Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 4:8
Wherefore he saith; the psalmist. When he; Christ, God manifested in the flesh: and then what was spoken by the psalmist prophetically in the second person, is spoken by the apostle historically in the third. Ascended up on high; Christ ascended up on high after his death, both as to place, in his human nature, into heaven; and chiefly as to his state, in his being glorified. He led captivity captive; either led those captive who had taken us captive, or rather led them captive whom he had... read more
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 4:7
But unto every one of us is given grace; either by grace he means gifts which are not common to all believers, but proper to some, according to their various functions and places in the church, Romans 12:6; 1 Corinthians 12:11. Or rather, more generally, it comprehends also those graces which are common to all believers as such, faith, hope, love, zeal, &c.; which though they are of the same kind in all, and have the same object, yet they are received in different degrees and measures.... read more