'Down' in the Bible

And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.

And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

After Jesus was baptized, He went up immediately from the water. The heavens suddenly opened for Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming down on Him.

And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.

And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.

When He saw the crowds, He went up on the mountain, and after He sat down, His disciples came to Him.

'Ye are the salt of the land, but if the salt may lose savour, in what shall it be salted? for nothing is it good henceforth, except to be cast without, and to be trodden down by men.

Do not suppose that I came to throw down the law or the prophets -- I did not come to throw down, but to fulfil;

Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

and the rain came down, and the streams came, and the winds blew and fell upon that house, and it did not fall, for it had been founded upon the rock.

and the rain came down, and the streams came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house, and it fell, and its fall was great.

When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.

Suddenly, a leper came up to him, fell down before him, and said, "Sir, if you want to, you can make me clean."

And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.

And when Jesus had come to Peter's house, he saw his mother-in-law laid down and in a fever;

And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.

And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.

As He was telling them these things, suddenly one of the leaders came and knelt down before Him, saying, “My daughter is near death, but come and lay Your hand on her, and she will live.”

And Jesus was going up and down all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the reign, and healing every sickness and every malady among the people.

And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.

"Come to me, all of you who are weary and loaded down with burdens, and I will give you rest.

Then off it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and settle down there. As a result, that man’s last condition is worse than the first. That’s how it will also be with this evil generation.”

That day Jesus left the house and sat down beside the sea.

Such large crowds gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat down, while the whole crowd stood on the shore.

"Again the Kingdom of the Heavens is like a draw-net let down into the sea, which encloses fish of all sorts.

Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.

And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.

And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.

But when he saw the wind he was in fear and, starting to go down, he gave a cry, saying, Help, Lord.

And when they had got into the boat, the wind went down.

and the men on board fell down before him and said, "You are indeed God's Son."

“Why do Your disciples violate the tradition (religious laws) handed down by the [Jewish] elders? For Your disciples do not [ceremonially] wash their hands before they eat.”

He replied to them, “Why also do you violate the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition [handed down by the elders]?

he is not to honor his father or his mother [by helping them with their need].’ So by this you have invalidated the word of God [depriving it of force and authority and making it of no effect] for the sake of your tradition [handed down by the elders].

but it is in vain they worship Me, while they lay down precepts which are mere human rules.'"

Then she came and fell down before him, saying, "Lord, help me!"

And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there.

And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them:

And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.

When the disciples heard this, they were overwhelmed with fear and threw themselves down with their faces to the ground.

And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead.

And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying,

However, so that we do not offend them, go to the sea and throw in a hook, and take the first fish that comes up; and when you open its mouth, you will find a shekel. Take it and give it to them [to pay the temple tax] for you and Me.”

“See that you don’t look down on one of these little ones, because I tell you that in heaven their angels continually view the face of My Father in heaven.

The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.

And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.

On hearing those words the young man went away much cast down; for he had much property.

And Jesus said to them, Verily I say unto you, That ye who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit down upon his throne of glory, ye also shall sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons approached Him with her sons. She knelt down to ask Him for something.

And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.

Any man falling on this stone will be broken, but he on whom it comes down will be crushed to dust.

The king was enraged, so he sent out his troops, destroyed those murderers, and burned down their city.

so also the second, and the third, down to the seventh.

saying, 'On the seat of Moses sat down the scribes and the Pharisees;

Blind guides! You strain out a gnat, yet gulp down a camel!

And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:

But straight away, after the trouble of those days, the sun will be made dark and the moon will not give her light and the stars will come down from heaven and the powers of heaven will be moved:

Since the groom was late, all of them became sleepy and lay down.

But when the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit down upon his throne of glory,

Now when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve.

Then Jesus *said to them, “You will all fall away because of Me this night, for it is written, ‘I will strike down the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered.’

Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane. He told the disciples, "Sit down here while I go over there and pray."

Going a little farther, he threw himself down with his face to the ground and prayed, "My Father, if possible, let this cup pass from me! Yet not what I will, but what you will."

Again He came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.

Peter, however, followed him at a distance as far as the high priest's courtyard. He went inside and sat down with the servants to see how this would end.

said, 'This one said, I am able to throw down the sanctuary of God, and after three days to build it.'

And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.

When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.

They twisted together a crown of thorns, put it on His head, and placed a reed in His right hand. And they knelt down before Him and mocked Him: “Hail, King of the Jews!”

And sitting down they watched him there;

And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.

He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.

Suddenly, there was a powerful earthquake, because an angel of the Lord had come down from heaven, approached the stone, rolled it away, and was sitting on top of it.

And when they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some doubted [that it was really He].

And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.

and immediately coming up from the water, he saw the heavens dividing, and the Spirit as a dove coming down upon him;

Simon's mother-in-law was lying down, sick with a fever, so they spoke to Jesus at once about her.

But evening being come, when the sun had gone down, they brought to him all that were suffering, and those possessed by demons;

And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.

And it came to pass, that he was sitting at meat in his house, and many publicans and sinners sat down with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him.

For he had made such a great number well that all those who were diseased were falling down before him for the purpose of touching him.

And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.

And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.

Again He began to teach by the sea, and a very large crowd gathered around Him. So He got into a boat on the sea and sat down, while the whole crowd was on the shore facing the sea.

Then he got up, rebuked the wind, and told the sea, "Calm down! Be still!" Then the wind stopped blowing, and there was a great calm.

He was living in the place of the dead: and no man was able to keep him down, no, not with a chain;

When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and knelt down before Him.

And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.

They *came to Jesus and *observed the man who had been demon-possessed sitting down, clothed and in his right mind, the very man who had had the “legion”; and they became frightened.

And behold there comes one of the rulers of the synagogue, by name Jairus, and seeing him, falls down at his feet;

But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.

And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.

And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.

And he went to them into the boat, and the wind went down, and they were full of wonder in themselves;

(For the Pharisees and all of the Jews do not eat unless they carefully wash their hands, holding firmly to the traditions of the elders;

and when they come from the market place, they do not eat unless they cleanse themselves [completely according to ritual]; and there are many other things [oral, man-made laws and traditions handed down to them] which they follow diligently, such as the washing of cups and pitchers and copper utensils.)

So the Pharisees and scribes asked Jesus, “Why do Your disciples not live their lives according to the tradition of the elders, but [instead] eat their bread with [ceremonially] unwashed hands?”

But idle is their devotion while they lay down precepts which are mere human rules.'