'Acting' in the Bible

And Jesus [deeply moved] admonished him sternly and sent him away immediately,

The earth produces crops by itself; first the blade, then the head [of grain], then the mature grain in the head.

Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the council who was also himself looking forward to the kingdom of God, came acting courageously [and] went in to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.