'Found' in the Bible

Now the birth of Jesus Christ occurred in this way. His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, [but] before they came together, she was found {to be pregnant} by the Holy Spirit.

And he sent them to Bethlehem [and] said, "Go, inquire carefully concerning the child, and when you have found [him], report to me so that I also may come [and] worship him."

Now [when] Jesus heard [this], he was astonished, and said to those who were following [him], "Truly I say to you, I have found such great faith with no one in Israel.

"The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, that a man found [and] concealed, and in his joy he goes and sells everything that he has and buys that field.

And [when he] found one very valuable pearl, he went [and] sold everything that he possessed and purchased it.

But that slave went out [and] found one of his fellow slaves who owed him a hundred denarii, and taking hold of him, he began to choke [him], saying, 'Pay back everything that you owe!'

And about the eleventh [hour] he went out [and] found others standing [there] and said to them, 'Why are you standing here the whole day unemployed?'

And seeing a single fig tree by the road, he went to it and found nothing on it except leaves only. And he said to it, "May there be no more fruit from you {forever}, and the fig tree withered at once.

And those slaves went out into the roads [and] gathered everyone whom they found, both evil and good, and the wedding celebration was filled {with dinner guests}.

And he came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, "So, were you not able to stay awake with me one hour?

And he came again [and] found them sleeping, {for they could not keep their eyes open}.

And [as they] were going out, they found a man of Cyrene {named} Simon. They forced this man to carry his cross.

And they found him and said to him, "Everyone is looking for you!"

And he said to them, "How many loaves do you have? Go look!" And [when they] found out, they said, "Five, and two fish."

And [when she] went to her home, she found the child lying on the bed and the demon gone.

And they went away and found a colt tied at a door outside in the street, and they untied it.

And [when he] saw from a distance a fig tree that had leaves, he went [to see] if perhaps he would find anything on it. And [when he] came up to it he found nothing except leaves, because it was not the season for figs.

And the disciples went out and came into the city and found [everything] just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

And he came and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, "Simon, are you sleeping? Were you not able to stay awake one hour?

And again he came [and] found them sleeping, {for they could not keep their eyes open}, and they did not know what to reply to him.

And the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.

And they went hurrying and found both Mary and Joseph, and the baby who was lying in the manger.

And it happened that after three days they found him in the temple [courts], sitting in the midst of the teachers and listening to them and asking them [questions].

And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him, and unrolling the scroll he found the place where it was written,

And [when] Jesus heard these [things], he marveled at him, and turning around to the crowd that was following him, he said, "I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such great faith!"

And [when they] returned to the house, those who had been sent found the slave healthy.

So they went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone out sitting [there] clothed and in his right mind, at the feet of Jesus, and they were afraid.

But [when] the crowds found out, they followed him, and welcoming them, he began to speak to them about the kingdom of God, and he cured those who had need of healing.

And after the voice had occurred, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silent and told no one in those days anything of what they had seen.

And [when he] has found [it], he places [it] on his shoulders, rejoicing.

And [when he] returns to [his] home, he calls together [his] friends and neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost!'

And [when she] has found [it], she calls together [her] friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, because I have found the drachma that I had lost!'

because this son of mine was dead, and is alive again! He was lost and is found!' And they began to celebrate.

But it was necessary to celebrate and to rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead, and is alive, and was lost, and is found!'"

Was no one found to turn back [and] give praise to God except this foreigner?"

So those who were sent went [and] found [it] just as he had told them.

So they went [and] found [everything] just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

And [when he] got up from the prayer [and] came to the disciples, he found them sleeping from sorrow,

And they began to accuse him, saying, "We have found this man misleading our nation and forbidding [us] to pay taxes to Caesar, and saying [he] himself is Christ, a king!"

And [when he] found out that he was from the jurisdiction of Herod, he sent him over to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem in those days.

[and] said to them, "You brought me this man as one who was misleading the people, and behold, [when I] examined [him] before you, I found nothing in this man as basis for the accusation which {you are making} against him

So he said to them a third [time], "Why? What wrong has this man done? I found no basis for an accusation {deserving death} in him. Therefore I will punish him [and] release [him]."

And they found the stone had been rolled away from the tomb,

And some of those with us went out to the tomb and found [it] like this, just as the women had also said, but him they did not see."

And they got up [that] same hour [and] returned to Jerusalem and found the eleven and those with them assembled,

This one first found his own brother Simon and said to him, "We have found the Messiah!" (which is translated "Christ").

On the next day he wanted to depart for Galilee, and he found Philip. And Jesus said to him, "Follow me!"

Philip found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found [the one] whom Moses wrote [about] in the law, and the prophets wrote [about]--Jesus son of Joseph from Nazareth!"

And he found in the temple [courts] those who were selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers seated.

After these [things] Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, "Look, you have become well! Sin no longer, lest something worse happen to you."

And [when they] found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, "Rabbi, when did you get here?"

So [when he] arrived, Jesus found he had already [been] four days in the tomb.

Now a large crowd of Jews found out that he was there, and they came, not only because of Jesus, but so that they could see Lazarus also, whom he raised from the dead.

So Jesus found a young donkey [and] sat on it, just as it is written,

And immediately she fell down at his feet and died. So [when] the young men came in, they found her dead, and carried [her] out [and] buried [her] with her husband.

saying, "We found the prison locked with all security and the guards standing at the doors, but [when we] opened [them], we found no one inside!"

But if it is from God, you will not be able to overthrow them, lest you even be found fighting against God." So they were persuaded by him.

who found favor in the sight of God and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.

But Philip found himself at Azotus, and [as he] passed through, he proclaimed the good news [to] all the towns until he came to Caesarea.

[and] asked for letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, both men and women, he could bring [them] tied up to Jerusalem.

And [when] the brothers found out, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him away to Tarsus.

And he found there a certain man {named} Aeneas who was paralyzed, who had been lying on a mat for eight years.

Now while Peter was greatly perplexed within himself [as to] what the vision that he had seen might be, behold, the men who had been sent by Cornelius, having found the house of Simon by asking around, stood at the gate.

And [as he] conversed with him, he went in and found many [people] gathered.

And [when he] found [him], he brought [him] to Antioch. And it happened to them also [that they] met together [for] a whole year with the church and taught a large number [of people]. And in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians.

And [when they] had crossed over the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a certain man, a magician, a Jewish false prophet whose name [was] Bar-Jesus,

And [after] removing him, he raised up David for their king, about whom he also said, testifying, 'I have found David the [son] of Jesse [to be] a man in accordance with my heart, who will carry out all my will.'

And [although they] found no charge [worthy] of death, they asked Pilate [that] he be executed.

But when the Jews from Thessalonica found out that the message of God had been proclaimed by Paul in Berea also, they came there too, inciting and stirring up the crowds.

For [as I] was passing through and observing carefully your objects of worship, I even found an altar on which was inscribed, 'To an unknown God.' Therefore what you worship without knowing [it], this I proclaim to you--

And he found a certain Jew {named} Aquila, {a native} of Pontus who had arrived recently from Italy {along with} Priscilla his wife, because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to depart from Rome, [and] he went to them.

And it happened that [while] Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled through the inland regions [and] came to Ephesus and found some disciples.

and many of those who practiced magic brought together [their] books [and] burned [them] up in the sight of everyone. And they counted up their value and found [it was] {fifty thousand silver coins}.

And we stayed there seven days [after we] found the disciples, who kept telling Paul through the Spirit not to set foot in Jerusalem.

I found {he} was accused concerning controversial questions of their law, but having no charge deserving death or imprisonment.

For we have found this man [to be] a public menace and one who causes riots among all the Jews throughout the Roman Empire and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,

in which they found me purified in the temple [courts], not with a crowd or with a disturbance.

or these [men] themselves should say what crime they found [when] I stood before the Sanhedrin,

And there the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy [and] put us {on board} it.

And taking soundings, they found twenty fathoms. So going on a little [further] and taking soundings again, they found fifteen fathoms.

And [after we] were brought safely through, then we found out that the island was called Malta.

where we found brothers, [and] were implored to stay with them seven days. And in this way we came to Rome.

What then shall we say [that] Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh, has found?

and I died, and this commandment which [was] to [lead to] life was found with respect to me to [lead to] death.

And Isaiah is very bold and says, "I was found by those who did not seek me; I became known to those who did not ask for me."

In this case, moreover, it is sought in stewards that one be found faithful.

And also we are found [to be] false witnesses of God, because we testified against God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if after all, then, the dead are not raised.

if indeed, even [after we] have taken [it] off, we will not be found naked.

[We are] giving no one an occasion for taking offense in anything, in order that our ministry will not have fault found [with it],

But what I am doing, I will also do, in order that I may remove the opportunity of those who want an opportunity, that they may be found just as also we [are] in what they are boasting about.

For I am afraid lest somehow [when I] arrive, I will not find you as I want, and I may be found by you as you do not want. [I am afraid] lest somehow [there will be] strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, slander, gossip, pride, disorder.

But if [while] seeking to be justified by Christ, [we] ourselves also have been found [to be] sinners, then [is] Christ an agent of sin? May it never be!

but emptied himself [by] taking the form of a slave, [by] becoming in the likeness of people. And being found in appearance like a man,

and may be found in him, not having my righteousness [which is] from the law, but [which is] through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith,

but [when he] was in Rome, he diligently sought me and found [me].

By faith Enoch was taken up, so that he did not experience death, and he was not found, because God took him up. For before his removal, he had been approved {as having been pleasing} to God.

so that the genuineness of your faith, more valuable than gold that is passing away, but is tested by fire, may be found to [result in] praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ,

who did not commit sin, nor was deceit found in his mouth,

Therefore, dear friends, [because you] are waiting for these [things], make every effort to be found at peace, spotless and unblemished in him.

{I was very glad} because I found [some] of your children walking in [the] truth, just as {the Father commanded us}.