'Among' in the Bible

You Beth-lehem, in the land of Judah, are not the least among the chiefs of Judah: out of you will come a ruler, who will be the keeper of my people Israel.

And Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their Synagogues and preaching the good news of the kingdom, and making well those who were ill with any disease among the people.

And some of the scribes said among themselves, This man has no respect for God.

These twelve Jesus sent out and gave them orders, saying, Do not go among the Gentiles, or into any town of Samaria,

See, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Be then as wise as snakes, and as gentle as doves.

Truly I say to you, Among the sons of women there has not been a greater than John the Baptist: but he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

And some of the seed went among the stones, where it had not much earth, and straight away it came up because the earth was not deep:

And some seeds went among thorns, and the thorns came up and they had no room for growth:

And that which was dropped among the thorns, this is he who has the word; and the cares of this life, and the deceits of wealth, put a stop to the growth of the word and it gives no fruit.

But while men were sleeping, one who had hate for him came and put evil seeds among the grain, and went away.

And they were bitter against him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is nowhere without honour but in his country and among his family.

And they were reasoning among themselves, saying, We took no bread.

And Jesus, seeing it, said, O you of little faith, why are you reasoning among yourselves, because you have no bread?

For where two or three are come together in my name, there am I among them.

Let it not be so among you: but if anyone has a desire to become great among you, let him be your servant;

And whoever has a desire to be first among you, let him take the lowest place:

The baptism of John, where did it come from? from heaven or from men? And they were reasoning among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven; he will say to us, Why then did you not have faith in him?

But when the workmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is he who will one day be the owner of the property; come, let us put him to death and take his heritage.

Now there were among us seven brothers; and the first was married and at his death, having no seed, gave his wife to his brother;

But let the greatest among you be your servant.

But they said, Not while the feast is going on, for fear of trouble among the people.

And when they had put him on the cross, they made division of his clothing among them by the decision of chance.

Among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary, the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

So they took the money, and did as they had been ordered: and this account has been current among the Jews till the present time.

And some went among the thorns, and the thorns came up, and it had no room for growth and gave no fruit.

And others are those planted among the thorns; these are they who have given ear to the word,

When she had news of the things which Jesus did, went among the people coming after him, and put her hand on his robe.

And Jesus said to them, A prophet is nowhere without honour, but in his country, and among his relations, and in his family.

And he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing over them; and when the cakes were broken, he gave them to the disciples to put before the people; and he made division of the two fishes among them all.

And Jesus, hearing it, said to them, Why are you reasoning among yourselves because you have no bread? do you still not see, and is it still not clear to you? are your hearts so hard?

When I made a division of the five cakes of bread among the five thousand, what number of baskets full of broken bits did you take up? They said to him, Twelve.

And when the seven among the four thousand, what number of baskets full of broken bits did you take up? And they said to him, Seven.

And they kept the saying, questioning among themselves what the coming back from the dead might be.

But it is not so among you: but whoever has a desire to become great among you, let him be your servant:

And whoever has a desire to be first among you, let him be servant of all.

And they gave thought to it among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did you not have faith in him?

But those workmen said among themselves, This is he who will one day be the owner of the property; come, let us put him to death, and the heritage will be ours.

But they said, Not while the feast is going on, for fear there may be trouble among the people.

But some of them were angry among themselves, saying, For what purpose has this oil been wasted?

We might have got more than three hundred pence for it, and given the money to the poor. And they said things against her among themselves.

And he was nailed to the cross; and they made a division of his clothing among them, putting to the decision of chance what everyone was to take.

In the same way the chief priests, laughing at him among themselves with the scribes, said, A saviour of others, he has no salvation for himself.

And there were women watching from a distance: among them were Mary Magdalene, and Mary, the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome,

And they were saying among themselves, Who will get the stone rolled away from the door for us?

As a number of attempts have been made to put together in order an account of those events which took place among us,

And she said with a loud voice: May blessing be on you among women, and a blessing on the child of your body.

Glory to God in the highest, and on the earth peace among men with whom he is well pleased.

And in the belief that he was with some of their number, they went a day's journey; and after looking for him among their relations and friends,

And after three days they came across him in the Temple, seated among the wise men, giving ear to their words and putting questions to them.

And the day came and, turning to his disciples, he made a selection from among them of twelve, to whom he gave the name of Apostles;

Happy are you, when men have hate for you, and put you away from among them and say angry words to you, turning away in disgust at your name, because of the Son of man.

And fear came on all, and they gave praise to God, saying, A great prophet is among us: and, God has given thought to his people.

I say to you, Among all the sons of women, not one is greater than John: but he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

And some went among thorns, and the thorns came up with it and it had no room for growth.

And those which went among thorns are those who have given hearing, and go on their way, but they are overcome by cares and wealth and the pleasures of life, and they give no fruit.

And a man from among them, crying out, said, Master, I make a request to you, give a thought to my son, for he is my only child:

Now there was a discussion among them about which of them would be the greatest.

And said to them, Whoever gives honour to this child in my name, gives honour to me: and whoever gives honour to me, gives honour to him who sent me: for whoever is least among you all, that man is great.

Go on your way: see, I send you out like lambs among wolves.

And it came about that when he said these things, a certain woman among the people said in a loud voice, Happy is the body which gave you birth, and the breasts from which you took milk.

Even so, I say to you, There is joy among the angels of God, when one sinner is turned away from his wrongdoing.

And men will not say, See, it is here! or, There! for the kingdom of God is among you.

And some of the Pharisees among the people said to him, Master, make your disciples be quiet.

And they said among themselves, If we say, From heaven; he will say, Why did you not have faith in him?

And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars; and on the earth, fear among the nations and doubt because of the loud noise of the sea and the waves;

And he took a cup and, having given praise, he said, Make division of this among yourselves;

And they were wondering among themselves which of them it was who would do this thing.

And there was an argument among them about which of them was the greatest.

For which is greater, the guest who is seated at a meal or the servant who is waiting on him? is it not the guest? but I am among you as a servant.

For I say to you that these words will be put into effect in me, And he was numbered among the evil-doers: for what has been said in the Writings about me has an end.

And a fire was lighted in the middle of the open square, and they were seated together, and Peter was among them.

But they became more violent than before, saying, He has made trouble among the people, teaching through all Judaea from Galilee to this place.

And Jesus said, Father, let them have forgiveness, for they have no knowledge of what they are doing. And they made division of his clothing among them by the decision of chance.

And while their faces were bent down to the earth in fear, these said to them, Why are you looking for the living among the dead?

And certain women among us gave us cause for wonder, for they went early to the place where his body had been put,

And while they were saying these things, he himself was among them, and said to them, Peace be with you!

And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glory--such glory as is given to an only son by his father--saw it to be true and full of grace.

John's answer was: I give baptism with water; but there is one among you of whom you have no knowledge;

Now there was among the Pharisees a man named Nicodemus, who was one of the rulers of the Jews.

So when the people came to him they made request to him to be among them for a time, and he was there two days.

There is a boy here with five barley cakes and two fishes: but what is that among such a number?

Then the Jews had an angry discussion among themselves, saying, How is it possible for this man to give us his flesh for food?

And there was much discussion about him among the mass of the people. Some said, He is a good man; but others said, No, he is giving people false ideas.

So the Jews said among themselves, To what place is he going where we will not see him? will he go to the Jews living among the Greeks and become the teacher of the Greeks?

So there was a division among the people because of him.

But when they went on with their questions, he got up and said to them, Let him among you who is without sin be the first to send a stone at her.

Then some of the Pharisees said, That man has not come from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath. Others said, How is it possible for a sinner to do such signs? So there was a division among them.

There was a division again among the Jews because of these words.

So Jesus no longer went about publicly among the Jews, but went from there into the country near to the waste land, to a town named Ephraim, where he was for some time with the disciples.

So they made him a meal there, and he was waited on by Martha, and Lazarus was among those who were seated with him at table.

Now there was talk among the chief priests of putting Lazarus to death;

Now there were some Greeks among the people who had come up to give worship at the feast:

Jesus said to them, For a little time longer the light will be among you; while you have the light go on walking in it, so that the dark may not overtake you: one walking in the dark has no knowledge of where he is going.

If I had not done among them the works which no other man ever did, they would have had no sin: but now they have seen, and they have had hate in their hearts for me and my Father.

So they said among themselves, Let this not be cut up, but let us put it to the decision of chance and see who gets it. (They did this so that the Writings might come true, which say, They made a distribution of my clothing among them, and my coat they put to the decision of chance.) This was what the men of the army did.

At evening on that day, the first day of the week, when, for fear of the Jews, the doors were shut where the disciples were, Jesus came among them and said to them, May peace be with you!

So this saying went about among the brothers that this disciple would not undergo death: Jesus, however, did not say that he would not undergo death, but, If it is my desire for him to be here till I come back, what is that to you?

And in those days Peter got up among the brothers (there were about one hundred and twenty of them), and said,

For he was numbered among us, and had his part in our work.

For this reason, of the men who have been with us all the time, while the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,