of all things in
Christ, things in the heavens and things upon the earth. (See note
Ephesians 1:10)
Wayne Barber writes...
His power and presence now fill all
the universe and all things. He fills it. It is there. Do you know how
it is manifested? Through the people of God who have tapped into the
divine ability of His Spirit working in them. The church is the body of
Christ, the dwelling of God in the Spirit, people with gifts to minister
to that body. Do you realize that the very moment you get in touch with
your gifts and start living, you are preserving the unity of the body?
The only unity we have is the unity that the Spirit produces when we are
being filled and controlled by the Spirit of God. Otherwise, we are
tearing the ligaments and have no clue about what oneness is all about.
What you think about the unity of the Spirit dictates the way you live.
So that
(hina) introduces a purpose clause.
He might fill
(pleroo) means to make
complete in every particular, to cause to abound, to furnish or supply
liberally, to flood, to diffuse throughout, to pervade, to take
possession of and so to ultimately to control. Christ filling all things
indicates that He is in control of all things, without exception. Christ
is Lord of all! Amen. Is He your Lord?
This filling
parallels a similar thought in verse 13 where Paul explains the goal of
equipping the saints...
until we all attain to the unity of
the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to
the measure of the stature which belongs to the fulness of Christ.
(See notes
Ephesians 4:13)
All (3956)
(pas) means all without exception.
Although He (Jesus) departed, it was
not that He might remove to a distance from us, but, as Paul says, "that
He might fill all things." By His ascension to heaven, the glory of His
divinity has been only more illustriously displayed; and, though no
longer present with us in the flesh, our souls receive spiritual
nourishment from (Him the Head).
F B Meyer...
This power to fill was won by Christ
in his Death and Resurrection.—He did not ascend till He had first
descended. Always death before resurrection; stooping before rising; the
garden and the cross before the Ascension Mount.
But as surely as these come first,
the others follow. He who condescended to the fashion of a man, and
thence to death, even the death of the cross, must ascend by the very
laws of that spiritual world which He obeyed. He could not be holden by
death. "Wherefore God highly exalted Him." "Thou art worthy, for Thou
wast slain."
And being by the right hand of God
exalted, He received of the Father the promised plentitude of the
Spirit. It had been his before, as the second Person in the Holy
Trinity; but it became his now as the Representative and High Priest of
his people. It was entrusted to Him as their Trustee and Surety. As we
receive the fulness of forgiveness from his death, so we may receive the
fulness of the Spirit from his life.
There is no soul so low in its need,
but He can touch it, because He has descended into the depths of Hades;
and now from the zenith throne of his ascended glory He can reach the
furthest and remotest points of spiritual need: as the sun can cover a
wider area when it sits regnant in the sky at noon, than when pillowing
its chin upon the western wave. (The Epistle to the Ephesians-A
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Lessons for producers from the 2011 Long-Term Care Insurance Sourcebook
By Jesse Slome
American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance
This article discusses the recently released 2011 Long-Term Care Insurance Sourcebook, and some tips and tactics that will benefit producers attempting to market long term care solutions in an industry that can longer be described as one-size-fits-all.
Every year I spend over two months collecting, tabulating, preparing and proofing data for the Long-Term Care Insurance Sourcebook. When it's printed and in the mail I breathe a sigh of relief and actually start thinking about the next one.
What's missing from the process is reflecting on what one can learn from the data, what surprised me, and what tips and tactics will benefit producers attempting to market long term care solutions. I use the term solutions specifically because increasingly, this is no longer a one-size-fits-all industry.
Before you settle down with a cup of tea expecting to glean the complete findings of our research from this article, be forewarned. I will reveal select highlights of statistical data. For the full details, you really need the full 48-page sourcebook, which we send to all association members.
But back to the data. Not much has changed from 2009 to 2010 in terms of buyers of individual LTC insurance policies. Four out of five buyers are purchasing long term care insurance prior to reaching age 65 and for those still looking at old data, that is a significant change that has been happening over time. Long term care planning once was relegated to those who focused on seniors. Agents focusing on the post-retirement market are finding the prime prospects have already been contacted and increasingly sold.
Our study using data from insurers marketing policies for individuals suggested, to our surprise, the continued growth of benefits being paid for home care. Just under half of all new claims starting in 2010 began as home care claims. That's an increase, and more women than men begin their claim at home. I have long touted long term care insurance as "nursing home avoidance" coverage and clearly; that's what consumers want and how this protection meets their needs.
For the first time, we really took a look at the newer hybrid products. These are the life insurance and annuity policies that provide accelerated long term care benefits. Both categories have grown significantly over the past few years, and I predict this is only the beginning. In fact, life plus long term care premium for the participating insurers surged 79 percent in 2010. For annuity plus LTC policies, the sales surged 135 percent. Expect sales to really surge as some large mutual fund companies that also offer annuity products enter the market. Admittedly, the sales pitch for these products is sweet: Finally, a form of long term care protection that pays even if you never need long term care. Overcoming a formidable objection held by many consumers, it's no wonder these products are gathering steam. That said, for these single-premium products to provide a meaningful LTC benefit, the purchaser must be willing to transfer a rather significant amount of cash. Therefore, we wanted to know what was really happening in the marketplace.
If most sales were in the $25,000 to $50,000 category, it would tell us that consumers liked the sales pitch but were buying coverage that really would not provide them with meaningful long term care protection at some future date. That could put the industry at some risk. Fortunately, our findings revealed the vast majority of single life premiums were over $100,000, and about a fourth were over $200,000. Single premium amounts for annuity policies were lower; something we'll look to compare next year.
While hybrid products will continue to gain popularity, they serve a very specific niche market — those with what I refer to as "lazy money" that they can transfer from one bucket to another. They will not replace traditional long-term care insurance on a policy count basis.
Finally, while the findings are consistent with prior studies, I find that the single most relevant fact contained in our sourcebook is the report of what actual consumers pay for long term care insurance broken down by age band.
What makes this so vital is the fact that often media stories report industry averages that state the average long term care insurance policy costs $2,200. To the typical married couple, that translates to $4,400 for coverage (probably more) and the "too costly" objection is permanently cemented in their mind.
For the sourcebook, we report what real consumers pay, broken down into various age bands. For those under age 61, one-quarter (25.1 percent) paid under $1,000 a year. Another 18.3 percent paid between $1,000 and $1,499. This type of information is so vital in an era where expanding the marketplace depends on reaching beyond the traditional higher-income affluent consumer.
To see a complete page-by-page breakdown of what's inside the 2011 Long-Term Care Insurance Sourcebook, go to http://www.aaltci.org/sb


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long lost artifacts that are part of Hawaii history. But after losing their lease, the owners of Antique Alley are closing up shop at the end of the month. As KITV4's Jill Kuramoto reports... in this store ... one man's trash... Is another's connection to the past. :23 25:59 LICENSE PLATES ARE ANOTHER GOOD COLLECTIBLE 26:02 There's not much Pake Zane DOESN'T collect. 26:21 IT'S SOMETHING THAT LONGS CARRIED IN THE 70S. IT'S A TIKI BACHI. 26:25 And just about everything in his shop has a story.. -- we're talking hundreds of thousands of items here. 21:45 BECAUSE EVERYTHING HERE HAS BEEN SAVED BY SOMEBODY ELSE. 21:47 AND THEN DISPOSED OF BY SOMEBODY ELSE. AND I FEEL IT SHOULDN'T ALL GO TO THE LANDFILL. 21:55 "Cultural recycling" is what Zane calls what he's been doing for nearly all his life. 24:38 THEY WERE ALL BOUGHT IN HAWAII, MADE IN JAPAN AND TAKEN TO THE MAINLAND. BUT ICON TO ALL PEOPLE COMING TO HAWAII. 24:39 And for 25 years ... Antique Alley has been the one-stop shop for quirky collectibles and vintage Hawaiiana. But after losing their lease... They now have only until the end of May. 20:45 AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THERE'S SOMEBODY ELSE IN THE BUIDLING WHO WANTS TO EXPAND. 20:50 20:57 SO WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO LEAVE. I UNDERSTAND. THEY CAN PAY a lot MORE THAN WE CAN. 21:03 34:25 PACKING UP NATS Zane and his wife opened the store on Kapiolani Boulevard after traveling around the world for 11 years. With the rise of the digital age... he saw a need to preserve the pieces that make up our memories of Hawaii. 27:41 I NEVER LIKED HISTORY IN SCHOOL BECAUSE YOU CAN'T RELATE TO IT. BUT SINCE GETTING INTO THIS, I THRIVE ON LOCAL HISTORY. 27:50 On June 1st, Pake plans to pack up what he can and close up shop. 22:37 WE'LL PUT EVERYTHING INTO STORAGE TAKE A BREAK, WHICH JULIE AND I HAVEN'T HAD IN MANY, MANY YEARS. 22:43 He hopes to reopen.. But for now ... History is for sale until it's time to go. Jill Kuramoto, KITV4 News. We have information on Antique Alley on our website, KITV dot com. Also packing up and re-locating-- the Oceanic
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"What would you most like to see change in your faith or spiritual tradition during the next ten years? What role will you play?" The Indianapolis Star posed those questions to various local religious leaders. Following are two replies; more will appear occasionally in the weeks ahead.
By Callie J. Smith
Disagreement. I'd like to see more disagreement.
I don't mean more fighting. My Protestant Christian tradition has more than enough history of that. The proliferation of Protestant churches and denominations on the North American scene during the past 200-plus years (or, at least, part of that proliferation) suggests that we have plenty of experience with conflict and division.
The "more disagreement" I'd like to see is an ever-growing capacity within Christian communities to disagree while continuing to share the same community, continuing to talk with and learn from one another. By extension, I'd like to see people of my faith tradition keep growing in our ability to offer neighbors of any other tradition or of no faith tradition this same willingness to disagree while continuing to talk with and learn from one another.
Indianapolis actually provides a very strong model of people of different faith traditions learning from and working with each other. Locally-based efforts like the Interfaith Hunger Initiative and the Center for Interfaith Cooperation are prime examples. My own community, an ecumenical Christian community in Indianapolis called Studio Ninety-Six, has joined with multifaith partners to plan events marking the occasion of 9/11 for the past three years now.
Planning a prayer service with Sikh, Muslim, Jewish and Buddhist neighbors - people who believe some very different things than we do - challenged my Christian colleagues and I to explore our beliefs that much more. We have only deepened in our faith by working with and learning from those of other faiths.
In the next 10 years, I'm willing to pour much more time into planning and spreading the word about interfaith events like these. I see profound potential as more Christian communities - locally as well as nationally - share in such enriching experiences of disagreement.
By Becky Reynolds
Raised in the Church of Christ, I now attend a Southern Baptist Church with my husband. While living six weeks in Germany with German and U.S. families, I discovered missions. Missions are God's story, yet the church's overarching need is a revival of the word of God.
Haven't we accepted moral and relational dysfunction so that we no longer blink or blush at the latest news or gossip? None of us is untouched by the idol of self and the sin that follows. I lay blame on the "anointed" in radical universities or government. Church leaders need to bear responsibility for doing business as usual. Ray Steven's funny song, "Mississippi Squirrel Revival" is the need of the day.
The world has experienced revival in the past, and I am praying for the two youngest generations to hear and be transformed by the word of God. I know the effect of reading the Bible; in 2004 I was given a copy of the MacArthur Daily Bible. Today's young adults are not limited to hard copies of the Bible, and daily Bible reading is the surest way to understand the Bible's themes (relational God, faith, repentance of sin, atonement, holiness and immortality), and to know the will of God.
Jesus quoted Deuteronomy in Matthew 4:4, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.' " As a way to meet the need for a Biblical revival, I give away Daily Bibles to anyone who would like to try daily Bible reading and have discussed with an attorney a not-for-profit to promote daily Bible reading.


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Pur Minerals Fulvic Mineral Mist Review
Oh the joys of finding an inexpensive facial mist are never missed on the Muse. Quite a happy day when I discovered Pur Minerals Fulvic Mineral Mist which comes in a big old bottle and will only set you back $16.50.
Check it after the jump!
Pur Minerals Fulvic Mineral Mist contains over 70 essential vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and amino acids. I've no idea what it contains really but Pur says it's a whole lot of good stuff, bring it baby!
So it's pretty standard, no prior brain surgery required to use it! Mist on and go. It basically sets mineral makeup, offers hydration, or simply works great as a toner prior to moisturizer.
You can pretty much use it anywhere which is why it differs from many mists which are normally meant exclusively for your face. Mist on your body, shoulders, arms, legs, and face to hydrate and refresh tired skin. Unlike many mists it also has a really super pleasant scent. It's a mix of citrus, herbal, and just generally clean and freshly scented.
I don't set my makeup with mists of any kind but I love using them to prep my skin for moisturizer. This works a treat to allow my moisturizer to absorb quicker it also aids in hydrating my skin even further.
Overall, it's a love.
Likey very much and slap a little Muse Approval on it for purchase.
Pur Minerals are not tested on animals which should be a major plus for many a makeup user.
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Hey Izz! Thanks so much for your lovely comment.
I've not tried anything by Pur Minerals before but this sounds healthy with all of those vitamins/minerals etc. I like to mist my face before applying anything else on my face and also after when the whole face is complete. Thanks for the great review!
Hope you have a healthy Happy New Year!!
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Is this similar to MAC's Fix Plus?
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I also used it on my legs and arms after a shower but it is not as moisturizing as lotion and left my desert skin dry and itchy, so it's not a replacement for body lotion.
This will become a staple on my beauty regimen now though! Glad you liked it too!


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Offline Browser 4
As some of you might already read on Twitter, I wrote little Offline Browser app which tries to fix some annoyance with the original browser and the whole workflow during reading Twitter, Email or RSS feeds:
- new browser card pops up in the foreground
- sometimes you get a gray browser card with blinking icon
- sometimes you get an orphaned browser window which doesn't go fullscreen anymore
- sometimes the browser forgets what he has and you have to reload
- some pages are very slow thanks to css/js/files which the browser needs to load before displaying
Offline Browser will try to help you to avoid these annoying things. By catching URLs, storing them in a database, downloading the html in the background and storing it in the database too, showing a preview without CSS and JS, but mostly working links.
1.4.0: (only for Mojo version) allow new links added also in detail view, added default apps in menu, added browser icon in list
1.3.0: selectable notification: vibra, sound or mute, send to browser/RiL/Ipp from detail view
1.2.3: fix on phone
1.2.2: removed iframe tags
1.2.0: fixed stupid t.co short urls from Twitter, handle launch arguments on TouchPad
1.1.2: ReadItLater and Instapaper support now also on TouchPad
1.1.1: fixed InstaPaper support
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Support for InstaPaper (send one or all urls)
Support for local files on TouchPad (untested yet)
1.0.5: Load local html files (Mojo version atm, go to add url)
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How do you install this app? I DL'd it on to my touchpad, and I get an error that says "Cannot open MIME type". Im using the native touchpad browser. Thanks :)
nice app. its the only free app that I know that allows you to save content for offline browsing that includes images. Aesthetics could have been better though. With my limited enyo skills, I tweaked it a little so that I could scroll horizontally (when webpages/images were bigger than the sliding pane) and removed the peakwidth (shows a little bit of the sliding pane underneath). Removing the peakwidth looked so much nicer because it looked like it was on full screen. I wish there was a browser patch for this app like the "Add to ReadonTouch". I made do by using the ReadonTouch Patch to add websites to my ReaditLater account and used the offline browser app to store and read. I also wish that the last sliding pane would add pinch to zoom capability. I tried looking into it but it was too complicated a task for me.
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16 U.S. Code § 5502 - Definitions
As used in this chapter—
(1) The term "Agreement" means the Agreement to Promote Compliance with International Conservation and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas, adopted by the Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on November 24, 1993.
(3) The term "high seas" means the waters beyond the territorial sea or exclusive economic zone (or the equivalent) of any nation, to the extent that such territorial sea or exclusive economic zone (or the equivalent) is recognized by the United States.
(4) The term "high seas fishing vessel" means any vessel of the United States or subject to the jurisdiction of the United States used or intended for use—
(5) The term "international conservation and management measures" means measures to conserve or manage one or more species of living marine resources that are adopted and applied in accordance with the relevant rules of international law, as reflected in the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, and that are recognized by the United States. Such measures may be adopted by global, regional, or sub-regional fisheries organizations, subject to the rights and obligations of their members, or by treaties or other international agreements.
(6) The term "length" means—
(A) for any high seas fishing vessel built after July 18, 1982, 96 percent of the total length on a waterline at 85 percent of the least molded depth measured from the top of the keel, or the length from the foreside of the stem to the axis of the rudder stock on that waterline, if that is greater, except that in ships designed with a rake of keel the waterline on which this length is measured shall be parallel to the designed waterline; and
(7) The term "person" means any individual (whether or not a citizen or national of the United States), any corporation, partnership, association, or other entity (whether or not organized or existing under the laws of any State), and any Federal, State, local, or foreign government or any entity of any such government.
(9) The term "vessel of the United States" means—
(A) a vessel documented under chapter 121 of title 46 or numbered in accordance with chapter 123 of title 46;
(B) a vessel owned in whole or part by—
(iv) a corporation created under the laws of the United States or any State, the District of Columbia, or any territory, commonwealth, or possession of the United States; unless the vessel has been granted the nationality of a foreign nation in accordance with article 92 of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and a claim of nationality or registry for the vessel is made by the master or individual in charge at the time of the enforcement action by an officer or employee of the United States authorized to enforce applicable provisions of the United States law; and
(C) a vessel that was once documented under the laws of the United States and, in violation of the laws of the United States, was either sold to a person not a citizen of the United States or placed under foreign registry or a foreign flag, whether or not the vessel has been granted the nationality of a foreign nation.
Source(Pub. L. 104–43, title I, § 103,Nov. 3, 1995, 109 Stat. 367; Pub. L. 106–562, title III, § 305,Dec. 23, 2000, 114 Stat. 2807.)
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This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original "this Act", and was translated as reading "this title", meaning title I of Pub. L. 104–43, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
In par. (10), "subsections (c) and (d) ofsection 70502 of title 46" substituted for "section 3(c) of the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act (46 U.S.C. 1903(c))" on authority of Pub. L. 109–304, § 18(c),Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1709, which Act enacted section 70502 of Title 46, Shipping.
2000—Par. (4). Pub. L. 106–562inserted "or subject to the jurisdiction of the United States" after "United States" in introductory provisions.
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Today, Nokia Beta Labs announced the availability of a beta flavor of a new app for Symbian Belle devices, namely the Webview widget.
Just as the name suggests, the new Webview widget was designed to provide users with updates from the Internet straight on the homescreen of their devices, so as to keep them in the loop, with new content.
"The Webview widget allows you to see up-to-date web page view directly on your homescreen. You can zoom and pan your favorite page so that a piece of it becomes part of the homescreen," the developer notes.
"After setting up the view, just swiping to the homescreen loads & updates the view, as does activating the phone from standby if the widget is visible in the current homescreen page."
After downloading and installing the widget, users will simply need to place it on a homescreen on their smartphones, and then navigate to url and select view (pan, pinch-zoom).
The widget features automatic background reload, which will kick in instantly as soon as the user navigates to the homescreen with the widget on it.
Owners of Symbian Belle devices will be able to change the view whenever they like by long pressing the widget and tapping on the icon on the left-hand side bottom corner.
If they want to go to the web to learn more on what is being presented in the widget, users simply need to click on the software, and the browser will be launched.
The Webview Widget for Symbian team also encourages users who download and install the widget to provide feedback on their experience before the end of February, if possible.
"We are especially interested to hear how you see the changing page content affecting usability of this widget. The Webview widget works best in web pages where the content location does not change on reloads," the team announced.
"We would also welcome examples of websites where the Webview widget is especially useful for you," the team continues. The team will assess the commercial launch of the widget based on user feedback.


text: On Apr 11, 2009, at 20:27, Jacob Floyd <techgurufloyd+osaf at gmail.com> wrote: >> That part of the Lucene store extensions needs to be reworked. >> The changes should be minimal, look at the svn history of PyLucene's >> test_PythonDirectory.py. > > That seems to have been just the ticket I needed. Based on the > various changes visible in svn, I made a patch for chandlerdb/ > persistence/LuceneContainer.py which is attached (I hope that's ok > on this list, if not let me know, and I'll post it some other way) That's definitely ok. This is what this list is for. > It seems to work for me, all the tests apparently pass, but please > do a sanity check on what I changed. Yes, these changes are the ones I'd expect. All looks familiar. >> But, to do this properly, one needs to take on the task of upgrading >> PyLucene in the chandler build. >> >> Given, at least, that no new functionality is introduced by this >> upgrade that chandler lacks or desires, I don't think you'll get much >> interest in it. > > ok. Well we'll see what happens with this patch then. Thanks for > looking it over. If you run with this new build and don't get strange new bugs over time, I'd say your patch is good, but I didn't try it out myself. Congrats ! Andi.. > > > Thank you, > Jacob Floyd > <LuceneContainer.py.diff> > _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ > > Open Source Applications Foundation "chandler-dev" mailing list > http://lists.osafoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/chandler-dev