Now what is the meaning of “he ascended,” except that he also descended to the lower regions, namely, the earth?

He, the very one who descended, is also the one who ascended above all the heavens, in order to fill all things.

So he said, “Come.” Peter got out of the boat, walked on the water, and came toward Jesus.

“He saved others, but he cannot save himself! He is the king of Israel! If he comes down now from the cross, we will believe in him!

Suddenly there was a severe earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descending from heaven came and rolled away the stone and sat on it.

And just as Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens splitting apart and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.

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.”

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.

Now when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do you want us to call fire to come down from heaven and consume them?”

And in his anguish he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.]

Then John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending like a dove from heaven, and it remained on him.

After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother and brothers and his disciples, and they stayed there a few days.

For I have come down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of the one who sent me.

Then the Jews who were hostile to Jesus began complaining about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven,”

This is the bread that has come down from heaven, so that a person may eat from it and not die.

So he ordered the chariot to stop, and both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.

He saw heaven opened and an object something like a large sheet descending, being let down to earth by its four corners.

So Peter went down to the men and said, “Here I am, the person you’re looking for. Why have you come?”

So when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language, “The gods have come down to us in human form!”

But Paul went down, threw himself on the young man, put his arms around him, and said, “Do not be distressed, for he is still alive!”