'Began' in the Bible

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.

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

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

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.

Next, He poured water into a basin and began to wash His disciples’ feet and to dry them with the towel tied around Him.