'Themselves' in the Bible

They began discussing this among themselves: "If we say, "From heaven,' he will ask us, "Then why didn't you believe him?' But if we say, "From humans,' we are afraid of the crowd, because everyone regards John as a prophet."

But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.

But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered themselves together.

saying, The scribes and the Pharisees have set themselves down in Moses' seat:

Therefore do and observe everything that they tell you, but do not do as {they do}, for they tell [others to do something] and do not do [it themselves].

For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.

they who were foolish having taken their lamps, did not take with themselves oil;

"Then all those bridesmaids roused themselves and trimmed their torches.

Then they themselves also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not take care of You?’

And the chief priests and the elders did persuade the multitudes that they might ask for themselves Barabbas, and might destroy Jesus;

And having crucified him, they divided his garments, casting a lot, that it might be fulfilled that was spoken by the prophet, 'They divided my garments to themselves, and over my vesture they cast a lot;'

And coming out of their tombs after Christ's resurrection they entered the holy city and showed themselves to many.

Trembling from fear, even the guards themselves became catatonic.

There they saw Him and prostrated themselves before Him. Yet some doubted.

And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? for with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they do obey him.

Finding themselves unable, however, to bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, they untiled the roof just over His head, and after clearing an opening they lowered the mat on which the paralytic was lying.

But some of the scribes were sitting there, thinking to themselves:

And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?

for he did heal many, so that they threw themselves on him, in order to touch him -- as many as had plagues;

And the foul spirits, whenever they saw Him, threw themselves down at His feet, screaming out: "You are the Son of God."

And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.

and without a simile he was not speaking to them, and by themselves, to his disciples he was expounding all.

And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.

And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught.

So they went away in the boat by themselves to a remote place,

Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat.

They sat down in groups of hundreds and of fifties [so that the crowd resembled an orderly arrangement of colorful garden plots].

And he went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased: and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered.

and, coming from the market-place, if they do not baptize themselves, they do not eat; and many other things there are that they received to hold, baptisms of cups, and pots, and brazen vessels, and couches.

About that time there was again an immense crowd, and they found themselves with nothing to eat. So He called His disciples to Him.

And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread.

And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them.

And suddenly, when they had looked round about, they saw no man any more, save Jesus only with themselves.

And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean.

But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest.

And they were astonished out of measure, saying among themselves, Who then can be saved?

And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him?

But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.

Many will come in My name [misusing My name or claiming to be the Messiah], saying, ‘I am He!’ and will deceive and mislead many.

And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?

We might have got more than three hundred pence for it, and given the money to the poor. And they said things against her among themselves.

And the multitude having cried out, began to ask for themselves as he was always doing to them,

Then they crucified him. They divided his clothes among themselves by throwing dice to see what each one would get.

Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save.

And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre?

Later, He appeared to the Eleven themselves as they were reclining at the table. He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who saw Him after He had been resurrected.

And all went to enrol themselves, every one to his own city.

And they were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying, What a word is this! for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out.

The scribes and the Pharisees began to argue among themselves, saying, "Who is this man who is uttering blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?"

But they were filled with madness, and they spoke together among themselves what they should do to Jesus.

But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.

And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also?

Those beside the road are the people who have heard; then the devil comes and takes the message [of God] away from their hearts, so that they will not believe [in Me as the Messiah] and be saved.

and they were all weeping, and beating themselves for her, and he said, 'Weep not, she did not die, but doth sleep;

And the day went on; and the twelve came to him and said, Send these people away so that they may go into the towns and the country round about and get resting-places and food for themselves, for we are in a waste place.

Now Peter and the others were weighed down with sleep; but, keeping themselves awake all through, they saw His glory, and the two men standing with Him.

After this voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. They kept it to themselves, and said not a word to any one at that time about what they had seen.

And having turned unto the disciples, he said, by themselves, 'Happy the eyes that are perceiving what ye perceive;

When He left there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be very hostile [toward Him] and to interrogate Him on many subjects,

for from now on five in one household will be divided [over Me], three against two and two against three.

He told a parable to those who were invited, when He noticed how they would choose the best places for themselves:

'And they began with one consent all to excuse themselves: The first said to him, A field I bought, and I have need to go forth and see it; I beg of thee, have me excused.

What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if one of them gets loose and goes away, will not let the ninety-nine be in the waste land by themselves, and go after the wandering one, till he sees where it is?

And he said to them, Ye are they who justify themselves before men, but God knows your hearts; for what amongst men is highly thought of is an abomination before God.

And when he went into a certain small town he came across ten men who were lepers, and they, keeping themselves at a distance,

And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:

When the people saw it, they all began muttering [in discontent], “He has gone to be the guest of a man who is a [notorious] sinner.”

And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then believed ye him not?

But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.

And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.

For they gave out of their wealth, having more than enough for themselves: but she, even out of her need, has put in all her living.

He said, “Be careful and see to it that you are not misled; for many will come in My name [appropriating for themselves the name Messiah which belongs to Me alone], saying, ‘I am He,’ and, ‘The time is near!’ Do not follow them.

They were delighted and agreed with him to give him money.

And they began to inquire among themselves, which of them it was that should do this thing.

And when they had lighted a fire in the middle of the court and had seated themselves in a group round it, Peter was sitting among them,

And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before they were at enmity between themselves.

And there was following him a great multitude of the people, and of women, who also were beating themselves and lamenting him,

But Jesus was saying, “Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.” And they cast lots, dividing up His garments among themselves.

Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, wondering in himself at that which was come to pass.

They began describing in detail what had happened on the road, and how Jesus was recognized by them when He broke the bread.

and being amazed, and becoming affrighted, they were thinking themselves to see a spirit.

Now when He was in Jerusalem at the Passover feast, many believed in His name [identifying themselves with Him] after seeing His signs (attesting miracles) which He was doing.

So when He came to Galilee, the Galileans received Him, having seen all the things that He did in Jerusalem at the feast; for they themselves also went to the feast.

'But I have the testimony greater than John's, for the works that the Father gave me, that I might finish them, the works themselves that I do, they testify concerning me, that the Father hath sent me.

Jesus said, “Have the people sit down [to eat].” Now [the ground] there was [covered with] an abundance of grass, so the men sat down, about 5,000 in number.

The next day, the crowd that had remained on the other side of the sea noticed that only one boat had been there, and no other, and that Jesus had not gotten into that boat with his disciples. Instead, his disciples had gone away by themselves.

when therefore the multitude saw that Jesus is not there, nor his disciples, they also themselves did enter into the boats, and came to Capernaum seeking Jesus;

The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?

Nicodemus says to them (being one of themselves),

So the Jews were asking [among themselves], “Will He kill Himself? Is that why He says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?”

Such was their answer, because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already settled among themselves that if any one should acknowledge Jesus as the Christ, he should be excluded from the synagogue.

And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.

Then sought they for Jesus, and spake among themselves, as they stood in the temple, What think ye, that he will not come to the feast?

The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.

Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me. Otherwise, believe because of the works themselves.

Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father?

because the sayings that Thou hast given to me, I have given to them, and they themselves received, and have known truly, that from Thee I came forth, and they did believe that Thou didst send me.

I am no longer in the world; and yet they themselves are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, that they may be one even as We are.

And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.