'Holy' in the Bible

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was in this way: when his mother Mary was going to be married to Joseph, before they came together the discovery was made that she was with child by the Holy Spirit.

But when he was giving thought to these things, an angel of the Lord came to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, have no fear of taking Mary as your wife; because that which is in her body is of the Holy Spirit.

Truly, I give baptism with water to those of you whose hearts are changed; but he who comes after me is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to take up: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit and with fire:

Then the Evil One took him to the holy town; and he put him on the highest point of the Temple and said to him,

Let this then be your prayer: Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.

Do not give that which is holy to the dogs, or put your jewels before pigs, for fear that they will be crushed under foot by the pigs whose attack will then be made against you.

How he went into the house of God and took for food the holy bread which it was not right for him or for those who were with him to take, but only for the priests?

And whoever says a word against the Son of man, will have forgiveness; but whoever says a word against the Holy Spirit, will not have forgiveness in this life or in that which is to come.

You foolish ones and blind: which is greater, the gold, or the Temple which makes the gold holy?

You blind ones: which is greater, the offering, or the altar which makes the offering holy

When, then, you see in the holy place the unclean thing which makes destruction, of which word was given by Daniel the prophet (let this be clear to the reader),

And coming out of their resting-places, after he had come again from the dead, they went into the holy town and were seen by a number of people.

Go then, and make disciples of all the nations, giving them baptism in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit:

I have given you baptism with water, but he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit.

Saying, What have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? have you come to put an end to us? I see well who you are, the Holy One of God.

How he went into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and took for food the holy bread, which only the priests may take, and gave it to those who were with him?

But whoever says evil things against the Holy Spirit will never have forgiveness, but the evil he has done will be with him for ever:

For Herod was in fear of John, being conscious that he was an upright and holy man, and kept him safe. And hearing him, he was much troubled; and he gave ear to him gladly.

Whoever has a feeling of shame because of me and my words in this false and evil generation, the Son of man will have a feeling of shame because of him, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

Jesus said to them, Is not this the reason for your error, that you have no knowledge of the holy Writings or of the power of God?

David himself said in the Holy Spirit, The Lord said to my Lord, Be seated at my right hand, till I put those who are against you under your feet.

And when you are taken and given up to be judged, do not be troubled about what to say: but whatever is given to you in that hour, say: because it is not you who say it, but the Holy Spirit.

But he kept quiet and said nothing. Again the high priest questioning him said, Are you the Christ, the son of the Holy One?

And the angel in answer said to her, The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will come to rest on you, and so that which will come to birth will be named holy, Son of God.

And when the voice of Mary came to the ears of Elisabeth, the baby made a sudden move inside her; then Elisabeth was full of the Holy Spirit,

For he who is strong has done great things for me; and holy is his name.

And his father, Zacharias, was full of the Holy Spirit, and with the voice of a prophet said these words:

(As he said, by the mouth of his holy prophets, from the earliest times,)

To do acts of mercy to our fathers and to keep in mind his holy word,

In righteousness and holy living before him all our days.

(As it says in the law of the Lord, Every mother's first male child is to be holy to the Lord),

And there was then in Jerusalem a man whose name was Simeon; and he was an upright man, fearing God and waiting for the comfort of Israel: and the Holy Spirit was on him.

And he had knowledge, through the Holy Spirit, that he would not see death till he had seen the Lord's Christ.

John made answer, saying to them all, Truly, I give you baptism with water, but one is coming who is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit, and with fire:

The Holy Spirit came down in the form of a dove, and a voice came from heaven, saying, You are my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.

And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, came back from the Jordan, and was guided by the Spirit in the waste land

Let us be! what have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? have you come to put an end to us? I have knowledge who you are, the Holy One of God.

How he went into the house of God and took for food the holy bread, which only the priests may take, and gave it to those who were with him?

For if any man has a feeling of shame because of me or of my words, the Son of man will have shame because of him when he comes in his glory and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.

In that same hour he was full of joy in the Holy Spirit and said, I give praise to you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have kept these things secret from the wise and the men of learning, and have made them clear to little children: for so, O Father, it was pleasing in your eyes.

And he said to them, When you say your prayers, say, Father, may your name be kept holy and your kingdom come.

If, then, you who are evil are able to give good things to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who make request to him?

And if anyone says a word against the Son of man, he will have forgiveness: but for him who says evil words against the Holy Spirit, there will be no forgiveness.

For the Holy Spirit will make clear to you in that very hour what to say.

And they said to one another, Were not our hearts burning in us while he was talking to us on the way, making clear to us the holy Writings?

Then he made the holy Writings clear to their minds.

I had no knowledge who he was, but he who sent me to give baptism with water said to me, The one on whom you see the Spirit coming down and resting, it is he who gives baptism with the Holy Spirit.

But his words were about that holy building which was his body.

So when he had come back again from the dead, the memory of these words came back to the disciples, and they had faith in the holy Writings and in the word which Jesus had said.

You make search in the holy Writings, in the belief that through them you get eternal life; and it is those Writings which give witness about me.

And we have faith and are certain that you are the Holy One of God.

Do you say of him whom the Father made holy and sent into the world, Your words are evil; because I said, I am God's Son?

But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will be your teacher in all things and will put you in mind of everything I have said to you.

And now I will be no longer in the world, but they are in the world and I come to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name which you have given to me, so that they may be one even as we are one.

Make them holy by the true word: your word is the true word.

And for them I make myself holy, so that they may be made truly holy.

And when he had said this, breathing on them, he said to them, Let the Holy Spirit come on you:

Till the day when he was taken up to heaven after he had given his orders, through the Holy Spirit, to the Apostles of whom he had made selection:

For the baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit, after a little time.

But you will have power, when the Holy Spirit has come on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judaea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.

My brothers, the word of God had to be put into effect, which the Holy Spirit had said before, by the mouth of David, about Judas, who was guide to those who took Jesus,

And they were all full of the Holy Spirit, and were talking in different languages, as the Spirit gave them power.

For you will not let my soul be in hell and you will not give up your Holy One to destruction.

And so, being lifted up to the right hand of God, and having the Father's word that the Holy Spirit would come, he has sent this thing, which now you see and have knowledge of.

And Peter said, Let your hearts be changed, every one of you, and have baptism in the name of Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will have the Holy Spirit given to you.

But you would have nothing to do with the Holy and Upright One, and made request for a man of blood to be given to you,

Who is to be kept in heaven till the time when all things are put right, of which God has given word by the mouth of his holy prophets, who have been from the earliest times.

Then Peter, being full of the Holy Spirit, said to them, O you rulers of the people and men of authority,

Who has said, by the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of our father David your servant, Why are the nations so violently moved, and why are the thoughts of the people so foolish?

For, truly, in this town, against your holy servant, Jesus, who was marked out by you as Christ, Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, came together,

While your hand is stretched out to do works of mercy; so that signs and wonders may be done through the name of your holy servant Jesus.

And when their prayer was ended, the place where they were was violently moved, and they all became full of the Holy Spirit, preaching the word of God without fear.

But Peter said, Ananias, why has the Evil One put it into your heart to be false to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

And we are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who keep his laws.

And this saying was pleasing to all of them: and they made selection of Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip and Prochorus and Nicanor and Timon and Parmenas and Nicolas of Antioch, who had become a Jew:

And they got false witnesses who said, This man is for ever saying things against this holy place and against the law:

And the Lord said, Take off the shoes from your feet, for the place where you are is holy.

Who was pleasing to God; and he had a desire to make a holy tent for the God of Jacob.

You whose hearts are hard and whose ears are shut to me; you are ever working against the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you.

But he was full of the Holy Spirit, and looking up to heaven, he saw the glory of God and Jesus at the right hand of God.

Who, when they came there, made prayer for them, that the Holy Spirit might be given to them:

Then they put their hands on them, and the Holy Spirit came on them.

Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the touch of the Apostles' hands, he made them an offering of money, saying,

Give me this power, so that when I put my hands on anyone he may get the Holy Spirit.

And Ananias went out and came to the house, and putting his hands on him, said, Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, whom you saw when you were on your journey, has sent me, so that you may be able to see, and be full of the Holy Spirit.

And so the church through all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was made strong; and, living in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, was increased greatly.

About Jesus of Nazareth, how God gave the Holy Spirit to him, with power: and how he went about doing good and making well all who were troubled by evil spirits, for God was with him.

While Peter was saying these words, the Holy Spirit came on all those who were hearing the word.

And the Jews of the faith, who had come with Peter, were full of wonder, because the Holy Spirit was given to the Gentiles,

Will any man say that these may not have baptism who have been given the Holy Spirit as we have?

And, while I was talking to them, the Holy Spirit came on them, as on us at first.

And the words of the Lord came into my mind, how he said, The baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit.

For he was a good man and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith: and a great number were joined to the Lord.

And while they were doing the Lord's work, and going without food, the Holy Spirit said, Let Barnabas and Saul be given to me for the special work for which they have been marked out by me.

So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia; and from there they went by ship to Cyprus.

But Saul, whose other name is Paul, being full of the Holy Spirit, looking hard at him, said,

And about his coming back from the dead, never again to go to destruction, he has said these words, I will give you the holy and certain mercies of David.

Because he says in another Psalm, You will not let your Holy One see destruction.

And the disciples were full of joy and of the Holy Spirit.

And God, the searcher of hearts, was a witness to them, giving them the Holy Spirit even as he did to us;