'Place' in the Bible

Now all this took place to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet:

But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Then after being warned by God in a dream, he left for the regions of Galilee,

but the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

and will throw them into the furnace of fire; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Now when Jesus heard about John, He withdrew from there in a boat to a secluded place by Himself; and when the people heard of this, they followed Him on foot from the cities.

When it was evening, the disciples came to Him and said, “This place is desolate and the hour is already late; so send the crowds away, that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves.”

And when the men of that place recognized Him, they sent word into all that surrounding district and brought to Him all who were sick;

The disciples *said to Him, “Where would we get so many loaves in this desolate place to satisfy such a large crowd?”

This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:

Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

They love the place of honor at banquets and the chief seats in the synagogues,

You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end.

“Therefore when you see the abomination of desolation which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),

Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

and will cut him in pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Throw out the worthless slave into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Then Jesus *came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and *said to His disciples, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.”

Then Jesus *said to him, “Put your sword back into its place; for all those who take up the sword shall perish by the sword.

But all this has taken place to fulfill the Scriptures of the prophets.” Then all the disciples left Him and fled.

And they conferred together and with the money bought the Potter’s Field as a burial place for strangers.

And when they came to a place called Golgotha, which means Place of a Skull,

He is not here, for He has risen, just as He said. Come, see the place where He was lying.

In the early morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house, and went away to a secluded place, and was praying there.

Any place that does not receive you or listen to you, as you go out from there, shake the dust off the soles of your feet for a testimony against them.”

And He *said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a secluded place and rest a while.” (For there were many people coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.)

They went away in the boat to a secluded place by themselves.

When it was already quite late, His disciples came to Him and said, “This place is desolate and it is already quite late;

and ran about that whole country and began to carry here and there on their pallets those who were sick, to the place they heard He was.

And His disciples answered Him, “Where will anyone be able to find enough bread here in this desolate place to satisfy these people?”

When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be frightened; those things must take place; but that is not yet the end.

Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

They *came to a place named Gethsemane; and He *said to His disciples, “Sit here until I have prayed.”

Then they *brought Him to the place Golgotha, which is translated, Place of a Skull.

And he *said to them, “Do not be amazed; you are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has risen; He is not here; behold, here is the place where they laid Him.

And behold, you shall be silent and unable to speak until the day when these things take place, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time.”

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

When day came, Jesus left and went to a secluded place; and the crowds were searching for Him, and came to Him and tried to keep Him from going away from them.

Jesus came down with them and stood on a level place; and there was a large crowd of His disciples, and a great throng of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon,

Now the day was ending, and the twelve came and said to Him, “Send the crowd away, that they may go into the surrounding villages and countryside and find lodging and get something to eat; for here we are in a desolate place.”

Now after this the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them in pairs ahead of Him to every city and place where He Himself was going to come.

Likewise a Levite also, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.

It happened that while Jesus was praying in a certain place, after He had finished, one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John also taught his disciples.”

And he began reasoning to himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, since I have no place to store my crops?’

the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know, and will cut him in pieces, and assign him a place with the unbelievers.

“When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for someone more distinguished than you may have been invited by him,

and he who invited you both will come and say to you, ‘Give your place to this man,’ and then in disgrace you proceed to occupy the last place.

But when you are invited, go and recline at the last place, so that when the one who has invited you comes, he may say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher’; then you will have honor in the sight of all who are at the table with you.

for I have five brothers—in order that he may warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.’

There will be two women grinding at the same place; one will be taken and the other will be left.

When Jesus came to the place, He looked up and said to him, “Zaccheus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house.”

They questioned Him, saying, “Teacher, when therefore will these things happen? And what will be the sign when these things are about to take place?”

When you hear of wars and disturbances, do not be terrified; for these things must take place first, but the end does not follow immediately.”

But when these things begin to take place, straighten up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”

Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all things take place.

But keep on the alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are about to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

When He arrived at the place, He said to them, “Pray that you may not enter into temptation.”

But they kept on insisting, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching all over Judea, starting from Galilee even as far as this place.”

When they came to the place called The Skull, there they crucified Him and the criminals, one on the right and the other on the left.

And they were talking with each other about all these things which had taken place.

These things took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you people say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.”

But the man who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped away while there was a crowd in that place.

Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.

There came other small boats from Tiberias near to the place where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks.

I know that you are Abraham’s descendants; yet you seek to kill Me, because My word has no place in you.

At that time the Feast of the Dedication took place at Jerusalem;

And He went away again beyond the Jordan to the place where John was first baptizing, and He was staying there.

So when He heard that he was sick, He then stayed two days longer in the place where He was.

Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha met Him.

If we let Him go on like this, all men will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”

In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.

If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also.

Now Judas also, who was betraying Him, knew the place, for Jesus had often met there with His disciples.

Therefore when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called The Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha.

They took Jesus, therefore, and He went out, bearing His own cross, to the place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha.

Therefore many of the Jews read this inscription, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, Latin and in Greek.

Now in the place where He was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid.

and the face-cloth which had been on His head, not lying with the linen wrappings, but rolled up in a place by itself.

So the other disciples were saying to him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see in His hands the imprint of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe.”

to occupy this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.”

When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place.

Everyone kept feeling a sense of awe; and many wonders and signs were taking place through the apostles.

saying, “What shall we do with these men? For the fact that a noteworthy miracle has taken place through them is apparent to all who live in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.

while You extend Your hand to heal, and signs and wonders take place through the name of Your holy servant Jesus.”

And when they had prayed, the place where they had gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God with boldness.

At the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were taking place among the people; and they were all with one accord in Solomon’s portico.

They put forward false witnesses who said, “This man incessantly speaks against this holy place and the Law;

for we have heard him say that this Nazarene, Jesus, will destroy this place and alter the customs which Moses handed down to us.”

‘And whatever nation to which they will be in bondage I Myself will judge,’ said God, ‘and after that they will come out and serve Me in this place.’

But the Lord said to him, ‘Take off the sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.

‘Heaven is My throne,And earth is the footstool of My feet;What kind of house will you build for Me?’ says the Lord,‘Or what place is there for My repose?

Even Simon himself believed; and after being baptized, he continued on with Philip, and as he observed signs and great miracles taking place, he was constantly amazed.

you yourselves know the thing which took place throughout all Judea, starting from Galilee, after the baptism which John proclaimed.

One of them named Agabus stood up and began to indicate by the Spirit that there would certainly be a great famine all over the world. And this took place in the reign of Claudius.

But motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he described to them how the Lord had led him out of the prison. And he said, “Report these things to James and the brethren.” Then he left and went to another place.

And on the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to a riverside, where we were supposing that there would be a place of prayer; and we sat down and began speaking to the women who had assembled.

It happened that as we were going to the place of prayer, a slave-girl having a spirit of divination met us, who was bringing her masters much profit by fortune-telling.

This took place for two years, so that all who lived in Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.

But also some of the Jewish exorcists, who went from place to place, attempted to name over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, “I adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.”

crying out, “Men of Israel, come to our aid! This is the man who preaches to all men everywhere against our people and the Law and this place; and besides he has even brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place.”