'Held' in the Bible
And while desiring to kill him, he feared the crowd, because they held him for a prophet.
And seeking to lay hold of him, they were afraid of the crowds, because they held him for a prophet.
Then went the Pharisees and held a council how they might ensnare him in speaking.
but should we say, Of men they feared the people; for all held of John that he was truly a prophet.
And there was also a strife among them which of them should be held to be the greatest.
And the men who held him mocked him, beating him;
Whom God has raised up, having loosed the pains of death, inasmuch as it was not possible that he should be held by its power;
And as he held Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the portico which is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.
But a certain man, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, held in honour of all the people, rose up in the council, and commanded to put the men out for a short while,
And they cried out with a loud voice, and held their ears, and rushed upon him with one accord;
And when they heard these things they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then indeed God has to the nations also granted repentance to life.
And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Brethren, listen to me:
If therefore Demetrius and the artisans who are with him have a matter against any one, the courts are being held, and there are proconsuls: let them accuse one another.
how I held back nothing of what is profitable, so as not to announce it to you, and to teach you publicly and in every house,
but now we are clear from the law, having died in that in which we were held, so that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in oldness of letter.
So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the principles of the world;
Christ has set us free in freedom; stand fast therefore, and be not held again in a yoke of bondage.
Let marriage be held every way in honour, and the bed be undefiled; for fornicators and adulterers will God judge.
And when it opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of them that had been slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held;
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