'Things' in the Bible

To these He also presented Himself alive after His suffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking of the things concerning the kingdom of God.

And after He had said these things, He was lifted up while they were looking on, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.

And all those who had believed were together and had all things in common;

But the things which God announced beforehand by the mouth of all the prophets, that His Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled.

whom heaven must receive until the period of restoration of all things about which God spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient time.

who by the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of our father David Your servant, said,‘Why did the Gentiles rage,And the peoples devise futile things?

And the congregation of those who believed were of one heart and soul; and not one of them claimed that anything belonging to him was his own, but all things were common property to them.

And great fear came over the whole church, and over all who heard of these things.

And we are witnesses of these things; and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him.”

The high priest said, “Are these things so?”

‘Was it not My hand which made all these things?’

We are witnesses of all the things He did both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They also put Him to death by hanging Him on a cross.

But motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he described to them how the Lord had led him out of the prison. And he said, “Report these things to James and the brethren.” Then he left and went to another place.

After these things He gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.

and through Him everyone who believes is freed from all things, from which you could not be freed through the Law of Moses.

As Paul and Barnabas were going out, the people kept begging that these things might be spoken to them the next Sabbath.

But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began contradicting the things spoken by Paul, and were blaspheming.

and saying, “Men, why are you doing these things? We are also men of the same nature as you, and preach the gospel to you that you should turn from these vain things to a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.

Even saying these things, with difficulty they restrained the crowds from offering sacrifice to them.

When they had arrived and gathered the church together, they began to report all things that God had done with them and how He had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles.

‘After these things I will return,And I will rebuild the tabernacle of David which has fallen,And I will rebuild its ruins,And I will restore it,

Says the Lord, who makes these things known from long ago.

but that we write to them that they abstain from things contaminated by idols and from fornication and from what is strangled and from blood.

“Therefore we have sent Judas and Silas, who themselves will also report the same things by word of mouth.

that you abstain from things sacrificed to idols and from blood and from things strangled and from fornication; if you keep yourselves free from such things, you will do well. Farewell.”

A woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple fabrics, a worshiper of God, was listening; and the Lord opened her heart to respond to the things spoken by Paul.

They stirred up the crowd and the city authorities who heard these things.

Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.

For you are bringing some strange things to our ears; so we want to know what these things mean.”

The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands;

nor is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives to all people life and breath and all things;

After these things he left Athens and went to Corinth.

And they all took hold of Sosthenes, the leader of the synagogue, and began beating him in front of the judgment seat. But Gallio was not concerned about any of these things.

This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he was speaking and teaching accurately the things concerning Jesus, being acquainted only with the baptism of John;

Now after these things were finished, Paul purposed in the Spirit to go to Jerusalem after he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, saying, “After I have been there, I must also see Rome.”

and from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.

When he had said these things, he knelt down and prayed with them all.

After he had greeted them, he began to relate one by one the things which God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.

take them and purify yourself along with them, and pay their expenses so that they may shave their heads; and all will know that there is nothing to the things which they have been told about you, but that you yourself also walk orderly, keeping the Law.

So the commander let the young man go, instructing him, “Tell no one that you have notified me of these things.”

ordering his accusers to come before you.] By examining him yourself concerning all these matters you will be able to ascertain the things of which we accuse him.”

The Jews also joined in the attack, asserting that these things were so.

If, then, I am a wrongdoer and have committed anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die; but if none of those things is true of which these men accuse me, no one can hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar.”

“In regard to all the things of which I am accused by the Jews, I consider myself fortunate, King Agrippa, that I am about to make my defense before you today;

“So then, I thought to myself that I had to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

But get up and stand on your feet; for this purpose I have appeared to you, to appoint you a minister and a witness not only to the things which you have seen, but also to the things in which I will appear to you;

For the king knows about these matters, and I speak to him also with confidence, since I am persuaded that none of these things escape his notice; for this has not been done in a corner.

and the rest should follow, some on planks, and others on various things from the ship. And so it happened that they all were brought safely to land.

Some were being persuaded by the things spoken, but others would not believe.