'Down' in the Bible

He proclaimed, "One more powerful than I am is coming after me; I am not worthy to bend down and untie the strap of his sandals.

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

And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, "You are the Son of God."

The experts in the law who came down from Jerusalem said, "He is possessed by Beelzebul," and, "By the ruler of demons he casts out demons."

So he got up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Be quiet! Calm down!" Then the wind stopped, and it was dead calm.

When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and bowed down before him.

Jesus gave them permission. So the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs. Then the herd rushed down the steep slope into the lake, and about two thousand were drowned in the lake.

Then the woman, with fear and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before him and told him the whole truth.

Then he directed them all to sit down in groups on the green grass.

Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like this."

Then he directed the crowd to sit down on the ground. After he took the seven loaves and gave thanks, he broke them and began giving them to the disciples to serve. So they served the crowd.

As they were coming down from the mountain, he gave them orders not to tell anyone what they had seen until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

Whenever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to cast it out, but they were not able to do so."

After he sat down, he called the twelve and said to them, "If anyone wants to be first, he must be last of all and servant of all."

Then he sat down opposite the offering box, and watched the crowd putting coins into it. Many rich people were throwing in large amounts.

Jesus said to him, "Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left on another. All will be torn down!"

The one on the roof must not come down or go inside to take anything out of his house.

Immediately a rooster crowed a second time. Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said to him: "Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times." And he broke down and wept.

Again and again they struck him on the head with a staff and spit on him. Then they knelt down and paid homage to him.

save yourself and come down from the cross!"

Let the Christ, the king of Israel, come down from the cross now, that we may see and believe!" Those who were crucified with him also spoke abusively to him.

Then someone ran, filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a stick, and gave it to him to drink, saying, "Leave him alone! Let's see if Elijah will come to take him down!"

After Joseph bought a linen cloth and took down the body, he wrapped it in the linen and placed it in a tomb cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone across the entrance of the tomb.

After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.