Bow Down

Mary, the sister of Lazurus.

John 11:32 - "When Mary reached the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said, 'Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.'"

Jairus whose daughter was sick.

Mark 5:22 - "One of the synagogue rulers, named Jairus, came there. Seeing Jesus, he fell at his feet."

The Syrophonecian Woman whose daughter was demonized.

Mark 7:25 - "...as soon as she heard about him, a woman whose little daughter was possessed by an evil spirit came and fell at his feet."

John on the Isle of Patmos.

Revelation 1:17 - "When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: 'Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last.'"

These people got it right - Jesus was God, and as such He should be worshipped by kneeling down before Him, and He did not correct them.
"O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker."

You know the song, "He Is Lord"? Do the words come from the Old Testament or the New? Well, Paul does use the expression, "Every knee bow" - he uses it twice.

Romans 14:11 It is written: "`As surely as I live,' says the Lord, `every knee will bow before me; every tongue will confess to God.'"
Philippians 2:10, 11 - "that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."

But it really comes from the Old Testament prophet Isaiah:

"By myself I have sworn, my mouth has uttered in all integrity a word that will not be revoked: Before me every knee will bow; by me every tongue will swear." (Isaiah 45:23)

But let's ask the question, "Is it wrong to give honor to people?" Actually, the Bible teaches that there are a number of people to whom we should give honor: Husbands are to honor their wives:

"Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honor unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered." (1 Peter 3:7)

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