46 occurrences

'Asked' in the Bible

They asked, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up toward heaven? This same Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you saw him go up into heaven."

Verse ConceptsFutureGospel, Essence OfLast ThingsAngel, AnnouncementsChrist And HeavenChrist Coming AgainGoing To Heaven

Stunned and amazed, they asked, "All of these people who are speaking are Galileans, aren't they?

Verse ConceptsBaptism Of The Holy SpiritMarvellingGod Is Just

When he saw that Peter and John were about to go into the Temple, he asked them to give him something.

Verse ConceptsMoney, Uses Of

So Peter asked her, "Tell me, did you sell the land for that price?" She answered, "Yes, that was the price."

Verse ConceptsAssenting

He found favor with God and asked to design a dwelling for the house of Jacob,

Verse ConceptsDivine FavourBuilding God's DwellingFavor

So Philip ran up to it and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah out loud. Philip asked, "Do you understand what you're reading?"

Verse ConceptsReading The ScripturesDo You Understand?Named Prophets Of The LordReading The Bible

The eunuch asked Philip, "I ask you, who is the prophet talking about? Himself? Or someone else?"

Verse ConceptsWho Is This?

He asked him for letters to take with him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he might bring them in chains to Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsArrestingequipping, physicalWay, TheTying Updamascus

While Peter was still at a loss to know what the vision he had seen could mean, the men sent by Cornelius asked for Simon's house and went to the gate.

Verse ConceptsGatesComing To GatesAsking Particular QuestionsPuzzlementPeople Sending People

They called out and asked if Simon who was called Peter was staying there.

Verse ConceptsAsking Particular QuestionsStaying Temporarily

So Peter ordered them to be baptized in the name of Jesus the Messiah. Then they asked him to stay there for several days.

Verse ConceptsBaptism, practice ofCommands, in NTHospitality, Examples OfChristian Baptism

Now Herod had been in a violent quarrel with the people of Tyre and Sidon. So they came to him as a group. After they had won over Blastus, who oversaw security for the king's sleeping quarters, they asked for a peace agreement because their country depended on the king's country for food.

Verse ConceptsChamberlainsPeople Providing FoodNamed People Angry With OthersPrivate Rooms

After the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the synagogue leaders asked them, "Brothers, if you have any message of encouragement for the people, you may speak."

Verse ConceptsReadingLiteracySynagogueReading The ScripturesExhort OthersStudying The LawUse Of The ScripturesWritten In The ProphetsEncouragementMotivationReading The Bibleencouraginguplifting

Although they found no reason to sentence him to death, they asked Pilate to have him executed.

Verse ConceptsChrist Was Killed

The jailer asked for torches and rushed inside. Trembling as he knelt in front of Paul and Silas,

Verse ConceptsExamples Of FaithSin, Accepting Forgiveness OfTremblingConviction Of SinIndividuals Trembling

So the magistrates came, apologized to them, and escorted them out. Then they asked them to leave the city.

Verse ConceptsLeaving

Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also debated with him. Some asked, "What is this blabbermouth trying to say?" while others said, "He seems to be preaching about foreign gods." This was because Paul was telling the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.

Verse ConceptsBabblersevangelism, nature ofPhilosophyResurrection, Of The DeadFalse Teachers, Examples OfScoffersAmateursAmbiguityEncouraged To Serve Foreign gods

Then they took him, brought him before the Areopagus, and asked, "May we know what this new teaching of yours is?

They asked him to stay longer, but he refused.

Verse ConceptsStaying A Long Time

and asked them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" They answered him, "No, we haven't even heard that there is a Holy Spirit."

Verse ConceptsBaptism Of The Holy SpiritSpiritual UnderstandingThe Outpouring Of The Holy Spirit,God Not ExistingReceiving The SpiritBaptismghosts

He then asked, "Then into what were you baptized?" They answered, "Into John's baptism."

Verse ConceptsBaptised By JohnBaptism

Then the tribune came up, grabbed Paul, and ordered him to be tied up with two chains. He then asked who Paul was and what he had done.

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

Just as Paul was about to be taken into the barracks, he asked the tribune, "May I say something to you?"

Verse ConceptsLanguages Mentioned In Scripture

The tribune asked, "Oh, do you speak Greek? You're not the Egyptian who started a revolt some time ago and led 4,000 assassins into the desert, are you?"

Verse ConceptsFour ThousandTemporary Stay In The Wilderness

But when they had tied him up with the straps, Paul asked the centurion who was standing there, "Is it legal for you to whip a Roman citizen who hasn't been condemned?"

Verse ConceptsempiresRevenge, And RetaliationRoman CitizensScourgingBreaking Man's LawNo CondemnationTying UpCitizens

So the tribune went and asked Paul, "Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?" "Yes," he said.

Verse ConceptsPrisoners

The men standing near him asked, "Do you mean to insult God's high priest?"

Verse ConceptsInsulting Other People

So the centurion took him, brought him to the tribune, and said, "The prisoner Paul called me and asked me to bring this young man to you. He has something to tell you."

Verse ConceptsChiliarchs

The tribune took him by the hand, stepped aside to be alone with him, and asked, "What have you got to tell me?"

Verse ConceptsTaking By The HandAsking Particular QuestionsChiliarchs

After reading the letter, the governor asked which province Paul was from. On learning that he was from Cilicia,

Verse ConceptsProvinces

Then Festus, wanting to do the Jewish leaders a favor, asked Paul, "Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem to be tried there before me on these charges?"

Verse ConceptsMen PleasersPopularityPleasing MenPopularity Sought

When I went to Jerusalem, the high priests and the Jewish elders informed me about him and asked me to condemn him.

Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersPeople Accusing People

I was puzzled how I should investigate such matters, so I asked if he would like to go to Jerusalem and be tried there for these things.

Verse ConceptsPuzzlementCourt Sessions

But Paul appealed his case and asked to be held in prison until the decision of his Majesty. So I ordered him to be held in custody until I could send him to the emperor."

Verse ConceptsCaesarRoman EmperorsPeople Involved In Judgement

That's why I asked to see you and speak with you, since it is for the hope of Israel that I'm wearing this chain."

Verse ConceptsChainsHope, As ConfidenceIron ChainsSalvation For IsraelFor The Sake Of God's Peoplevocation

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