'Town' in the Bible

And they went to another small town.

After this, the Lord appointed 70 others, and He sent them ahead of Him in pairs to every town and place where He Himself was about to go.

When you enter any town, and they welcome you, eat the things set before you.

Heal the sick in that town and say to them, 'The kingdom of God has come upon you!'

When you enter any town, and they don’t welcome you, go out into its streets and say,

‘We are wiping off as a witness against you even the dust of your town that clings to our feet. Know this for certain: The kingdom of God has come near.’

I tell you, on that day it will be more tolerable for Sodom than for that town.

Now, while they were on their way, he came to a certain town; and a woman named Martha took him into her house.

He went through one town and village after another, teaching and making His way to Jerusalem.

"So the servant went back and reported all this to his master. Then the master of the house became angry and told his servant, "Go quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring back the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.'

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

“There was a judge in a certain town who didn’t fear God or respect man.

And a widow in that town kept coming to him, saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’

So He entered Jericho and was passing through the town.

Saying, Go into the little town in front of you, and on going in you will see a young ass fixed with a cord, on which no man has ever been seated; let him loose and take him.

And when he got near and saw the town, he was overcome with weeping for it,

Then let those who are in Judaea go in flight to the mountains; and those who are in the middle of the town go out; and let not those who are in the country come in.

And he said to them, When you go into the town you will see a man coming to you with a vessel of water; go after him into the house into which he goes.

Now this man was in prison because of an attack against the government in the town, in which there had been loss of life

A man named Joseph, who was a member of the Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court), a good and honorable man

who had not agreed with their plan and action. He was from Arimathea, a Judean town, and was looking forward to the kingdom of God.

And then, two of them, on that very day, were going to a little town named Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem.

And they came near the town to which they were going, and he seemed as if he was going on;

And now I will send to you what my father has undertaken to give you, but do not go from the town, till the power from heaven comes to you.

(Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the town of Andrew and Peter.)

so He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar near the property that Jacob had given his son Joseph.

for His disciples had gone into town to buy food.

Then the woman left her water jar, went into town, and told the men,

They left the town and made their way to Him.

Now many Samaritans from that town believed in Him because of what the woman said when she testified, “He told me everything I ever did.”

Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?

Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.

Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that place where Martha met him.

Therefore Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews but departed from there to the countryside near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim. And He stayed there with the disciples.

The writing was seen by a number of the Jews, for the place where Jesus was put to death on the cross was near the town; and the writing was in Hebrew and Latin and Greek.

Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya toward Cyrene, and the Romans who were in town,

For, truly, in this town, against your holy servant, Jesus, who was marked out by you as Christ, Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, came together,

Driving him out of the town and stoning him: and the witnesses put their clothing at the feet of a young man named Saul.

And there was much joy in that town.

but Philip found himself at Ashdod. Then visiting town after town he everywhere made known the Good News until he reached Caesarea.

But get up, and go into the town, and it will be made clear to you what you have to do.

But Saul got knowledge of their design. And they kept watch day and night on the roads out of the town, so that they might put him to death:

When the brothers found out [about the plot], they brought him down to Caesarea [Maritima] and sent him off to Tarsus [his home town].

Now Peter, as he went to town after town, came down also to God's people at Lud.

Around noon the next day, while they were on their way and coming close to the town, Peter went up on the roof to pray.

“I was in the town of Joppa praying, and I saw, in a visionary state, an object that resembled a large sheet coming down, being lowered by its four corners from heaven, and it came to me.

And when they had gone past the first and second watchmen they came to the iron door into the town, which came open by itself: and they went out and down one street; and then the angel went away.

The following Sabbath almost the whole town assembled to hear the message of the Lord.

But the Jews incited the devout, prominent women and the leading men of the city, and instigated persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them forcibly out of their district.

But the people of the city were divided; some were siding with the Jews, and some with the apostles.

Then the priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the town, brought oxen and garlands to the gates. He, with the crowds, intended to offer sacrifice.

But some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium and won over the crowds by persuasion. They stoned Paul and dragged him out of the town, thinking he was dead.

After the disciples surrounded him, he got up and went into the town. The next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.

After they had evangelized that town and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, to Iconium, and to Antioch,

For Moses has had those who proclaim him in every town from ancient times, because he is read aloud in the synagogues every Sabbath."

After some time had passed, Paul said to Barnabas, “Let’s go back and visit the brothers in every town where we have preached the message of the Lord and see how they’re doing.”

As they went from town to town, they delivered the decisions reached by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for them to obey.

And from there to Philippi, which is the most important town of Macedonia and a Roman colony: and we were there for some days.

And on the Sabbath we went outside the town, by the river, where we had an idea that there would be a place of prayer; and, being seated, we had talk with the women who had come together.

And a certain woman named Lydia, a trader in purple cloth of the town of Thyatira, and a God-fearing woman, gave ear to us: whose heart the Lord made open to give attention to the things which Paul was saying.

And when they had taken them before the authorities, they said, These men, who are Jews, are greatly troubling our town;

So they came and apologized to them, and escorting them out, they urged them to leave town.

But the [unbelieving] Jews became jealous, and taking along some thugs from [the lowlifes in] the market place, they formed a mob and set the city in an uproar; and then attacking Jason’s house tried to bring Paul and Silas out to the people.

And when they were not able to get them, they took Jason and some of the brothers by force before the rulers of the town, crying, These men, who have made trouble all over the world have now come here;

And hearing these things the people and the rulers of the town were troubled.

Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was troubled, for he saw all the town full of images of the gods.

For I am with you, and no one will make an attack on you to do you damage: for I have a number of people in this town.

And the town was full of noise and trouble, and they all came running into the theatre, having taken by force Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia who were journeying in company with Paul.

After quieting the crowd, the town clerk *said, “Men of Ephesus, what man is there after all who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of the image which fell down from heaven?

except that in town after town the Holy Spirit testifies to me that chains and afflictions are waiting for me.

And when these days came to an end, we went on our journey; and they all, with their wives and children, came with us on our way till we were out of the town: and after going on our knees in prayer by the sea,

For they had seen him before in the town with Trophimus of Ephesus, and had the idea that Paul had taken him with him into the Temple.

And all the town was moved, and the people came running together and put their hands on Paul, pulling him out of the Temple: and then the doors were shut.

But Paul said, I am a Jew of Tarsus in Cilicia, which is not an unimportant town: I make a request to you to let me say a word to the people.

I am a Jew of Tarsus in Cilicia by birth, but I had my education in this town at the feet of Gamaliel, being trained in the keeping of every detail of the law of our fathers; given up to the cause of God with all my heart, as you are today.

And they have not seen me in argument with any man in the Temple, or working up the feelings of the people, in the Synagogues or in the town:

So on the day after, when Agrippa and Bernice in great glory had come into the public place of hearing, with the chief of the army and the chief men of the town, at the order of Festus, Paul was sent for.

Sailing past it with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.

And the brothers, when they had news of us, came out from town as far as Appii Forum and the Three Taverns to have a meeting with us: and Paul, seeing them, gave praise to God and took heart.

Gaius, with whom I am living, whose house is open to all the church, sends his love, so does Erastus, the manager of the accounts of the town, and Quartus, the brother.

In frequent travels, in dangers on rivers, in dangers from outlaws, in dangers from my countrymen, in dangers from the Gentiles, in dangers in the town, in dangers in the waste land, in dangers at sea, in dangers among false brothers;

In Damascus, the ruler under Aretas the king kept watch over the town of the people of Damascus, in order to take me:

The reason I left you in Crete was to set right what was left undone and, as I directed you, to appoint elders in every town:

For he was looking for the strong town, whose builder and maker is God.

But now their desire is for a better country, that is to say, for one in heaven; and so it is no shame to God to be named their God; for he has made ready a town for them.

Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a town, stay there a year, conduct business, and make money."

Him who overcomes I will make a pillar in the house of my God, and he will go out no more: and I will put on him the name of my God, and the name of the town of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God, and my new name.

But do not take the measure of the space outside the house; because it has been given to the nations: and the holy town will be under their feet for forty-two months.

And their dead bodies will be in the open street of the great town, which in the spirit is named Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was put to death on the cross.

And in that hour there was a great earth-shock and a tenth part of the town came to destruction; and in the earth-shock seven thousand persons came to their end: and the rest were in fear, and gave glory to the God of heaven.

And the grapes were crushed under foot outside the town, and blood came out from them, even to the head-bands of the horses, two hundred miles.

And the great town was cut into three parts, and the towns of the nations came to destruction: and Babylon the great came into mind before God, to be given the cup of the wine of his wrath.

And the woman whom you saw is the great town, which is ruling over the kings of the earth.

Watching from far away, for fear of her punishment, saying, Sorrow, sorrow for Babylon, the great town, the strong town! for in one hour you have been judged.

Saying, Sorrow, sorrow for the great town, she who was clothed in delicate linen, and purple, and red; with ornaments of gold and stones of great price and jewels!

And crying out when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What town is like the great town?

And they put dust on their heads, and were sad, weeping and crying, and saying, Sorrow, sorrow for the great town, in which was increased the wealth of all who had their ships on the sea because of her great stores! for in one hour she is made waste.

And a strong angel took up a stone like the great stone with which grain is crushed, and sent it into the sea, saying, So, with a great fall, will Babylon, the great town, come to destruction, and will not be seen any more at all.

And they went up over the face of the earth, and made a circle about the tents of the saints, and the well loved town: and fire came down out of heaven for their destruction.

And I saw the holy town, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, like a bride made beautiful for her husband.