'Heard' in the Bible

When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had displayed His great mercy toward her; and they were rejoicing with her.

All who heard them kept them in mind, saying, “What then will this child turn out to be?” For the hand of the Lord was certainly with him.

And all who heard it wondered at the things which were told them by the shepherds.

The shepherds went back, glorifying and praising God for all that they had heard and seen, just as had been told them.

And all who heard Him were amazed at His understanding and His answers.

And He said to them, “No doubt you will quote this proverb to Me, ‘Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we heard was done at Capernaum, do here in your hometown as well.’”

And all the people in the synagogue were filled with rage as they heard these things;

But the one who has heard and has not acted accordingly, is like a man who built a house on the ground without any foundation; and the torrent burst against it and immediately it collapsed, and the ruin of that house was great.”

When he heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders asking Him to come and save the life of his slave.

Now when Jesus heard this, He marveled at him, and turned and said to the crowd that was following Him, “I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such great faith.”

And He answered and said to them, “Go and report to John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have the gospel preached to them.

When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they acknowledged God’s justice, having been baptized with the baptism of John.

Those beside the road are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their heart, so that they will not believe and be saved.

The seed which fell among the thorns, these are the ones who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with worries and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to maturity.

But the seed in the good soil, these are the ones who have heard the word in an honest and good heart, and hold it fast, and bear fruit with perseverance.

But when Jesus heard this, He answered him, “Do not be afraid any longer; only believe, and she will be made well.”

Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was happening; and he was greatly perplexed, because it was said by some that John had risen from the dead,

Accordingly, whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed upon the housetops.

When one of those who were reclining at the table with Him heard this, he said to Him, “Blessed is everyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!”

“Now his older son was in the field, and when he came and approached the house, he heard music and dancing.

When Jesus heard this, He said to him, “One thing you still lack; sell all that you possess and distribute it to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”

But when he had heard these things, he became very sad, for he was extremely rich.

They who heard it said, “Then who can be saved?”

He will come and destroy these vine-growers and will give the vineyard to others.” When they heard it, they said, “May it never be!”

Then they said, “What further need do we have of testimony? For we have heard it ourselves from His own mouth.”

When Pilate heard it, he asked whether the man was a Galilean.

The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.

One of the two who heard John speak and followed Him, was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother.

What He has seen and heard, of that He testifies; and no one receives His testimony.

Therefore when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John

and they were saying to the woman, “It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves and know that this One is indeed the Savior of the world.”

When he heard that Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee, he went to Him and was imploring Him to come down and heal his son; for he was at the point of death.

And the Father who sent Me, He has testified of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time nor seen His form.

It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught of God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father, comes to Me.

Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this said, “This is a difficult statement; who can listen to it?”

The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about Him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to seize Him.

Some of the people therefore, when they heard these words, were saying, “This certainly is the Prophet.”

When they heard it, they began to go out one by one, beginning with the older ones, and He was left alone, and the woman, where she was, in the center of the court.

I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you, but He who sent Me is true; and the things which I heard from Him, these I speak to the world.”

I speak the things which I have seen with My Father; therefore you also do the things which you heard from your father.”

But as it is, you are seeking to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God; this Abraham did not do.

Since the beginning of time it has never been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a person born blind.

Jesus heard that they had put him out, and finding him, He said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”

Those of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these things and said to Him, “We are not blind too, are we?”

But when Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness is not to end in death, but for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified by it.”

So when He heard that he was sick, He then stayed two days longer in the place where He was.

Martha therefore, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went to meet Him, but Mary stayed at the house.

And when she heard it, she *got up quickly and was coming to Him.

On the next day the large crowd who had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,

For this reason also the people went and met Him, because they heard that He had performed this sign.

So the crowd of people who stood by and heard it were saying that it had thundered; others were saying, “An angel has spoken to Him.”

The crowd then answered Him, “We have heard out of the Law that the Christ is to remain forever; and how can You say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this Son of Man?”

You heard that I said to you, ‘I go away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced because I go to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.

No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you.

Why do you question Me? Question those who have heard what I spoke to them; they know what I said.”

Therefore when Pilate heard this statement, he was even more afraid;

Therefore when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called The Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha.

Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved *said to Peter, “It is the Lord.” So when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put his outer garment on (for he was stripped for work), and threw himself into the sea.

Gathering them together, He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the Father had promised, “Which,” He said, “you heard of from Me;

Now when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brethren, what shall we do?”

But many of those who had heard the message believed; and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.

for we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”

And when they heard this, they lifted their voices to God with one accord and said, “O Lord, it is You who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that is in them,

And as he heard these words, Ananias fell down and breathed his last; and great fear came over all who heard of it.

And great fear came over the whole church, and over all who heard of these things.

Now when the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard these words, they were greatly perplexed about them as to what would come of this.

But when they heard this, they were cut to the quick and intended to kill them.

Then they secretly induced men to say, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God.”

for we have heard him say that this Nazarene, Jesus, will destroy this place and alter the customs which Moses handed down to us.”

But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers there the first time.

I have certainly seen the oppression of My people in Egypt and have heard their groans, and I have come down to rescue them; come now, and I will send you to Egypt.’

Now when they heard this, they were cut to the quick, and they began gnashing their teeth at him.

The crowds with one accord were giving attention to what was said by Philip, as they heard and saw the signs which he was performing.

Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent them Peter and John,

Philip ran up and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?”

and he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?”

But Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much harm he did to Your saints at Jerusalem;

Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, having heard that Peter was there, sent two men to him, imploring him, “Do not delay in coming to us.”

and he *said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your alms have been remembered before God.

Now the apostles and the brethren who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.

I also heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter; kill and eat.’

When they heard this, they quieted down and glorified God, saying, “Well then, God has granted to the Gentiles also the repentance that leads to life.”

When the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord; and as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed.

But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their robes and rushed out into the crowd, crying out

“Since we have heard that some of our number to whom we gave no instruction have disturbed you with their words, unsettling your souls,

The policemen reported these words to the chief magistrates. They were afraid when they heard that they were Romans,

They stirred up the crowd and the city authorities who heard these things.

Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some began to sneer, but others said, “We shall hear you again concerning this.”

Crispus, the leader of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his household, and many of the Corinthians when they heard were believing and being baptized.

and he began to speak out boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately.

He said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” And they said to him, “No, we have not even heard whether there is a Holy Spirit.”

When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

This took place for two years, so that all who lived in Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.

When they heard this and were filled with rage, they began crying out, saying, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

When we had heard this, we as well as the local residents began begging him not to go up to Jerusalem.

And when they heard it they began glorifying God; and they said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed, and they are all zealous for the Law;

And when they heard that he was addressing them in the Hebrew dialect, they became even more quiet; and he *said,

and I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?’

For you will be a witness for Him to all men of what you have seen and heard.