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Dear children, I am to be with you only a little while longer. You will look for me, but, as I told the Jews, so I now tell you, you cannot just now go where I am going.

Verse ConceptsNames And Titles For The ChristianProphecies Said By JesusForeknowledge Of ChristDeparturesChrist Not Always With PeopleChrist's Short LifeUnable To Do Other Things

In just a little while the world will not see me any more, but you will be seeing me. Because I am to live on, you too will live on.

Verse ConceptsLife With ChristSeeing The Risen ChristNot Seeing ChristChrist's Short Lifenatural Life

So some of His disciples said to one another, "What does He mean by telling us, 'In just a little while you will not see me, and yet in just a little while after you will see me again,' and 'Because I am going away to the Father'?"

Verse ConceptsJesus Returning To The FatherSeeing The Risen ChristNot Seeing ChristThe Disciples WordsChrist's Short LifeShort Time Till The EndThe Father

So they kept saying, "What does He mean by saying, 'a little while'? We do not know what He is talking about."

Verse ConceptsCommunicationA Short TimeMeaningBeing Without UnderstandingSaying RepeatedlyShort Time For Action

Jesus knew that they wanted to ask Him a question, and so He said to them, "Are you inquiring of one another about this saying of mine, 'In just a little while you will not see me, and yet in just a little while after you will see me again'?

Verse ConceptsA Short TimeSeeing The Risen ChristNot Seeing ChristQuestioning ChristChrist Knowing About PeopleChrist's Short LifeShort Time Till The End

And now I am going to be with you, and I am saying these things while still in the world, that the joy which I experience may be fully experienced in their own souls.

Verse ConceptsFulnessFulness Of JoyHeart, DivineJoy, Of The ChurchChrist's JoyPromised JoyJesus Returning To The FatherJoy

On the first day of the week, very early in the morning while it was still dark, Mary of Magdala went to the tomb, and she saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb.

Verse ConceptsLord's Day, TheSundayStonesThe First Day Of The WeekThe Act Of OpeningOpening PitsJesus TombDarkness Of NightThose Who Rose EarlyPerspective

And once while He was eating with them, He charged them not to leave Jerusalem but to wait for what the Father had promised. "You have heard me speak of it," He said,

Verse ConceptsBaptism Of The Holy SpiritGiftsThe Holy Spirit Described As God's GiftChrist's OrdersThe Father

And while they were gazing after Him into heaven, two men dressed in white suddenly stood beside them,

Verse ConceptsClothing, Kinds OfWhiteAngels, Nt AppearancesLooking HeavenwardWhite ClothsTwo Angels

While he was still clinging to Peter and John, all the people in utter amazement crowded around them in what was called Solomon's portico.

Verse ConceptsSolomon, Life OfPorchesClinging To PeopleGateways Of The TempleGroups Running

While they were talking to the people, the high priests, the military commander of the temple, and the Sadducees came down upon them,

Verse ConceptsCaptainsGuardsJewish SectsWhile Still SpeakingPriests In Action

But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, highly respected by all the people, got up in the council and gave orders to put the men out of the council a little while;

Verse ConceptsIntelligenceStatusTeachers Of The LawJewish SectsScholarsSchools

He answered: "Listen, brothers and fathers. The glorious God appeared to our forefather Abraham while he was in Mesopotamia before he ever made his home in Haran,

Verse ConceptsGod, Glory OfAbrahamGod, Unity OfGod AppearingPay Attention To People!

So Peter at once got up and went with them. When he reached there, they took him to the room upstairs, and all the widows took their stand around him, crying and showing him the shirts and coats that Dorcas had made while she was still with them.

Verse ConceptsClothBereavement, Experience OfStairwaysDressMournersWidowsClothing The NeedyOuter GarmentsInner GarmentsActual WidowsUpper RoomsMourning The Death Of Otherssisterhood

The next day, while those men were traveling on and not far from the town, Peter went up on the housetop about noon to pray.

Verse ConceptsNoonPrayer, Practicalities OfRoofHousetopsSecret PrayerRooftopWhere To Pray

But he got very hungry and wanted something to eat. While they were getting it ready, he fell into a trance

Verse ConceptsHunger, Examples OfHousetopsPreparing Foodhunger

Now while Peter was still at a loss to know what the vision he had seen could mean, the men who had been sent by Cornelius had asked for the way to Simon's house and had stopped at the gate;

Verse ConceptsGatesComing To GatesAsking Particular QuestionsPuzzlementPeople Sending People

While Peter was meditating on the vision, the Spirit said to him, "There are two men looking for you.

Verse ConceptsMind, Of ChristThe Spirit SpeakingThose Looking For People

While Peter was still speaking these truths, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who were listening to the message.

Verse ConceptsBaptism Of The Holy SpiritGiftsPreaching, Importance OfSpiritual UnderstandingWhile Still Speakingghosts

"I was praying in the town of Joppa, and while I was praying I fell in a trance and had a vision. I saw something like a great sheet coming down out of the sky, lowered by the four comers; and it came right down to me.

Verse ConceptsecstasyFour CornersLowering PeopleThose Who Saw VisionsFour SidesI PrayPutting Animals Down

Then the brothers at once sent Paul off to the coast, while Silas and Timothy stayed on there.

While Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred to its depths to see the city completely steeped in idolatry.

Verse ConceptsLeisure, And PastimesMaterialism, As An Aspect Of SinWaitingCitiesPolytheismPeople WaitingIdolatryAngry PeopleHinduism

While Gallio was governor of Greece, the Jews unanimously attacked Paul and one day brought him before the court,

Verse ConceptsProconsulDerisionProvincesPersecution Of The Apostle Paul

It was while Apollos was in Corinth that Paul, by passing through the inland districts, came to Ephesus. He found a few disciples there

Verse ConceptsFindingRoadsflexibility

So he sent off to Macedonia two of his assistants, Timothy and Erastus, while he stayed on for a while in Asia.

Verse ConceptsStaying PutServing PeoplePeople Sending People

while we, after the Feast of Unleavened Bread, sailed from Philippi, and five days after joined them at Troas, where we spent a week.

Verse ConceptsPaul, Life OfWeeksFour Or Five DaysSeven DaysSea Travel

there we bade one another goodbye, and we went aboard the ship, while they went back.

Verse ConceptsFarewellsSea Travelgoodbyes

While we were spending some days here, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.

Verse ConceptsNamed Prophets Of The Lord

Now while they were trying to kill him, news reached the colonel of the regiment that all Jerusalem was in a ferment.

Verse ConceptsConfusion, Examples OfArmies, RomanAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleChiliarchs

After I had come back to Jerusalem, one day while I was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance,

Verse ConceptsDisciples In The TempleWhere To Pray

While they were shouting and tossing their clothes about and flinging dust into the air,

Verse ConceptsSwingingWiping DustGroups ShoutingPeople Abandoning People

While I was performing these duties they found me just as I had completed the rites of my purification in the temple; however, there was no crowd with me and no disturbance at all.

Verse ConceptsTumultDisciples In The Temple

While in this business I once was on my way to Damascus with authority based on a commission from the high priests,

Verse ConceptsAuthority Delegated To PeopleMan Appointingdamascus

But they struck a shoal and ran the ship aground; the bow stuck and remained unmoved, while the stern began to break to pieces under the beating of the waves.

Verse ConceptsBoatsSandThe NavyShallownessWavesStaying PutBroken ThingsTwo Other ThingsBack Of ThingsIn Front

Afterward he received the mark of circumcision as God's seal of his right standing with Him on condition of faith which he had before he was circumcised, that he might be the forefather of all who have faith while still uncircumcised, that they might have their faith credited to them as right standing with God;

Verse ConceptsCircumcision, spiritualPraiseSealsAbraham, God's Covenant WithAbraham, New Testament ReferencesReckoningRighteous By FaithRighteousness imputed

Now a man will scarcely ever give his life for an upright person, though once in a while a man is brave enough to die for a generous friend.

Verse ConceptsGood FriendsBrotherly LovePossibilities For PeopleImpossible For PeopleGood PeopleDeath Of God's PeoplePossible For PeopleDyingA Good Manrisk

So if she marries another man while her husband is living, she is called an adulteress, but if he dies, she is free from that marriage bond, so that she will not be an adulteress though later married to another man.

Verse ConceptsWithout The LawSex Before Marriageadultry

Not only that but this too, we ourselves who enjoy the Spirit as a foretaste of the future, even we ourselves, keep up our inner groanings while we wait to enter upon our adoption as God's sons at the redemption of our bodies.

Verse ConceptsAdoption, nature ofeagernessPaul, Teaching OfPresent, TheRest, EternalSpirit, Fallen And RedeemedSpirit, Nature OfWaiting On GodProvision For The BodyAdoptionMetaphorical FirstfruitsWaiting For The Second ComingGlorificationFirst fruitssonship

For we have become a spectacle to the universe, to angels as well as men. For Christ's sake we are held as fools, while you through union with Christ are men of wisdom. We are weak; you are strong. You are held in honor; we in dishonor.

Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfFolly, Examples OfWeakness, SpiritualWisdom, Human NatureWisdom, Source Of HumanSuffering For Christ's SakeStrong PeopleCounted As FoolsGod Bestowing GloryWise Men In The ChurchFoolsWeaknesschristianity

for each of you is in a rush to eat his own supper, and one goes hungry while another gets drunk.

Verse ConceptsLord's SupperWaitingcommunionovereating

while our well-shaped parts do not want for anything. Yes, God has perfectly adjusted the body, giving great honor to its apparently inferior parts,

Verse ConceptsPeople Have Honour

So speaking in ecstasy is meant as a sign, not for believers but for unbelievers, while prophecy is meant, not for unbelievers but for believers.

Verse ConceptsBelieversNot Believing The GospelProphesying In The ChurchSigns And Wonders Of The GospelThe TongueSpiritual Gifts

For out of great sorrow and distress of heart, yes, while shedding many tears, I wrote you, not to make you sad but to make you realize that my love for you continues running over.

Verse ConceptsAgony, In HeartAffection, ExpressingBeing Earnest For The ChurchdepthLove, For One AnotherPaul, Life OfWeepingAnguish, CauseI Am SadLove Exists Between PeopleFathers Loving CareGrieving With HopeNervousnesspressure

As for Titus, he is my partner and comrade in the work for you, while these brothers of ours, the representatives of the churches, will bring glory to Christ.

Verse ConceptsFellowship, In Christian ServiceFellow WorkersApostles, Descriptionpartnership

This is why I am writing this while far away from you, that when I do come, I may not have to deal harshly with you in accordance with the authority which the Lord has given me, for building you up, not for tearing you down.

Verse ConceptsApostles, Authority In ChurchHuman Authority, Nature OfAuthority, Responsibilities OfMinisters, Description OfSharpnessBuilding Up The ChurchWriting LettersAuthority Of DisciplesDestruction Of The ChurchGone AwayStrictnessIn Men's Presence

But the child of the slave girl was born in the ordinary course of nature, while the child of the free woman was born to fulfill the promise.

Verse ConceptsGod's Promise To AbrahamLife In A Material WorldThe Promise Of A Babyslaverysarah

Even while I was at Thessalonica you sent money more than once for my needs.

Verse ConceptsGenerosity, Human

Now we, brothers, on our part, when we were separated from you for a little while -- in person but not in heart -- were extremely eager and intensely longing to see you.

Verse ConceptsBeing Earnest For The ChurcheagernessSpiritual DesiresAbsenceContact With PeopleRight Desireseffort

Do you not remember that while I was with you I used to tell you this?

Verse ConceptsIn Men's Presence

yes, I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whose father I have become while wearing these chains.

Verse ConceptsChildren In The FaithUseful People

I would have liked to keep him with me, to wait on me in your stead while I wear these chains for the good news,

Verse ConceptsSuffering For The GospelServing Individuals

For perhaps it was for this reason that he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back forever,

Verse ConceptsPeople PartingEternal BlessingWhy It Happened

You made Him inferior to angels for a little while, yet you have crowned Him with glory and honor, you have set Him over the works of your hands,

Verse ConceptsMan, Creation OfAngelsPeople Have Honourmindfulness

while in this passage again He says: "They shall not be admitted to my rest."

Verse ConceptsEntering Life

For a will is valid only after a man is dead, since it has no force whatever while the one who made it is alive.

Verse ConceptsThe Fact Of Deathlosing a loved oneDeath Of Loved OneLife After Death

By faith they crossed the Red Sea as though it were dry land, while the Egyptians, in attempting it, were drowned.

Verse ConceptsdrowningMoses, Life OfSeaDry LandExploits Of FaithComing To The Red SeaDeath Of Other Groups

who had once been disobedient, while God's patience was awaiting in the days when Noah was preparing an ark, in which a few people-- eight, to be exact -- were brought safely through the water.

Verse ConceptsCovenant, God's with NoahBaptism, significance ofBefore The FloodGod's attitude towards peopleGod, Patience OfNoahSeafaringPunishment, DelayedLongsuffering Of GodThe DelugeDivine DelaysEight PeopleGod WaitingFew Peopledisobedienceinvesting

They think their daily luxurious living real pleasure; they are spots and blots, deceitfully living in luxurious pleasure while they continue their religious feasting with you.

Verse ConceptsDaylightExcessBlemishLove FeastLove, Nature OfWagesPleasure SeekersRiotsBlemished PeopleDuring The DayWages For EvilPartying

Dearly beloved, while I was doing my best to begin writing you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write and urge you to carry on a vigorous defense of the faith that was once for all entrusted to God's people.

Verse ConceptsFight Of FaithOnly OnceAll Believers Are SaintsThe Gospel Of Salvationeffort

They are blots on your love feasts while they feast with you, daringly caring for no one but themselves; rainless clouds swept along by winds; leafless trees that bear no fruit, doubly dead, uprooted;

Verse ConceptsClouds, Figurative UseRootsAgape LovePlucking OutThe Second DeathLove Exists Between PeopleLove Feast

Out from the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder, while in front of it seven flaming lamps were burning; they were the seven spirits of God.

Verse ConceptsLightningSpiritsSymbolsThunderSeven SpiritsSeven LightsFire Of The SpiritRumblingThe RainbowThunder Showing God's Presence

There are also seven kings; five have fallen, one is on the throne, the other has not yet come, and when he does he must stay but a little while,

Verse ConceptsSevenFive PeopleSeven PeopleA Short TimeShort Time For Actionspace

Then he hurled him into the abyss, closed it, and sealed it over him, to keep him from leading the nations astray anymore, until the thousand years are at an end; after that he must be let loose a little while.

Verse ConceptsSatan, As DeceiverSatan, Kingdom OfSatan, Resistance ToSealsSpiritual Warfare, Enemies InAbyssA Short TimeSealing ThingsEvil And FreedomShort Time Till The EndSeasons Changing