John 3:13 (WEB)
No one has ascended into heaven but he who descended out of heaven, the Son of Man, who is in heaven.
Catechism · 4
"Our Father Who Art in Heaven"
“Jn Christ, then, heaven and earth are reconciled, for the Son alone "descended from heaven" and causes us to ascend there with him, by his Cross, Resurrection, and Ascension.” — Catechism footnote: Jn 3:13; 12:32; 14 2-3; 16:28; 20:17; Eph 4:9-10; Heb 1:3; ⇒ 2:13.
I Believe in Jesus Christ, the Only Son of God
“He 'came from God', 'descended from heaven',” — Catechism footnote: Jn 3:13; 6:33.
"And in Jesus Christ, His Only Son, Our Lord"
“He unveiled the authentic content of his messianic kingship both in the transcendent identity of the Son of Man "who came down from heaven", and in his redemptive mission as the suffering Servant: "The Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."” — Catechism footnote: Jn 3:13; Mt 20:28; cf. Jn 6:62; Dan 7:13; Is 53:10-12.
"He Ascended into Heaven and is Seated at the Right Hand of the Father"
- §661Article 6 · "He Ascended into Heaven and is Seated at the Right Hand of the Father"Read at vatican.va
“"No one has ascended into heaven but he who descended from heaven, the Son of man."” — Catechism footnote: Jn 3:13; cf. Eph 4:8-10.
Fathers and councils · 46
Tertullian
“It is the Son, too, who ascends to the heights of heaven, and also descends to the inner parts of the earth.” — editor's note: John iii. 13.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“And it is not simply that I say this, but He Himself attests it who came down from heaven; for He speaketh thus: “No man hath ascended up to heaven, but He that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.”” — editor's note: John iii. 13.
Read the whole comment“And at Pentecost so as to presignify the kingdom of heaven as He Himself first ascended to heaven and brought man as a gift to God.” — editor's note: [Man’s nature was never before in heaven. John iii. 13; Acts ii. 34.]
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
“For who is he that ascended upon into heaven, but he who came down from heaven, even the Son of Man who is in heaven (John 3:13.).” — the author cites it
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John Damascene
“Hence it is that the Lord of Glory is said to have been crucified, although His divine nature never endured the Cross, and that the Son of Man is allowed to have been in heaven before the Passion, as the Lord Himself said.” — editor's note: St. John iii. 13.
Read the whole comment“And this: And no man hath ascended up to heaven but He that came down from heaven, even the Son of Man which is in heaven, and such like.” — editor's note: St. John. iii. 13.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X I.14Conference I
“…and weakness of the flesh as they were: “No man hath ascended into heaven, but He who came down from heaven, even the Son of man who is in heaven:” by which He clearly shows that the souls of the departed are not only not deprived of their reason, but that they are not even without such feelings as hope…” — editor's note: S. John iii. 13.
Read the whole comment ““No man,” he saith, “hath ascended into heaven, save He who came down from heaven, even the Son of man, who is in heaven.”” — editor's note: S. John iii. 13.
Read the whole comment“Who, as it was said, “ascended up where He was before,” and of whom we read: “No man hath ascended into heaven, but He who came down from heaven, even the Son of man who is in heaven.”” — editor's note: S. John iii. 13.
Read the whole comment“Hence comes this: “No man hath ascended into heaven, but He who came down from heaven, even the Son of man who is in heaven.”” — editor's note: S. John iii. 13.
Read the whole comment“No one who is set on earth can be in heaven: and how does the Lord Himself say: “The Son of man who is in heaven”?” — editor's note: S. John iii. 13.
Read the whole comment“But still, you, who think that our Lord Jesus Christ could not have ascended into heaven, unless He had been raised up by the Spirit; tell me how is it that He Himself says “No one hath ascended into heaven but He who came down from heaven, even the Son of man who is in heaven”?” — editor's note: S. John iii. 13.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“…heaven,’ and ‘as is the heavenly such are they also that are heavenly’ and ‘no man hath ascended up to heaven but the son of man that came down from heaven,’ and any other similar passage, must be understood to be spoken on account of the union with man, as also the statement that ‘all things were made by Christ,’…” — editor's note: John iii. 13
Read the whole comment“As it is written ‘He that came down from Heaven.’”” — editor's note: John iii. 13
Read the whole comment“Orth.—How, then, does the Lord say “If ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where He was before,” and again “No man hath ascended up to heaven but He that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven?”” — editor's note: John iii. 13
Read the whole comment“If any one says that the Son of God, living in the flesh when he was on the earth, was not in heaven and with the Father, let him be anathema.” — editor's note: John iii. 13
Read the whole comment“They ought to have followed the Master’s teaching, for the Lord Himself says “And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in Heaven.”” — editor's note: John iii. 13
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Sozomen
“He substantiates this evil hypothesis by a misapplication of the following words of Scripture: ‘No man hath ascended up into heaven.’” — editor's note: John iii. 13.
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Ambrose of Milan
“…in order that without distinction He Who suffered should be called both Lord of glory and Son of man, even as it is written: “Who descended from heaven.”” — editor's note: S. John iii. 13.
Read the whole comment“For “No man hath ascended into heaven, but He Who came down from heaven;” and even of Moses, though his corpse was never seen on earth, we do nowhere read as of one abiding in celestial glory, unless it was after that the Lord, by…” — editor's note: S. John iii. 13.
Read the whole comment“But in what character was He sent, and came down, save as Son of Man, even as He Himself said before: “No man hath ascended into heaven, save He that hath come down from heaven as Son of Man.”” — editor's note: S. John iii. 13.
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Augustine of Hippo
“To this too the words, “The Lord is in His holy temple; the Lord, His seat is in heaven,” are suitable; that is, the Word in Man, or the very Son of Man who is in heaven.” — editor's note: John iii. 13.
Read the whole comment““For no man hath ascended up to heaven, but He that came down from heaven, even the Son of Man which is in heaven.”” — editor's note: John iii. 13.
Read the whole comment“And yet if He did not Alone go to the Father, He would not say in another place, “No man hath ascended up to heaven, but He That descended from heaven, the Son of man who is in heaven.”” — editor's note: John iii. 13.
Read the whole comment“But in another place He says, “No man has ascended into heaven but He that came down from heaven, the Son of man who is in heaven.”” — editor's note: John iii. 13.
Read the whole comment“He said not, who was in heaven.” — editor's note: John iii. 13.
Read the whole comment“For there also He did not say, Will be, but “is,” because of the oneness of person, wherein God is at once man, and man God.” — editor's note: Chap. iii. 13.
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Catena Aurea on John
- Gregory the GreatCatena Aurea on John
“(John 3:13) Yet here is no discrepancy, for our Lord being the Head of His members, the reprobates excluded, He is alone with us.” — the author cites it
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After taking notice of this lack of knowledge in a person, who, on the strength of his magisterial station, set himself above others, and blaming the unbelief of such men, our Lord says, that if such as these do not…
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For as much as we are made one with Him, to the place from which He came alone in Himself, thither He returns alone in us; and He who is ever in heaven, daily ascendeth to heaven.
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
Although He was made the Son of man upon earth, yet His Divinity with which, remaining in heaven, He descended to earth, He hath declared not to disagree with the title of Son of man, as He hath thought His flesh…
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
Or thus: Nicodemus having said, We know that Thou art a teacher sent from God; our Lord says, And no man hath ascended, &c. in that He might not appear to be a teacher only like one of the Prophets.
Read the whole comment - Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on John
But when thou hearest that the Son of man came down from heaven, think not that His flesh came down from heaven; for this is the doctrine of those heretics, who held that Christ took His Body from heaven, and only…
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
By the title Son of man here, He does not mean His flesh, but Himself altogether; the lesser part of His nature being put to express the whole. It is not uncommon with Him to name Himself wholly from His humanity, or…
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If a man of set purpose descend naked to the valley, and there providing himself with clothes and armour, ascend the mountain again, he who ascended may be said to be the same with him who descended.
Read the whole comment - Hilary of PoitiersCatena Aurea on John
Or, His descending from heaven is the source of His origin as conceived by the Spirit: Mary gave not His body its origin, though the natural qualities of her sex contributed its birth and increase. That He is the Son…
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But thou wonderest that He was at once here, and in heaven. Yet such power hath He given to His disciples. Hear Paul, Our conversation is in heaven. (Phil. 3:20) If the man Paul walked upon earth, and had his…
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
That too which seemeth very lofty is still unworthy of His vastness. For He is not in heaven only, but every where, and filleth all things. But for the present He accommodates Himself to the weakness of His hearer,…
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John Chrysostom
“John iii. 12, 13” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“And to Nicodemus, “No man hath ascended up to heaven but the Son of man which is in heaven.” ( c. iii. 13.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“For He saith, “No man hath ascended up to Heaven, but the Son of Man, which is in Heaven.”” — editor's note: John iii. 13.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
- Gregory of Nazianzus, Letters Letter 202Letters on the Apollinarian Controversy
“And he puts forward as a witness to this monstrous assertion a garbled quotation from the Gospels, namely, No man hath Ascended up into Heaven save He which came down from Heaven, even the Son of Man which is in Heaven.” — editor's note: John iii. 13.
Read the whole comment - Gregory of Nazianzus, Letters Letter 101Letters on the Apollinarian Controversy
“…such are they that are Heavenly; and, No man hath ascended up into Heaven save He which came down from Heaven, even the Son of Man which is in Heaven; and the like, are to be understood as said on account of the Union with the heavenly; just as that All Things were made by Christ, and that Christ dwelleth in…” — editor's note: John iii. 13.
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Hilary of Poitiers
“This deep and beautiful mystery of His assumption of manhood the Lord Himself reveals in the words, No man hath ascended into heaven, but He that descended from heaven, even the Son of Man which is in heaven.” — editor's note: St. John iii. 13.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Remigius of AuxerreCatena Aurea on Matthew
“He is also Joram, that is, ‘lofty,’ according to that, “No man hath ascended up to heaven, but He that came down from heaven.” [John 3:13]” — the author cites it
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Aphrahat
“And again, (the followers of) doctrines, which are instruments of the Evil One, are offended by the word which our Lord spake, No one has ascended up to heaven but He Who came down from heaven, the Son of Man, Who was in heaven.” — editor's note: John iii. 13.
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Cross-references · 51
Cited together in Remigius of Auxerre on Matthew 1:8–11 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Catechism §423.
Cited together in Letters Letter 84 and 1 other place.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius IV.6 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Catechism §423.
Cited together in Catechism §661.
Cited together in Catechism §661.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius VII.22.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 27.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 26.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 27.
Cited together in Remigius of Auxerre on Matthew 1:8–11 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith II.7 and 2 other places.
Cited together in Letters Letter 84 and 2 other places.
Cited together in Letters Letter 202 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Catechism §661.
Cited together in Catechism §661.
Cited together in Catechism §661 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Ecclesiastical History V.11 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 3:13 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.1.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 26.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 27.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 26.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith II.7.
Cited together in Catechism §423.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith II.7.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius VII.22.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius V.12.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 27.
Cited together in Remigius of Auxerre on Matthew 1:8–11 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.1.
Cited together in Remigius of Auxerre on Matthew 1:8–11 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius VII.4.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.1.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.1.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.1.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.1.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.1.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.1.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith II.7 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Remigius of Auxerre on Matthew 1:8–11 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 27.
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 10:29–37 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 10:29–37 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 10:29–37 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 10:29–37 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 10:29–37 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 10:29–37 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Catechism §423.
Cited together in Catechism §423.