'Near' in the Bible

Saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin; for the kingdom of heaven is near.

Then Jerusalem and all Judaea went out to him, and all the people from near Jordan;

From that time Jesus went about preaching and saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin, for the kingdom of heaven is near.

And they came to him, and, awaking him, said, Help, Lord; destruction is near.

And, on your way, say, The kingdom of heaven is near.

And when they were near Jerusalem, and had come to Beth-phage, to the Mountain of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples,

And when the time for the fruit came near, he sent his servants to the workmen, to get the fruit.

Now take an example from the fig-tree: when her branch has become soft and puts out its leaves, you are certain that the summer is near;

Even so, when you see all these things, you may be certain that he is near, even at the doors.

And he said to them, Go into the town to such a man, and say to him, The Master says, My time is near: I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples.

Up, let us be going: see, he who gives me up is near.

And after a little time those who were near came and said to Peter, Truly you are one of them; because your talk is witness against you.

And some of those who were near by, hearing it, said, This man is crying to Elijah.

Now late on the Sabbath, when the dawn of the first day of the week was near, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the place where his body was.

And saying, The time has come, and the kingdom of God is near: let your hearts be turned from sin and have faith in the good news.

And when they were unable to get near him because of all the people, they got the roof uncovered where he was: and when it was broken up, they let down the bed on which the man was.

And made strong prayers to him, saying, My little daughter is near to death: it is my prayer that you will come and put your hands on her, so that she may be made well, and have life.

And when they came near to Jerusalem, to Beth-phage and Bethany, at the Mountain of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,

Take an example from the fig-tree: when its branches become soft and put out their leaves, you see that the summer is near;

Even so, when you see these things taking place, you may be certain that he is near, even at the doors.

Get up, let us be going; see, he who gives me up is near.

But a certain one of those who were near took out his sword, and gave the servant of the high priest a blow, cutting off his ear.

And the girl saw him, and said again to those who were near, This is one of them.

But again he said it was not so. And after a little time, again those who were near said to Peter, Truly you are one of them; for you are a Galilaean.

And some of those who were near, hearing it, said, See, he is crying to Elijah.

And when the captain, who was near, saw how he gave up his spirit, he said, Truly this man was a son of God.

He went near her, and with a sharp word he gave orders to the disease and it went away from her; and straight away she got up and took care of their needs.

Now it came about that while the people came pushing to be near him, and to have knowledge of the word of God, he was by a wide stretch of water named Gennesaret;

And a certain captain had a servant who was very dear to him; this servant was ill and near to death.

Now when he came near the door of the town, a dead man was being taken out, the only son of his mother, who was a widow: and a great number of people from the town were with her.

And he came near, and put his hand on the stretcher where the dead man was: and those who were moving it came to a stop. And he said, Young man, I say to you, Get up.

And went in and took her place at the back of him, near his feet, weeping, so that his feet were washed with the drops from her eyes, and with her hair she made them dry, and kissing his feet she put the perfume on them.

And his mother and his brothers came to him, and they were not able to get near him because of the great number of people.

Then they came to him and, awaking him out of his sleep, said, Master, Master, destruction is near. And he, when he was awake, gave orders to the wind and the rolling waves, and the storm came to an end, and all was calm.

For he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was near to death. But while he was on his way, the people were pushing to be near him.

And it came about that when the days were near for him to be taken up, his face was turned to go to Jerusalem,

And make well those in it who are ill and say to them, The kingdom of God is near to you.

Even the dust of your town, which is on our feet, we put off as a witness against you; but be certain of this, that the kingdom of God is near.

Now all the tax-farmers and sinners came near to give ear to him.

But when he came to his senses, he said, What numbers of my father's servants have bread enough, and more, while I am near to death here through need of food!

Now the older son was in the field: and when he came near the house, the sounds of music and dancing came to his ears.

And it came about that when he got near Jericho, a certain blind man was seated by the side of the road, making requests for money from those who went by.

And Jesus, stopping, gave orders that he was to come to him, and when he came near, he said to him,

And while they were giving ear to these words, he made another story for them, because he was near Jerusalem, and because they were of the opinion that the kingdom of God was coming straight away.

And he said to the others who were near, Take the pound away from him, and give it to the man who has ten.

And it came about that when he got near Beth-phage and Bethany by the mountain which is named the Mountain of Olives, he sent two of the disciples,

And when he came near the foot of the Mountain of Olives, all the disciples with loud voices gave praise to God with joy, because of all the great works which they had seen;

And when he got near and saw the town, he was overcome with weeping for it,

But they were not able to do anything, because the people all kept near him, being greatly interested in his words.

And he said, Take care that you are not tricked: for a number of people will come in my name, saying, I am he; and, The time is near: do not go after them.

But when you see armies all round about Jerusalem, then be certain that her destruction is near.

But when these things come about, let your heads be lifted up, because your salvation is near.

In the same way, when you see these things taking place you may be certain that the kingdom of God is near.

Now the feast of unleavened bread was near, which is called the Passover.

And while he was saying these words, there came a band of people, and Judas, one of the twelve, was in front of them, and he came near to Jesus to give him a kiss.

And while they were talking and questioning together, Jesus himself came near and went with them.

And they came near the town to which they were going, and he seemed as if he was going on;

But they kept him back, saying, Do not go, for evening is near, the day is almost gone. And he went in with them.

And he took them out till they were near Bethany, and lifting up his hands, he gave them a blessing.

The time of the Passover of the Jews was near and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Now John was then giving baptism at Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there; and people came and were given baptism.

So he came to a town of Samaria which was named Sychar, near to the bit of land which Jacob gave to his son Joseph:

When it came to his ears that Jesus had come from Judaea into Galilee, he went to him and made a request that he would come down to his son, who was near to death, and make him well.

Now in Jerusalem near the sheep-market there is a public bath which in Hebrew is named Beth-zatha. It has five doorways.

Now the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was near.

After they had gone three or four miles they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near to the boat; and they had great fear.

Some other boats, however, came from Tiberias near to the place where they had taken the bread after the Lord had given praise.

But the feast of the Jews, the feast of tents, was near.

Now Bethany was near to Jerusalem, about two miles away;

So Jesus no longer went about publicly among the Jews, but went from there into the country near to the waste land, to a town named Ephraim, where he was for some time with the disciples.

Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and numbers of people went up from the country to Jerusalem to make themselves clean before the Passover.

The writing was seen by a number of the Jews, for the place where Jesus was put to death on the cross was near the town; and the writing was in Hebrew and Latin and Greek.

Now there was a garden near the cross, and in the garden a new place for the dead in which no man had ever been put.

So they put Jesus there, because it was the Jews' day of getting ready for the Passover, and the place was near.

Then they went back to Jerusalem from the mountain named Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away.

But when the time was near for putting into effect the undertaking which God had given to Abraham, the people were increasing in Egypt,

And the Spirit said to Philip, Go near, and get on his carriage.

And while he was journeying, he came near Damascus; and suddenly he saw a light from heaven shining round him;

And because Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, having knowledge that Peter was there, sent two men to him, requesting him to come to them straight away.

Now the day after, when they were on their journey and were near the town, Peter went up to the top of the house for prayer, about the sixth hour:

And the day after that, they came to Caesarea. And Cornelius was waiting for them, having got together his relations and his near friends.

Who, when he came and saw the grace of God, was glad; and he made clear to them the need of keeping near the Lord with all the strength of their hearts:

And moving from there, he went into the house of a man named Titus Justus, a God-fearing man, whose house was very near the Synagogue.

Then the chief captain came near and took him, and gave orders for him to be put in chains, questioning them as to who he was and what he had done.

And it came about that while I was on my journey, coming near to Damascus, about the middle of the day, suddenly I saw a great light from heaven shining round me.

And the high priest, Ananias, gave orders to those who were near him to give him a blow on the mouth.

And those who were near said, Do you say such words against God's high priest

And sailing down the side of it, as well as we were able, we came to a certain place named Fair Havens, near which was the town of Lasea.

And when the south wind came softly, being of the opinion that their purpose might be effected, they let the ship go and went sailing down the side of Crete, very near to the land.

And, sailing near the side of a small island named Cauda, we were able, though it was hard work, to make the ship's boat safe:

But when the fourteenth day came, while we were going here and there in the Adriatic sea, about the middle of the night the sailors had an idea that they were getting near land;

And when dawn was near, Paul gave them all orders to take food, saying, This is the fourteenth day you have been waiting and taking no food.

Now near that place there was some land, the property of the chief man of the island, who was named Publius; who very kindly took us into his house as his guests for three days.

But what does it say? The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart: that is, the word of faith of which we are the preachers:

The night is far gone, and the day is near: so let us put off the works of the dark, arming ourselves with light,

But if a revelation is given to another who is seated near, let the first be quiet.

Unnoted, but still kept fully in mind; as near to death, but still living; as undergoing punishment, but not put to death;

For which cause, Come out from among them, and be separate, says the Lord, and let no unclean thing come near you; and I will take you for myself,

But now in Christ Jesus you who at one time were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.

And he came preaching peace to you who were far off, and to those who were near;