'First' in the Bible

Nay, no one can go into a strong man's house and carry off his property, unless he first binds the strong man, and then he will plunder his house.

Of itself the land produces the crop-- first the blade, then the ear; afterwards the perfect grain is seen in the ear.

(For the Pharisees and all the Jews--being, as they are, zealous for the traditions of the Elders--never eat without first carefully washing their hands,

and when they come from market they will not eat without bathing first; and they have a good many other customs which they have received traditionally and cling to, such as the rinsing of cups and pots and of bronze utensils, and the washing of beds.)

"Let the children first eat all they want," He said; "it is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."

And now for the first time He told them, "The Son of Man must endure much suffering, and be rejected by the Elders and the High Priests and the Scribes, and be put to death, and after two days rise to life."

They also asked Him, "How is it that the Scribes say that Elijah must first come?"

"Elijah," He replied, "does indeed come first and reforms everything; but how is it that it is written of the Son of Man that He will endure much suffering and be held in contempt?

Then sitting down He called the Twelve, and said to them, "If any one wishes to be first, he must be last of all and servant of all."

He replied, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman, commits adultery against the first wife;

But many who are now first will be last, and the last, first."

The other ten, hearing of it, were at first highly indignant with James and John.

and whoever desires to be first among you must be the bondservant of all.

For those will be times of suffering the like of which has never been from the first creation of God's world until now, and assuredly never will be again;

I tell you in solemn truth that the present generation will certainly not pass away without all these things having first taken place.

On the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread--the day for killing the Passover lamb--His disciples asked Him, "Where shall we go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?"

So, very soon after sunrise on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb;

But He rose to life early on the first day of the week, and appeared first to Mary of Magdala from whom He had expelled seven demons.