'Began' in the Bible

The former treatise I made, O Theophilus, concerning all that Jesus began both to do and to teach,

And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

And leaping up, he stood, and began to walk; and he entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.

But Peter began, and expounded the matter unto them in order, saying,

And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, even as on us at the beginning.

and he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more accurately.

And when he was called, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy much peace, and that by the providence evils are corrected for this nation,

And as we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw the the freight overboard;

And when he had said this, and had taken bread, he gave thanks to God in the presence of all; and he brake it, and began to eat.

But lighting upon a place where two seas met, they ran the vessel aground; and the foreship struck and remained unmoveable, but the stern began to break up by the violence of the waves .