'Down' in the Bible

Then he said to another, What is the amount of your debt? And he said, A hundred measures of grain. And he said to him, Take your account and put down eighty.

And a poor man named Lazarus, was laid at his gate, covered with sores.

But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat?

And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.

But on the day when Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed all of them.

In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.

yet because this widow is causing trouble for me, I will grant her justice, so that she does not wear me down in the end [by her] coming back!'"

He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else:

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must abide at thy house.

And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully.

For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.

And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:

And while he went on his way they put their clothing down on the road in front of him.

Now He came near the path down the Mount of Olives, and the whole crowd of the disciples began to praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the miracles they had seen:

and they will level you to the ground, you [Jerusalem] and your children within you. They will not leave in you one stone on another, all because you did not [come progressively to] recognize [from observation and personal experience] the time of your visitation [when God was gracious toward you and offered you salvation].”

Everyone falling on that stone will be broken, but the man on whom the stone comes down will be crushed to dust.

As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

"Constantly be on your guard so that your hearts will not be loaded down with self-indulgence, drunkenness, and the worries of this life, or that day will take you by surprise

And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him.

so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit down on thrones to govern the twelve tribes of Israel."

And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed,

And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and were set down together, Peter sat down among them.

And they will say to the mountains, Come down on us, and to the hills, Be a cover over us.

because the sun’s light failed. The curtain of the sanctuary was split down the middle.

And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid.

And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?

Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, wondering in himself at that which was come to pass.

And it came to pass, when he had sat down with them to meat, he took the bread and blessed; and breaking it he gave to them.

John also testified, "I saw the Spirit coming down from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him.

and I did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water, He said to me, On whomsoever thou mayest see the Spirit coming down, and remaining on him, this is he who is baptizing with the Holy Spirit;

Then he told him, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, you will see heaven standing open and the angels of God going up and coming down to the Son of Man."

After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days.

And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.

Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, worn out from His journey, sat down at the well. It was about six in the evening.

Then the woman put down her water-pot and went into the town, and said to the people,

When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death.

The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.

And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth.

For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.

The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.

So Jesus went up a mountain and sat down there with His disciples.

And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.

And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.

And when even was now come, his disciples went down unto the sea,

For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.

For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.

And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?

This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.

I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.

And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.

This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.

And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.

They listened [to His reply], and they began to go out one by one, starting with the oldest ones, until He was left alone, with the woman [standing there before Him] in the center of the court.

“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

He who is a servant, and not the keeper or the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming and goes in flight, away from the sheep; and the wolf comes down on them and sends them in all directions:

As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.

Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.

No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.

Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

doth rise from the supper, and doth lay down his garments, and having taken a towel, he girded himself;

So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you?

Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thy sake.

Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

I have glorified You [down here] on the earth by completing the work that You gave Me to do.

When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.

When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and divided them into four parts, one for each soldier, and took his cloak as well. The cloak was seamless, woven in one piece from the top down.

Then, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies should not stay on the crosses on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was an especially important one), the Jewish leaders asked Pilate to have the victims' legs broken and the bodies taken down.

Taking down the body they wrapped it in linen cloths along with the spices, in accordance with the Jewish mode of preparing for burial.

And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in.

But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre,

She saw two angels in white clothes who were sitting down, one at the head and the other at the foot of the place where Jesus' body had been lying.

And he said to them, Let down the net on the right side of the boat and you will get some. So they put it in the water and now they were not able to get it up again because of the great number of fish.

This is the disciple who testifies to these things and who wrote them down. We know that his testimony is true.

Of course, Jesus also did many other things, and I suppose that if every one of them were written down, the world couldn't contain the books that would be written.

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

(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.

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."

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].

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.

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

And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.

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

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