'Hearing' in the Bible

Herod said, "I beheaded John. But who is this man I'm hearing so much about?" So Herod kept trying to see Jesus.

'He who is hearing you, doth hear me; and he who is putting you away, doth put me away; and he who is putting me away, doth put away Him who sent me.'

and she had also a sister, called Mary, who also, having seated herself beside the feet of Jesus, was hearing the word,

And he said, 'Yea, rather, happy those hearing the word of God, and keeping it!'

So, whatever you have said in the dark, will come to men's hearing in the light, and what you have said secretly inside the house, will be made public from the house-tops.

And one of those that were lying at table with them, hearing these things, said to him, Blessed is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile; it is thrown away. He who has ears to hear, let him hear and heed My words.”

And also the Pharisees, being lovers of money, were hearing all these things, and were deriding him,

And Jesus, hearing it, said to him, One thing you still have need of; get money for your goods, and give it away to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven; and come after me.

But on hearing these words he was deeply sorrowful, for he was exceedingly rich.

And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant.

And while they are hearing these things, having added he spake a simile, because of his being nigh to Jerusalem, and of their thinking that the reign of God is about presently to be made manifest.

and they were not finding what they shall do, for all the people were hanging on him, hearing him.

And, all the people hearing, he said to his disciples,

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

And Herod having seen Jesus did rejoice exceedingly, for he was wishing for a long time to see him, because of hearing many things about him, and he was hoping some sign to see done by him,

Hearing what he said, the two disciples went after Jesus.

Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two men who, hearing what John said, went after Jesus.

he who is having the bride is bridegroom, and the friend of the bridegroom, who is standing and hearing him, with joy doth rejoice because of the voice of the bridegroom; this, then, my joy hath been fulfilled.

Verily, verily, I say to you -- He who is hearing my word, and is believing Him who sent me, hath life age-during, and to judgment he doth not come, but hath passed out of the death to the life.

Truly I say to you, The time is coming, it has even now come, when the voice of the Son of God will come to the ears of the dead, and those hearing it will have life.

Then, hearing this, a number of his disciples said, This is a hard saying; who is able to take in such teaching?

On hearing this they wanted to arrest Him; yet not a hand was laid on Him, because His time had not yet come.

"Surely our Law does not condemn a person without first hearing from him and finding out what he is doing, does it?"

Some Pharisees who were with Him heard these things and said to Him, “Are we also blind?”

And Mary, hearing this, got up quickly and went to him.

So they took away the stone. And Jesus, looking up to heaven, said, Father, I give praise to you for hearing me.

Then Jesus looked upward and said, "Father, I thank you for hearing me. I know that you always hear me, but I have said this for the sake of the crowd standing here, so that they may believe that you sent me."

The next day a great crowd of those who had come to the Festival, hearing that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,

Hearing the sound, a number of people who were there said that it was thunder: others said, An angel was talking to him.

The one who doesn't love me doesn't keep my words. The words that you're hearing me say are not mine, but come from the Father who sent me.

However, when he, the Spirit of true knowledge, has come, he will be your guide into all true knowledge: for his words will not come from himself, but whatever has come to his hearing, that he will say: and he will make clear to you the things to come.

Hearing this, Pilate had a desire to let him go free, but the Jews said in a loud voice, If you let this man go, you are not Caesar's friend: everyone who makes himself a king goes against Caesar.

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

Then that disciple (John) whom Jesus loved (esteemed) said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” So when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer tunic (for he was stripped for work) and threw himself into the sea [and swam ashore].

and the rumour of this having come, the multitude came together, and was confounded, because they were each one hearing them speaking in his proper dialect,

And how is it that every one of us is hearing their words in the language which was ours from our birth?

He has been exalted to the right hand of God, has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit, and has caused you to experience what you are seeing and hearing.

Then those who gave hearing to his words had baptism: and about three thousand souls were joined to them that day.

Moses said, ‘The Lord God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your countrymen; you shall listen to Him and obey everything He tells you.

And it will be that every person that does not listen to and heed that Prophet will be utterly destroyed from among the people.’

and many of those hearing the word did believe, and the number of the men became, as it were, five thousand.

And hearing it, they all, with one mind, made prayer to God and said, O Lord, maker of heaven and earth and the sea and all things in them:

And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things.

Upon hearing this, they entered into the temple about daybreak and began to teach.Now when the high priest and his associates came, they called the Council together, even all the Senate of the sons of Israel, and sent orders to the prison house for them to be brought.

Then they got men to say, He has said evil against Moses and against God, in our hearing.

For he has said in our hearing that this Jesus of Nazareth will put this place to destruction and make changes in the rules which were handed down to us by Moses.

And he said, My brothers and fathers, give hearing. The God of glory came to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he was living in Haran,

But Jacob, hearing that there was grain in Egypt, sent out our fathers the first time.

And hearing these things, they were cut to the hearts, and did gnash the teeth at him;

And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.

Being of low degree, his cause was not given a hearing: who has knowledge of his family? for his life is cut off from the earth.

And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man.

And all those hearing were amazed, and said, 'Is not this he who laid waist in Jerusalem those calling on this name, and hither to this intent had come, that he might bring them bound to the chief priests?'

But Barnabas took him to the Apostles and gave them an account of how he had seen the Lord on the road, and had given hearing to his words, and how at Damascus he had been preaching in the name of Jesus without fear.

And as Lydda was nigh unto Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men unto him, entreating him, Delay not to come on unto us.

And they said, Cornelius, a captain, an upright and God-fearing man, respected by all the nation of the Jews, had word from God by an angel to send for you to his house, and to give hearing to your words.

Upon hearing this, Peter invited them in, and gave them a lodging. The next day he set out with them, some of the brethren from Jaffa going with him,

While Peter is yet speaking these sayings, the Holy spirit fell upon all those hearing the word,

for they were hearing them speaking with tongues and magnifying God.

And hearing these things they said nothing more, but gave glory to God, saying, Then to the Gentiles as to us has God given a change of heart, so that they may have life.

And hearing the voice of Peter, in her joy she went running, without opening the door, to say that Peter was outside.

And on the Sabbath after, almost all the town came together to give hearing to the word of God.

And the nations hearing were glad, and were glorifying the word of the Lord, and did believe -- as many as were appointed to life age-during;

this one was hearing Paul speaking, who, having stedfastly beheld him, and having seen that he hath faith to be saved,

and a certain woman, by name Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, worshipping God, was hearing, whose heart the Lord did open to attend to the things spoken by Paul;

And at midnight Paul and Silas praying, were singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were hearing them,

And the police gave an account of these words to the authorities, and they were full of fear on hearing that they were Romans;

And they troubled the multitude and the city rulers, hearing these things,

Now all the Athenians and the foreigners residing there spent their time on nothing else but telling or hearing something new.

Now on hearing about the coming back from death, some of them made sport of it, but others said, Let us go more fully into this another time.

And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.

But when Paul was about to say something, Gallio said to the Jews, If this was anything to do with wrongdoing or crime, there would be a reason for me to give you a hearing:

And he was preaching in the Synagogue without fear. But Priscilla and Aquila, hearing his words, took him in, and gave him fuller teaching about the way of God.

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

But because some of the people were hard-hearted and would not give hearing, saying evil words about the Way before the people, he went away from them, and kept the disciples separate, reasoning every day in the school of Tyrannus.

And hearing this, they were very angry, crying out and saying, Great is Diana of Ephesus.

And hearing these things, we and those who were living in that place made request to him not to go to Jerusalem.

And when they heard it, they began glorifying and praising God; and they said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands of believers there are among the Jews, and they are all enthusiastic supporters of the Law [of Moses].

And hearing that he addressed them in the Hebrew tongue, they kept the more quiet; and he says,

And I saw him saying to me, Go out of Jerusalem straight away because they will not give hearing to your witness about me.

And they were hearing him unto this word, and they lifted up their voice, saying, 'Away from the earth with such an one; for it is not fit for him to live.'

And hearing this, the man went to the chief captain and gave him an account of it, saying, What are you about to do? for this man is a Roman.

On hearing this the High Priest Ananias ordered those who were standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.

But the son of Paul’s sister, hearing about their ambush, came and entered the barracks and reported it to Paul.

Then the Tribune, taking him by the arm, withdrew out of the hearing of others and asked him, "What have you to tell me?"

And after reading it, he said, What part of the country do you come from? And, hearing that he was from Cilicia,

he said, “I will give you a hearing whenever your accusers get here too.” And he ordered that he be kept under guard in Herod’s palace.

However, so that I will not burden you any further, I beg you in your graciousness to give us a brief hearing.

Since Felix was accurately informed about the Way, he adjourned the hearing, saying, “When Lysias the commander comes down, I will decide your case.”

But after some days, Felix came with Drusilla his wife, who was of the Jews by birth, and sent for Paul, and gave hearing to him about faith in Christ Jesus.

When I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews [told me about him and] brought charges against him, petitioning for a sentence of condemnation against him.

But when Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the hearing of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I might send him to Caesar.

And Agrippa said to Festus, I have a desire to give the man a hearing myself. Tomorrow, he said, you may give him a hearing.

And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and was entered into the place of hearing, with the chief captains, and principal men of the city, at Festus' commandment Paul was brought forth.

But I have nothing definite to write to my lord about him. Therefore I have brought him before you all, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after this preliminary hearing I may have something to write.

The more so, because you are expert in all questions to do with the Jews and their ways: so I make my request to you to give me a hearing to the end.

and Paul said, 'I would have wished to God, both in a little, and in much, not only thee, but also all those hearing me to-day, to become such as I also am -- except these bonds.'

Meanwhile the brethren there, hearing of our movements, came as far as the Market of Appius and the Three Huts to meet us; and when Paul saw them he thanked God and felt encouraged.

But we have a desire to give hearing to your opinion: for as to this form of religion, we have knowledge that in all places it is attacked.