68 occurrences in 12 translations

'Questioning' in the Bible

And questioning her, I said, Whose daughter are you? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, the son of Nahor, and Milcah his wife. Then I put the ring on her nose and the ornaments on her hands.

Verse ConceptsJewelleryWho Is This?This Is Me

But the angel of the Lord said to him, Why are you questioning me about my name, seeing that it is a wonder?

Verse ConceptsUnintelligiblenessWhat Is God's Name?

So day after day she gave him no peace, for ever questioning him till his soul was troubled to death.

Verse ConceptsAsceticism, TypesIrritationTroubling Individualsnagging

Then he himself went to Ramah, and came to the great water-spring in Secu; and questioning the people he said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, They are at Naioth in Ramah.

Verse ConceptsWhere Are People?

So David, questioning the Lord, said, Am I to go and make an attack on these Philistines? And the Lord said to David, Go and make an attack on the Philistines so that Keilah may be kept from falling into their hands.

Verse Conceptsenquiring of GodThe Nations Attacked

Then David, questioning the Lord, said, Am I to go after this band? will I be able to overtake them? And in answer he said, Go after them, for you will certainly overtake them, and get back everything.

Verse Conceptsenquiring of GodAnswered PrayerOvertakingRecoveryFamily Conflict

David continued questioning him, "How did things go? Please tell me!" He replied, "The army has fled the battlefield, many of the army are wounded or have died, and Saul and his son Jonathan are also dead."

Verse ConceptsIsrael FleeingWhat Manner?

Now after this, David, questioning the Lord, said, Am I to go up into any of the towns of Judah? And the Lord said to him, Go up. And David said, Where am I to go? And he said, To Hebron.

Verse ConceptsAdvice, Receiving God's Adviceenquiring of GodAskingGuidance, Examples Of God'sPrayer, As Asking GodTribes Of IsraelAnswered Prayer

It is a danger to a man to say without thought, It is holy, and, after taking his oaths, to be questioning if it is necessary to keep them.

Verse ConceptsCarelessnessPromises, HumanTrapVowsVowsWorldly SnaresMaking VowsDo Not Be RashMaking DecisionsDecision Making

And if this people, or the prophet, or a priest, questioning you, says, What word of weight is there from the Lord? then you are to say to them, You are the word, for I will not be troubled with you any more, says the Lord.

And questioning Baruch, they said, Say now, how did you put all these words down in writing from his mouth?

Then King Zedekiah sent and got him out: and the king, questioning him secretly in his house, said, Is there any word from the Lord? And Jeremiah said, There is. Then he said, You will be given up into the hands of the king of Babylon.

Verse ConceptsPrivacyInformation In SecretGod Will Cause DefeatQuestioning God

All the officials did indeed come and question Jeremiah. He told them exactly what the king had instructed him to say. They stopped questioning him any further because no one had actually heard their conversation.

Verse ConceptsInterrogatingUnhearing

O daughter of Aroer, take your station by the way, on the watch: questioning him who is in flight, and her who has got away safe, say, What has been done?

Verse ConceptsFugitivesRoadsWhat Is The Matter?

They will be questioning about the way to Zion, with their faces turned in its direction, saying, Come, and be united to the Lord in an eternal agreement which will be kept in mind for ever.

Verse ConceptsBeing A PilgrimCovenant, the newSaints, As PilgrimsThe Eternal CovenantPeople Going AstrayAsking Particular QuestionsUnited With GodDirection

I came near to one of those who were waiting there, questioning him about what all this was. And he said to me that he would make clear to me the sense of these things.

Verse ConceptsSpectatorsGod Revealing Mysteries

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.

Verse ConceptsChief priestsLeaders, SpiritualSanhedrinTeachers Of The LawAssembling LeadersAsking Particular QuestionsChrist's OriginThe Chief Priests Convened

Now when Jesus had come into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he said, questioning his disciples, Who do men say that the Son of man is?

Verse ConceptsJesus As Son Of ManChrist EnquiringWho Is Jesus?Ministry Of The Son Of Man

And his disciples, questioning him, said, Why then do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?

Verse ConceptsJudaismTeachers Of The LawPeople Going BeforeWhy Do Others Do This?

They were all so amazed that they debated and questioned each other, saying, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits (demons), and they obey Him.”

Verse ConceptsAmazingExorcismsevil, victory overDemons, Delivered FromNewnessAmazement, Of Jesus ChristAmazement, Of Christ's MiraclesChrist's DominionAuthority Of ChristWhat Is This?Christ's Ordersdoctrine

and he was questioning him, 'What is thy name?' and he answered, saying, 'Legion is my name, because we are many;'

Verse ConceptsSatanticLonelinessMany Spiritual BeingsDemonspork

And when he entered into a house from the multitude, his disciples were questioning him about the simile,

Verse ConceptsTeachablenessEntering HousesQuestioning ChristThe Disciples Words

And he was questioning them, 'How many loaves have ye?' and they said, 'Seven.'

Verse ConceptsSeven Things

and having taken the hand of the blind man, he led him forth without the village, and having spit on his eyes, having put his hands on him, he was questioning him if he doth behold anything:

Verse ConceptsSpittingSalivaLaying On Hands To HealEyes Cared ForThe Faculty Of Sight

And Jesus went forth, and his disciples, to the villages of Caesarea Philippi, and in the way he was questioning his disciples, saying to them, 'Who do men say me to be?'

Verse ConceptsTravelChrist EnquiringWho Is Jesus?Christ Speaking To DisciplesDisciples' Movements

And He continued by questioning them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter *answered and *said to Him, “You are the Christ.”

Verse ConceptsCertaintyPeter, The DiscipleSelf ConfidenceWitnessing, Importance OfJesus Recognised As The ChristChrist EnquiringSaid To Be The ChristQuestioning Godartists

And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean.

Verse ConceptsDiscussionsUnintelligiblenessAre The Dead Raised?

And they were questioning him, saying, that the scribes say that Elijah it behoveth to come first.

Verse ConceptsTeachablenessTeachers Of The LawPeople Going BeforeWhy Do Others Do This?

And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them.

Verse ConceptsJudaismCrowds Around JesusChrist With His Disciples

He asked them, “What are you discussing with them?”

Verse ConceptsDiscussions

And Jesus questioning the father said, How long has he been like this? And he said, From a child.

Verse ConceptsChronic AilmentsBeing Evil From Youth

And he having come into the house, his disciples were questioning him by himself -- 'Why were we not able to cast it forth?'

Verse ConceptsPrivacyTeachablenessEntering HousesPeople Casting Out DemonsQuestioning ChristChrist Speaking To DisciplesUnable To ExpelWhy Do People Not Do This?

But the saying was not clear to them, and they were in fear of questioning him about it.

Verse ConceptsFools, In Teaching Of Jesus ChristFear, Of UnknownNot Asking OthersNot Understanding Sayings

And he came to Capernaum, and being in the house, he was questioning them, 'What were ye reasoning in the way among yourselves?'

Verse ConceptsRoadsChrist EnquiringDiscussions

In the house the disciples began questioning Him about this again.

Verse ConceptsTeachablenessQuestioning ChristThe Disciples Words

And as he is going forth into the way, one having run and having kneeled to him, was questioning him, 'Good teacher, what may I do, that life age-during I may inherit?'

Verse ConceptseagernessBowingKneelingChrist, Names ForParticular JourneysIndividuals RunningSetting OutSeeking LifeGood PeopleActivity BegunDoing God's Works

Some Sadducees (who say that there is no resurrection) *came to Jesus, and began questioning Him, saying,

Verse ConceptsHeresiesJudaismPrejudiceResurrection, Of The DeadQuestioning ChristAre The Dead Raised?denial

And one of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together, and knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, What commandment is the first of all?

Verse ConceptsBeing FirstQuestioning ChristAnsweringFulfilling The LawGreat ThingsMoralityimportance

And when Jesus saw that he gave a wise answer, he said to him, You are not far from the kingdom of God. And every man after that was in fear of questioning him any more.

Verse ConceptsNot Asking OthersAnsweringGod's Blessings Are NearLosing CourageQuestioning GodSchoolanswers

And as he is sitting at the mount of the Olives, over-against the temple, Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, were questioning him by himself,

Verse ConceptsAndrewPrivacyPeople Sitting DownQuestioning Christ

and he was keeping silent, and did not answer anything. Again the chief priest was questioning him, and saith to him, 'Art thou the Christ -- the Son of the Blessed?'

Verse ConceptsSelf ControlSilenceSpeech, Power And Significance OfJesus Christ, Son Of GodChrist, Names ForChrist Being SilentWho Is Jesus?Called Himself The ChristOthers Not AnsweringRiversQuestioning God

Then Pilate questioned Him again, saying, “Do You not answer? See how many charges they bring against You!”

Verse ConceptsOthers Not Answering

And it came to pass, after three days, they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both hearing them and questioning them,

Verse ConceptsLearning MethodsAskingJudaismListeningSittingSitting At The FeetChrist EnquiringFinding PeopleChrist In The Temple

And the multitudes were questioning him, saying, 'What, then, shall we do?'

Verse ConceptsReligious AwakeningsCrowds SeekingOne's Deeds

And questioning him also were those warring, saying, 'And we, what shall we do?' and he said unto them, 'Do violence to no one, nor accuse falsely, and be content with your wages.'

Verse ConceptsAggressionGreed, Believers' Response ToOccupationsSatisfactionServants, BadSoldiersWagesWitnesses, FalseContentmentFalse AccusationsEmployersAvoiding ViolenceFalse WaysDo Not StealOne's DeedsBeing Content

And while the people were waiting, and all men were questioning in their hearts about John, if he was the Christ or not,

Verse ConceptsWaitingMessianic HopePeople WaitingWho Is John The Baptist?expectations

And his disciples were questioning him, saying, 'What may this simile be?'

Verse ConceptsQuestioning ChristMeaningThe Disciples Words

But this saying was not clear to them and its sense was kept secret from them so that they were not able to see it: and they had fear of questioning him about it.

Verse ConceptsDullnessNot Asking OthersFear Of ChristNot Understanding SayingsGod's Things Concealed

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

Verse ConceptsQuestioning ChristOpposition To Christ From ScribesPharisees Concerned About ChristSchoolpharisees

And he sent for one of the servants, questioning him about what it might be.

Verse ConceptsAsking

and having blindfolded him, they were striking him on the face, and were questioning him, saying, 'Prophesy who he is who smote thee?'

Verse ConceptsBeating JesusWho Is The Doer?BlindingJesus The ProphetOther BlindingProphesy!

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

Verse ConceptsFriendship Among BelieversDrawing Near To ChristChrist Going With People

There arose therefore a questioning on the part of John's disciples with a Jew about purifying.

Verse ConceptsJohn The BaptistRitual WashingDiscussionsDisciples Of John The BaptistPurifying Oneself

So the disciples began questioning one another. "Can it be," they said, "that some one has brought Him something to eat?"

Verse ConceptsMisunderstood TruthThe Disciples WordsPeople Providing Food

When they persisted in questioning Him, He stood up and said to them, “The one without sin among you should be the first to throw a stone at her.”

Verse ConceptsMercy, Examples OfShrewdnessAcknowledge, SinUncharitablenessAbusive ParentsThrowing StonesQuestioning ChristFirst OnesInstructions About Stoning

So the Pharisees renewed their questioning as to how he had obtained his sight. "He put clay on my eyes," he replied, "and I washed, and now I can see."

Jesus saw that they had a desire to put the question to him, so he said to them, Is this what you are questioning one with another, why I said, After a little time, you will see me no longer; and then again, after a little time, you will see me?

Verse ConceptsA Short TimeSeeing The Risen ChristNot Seeing ChristQuestioning ChristChrist Knowing About PeopleChrist's Short LifeShort Time Till The End

Why are you questioning me? put questions to my hearers about what I have said to them: they have knowledge of what I said.

Verse ConceptsHearing ChristInterrogatingKnowing Facts

They, therefore, indeed, having come together, were questioning him, saying, 'Lord, dost thou at this time restore the reign to Israel?'

Verse ConceptsCovenant, God's with DavidMessianic AgeQuestionsRestoring NationsQuestioning ChristNowTime Of RestorationSalvation For IsraelRestoration Of All Things

So they brought them and presented them before the Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court). The high priest questioned them,

Verse ConceptsInterrogating

And Herod, when he sent for him, and he was not there, after questioning the watchmen, gave orders that they were to be put to death. Then he went down from Judaea to Caesarea for a time.

Verse ConceptsCommands, in NTNot FindingSeeking But Not Finding People

And when Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and questioning with them, the brethren appointed that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.

Verse Conceptselders, in the churchBelieversVisitingDissensionDisputesMan AppointingThe Apostles In ActionResolving Conflict

And when there had been much questioning, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Brethren, ye know that a good while ago God made choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.

Verse Conceptsevangelists, identity ofevangelists, ministry ofHeraldLipsDissensionDisputesMissionary ExamplesThe Gentiles ConversionPreaching Gospel To ForeignersForeigners Saved By FaithChosen DisciplesSpeaking With The Mouth

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.

Verse Conceptsevangelists, ministry ofChainsIron ChainsInterrogatingWho Is This?What Do You Do?Two Other Things

And from whom you will be able, by questioning him yourself, to get knowledge of all the things which we say against him.

Verse ConceptsInvestigating

Bible Theasaurus

Doubting (15 instances)
Inquiring (38 instances)
Interrogate (4 instances)
Interview (1 instance)
Question (181 instances)
Questioning (68 instances)
Skeptical (1 instance)
Wonder (191 instances)
Wondering (25 instances)

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