'Began' in the Bible

And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?

And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.

And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also?

Soon afterwards, He began going around from one city and village to another, proclaiming and preaching the kingdom of God. The twelve were with Him,

Then his disciples began to ask him what this parable meant.

But as they were sailing along He fell asleep; and a fierce gale of wind descended on the lake, and they began to be swamped and to be in danger.

He answered, "Legion," because many demons had gone into him. Then the demons began begging Jesus not to order them to go into the bottomless pit.

And there came a man named Jairus, and he was an official of the synagogue; and he fell at Jesus’ feet, and began to implore Him to come to his house;

And they began laughing at Him, knowing that she had died.

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

But the crowds found out about this and followed him. He welcomed them and began to speak to them about the kingdom of God and to heal those who needed healing.

And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and said unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and country round about, and lodge, and get victuals: for we are here in a desert place.

And taking the five loaves and the two fish, [and] looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke them and began giving [them] to the disciples to set before the crowd.

Then two men, Moses and Elijah, began talking with him.

While he was saying this, a cloud formed and began to overshadow them; and they were afraid as they entered the cloud.

Jesus was driving a demon out of a man who was unable to talk. When the demon had gone out, the man began to speak, and the crowds were amazed.

Others, to test him, began asking for a sign from heaven.

And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.

And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:

In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

So he began to think to himself, "What should I do, since I have no place to store my crops?'

And He began telling this parable: “A man had a fig tree which had been planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and did not find any.

Then He laid His hands on her, and instantly she was restored and began to glorify God.

But the synagogue official, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, began saying to the crowd in response, “There are six days in which work should be done; so come during them and get healed, and not on the Sabbath day.”

And He began speaking a parable to the invited guests when He noticed how they had been picking out the places of honor at the table, saying to them,

And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.

Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

Both the Pharisees and the scribes began to grumble, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”

And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.

For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

And he summoned one of the servants and began inquiring what these things could be.

"Then the older son became angry and wouldn't go into the house. So his father came out and began to plead with him.

And he summoned each one of his master’s debtors, and he began saying to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’

Now the Pharisees, who love money, had been listening to all this and began to ridicule Jesus.

The Pharisee stood [ostentatiously] and began praying to himself [in a self-righteous way, saying]: ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the rest of men—swindlers, unjust (dishonest), adulterers—or even like this tax collector.

And they were bringing even their babies to Him so that He would touch them, but when the disciples saw it, they began rebuking them.

Now hearing a crowd going by, he began to inquire what this was.

Instantly he could see, and he began to follow Him, glorifying God. All the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.

All who saw it began to complain, “He’s gone to lodge with a sinful man!”

And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen;

When he came closer and saw the city, he began to grieve over it:

And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought;

Then he began teaching in the Temple every day. The high priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people kept looking for a way to kill him,

Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.

But [when] the tenant farmers saw him, they began to reason with one another, saying, 'This is the heir. Let us kill him so that the inheritance will become ours!'

Judas accepted their offer and began to look for a good opportunity to betray Jesus to them when no crowd was present.

And they began to inquire among themselves, which of them it was that should do this thing.

Then He withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, knelt down, and began to pray,

And being in anguish, he began praying more fervently and his sweat became like drops of blood falling down to the ground.]]

After about an hour had passed, another man began to insist, saying, “Certainly this man also was with Him, for he is a Galilean too.”

Then the men who were holding Jesus in custody began to make fun of him while they beat him.

Then the whole assembly rose and brought Him to Pilate, and began to accuse Him.

And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.

But they were insistent and said, “He stirs up the people [to rebel], teaching throughout Judea, starting from Galilee even as far as here [in Jerusalem].”

But they kept pressing him with loud shouts, demanding that Jesus be crucified, and their shouts began to prevail.

Then one of the criminals hanging there began to yell insults at Him: “Aren’t You the Messiah? Save Yourself and us!”

When the centurion saw what happened, he began to glorify God, saying, “This man really was righteous!”

And all the crowds who came together for this spectacle, when they observed what had happened, began to return, beating their breasts.

And while they were discussing and arguing, Jesus Himself came near and began to walk along with them.

When He had reclined at the table with them, He took the bread and blessed it, and breaking it, He began giving it to them.

Then they began to describe what had happened on the road and how He was made known to them in the breaking of the bread.

After this, Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside. He spent some time there with them and began baptizing.

Then the woman left her water jar, and went into the city and began telling the people,

So they left the town and began coming to him.

So the disciples began to say to one another, "No one has brought him anything to eat, have they?"

So when the Samaritans came to him, they began asking him to stay with them. He stayed there two days,

Having heard that Jesus had come back from Judea to Galilee, he went to meet Him and began asking Him to come down and heal his son; for he was at the point of death.

Then inquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.

Immediately the man became well, and picked up his pallet and began to walk.Now it was the Sabbath on that day.

Therefore, the Jews began persecuting Jesus because He was doing these things on the Sabbath.

This is why the Jews began trying all the more to kill Him: Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.

Now when the people saw the miraculous sign that Jesus performed, they began to say to one another, "This is certainly the Prophet who is to come into the world."

And getting into a boat, they began to go to the other side of the sea, to Capernaum. And it had already become dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.

Then a high wind arose, and the sea began to churn.

Then the Jewish leaders began grumbling about him because he said, "I am the bread that came down from heaven."

Then the Jews began to argue with one another, saying, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?”

When the festival was already half over, Jesus went up into the temple complex and began to teach.

Consider therefore. Moses gave you the rite of circumcision (not that it began with Moses, but with your earlier forefathers)

Then some of the people of Jerusalem began saying, "This is the man they are trying to kill, isn't it?

When they heard these words, some of the crowd began to say, "This really is the Prophet!"

At dawn He went to the temple complex again, and all the people were coming to Him. He sat down and began to teach them.

They said this to test him, so that they might have a charge against him. But Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with his finger.

Then He leant forward again, and again began to write on the ground.

When they heard it, they began to go out one by one, beginning with the older ones, and He was left alone, and the woman, where she was, in the center of the court.

Then they began asking him, "Who is your father?" Jesus answered, "You do not know either me or my Father. If you knew me you would know my Father too."

So the Jewish leaders began to say, "Perhaps he is going to kill himself, because he says, 'Where I am going you cannot come.'"

So they began to say to him, "Who are you?" Jesus said to them, "{What} I have been saying to you [from] the beginning.

Then the neighbors and the people who had seen him previously as a beggar began saying, "Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?"

So they began to say to him, "How were your eyes opened?"

So the Pharisees also began to ask him how he had gained his sight. He told them, "He put mud on my eyes, then I washed, and now I can see."

Some of the Pharisees began to remark, "This man is not from God because he does not keep the Sabbath." But others were saying, "How can a sinful man perform such signs?" And there was a division among them.

Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind.

So the Jews surrounded Him and began saying to Him, “How long are You going to keep us in suspense? If You are [really] the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed), tell us so plainly and openly.”

Many came to him and began to say, "John performed no miraculous sign, but everything John said about this man was true!"

took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet Him, and began to shout, “Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel.”

these then came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and began to ask him, saying, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.”

Now before the Passover Feast, Jesus knew that His hour had come [and it was time] for Him to leave this world and return to the Father. Having [greatly] loved His own who were in the world, He loved them [and continuously loves them with His perfect love] to the end (eternally).

After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded.

The disciples began looking at one another, completely mystified about whom he was speaking.

They kept coming up to him and saying, "Long live the king of the Jews!" Then they began to slap him on the face.