'Wanted' in the Bible

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

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

“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.

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

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.”

“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!

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.

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.

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’?

“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.

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.

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. >

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.