'Down' in the Bible

His announcement was, "There is One coming after me mightier than I--One whose sandal-strap I am unworthy to stoop down and unfasten.

and immediately on His coming up out of the water He saw an opening in the sky, and the Spirit like a dove coming down to Him;

And the foul spirits, whenever they saw Him, threw themselves down at His feet, screaming out: "You are the Son of God."

The Scribes, too, who had come down from Jerusalem said, "He has Baal-zebul in him; and it is by the power of the Prince of the demons that he expels the demons."

He gave them leave; and the foul spirits came out and entered into the swine, and the herd--about 2,000 in number--rushed headlong down the cliff into the Lake and were drowned in the Lake.

So He directed them to make all sit down in companies on the green grass.

And they sat down in rows of hundreds and of fifties.

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

thus nullifying God's precept by your tradition which you have handed down. And many things of that kind you do."

So He passed the word to the people to sit down on the ground. Then taking the seven loaves He blessed them, and broke them into portions and proceeded to give them to His disciples for them to distribute, and they distributed them to the people.

As they were coming down from the mountain, He very strictly forbad them to tell any one what they had seen "until after the Son of Man has risen from among the dead."

Then sitting down He called the Twelve, and said to them, "If any one wishes to be first, he must be last of all and servant of all."

"What rule did Moses lay down for you?" He answered.

Then many spread their outer garments to carpet the road, and others leafy branches which they had cut down in the fields;

"You see all these great buildings?" Jesus replied; "not one stone will be left here upon another--not thrown down."

let him who is on the roof not come down and enter the house to fetch anything out of it;

Then said Jesus to them, "All of you are about to stumble and fall, for it is written, 'I will strike down the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered in all directions.'

So they came to a place called Gethsemane. There He said to His disciples, "Sit down here till I have prayed."

"We have heard him say, 'I will pull down this Sanctuary built by human hands, and three days afterwards I will erect another built without hands.'"

come down from the cross and save yourself."

This Christ, the King of Israel, let him come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe." Even the men who were being crucified with Him heaped insults on Him.

Then a man ran to fill a sponge with sour wine, and he put it on the end of a cane and placed it to His lips, saying at the same time, "Wait! let us see whether Elijah will come and take him down."

He, having bought a sheet of linen, took Him down, wrapped Him in the sheet and laid Him in a tomb hewn in the rock; after which he rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb.

So the Lord Jesus after having thus spoken to them was taken up into Heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.