Verb anabainō (to go up) in the New Testament

(Translation from NRSV for the New Testament with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)


Matthew

3: 16And when Jesus had been baptized, just as he came up (anabainō) from the water, suddenly the heavens were opened to him and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him.
5: 1When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up (anabainō) the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him.
13: 7Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns went up (anabainō) and choked them.
14: 23And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up (anabainō) the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone,
14: 32When they went up (anabainō) into the boat, the wind ceased.
15: 29After Jesus had left that place, he passed along the Sea of Galilee, and he went up (anabainō) the mountain, where he sat down.
17: 27However, so that we do not give offense to them, go to the sea and cast a hook; take the first fish that comes up (anabainō); and when you open its mouth, you will find a coin; take that and give it to them for you and me."
20: 17While Jesus was going up (anabainō) to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside by themselves, and said to them on the way,
20: 18"See, we are going up (anabainō) to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death;

Mark

1: 10And just as he was coming up (anabainō) out of the water, he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit descending like a dove on him.
3: 13He went up (anabainō) the mountain and called to him those whom he wanted, and they came to him.
4: 7Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns went up (anabainō) and choked it, and it yielded no grain.
4: 8Other seed fell into good soil and brought forth grain, going up (anabainō) and increasing and yielding thirty and sixty and a hundredfold."
4: 32yet when it is sown it goes up (anabainō) and becomes the greatest of all shrubs, and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade."
6: 51Then he got up (anabainō) into the boat with them and the wind ceased. And they were utterly astounded,
10: 32They were on the road, going up (anabainō) to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them; they were amazed, and those who followed were afraid. He took the twelve aside again and began to tell them what was to happen to him,
10: 33saying, "See, we are going up (anabainō) to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death; then they will hand him over to the Gentiles;
15: 8So the crowd came up (anabainō) and began to ask Pilate to do for them according to his custom.

Luke

2: 4Joseph also went up (anabainō) from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he was descended from the house and family of David.
2: 42And when he was twelve years old, they went up (anabainō) as usual for the festival.
5: 19but finding no way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up (anabainō) on the roof and let him down with his bed through the tiles into the middle of the crowd in front of Jesus.
9: 28Now about eight days after these sayings Jesus took with him Peter and John and James, and went up (anabainō) on the mountain to pray.
18: 10"Two men went up (anabainō) to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
18: 31Then he took the twelve aside and said to them, "See, we are going up (anabainō) to Jerusalem, and everything that is written about the Son of Man by the prophets will be accomplished.
19: 4So he ran ahead and went up (anabainō) a sycamore tree to see him, because he was going to pass that way.
19: 28After he had said this, he went on ahead, going up (anabainō) to Jerusalem.
24: 38He said to them, "Why are you frightened, and why do doubts go up (anabainō) in your hearts?

John

1: 51And he said to him, "Very truly, I tell you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God going up (anabainō) and descending upon the Son of Man."
2: 13The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up (anabainō) to Jerusalem.
3: 13No one has gone up (anabainō) into heaven except the one who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.
5: 1After this there was a festival of the Jews, and Jesus went up (anabainō) to Jerusalem.
6: 62Then what if you were to see the Son of Man going up (anabainō) to where he was before?
7: 8Go up (anabainō) to the festival yourselves. I am not going up (anabainō) to this festival, for my time has not yet fully come."
7: 10But after his brothers had gone up (anabainō) to the festival, then he also went, not publicly but as it were in secret.
7: 10But after his brothers had gone to the festival, then he also went up (anabainō), not publicly but as it were in secret.
7: 14About the middle of the festival Jesus went up (anabainō) into the temple and began to teach.
10: 1"Very truly, I tell you, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold by the gate but climbs (anabainō) in by another way is a thief and a bandit.
11: 55Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up (anabainō) from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover to purify themselves.
12: 20Now among those who went up (anabainō) to worship at the festival were some Greeks.
20: 17Jesus said to her, "Do not hold on to me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, 'I am going up (anabainō) to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"
20: 17Jesus said to her, "Do not hold on to me, because I have not yet gone up (anabainō) to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"
21: 11So Simon Peter went up (anabainō) and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, a hundred fifty-three of them; and though there were so many, the net was not torn.

Acts

1: 13When they had entered the city, they went up (anabainō) to the room upstairs where they were staying, Peter, and John, and James, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James.
2: 34For David did not go up (anabainō) into the heavens, but he himself says, 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand,
3: 1One day Peter and John were going up (anabainō) to the temple at the hour of prayer, at three o'clock in the afternoon.
7: 23"When he was forty years old, it came up (anabainō) into his heart to visit his relatives, the Israelites.
8: 31He replied, "How can I, unless someone guides me?" And he invited Philip to get up (anabainō) and sit beside him.
8: 39When they came up (anabainō) out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away; the eunuch saw him no more, and went on his way rejoicing.
10: 4He stared at him in terror and said, "What is it, Lord?" He answered, "Your prayers and your alms have gone up (anabainō) as a memorial before God.
10: 9About noon the next day, as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up (anabainō) on the roof to pray.
11: 2So when Peter went up (anabainō) to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers criticized him,
15: 2And after Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed to go up (anabainō) to Jerusalem to discuss this question with the apostles and the elders.
18: 22When he had landed at Caesarea, he went up (anabainō) to Jerusalem and greeted the church, and then went down to Antioch.
20: 11Then Paul went up (anabainō) the stairs, and after he had broken bread and eaten, he continued to converse with them until dawn; then he left.
21: 6and said farewell to one another. Then we went up (anabainō) to the ship, and they returned home.
21: 12When we heard this, we and the people there urged him not to go up (anabainō) to Jerusalem.
21: 15After these days we got ready and started to go up (anabainō) to Jerusalem.
21: 31While they were trying to kill him, word came up (anabainō) to the tribune of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.
24: 11As you can find out, it is not more than twelve days since I went up (anabainō) to worship in Jerusalem.
25: 1Three days after Festus had arrived in the province, he went up (anabainō) from Caesarea to Jerusalem
25: 9But Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, asked Paul, "Do you wish to go up (anabainō) to Jerusalem and be tried there before me on these charges?"

1 Corinthiens

2: 9But, as it is written, "What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor went up (anabainō) to the human heart, what God has prepared for those who love him"

Galatians

2: 1Then after fourteen years I went up (anabainō) again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along with me.
2: 2I went up (anabainō) in response to a revelation. Then I laid before them (though only in a private meeting with the acknowledged leaders) the gospel that I proclaim among the Gentiles, in order to make sure that I was not running, or had not run, in vain.

Romans

10: 6But the righteousness that comes from faith says, "Do not say in your heart, 'Who will go up (anabainō) into heaven?'" (that is, to bring Christ down)

Ephesians

4: 8Therefore it is said, "When he went up (anabainō) on high he made captivity itself a captive; he gave gifts to his people."
4: 9(When it says, "He went up (anabainō)," what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower parts of the earth?
4: 10He who went up (anabainō) is the same one who ascended far above all the heavens, so that he might fill all things.)

Revelation

4: 1After this I looked, and there in heaven a door stood open! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet, said, "Come up (anabainō) here, and I will show you what must take place after this."
7: 2I saw another angel coming up (anabainō) from the rising of the sun, having the seal of the living God, and he called with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to damage earth and sea,
8: 4And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, went up (anabainō) before God from the hand of the angel.
9: 2he opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and from the shaft went up (anabainō) smoke like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the shaft.
11: 7When they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up (anabainō) from the bottomless pit will make war on them and conquer them and kill them,
11: 12Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, "Come up (anabainō) here!" And they went up (anabainō) to heaven in a cloud while their enemies watched them.
13: 1And I saw a beast coming up (anabainō) out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads; and on its horns were ten diadems, and on its heads were blasphemous names.
13: 11Then I saw another beast that came up (anabainō) out of the earth; it had two horns like a lamb and it spoke like a dragon.
14: 11And the smoke of their torment goes up (anabainō) forever and ever. There is no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and its image and for anyone who receives the mark of its name."
17: 8The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to go up (anabainō) from the bottomless pit and go to destruction. And the inhabitants of the earth, whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, will be amazed when they see the beast, because it was and is not and is to come.
19: 3Once more they said, "Hallelujah! The smoke goes up (anabainō) from her forever and ever."
20: 9They went up (anabainō) over the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. And fire came down from heaven and consumed them.