'Stand in' in the Bible

So He called a young child to Him, and, bidding him stand in the midst of them,

And taking a young child He made him stand in their midst, then threw His arms round him and said,

"I am Gabriel, who stand in the presence of God," answered the angel, "and I have been sent to talk with you and tell you this good news.

But beware of slumbering; and every moment pray that you may be fully strengthened to escape from all these coming evils, and to take your stand in the presence of the Son of Man."

and was teaching them when the Scribes and the Pharisees brought to Him a woman who had been found committing adultery. They made her stand in the centre of the court, and they put the case to Him.

So they made the Apostles stand in the centre, and demanded of them, "By what power or in what name have you done this?"

"Go and stand in the Temple, and go on proclaiming to the people all this Message of Life."

So they brought them and made them stand in front of the Sanhedrin. And then the High Priest questioned them.

So Paul, taking his stand in the centre of the Areopagus, spoke as follows: "Men of Athens, I perceive that you are in every respect remarkably religious.

For we know that He who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will raise us also to be with Jesus, and will cause both us and you to stand in His own presence.

For you stand in need of patient endurance, so that, as the result of having done the will of God, you may receive the promised blessing.

But to Him who is able to keep you safe from stumbling, and cause you to stand in the presence of His glory free from blemish and full of exultant joy--

You say, I am rich, and have wealth stored up, and I stand in need of nothing; and you do not know that if there is a wretched creature it is *you* -- pitiable, poor, blind, naked.

"These witnesses are the two olive-trees, and they are the two lamps which stand in the presence of the Lord of the earth.