'Standing' in the Bible

“Whenever you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by people. I assure you: They’ve got their reward!

He was still speaking to the crowds when suddenly His mother and brothers were standing outside wanting to speak to Him.

Someone told Him, “Look, Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to You.”

I assure you: There are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.”

When he went out about nine in the morning, he saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.

Then about five he went and found others standing around, and said to them, ‘Why have you been standing here all day doing nothing?’

“So when you see the abomination that causes desolation, spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place” (let the reader understand),

After a little while those standing there approached and said to Peter, “You certainly are one of them, since even your accent gives you away.”

When some of those standing there heard this, they said, “He’s calling for Elijah!”

Then His mother and His brothers came, and standing outside, they sent word to Him and called Him.

Then He said to them, “I assure you: There are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God come in power.”

and some of those standing there said to them, “What are you doing, untying the donkey?”

“When you see the abomination that causes desolation standing where it should not” (let the reader understand), “then those in Judea must flee to the mountains!

When the servant saw him again she began to tell those standing nearby, “This man is one of them!”

But again he denied it. After a little while those standing there said to Peter again, “You certainly are one of them, since you’re also a Galilean!”

When some of those standing there heard this, they said, “Look, He’s calling for Elijah!”

When the centurion, who was standing opposite Him, saw the way He breathed His last, he said, “This man really was God’s Son!”

An angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing to the right of the altar of incense.

As the crowd was pressing in on Jesus to hear God’s word, He was standing by Lake Gennesaret.

He was told, “Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, wanting to see You.”

I tell you the truth: There are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God.”

Peter and those with him were in a deep sleep, and when they became fully awake, they saw His glory and the two men who were standing with Him.

“But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even raise his eyes to heaven but kept striking his chest and saying, ‘God, turn Your wrath from me—a sinner!’

So he said to those standing there, ‘Take the mina away from him and give it to the one who has 10 minas.’

Again the next day, John was standing with two of his disciples.

I know that You always hear Me, but because of the crowd standing here I said this, so they may believe You sent Me.”

The crowd standing there heard it and said it was thunder. Others said that an angel had spoken to Him.

“Jesus the Nazarene,” they answered.“I am He,” Jesus told them.Judas, who betrayed Him, was also standing with them.

But Peter remained standing outside by the door. So the other disciple, the one known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the girl who was the doorkeeper and brought Peter in.

Now the slaves and the temple police had made a charcoal fire, because it was cold. They were standing there warming themselves, and Peter was standing with them, warming himself.

When He had said these things, one of the temple police standing by slapped Jesus, saying, “Is this the way you answer the high priest?”

Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. They said to him, “You aren’t one of His disciples too, are you?”He denied it and said, “I am not!”

Standing by the cross of Jesus were His mother, His mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

When Jesus saw His mother and the disciple He loved standing there, He said to His mother, “Woman, here is your son.”

Having said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, though she did not know it was Jesus.

let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene—whom you crucified and whom God raised from the dead—by Him this man is standing here before you healthy.

And since they saw the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say in response.

“We found the jail securely locked, with the guards standing in front of the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside!”

Someone came and reported to them, “Look! The men you put in jail are standing in the temple complex and teaching the people.”

“Then the Lord said to him:Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.

But Stephen, filled by the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven. He saw God’s glory, with Jesus standing at the right hand of God, and he said,

“Look! I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”

He reported to us how he had seen the angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa, and call for Simon, who is also named Peter.

She recognized Peter’s voice, and because of her joy, she did not open the gate but ran in and announced that Peter was standing at the gateway.

Then Paul stood up and motioned with his hand and said: “Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen!

But the Jews incited the prominent women, who worshiped God, and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and expelled them from their district.

During the night a vision appeared to Paul: A Macedonian man was standing and pleading with him, “Cross over to Macedonia and help us!”

And when the blood of Your witness Stephen was being shed, I was standing by and approving, and I guarded the clothes of those who killed him.’

As they stretched him out for the lash, Paul said to the centurion standing by, “Is it legal for you to scourge a man who is a Roman citizen and is uncondemned?”

But the high priest Ananias ordered those who were standing next to him to strike him on the mouth.

And those standing nearby said, “Do you dare revile God’s high priest?”

or about this one statement I cried out while standing among them, ‘Today I am being judged before you concerning the resurrection of the dead.’”

But Paul said: “I am standing at Caesar’s tribunal, where I ought to be tried. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as even you can see very well.

So if you have cases pertaining to this life, do you select those who have no standing in the church to judge?

Just one thing: Live your life in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or am absent, I will hear about you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind, working side by side for the faith that comes from the gospel,

For those who have served well as deacons acquire a good standing for themselves, and great boldness in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.

The Holy Spirit was making it clear that the way into the most holy place had not yet been disclosed while the first tabernacle was still standing.

Then I saw One like a slaughtered lamb standing between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent into all the earth.

After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, restraining the four winds of the earth so that no wind could blow on the earth or on the sea or on any tree.

After this I looked, and there was a vast multitude from every nation, tribe, people, and language, which no one could number, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were robed in white with palm branches in their hands.

Then the angel that I had seen standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven.

Now the voice that I heard from heaven spoke to me again and said, “Go, take the scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.”

I also saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who had won the victory over the beast, his image, and the number of his name, were standing on the sea of glass with harps from God.

Then I saw an angel standing on the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice, saying to all the birds flying high overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God,

I also saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life, and the dead were judged according to their works by what was written in the books.