'Found' in the Bible

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: when His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit.

And he sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the Child; and when you have found Him, report to me, so that I too may come and worship Him.”

Now when Jesus heard this, He marveled and said to those who were following, “Truly I say to you, I have not found such great faith with anyone in Israel.

He who has found his life will lose it, and he who has lost his life for My sake will find it.

“The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid again; and from joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.

But that slave went out and found one of his fellow slaves who owed him a hundred denarii; and he seized him and began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe.’

And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing around; and he *said to them, ‘Why have you been standing here idle all day long?’

Seeing a lone fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it except leaves only; and He *said to it, “No longer shall there ever be any fruit from you.” And at once the fig tree withered.

Those slaves went out into the streets and gathered together all they found, both evil and good; and the wedding hall was filled with dinner guests.

And He *came to the disciples and *found them sleeping, and *said to Peter, “So, you men could not keep watch with Me for one hour?

Again He came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.

As they were coming out, they found a man of Cyrene named Simon, whom they pressed into service to bear His cross.

they found Him, and *said to Him, “Everyone is looking for You.”

And He *said to them, “How many loaves do you have? Go look!” And when they found out, they *said, “Five, and two fish.”

And going back to her home, she found the child lying on the bed, the demon having left.

They went away and found a colt tied at the door, outside in the street; and they *untied it.

Seeing at a distance a fig tree in leaf, He went to see if perhaps He would find anything on it; and when He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.

The disciples went out and came to the city, and found it just as He had told them; and they prepared the Passover.

And He *came and *found them sleeping, and *said to Peter, “Simon, are you asleep? Could you not keep watch for one hour?

And again He came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy; and they did not know what to answer Him.

The angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; for you have found favor with God.

So they came in a hurry and found their way to Mary and Joseph, and the baby as He lay in the manger.

Then, after three days they found Him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both listening to them and asking them questions.

And the book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. And He opened the book and found the place where it was written,

Now when Jesus heard this, He marveled at him, and turned and said to the crowd that was following Him, “I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such great faith.”

When those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the slave in good health.

But what did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothing? Those who are splendidly clothed and live in luxury are found in royal palaces!

The people went out to see what had happened; and they came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting down at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind; and they became frightened.

And when the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silent, and reported to no one in those days any of the things which they had seen.

When he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’

When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin which I had lost!’

for this son of mine was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.’ And they began to celebrate.

But we had to celebrate and rejoice, for this brother of yours was dead and has begun to live, and was lost and has been found.’”

Was no one found who returned to give glory to God, except this foreigner?”

So those who were sent went away and found it just as He had told them.

And they left and found everything just as He had told them; and they prepared the Passover.

When He rose from prayer, He came to the disciples and found them sleeping from sorrow,

And they began to accuse Him, saying, “We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar, and saying that He Himself is Christ, a King.”

and said to them, “You brought this man to me as one who incites the people to rebellion, and behold, having examined Him before you, I have found no guilt in this man regarding the charges which you make against Him.

And he said to them the third time, “Why, what evil has this man done? I have found in Him no guilt demanding death; therefore I will punish Him and release Him.”

And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb,

Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just exactly as the women also had said; but Him they did not see.”

And they got up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem, and found gathered together the eleven and those who were with them,

He *found first his own brother Simon and *said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which translated means Christ).

The next day He purposed to go into Galilee, and He *found Philip. And Jesus *said to him, “Follow Me.”

Philip *found Nathanael and *said to him, “We have found Him of whom Moses in the Law and also the Prophets wrote—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

And He found in the temple those who were selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables.

Afterward Jesus *found him in the temple and said to him, “Behold, you have become well; do not sin anymore, so that nothing worse happens to you.”

When they found Him on the other side of the sea, they said to Him, “Rabbi, when did You get here?”

So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb four days.

And immediately she fell at his feet and breathed her last, and the young men came in and found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.

saying, “We found the prison house locked quite securely and the guards standing at the doors; but when we had opened up, we found no one inside.”

but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them; or else you may even be found fighting against God.”

The statement found approval with the whole congregation; and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas and Nicolas, a proselyte from Antioch.

David found favor in God’s sight, and asked that he might find a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.

But Philip found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through he kept preaching the gospel to all the cities until he came to Caesarea.

and asked for letters from him to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, both men and women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

There he found a man named Aeneas, who had been bedridden eight years, for he was paralyzed.

As he talked with him, he entered and *found many people assembled.

and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. And for an entire year they met with the church and taught considerable numbers; and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.

When Herod had searched for him and had not found him, he examined the guards and ordered that they be led away to execution. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and was spending time there.

When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a magician, a Jewish false prophet whose name was Bar-Jesus,

After He had removed him, He raised up David to be their king, concerning whom He also testified and said, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My heart, who will do all My will.’

And though they found no ground for putting Him to death, they asked Pilate that He be executed.

But when the Jews of Thessalonica found out that the word of God had been proclaimed by Paul in Berea also, they came there as well, agitating and stirring up the crowds.

For while I was passing through and examining the objects of your worship, I also found an altar with this inscription, ‘TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.’ Therefore what you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you.

And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, having recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. He came to them,

It happened that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the upper country and came to Ephesus, and found some disciples.

And many of those who practiced magic brought their books together and began burning them in the sight of everyone; and they counted up the price of them and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.

and having found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, we went aboard and set sail.

Therefore those who were about to examine him immediately let go of him; and the commander also was afraid when he found out that he was a Roman, and because he had put him in chains.

and I found him to be accused over questions about their Law, but under no accusation deserving death or imprisonment.

For we have found this man a real pest and a fellow who stirs up dissension among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.

in which they found me occupied in the temple, having been purified, without any crowd or uproar. But there were some Jews from Asia—

Or else let these men themselves tell what misdeed they found when I stood before the Council,

But I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death; and since he himself appealed to the Emperor, I decided to send him.

There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy, and he put us aboard it.

They took soundings and found it to be twenty fathoms; and a little farther on they took another sounding and found it to be fifteen fathoms.

When they had been brought safely through, then we found out that the island was called Malta.

There we found some brethren, and were invited to stay with them for seven days; and thus we came to Rome.

May it never be! Rather, let God be found true, though every man be found a liar, as it is written,“That You may be justified in Your words,And prevail when You are judged.”

What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, has found?

And Isaiah is very bold and says,“I was found by those who did not seek Me,I became manifest to those who did not ask for Me.”

Therefore in Christ Jesus I have found reason for boasting in things pertaining to God.

In this case, moreover, it is required of stewards that one be found trustworthy.

Moreover we are even found to be false witnesses of God, because we testified against God that He raised Christ, whom He did not raise, if in fact the dead are not raised.

inasmuch as we, having put it on, will not be found naked.

We have sent with them our brother, whom we have often tested and found diligent in many things, but now even more diligent because of his great confidence in you.

For I am afraid that perhaps when I come I may find you to be not what I wish and may be found by you to be not what you wish; that perhaps there will be strife, jealousy, angry tempers, disputes, slanders, gossip, arrogance, disturbances;

But if, while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves have also been found sinners, is Christ then a minister of sin? May it never be!

Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to the righteousness which is in the Law, found blameless.

and may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith,

and the grace of our Lord was more than abundant, with the faith and love which are found in Christ Jesus.

Yet for this reason I found mercy, so that in me as the foremost, Jesus Christ might demonstrate His perfect patience as an example for those who would believe in Him for eternal life.

but when he was in Rome, he eagerly searched for me and found me—

By faith Enoch was taken up so that he would not see death; and he was not found because God took him up; for he obtained the witness that before his being taken up he was pleasing to God.

For you know that even afterwards, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought for it with tears.

so that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which is perishable, even though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ;