102 occurrences in 13 translations

'Down' in the Bible

My former narrative, Theophilus, dealt with all that Jesus did and taught as a beginning, down to the day on which,

Verse ConceptsBeginningFirst ActionsChrist TeachingBeginning To TeachIdentity In Christ

(This man then indeed got a field with the reward of iniquity, and, having fallen down headlong, burst in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.

Verse ConceptsProperty, LandReward, HumanTreacheryDeath Of The Wicked, Examples OfReal EstateBowelsPeople Torn To PiecesPeople TumblingHurt And Betrayal

beginning from His baptism by John down to the day on which He was taken up again from us into Heaven--one should be appointed to become a witness with us as to His resurrection."

Verse ConceptsBeginning Of SalvationContemporary Witness To ChristChrist Is Risen

For David says of Him,‘I saw the Lord constantly before me;For He is at my right hand, so that I will not be shaken [from my state of security].

Verse ConceptsGod With ChristNot MovedRight SidesPeople Shaking

And a man who had been lame from his mother’s womb was being carried along, whom they used to set down every day at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, in order to beg alms of those who were entering the temple.

Verse ConceptsCripplesGatesLamenessLonelinessWeakness, PhysicalBeauty, In ArtefactsHelplessnessChronic AilmentsSitting In The GatewayNamed GatesFrom The WombOnce A DayPeople Carrying Live PeopleInner BeautyThe Beauty Of Nature

And laid them down at the apostles' feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.

Verse ConceptsFeetThe Apostles In ActionFinancesMoney Blessingssales

Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband.

Verse ConceptsMiracles Of PeterCarrying Dead BodiesPeople TumblingHaving No Breath

but if it be from God, ye will not be able to put them down, lest ye be found also fighters against God.

Verse ConceptsGod, Sovereignty OfStriving With GodOther People Of GodWork EthicSuccess And Hard Workmovement

For we heard him say that Jesus, this Nazarene, will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us.”

Verse ConceptsAbolitionDestruction Of The Temple

And Joseph sent and called down to him his father Jacob and all his kindred, seventy-five souls.

Verse ConceptsSeventies

So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,

When he saw one of them being mistreated, he came to his rescue and avenged the oppressed man by striking down the Egyptian.

Verse Conceptsdefence, humanOppression, Nature OfMan AvengingGod Being Outside Of Creation

I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.

Verse ConceptsAnswered PrayerOppression, God's Attitude ToRescueAnswered PromisesGod Seeing Their AfflictionGod Saving From EnemiesOppressorsGod Sending His SonGod Sending Prophets

This is the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness together with the Angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and who was with our fathers; and he received living oracles [divine words that still live] to be handed down to you.

Verse ConceptsAngels as God's servantsMoses, Significance OfAngels, Important EventsLawgiversIsrael In The WildernessAngels Giving The LawAngels As MediatorsThe Law Given Through Moses

And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul.

Verse ConceptsCrimesevangelists, ministry ofMartyrdom, Examples OfMartyrdom Of The SaintsMartyrdom, Methods OfOutside The City

Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:

Verse ConceptsReceiving The Spiritghosts

For He had not yet come down on any of them; they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

Verse ConceptsBaptism, practice ofBaptised In Christ's NameChristian BaptismBaptism

As they were traveling down the road, they came to some water. The eunuch said, “Look, there’s water! What would keep me from being baptized?”

Verse ConceptsRoadsSin, Accepting Forgiveness OfWater For BaptismChristian BaptismHindrancesBaptism

And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.

Verse ConceptsBaptism, practice ofCessationStopping StillMan Going DownChristian BaptismBaptism

And he went down on the earth, and a voice said to him, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly?

Verse ConceptsAn Overpowering PresenceDuplicating WordsBowing Before MessiahPersecutiondamascus

Which when the brethren knew, they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.

And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all quarters, he came down also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda.

Verse ConceptsSaintsVisiting

But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up.

Verse ConceptsAnswered PrayerKneelingPrayer, Answers ToPrayer, In The ChurchPrayer, Practicalities OfMiracles Of PeterReceiving SightGet Up!Groups Sent AwayPeople Getting UpNamed Individuals Who Prayed

And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:

Verse ConceptsFour CornersThe Act Of OpeningOpening HeavenFour SidesPutting Animals DownHeavenly Visionporksailing

Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them.

Verse ConceptsStairwaysGoing TogetherGod Sending Prophets

Then Peter went down to the men which were sent unto him from Cornelius; and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the cause wherefore ye are come?

Verse ConceptsThis Is MeWhy Do Others Do This?

And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him.

Verse ConceptsAdoration, FalseFeetReverence, And Social Behaviourreverence

While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit came down on all those who heard the message.

Verse ConceptsBaptism Of The Holy SpiritGiftsPreaching, Importance OfSpiritual UnderstandingWhile Still Speakingghosts

I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even to me:

Verse ConceptsecstasyFour CornersLowering PeopleThose Who Saw VisionsFour SidesI PrayPutting Animals Down

“As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came down on them, just as on us at the beginning.

Verse ConceptsGiftsGentiles, In NtPentecostBeginning Of SalvationWhile Still SpeakingLike Good Peopleghosts

In those days some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.

Verse ConceptsVisitingAnonymity

And having passed through a first and second guard, they came to the iron gate which leads into the city, which opened to them of itself; and going forth they went down one street, and immediately the angel left him.

Verse ConceptsGatesIronLengthPrisonsThe Act Of OpeningOpening GatesCity GatesLeavingIron ObjectsFirst OnesSecond Being

And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea, and there abode.

Verse ConceptsCommands, in NTNot FindingSeeking But Not Finding People

Therefore, at a set time Herod put on his royal robes, sat down on the royal seat, and made a speech to them.

Verse ConceptsClothingJudgment SeatRobesThroneRich ApparelThe Time AppointedDistinctive Clothing

Being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they came down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus.

Verse ConceptsSeafaringProvincesGod Sending ProphetsLed By The Spirit

And now, see, the hand of the Lord is on you, and you will be blind and not able to see the sun for a time. And straight away a dark mist came down on him; and he went about looking for a guide.

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesHand Of GodMiracles, Nature OfMistPainMiracles Of PaulMiracles Bringing God's JudgmentBarriersGod's HandOvertaken By DarknessGod BlindingGod's Hands In Oppositionfitness

But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.

Verse ConceptsLord's Day, TheSabbath, In NtOn The Sabbath

and afterwards He gave them judges down to the time of the Prophet Samuel.

Verse ConceptsNamed Prophets Of The Lord

And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.

Verse ConceptsChrist's Fulfilment Of ProphecyLowering PeopleJesus TombScriptures Fulfilled

Now in Lystra there was a man sitting down who couldn't use his feet. He had been crippled from birth and had never walked.

Verse ConceptsCripplesdisabilitiesLamenessThe Healed WalkingFrom The Womb

And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men.

Verse ConceptsLanguages Mentioned In ScriptureBecoming Like PeopleLike MenMen As Gods

And when they had preached the word in Perga, they went down into Attalia:

After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:

Verse ConceptsDavid, Spiritual Significance OfCovenant, God's with DavidThe Perfect TempleGod Living In The TabernacleRepairingThe Gospel To The Nationsrebuilding

Then, being sent off, they went down to Antioch, and after gathering the assembly, they delivered the letter.

Verse ConceptsChurch Gatherings

Now Paul traveled to Derbe and also to Lystra. A disciple named Timothy was there, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer [in Christ], however, his father was a Greek.

Verse ConceptsBelieversGrandmothers

having come down to Mysia, they attempted to go to Bithynia, and the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them;

Verse ConceptsProvincesThe Spirit Of ChristLed By The Spirit

And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas.

opening and laying down that the Christ must have suffered and risen up from among the dead, and that this is the Christ, Jesus whom I announce to you.

Verse ConceptsHeraldPreaching ChristSaid To Be The ChristChrist Would Rise

And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;

Verse ConceptsTurning Upside DownPulling PeopleNot FindingTroubling Groups Of PeopleCauses of failure in

Then the brethren promptly sent Paul down to the sea-coast, but Silas and Timothy remained behind.

When Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was occupied with preaching the message and solemnly testified to the Jews that Jesus is the Messiah.

Verse ConceptsPreaching, Content OfPreaching, Importance OfPreaching ChristSaid To Be The ChristSalvation For IsraelSubsequent Witness To ChristNervousness

So he settled there for a year and six months, teaching them the word of God [concerning eternal salvation through faith in Christ].

Verse ConceptsTeachersPreaching, Content OfChristian TeachersOne YearTeaching In The ChurchTeaching Wisdomsisterhoodevangelising

and he came down to Ephesus, and did leave them there, and he himself having entered into the synagogue did reason with the Jews:

Verse Conceptsevangelism, kinds ofAquilaDiscussions

And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and saluted the church, he went down to Antioch.

Verse ConceptsGreetingsMissionary WorkChurch, Examples Of

It happened that while Apollos was in Corinth, Paul went through the upper [inland] districts and came down to Ephesus, and found some disciples.

Verse ConceptsFindingRoadsflexibility

and not only is this department in danger for us of coming into disregard, but also, that of the great goddess Artemis the temple is to be reckoned for nothing, and also her greatness is about to be brought down, whom all Asia and the world doth worship.'

Verse ConceptsCovetousness, Example OfAll NationsWorshipping Material ThingsDeposing

And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?

Verse ConceptsFalling From Heaven

And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.

Verse ConceptsDeath, Means OfSleep, PhysicalPeople Falling From A HeightThree Parts Of ConstructionsBad LuckteenagerFalling Backwards

And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him.

Verse ConceptsEmbracingDo Not Be AnxiousLiving OnOvercoming Hard Times

specially pained by the word which he had said, that they would no more see his face. And they went down with him to the ship.

Verse ConceptsLove, For One AnotherSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfUnhappinessFarewellsNot Seeing People

And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, till we were out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and prayed.

Verse ConceptsBeachesKneelingPrayer, As Asking GodPrayer, In The ChurchPrayer, Practicalities OfPrayer MeetingsSeashoresAll PeopleI Pray For Yougoodbyes

And we, having finished the course, from Tyre came down to Ptolemais, and having saluted the brethren, we remained one day with them;

Verse ConceptsGreetingsOne DaySea Travel

And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus.

Verse ConceptsNamed Prophets Of The Lord

Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down unto them: and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they left beating of Paul.

Verse ConceptsOfficersSoldiersCessationStopping FightingGroups RunningBeating Believers

The tribune gave him permission, and Paul, standing on the steps, motioned for the people to be silent. When everyone had quieted down, he spoke to them in the Hebrew language:

And when I went down on the earth, a voice came to my ears saying to me, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly?

Verse ConceptsDuplicating WordsPeople Tumbling

On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.

Verse ConceptsChief priestsAccusations, Against Early Christians

And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle.

Verse ConceptsCommanderCommands, in NTCastlesSecurityFear, Of DeathPersecution Of The Apostle PaulPeople Torn To PiecesChiliarchs

Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would inquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.

Verse ConceptsInvestigatingPreparing For ActionAttempting To Kill Specific People

And he said, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou wouldest bring down Paul to morrow into the council, as though they would inquire somewhat of him more perfectly.

Verse ConceptsAgreement, Example OfInvestigating

Wanting to know the charge they were accusing him of, I brought him down before their Sanhedrin.

After five days Ananias the high priest came down with some elders and a lawyer named Tertullus. These men presented their case against Paul to the governor.

Verse ConceptsAttorneyGovernorsHigh Priest, In NtFour Or Five DaysPeople Accusing People

But I confess this to you, that according to the Way, which they call a [divisive and heretical] sect, I do worship and serve the God of our fathers, [confidently] believing everything that is in accordance with the Law [of Moses] and that is written in the Prophets;

Verse ConceptsFollowing Jesus ChristHeresiesSectsWay, TheFaith, Object OfBelieving ProphetsTaking The Law To HeartWritten In The ProphetsWorshiping TogetherBeing DifferentbeliefconfessingChristians Are Called Followers Of The Way

And when Felix heard these things, having more perfect knowledge of that way, he deferred them, and said, When Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will know the uttermost of your matter.

Verse ConceptsCommanderRankPeople Who DelayedChiliarchsPeople With General KnowledgeChristians Are Called Followers Of The Way

Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him.

Verse ConceptsPeople Accusing PeopleWhat Sin?

And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went down unto Caesarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seat commanded Paul to be brought.

Verse ConceptsCommands, in NTThe Next DayEight DaysJudgement Seat

And when he was come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalem stood round about, and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul, which they could not prove.

Verse ConceptsCrimesProofsPeople Accusing People

And certain days having passed, Agrippa the king, and Bernice, came down to Caesarea saluting Festus,

Verse ConceptsSpoken Greetings

So they came here with me, and the next day without any delay I sat down in the judge's seat and ordered the man to be brought in.

Verse ConceptsJudgement Seat

I would even punish them frequently in every synagogue and try to make them blaspheme. Raging furiously against them, I would hunt them down even in distant cities.

Verse ConceptsForeign ThingsBlasphemy

And when we had all gone down on the earth, a voice came to me, saying in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly? It is hard for you to go against the impulse which is driving you.

Verse ConceptsGoadsLanguagesPainStriving With GodUnion With Christ, Significance OfLanguages Mentioned In ScriptureDuplicating WordsSharp ToolsKickingPeople Tumbling

And sailing down the side of it, as well as we were able, we came to a certain place named Fair Havens, near which was the town of Lasea.

Verse ConceptsHarborssailinghugs

And when the south wind came softly, being of the opinion that their purpose might be effected, they let the ship go and went sailing down the side of Crete, very near to the land.

Verse ConceptsFacing South

But not long afterward, a fierce wind called the “northeaster” rushed down from the island.

Verse ConceptsStormsHurricanesWeather In The Last Days

which having taken up, they were using helps, undergirding the ship, and fearing lest they may fall on the quicksand, having let down the mast -- so were borne on.

Verse ConceptsRopesSandShipsPropellingPutting Things Down

But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country;

Verse ConceptsMonotonySeaMidnightTen Or More Dayssailing

And they let down the lead, and saw that the sea was a hundred and twenty feet deep; and after a little time they did it again and it was ninety feet.

Verse ConceptsdepthDepthingNavigation

And [because they] were afraid lest somewhere we run aground against rough places, they threw down four anchors from the stern [and] prayed for day to come.

Verse ConceptsDawnAnchorsShipsFour Other ThingsBack Of Things

And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship,

Verse ConceptsAnchorsMarinersBoatsServants, BadPretendingEscaping EvilIn FrontPutting Things DownColorsailing

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Consume (170 instances)
Depressed (31 instances)
Devour (148 instances)
Downcast (10 instances)
Downhearted (1 instance)
Mastered (4 instances)
Polish (1 instance)
Refine (9 instances)

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