'Talking' in the Bible

And God finished speaking with him and went up from Abraham.

While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.

Look! Your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see, that I am speaking to you [personally in your language and not through an interpreter].

Behold, while you are still there speaking with the king, I will come in after you and confirm your words.”

While she was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.

While Elisha was still talking with them, the messenger came down to him [followed by the king] and the king said, “This evil [situation] is from the Lord! Why should I wait for [help from] the Lord any longer?”

As he was talking, the king said to him, “Have we made you the king’s counselor? Stop! Why should you be put to death?” Then the prophet stopped and said, “I know that God has decided to destroy you because you have done this and have ignored my advice.”

While they were still speaking with him, the king’s eunuchs (attendants) arrived and hurriedly brought Haman to the banquet which Esther had prepared.

The princes stopped talkingAnd put their hands on their mouths;

“Behold, I have opened my mouth [to begin my speech];My tongue in my mouth is going to speak.

Therefore the princes (court officials) said to the king, “Please [we implore you] let this man [Jeremiah] be put to death; for [speaking] in this way he discourages and weakens [the will of] the soldiers who remain in this city and he discourages and weakens [the will of] all the people by speaking such words to them; for this man is not seeking the well-being of these people, but rather their harm.”

While He was saying these things to them, a ruler (synagogue official) entered [the house] and kneeled down and worshiped Him, saying, “My daughter has just now died; but come and lay Your hand on her, and she will live.”

How is it that you fail to understand that I was not talking to you about bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Jesus.

When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables, they understood that He was talking about them.

But he began to invoke a curse [on himself] and to swear [an oath], “I do not know this man you are talking about!”

But Peter said, “Man, I do not know what you are talking about.” Immediately, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed.

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

They said to one another, “Were not our hearts burning within us while He was talking with us on the road and opening the Scriptures to us?”

While they were talking about this, Jesus Himself [suddenly] stood among them and said to them, “Peace be to you.”

I assure you and most solemnly say to you, we speak only of what we [absolutely] know and testify about what we have [actually] seen [as eyewitnesses]; and [still] you [reject our evidence and] do not accept our testimony.

Just then His disciples came, and they were surprised to find Him talking with a woman. However, no one said, “What are You asking about?” or, “Why are You talking to her?”

Jesus said to him, “You have both seen Him, and [in fact] He is the one who is talking with you.”

Jesus used this figure of speech with them, but they did not understand what He was talking about.

So they were saying, “What does He mean when He says, ‘A little while’? We do not know what He is talking about.”

To these [men] He also showed Himself alive after His suffering [in Gethsemane and on the cross], by [a series of] many infallible proofs and unquestionable demonstrations, appearing to them over a period of forty days and talking to them about the things concerning the kingdom of God.

They were completely astonished, saying, “Look! Are not all of these who are speaking Galileans?

And while Peter and John were talking to the people, the priests and the captain [who was in charge of the temple area and] of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,

For they heard them talking in [unknown] tongues (languages) and exalting and magnifying and praising God. Then Peter said,

When they had finished speaking, James replied, “Brothers, listen to me.

and there was a young man named Eutychus (“Lucky”) sitting on the window sill. He was sinking into a deep sleep, and as Paul kept on talking longer and longer, he was completely overcome by sleep and fell down from the third story; and he was picked up dead.

So it is with you, if you speak words [in an unknown tongue] that are not intelligible and clear, how will anyone understand what you are saying? You will be talking into the air [wasting your breath]!

But even if I am unskilled in speaking, yet I am not [untrained] in knowledge [I know what I am talking about]; but we have made this evident to you in every way, in all things.

Are they [self-proclaimed] servants of Christ?—I am speaking as if I were out of my mind—I am more so [for I exceed them]; with far more labors, with far more imprisonments, beaten times without number, and often in danger of death.

Now at the same time, they also learn to be idle as they go from house to house; and not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies [meddlers in things that do not concern them], talking about things they should not mention.