'Already' in the Bible
And a great storm of wind developed, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already being filled [with water].
And the hour had already become late [when] his disciples came up to him, saying, "The place is desolate and the hour [is] already late.
"I have compassion on the crowd, because they have remained with me three days already and do not have anything to eat.
And he went into Jerusalem to the temple, and [after] looking around at everything, [because] the hour was already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.
"Now learn the parable from the fig tree: Whenever its branch has already become tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near.
And [when it] was already evening, since it was the day of preparation (that is, the day before the Sabbath),
And Pilate was surprised that he was already dead, and summoning the centurion, asked him whether he had died already.