'Started' in the Bible

After he went out, that same slave found one of his fellow slaves who owed him one hundred silver coins. So he grabbed him by the throat and started to choke him, saying, 'Pay back what you owe me!'

When they had done this, they caught so many fish that their nets started to tear.

and as they sailed he fell asleep. Now a violent windstorm came down on the lake, and the boat started filling up with water, and they were in danger.

For Jesus had started commanding the evil spirit to come out of the man. (For it had seized him many times, so he would be bound with chains and shackles and kept under guard. But he would break the restraints and be driven by the demon into deserted places.)

Now an argument started among the disciples as to which of them might be the greatest.

A dispute also started among them over which of them was to be regarded as the greatest.

But they persisted in saying, "He incites the people by teaching throughout all Judea. It started in Galilee and ended up here!"

(This was a man who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection started in the city, and for murder.)

Immediately the man was healed, and he picked up his mat and started walking. (Now that day was a Sabbath.)

got into a boat, and started to cross the lake to Capernaum. (It had already become dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.)

So after Peter and John had solemnly testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they started back to Jerusalem, proclaiming the good news to many Samaritan villages as they went.

So Philip started speaking, and beginning with this scripture proclaimed the good news about Jesus to him.

Then Peter started speaking: "I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism in dealing with people,

After these days we got ready and started up to Jerusalem.

Then you're not that Egyptian who started a rebellion and led the four thousand men of the 'Assassins' into the wilderness some time ago?"

The local inhabitants showed us extraordinary kindness, for they built a fire and welcomed us all because it had started to rain and was cold.

to finish what you started, so that just as you wanted to do it eagerly, you can also complete it according to your means.