13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

• Incarnation
• Kingdom of God

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• Acts 7:34 — 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.
• Eph 4:9 — (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
• Eph 4:9 — (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
• Exod 3:8 — And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the
• Gal 1:4 — Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:
• Gal 4:4 — But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
• Heb 3:2 — Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house.
• Heb 5:8 — Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
• Heb 5:8 — Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
• Heb 10:7 — Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
• Heb 10:7 — Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
• Isa 53:10 — Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall
• John 3:13 — And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
• John 3:13 — And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
• John 3:31 — He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.
• John 4:34 — Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
• John 4:34 — Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
• John 5:30 — I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
• John 5:30 — I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
• John 5:43 — I am come in my Father’s name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
• John 6:33 — For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
• John 6:33 — For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
• John 7:16 — Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
• John 8:28 — Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.
• John 8:29 — And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.
• John 10:18 — 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.
• John 10:36 — Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?
• John 12:49 — For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
• John 14:10 — Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
• Luke 2:49 — And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father’s business?
• Luke 4:43 — And he said unto them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also: for therefore am I sent.
• Luke 22:42 — Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.
• Mark 14:36 — And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.
• Matt 20:28 — Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
• Matt 26:39 — And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.
• Matt 26:39 — And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.
• Num 16:28 — And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind.
• Phil 2:7 — But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
• Ps 40:7 — Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,
• Rom 10:6 — But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:)