'Opened' in the Bible

As they came into the house and saw the child with Mary his mother, they bowed down and worshiped him. They opened their treasure boxes and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

After Jesus was baptized, just as he was coming up out of the water, the heavens opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming on him.

"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you.

For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

And their eyes were opened. Then Jesus sternly warned them, "See that no one knows about this."

They said to him, "Lord, let our eyes be opened."

And tombs were opened, and the bodies of many saints who had died were raised.

Then he looked up to heaven and said with a sigh, "Ephphatha" (that is, "Be opened").

And immediately the man's ears were opened, his tongue loosened, and he spoke plainly.

Then Jesus placed his hands on the man's eyes again. And he opened his eyes, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly.

Immediately Zechariah's mouth was opened and his tongue released, and he spoke, blessing God.

Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus also was baptized. And while he was praying, the heavens opened,

"So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.

For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

At this point their eyes were opened and they recognized him. Then he vanished out of their sight.

Then he opened their minds so they could understand the scriptures,

He continued, "I tell all of you the solemn truth -- you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man."

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

"We found the jail locked securely and the guards standing at the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside."

"Look!" he said. "I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!"

But Peter sent them all outside, knelt down, and prayed. Turning to the body, he said, "Tabitha, get up." Then she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.

He saw heaven opened and an object something like a large sheet descending, being let down to earth by its four corners.

After they had passed the first and second guards, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened for them by itself, and they went outside and walked down one narrow street, when at once the angel left him.

Now Peter continued knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were greatly astonished.

When they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported all the things God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith for the Gentiles.

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.

Now when I arrived in Troas to proclaim the gospel of Christ, even though the Lord had opened a door of opportunity for me,

We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians; our heart has been opened wide to you.

I looked on when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with a thunderous voice, "Come!"

Then when the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, "Come!"

Then when the Lamb opened the third seal I heard the third living creature saying, "Come!" So I looked, and here came a black horse! The one who rode it had a balance scale in his hand.

Then when the Lamb opened the fourth seal I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, "Come!"

Now when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been violently killed because of the word of God and because of the testimony they had given.

Then I looked when the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and a huge earthquake took place; the sun became as black as sackcloth made of hair, and the full moon became blood red;

Now when the Lamb opened the seventh seal there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

He opened the shaft of the abyss and smoke rose out of it like smoke from a giant furnace. The sun and the air were darkened with smoke from the shaft.

Then the temple of God in heaven was opened and the ark of his covenant was visible within his temple. And there were flashes of lightning, roaring, crashes of thunder, an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.

but the earth came to her rescue; the ground opened up and swallowed the river that the dragon had spewed from his mouth.

So the beast opened his mouth to blaspheme against God -- to blaspheme both his name and his dwelling place, that is, those who dwell in heaven.

After these things I looked, and the temple (the tent of the testimony) was opened in heaven,

Then I saw heaven opened and here came a white horse! The one riding it was called "Faithful" and "True," and with justice he judges and goes to war.

And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne. Then books were opened, and another book was opened -- the book of life. So the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to their deeds.