'Lord' in the Bible

So when they had gathered together, they began to ask him, "Lord, is this the time when you are restoring the kingdom to Israel?"

Thus one of the men who have accompanied us during all the time the Lord Jesus associated with us,

Then they prayed, "Lord, you know the hearts of all. Show us which one of these two you have chosen

The sun will be changed to darkness and the moon to blood before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.

And then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.'

For David says about him, 'I saw the Lord always in front of me, for he is at my right hand so that I will not be shaken.

For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says, 'The Lord said to my lord, "Sit at my right hand

Therefore let all the house of Israel know beyond a doubt that God has made this Jesus whom you crucified both Lord and Christ."

For the promise is for you and your children, and for all who are far away, as many as the Lord our God will call to himself."

praising God and having the good will of all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number every day those who were being saved.

so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and so that he may send the Messiah appointed for you -- that is, Jesus.

Moses said, 'The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must obey him in everything he tells you.

The kings of the earth stood together, and the rulers assembled together, against the Lord and against his Christ.'

And now, Lord, pay attention to their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your message with great courage,

With great power the apostles were giving testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was on them all.

Peter then told her, "Why have you agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look! The feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out!"

More and more believers in the Lord were added to their number, crowds of both men and women.

But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the prison, led them out, and said,

When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight, and when he approached to investigate, there came the voice of the Lord,

But the Lord said to him, 'Take the sandals off your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.

Heaven is my throne, and earth is the footstool for my feet. What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord, or what is my resting place?

They continued to stone Stephen while he prayed, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!"

Then he fell to his knees and cried out with a loud voice, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them!" When he had said this, he died.

(For the Spirit had not yet come upon any of them, but they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)

Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that he may perhaps forgive you for the intent of your heart.

But Simon replied, "You pray to the Lord for me so that nothing of what you have said may happen to me."

So after Peter and John had solemnly testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they started back to Jerusalem, proclaiming the good news to many Samaritan villages as they went.

Then an angel of the Lord said to Philip, "Get up and go south on the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza." (This is a desert road.)

Now when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him any more, but went on his way rejoicing.

So he said, "Who are you, Lord?" He replied, "I am Jesus whom you are persecuting!

Now there was a disciple in Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision, "Ananias," and he replied, "Here I am, Lord."

Then the Lord told him, "Get up and go to the street called 'Straight,' and at Judas' house look for a man from Tarsus named Saul. For he is praying,

But Ananias replied, "Lord, I have heard from many people about this man, how much harm he has done to your saints in Jerusalem,

But the Lord said to him, "Go, because this man is my chosen instrument to carry my name before Gentiles and kings and the people of Israel.

So Ananias departed and entered the house, placed his hands on Saul and said, "Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you came here, has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit."

But Barnabas took Saul, brought him to the apostles, and related to them how he had seen the Lord on the road, that the Lord had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken out boldly in the name of Jesus.

So he was staying with them, associating openly with them in Jerusalem, speaking out boldly in the name of the Lord.

Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced peace and thus was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and in the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, the church increased in numbers.

All those who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.

This became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.

Staring at him and becoming greatly afraid, Cornelius replied, "What is it, Lord?" The angel said to him, "Your prayers and your acts of charity have gone up as a memorial before God.

But Peter said, "Certainly not, Lord, for I have never eaten anything defiled and ritually unclean!"

Therefore I sent for you at once, and you were kind enough to come. So now we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has commanded you to say to us."

You know the message he sent to the people of Israel, proclaiming the good news of peace through Jesus Christ (he is Lord of all) --

But I said, 'Certainly not, Lord, for nothing defiled or ritually unclean has ever entered my mouth!'

And I remembered the word of the Lord, as he used to say, 'John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.'

Therefore if God gave them the same gift as he also gave us after believing in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to hinder God?"

But there were some men from Cyprus and Cyrene among them who came to Antioch and began to speak to the Greeks too, proclaiming the good news of the Lord Jesus.

The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number who believed turned to the Lord.

When he came and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord with devoted hearts,

because he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith, and a significant number of people were brought to the Lord.

Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared, and a light shone in the prison cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, "Get up quickly!" And the chains fell off Peter's wrists.

When Peter came to himself, he said, "Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from everything the Jewish people were expecting to happen."

He motioned to them with his hand to be quiet and then related how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. He said, "Tell James and the brothers these things," and then he left and went to another place.

Immediately an angel of the Lord struck Herod down because he did not give the glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died.

While they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them."

and said, "You who are full of all deceit and all wrongdoing, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness -- will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord?

Now look, the hand of the Lord is against you, and you will be blind, unable to see the sun for a time!" Immediately mistiness and darkness came over him, and he went around seeking people to lead him by the hand.

Then when the proconsul saw what had happened, he believed, because he was greatly astounded at the teaching about the Lord.

On the next Sabbath almost the whole city assembled together to hear the word of the Lord.

For this is what the Lord has commanded us: 'I have appointed you to be a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.'"

When the Gentiles heard this, they began to rejoice and praise the word of the Lord, and all who had been appointed for eternal life believed.

So the word of the Lord was spreading through the entire region.

So they stayed there for a considerable time, speaking out courageously for the Lord, who testified to the message of his grace, granting miraculous signs and wonders to be performed through their hands.

When they had appointed elders for them in the various churches, with prayer and fasting they entrusted them to the protection of the Lord in whom they had believed.

On the contrary, we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they are."

so that the rest of humanity may seek the Lord, namely, all the Gentiles I have called to be my own,' says the Lord, who makes these things

who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, teaching and proclaiming (along with many others) the word of the Lord.

After some days Paul said to Barnabas, "Let's return and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord to see how they are doing."

but Paul chose Silas and set out, commended to the grace of the Lord by the brothers and sisters.

A woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, a God-fearing woman, listened to us. The Lord opened her heart to respond to what Paul was saying.

After she and her household were baptized, she urged us, "If you consider me to be a believer in the Lord, come and stay in my house." And she persuaded us.

They replied, "Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household."

Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him, along with all those who were in his house.

The God who made the world and everything in it, who is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by human hands,

Crispus, the president of the synagogue, believed in the Lord together with his entire household, and many of the Corinthians who heard about it believed and were baptized.

The Lord said to Paul by a vision in the night, "Do not be afraid, but speak and do not be silent,

He had been instructed in the way of the Lord, and with great enthusiasm he spoke and taught accurately the facts about Jesus, although he knew only the baptism of John.

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

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

But some itinerant Jewish exorcists tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who were possessed by evil spirits, saying, "I sternly warn you by Jesus whom Paul preaches."

This became known to all who lived in Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks; fear came over them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was praised.

In this way the word of the Lord continued to grow in power and to prevail.

serving the Lord with all humility and with tears, and with the trials that happened to me because of the plots of the Jews.

testifying to both Jews and Greeks about repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus.

But I do not consider my life worth anything to myself, so that I may finish my task and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news of God's grace.

By all these things, I have shown you that by working in this way we must help the weak, and remember the words of the Lord Jesus that he himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"

Then Paul replied, "What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be tied up, but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus."

I answered, 'Who are you, Lord?' He said to me, 'I am Jesus the Nazarene, whom you are persecuting.'

So I asked, 'What should I do, Lord?' The Lord said to me, 'Get up and go to Damascus; there you will be told about everything that you have been designated to do.'

and saw the Lord saying to me, 'Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about me.'

I replied, 'Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat those in the various synagogues who believed in you.

The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, "Have courage, for just as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome."

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.

So I said, 'Who are you, Lord?' And the Lord replied, 'I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.

proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ with complete boldness and without restriction.