'Began' in the Bible

Then the Devil left Him, and immediately angels came and began to serve Him.

From then on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, because the kingdom of heaven has come near!”

Then He began to teach them, saying:

So He touched her hand, and the fever left her. Then she got up and began to serve Him.

As these men went away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?

At that time Jesus passed through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick and eat some heads of grain.

He went to His hometown and began to teach them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished and said, “How did this wisdom and these miracles come to Him?

From then on Jesus began to point out to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, be killed, and be raised the third day.

Then Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, “Oh no, Lord! This will never happen to You!”

When he began to settle accounts, one who owed 10,000 talents was brought before him.

“At this, his fellow slave fell down and began begging him, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay you back.’

When they received it, they began to complain to the landowner:

Where did John’s baptism come from? From heaven or from men?”They began to argue among themselves, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say to us, ‘Then why didn’t you believe him?’

Deeply distressed, each one began to say to Him, “Surely not I, Lord?”

Taking along Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, He began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed.

He was in the wilderness 40 days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and the angels began to serve Him.

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.

Then they began to beg Him to leave their region.

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?

He summoned the Twelve and began to send them out in pairs and gave them authority over unclean spirits.

So as He stepped ashore, He saw a huge crowd and had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. Then He began to teach them many things.

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.

The Pharisees came out and began to argue with Him, demanding of Him a sign from heaven to test Him.

Then He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, be killed, and rise after three days.

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!”

Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue set free, and he began to speak, praising God.

At that very moment, she came up and began to thank God and to speak about Him to all who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem.

Assuming He was in the traveling party, they went a day’s journey. Then they began looking for Him among their relatives and friends.

As He began His ministry, Jesus was about 30 years old and was thought to be theson of Joseph, son of Heli,

He began by saying to them, “Today as you listen, this Scripture has been fulfilled.”

And news about Him began to go out to every place in the vicinity.

So He stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. She got up immediately and began to serve them.

When they did this, they caught a great number of fish, and their nets began to tear.

So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them; they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.

Then the scribes and the Pharisees began to think: “Who is this man who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

So, leaving everything behind, he got up and began to follow Him.

The dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother.

After John’s messengers left, He began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?

and stood behind Him at His feet, weeping, and began to wash His feet with her tears. She wiped His feet with the hair of her head, kissing them and anointing them with the fragrant oil.

Those who were at the table with Him began to say among themselves, “Who is this man who even forgives sins?”

As the crowds were increasing, He began saying: “This generation is an evil generation. It demands a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.

When He left there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to oppose Him fiercely and to cross-examine Him about many things;

In these circumstances, a crowd of many thousands came together, so that they were trampling on one another. He began to say to His disciples first: “Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

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

“But without exception they all began to make excuses. The first one said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. I ask you to excuse me.’

because this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.

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!”

Now He came near the path down the Mount of Olives, and the whole crowd of the disciples began to praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the miracles they had seen:

He went into the temple complex and began to throw out those who were selling,

Then He began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and went away for a long time.

So they began to argue among themselves which of them it could be who was going to do this thing.

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

They began to accuse Him, saying, “We found this man subverting our nation, opposing payment of taxes to Caesar, and saying that He Himself is the Messiah, a King.”

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

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.

I wrote the first narrative, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach

Then they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different languages, as the Spirit gave them ability for speech.

When they had prayed, the place where they were assembled was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak God’s message with boldness.

In obedience to this, they entered the temple complex at daybreak and began to teach.When the high priest and those who were with him arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin—the full Senate of the sons of Israel—and sent orders to the jail to have them brought.

I am the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob. So Moses began to tremble and did not dare to look.