Charles Ellicott Commentary Ephesians 4:10

"He that descended is the same also that ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.)" — Ephesians 4:10 (ASV)

That he might fill all things.—Compare the description in Ephesians 1:23 of the Lord as filling all in all. In both cases the reference is more particularly to the gift of the fullness of His grace, flowing from His glorified humanity to all His members.

But the words are too wide for any limitation. In heaven and earth, and the realms under the earth, His presence and sovereignty extends, by whatever means and over whatever beings He wills. In Revelation 5:13, accordingly, we read the ascription by every creature in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth . . ., of blessing, honour, glory, and power to . . . the Lamb for ever and ever.