to bring down
katago describes bringing a person or object down, including arrival or landing in travel contexts.
The attested uses chiefly describe actively bringing a person or object down to a destination or gathering; the same movement appears in passive travel clauses for putting in at a port, and once in the question of bringing Christ down from heaven.
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Bring someone or something down to a destination · dominant
Active aorist forms occur when Paul is brought down before a council in Acts 22:30 and Acts 23:28, when requests concern bringing him down to the council in Acts 23:15 and Acts 23:20, and when he is brought down to Caesarea in Acts 9:30. In Luke 5:11, the aorist participle accompanies bringing the boats to land; the APB renders the clause "when they had brought the boats to land."
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Put in or arrive at a port · occasional
The passive aorist forms occur in travel narration: in Acts 27:3 the APB says "we put in at Sidon," and in Acts 28:12 it says "putting in at Syracuse." The clauses present arrival at named locations rather than the active bringing of a person before others.
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Bring Christ down from heaven · rare
In Romans 10:6, the aorist active infinitive stands in the parenthetical explanation after the question, "Who will ascend into heaven?" The APB renders that explanation "that is, to bring Christ down," locating the movement from heaven.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly uses "brought... down" for active movement to a council, Caesarea, or land, while the passive travel clauses are rendered "put in." In Romans 10:6 it renders the infinitive "to bring Christ down"; these translation choices are read at the verse level.