'Getting' in the Bible
So they put Jesus there, because it was the Jews' day of getting ready for the Passover, and the place was near.
But Peter, getting up, with the eleven, said in a loud voice, O men of Judaea, and all you who are living in Jerusalem, take note of this and give ear to my words.
And he was in need of food: but while they were getting it ready, a deep sleep came on him;
And Paul, getting up and making a sign with his hand, said, Men of Israel, and you who have the fear of God, give ear.
But the Jews, being moved with envy, took with them certain low persons from among the common people, and getting together a great number of people, made an outcry in the town, attacking the house of Jason with the purpose of taking them out to the people.
In all things I was an example to you of how, in your lives, you are to give help to the feeble, and keep in memory the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, There is a greater blessing in giving than in getting.
And when we had gone on slowly for a long time, and had had hard work getting across to Cnidus, for the wind was against us, we went under cover of Crete, in the direction of Salmone;
And, still fighting the storm with all our strength, the day after they made a start at getting the goods out of the ship;
But when the fourteenth day came, while we were going here and there in the Adriatic sea, about the middle of the night the sailors had an idea that they were getting near land;
And in the same way the men gave up the natural use of the woman and were burning in their desire for one another, men doing shame with men, and getting in their bodies the right reward of their evil-doing.
And for those who are in sorrow, to give no signs of it; and for those who are glad, to give no signs of joy; and for those who are getting property, to be as if they had nothing;
For we are a sweet perfume of Christ to God in those who are getting salvation and in those who are going to destruction;
For which cause we do not give way to weariness; but though our outer man is getting feebler, our inner man is made new day by day.
When he says, A new agreement, he has made the first agreement old. But anything which is getting old and past use will not be seen much longer.
And the tongue is a fire; it is the power of evil placed in our bodies, making all the body unclean, putting the wheel of life on fire, and getting its fire from hell.