'Day' in the Bible

The queen of the South will come up on the day of judging and give her decision against the men of this generation: for she came from the ends of the earth to give ear to the wisdom of Solomon; and now something greater than Solomon is here.

The men of Nineveh will come up in the day of judging and give their decision against this generation: for they were turned away from their sins at the preaching of Jonah; but now something greater than Jonah is here.

And he said, Go and say to that fox, I send out evil spirits and do works of mercy today and tomorrow, and on the third day my work will be complete.

But I have to go on my way today and tomorrow and the third day, for it is not right for a prophet to come to his death outside Jerusalem.

Now there was a certain man of great wealth, who was dressed in fair clothing of purple and delicate linen, and was shining and glad every day.

And if he does you wrong seven times in a day, and seven times comes to you and says, I have regret for what I have done; let him have forgiveness.

And as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the day of the Son of man.

They were feasting and taking wives and getting married, till the day of the overflowing of the waters, when Noah went into the ark, and they all came to destruction.

But on the day when Lot went out of Sodom, fire came down from heaven and destruction came on them all.

So will it be in the day of the revelation of the Son of man.

On that day, if anyone is on the roof of the house, and his goods are in the house, let him not go down to take them away; and let him who is in the field not go back to his house.

And will not God do right in the cause of his saints, whose cries come day and night to his ears, though he is long in doing it?

And he will be given cruel blows and put to death, and on the third day he will come back to life.

And will make you level with the earth, and your children with you; and there will not be one stone resting on another in you, because you did not see that it was your day of mercy.

And every day he was teaching in the Temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the rulers of the people were attempting to put him to death;

But when the workmen saw him, they said to one another, This is he who will one day be the owner of the property: let us put him to death and the heritage will be ours.

But give attention to yourselves, for fear that your hearts become over-full of the pleasures of food and wine, and the cares of this life, and that day may come on you suddenly, and take you as in a net:

And every day he was teaching in the Temple and every night he went out to the mountain which is named the Mountain of Olives to take his rest.

And the day of unleavened bread came, when the Passover lamb is put to death.

When I was in the Temple with you every day, your hands were not stretched out against me: but this is your hour, and the authority of the dark power.

And when it was day, the rulers of the people came together, with the chief priests and the scribes, and they took him before their Sanhedrin, saying,

And that day Herod and Pilate became friends with one another, for before they had been against one another.

Now it was the day of making ready and the Sabbath was coming on.

But on the first day of the week, at dawn, they came to the place where his body had been put, taking the spices which they had got ready.

The Son of man will be given up into the hands of evil-doers, and be put to death on the cross, and on the third day he will come back to life.

And then, two of them, on that very day, were going to a little town named Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem.

But they kept him back, saying, Do not go, for evening is near, the day is almost gone. And he went in with them.

And he said to them, So it is in the Writings that the Christ would undergo death, and come back to life again on the third day;

The day after, John sees Jesus coming to him and says, See, here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

The day after, John was there again with two of his disciples;

He said to them, Come and see. They went with him then and saw where he was living; and they were with him all that day: it was then about the tenth hour of the day.

The day after this, Jesus had a desire to go into Galilee. He came across Philip and said to him, Come and be my disciple.

On the third day two people were going to be married at Cana in Galilee. The mother of Jesus was there:

And the man became well straight away, and took up his bed and went. Now that day was the Sabbath.

The day after, the people who were on the other side of the sea saw that only one small boat had been there, that Jesus had not gone in that boat with the disciples, but that the disciples had gone away by themselves.

And this is the pleasure of him who sent me, that I am not to let out of my hands anything which he has given me, but I am to give it new life on the last day.

This, I say, is my Father's pleasure, that everyone who sees the Son and has faith in him may have eternal life: and I will take him up on the last day.

No man is able to come to me if the Father who sent me does not give him the desire to come: and I will take him up from the dead on the last day.

He who takes my flesh for food and my blood for drink has eternal life: and I will take him up from the dead at the last day.

On the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus got up and said in a loud voice, If any man is in need of drink let him come to me and I will give it to him.

Your father Abraham was full of joy at the hope of seeing my day: he saw it and was glad.

While it is day we have to do the works of him who sent me: the night comes when no work may be done.

Now the day on which the earth was mixed by Jesus and the man's eyes were made open was the Sabbath.

The disciples said to him, Master, the Jews were attempting only the other day to have you stoned, and are you going back there again?

Then Jesus said in answer, Are there not twelve hours in the day? A man may go about in the day without falling, because he sees the light of this world.

Martha said to him, I am certain that he will come to life again when all come back from the dead at the last day.

Jesus said to her, I am myself that day and that life; he who has faith in me will have life even if he is dead;

And from that day they took thought together how to put him to death.

Then Jesus said, Let her be. Let her keep what she has for the day of my death.

The day after, a great number of people who were there for the feast, when they had the news that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,

He who puts me on one side and does not take my words to heart, is not without a judge: the word which I have said will be his judge on the last day.

And on that day you will put no questions to me. Truly I say to you, Whatever request you make to the Father, he will give it to you in my name.

In that day you will make requests in my name: and I do not say that I will make prayer to the Father for you,

(It was the day when they made ready for the Passover; and it was about the sixth hour.) And he said to the Jews, There is your King!

Now it was the day of getting ready for the Passover, and so that the bodies might not be on the cross on the Sabbath (because the day of that Sabbath was a great day), the Jews made a request to Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

So they put Jesus there, because it was the Jews' day of getting ready for the Passover, and the place was near.

Now on the first day of the week, very early, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the place and saw that the stone had been taken away from it.

At evening on that day, the first day of the week, when, for fear of the Jews, the doors were shut where the disciples were, Jesus came among them and said to them, May peace be with you!

Till the day when he was taken up to heaven after he had given his orders, through the Holy Spirit, to the Apostles of whom he had made selection:

And when the day of Pentecost was come, they were all together in one place.

For these men are not overcome with wine, as it seems to you, for it is only the third hour of the day;

The sun will become dark and the moon will be turned to blood, before that great day of the Lord comes in glory:

Then those who gave hearing to his words had baptism: and about three thousand souls were joined to them that day.

And day by day, going in agreement together regularly to the Temple and, taking broken bread together in their houses, they took their food with joy and with true hearts,

Giving praise to God, and having the approval of all the people; and every day the number of those who had salvation was increased by the Lord.

And a certain man who from birth had had no power in his legs, was taken there every day, and put down at the door of the Temple which is named Beautiful, requesting money from those who went into the Temple;

And on the day after, the rulers and those in authority and the scribes came together in Jerusalem;

And every day, in the Temple and privately, they went on teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.

Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was increasing, protests were made by the Greek Jews against the Hebrews, because their widows were not taken care of in the distribution of food every day.

And he made with him the agreement of which circumcision was the sign. And so Abraham had a son, Isaac, and gave him circumcision on the eighth day; and Isaac had a son, Jacob, and Jacob was the father of the twelve heads of the families of Israel.

And the day after, he came to them, while they were having a fight, and would have made peace between them, saying, Sirs, you are brothers; why do you do wrong to one another?

But Saul got knowledge of their design. And they kept watch day and night on the roads out of the town, so that they might put him to death:

He saw in a vision, clearly, at about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of the Lord coming to him and saying to him, Cornelius!

Now the day after, when they were on their journey and were near the town, Peter went up to the top of the house for prayer, about the sixth hour:

So he took them in for the night. And the day after, he went with them, taking some of the brothers from Joppa with him.

And the day after that, they came to Caesarea. And Cornelius was waiting for them, having got together his relations and his near friends.

On the third day God gave him back to life, and let him be seen,

Now when it was day, the armed men were greatly troubled about what had become of Peter.

And on the day which had been fixed, Herod, dressed in his robes and seated in his place, made a public statement to them.

For the men of Jerusalem and their rulers, having no knowledge of him, or of the sayings of the prophets which come to their ears every Sabbath day, gave effect to them by judging him.

Which God has now put into effect for our children, by sending Jesus; as it says in the second Psalm, You are my Son; this day I have given you being.

But when the disciples came round him, he got up and went into the town: and the day after he went away with Barnabas to Derbe.

So the churches were made strong in the faith and were increased in number every day.

So, from Troas we went straight by ship to Samothrace and the day after to Neapolis;

But when it was day, the authorities sent the police, saying, Let these men go.

Now these were more noble than the Jews of Thessalonica, for they gave serious attention to the word, searching in the holy Writings every day, to see if these things were so.

So he had discussions in the Synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and every day in the market-place with those who were there.

Because a day has been fixed in which all the world will be judged in righteousness by the man who has been marked out by him for this work; of which he has given a sign to all men by giving him back from the dead.

But because some of the people were hard-hearted and would not give hearing, saying evil words about the Way before the people, he went away from them, and kept the disciples separate, reasoning every day in the school of Tyrannus.

And on the first day of the week, when we had come together for the holy meal, Paul gave them a talk, for it was his purpose to go away on the day after; and he went on talking till after the middle of the night.

And going from there by sea, we came on the day after opposite Chios, and touching at Samos on the day after that, we came on the third day to Miletus.

For Paul's purpose was to go past Ephesus, so that he might not be kept in Asia; for he was going quickly, in order, if possible, to be at Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.

And when they had come, he said to them, You yourselves have seen what my life has been like all the time from the day when I first came into Asia,

And so I say to you this day that I am clean from the blood of all men.

So keep watch, having in mind that for three years without resting I was teaching every one of you, day and night, with weeping.

And after parting from them, we put out to sea and came straight to Cos, and the day after to Rhodes, and from there to Patara:

And journeying by ship from Tyre we came to Ptolemais; and there we had talk with the brothers and were with them for one day.

And on the day after, we went away and came to Caesarea, where we were guests in the house of Philip, the preacher, who was one of the seven.

And on the day after, Paul went with us to James, and all the rulers of the church were present.

Then Paul took the men, and on the day after, making himself clean with them, he went into the Temple, giving out the statement that the days necessary for making them clean were complete, till the offering was made for every one of them.