'Word' in the Bible

So then, those who had received his word were baptized; and that day there were added about three thousand souls.

And now, Lord, take note of their threats, and grant that Your bond-servants may speak Your word with all confidence,

And when they had prayed, the place where they had gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God with boldness.

So the twelve summoned the congregation of the disciples and said, “It is not desirable for us to neglect the word of God in order to serve tables.

But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”

The word of God kept on spreading; and the number of the disciples continued to increase greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were becoming obedient to the faith.

Then Joseph sent word and invited Jacob his father and all his relatives to come to him, seventy-five persons in all.

Therefore, those who had been scattered went about preaching the word.

Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent them Peter and John,

So, when they had solemnly testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they started back to Jerusalem, and were preaching the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans.

The word which He sent to the sons of Israel, preaching peace through Jesus Christ (He is Lord of all)—

Now the apostles and the brethren who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.

And I remembered the word of the Lord, how He used to say, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’

So then those who were scattered because of the persecution that occurred in connection with Stephen made their way to Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except to Jews alone.

But the word of the Lord continued to grow and to be multiplied.

When they reached Salamis, they began to proclaim the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews; and they also had John as their helper.

who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God.

After the reading of the Law and the Prophets the synagogue officials sent to them, saying, “Brethren, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, say it.”

“Brethren, sons of Abraham’s family, and those among you who fear God, to us the message of this salvation has been sent.

The next Sabbath nearly the whole city assembled to hear the word of the Lord.

Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first; since you repudiate it and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we are turning to the Gentiles.

When the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord; and as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed.

And the word of the Lord was being spread through the whole region.

Therefore they spent a long time there speaking boldly with reliance upon the Lord, who was testifying to the word of His grace, granting that signs and wonders be done by their hands.

When they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.

After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, “Brethren, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the word of the gospel and believe.

“Therefore we have sent Judas and Silas, who themselves will also report the same things by word of mouth.

But Paul and Barnabas stayed in Antioch, teaching and preaching with many others also, the word of the Lord.

After some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us return and visit the brethren in every city in which we proclaimed the word of the Lord, and see how they are.”

They passed through the Phrygian and Galatian region, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia;

And they spoke the word of the Lord to him together with all who were in his house.

Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.

But when the Jews of Thessalonica found out that the word of God had been proclaimed by Paul in Berea also, they came there as well, agitating and stirring up the crowds.

But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul began devoting himself completely to the word, solemnly testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.

And he settled there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

This took place for two years, so that all who lived in Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.

So the word of the Lord was growing mightily and prevailing.

And now I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

grieving especially over the word which he had spoken, that they would not see his face again. And they were accompanying him to the ship.

And when they did not agree with one another, they began leaving after Paul had spoken one parting word, “The Holy Spirit rightly spoke through Isaiah the prophet to your fathers,