70 occurrences in 9 translations

'Approached' in the Bible

Now [when he] saw the crowds, he went up the mountain and [after he] sat down, his disciples approached him.

Verse ConceptsMultitudesSermon On The MountCrowds AvoidedSitting To TeachChrist SeeingChrist With His DisciplesWork EthicEthicscrusades

And a leper approached, and bowed low before him, saying, "Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean."

Verse ConceptsBowingKneelingCleansing The BodyChrist WillingHealing Cancercancer

Now [when] he entered Capernaum, a centurion approached him, appealing to him

Verse ConceptsRankArmies, Roman

A scribe approached Him and said, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go!”

Verse ConceptsExaggerationsZeal, Without KnowledgeVolunteeringcats

When He entered the house, the blind men approached Him, and Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I can do this?”“Yes, Lord,” they answered Him.

Verse ConceptsAbility, Of ChristDrawing Near To ChristEntering HousesAssentingBlindness

Then He dismissed the crowds and went into the house. His disciples approached Him and said, “Explain the parable of the weeds in the field to us.”

Verse ConceptsTeachablenessCrowds AvoidedFigurative FieldsEntering HousesChrist With His Disciples

When evening came, the disciples approached Him and said, “This place is a wilderness, and it is already late. Send the crowds away so they can go into the villages and buy food for themselves.”

Verse ConceptsEveningVillagesCrowds AvoidedIsolated PersonsChrist Driving Out PeopleBuying FoodThe Disciples ReactionsEvenings For Jesus And His Disciples

When they reached the crowd, a man approached and knelt down before Him.

Verse ConceptsKneeling

When they came to Capernaum, those who collected the double-drachma tax approached Peter and said, “Doesn’t your Teacher pay the double-drachma tax?”

Verse ConceptsCollectionsMoney, Uses OfTaxDouble MoneyTax To Be Paidtaxesefficiency

Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons approached Him with her sons. She knelt down to ask Him for something.

Verse ConceptsKneelingBowing Before MessiahMothersMothers Love For Her ChildrenMothers And SonsMotherhood

When they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage at the Mount of Olives, Jesus then sent two disciples,

Verse ConceptsTwo DisciplesChrist SendingDisciples' Movements

"Now what do you think? A man had two sons. [He] approached the first [and] said, 'Son, go work in the vineyard today.'

Verse ConceptsMetaphorical VineyardsThinking ArightTwo SonsMen Working

And [he] approached the second [and] said the same [thing]. So he answered [and] said, 'I [will], sir,' and he did not go.

Verse ConceptsSecond BeingSaying RepeatedlyAcceptanceworkingmanwillstories

When harvest time approached, he sent his servants to the tenant farmers to collect his produce.

Verse ConceptsGiving, Of TalentsServants Of PeopleGod Sends Prophets

While He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples approached Him privately and said, “Tell us, when will these things happen? And what is the sign of Your coming and of the end of the age?”

Verse ConceptsArmageddonLast DaysMountainsPrivacySignsCuriosityEnd Of The WorldPeople Sitting DownSigns Of Christ's ReturnWhen?Christ With His Disciplesend times prophecyInformation AgeThe End Of The WorldSigns Of The End TimesThe Second ComingEnd Timesmath

The man who had received five talents approached, presented five more talents, and said, ‘Master, you gave me five talents. Look, I’ve earned five more talents.’

Verse ConceptsTalentsFive ThingsEntrustingLarge DenominationsGifts And Talentsinvesting

“Then the man with two talents also approached. He said, ‘Master, you gave me two talents. Look, I’ve earned two more talents.’

Verse ConceptsTalentsEntrustingTwo Other ThingsLarge DenominationsGifts And Talents

“Then the man who had received one talent also approached and said, ‘Master, I know you. You’re a difficult man, reaping where you haven’t sown and gathering where you haven’t scattered seed.

Verse ConceptsNot SowingNot Reaping What You SowOne Material ThingLarge DenominationsStrictnessKnowing God's CharacterReaping What You SowTalents

a woman approached Him with an alabaster jar of very expensive fragrant oil. She poured it on His head as He was reclining at the table.

Verse ConceptsHeadsOintmentTablesSacrificial GivingBoxesReclining To EatStone ItemsExpensive

On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the disciples approached Jesus and asked, "Where do you want us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover meal?"

Verse ConceptsPassover lambFeastingTypesWhere Are Things?

Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A servant approached him and she said, “You were with Jesus the Galilean too.”

Verse ConceptsCourtyardDenying ChristChrist With People On Earthdenial

After a little while those standing there approached and said to Peter, “You certainly are one of them, since even your accent gives you away.”

Verse ConceptsStandingThings RevealedNervousnessSpeech

He approached Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body. Then Pilate ordered that it be released.

Verse ConceptsJesus CorpseMen's Orders

Suddenly there was a violent earthquake, because an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and approached the tomb. He rolled back the stone and was sitting on it.

Verse ConceptsAngel of the LordearthquakesTombsRollingAngels Doing God's WorkOthers Going Down

Then Jesus went up on a hillside and called to himself those whom he had decided on, and they approached him.

Verse ConceptsAssociationsDrawing Near To ChristChrist SummoningGod's Desires

When it was already late, His disciples approached Him and said, “This place is a wilderness, and it is already late!

Verse ConceptsLatenesslonliness

As they approached the other disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and some scribes arguing with them.

Verse ConceptsJudaismCrowds Around JesusChrist With His Disciples

Some Pharisees approached Him to test Him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”

Verse ConceptsTestingSnares Laid For ChristQuestioning ChristTesting ChristDivorce PermittedPharisees Concerned About Christ

Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, approached Him and said, “Teacher, we want You to do something for us if we ask You.”

Verse ConceptsSelfishness

When they approached Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany near the Mount of Olives, He sent two of His disciples

Verse ConceptsTwo DisciplesDisciples' Movements

One of the scribes approached. When he heard them debating and saw that Jesus answered them well, he asked Him, “Which command is the most important of all?”

Verse ConceptsBeing FirstQuestioning ChristAnsweringFulfilling The LawGreat ThingsMoralityimportance

And at [that] same hour she approached [and] began to give thanks to God, and to speak about him to all those who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsMessianic HopeTelling Of JesusThanks For Christ

As he approached the entrance to the city, a man who had died was being carried out. He was his mother's only son, and she was a widow. A large crowd from the city was with her.

Verse ConceptsGatesCrowdsLonelinessWidowsCrowds Around JesusThe Only ChildCarrying Dead BodiesOnly Child Of PeopleActual WidowsCorpses Of Other PeopleDeath Of A Mother

approached from behind and touched the tassel of His robe. Instantly her bleeding stopped.

Verse ConceptsClothingCloaksTasselsFringe Of ClothesThose Jesus Healed

Late in the day, the Twelve approached and said to Him, “Send the crowd away, so they can go into the surrounding villages and countryside to find food and lodging, because we are in a deserted place here.”

Verse ConceptsChrist Driving Out PeopleSeeking FoodTwelve DisciplesStaying TemporarilyTemporary Stay In The Wildernesslonliness

But Martha was distracted with much preparation, so she approached [and] said, "Lord, is it not a concern to you that my sister has left me alone to make preparations? Then tell her that she should help me!"

Verse ConceptsBusynessCriticism, against believersImpatienceDiscourtesyActing AloneServing ChristComplaintsServingSiblingsWorryingServing GodDoing The Right ThingServing The Churchluckdistractionscookinghelping

“Now his older son was in the field, and when he came and approached the house, he heard music and dancing.

Verse ConceptsdanceBanquets, ActivitiesMealsSocial FellowshipMusic To Celebrate

As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road begging.

Verse ConceptsBeggingBeggarsRoadsUsing RoadsBlindness

So Jesus stopped [and] ordered him to be brought to him. And [when] he approached, he asked him,

Verse ConceptsCessationStopping StillDrawing Near To ChristChrist EnquiringChrist's Orders

As He approached Bethphage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives, He sent two of the disciples

Verse ConceptsTwo DisciplesDisciples' Movements

As he approached the road leading down from the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of his disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works they had seen:

Verse ConceptsMiracles, Responses ToPraise, Examples OfThe Disciples ReactionsSpecific Praising Of God

And it happened that on one of the days [while] he was teaching the people in the temple [courts] and proclaiming the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes approached together with the elders

Verse ConceptsTeachingThe Gospel PreachedChrist TeachingOpposition To Christ From Scribesevangelizingevangelising

While He was still speaking, behold, a crowd came, and the one called Judas, one of the twelve, was preceding them; and he approached Jesus to kiss Him.

Verse ConceptsCrowdsCrowds SeekingDrawing Near To ChristWhile Still SpeakingTwelve Disciplesserenityrelentless

He approached Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body.

Verse ConceptsJesus Corpse

While they were discussing and analyzing what had happened, Jesus himself approached and began to walk with them,

Verse ConceptsFriendship Among BelieversDrawing Near To ChristChrist Going With People

And they approached the village where they were going, and He acted as though He were going farther.

Verse ConceptsDestinations

So Jesus, again deeply moved within [to the point of anger], approached the tomb. It was a cave, and a boulder was lying against it [to cover the entrance].

Verse ConceptsCavesBurials, Places OfTombsCaves For BuryingCaves Used As Graves

So these approached Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and requested, "Sir, we would like to see Jesus."

Verse ConceptsLordship, Human And DivineSeeking ChristThe First Sight Of Christ

And [while] they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees approached them,

Verse ConceptsCaptainsGuardsJewish SectsWhile Still SpeakingPriests In Action

They incited the people, the elders, and the experts in the law; then they approached Stephen, seized him, and brought him before the council.

Verse ConceptsArrestingelders, as community leadersHigh Priest, In NtInciting To EvilSanhedrinTeachers Of The Law

"Now as the time approached for the fulfillment of the promise that God had made to Abraham, the people's population increased a great deal in Egypt.

Verse ConceptsGod Of The FathersPeople MultiplyingGod's Promise To AbrahamThe Time AppointedPromisesfulfillment

When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight, and when he approached the bush to look at it, the voice of the Lord said,

Verse ConceptsAmazingGod's Voice

Now as [he] proceeded, it happened that [when] he approached Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.

Verse ConceptsJourneyLight, NaturalVisions And Dreams In ScriptureShiningSudden EventsLight In The Worlddamascus

So Peter got up and went with them. When he arrived, they led him to the room upstairs. And all the widows approached him, weeping and showing him the robes and clothes that Dorcas had made while she was with them.

Verse ConceptsClothBereavement, Experience OfStairwaysDressMournersWidowsClothing The NeedyOuter GarmentsInner GarmentsActual WidowsUpper RoomsMourning The Death Of Otherssisterhood

Now while Peter was puzzling over what the vision he had seen could signify, the men sent by Cornelius had learned where Simon's house was and approached the gate.

Verse ConceptsGatesComing To GatesAsking Particular QuestionsPuzzlementPeople Sending People

At that very moment, three men sent to me from Caesarea approached the house where we were staying.

Verse ConceptsThree Men

There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to depart from Rome. Paul approached them,

Verse Conceptsevangelism, motivation forempiresCaesarCommands, in NTPunishment, Legal Aspects OfRefugeesGood Wives ExamplesAquilaRoman EmperorsGroups Sent Away

We set sail from there, and on the following day we arrived off Chios. The next day we approached Samos, and the day after that we arrived at Miletus.

Verse ConceptsIslandsThe Next DaySea Travelsailing

Then the commander came up and arrested Paul, and ordered that he be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done.

Verse Conceptsevangelists, ministry ofChainsIron ChainsInterrogatingWho Is This?What Do You Do?Two Other Things

“But as I was on my way, approaching Damascus about noontime, a great blaze of light suddenly flashed from heaven and shone around me.

Verse ConceptsLight, NaturalNoonAurasLight In The Worlddamascus

So the next day Agrippa and [his sister] Bernice came with great pageantry, and they went into the auditorium accompanied by the military commanders and the prominent men of the city. At the command of Festus, Paul was brought in.

Verse ConceptsJudgment SeatOfficersRankDisplayingHalls

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