41 occurrences

'Began' in the Bible

Then they went into Capernaum, and right away He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and began to teach.

Then they were all amazed, so they began to argue with one another, saying, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him.”

So He went to her, took her by the hand, and raised her up. The fever left her, and she began to serve them.

When evening came, after the sun had set, they began bringing to Him all those who were sick and those who were demon-possessed.

Yet he went out and began to proclaim it widely and to spread the news, with the result that Jesus could no longer enter a town openly. But He was out in deserted places, and they would come to Him from everywhere.

On the Sabbath He was going through the grainfields, and His disciples began to make their way picking some heads of grain.

Again He began to teach by the sea, and a very large crowd gathered around Him. So He got into a boat on the sea and sat down, while the whole crowd was on the shore facing the sea.

So he went out and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and they were all amazed.

Immediately the girl got up and began to walk. (She was 12 years old.) At this they were utterly astounded.

When the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard Him were astonished. “Where did this man get these things?” they said. “What is this wisdom given to Him, and how are these miracles performed by His hands?

They hurried throughout that vicinity and began to carry the sick on mats to wherever they heard He was.

Immediately his ears were opened, his speech difficulty was removed, and he began to speak clearly.

He was openly talking about this. So Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him.

Then they began to question Him, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

He set out from there and went to the region of Judea and across the Jordan. Then crowds converged on Him again and, as He usually did, He began teaching them once more.

Peter began to tell Him, “Look, we have left everything and followed You.”

They were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them. They were astonished, but those who followed Him were afraid. Taking the Twelve aside again, He began to tell them the things that would happen to Him.

When the other 10 disciples heard this, they began to be indignant with James and John.

When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out, “Son of David, Jesus, have mercy on me!”

“Go your way,” Jesus told him. “Your faith has healed you.” Immediately he could see and began to follow Him on the road.

They came to Jerusalem, and He went into the temple complex and began to throw out those buying and selling in the temple. He overturned the money changers’ tables and the chairs of those selling doves,

Then He began to teach them: “Is it not written, My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations? But you have made it a den of thieves!”

They began to argue among themselves: “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say, ‘Then why didn’t you believe him?’

Then He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug out a pit for a winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went away.

Then Jesus began by telling them: “Watch out that no one deceives you.

For this oil might have been sold for more than 300 denarii and given to the poor.” And they began to scold her.

They began to be distressed and to say to Him one by one, “Surely not I?”

He took Peter, James, and John with Him, and He began to be deeply distressed and horrified.

Then He went a little farther, fell to the ground, and began to pray that if it were possible, the hour might pass from Him.

Then some began to spit on Him, to blindfold Him, and to beat Him, saying, “Prophesy!” The temple police also took Him and slapped Him.

When the servant saw him again she began to tell those standing nearby, “This man is one of them!”

Immediately a rooster crowed a second time, and Peter remembered when Jesus had spoken the word to him, “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” When he thought about it, he began to weep.

And the chief priests began to accuse Him of many things.

The crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to do for them as was his custom.

And they began to salute Him, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
αἰώνιος 
Aionios 
Usage: 47

חלל 
Chalal 
Usage: 142

יאל 
Ya'al 
Usage: 18

יסד 
Y@cud 
Usage: 1

צלל 
Tsalal 
began to be dark , shadowing
Usage: 2

שׁרא 
Sh@re' (Aramaic) 
Usage: 6

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