'Long' in the Bible

"You have heard that it was told those who lived long ago, "You are not to commit murder,' and, "Whoever murders will be subject to punishment.'

"Again, you have heard that it was told those who lived long ago, "You must not swear an oath falsely,' but, "You must fulfill your oaths to the Lord.'

Jesus asked them, "The wedding guests can't mourn as long as the groom is with them, can they? But the time will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast."

"How terrible it will be for you, Chorazin! How terrible it will be for you, Bethsaida! Because if the miracles that happened in you had taken place in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

Jesus replied, "You unbelieving and perverted generation! How long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him here to me!"

About five o'clock he went out and found some others standing around. He asked them, "Why are you standing here all day long without work?'

"How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You devour widows' houses and say long prayers to cover it up. Therefore, you will receive greater condemnation!

"After a long time, the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them.

Twisting some thorns into a victor's crown, they placed it on his head and put a stick in his right hand. They knelt down in front of him and began making fun of him, saying, "Long live the king of the Jews!"

Jesus replied, "The wedding guests can't fast while the groom is with them, can they? As long as they have the groom with them, they can't fast.

If I send them away to their homes hungry, they'll faint on the road. Some of them have come a long distance."

Jesus told them, "You unbelieving generation! How long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him to me!"

Then Jesus asked his father, "How long has this been happening to him?" He said, "Since he was a child.

As he taught, he said, "Beware of the scribes! They like to walk around in long robes, to be greeted in the marketplaces,

They devour widows' houses and say long prayers to cover it up. They will receive greater condemnation!"

They began to greet him, "Long live the king of the Jews!"

Meanwhile, the people kept waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he stayed in the sanctuary so long.

just as he promised long ago through the mouth of his holy prophets

When Jesus stepped out on the shore, a man from the city met him. This man was controlled by demons and had not worn clothes for a long time. He did not live in a house but in the tombs.

"How terrible it will be for you, Chorazin! How terrible it will be for you, Bethsaida! If the miracles that happened in you had taken place in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

But if that servant says to himself, "My master is taking a long time to come back,' and begins to beat the other servants and to eat, drink, and get drunk,

Shouldn't this woman, a descendant of Abraham whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be set free from this bondage on the Sabbath day?"

Then Jesus told the disciples, "The time will come during which you will long to see one of these days when the Son of Man is with you, but you will not see it.

Then he began to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and went abroad for a long time.

"Beware of the scribes! They like to walk around in long robes and love to be greeted in the marketplaces and to have the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.

They devour widows' houses and say long prayers to cover it up. They will receive greater condemnation!"

Now Herod was very glad to see Jesus, because he had been wanting to see him for a long time on account of what he had heard about him. He was also hoping to see some sign done by him.

So he continued to question him for a long time, but Jesus gave him no answer at all.

When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been there a long time, he asked him, "Do you want to get well?"

As long as I'm in the world, I'm the light of the world."

So the Jewish leaders surrounded him and quizzed him, "How long are you going to keep us in suspense? If you're the Messiah, tell us so plainly."

As long as you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become children of light." After Jesus had said this, he went away and hid from them.

They kept coming up to him and saying, "Long live the king of the Jews!" Then they began to slap him on the face.

"Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke long ago through the voice of David about Judas, who was the guide for those who arrested Jesus,

so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord and so that he may send you Jesus, whom he appointed long ago to be the Messiah.

He must remain in heaven until the time of universal restitution, which God announced long ago through the voice of his holy prophets.

As long as it remained unsold, wasn't it your own? And after it was sold, wasn't the money at your disposal? So how could you have thought of doing what you did? You didn't lie only to men, but also to God!"

They paid careful attention to him because he had thrilled them for a long time with his occult performances.

Then they spent a long time with the disciples.

that have been known from long ago.'

Then he went back upstairs, broke bread, and ate. He talked with them for a long time, until dawn, and then left.

They have known for a long time, if they would but testify to it, that I lived as a Pharisee, adhering to the standards of our strictest religious party.

But it was not long before a violent wind (called a northeaster) swept down from the island.

After they had gone a long time without food, Paul stood among his shipmates and said, "Men, you should have listened to me and not have sailed from Crete. You would have avoided this hardship and damage.

They were expecting him to swell up or suddenly drop dead, but after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.

Don't you realize, brothers for I am speaking to people who know the Law that the Law can press its claims over a person only as long as he is alive?

As it is written, "For your sake we are being put to death all day long. We are thought of as sheep headed for slaughter."

But about Israel he says, "All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and rebellious people."

God has not rejected his people whom he chose long ago. Do you not know what the Scripture says in the story about Elijah, when he pleads with God against Israel?

For everything that was written long ago was written to instruct us, so that we might have hope through the endurance and encouragement that the Scriptures give us.

Now to the one who is able to strengthen you with my gospel and the message that I preach about Jesus, the Messiah, by revealing the secret that was kept hidden from long ago

That's because you are still worldly. As long as there is jealousy and quarreling among you, you are worldly and living by human standards, aren't you?

A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, only in the Lord.

Nature itself teaches you neither that it is disgraceful for a man to have long hair

For in this one we sigh, since we long to put on our heavenly dwelling.

Therefore, we are always confident, and we know that as long as we are at home in this body we are away from the Lord.

And so in their prayers for you they will long for you because of God's exceptional grace that was shown to you.

Now what I am saying is this: As long as an heir is a child, he is no better off than a slave, even though he owns everything.

For we are God's masterpiece, created in the Messiah Jesus to perform good actions that God prepared long ago to be our way of life.

you will be able to understand, along with all the saints, what is wide, long, high, and deep

""so that it may go well for you, and that you may have a long life on the earth."

For God is my witness how much I long for all of you with the compassion that the Messiah Jesus provides.

Therefore, my dear brothers whom I long for, my joy and my victor's crown, this is how you must stand firm in the Lord, dear friends.

For now we can go on living, as long as you continue to stand firm in the Lord.

Instead, continue to encourage one another every day, as long as it is called "Today," so that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin,

Therefore, as long as the promise of entering his rest remains valid, let us be afraid! Otherwise, some of you will fail to reach it,

he again fixes a definite day "Today" - saying long afterward through David, as already quoted, "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts."

and who have fallen away, as long as they continue to crucify the Son of God to their own detriment by exposing him to public ridicule.

The Holy Spirit was indicating by this that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first part of the tent was still standing.

For a will is in force only when somebody has died, since it never takes effect as long as the one who made it is alive.

If you call "Father" the one who judges everyone impartially according to what they have done, you must live in reverent fear as long as you are strangers in a strange land.

who disobeyed long ago in the days of Noah, when God waited patiently while the ark was being built. In it a few, that is, eight persons, were saved by water.

Yet I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I am living in this bodily tent,

for as long as that righteous man lived among them, day after day he was being tortured in his righteous soul by what he saw and heard in their lawless actions

But they deliberately ignore the fact that long ago the heavens existed and the earth was formed by God's word out of water and with water,

For some people have slipped in among you unnoticed. They were written about long ago as being deserving of this condemnation because they are ungodly. They turn the grace of our God into uncontrollable lust and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus the Messiah.

Among the lamp stands there was someone like the Son of Man. He was wearing a long robe with a gold sash around his chest.

They cried out in a loud voice, "Holy and true Sovereign, how long will it be before you judge and take revenge on those living on the earth who shed our blood?"

In those days people will seek death, but never find it. They will long to die, but death will escape them.