'Place' in the Bible

After listening to the king they left, and once again the star they saw when it rose led them until it stopped above the place where the child was.

But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. After being warned in a dream, he went to the regions of Galilee.

I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth pass away not the smallest letter or stroke of a letter will pass from the law until everything takes place.

Jesus said to him, "Foxes have dens, and the birds in the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head."

Whenever they persecute you in one place, flee to another. I tell you the truth, you will not finish going through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

Then Jesus left that place and entered their synagogue.

Now when Jesus heard this he went away from there privately in a boat to an isolated place. But when the crowd heard about it, they followed him on foot from the towns.

When evening arrived, his disciples came to him saying, "This is an isolated place and the hour is already late. Send the crowds away so that they can go into the villages and buy food for themselves."

The disciples said to him, "Where can we get enough bread in this desolate place to satisfy so great a crowd?"

When his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were very upset and went and told their lord everything that had taken place.

This took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet:

They love the place of honor at banquets and the best seats in the synagogues

"So when you see the abomination of desolation -- spoken about by Daniel the prophet -- standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),

I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

and will cut him in two, and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

When it was evening, he took his place at the table with the twelve.

Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to the disciples, "Sit here while I go over there and pray."

Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back in its place! For all who take hold of the sword will die by the sword.

After consulting together they bought the Potter's Field with it, as a burial place for foreigners.

They came to a place called Golgotha (which means "Place of the Skull")

Now when the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and what took place, they were extremely terrified and said, "Truly this one was God's Son!"

He is not here, for he has been raised, just as he said. Come and see the place where he was lying.

Then Jesus got up early in the morning when it was still very dark, departed, and went out to a deserted place, and there he spent time in prayer.

Now Jesus left that place and came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him.

If a place will not welcome you or listen to you, as you go out from there, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them."

He said to them, "Come with me privately to an isolated place and rest a while" (for many were coming and going, and there was no time to eat).

So they went away by themselves in a boat to some remote place.

When it was already late, his disciples came to him and said, "This is an isolated place and it is already very late.

And wherever he would go -- into villages, towns, or countryside -- they would place the sick in the marketplaces, and would ask him if they could just touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.

They brought to him a deaf man who had difficulty speaking, and they asked him to place his hands on him.

His disciples answered him, "Where can someone get enough bread in this desolate place to satisfy these people?"

Then Jesus left that place and went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan River. Again crowds gathered to him, and again, as was his custom, he taught them.

"Tell us, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that all these things are about to take place?"

I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

Then they went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples, "Sit here while I pray."

They brought Jesus to a place called Golgotha (which is translated, "Place of the Skull").

But he said to them, "Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has been raised! He is not here. Look, there is the place where they laid him.

they will pick up snakes with their hands, and whatever poison they drink will not harm them; they will place their hands on the sick and they will be well."

he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the holy place of the Lord and burn incense.

And now, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time, you will be silent, unable to speak, until the day these things take place."

Now the people were waiting for Zechariah, and they began to wonder why he was delayed in the holy place.

When he came out, he was not able to speak to them. They realized that he had seen a vision in the holy place, because he was making signs to them and remained unable to speak.

And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.

When the angels left them and went back to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has taken place, that the Lord has made known to us."

Then the devil led him up to a high place and showed him in a flash all the kingdoms of the world.

and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,

The next morning Jesus departed and went to a deserted place. Yet the crowds were seeking him, and they came to him and tried to keep him from leaving them.

Just then some men showed up, carrying a paralyzed man on a stretcher. They were trying to bring him in and place him before Jesus.

Then he came down with them and stood on a level place. And a large number of his disciples had gathered along with a vast multitude from all over Judea, from Jerusalem, and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon. They came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases,

Now one of the Pharisees asked Jesus to have dinner with him, so he went into the Pharisee's house and took his place at the table.

Now the day began to draw to a close, so the twelve came and said to Jesus, "Send the crowd away, so they can go into the surrounding villages and countryside and find lodging and food, because we are in an isolated place."

Jesus said to him, "Foxes have dens and the birds in the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head."

After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him two by two into every town and place where he himself was about to go.

So too a Levite, when he came up to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.

Now Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he stopped, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples."

"No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a hidden place or under a basket, but on a lampstand, so that those who come in can see the light.

As he spoke, a Pharisee invited Jesus to have a meal with him, so he went in and took his place at the table.

Blessed are those slaves whom their master finds alert when he returns! I tell you the truth, he will dress himself to serve, have them take their place at the table, and will come and wait on them!

then the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not foresee, and will cut him in two, and assign him a place with the unfaithful.

"When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, because a person more distinguished than you may have been invited by your host.

So the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, 'Give this man your place.' Then, ashamed, you will begin to move to the least important place.

But when you are invited, go and take the least important place, so that when your host approaches he will say to you, 'Friend, move up here to a better place.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all who share the meal with you.

Then after he had spent everything, a severe famine took place in that country, and he began to be in need.

(for I have five brothers) to warn them so that they don't come into this place of torment.'

And when Jesus came to that place, he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, come down quickly, because I must stay at your house today."

Now when he approached Bethphage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of the disciples,

So they asked him, "Teacher, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that these things are about to take place?"

I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

Now when the hour came, Jesus took his place at the table and the apostles joined him.

When he came to the place, he said to them, "Pray that you will not fall into temptation."

So when they came to the place that is called "The Skull," they crucified him there, along with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left.

And all the crowds that had assembled for this spectacle, when they saw what had taken place, returned home beating their breasts.

When he had taken his place at the table with them, he took the bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them.

Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you people say that the place where people must worship is in Jerusalem."

But the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped out, since there was a crowd in that place.

Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." (Now there was a lot of grass in that place.) So the men sat down, about five thousand in number.

But some boats from Tiberias came to shore near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.

Another sharp division took place among the Jewish people because of these words.

Jesus went back across the Jordan River again to the place where John had been baptizing at an earlier time, and he stayed there.

So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he remained in the place where he was for two more days.

(Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still in the place where Martha had come out to meet him.)

Now when Mary came to the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said to him, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died."

So when Jesus had washed their feet and put his outer clothing back on, he took his place at the table again and said to them, "Do you understand what I have done for you?

One of his disciples, the one Jesus loved, was at the table to the right of Jesus in a place of honor.

There are many dwelling places in my Father's house. Otherwise, I would have told you, because I am going away to make ready a place for you.

And if I go and make ready a place for you, I will come again and take you to be with me, so that where I am you may be too.

(Now Judas, the one who betrayed him, knew the place too, because Jesus had met there many times with his disciples.)

When Pilate heard these words he brought Jesus outside and sat down on the judgment seat in the place called "The Stone Pavement" (Gabbatha in Aramaic).

and carrying his own cross he went out to the place called "The Place of the Skull" (called in Aramaic Golgotha).

Thus many of the Jewish residents of Jerusalem read this notice, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the notice was written in Aramaic, Latin, and Greek.

So the soldiers said to one another, "Let's not tear it, but throw dice to see who will get it." This took place to fulfill the scripture that says, "They divided my garments among them, and for my clothing they threw dice." So the soldiers did these things.

Now at the place where Jesus was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden was a new tomb where no one had yet been buried.

and the face cloth, which had been around Jesus' head, not lying with the strips of linen cloth but rolled up in a place by itself.

On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the disciples had gathered together and locked the doors of the place because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders. Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you."

to assume the task of this service and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place."

Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place.

When they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God courageously.

They brought forward false witnesses who said, "This man does not stop saying things against this holy place and the law.

For we have heard him saying that Jesus the Nazarene will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us."

But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves,' said God, 'and after these things they will come out of there and worship me in this place.'