'Time' in the Bible

And he said, Take care that you are not tricked: for a number of people will come in my name, saying, I am he; and, The time is near: do not go after them.

So take care not to be troubled before the time comes, about what answers you will give:

And when the time had come, he took his seat, and the Apostles with him.

And after a little time, another saw him and said, You are one of them; and he said, Man, I am not.

And when he saw that he was under the authority of Herod, he sent him to Herod, who was in Jerusalem himself at that time.

Now when Herod saw Jesus he was very glad, having for a long time had a desire to see him, for he had had accounts of him, and was hoping to see some wonders done by him.

And he said to them a third time, Why, what evil has he done? I see no reason for putting him to death: I will give him punishment and let him go.

Then stopping, and looking sadly at him, one of them, named Cleopas, said to him, Are you the only man living in Jerusalem who has not had news of the things which have taken place there at this time?

But we were hoping that he would be the Saviour of Israel. In addition to all this he has now let three days go by from the time when these things took place;

And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glory--such glory as is given to an only son by his father--saw it to be true and full of grace.

No man has seen God at any time; the only Son, who is on the breast of the Father, he has made clear what God is.

Jesus said to her, Woman, this is not your business; my time is still to come.

The time of the Passover of the Jews was near and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Nicodemus said to him, How is it possible for a man to be given birth when he is old? Is he able to go into his mother's body a second time and come to birth again?

After these things Jesus and his disciples went into the land of Judaea, and there he was with them for some time, giving baptism.

For at this time John had not been put into prison.

Jesus said to her, Woman, take my word for this; the time is coming when you will not give worship to the Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem.

But the time is coming, and is even now here, when the true worshippers will give worship to the Father in the true way of the spirit, for these are the worshippers desired by the Father.

You would say, Four months from now is the time of the grain-cutting. Take a look, I say to you, at the fields; they are even now white for cutting.

So when the people came to him they made request to him to be among them for a time, and he was there two days.

It was clear then to the father that this was the very time at which Jesus said to him, Your son is living. And he had faith in Jesus, he and all his family.

When Jesus saw him there on the floor it was clear to him that he had been now a long time in that condition, and so he said to the man, Is it your desire to get well?

After a time Jesus came across him in the Temple and said to him, See, you are well and strong; do no more sin for fear a worse thing comes to you.

Truly I say to you, The time is coming, it has even now come, when the voice of the Son of God will come to the ears of the dead, and those hearing it will have life.

Do not be surprised at this: for the time is coming when his voice will come to all who are in the place of the dead,

He was a burning and shining light, and for a time you were ready to be happy in his light.

Jesus said to them, My time is still to come, but any time is good for you.

Go you up to the feast: I am not going up now to the feast because my time has not fully come.

Jesus said these words in the place where the offerings were stored, while he was teaching in the Temple: but no man took him because his time was still to come.

So they sent a second time for the man who had been blind and they said to him, Give glory to God: it is clear to us that this man is a sinner.

And he went again to the other side of the Jordan, to the place where John first gave baptism; and he was there for a time.

Then after that time he said to his disciples, Let us go into Judaea again.

Now Jesus had not at this time come into the town, but was still in the place where Martha had seen him.

Jesus said, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said, Lord, by this time the body will be smelling, for he has been dead four days.

So Jesus no longer went about publicly among the Jews, but went from there into the country near to the waste land, to a town named Ephraim, where he was for some time with the disciples.

Jesus said to them, For a little time longer the light will be among you; while you have the light go on walking in it, so that the dark may not overtake you: one walking in the dark has no knowledge of where he is going.

In so far as you have the light, put your faith in the light so that you may become sons of light. With these words Jesus went away and for a time was not seen again by them.

Now before the feast of the Passover, it was clear to Jesus that the time had come for him to go away from this world to the Father. Having once had love for those in the world who were his, his love for them went on to the end.

And Jesus, answering, said to him, What I do is not clear to you now, but it will be clear to you in time to come.

From this time forward, I give you knowledge of things before they come about, so that when they come about you may have belief that I am he.

Jesus said to him, Philip, have I been with you all this time, and still you have no knowledge of me? He who has seen me has seen the Father. Why do you say, Let us see the Father?

Have you not faith that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words which I say to you, I say not from myself: but the Father who is in me all the time does his works.

A little time longer, and the world will see me no more; but you will see me; and you will be living because I am living.

At that time it will be clear to you that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I in you.

They will put you out of the Synagogues: yes, the time is coming when whoever puts you to death will have the belief that he is doing God's pleasure.

I have said these things to you so that when the time comes, what I have said may come to your mind. I did not say them to you at the first, because then I was still with you.

After a little time you will see me no longer; and then again, after a little time, you will see me.

So some of the disciples said one to another, What is this he is saying, After a little time, you will see me no longer; and then again, after a little time, you will see me? and, I am going to the Father?

So they said again and again, What is this he is saying, A little time? His words are not clear to us.

Jesus saw that they had a desire to put the question to him, so he said to them, Is this what you are questioning one with another, why I said, After a little time, you will see me no longer; and then again, after a little time, you will see me?

All this I have said to you in veiled language: but the time is coming when I will no longer say things in veiled language but will give you knowledge of the Father clearly.

See, a time is coming, yes, it is now here, when you will go away in all directions, every man to his house, and I will be by myself: but I am not by myself, because the Father is with me.

Jesus said these things; then, lifting his eyes to heaven, he said, Father, the time has now come; give glory to your Son, so that the Son may give glory to you:

But when they came to Jesus, they saw that he was dead by this time, and so his legs were not broken;

For at that time they had no knowledge that the Writings said that he would have to come again from the dead.

Now this was the third time that Jesus let himself be seen by the disciples after he had come back from the dead.

Again, a second time, he said to him, Simon, son of John, have you any love for me? Yes, Lord, he said, you are certain of my love for you. Then take care of my sheep, said Jesus.

He said to him a third time, Simon, son of John, am I dear to you? Now Peter was troubled in his heart because he put the question a third time, Am I dear to you? And he said to him, Lord, you have knowledge of all things; you see that you are dear to me. Jesus said to him, Then give my sheep food.

For the baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit, after a little time.

So, when they were together, they said to him, Lord, will you at this time give back the kingdom to Israel?

And he said to them, It is not for you to have knowledge of the time and the order of events which the Father has kept in his control.

For this reason, of the men who have been with us all the time, while the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

Who is to be kept in heaven till the time when all things are put right, of which God has given word by the mouth of his holy prophets, who have been from the earliest times.

But one of the Sanhedrin, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a man of learning in the law, of whom all the people had a high opinion, got up and made a suggestion for the men to be put outside for a little time.

After this man, there was Judas of Galilee, at the time of the numbering, and some of the people went after him: he was put to death, and all his supporters were put to flight.

Then we will give all our time to prayer and the teaching of the word.

And God gave him no heritage in it, not even enough to put his foot on: but he gave him an undertaking that he would give it to him and to his children after him, though he had no child at that time.

But Jacob, hearing that there was grain in Egypt, sent out our fathers the first time.

And the second time his brothers had a meeting with Joseph, and Pharaoh had knowledge of Joseph's family.

But when the time was near for putting into effect the undertaking which God had given to Abraham, the people were increasing in Egypt,

At which time Moses came to birth, and he was very beautiful; and he was kept for three months in his father's house:

And at these words, Moses went in flight to the land of Midian, and was living there for a time, and had two sons.

Which our fathers, in their turn, took with them when, with Joshua, they came into the heritage of the nations whom God was driving out before the face of our fathers, till the time of David,

And Saul gave approval to his death. Now at that time a violent attack was started against the church in Jerusalem; and all but the Apostles went away into all parts of Judaea and Samaria.

And they gave attention to him, because for a long time his wonder-working powers had kept them under his control.

For up to that time he had not come on any of them; only baptism had been given to them in the name of the Lord Jesus.

And he was living in Joppa for some time with Simon, a leather-worker.

And the voice came to him a second time, What God has made clean, do not you make common.

But the voice, coming a second time from heaven, said, What God has made clean, do not you make common.

Then those who had gone away at the time of the trouble about Stephen, went as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus, preaching to the Jews only.

And one of them, named Agabus, said publicly through the Spirit that there would be serious need of food all over the earth: which came about in the time of Claudius.

Now, about that time, Herod the king made cruel attacks on the Christians.

And when he saw that this was pleasing to the Jews he went on to take Peter in addition. This was at the time of the feast of unleavened bread.

And Herod, when he sent for him, and he was not there, after questioning the watchmen, gave orders that they were to be put to death. Then he went down from Judaea to Caesarea for a time.

And now, see, the hand of the Lord is on you, and you will be blind and not able to see the sun for a time. And straight away a dark mist came down on him; and he went about looking for a guide.

And after these things he gave them judges, till the time of Samuel the prophet.

So they kept there for a long time, taking heart in the Lord, who gave witness to the word of his grace by causing signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

And they were with the disciples there for a long time.

And when there had been much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, My brothers, you have knowledge that some time back it was God's pleasure that by my mouth the good news might be given to the Gentiles so that they might have faith.

And when they had been there for some time, they were sent back in peace by the brothers to those who had sent them.

(Now all the Athenians and the men from other lands who come there were giving all their time to talking or hearing of anything new.)

Now on hearing about the coming back from death, some of them made sport of it, but others said, Let us go more fully into this another time.

And being requested by them to be there for a longer time, he said, No;

And having been there for some time, he went through the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, making the disciples strong in the faith.

And having sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, into Macedonia, he himself went on living in Asia for a time.

And about that time a great outcry took place about the Way.

And when he had gone up, and had taken the broken bread, he went on talking to them for a long time, even till dawn, and then he went away.

And when they had come, he said to them, You yourselves have seen what my life has been like all the time from the day when I first came into Asia,

Seeing that you are able to make certain of the fact that it is not more than twelve days from the time when I came up to Jerusalem for worship;

And while he was talking about righteousness and self-control and the judging which was to come, Felix had great fear and said, Go away for the present, and when the right time comes I will send for you.