24 occurrences

'Stay' in the Bible

Now [after] they had gone away, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph, saying, "Get up, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you. For Herod is about to seek the child to destroy him."

Verse ConceptsFutureFugitivesAngel of the LordCommunicationSafetySpeech, DivineSuffering, Of Jesus ChristViolenceHeaven And AngelsVisions And Dreams In ScriptureProvincesStaying PutAttempts To Kill ChristGod AppearingTaking ChristImmigrantsreuniting

And he came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, "So, were you not able to stay awake with me one hour?

Verse ConceptsHourPainPrayerlessnessSleep, PhysicalUnreliabilityOverconfidenceOne HourChrist With His DisciplesStress And Hard Times

And he said to them, "Whenever you enter into a house, stay there until you depart from there.

Verse ConceptsGuestsHospitality, Examples OfProperty, HousesTownMotionlessnessStaying PutEntering Houses

And he said to them, "My soul is deeply grieved, to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake."

Verse ConceptsSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfUnhappinessStaying Put

And he came and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, "Simon, are you sleeping? Were you not able to stay awake one hour?

Verse ConceptsHourPrayerlessnessSleep, PhysicalUnreliabilityOne Hour

And the man from who the demons had gone out was begging him to stay with him, but he sent him away, saying,

Verse ConceptsChrist With People On Earth

And into whatever house you enter, stay there and depart from there.

Verse ConceptsGuestsHospitality, Examples OfMotionlessnessStaying PutEntering Houses

And when he came to the place, Jesus looked up [and] said to him, "Zacchaeus, come down quickly, because it is necessary [for] me to stay at your house today!"

Verse ConceptsMan Going DownTodayHurrying Others OnStaying Temporarily

And they urged him strongly, saying, "Stay with us, because it is [getting] toward evening, and by this time the day is far spent." And he went in to stay with them.

Verse ConceptsEveningGuestsHospitality, Examples OfHospitality Towards ChristDinnerEvenings For Jesus And His DisciplesStaying TemporarilyReceiving Jesus As A Guest

So when the Samaritans came to him, they began asking him to stay with them. And he stayed there two days.

Verse ConceptseagernessTwo DaysStaying Temporarily

So he ordered [that] they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay for several days.

Verse ConceptsBaptism, practice ofCommands, in NTHospitality, Examples OfChristian Baptism

The God of this people Israel chose our fathers and exalted the people during [their] stay in the land of Egypt, and with uplifted arm he led them out of it.

Verse ConceptsGuidance, Examples Of God'sArm Of GodLeaving EgyptGod Multipling PeopleStrangers in israel

And [when] they asked [him] to stay for a longer time, he did not give his consent,

Verse ConceptsStaying A Long Time

where we found brothers, [and] were implored to stay with them seven days. And in this way we came to Rome.

Verse Conceptsevangelism, kinds ofWeeksSeven Days

And when we entered into Rome, Paul was allowed to stay by himself with the soldier who was guarding him.

Verse ConceptsArrestingempiresGuardsHousesIsolated Persons

and perhaps I will stay with you, or even spend the winter, so that you may send me on my way wherever I may go.

Verse ConceptsWinterPeople Sending People

But to stay on in the flesh [is] more necessary for your sake.

Bible Theasaurus

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