'Place' in the Bible

Now all this took place so that the word of the Lord by the prophet might come true,

Now when the birth of Jesus took place in Beth-lehem of Judaea, in the days of Herod the king, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,

Saying, Where is the King of the Jews whose birth has now taken place? We have seen his star in the east and have come to give him worship.

And he got together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, questioning them as to where the birth-place of the Christ would be.

And after hearing the king, they went on their way; and the star which they saw in the east went before them, till it came to rest over the place where the young child was.

But when it came to his ears that Archelaus was ruling over Judaea in the place of his father Herod, he was in fear of going there; and God having given him news of the danger in a dream, he went out of the way into the country parts of Galilee.

And going away from Nazareth, he came and made his living-place in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the country of Zebulun and Naphtali:

And when he had come to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, there came out to him from the place of the dead, two who had evil spirits, so violent that no man was able to go that way.

And when Jesus was going from there, he saw a man whose name was Matthew, seated at the place where taxes were taken; and he said to him, Come after me. And he got up and went after him.

And into whatever town or small place you go, make search there for someone who is respected, and make his house your resting-place till you go away.

Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits worse than himself, and they go in and make it their living-place: and the last condition of that man is worse than the first. Even so will it be with this evil generation.

And his disciples came, and took up his body and put it in the earth; and they went and gave Jesus news of what had taken place.

Now when it came to the ears of Jesus, he went away from there in a boat, to a waste place by himself: and the people hearing of it, went after him on foot from the towns.

And when evening had come, the disciples came to him, saying, This place is waste land, and the time is now past; send the people away so that they may go into the towns and get themselves food.

And when the men of that place had news of him, they sent into all the country round about, and took to him all who were ill,

And the disciples say to him, How may we get enough bread in a waste place, to give food to such a number of people?

And he says to them, Because of your little faith: for truly I say to you, If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, Be moved from this place to that; and it will be moved; and nothing will be impossible to you.

And whoever has a desire to be first among you, let him take the lowest place:

Now this took place so that these words of the prophet might come true,

Give ear to another story. A master of a house made a vine garden, and put a wall round it, and made a place for crushing out the wine, and made a tower, and let it out to field-workers, and went into another country.

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),

But he who was given the one went away and put it in a hole in the earth, and kept his lord's money in a secret place.

Then comes Jesus with them to a place named Gethsemane, and says to his disciples, Be seated here, while I go over there for prayer.

Then says Jesus to him, Put up your sword again into its place: for all those who take the sword will come to death by the sword.

But all this has taken place so that the writings of the prophets might come true. Then all his disciples went from him in flight.

And they made a decision to get with the silver the potter's field, as a place for the dead of other countries.

And when they came to the place named Golgotha, that is to say, Dead Man's Head,

And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, seated by the place of the dead.

Give orders, then, that the place where his body is may be made safe till the third day, for fear that his disciples come and take him away secretly and say to the people, He has come back from the dead: and the last error will be worse than the first.

So they went, and made safe the place where his body was, putting a stamp on the stone, and the watchmen were with them.

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.

Now, while they were going, some of the watchmen came into the town and gave news to the chief priests of all the things which had taken place.

And in the morning, a long time before daylight, he got up and went out to a quiet place, and there he gave himself up to prayer.

And when he went by, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, seated at the place where taxes were taken, and he said to him, Come with me. And he got up, and went with him.

And if Satan is at war with himself, and there is division in him, he will not keep his place but will come to an end.

And when he had got out of the boat, straight away there came to him from the place of the dead a man with an unclean spirit.

He was living in the place of the dead: and no man was able to keep him down, no, not with a chain;

And all the time, by day and by night, in the place of the dead, and in the mountains, he was crying out and cutting himself with stones.

And their keepers went running and gave an account of it in the town and in the country. And people came to see what had taken place.

And whatever place will not take you in and will not give ear to you, when you go away, put off the dust from your feet as a witness against them.

And he said to them, Come away by yourselves to a quiet place, and take a rest for a time. Because there were a great number coming and going, and they had no time even for food.

And they went away in the boat to a waste place by themselves.

And at the end of the day, his disciples came to him and said, This place is waste land, and it is late:

And his disciples said in answer, How will it be possible to get enough bread for these men here in a waste place?

And he gave them teaching in the form of stories. A man had a vine-garden planted, and put a wall about it, and made a place for crushing out the wine, and put up a tower, and let it out to field-workers, and went into another country.

And he took a seat by the place where the money was kept, and saw how the people put money into the boxes: and a number who had wealth put in much.

But when you see the unclean thing which makes destruction, in the place where it has no right to be (let this be clear to the reader), then let those who are in Judaea go quickly to the mountains:

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

And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he said to his disciples, Be seated here while I say a prayer.

And they took him to the place named Golgotha, which is, Dead Man's Head.

And he got a linen cloth and, taking him down, put the linen cloth round him, and put him in a place for the dead which had been cut out of a rock; and a stone was rolled against the door.

And very early after dawn on the first day of the week, they came at the time of the coming up of the sun to the place where the body had been put.

And he said to them, Do not be troubled: you are looking for Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been put to death on the cross; he has come back from the dead; he is not here: see, the place where they put him!

And they went out quickly from the place, because fear and great wonder had come on them: and they said nothing to anyone, because they were full of fear that ...

As a number of attempts have been made to put together in order an account of those events which took place among us,

And he saw an angel of the Lord in his place on the right side of the altar.

And the angel, answering, said, I am Gabriel, whose place is before God; I have been sent to say these words to you and to give you this good news.

And she had her first son; and folding him in linen, she put him to rest in the place where the cattle had their food, because there was no room for them in the house.

And this is the sign to you: you will see a young child folded in linen, in the place where the cattle have their food.

And they came quickly, and saw Mary and Joseph, and the child in the place where the cattle had their food.

And he said to them, Why were you looking for me? was it not clear to you that my right place was in my Father's house?

And the book of the prophet Isaiah was given to him and, opening the book, he came on the place where it is said,

And when it was day, he came out and went to a waste place; and great numbers of people came looking for him, and they came to him and would have kept him from going away.

But he went away by himself to a waste place for prayer.

And after these things he went out, and saw Levi, a tax-farmer, seated at the place where taxes were taken, and said to him, Come after me.

And he came down with them to a level place, and a great band of his disciples, and a very great number of people from all Judaea and Jerusalem and from the parts of Tyre and Sidon by the sea, came to give hearing to him, and to be made well from their diseases;

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 when he had come to the land, there came to him a certain man from the town who had evil spirits; and for a long time he had had no clothing on, and was not living in a house but in the place of the dead.

Now there was a great herd of pigs in that place, getting food on the mountain: and the evil spirits made a request to him that he would let them go into the pigs, and he let them.

And they went out to see what had taken place, and they came to Jesus and saw the man out of whom the evil spirits had gone, seated, clothed and with full use of his senses, at the feet of Jesus; and fear came on them.

And the day went on; and the twelve came to him and said, Send these people away so that they may go into the towns and the country round about and get resting-places and food for themselves, for we are in a waste place.

Who were seen in glory and were talking of his death which was about to take place in Jerusalem.

Now after these things, the Lord made selection of seventy others and sent them before him, two together, into every town and place where he himself was about to come.

And in the same way, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, went by on the other side.

And it came about that he was in prayer in a certain place, and when he came to an end, one of his disciples said to him, Lord, will you give us teaching about prayer, as John did to his disciples?

No man, when the light has been lighted, puts it in a secret place, or under a vessel, but on its table, so that those who come in may see the light.

And when he had come out of that place, the scribes and the Pharisees came round him angrily, questioning him about more things;

And he said to himself, What is to be done? for I have no place in which to put all my fruit.

At that time, certain Pharisees came to him and said, Go away from this place, because Herod's purpose is to put you to death.

And then the giver of the feast will come to you and say, Give your place to this man; and you, with shame, will have to take the lowest seat.

For every man who gives himself a high place will be put down, but he who takes a low place will be lifted up.

It is no good for the land or for the place of waste; no one has a use for it. He who has ears, let him give ear.

For I have five brothers; and let him give them an account of these things, so that they may not come to this place of pain.

And when Jesus came to the place, looking up, he said to him, Zacchaeus, be quick and come down, for I am coming to your house today.

And they said to him, Master, when will these things be? and what sign will there be when these events are to take place?

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

But keep watch at all times with prayer, that you may be strong enough to come through all these things and take your place before the Son of man.

And when he came to the place, he said to them, Make a prayer that you may not be put to the test.

But they became more violent than before, saying, He has made trouble among the people, teaching through all Judaea from Galilee to this place.

And when they came to the place which is named Golgotha, they put him on the cross, and the evil-doers, one on the right side, and the other on the left.

And he took it down, and folding it in a linen cloth, he put it in a place cut in the rock for a dead body; and no one had ever been put in it.

And the women who had come with him from Galilee went after him and saw the place and how his body had been put to rest;

But on the first day of the week, at dawn, they came to the place where his body had been put, taking the spices which they had got ready.

And they went away from that place and gave an account of all these things to the eleven disciples and all the others.

But Peter got up and went to the place where the body had been put, and looking in he saw nothing but the linen cloths, and he went to his house full of wonder at what had taken place.

And they were talking together about all those things which had taken place.

Then stopping, and looking sadly at him, one of them, named Cleopas, said to him, Are you the only man living in Jerusalem who has not had news of the things which have taken place there at this time?

But we were hoping that he would be the Saviour of Israel. In addition to all this he has now let three days go by from the time when these things took place;

And certain women among us gave us cause for wonder, for they went early to the place where his body had been put,

And some of those who were with us went to the place, and saw that it was as the women had said, but him they did not see.