'Staying' in the Bible
after staying the full number of days, when they started back home the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem. His parents did not discover this,
Then Jesus turned round, and seeing them following He asked them, "What is your wish?" "Rabbi," they replied--'Rabbi' means 'Teacher' --"where are you staying?"
"Come and you shall see," He said. So they went and saw where He was staying, and they remained and spent that day with Him. It was then about ten o'clock in the morning.
and Peter remained for a considerable time at Jaffa, staying at the house of a man called Simon, a tanner.
He is staying as a guest with Simon, a tanner, who has a house close to the sea."
had come to the door and had called the servant, and were asking, "Is Simon, surnamed Peter, staying here?"
Send therefore to Jaffa, and invite Simon, surnamed Peter, to come here. He is staying as a guest in the house of Simon, a tanner, close to the sea.'