'Began' in the Bible

Now the people were waiting for Zechariah, and they began to wonder why he was delayed in the holy place.

But she was greatly troubled by his words and began to wonder about the meaning of this greeting.

At that moment, she came up to them and began to give thanks to God and to speak about the child to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.

but (because they assumed that he was in their group of travelers) they went a day's journey. Then they began to look for him among their relatives and acquaintances.

So Jesus, when he began his ministry, was about thirty years old. He was the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,

He began to teach in their synagogues and was praised by all.

Then he began to tell them, "Today this scripture has been fulfilled even as you heard it being read."

So he went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath he began to teach the people.

They were all amazed and began to say to one another, "What's happening here? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!"

So he stood over her, commanded the fever, and it left her. Immediately she got up and began to serve them.

Then the experts in the law and the Pharisees began to think to themselves, "Who is this man who is uttering blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?"

But they were filled with mindless rage and began debating with one another what they would do to Jesus.

So the dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.

Fear seized them all, and they began to glorify God, saying, "A great prophet has appeared among us!" and "God has come to help his people!"

When John's messengers had gone, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

As she stood behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. She wiped them with her hair, kissed them, and anointed them with the perfumed oil.

But those who were at the table with him began to say among themselves, "Who is this, who even forgives sins?"

And they began to beg him not to order them to depart into the abyss.

And they began making fun of him, because they knew that she was dead.

Now the day began to draw to a close, so the twelve came and said to Jesus, "Send the crowd away, so they can go into the surrounding villages and countryside and find lodging and food, because we are in an isolated place."

Then two men, Moses and Elijah, began talking with him.

Now he was casting out a demon that was mute. When the demon had gone out, the man who had been mute began to speak, and the crowds were amazed.

Others, to test him, began asking for a sign from heaven.

As the crowds were increasing, Jesus began to say, "This generation is a wicked generation; it looks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.

When he went out from there, the experts in the law and the Pharisees began to oppose him bitterly, and to ask him hostile questions about many things,

Meanwhile, when many thousands of the crowd had gathered so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to his disciples, "Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first said to him, 'I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please excuse me.'

They will say, 'This man began to build and was not able to finish!'

Then after he had spent everything, a severe famine took place in that country, and he began to be in need.

because this son of mine was dead, and is alive again -- he was lost and is found!' So they began to celebrate.

Now people were even bringing their babies to him for him to touch. But when the disciples saw it, they began to scold those who brought them.

As he approached the road leading down from the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of his disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works they had seen:

Then Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were selling things there,

Then he began to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey for a long time.

So Judas agreed and began looking for an opportunity to betray Jesus when no crowd was present.

So they began to question one another as to which of them it could possibly be who would do this.

Now the men who were holding Jesus under guard began to mock him and beat him.

They began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man subverting our nation, forbidding us to pay the tribute tax to Caesar and claiming that he himself is Christ, a king."

While they were talking and debating these things, Jesus himself approached and began to accompany them