18 occurrences

'First' in the Bible

(This first registration took place [when] Quirinius was governor of Syria.)

Verse ConceptsCensusFirst ActionsNamed Gentile Rulerssyria

How are you able to say to your brother, "Brother, allow [me] to remove the speck [that is] in your eye," [while] you yourself do not see the beam of wood in your [own] eye? Hypocrite! First remove the beam of wood from your [own] eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck [that is] in your brother's eye!

Verse ConceptsBeamsBeing FirstHumourAccepting OthersPlucking OutThe Faculty Of SightEyesHypocritesHypocrisy

And he said to another, "Follow me!" But he said, "Lord, first allow me to go [and] bury my father."

Verse ConceptsCommitment, to Jesus ChristFirst ActionsInstructions About Following

And another [person] also said, "I will follow you, Lord, but first allow me to say farewell to those in my house."

Verse ConceptsCommitment, to Jesus ChristFarewellsFirst ActionsDiscipleshipFamily And FriendsFamily FirstLeaving Parents For Spousegoodbyesfollowing

Then it goes and brings along seven other spirits more evil than itself, and [they] go in [and] live there. And the last [state] of that person becomes worse than the first!"

Verse ConceptsBeing Firstevil, origins ofEvil SpiritsDeteriorationSatanic InvasionSeven SpiritsDemons EnteringThose DemonisedWorseCasting Out Demons

And the Pharisee, [when he] saw [it], was astonished that he did not first wash before the meal.

Verse ConceptsJudaismMarvellingCharacteristics Of PhariseesAblutionsurprisesJesus Eating

During {this time} [when] a crowd of many thousands had gathered together, so that they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first, "Beware for yourselves of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

Verse ConceptsCrowdsAn Innumerable Numberevil, warnings againstPharisees, Attitudes To Jesus ChristPopularityPretenceWarningPopularity Of ChristDealing With Many PeopleTrampling PeopleLeavenedBeginning To TeachDisadvantages Of CrowdsCharacteristics Of PhariseesChrist Speaking To DisciplesShowing HypocrisyHypocrisy

And behold, [some] are last who will be first, and [some] are first who will be last."

Verse ConceptsFirst OnesLast Onesimportance

And they all {alike} began to excuse themselves. The first said to him, 'I have purchased a field, and {I must} go out to look at it. I ask you, consider me excused.'

Verse ConceptsComplacencyBuying and sellingLove, Abuse OfReal EstateGuest Rooms

Or what king, going out to engage another king in battle, does not sit down first [and] deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand.

Verse ConceptsThoughtTwenty Thousand And UpFirst ActionsReady For WarWarSpiritual WarfareBattleGuidance And StrengthResolving Conflictriskarmy

And he summoned each one of his own master's debtors [and] said to the first, 'How much do you owe my master?'

Verse ConceptsDebtMoney Managementcheatersaccounting

But first it is necessary [for] him to suffer many [things], and to be rejected by this generation.

Verse ConceptsNecessitySuffering, Of Jesus ChristRejection Of ChristFirst ActionsRejection

So the first arrived, saying, 'Sir, your mina has made ten minas more!'

Verse ConceptsFirst OnesLarge Denominations

And when you hear about wars and insurrections, do not be terrified, for these [things] must happen first, but the end [will] not [be] at once."

Verse ConceptsBeing OrganizedEnd Of The WorldBeforePrinciples Of WarSigns Of The TimesHard TimesWarrumors

Now on the first [day] of the week, at very early dawn, they came back to the tomb bringing the fragrant spices which they had prepared.

Verse ConceptsDawnembalmingSundayOintmentSepulchresThe First Day Of The WeekDaybreakJesus TombAt DaybreakEarly Rising

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Commencement (24 instances)
Foremost (17 instances)
Initiative (18 instances)
Leading (178 instances)
Maiden (40 instances)
Offset (3 instances)
Outset (2 instances)
Start (93 instances)