'Begin' in the Bible

Therefore bear fruits in keeping with repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our father,’ for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children to Abraham.

Once the head of the house gets up and shuts the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock on the door, saying, ‘Lord, open up to us!’ then He will answer and say to you, ‘I do not know where you are from.’

Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets’;

Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who observe it begin to ridicule him,

But when these things begin to take place, straighten up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”

Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us,’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us.’

It was the preparation day, and the Sabbath was about to begin.