'Wanted' in the Bible

Though he wanted to kill him, he feared the crowd, since they regarded him as a prophet.

And I tell you that Elijah has already come. Yet they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted. In the same way, the Son of Man will suffer at their hands."

For this reason, the kingdom of heaven can be compared to a king who wanted to settle accounts with his slaves.

Although they wanted to arrest him, they were afraid of the crowds, who considered Jesus to be a prophet.

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem! She who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, yet you were not willing!

At the festival the governor’s custom was to release to the crowd a prisoner they wanted.

Then He went up the mountain and summoned those He wanted, and they came to Him.

So Herodias held a grudge against him and wanted to kill him. But she could not,

He saw them being battered as they rowed, because the wind was against them. Around three in the morning He came toward them walking on the sea and wanted to pass by them.

Jesus got up and went away from there to the region of Tyre. And when He had entered a house, He wanted no one to know of it; yet He could not escape notice.

But I tell you that Elijah really has come, and they did whatever they pleased to him, just as it is written about him.”

Now they wanted to arrest him (but they feared the crowd), because they realized that he told this parable against them. So they left him and went away.

Because he wanted to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas for them. Then, after he had Jesus flogged, he handed him over to be crucified.

On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they wanted to name him Zechariah after his father.

So they motioned to his father to find out what he wanted him to be called.

“I beheaded John,” Herod said, “but who is this I hear such things about?” And he wanted to see Him.

For I tell you that many prophets and kings wanted to see the things you see yet didn’t see them; to hear the things you hear yet didn’t hear them.”

But the man wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"

"Alas for you expounders of the Law! for you have taken away the key of knowledge: you yourselves have not entered, and those who wanted to enter you have hindered."

That servant who knew what his master wanted but didn't prepare himself or do what was wanted will receive a severe beating.

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem! She who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!

He wanted to fill his belly with the husks that the pigs ate, but no one gave him any.

When he returned after receiving the kingdom, he summoned these slaves to whom he had given the money. He wanted to know how much they had earned by trading.

When the scribes and the high priests realized that Jesus had told this parable about them, they wanted to arrest him right then, but they were afraid of the crowd.

So they watched him closely and sent spies who pretended to be honest men in order to trap him in what he would say. They wanted to hand him over to the jurisdiction of the governor,

Herod was very glad to see Jesus; for a long time he had wanted to see Him because he had heard about Him and was hoping to see some miracle performed by Him.

But Pilate wanted to let Jesus go, so he appealed to them again,

So they approached the village where they were going. He acted as though he wanted to go farther,

On the next day Jesus wanted to set out for Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, "Follow me."

And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine.

He was a lamp that was burning and shining, and you wanted to rejoice greatly for a short time in his light.

Then Jesus took the loaves, and after giving thanks He distributed them to those who were seated—so also with the fish, as much as they wanted.

Then they wanted to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat came to the land where they had been heading.

Jesus replied, "I tell you the solemn truth, you are looking for me not because you saw miraculous signs, but because you ate all the loaves of bread you wanted.

After this Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He stayed out of Judea because the Jewish leaders wanted to kill him.

On hearing this they wanted to arrest Him; yet not a hand was laid on Him, because His time had not yet come.

Some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid hands on Him.

Jesus knew they wanted to question Him, so He said to them, “Are you asking one another about what I said, ‘A little while and you will not see Me; again a little while and you will see Me’?

As a result of this, Pilate kept making efforts to release Him, but the Jews kept screaming, “If you release this Man, you are no friend of Caesar! Anyone who makes himself out [to be] a king opposes Caesar [and rebels against the emperor]!”

“I assure you: When you were young, you would tie your belt and walk wherever you wanted. But when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands and someone else will tie you and carry you where you don’t want to go.”

When they heard this, they were enraged and wanted to kill them.

Then he became hungry and wanted to eat, but while they were preparing something, he went into a visionary state.

He was associated with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, who was an intelligent man. He sent for Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God.

The priest of the temple of Zeus, which was just outside the city, brought bulls and garlands to the gates. He and the crowds wanted to offer sacrifices.

Barnabas wanted to take along John Mark.

Paul wanted Timothy to go with him, so he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, since they all knew that his father was a Greek.

And when he had seen the vision, we wanted at once to go away to Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to proclaim the good news to them.

When he wanted to cross over to Achaia, the brothers wrote to the disciples urging them to welcome him. After he arrived, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace.

Though Paul wanted to go in before the people, the disciples did not let him.

Then some of the crowd gave Alexander advice when the Jews pushed him to the front. So motioning with his hand, Alexander wanted to make his defense to the people.

The next day, since he wanted to find out exactly why Paul was being accused by the Jews, he released him and instructed the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin to convene. Then he brought Paul down and placed him before them. >

I wanted to know the exact charge they were making against him, so I had him brought before their Council.

He even tried to desecrate the temple, so we apprehended him [and wanted to judge him according to our law.

After two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus. Since Felix wanted to do the Jews a favor, he left Paul in prison.

But Festus, [because he] wanted to do a favor for the Jews, answered [and] said to Paul, "Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem to be tried before me there concerning these [things]?"

The sailors, however, wanted to make their escape from the ship, and had lowered the boat into the sea, pretending that they were going to lay out anchors from the bow.

After they had eaten all they wanted, they began to lighten the ship by dumping its cargo of wheat into the sea.

But the centurion kept them from carrying out their plan because he wanted to save Paul, so he ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land.

After they examined me, they wanted to release me, since I had not committed a capital offense.

He wanted to demonstrate at the present time that he himself is righteous and that he justifies anyone who has the faithfulness of Jesus.

But now God has placed each one of the parts in one body just as He wanted.

It was with this confidence that I planned at first to visit you, so that you might receive twice a token of grace;

that is, [I wanted] to visit you on my way to Macedonia, and [then] to come back to you [on my return] from Macedonia, and have you send me on my way to Judea.

to finish what you started, so that just as you wanted to do it eagerly, you can also complete it according to your means.

Let it not seem as if I wanted to frighten you by my letters.

And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself.

I went up [to Jerusalem] because of a [divine] revelation, and I put before them the gospel which I preach among the Gentiles. But I did so in private before those of reputation, for fear that I might be running or had run [the course of my ministry] in vain.

God wanted to make known among the Gentiles the glorious wealth of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

So we wanted to come to you—even I, Paul, time and again—but Satan hindered us.

It is not as though we did not have that right, but we wanted to give you an example to follow.

Slaves are to be subject to their own masters in everything, to do what is wanted and not talk back,

I wanted to keep him with me, so that in my imprisonment for the gospel he might serve me in your place.

But apart from your consent, I wanted to do nothing, in order that your good [deed] might be not as according to necessity, but according to [your own] free will.

In the days of His earthly life, Jesus offered up both [specific] petitions and [urgent] supplications [for that which He needed] with fervent crying and tears to the One who was [always] able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverent submission toward God [His sinlessness and His unfailing determination to do the Father’s will].

Because God wanted to show His unchangeable purpose even more clearly to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath,

In this passage he says, "You never wanted or took delight in sacrifices, offerings, burnt offerings, and sin offerings," which are offered according to the Law.

For you know that later, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected because he didn’t find any opportunity for repentance, though he sought it with tears.