'Trying' in the Bible

Then also, some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers argued with him. Some said, “What is this pseudo-intellectual trying to say?”Others replied, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign deities”—because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the Resurrection.

Then he entered the synagogue and spoke boldly over a period of three months, engaging in discussion and trying to persuade them about the things of the kingdom of God.

As they were trying to kill him, word went up to the commander of the regiment that all Jerusalem was in chaos.

For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple complex and were trying to kill me.