'Time' in the Bible

and Josiah fathered Jechoniah and his brothersat the time of the exile to Babylon.

Then Herod secretly summoned the wise men and asked them the exact time the star appeared.

Then Herod, when he saw that he had been outwitted by the wise men, flew into a rage. He gave orders to massacre all the male children in and around Bethlehem who were two years old and under, in keeping with the time he had learned from the wise men.

Suddenly they shouted, “What do You have to do with us, Son of God? Have You come here to torment us before the time?”

At that time Jesus said, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned and revealed them to infants.

At that time Jesus passed through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick and eat some heads of grain.

At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the report about Jesus.

At that time the disciples came to Jesus and said, “Who is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”

For at that time there will be great tribulation, the kind that hasn’t taken place from the beginning of the world until now and never will again!

But know this: If the homeowner had known what time the thief was coming, he would have stayed alert and not let his house be broken into.

“Who then is a faithful and sensible slave, whom his master has put in charge of his household, to give them food at the proper time?

“After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them.

And from that time he started looking for a good opportunity to betray Him.

“Go into the city to a certain man,” He said, “and tell him, ‘The Teacher says: My time is near; I am celebrating the Passover at your place with My disciples.’”

Again, a second time, He went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, Your will be done.”

After leaving them, He went away again and prayed a third time, saying the same thing once more.

Then He came to the disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the time is near. The Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.

At that time Jesus said to the crowds, “Have you come out with swords and clubs, as if I were a criminal, to capture Me? Every day I used to sit, teaching in the temple complex, and you didn’t arrest Me.

At that time they had a notorious prisoner called Barabbas.

“The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe in the good news!”

But the time will come when the groom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day.

how he entered the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest and ate the sacred bread—which is not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests—and also gave some to his companions?”

Now an opportune time came on his birthday, when Herod gave a banquet for his nobles, military commanders, and the leading men of Galilee.

He said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a remote place and rest for a while.” For many people were coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.

who will not receive 100 times more, now at this time—houses, brothers and sisters, mothers and children, and fields, with persecutions—and eternal life in the age to come.

Watch! Be alert! For you don’t know when the time is coming.

Then He came a third time and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Enough! The time has come. Look, the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.

Immediately a rooster crowed a second time, and Peter remembered when Jesus had spoken the word to him, “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” When he thought about it, he began to weep.

Now listen! You will become silent and unable to speak until the day these things take place, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time.”

Now the time had come for Elizabeth to give birth, and she had a son.

While they were there, the time came for her to give birth.

So he took Him up and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

After the Devil had finished every temptation, he departed from Him for a time.

And in the prophet Elisha’s time, there were many in Israel who had serious skin diseases, yet not one of them was healed —only Naaman the Syrian.”

At that time Jesus healed many people of diseases, plagues, and evil spirits, and He granted sight to many blind people.

And the seed on the rock are those who, when they hear, welcome the word with joy. Having no root, these believe for a while and depart in a time of testing.

When He got out on land, a demon-possessed man from the town met Him. For a long time he had worn no clothes and did not stay in a house but in the tombs.

The Lord said: “Who then is the faithful and sensible manager his master will put in charge of his household servants to give them their allotted food at the proper time?

Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but why don’t you know how to interpret this time?

At that time, some people came and reported to Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.

At that time some Pharisees came and told Him, “Go, get out of here! Herod wants to kill You!”

See, your house is abandoned to you. And I tell you, you will not see Me until the time comes when you say, ‘He who comes in the name of the Lord is the blessed One’!”

At the time of the banquet, he sent his slave to tell those who were invited, ‘Come, because everything is now ready.’

who will not receive many times more at this time, and eternal life in the age to come.”

They will crush you and your children within you to the ground, and they will not leave one stone on another in you, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.”

Then He began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and went away for a long time.

Then He said, “Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am He,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Don’t follow them.

Therefore make up your minds not to prepare your defense ahead of time,

Herod was very glad to see Jesus; for a long time he had wanted to see Him because he had heard about Him and was hoping to see some miracle performed by Him.

A third time he said to them, “Why? What has this man done wrong? I have found in Him no grounds for the death penalty. Therefore, I will have Him whipped and then release Him.”

“But how can anyone be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked Him. “Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time and be born?”

After this, Jesus and His disciples went to the Judean countryside, where He spent time with them and baptized.

He asked them at what time he got better. “Yesterday at seven in the morning the fever left him,” they answered.

because an angel would go down into the pool from time to time and stir up the water. Then the first one who got in after the water was stirred up recovered from whatever ailment he had].

When Jesus saw him lying there and knew he had already been there a long time, He said to him, “Do you want to get well?”

Do not be amazed at this, because a time is coming when all who are in the graves will hear His voice

John was a burning and shining lamp, and for a time you were willing to enjoy his light.

The Father who sent Me has Himself testified about Me. You have not heard His voice at any time, and you haven’t seen His form.

Jesus told them, “My time has not yet arrived, but your time is always at hand.

Go up to the festival yourselves. I’m not going up to the festival yet, because My time has not yet fully come.”

Then Jesus said, “I am only with you for a short time. Then I’m going to the One who sent Me.

So a second time they summoned the man who had been blind and told him, “Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner!”

Now by the time of supper, the Devil had already put it into the heart of Judas, Simon Iscariot’s son, to betray Him.

Jesus said to him, “Have I been among you all this time without your knowing Me, Philip? The one who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

They will ban you from the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering service to God.

But I have told you these things so that when their time comes you may remember I told them to you. I didn’t tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.

When a woman is in labor she has pain because her time has come. But when she has given birth to a child, she no longer remembers the suffering because of the joy that a person has been born into the world.

“I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. A time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures, but I will tell you plainly about the Father.

This was now the third time Jesus appeared to the disciples after He was raised from the dead.

When they had eaten breakfast, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me more than these?”“Yes, Lord,” he said to Him, “You know that I love You.”“Feed My lambs,” He told him.

A second time He asked him, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me?”“Yes, Lord,” he said to Him, “You know that I love You.”“Shepherd My sheep,” He told him.

He asked him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me?”Peter was grieved that He asked him the third time, “Do you love Me?” He said, “Lord, You know everything! You know that I love You.”“Feed My sheep,” Jesus said.

So when they had come together, they asked Him, “Lord, are You restoring the kingdom to Israel at this time?”

“Therefore, from among the men who have accompanied us during the whole time the Lord Jesus went in and out among us—

When Jacob heard there was grain in Egypt, he sent our ancestors the first time.

The second time, Joseph was revealed to his brothers, and Joseph’s family became known to Pharaoh.

“As the time was drawing near to fulfill the promise that God had made to Abraham, the people flourished and multiplied in Egypt

At this time Moses was born, and he was beautiful in God’s sight. He was cared for in his father’s home three months,

They were attentive to him because he had astounded them with his sorceries for a long time.

Again, a second time, a voice said to him, “What God has made clean, you must not call common.”

But a voice answered from heaven a second time, ‘What God has made clean, you must not call common.’

Then one of them, named Agabus, stood up and predicted by the Spirit that there would be a severe famine throughout the Roman world. This took place during the time of Claudius.

About that time King Herod cruelly attacked some who belonged to the church,

Now, look! The Lord’s hand is against you. You are going to be blind, and will not see the sun for a time.” Suddenly a mist and darkness fell on him, and he went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand.

So they stayed there for some time and spoke boldly in reliance on the Lord, who testified to the message of His grace by granting that signs and wonders be performed through them.

And they spent a considerable time with the disciples.

After spending some time there, they were sent back in peace by the brothers to those who had sent them. But Paul and Barnabas, along with many others, remained in Antioch teaching and proclaiming the message of the Lord. After some time had passed, Paul said to Barnabas, “Let’s go back and visit the brothers in every town where we have preached the message of the Lord and see how they’re doing.” Barnabas wanted to take along John Mark. But Paul did not think it appropriate to take along this man who had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not gone on with them to the work. There was such a sharp disagreement that they parted company, and Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed off to Cyprus. Then Paul chose Silas and departed, after being commended to the grace of the Lord by the brothers. He traveled through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.

After some time had passed, Paul said to Barnabas, “Let’s go back and visit the brothers in every town where we have preached the message of the Lord and see how they’re doing.”

Now all the Athenians and the foreigners residing there spent their time on nothing else but telling or hearing something new.

And though they asked him to stay for a longer time, he declined,

And after spending some time there, he set out, traveling through one place after another in the Galatian territory and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.

During that time there was a major disturbance about the Way.

After going upstairs, breaking the bread, and eating, Paul conversed a considerable time until dawn. Then he left.

For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus so he would not have to spend time in Asia, because he was hurrying to be in Jerusalem, if possible, for the day of Pentecost.

And when they came to him, he said to them: “You know, from the first day I set foot in Asia, how I was with you the whole time—

Aren’t you the Egyptian who raised a rebellion some time ago and led 4,000 Assassins into the wilderness?”

Now as he spoke about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix became afraid and replied, “Leave for now, but when I find time I’ll call for you.”

At the same time he was also hoping that money would be given to him by Paul. For this reason he sent for him quite often and conversed with him.

They had previously known me for quite some time, if they were willing to testify, that according to the strictest party of our religion I lived as a Pharisee.

By now much time had passed, and the voyage was already dangerous. Since the Fast was already over, Paul gave his advice