56 occurrences

'Complex' in the Bible

Solomon completed his entire palace complex after 13 years of construction.

Verse ConceptsTen To Fourteen Yearsconstruction

When he finished measuring inside the temple complex, he led me out by way of the gate that faced east and measured all around the complex.

Verse ConceptsFacing EastEnd Of ActionsMeasuring The Temple

He measured the temple complex on all four sides. It had a wall all around it, 875 feet long and 875 feet wide, to separate the holy from the common.

Verse ConceptsSquaresFour CornersDimensions Of WallsFour SidesMeasuring Jerusalem And The LandLack Of Holiness

The blind and the lame came to Him in the temple complex, and He healed them.

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesLamenessChrist In The TempleJesus HealingHealing Sickness

When the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonders that He did and the children shouting in the temple complex, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” they were indignant

Verse ConceptsChief priestsdiligenceResentment, Against GodScribesShoutingChildren And The KingdomAngry With ChristOpposition To Christ From ScribesSave Us!

When He entered the temple complex, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to Him as He was teaching and said, “By what authority are You doing these things? Who gave You this authority?”

Verse ConceptsChief priestsLeaders, SpiritualEntering The TempleChrist TeachingChrist In The TempleGod Appointing His SonResolving Conflict

As Jesus left and was going out of the temple complex, His disciples came up and called His attention to the temple buildings.

Verse ConceptsProphecies Said By JesusLeavingThe Disciples ActionsStatus Of The TempleThings Manifestattention

At that time Jesus said to the crowds, “Have you come out with swords and clubs, as if I were a criminal, to capture Me? Every day I used to sit, teaching in the temple complex, and you didn’t arrest Me.

Verse ConceptsCrowdsUnceasingAlways Being ActiveSitting To TeachChrist TeachingArresting ChristClubsThe Lord As A Thief

And He went into Jerusalem and into the temple complex. After looking around at everything, since it was already late, He went out to Bethany with the Twelve.

Verse ConceptsJerusalem, Significance OfVisitingEntering The TempleLatenessTwelve DisciplesChrist In The TempleLooking And Seeing

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,

Verse ConceptsdovesMoney, Uses OfTablesBanksAnger Of JesusTurning Upside DownEntering The TempleChrist Driving Out PeopleChrist In The Templesales

and would not permit anyone to carry goods through the temple complex.

They came again to Jerusalem. As He was walking in the temple complex, the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders came

Verse ConceptsChrist In The Temple

So Jesus asked this question as He taught in the temple complex, “How can the scribes say that the Messiah is the Son of David?

Verse ConceptsJesus As Son Of DavidChrist TeachingChrist In The TempleChrist's Origin

As He was going out of the temple complex, one of His disciples said to Him, “Teacher, look! What massive stones! What impressive buildings!”

Verse ConceptsLeisure, And PastimesProphecies Said By JesusThe Disciples ActionsStatus Of The Temple

While He was sitting on the Mount of Olives across from the temple complex, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked Him privately,

Verse ConceptsAndrewPrivacyPeople Sitting DownQuestioning Christ

Every day I was among you, teaching in the temple complex, and you didn’t arrest Me. But the Scriptures must be fulfilled.”

Verse ConceptsAccomplishingUnceasingAlways Being ActiveChrist TeachingArresting ChristScriptures Fulfilledfulfillment

Guided by the Spirit, he entered the temple complex. When the parents brought in the child Jesus to perform for Him what was customary under the law,

Verse ConceptsCustomChrist, Names ForEntering The TempleFulfilling The LawLed By The SpiritDevout mothers

After three days, they found Him in the temple complex sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.

Verse ConceptsLearning MethodsAskingJudaismListeningSittingSitting At The FeetChrist EnquiringFinding PeopleChrist In The Temple

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

Verse ConceptsTradeEntering The TempleChrist Driving Out PeopleChrist In The Temple

Every day He was teaching in the temple complex. The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people were looking for a way to destroy Him,

Verse ConceptsScribesTeachers Of The LawAmazement, Of Jesus ChristPlottingUnceasingAlways Being ActiveChrist TeachingChrist Would Be KilledOpposition To Christ From Scribes

One day as He was teaching the people in the temple complex and proclaiming the good news, the chief priests and the scribes, with the elders, came up

Verse ConceptsTeachingThe Gospel PreachedChrist TeachingOpposition To Christ From Scribesevangelizingevangelising

As some were talking about the temple complex, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and gifts dedicated to God, He said,

Verse ConceptsAdornment, Of BuildingsBeauty, In ArtefactsBeauty Of ThingsStatus Of The Temple

During the day, He was teaching in the temple complex, but in the evening He would go out and spend the night on what is called the Mount of Olives.

Verse ConceptsEveningUnceasingAlways Being ActiveChrist TeachingEvenings For Jesus And His Disciples

Then all the people would come early in the morning to hear Him in the temple complex.

Verse ConceptsRising Early, Examples OfeagernessThose Who Rose Early

And they were continually in the temple complex praising God.

Verse ConceptsPraise, Reasons ForSynagogueDisciples In The Temple

In the temple complex He found people selling oxen, sheep, and doves, and He also found the money changers sitting there.

Verse ConceptsdovesMoney, Uses OfSheepPollutionsChrist In The Templemarketing

After making a whip out of cords, He drove everyone out of the temple complex with their sheep and oxen. He also poured out the money changers’ coins and overturned the tables.

Verse ConceptsBanksWhipsTurning Upside DownWhippingChrist Driving Out PeopleIndeterminate Sums Of Moneycatsknots

After this, Jesus found him in the temple complex and said to him, “See, you are well. Do not sin anymore, so that something worse doesn’t happen to you.”

Verse ConceptsAfflicted SaintsDeliverance, Response ToSin, Accepting Forgiveness OfWarningFinding PeopleChrist In The TempleHealth AchievedWorse

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

Verse ConceptsAcademicsPilgrimageJesus As Our TeacherChrist TeachingChrist In The Temple

As He was teaching in the temple complex, Jesus cried out, “You know Me and you know where I am from. Yet I have not come on My own, but the One who sent Me is true. You don’t know Him;

Verse ConceptsHonestyGod Is TruthfulThe Cries Of ChristChrist TeachingChrist In The TempleThe One Who Sent ChristWhere From?

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.

Verse ConceptsDawnFeetRising Early, Examples OfSittingJesus As Our TeacherSitting To TeachChrist TeachingChrist In The Temple

He spoke these words by the treasury, while teaching in the temple complex. But no one seized Him, because His hour had not come.

Verse ConceptsTreasuriesChrist TeachingArresting ChristChrist In The TempleTimes Of The Christ

At that, they picked up stones to throw at Him. But Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple complex.

Verse ConceptsStoningHiding From PeopleChrist Would Be KilledFear Of Stoninghidingtrying

They were looking for Jesus and asking one another as they stood in the temple complex: “What do you think? He won’t come to the festival, will He?”

“I have spoken openly to the world,” Jesus answered him. “I have always taught in the synagogue and in the temple complex, where all the Jews congregate, and I haven’t spoken anything in secret.

Verse ConceptsJews, TheSecrecyAvoiding SecrecyChrist TeachingChrist In The TempleChrist SpeakingThings Manifest

And a man who was lame from birth was carried there and placed every day at the temple gate called Beautiful, so he could beg from those entering the temple complex.

Verse ConceptsCripplesGatesLamenessLonelinessWeakness, PhysicalBeauty, In ArtefactsHelplessnessChronic AilmentsSitting In The GatewayNamed GatesFrom The WombOnce A DayPeople Carrying Live PeopleInner BeautyThe Beauty Of Nature

When he saw Peter and John about to enter the temple complex, he asked for help.

Verse ConceptsMoney, Uses Of

So he jumped up, stood, and started to walk, and he entered the temple complex with them—walking, leaping, and praising God.

Verse ConceptsLeapingGesturesDeliverance, Response ToMiracles, Responses ToThe Healed WalkingPeople JumpingSpecific Praising Of Godjumping

and they recognized that he was the one who used to sit and beg at the Beautiful Gate of the temple complex. So they were filled with awe and astonishment at what had happened to him.

Verse ConceptsGatesMiracles, Responses ToAlmsgivingAltruismCharitySitting In The GatewayNamed GatesRecognising Peoplesurprises

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.

Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersSanhedrinTeachersDaybreakTeaching In The ChurchAt DaybreakBringing People Out Of Other PlacesDisciples In The Temple

Someone came and reported to them, “Look! The men you put in jail are standing in the temple complex and teaching the people.”

Verse Conceptsevangelism, kinds ofDisciples In The TempleTeaching The Way Of God

As the seven days were about to end, the Jews from Asia saw him in the temple complex, stirred up the whole crowd, and seized him,

Verse ConceptsInciting To EvilSeven DaysDisciples In The TempleSeven Days For Legal Purposes

For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him, and they supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple complex.

Verse ConceptsInterlopers In The Temple

The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul, dragged him out of the temple complex, and at once the gates were shut.

Verse ConceptsArrestingShutting GatesPulling People

“After I came back to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple complex, I went into a visionary state

Verse ConceptsDisciples In The TempleWhere To Pray

They didn’t find me disputing with anyone or causing a disturbance among the crowd, either in the temple complex or in the synagogues or anywhere in the city.

Verse ConceptsDisputesDiscussionsDisciples In The Temple

For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple complex and were trying to kill me.

Verse ConceptsAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleDisciples In The Temple

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Complex (59 instances)
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