'Among' in the Bible

And there were women watching from a distance: among them were Mary Magdalene, and Mary, the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome,

And they were saying among themselves, Who will get the stone rolled away from the door for us?

As a number of attempts have been made to put together in order an account of those events which took place among us,

And she said with a loud voice: May blessing be on you among women, and a blessing on the child of your body.

Glory to God in the highest, and on the earth peace among men with whom he is well pleased.

And in the belief that he was with some of their number, they went a day's journey; and after looking for him among their relations and friends,

And after three days they came across him in the Temple, seated among the wise men, giving ear to their words and putting questions to them.

And the day came and, turning to his disciples, he made a selection from among them of twelve, to whom he gave the name of Apostles;

Happy are you, when men have hate for you, and put you away from among them and say angry words to you, turning away in disgust at your name, because of the Son of man.

And fear came on all, and they gave praise to God, saying, A great prophet is among us: and, God has given thought to his people.

I say to you, Among all the sons of women, not one is greater than John: but he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

And some went among thorns, and the thorns came up with it and it had no room for growth.

And those which went among thorns are those who have given hearing, and go on their way, but they are overcome by cares and wealth and the pleasures of life, and they give no fruit.

And a man from among them, crying out, said, Master, I make a request to you, give a thought to my son, for he is my only child:

Now there was a discussion among them about which of them would be the greatest.

And said to them, Whoever gives honour to this child in my name, gives honour to me: and whoever gives honour to me, gives honour to him who sent me: for whoever is least among you all, that man is great.

Go on your way: see, I send you out like lambs among wolves.

And it came about that when he said these things, a certain woman among the people said in a loud voice, Happy is the body which gave you birth, and the breasts from which you took milk.

Even so, I say to you, There is joy among the angels of God, when one sinner is turned away from his wrongdoing.

And men will not say, See, it is here! or, There! for the kingdom of God is among you.

And some of the Pharisees among the people said to him, Master, make your disciples be quiet.

And they said among themselves, If we say, From heaven; he will say, Why did you not have faith in him?

And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars; and on the earth, fear among the nations and doubt because of the loud noise of the sea and the waves;

And he took a cup and, having given praise, he said, Make division of this among yourselves;

And they were wondering among themselves which of them it was who would do this thing.

And there was an argument among them about which of them was the greatest.

For which is greater, the guest who is seated at a meal or the servant who is waiting on him? is it not the guest? but I am among you as a servant.

For I say to you that these words will be put into effect in me, And he was numbered among the evil-doers: for what has been said in the Writings about me has an end.

And a fire was lighted in the middle of the open square, and they were seated together, and Peter was among them.

But they became more violent than before, saying, He has made trouble among the people, teaching through all Judaea from Galilee to this place.

And Jesus said, Father, let them have forgiveness, for they have no knowledge of what they are doing. And they made division of his clothing among them by the decision of chance.

And while their faces were bent down to the earth in fear, these said to them, Why are you looking for the living among the dead?

And certain women among us gave us cause for wonder, for they went early to the place where his body had been put,

And while they were saying these things, he himself was among them, and said to them, Peace be with you!

And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glory--such glory as is given to an only son by his father--saw it to be true and full of grace.

John's answer was: I give baptism with water; but there is one among you of whom you have no knowledge;

Now there was among the Pharisees a man named Nicodemus, who was one of the rulers of the Jews.

So when the people came to him they made request to him to be among them for a time, and he was there two days.

There is a boy here with five barley cakes and two fishes: but what is that among such a number?

Then the Jews had an angry discussion among themselves, saying, How is it possible for this man to give us his flesh for food?

And there was much discussion about him among the mass of the people. Some said, He is a good man; but others said, No, he is giving people false ideas.

So the Jews said among themselves, To what place is he going where we will not see him? will he go to the Jews living among the Greeks and become the teacher of the Greeks?

So there was a division among the people because of him.

But when they went on with their questions, he got up and said to them, Let him among you who is without sin be the first to send a stone at her.

Then some of the Pharisees said, That man has not come from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath. Others said, How is it possible for a sinner to do such signs? So there was a division among them.

There was a division again among the Jews because of these words.

So Jesus no longer went about publicly among the Jews, but went from there into the country near to the waste land, to a town named Ephraim, where he was for some time with the disciples.

So they made him a meal there, and he was waited on by Martha, and Lazarus was among those who were seated with him at table.

Now there was talk among the chief priests of putting Lazarus to death;

Now there were some Greeks among the people who had come up to give worship at the feast:

Jesus said to them, For a little time longer the light will be among you; while you have the light go on walking in it, so that the dark may not overtake you: one walking in the dark has no knowledge of where he is going.

If I had not done among them the works which no other man ever did, they would have had no sin: but now they have seen, and they have had hate in their hearts for me and my Father.

So they said among themselves, Let this not be cut up, but let us put it to the decision of chance and see who gets it. (They did this so that the Writings might come true, which say, They made a distribution of my clothing among them, and my coat they put to the decision of chance.) This was what the men of the army did.

At evening on that day, the first day of the week, when, for fear of the Jews, the doors were shut where the disciples were, Jesus came among them and said to them, May peace be with you!

So this saying went about among the brothers that this disciple would not undergo death: Jesus, however, did not say that he would not undergo death, but, If it is my desire for him to be here till I come back, what is that to you?

And in those days Peter got up among the brothers (there were about one hundred and twenty of them), and said,

For he was numbered among us, and had his part in our work.

For this reason, of the men who have been with us all the time, while the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

Men of Israel, give ear to these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man who had the approval of God, as was made clear to you by the great works and signs and wonders which God did by him among you, as you yourselves have knowledge,

And exchanging their goods and property for money, they made division of it among them all, as they had need.

For Moses said, The Lord will give you a prophet from among your people, like me; you will give ear to everything which he will say to you.

And every soul who does not give attention to that prophet, will be cut off from among the people.

And in no other is there salvation: for there is no other name under heaven, given among men, through which we may have salvation.

But when they had given them orders to go out of the Sanhedrin, they had a discussion among themselves,

But so that it may not go farther among the people, let us put them in fear of punishment if they say anything in future in this name.

And no one among them was in need; for everyone who had land or houses, exchanging them for money, took the price of them,

Now a number of signs and wonders were done among the people by the hands of the Apostles; and they were all together in Solomon's covered way.

Take then from among you seven men of good name, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, to whom we may give control of this business.

And Stephen, full of grace and power, did great wonders and signs among the people.

This is the same Moses, who said to the children of Israel, God will give you a prophet from among your brothers, like me.

My brothers, children of the family of Abraham, and those among you who have the fear of God, to us the word of this salvation is sent.

But there was a division among the people of the town; some were on the side of the Jews and some on the side of the Apostles.

But when this came to the ears of the Apostles, Paul and Barnabas, they went running out among the people, parting their clothing, and crying out,

And all the people were quiet while Barnabas and Paul gave an account of the signs and wonders which God had done among the Gentiles by them.

Symeon has given an account of how God was first pleased to take from among the Gentiles a people for himself.

For this reason my decision is, that we do not put trouble in the way of those who from among the Gentiles are turned to God;

Then it seemed good to the Apostles and the rulers and all the church, to send men from among them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; Judas, named Barsabbas, and Silas, chief men among the brothers:

But the Jews, being moved with envy, took with them certain low persons from among the common people, and getting together a great number of people, made an outcry in the town, attacking the house of Jason with the purpose of taking them out to the people.

And so Paul went away from among them.

But some men gave him their support: among whom was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

And he was there for a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

And when he had a desire to go over into Achaia, the brothers gave him help, and sent letters to the disciples requesting them to take him in among them: and when he had come, he gave much help to those who had faith through grace:

Then they took Alexander out from among the people, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander, making a sign with his hand, was about to make a statement to the people in answer:

And now I am conscious that you, among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom, will not see my face again.

I am conscious that after I am gone, evil wolves will come in among you, doing damage to the flock;

And from among yourselves will come men who will give wrong teaching, turning away the disciples after them.

And now, I give you into the care of God and the word of his grace, which is able to make you strong and to give you your heritage among all the saints.

And when he had said how glad he was to see them, he gave them a detailed account of the things which God had done through his work among the Gentiles.

And hearing it, they gave praise to God; and they said to him, You see, brother, what thousands there are among the Jews, who have the faith; and they all have a great respect for the law:

And they have had news of you, how you have been teaching all the Jews among the Gentiles to give up the law of Moses, and not to give circumcision to their children, and not to keep the old rules.

And some said one thing and some another, among the people: and as he was not able to get a knowledge of the facts because of the noise, he gave orders for Paul to be taken into the army building.

And when the argument became very violent, the chief captain, fearing that Paul would be pulled in two by them, gave orders to the armed men to take him by force from among them, and take him into the army building.

For this man, in our opinion, is a cause of trouble, a maker of attacks on the government among Jews through all the empire, and a chief mover in the society of the Nazarenes:

But only this one thing which I said among them in a loud voice, I am this day being judged on the question of the coming back from the dead.

So, he said, let those who have authority among you go with me, and if there is any wrong in the man, let them make a statement against him.

All the Jews have knowledge of my way of life from my early years, as it was from the start among my nation, and at Jerusalem;

To make their eyes open, turning them from the dark to the light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may have forgiveness of sins and a heritage among those who are made holy by faith in me.

And when they had been without food for a long time, Paul got up among them and said, Friends, it would have been better if you had given attention to me and not gone sailing out from Crete, to undergo this damage and loss.

And they went away, for there was a division among them after Paul had said this one thing: Well did the Holy Spirit say by the prophet Isaiah to your fathers,

Through whom grace has been given to us, sending us out to make disciples to the faith among all nations, for his name: