and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, and it fell not, for it was founded on the rock.

and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, and it fell; and its fall was great.

and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form like a dove upon him; and there was a voice from heaven, saying, You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.

And the clerk having stilled the multitude, said, Men of Ephesus, what man is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great Diana, and of the Jove descended [image]?

But this, that he ascended, what is it but that he first descended into the lower parts of the earth?

He that descended is the same also that ascended above all heavens, that he might fill all [places].

And the sons of Levi who receive the priesthood, have a commandment to tithe the people according to the law, that is their brothers, although descended from Abraham;