'Took' in the Bible

My brothers, the word of God had to be put into effect, which the Holy Spirit had said before, by the mouth of David, about Judas, who was guide to those who took Jesus,

And day by day, going in agreement together regularly to the Temple and, taking broken bread together in their houses, they took their food with joy and with true hearts,

And he took him by his right hand, lifting him up; and straight away his feet and the bones of his legs became strong,

And they took them and put them in prison till the morning, for it was now evening.

Now when they saw that Peter and John were without fear, though they were men of no education or learning, they were greatly surprised; and they took note of them that they had been with Jesus.

And no one among them was in need; for everyone who had land or houses, exchanging them for money, took the price of them,

And kept back part of the price, his wife having knowledge of it, and took the rest and put it at the feet of the Apostles.

And the young men went and made ready his body, and took it out, and put it in the earth.

And straight away she went down at his feet, and her life went from her: and the young men came in and saw her dead, and they took her out and put her in the earth with her husband.

And they even took into the streets people who were ill, and put them on beds, so that when Peter went by, some of them might be in his shade.

And they took the Apostles and put them in the common prison.

But in the night an angel of the Lord, opening the doors of the prison, took them out and said,

Then the captain and some of the police went and took them, but not violently, for fear that they might be stoned by the people.

And they took them into the Sanhedrin, and the high priest said to them,

These they took to the Apostles, who, after prayer, put their hands on them.

And the people, with the rulers and the scribes, were moved against him, and they came and took him before the Sanhedrin,

And when he was put out, Pharaoh's daughter took him and kept him as her son.

This man took them out, having done wonders and signs in Egypt and in the Red Sea and in the waste land, for forty years.

And saying to Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: as for this Moses, who took us out of the land of Egypt, we have no idea what has become of him.

And you took up the tent of Moloch and the star of the god Rephan, images which you made to give worship to them: and I will take you away, farther than Babylon.

Which our fathers, in their turn, took with them when, with Joshua, they came into the heritage of the nations whom God was driving out before the face of our fathers, till the time of David,

And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord took Philip away; and the Ethiopian saw him no more, for he went on his way full of joy.

And for three days he was not able to see, and he took no food or drink.

But his disciples took him by night and let him down from the wall in a basket.

But Barnabas took him to the Apostles and gave them an account of how he had seen the Lord on the road, and had given hearing to his words, and how at Damascus he had been preaching in the name of Jesus without fear.

And when the brothers had knowledge of it, they took him to Caesarea and sent him to Tarsus.

And Peter went with them. And when he had come, they took him into the room: and all the widows were there, weeping and putting before him the coats and clothing which Dorcas had made while she was with them.

And he took her hand, lifting her up; and, sending for the saints and widows, he gave her to them, living.

So he took them in for the night. And the day after, he went with them, taking some of the brothers from Joppa with him.

Not by all the people, but by witnesses marked out before by God, even by us, who took food and drink with him after he came back from the dead.

Saying, You went to men without circumcision, and took food with them.

And when he had come across him, he took him to Antioch. And they were with the church there for a year, teaching the people; and the disciples were first given the name of Christians in Antioch.

The God of this people Israel made selection of our fathers, lifting the people up from their low condition when they were living in the land of Egypt, and with a strong arm took them out of it.

And when they had done all the things said in the Writings about him, they took him down from the tree, and put him in the place of the dead.

And the priest of the image of Jupiter, which was before the town, took oxen and flowers to the doors of the town, and was about to make an offering with the people.

And there was a sharp argument between them, so that they were parted from one another, and Barnabas took Mark with him and went by ship to Cyprus;

But Paul took Silas and went away with the blessing of the brothers.

But when her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone, they took Paul and Silas, pulling them into the market-place before the rulers;

And the people made an attack on them all together: and the authorities took their clothing off them, and gave orders for them to be whipped.

And the keeper, coming out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, took his sword and was about to put himself to death, fearing that the prisoners had got away.

And took them out and said, Sirs, what have I to do to get salvation?

And that same hour of the night, he took them, and when he had given attention to their wounds, he and all his family had baptism straight away.

And he took them into his house and gave them food, and he was full of joy, having faith in God with all his family.

But the Jews, being moved with envy, took with them certain low persons from among the common people, and getting together a great number of people, made an outcry in the town, attacking the house of Jason with the purpose of taking them out to the people.

And when they were not able to get them, they took Jason and some of the brothers by force before the rulers of the town, crying, These men, who have made trouble all over the world have now come here;

But those who went with Paul took him as far as Athens, and then went away, with orders from him to Silas and Timothy to come to him quickly.

And they took him to Mars' Hill, saying, Will you make clear to us what is this new teaching of yours?

But when Gallio was ruler of Achaia, all the Jews together made an attack on Paul, and took him to the judge's seat,

And went from them, saying, I will come back to you if God lets me; and he took ship from Ephesus.

And he was preaching in the Synagogue without fear. But Priscilla and Aquila, hearing his words, took him in, and gave him fuller teaching about the way of God.

But some of the Jews who went from place to place driving out evil spirits, took it on themselves to make use of the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, I give you orders, by Jesus, whom Paul is preaching.

And a great number of those who were experts in strange arts took their books and put them on the fire in front of everyone: and when the books were valued they came to fifty thousand bits of silver.

And about that time a great outcry took place about the Way.

Then they took Alexander out from among the people, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander, making a sign with his hand, was about to make a statement to the people in answer:

And Paul went down and, falling on him, took him in his arms and said, Do not be troubled, for his life is in him.

And they took the boy in, living, and were greatly comforted.

And when he came up with us at Assos, we took him in the ship and went on to Mitylene.

And he came to us, and took the band of Paul's clothing, and putting it round his feet and hands, said, The Holy Spirit says these words, So will the Jews do to the man who is the owner of this band, and they will give him up into the hands of the Gentiles.

Then Paul took the men, and on the day after, making himself clean with them, he went into the Temple, giving out the statement that the days necessary for making them clean were complete, till the offering was made for every one of them.

And straight away he took some armed men and went quickly down to them: and the Jews, seeing them, gave no more blows to Paul.

Then the chief captain came near and took him, and gave orders for him to be put in chains, questioning them as to who he was and what he had done.

Are you by chance the Egyptian who, before this, got the people worked up against the government and took four thousand men of the Assassins out into the waste land?

And because I was unable to see because of the glory of that light, those who were with me took me by the hand, and so I came to Damascus.

But on the day after, desiring to have certain knowledge of what the Jews had to say against him, he made him free, and gave orders for the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin to come together, and he took Paul and put him before them.

And there was a great outcry: and some of the scribes on the side of the Pharisees got up and took part in the discussion, saying, We see no evil in this man: what if he has had a revelation from an angel or a spirit?

And more than forty of them took this oath.

So he took him to the chief captain and said, Paul, the prisoner, made a request to me to take this young man to you, for he has something to say to you.

And the chief took him by the hand and, going on one side, said to him privately, What is it you have to say to me

This man was taken by the Jews, and was about to be put to death by them, when I came on them with the army and took him out of danger, having knowledge that he was a Roman.

And, desiring to get at the reason for their attack on him, I took him down to their Sanhedrin:

So the armed men, as they were ordered, took Paul and came by night to Antipatris.

And they, when they came to Caesarea, gave the letter to the ruler, and took Paul before him.

Who, in addition, was attempting to make the Temple unclean: whom we took,

But after two years Porcius Festus took the place of Felix, who, desiring to have the approval of the Jews, kept Paul in chains.

And when he had been with them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea; and on the day after, he took his place on the judge's seat, and sent for Paul.

So, when they had come together here, straight away, on the day after, I took my place on the judge's seat and sent for the man.

For this reason, the Jews took me in the Temple, and made an attempt to put me to death.

And when he had said this and had taken bread, he gave praise to God before them all, and took a meal of the broken bread.

Then they all took heart and did the same.

And the simple people living there were uncommonly kind to us, for they made a fire for us, and took us in, because it was raining and cold.

Now near that place there was some land, the property of the chief man of the island, who was named Publius; who very kindly took us into his house as his guests for three days.

And when this took place, all the others in the island who had diseases came and were made well.

And the brothers, when they had news of us, came out from town as far as Appii Forum and the Three Taverns to have a meeting with us: and Paul, seeing them, gave praise to God and took heart.