17 occurrences

'Begging' in the Bible

“Will he make many supplications to you [begging to be spared]?Or will he speak soft words to you [to coax you to treat him kindly]?

Verse ConceptsGentle WordsSoft Treatment

As Jesus went into Capernaum, a centurion came up to Him, begging Him [for help],

Verse ConceptsRankArmies, Roman

So the slave fell on his knees and begged him, saying, ‘Have patience with me and I will repay you everything.’

Verse ConceptsKneelingPatience, In Christian LivingBe Patient!Settling Accounts

And a leper came to Him, begging Him and falling on his knees before Him, saying, “If You are willing, You are able to make me clean.”

Verse ConceptsBeggarsChrist Willing

And he began begging Him repeatedly not to send them out of the region.

As He was stepping into the boat, the [Gentile] man who had been demon-possessed was begging with Him [asking] that he might go with Him [as a disciple].

Verse ConceptsBoatsChrist With People On EarthThose DemonisedDemonic Influence

Now the woman was a Gentile (Greek), a Syrophoenician by nationality. And she kept pleading with Him to drive the demon out of her daughter.

Verse Conceptsdemons, Kinds ofBeggarsGreeksLove, And The WorldJesus Casting Out Demons

But the man from whom the demons had gone out kept begging Him, pleading to go with Him; but Jesus sent him away, saying,

Verse ConceptsChrist With People On Earth

As He was approaching Jericho [on His way to Jerusalem], it happened that a blind man was sitting beside the road begging.

Verse ConceptsBeggingBeggarsRoadsUsing RoadsBlindness

and they recognized him as the very man who usually sat begging for coins at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and amazement and were mystified at what had happened to him.

Verse ConceptsGatesMiracles, Responses ToAlmsgivingAltruismCharitySitting In The GatewayNamed GatesRecognising Peoplesurprises

Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to him, urging him, “Come to us without delay.”

Verse ConceptsTwo Disciples

And [there in Jerusalem] the chief priests and the leading men of the Jews brought charges against Paul [before Festus], and they repeatedly pleaded with him,

Verse ConceptsChief priestsFalse Accusations, Examples OfPeople Accusing People

begging us insistently for the privilege of participating in the service for [the support of] the saints [in Jerusalem].

Verse ConceptsImportunity, Towards PeopleParticipation, In ChristSacrificial GivingGiving To The PoorPrivileges of saintsSharing

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πτωχός 
Ptochos 
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