'Wanting' in the Bible
And it happened that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were wanting to name him {after} his father Zechariah.
He was told, “Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, wanting to see You.”
And Herod said, "John I beheaded, but who is this about whom I hear such things?" And he was wanting to see him.
But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
Others, wanting to test Jesus, kept asking him for a sign from heaven.
“For which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it?
On receiving this answer Jesus said to him, "There is still one thing wanting in you. Sell everything you possess and give the money to the poor, and you shall have wealth in Heaven; and then come, follow me."
“There will be signs (attesting miracles) in the sun and moon and stars; and on the earth [there will be] distress and anguish among nations, in perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea and the waves,
Now Herod was very glad to see Jesus, because he had been wanting to see him for a long time on account of what he had heard about him. He was also hoping to see some sign done by him.
Pilate, wanting to release Jesus, addressed them again,
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