"Then, Sir, I do believe," said the man, bowing to the ground before him;

Even now I know that whatever You ask of God, God will give to You.”

the Pharisees therefore said among themselves, don't you perceive we lose ground? you see what a world of followers attend him.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.

and if I am lifted up from the ground, I will draw all men to myself."

And I will do whatever you ask in My name [as My representative], this I will do, so that the Father may be glorified and celebrated in the Son.

If you ask Me anything in My name [as My representative], I will do it.

It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you, and I appointed you to go and bear fruit--fruit that should remain, so that the Father might grant you whatever you ask in my Name.

In that day you will not [need to] ask Me about anything. I assure you and most solemnly say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name [as My representative], He will give you.

for the Father Himself loves you [i.e., and will grant your requests without my persuasion], because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.

As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.

Meanwhile, the head priest asked Jesus about His disciples and His teaching. [Note: This was probably Annas, the former "head priest" who later sent Jesus to the current head priest, Caiaphas. See verse 24].

Pilate asked Him, "What is truth?" On saying this he went outside again to the Jews, and said to them, "As far as I can see, I can find no ground for a charge against Him.

It is, however, the custom for me to grant you the release of one man at the Passover Festival. Do you wish for the release of the King of the Jews?"

And Pilate went outside again and said to the Jews, "Listen! I am going to bring Him out to you, for you to see that I can find no ground for a charge against Him."

When the high priests and attendants saw Him, they shouted, "Crucify Him! Crucify Him!" Pilate said to them, "Take Him yourselves and crucify Him, for I can find no ground for a charge against Him."

Stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths lying there on the ground, but he did not go in.

Simon Peter, however, also came, following him, and entered the tomb. There on the ground he saw the cloths;

and the handkerchief that had been over Jesus' face not on the ground with the bandages, but folded up by itself.

(Now having bought a piece of ground with the money paid for his wickedness he fell there with his face downwards, and, his body bursting open, he became disembowelled.

‘And I will grant wonders in the sky above
And signs on the earth below,
Blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke.

"And his name, on the ground of faith in his name, has made strong this man, whom you now see and know; yes, the faith that is through him has made this man sound and strong again, in the presence of you all.

Ye, are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God covenanted unto your fathers, saying unto Abraham - And, in thy seed, shall be blessed, all the families of the ground.

And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,

"whilst thou stretchest forth thy hand to heal; grant too, that signs and wonders may be done through the name of thy holy Servant, Jesus."

God exalted Him to His right hand as Prince and Savior and Deliverer, in order to grant repentance to Israel, and [to grant] forgiveness of sins.

During these days, when the disciples were increasing in number, the Hellenists began to complain against the Hebrews, on the ground that their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.

For we have heard him say that Jesus, the Nazarene, will pull this place down to the ground and will change the customs which Moses handed down to us."

But He did not give him inheritable property, not even enough ground to take a step on, yet He promised that He would give it to Him as a possession, and to his descendants after him.

Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.

Now when they heard this [accusation and understood its implication], they were cut to the heart, and they began grinding their teeth [in rage] at him.

saying, “Give me this authority and power too, so that anyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”

and he fell to the ground and heard a voice [from heaven] saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting and oppressing Me?”

Saul got up from the ground, but though his eyes were open, he could see nothing; so they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus.

however Saul still gain'd ground, and confounded the Jews of Damascus, proving that Jesus was the Messias.

and saw heaven open and something like a large linen sheet coming down, being lowered by its four corners to the ground.

So, when Peter entered the city, Cornelius met him, and, throwing himself at Peter's feet, bowed to the ground.

On the ground that he had visited people who were not circumcised, and had taken meals with them.

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

Since He raised Him from the dead, never to return to decay, He has spoken in this way, I will grant you the faithful covenant blessings made to David.

For we are in danger of being called to answer concerning this days riot, there being no ground on which we shall be able to give an account of this concourse.

And a young man named Eutychus, sitting at the window, was gradually overcome with great drowsiness, as Paul continued his address. At last, quite overpowered by his drowsiness, he fell from the third story to the ground, and was picked up for dead.

And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit. But the Pharisees grant both.

"The Jews," he answered, "have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the council tomorrow, on the ground that you mean to have a fuller inquiry made into his case.

Wishing to ascertain exactly the ground of the charges they made against him, I brought him before their Council,

But so that I do not weary you further, I beg you to grant us, by your kindness, a brief hearing.

On this ground do I also myself strive to have always a conscience void of offence toward God and toward men.

"I am standing before Caesar's tribunal," replied Paul, "where alone I ought to be tried. The Jews have no real ground of complaint against me, as in fact you yourself are beginning to see more clearly.

Therefore, if I am guilty and have committed anything worthy of death, I do not try to escape death; but if there is nothing to the accusations which these men are bringing against me, no one can hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar (Emperor Nero).”

unto whom made answer - That it is not a custom with Romans, to grant as a favour any man, before the accused, face to face, should have his accusers, and, opportunity of defence, should receive, concerning the charge.

And now I am standing trial for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers.

And, when we were all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against goads.

saying, 'Do not be afraid Paul, for you must appear before Caesar, and look, God will grant you [the safety of] all these men aboard ship [along] with yourself.'

And fearing lest haply we should be cast ashore on rocky ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for the day.

when falling into the confluence of two currents, they ran the ship a-ground: where the fore-castle stuck fast and would not give, but her stern was shatter'd by the violence of the waves.

And when they had examined me, they were willing to release me because there was no ground for putting me to death.

For on the ground of obedience to Law no man living will be declared righteous before Him. Law simply brings a sure knowledge of sin.

Where then is there room for your boasting? It is for ever shut out. On what principle? On the ground of merit? No, but on the ground of faith.

For we conclude that a man is pronounced righteous on the ground of faith, quite apart from obedience to Law.

unless you can deny that it is one and the same God who will pronounce the circumcised to be acquitted on the ground of faith, and the uncircumcised to be acquitted through the same faith.

For if he was held to be righteous on the ground of his actions, he has something to boast of; but not in the presence of God.

With no ground for hope, Abraham, sustained by hope, put faith in God; in order that, in fulfillment of the words-'So many shall thy descendants be,' he might become 'the Father of many nations.'

But when sin had gained a vantage-ground, by means of the commandment, it stirred up within me all manner of lust; for where there is no law, sin is dead.

For sin, when it had gained a vantage-ground through the commandment, beguiled me, and through it slew me.

If I do now that which I would not, I grant to the law that it is good.

He who, yea, has not spared his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also with him grant us all things?

Not as if the word of God had fallen to the ground; for all are not Israel, who are of Israel.

Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:

May God, who inspires our hope, grant you perfect happiness and peace in your faith, till you are filled with this hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

I have then ground for glorying in Christ Jesus in regard to the things pertaining m God.

But now, as there is no more unoccupied ground in this part of the world, and I have for years past been eager to pay you a visit,

However, we speak [divine] wisdom among people who are [spiritually] mature, yet it is not a wisdom of this current age, nor of [its] current rulers, who are coming to nothing.

It is no good thing--this which you make the ground of your boasting. Do you not know that a little yeast corrupts the whole of the dough?

and those who use the world as though they did not make full use of it. For this world in its current form is passing away.

This is my defense to those who would put me on trial and interrogate me [concerning my authority as an apostle]:

But I have used none of these privileges, nor am I writing this [to suggest] that any such provision be made for me now. For it would be better for me to die than to have anyone deprive me of my boast [in this matter of financial support].

Proclaiming the gospel gives me no ground of boasting; for necessity is laid upon me; woe is me if I preach not the gospel.

Nevertheless, God was not well-pleased with most of them, for they were scattered along the ground in the wilderness [because their lack of self-control led to disobedience which led to death].

But now I mean his conscience, not your own. "Why, on what ground," you may object, "is the question of my liberty of action to be decided by a conscience not my own?

His secret, inner heart will become known, and so he will bow down to the ground and worship God, declaring, "God is truly among you!"

The first man, is of the ground, earthy, the second man, is, of heaven:

Well then, my beloved brothers, hold your ground, immovable; abound in work for the Lord at all times, for you may be sure that in the Lord your labour is never thrown away.

For the ground of our rejoicing is this: the testimony of our conscience that we have lived in the world more abundantly, indeed, for you in sincerity and godly purity, not in carnal wisdom, but in the grace of God.

hunted down and persecuted, but not deserted [to stand alone]; struck down, but never destroyed;

We are not again commending ourselves to your favour, but are furnishing you with a ground of boasting on our behalf, so that you may have a reply ready for those with whom superficial appearances are everything and sincerity of heart counts for nothing.

Show them, therefore--so that the Churches may see it-- the proof of your affection, and the ground for our boasting to them about you.

for if the Macedonians should come with me, and find you unprepared, how shall I, not to say you, be ashamed for having had so little ground to boast of you?

But I will persist in the same line of conduct in order to cut the ground from under the feet of those who desire an opportunity of getting themselves recognized as being on a level with us in the matters about which they boast.

I am amazed that you are so soon shifting your ground, and deserting him who called you by the grace of Christ,

Answer me this one question, "Is it on the ground of your obedience to the Law that you received the Spirit, or is it because, when you heard, you believed?"

He who gives you His Spirit and works miracles among you--does He do so on the ground of your obedience to the Law, or is it the result of your having heard and believed:

for if by law be the inheritance, it is no more by promise, but to Abraham through promise did God grant it.

But the Scripture describes all mankind as the prisoners of sin, so that the promised blessing might on the ground of faith in Jesus Christ be given to those who have faith.

But let each one prove his own work, and then will he have his ground for boasting in himself alone, and not in comparison with another;

These men who are keen upon you getting circumcised are just men who want to make a grand display in the flesh ??it is simply to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ.

[I always pray] that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may grant you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation [that gives you a deep and personal and intimate insight] into the true knowledge of Him [for we know the Father through the Son].

For it is by grace that you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves. It is God's gift, and is not on the ground of merit--

which is father over all that is called father in heaven and in earth, that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory,

That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;