8. In this verse, the Apostle proceeds to show that these gifts were gratuitously given by Christ. The quotation from Psalm 64, in which the words are read in the second person, “thou hast ascended on high,” &c., is understood by many to refer, in its primary and literal signification, to the temporal triumph of the Jews over their enemies. But in its mystical signification—the signification principally intended by the Holy Ghost—it refers to the Ascension of our blessed Lord, who, ascending on high,
Ephesians 4:8