Now Herod was very glad to see Jesus, because he had been wanting to see him for a long time on account of what he had heard about him. He was also hoping to see some sign done by him.

So Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day. Before this they had been enemies.

Then the father realized that this was the very hour when Jesus had told him, "Your son will live." So he himself believed, along with his whole family.

"But I have a greater testimony than John's, because the actions that the Father has given me to complete the very actions that I am doing testify on my behalf that the Father has sent me.

they told him, "Teacher, this woman has been caught in the very act of adultery.

Mary took a litron of very expensive perfume made of pure nard and anointed Jesus' feet. She wiped his feet with her hair, and the house became filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

"Now my soul is in turmoil, and what should I say "Father, save me from this hour'? No! It was for this very reason that I came to this hour.

One of his disciples, the one whom Jesus kept loving, had been sitting very close to him.

After he was arrested according to the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified this very man and killed him using the hands of lawless men.

"It was this very Jesus whom God raised and we're all witnesses of that.

God has exalted to his right hand this very man as our Leader and Savior in order to extend repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.

The Lord told him, "Get up, go to the street called Straight, and in the home of Judas look for a man from Tarsus named Saul. At this very moment he's praying.

He became very hungry and wanted to eat, and while the food was being prepared, he fell into a trance

Cornelius replied, "Four days ago at this very hour, three o'clock in the afternoon, I was praying in my home. All at once a man in radiant clothes stood in front of me

"At that very moment three men arrived at the house where we were staying. They had been sent to me from Caesarea.

That very night, before Herod was going to bring him out, Peter, bound with two chains, was sleeping between two soldiers, and guards in front of the door were watching the prisoners.

For that is what the Lord ordered us to do: "I have made you a light to the gentiles to be the means of salvation to the very ends of the earth.'"

She kept doing this for many days until Paul became annoyed, turned to her and told the spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus the Messiah to come out of her!" And it came out that very moment.

He explained and showed them that the Messiah had to suffer and rise from the dead: "This very Jesus whom I proclaim to you is the Messiah."

These people were more receptive than those in Thessalonica. They were very willing to receive the message, and every day they carefully examined the Scriptures to see if those things were so.

So Paul stood up in front of the Areopagus and said, "Men of Athens, I see that you are very religious in every way.

Paul looked straight at the Council and said, "Brothers, with a clear conscience I have done my duty before God up to this very day."

But Paul said, "I am standing before the emperor's judgment seat where I ought to be tried. I haven't done anything wrong to the Jewish leaders, as you know very well.

"The Lord answered, "I'm Jesus, whom you are persecuting. But get up and stand on your feet, because I've appeared to you for the very purpose of appointing you to be my servant and witness of what you've seen and of what I'll show you.

Therefore, you have no excuse every one of you who judges. For when you pass judgment on another person, you condemn yourself, since you, the judge, practice the very same things.

and I died. I found that the very rule that was intended to bring life actually brought death.

For the Scripture says about Pharaoh, "I have raised you up for this very purpose, to demonstrate my power through you and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth."

In the very place where it was told them, "You are not my people,' they will be called children of the living God."

Greet Mary, who has worked very hard for you.

It is a very small thing to me that I should be examined by you or by any human court. In fact, I don't even evaluate myself.

The very fact that you have lawsuits among yourselves is already a defeat for you. Why not rather just accept the wrong? Why not rather be cheated?

This is the very reason I wrote you, so that when I did come I might not be made sad by those who should have made me happy. For I had confidence that all of you would share the joy that I have.

Therefore, since we have such a hope, we speak very boldly,

as unknown and yet well-known, as dying and yet as you see very much alive, as punished and yet not killed,

I have great confidence in you. I am very proud of you. I am very much encouraged. I am overjoyed in all our troubles.

I will be very glad to spend my money and myself for you. Do you love me less because I love you so much?

I encouraged Titus to visit you, and I sent along with him the brother you know so well. Titus didn't take advantage of you, did he? We conducted ourselves with the same spirit, didn't we? We took the very same steps, didn't we?

The only thing they asked us to do was to remember the destitute, the very thing I was eager to do.

You foolish Galatians! Who put you under a spell? Was not Jesus the Messiah clearly portrayed before your very eyes as having been crucified?

To me, the very least of all the saints, this grace was given so that I might proclaim to the gentiles the immeasurable wealth of the Messiah

For you know very well that no immoral or impure person, or anyone who is greedy (that is, an idolater), has an inheritance in the kingdom of the Messiah and of God.

"Honor your father and mother"" (This is a very important commandment with a promise.)

I am sending him to you for this very reason, so that you may know how we are doing and that he may encourage your hearts.

I am sending him to you for this very reason, so that you may know how we are doing and that he may encourage your hearts.

We cared so deeply for you that we were determined to share with you not only the gospel of God but our very lives. That is how dear you were to us.

You know very well that we treated each of you the way a father treats his children.

We pray very hard night and day that we may see you again face to face, so that we may equip you with whatever is lacking in your faith.

for you yourselves know very well that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

I am the worst of them. But for that very reason I received mercy, so that in me, as the worst sinner, the Messiah Jesus might demonstrate all of his patience as an example for those who would believe in him for eternal life.

Physical exercise is of limited value, but Godliness is very dear, a pledge of life, both there and here.

May the Lord grant that he finds mercy on the day he comes again. You know very well how much he assisted me in Ephesus.

But they will not get very far because, as in the case of those two men, their stupidity will be plain to everyone.

One of their very own prophets said, "Liars ever, men of Crete, savage brutes that live to eat."

Everything is clean to those who are clean, but nothing is clean to those who are corrupt and unbelieving. Indeed, their very way of thinking and their consciences have been corrupted.

Once he was useless to you, but now he is very useful both to you and to me.

19I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand: I will repay it. (I will not mention to you that you owe me your very life.)

But we want each of you to continue to be diligent to the very end, in order to give full assurance to your hope.

For "in a very little while the one who is coming will return he will not delay;

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people to be his very own and to proclaim the wonderful deeds of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

For this very reason, you must make every effort to supplement your faith with moral character, your moral character with knowledge,

Whatever these people do not understand, they slander. Like irrational animals, they are destroyed by the very things they know by instinct.

The second catastrophe is over. The third catastrophe is coming very soon.

I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the witnesses to Jesus. I was very surprised when I saw her.

cargo of gold, silver, gems, pearls, fine linen, purple cloth, silk, scarlet cloth, all kinds of scented wood, all articles made of ivory, all articles made of very costly wood, bronze, iron, marble,