'Among' in the Bible

I say to you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John; yet he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”

Other seed fell among the thorns; and the thorns grew up with it and choked it out.

The seed which fell among the thorns, these are the ones who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with worries and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to maturity.

Departing, they began going throughout the villages, preaching the gospel and healing everywhere.

An argument started among them as to which of them might be the greatest.

and said to them, “Whoever receives this child in My name receives Me, and whoever receives Me receives Him who sent Me; for the one who is least among all of you, this is the one who is great.”

Jesus replied and said, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and they stripped him and beat him, and went away leaving him half dead.

“What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go after the one which is lost until he finds it?

And He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts; for that which is highly esteemed among men is detestable in the sight of God.

And He was teaching daily in the temple; but the chief priests and the scribes and the leading men among the people were trying to destroy Him,

They reasoned among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say, ‘Why did you not believe him?’

“There will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among nations, in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves,

And when He had taken a cup and given thanks, He said, “Take this and share it among yourselves;

And they began to discuss among themselves which one of them it might be who was going to do this thing.

And there arose also a dispute among them as to which one of them was regarded to be greatest.

But it is not this way with you, but the one who is the greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader like the servant.

For who is greater, the one who reclines at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at the table? But I am among you as the one who serves.

After they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and had sat down together, Peter was sitting among them.

But Jesus was saying, “Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.” And they cast lots, dividing up His garments among themselves.

and as the women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why do you seek the living One among the dead?

But also some women among us amazed us. When they were at the tomb early in the morning,

And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.

John answered them saying, “I baptize in water, but among you stands One whom you do not know.

Jesus answered and said to them, “Do not grumble among yourselves.

There was much grumbling among the crowds concerning Him; some were saying, “He is a good man”; others were saying, “No, on the contrary, He leads the people astray.”

The Jews then said to one another, “Where does this man intend to go that we will not find Him? He is not intending to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks, is He?

But when they persisted in asking Him, He straightened up, and said to them, “He who is without sin among you, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.”

Therefore some of the Pharisees were saying, “This man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath.” But others were saying, “How can a man who is a sinner perform such signs?” And there was a division among them.

A division occurred again among the Jews because of these words.

Therefore Jesus no longer continued to walk publicly among the Jews, but went away from there to the country near the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim; and there He stayed with the disciples.

Now there were some Greeks among those who were going up to worship at the feast;

So Jesus said to them, “For a little while longer the Light is among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you; he who walks in the darkness does not know where he goes.

If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would not have sin; but now they have both seen and hated Me and My Father as well.

So they said to one another, “Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it, to decide whose it shall be”; this was to fulfill the Scripture: “They divided My outer garments among them, and for My clothing they cast lots.”

Therefore this saying went out among the brethren that that disciple would not die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he would not die, but only, “If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you?”

For he was counted among us and received his share in this ministry.”

Therefore it is necessary that of the men who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us—

And it will be that every soul that does not heed that prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.’

And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.”

But so that it will not spread any further among the people, let us warn them to speak no longer to any man in this name.”

For there was not a needy person among them, for all who were owners of land or houses would sell them and bring the proceeds of the sales

At the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were taking place among the people; and they were all with one accord in Solomon’s portico.

Therefore, brethren, select from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may put in charge of this task.

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

Now when day came, there was no small disturbance among the soldiers as to what could have become of Peter.

“Brethren, sons of Abraham’s family, and those among you who fear God, to us the message of this salvation has been sent.

For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep, and was laid among his fathers and underwent decay;

After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, “Brethren, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the word of the gospel and believe.

All the people kept silent, and they were listening to Barnabas and Paul as they were relating what signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles.

Simeon has related how God first concerned Himself about taking from among the Gentiles a people for His name.

Therefore it is my judgment that we do not trouble those who are turning to God from among the Gentiles,

Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men from among them to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas—Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, leading men among the brethren,

But some men joined him and believed, among whom also were Dionysius the Areopagite and a woman named Damaris and others with them.

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

“And now, behold, I know that all of you, among whom I went about preaching the kingdom, will no longer see my face.

Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.

I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock;

and from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.

And now I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

After he had greeted them, he began to relate one by one the things which God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.

And when they heard it they began glorifying God; and they said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed, and they are all zealous for the Law;

and they have been told about you, that you are teaching all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children nor to walk according to the customs.

But among the crowd some were shouting one thing and some another, and when he could not find out the facts because of the uproar, he ordered him to be brought into the barracks.

For we have found this man a real pest and a fellow who stirs up dissension among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.

other than for this one statement which I shouted out while standing among them, ‘For the resurrection of the dead I am on trial before you today.’”

“Therefore,” he *said, “let the influential men among you go there with me, and if there is anything wrong about the man, let them prosecute him.”

After he had spent not more than eight or ten days among them, he went down to Caesarea, and on the next day he took his seat on the tribunal and ordered Paul to be brought.

especially because you are an expert in all customs and questions among the Jews; therefore I beg you to listen to me patiently.

“So then, all Jews know my manner of life from my youth up, which from the beginning was spent among my own nation and at Jerusalem;

Why is it considered incredible among you people if God does raise the dead?

to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the dominion of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Me.’

Yet now I urge you to keep up your courage, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.

[When he had spoken these words, the Jews departed, having a great dispute among themselves.]

through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles for His name’s sake,

among whom you also are the called of Jesus Christ;

that is, that I may be encouraged together with you while among you, each of us by the other’s faith, both yours and mine.

I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that often I have planned to come to you (and have been prevented so far) so that I may obtain some fruit among you also, even as among the rest of the Gentiles.

Therefore God gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them.

For “the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you,” just as it is written.

For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren;

even us, whom He also called, not from among Jews only, but also from among Gentiles.

But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them and became partaker with them of the rich root of the olive tree,

For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith.

and for the Gentiles to glorify God for His mercy; as it is written,“Therefore I will give praise to You among the Gentiles,And I will sing to Your name.”

For Macedonia and Achaia have been pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.

Greet Andronicus and Junias, my kinsmen and my fellow prisoners, who are outstanding among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.

Now I exhort you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all agree and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be made complete in the same mind and in the same judgment.

For I have been informed concerning you, my brethren, by Chloe’s people, that there are quarrels among you.

For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.

Yet we do speak wisdom among those who are mature; a wisdom, however, not of this age nor of the rulers of this age, who are passing away;

For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so the thoughts of God no one knows except the Spirit of God.

for you are still fleshly. For since there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are you not walking like mere men?

Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you thinks that he is wise in this age, he must become foolish, so that he may become wise.

It is actually reported that there is immorality among you, and immorality of such a kind as does not exist even among the Gentiles, that someone has his father’s wife.

But those who are outside, God judges. Remove the wicked man from among yourselves.

I say this to your shame. Is it so, that there is not among you one wise man who will be able to decide between his brethren,

For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that divisions exist among you; and in part I believe it.

For there must also be factions among you, so that those who are approved may become evident among you.

For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and a number sleep.

the secrets of his heart are disclosed; and so he will fall on his face and worship God, declaring that God is certainly among you.