46 occurrences

'Asked' in the Bible

so much that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked.

Verse ConceptsGiving To OthersPeople Promising

And His disciples asked Him, “Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

Verse ConceptsJudaismTeachers Of The LawPeople Going BeforeWhy Do Others Do This?

Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question:

Verse ConceptsChrist EnquiringPharisees Concerned About ChristEducationpharisees

This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given to him.

Verse ConceptsJesus CorpseMen's Orders

Immediately she came in a hurry to the king and asked, saying, “I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.”

Verse ConceptseagernessSuddenlyRemoving HeadsSkullsHasty ActionPots For Cooking And Eating

Taking the blind man by the hand, He brought him out of the village; and after spitting on his eyes and laying His hands on him, He asked him, “Do you see anything?”

Verse ConceptsSpittingSalivaLaying On Hands To HealEyes Cared ForThe Faculty Of Sight

They asked Him, saying, “Why is it that the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

Verse ConceptsTeachablenessTeachers Of The LawPeople Going BeforeWhy Do Others Do This?

And He asked them, “What are you discussing with them?”

Verse ConceptsDiscussions

And He asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he said, “From childhood.

Verse ConceptsChronic AilmentsBeing Evil From Youth

One of the scribes came and heard them arguing, and recognizing that He had answered them well, asked Him, “What commandment is the foremost of all?”

Verse ConceptsBeing FirstQuestioning ChristAnsweringFulfilling The LawGreat ThingsMoralityimportance

Joseph of Arimathea came, a prominent member of the Council, who himself was waiting for the kingdom of God; and he gathered up courage and went in before Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.

Verse ConceptsBoldness, To PeopleKingdom Of God, Coming OfSanhedrinWaitingWaiting On GodBoldness Examples OfMessianic HopeJesus CorpseNot DiscouragedThose Who Wait For Godrisk

And he asked for a tablet and wrote as follows, “His name is John.” And they were all astonished.

Verse ConceptsLiteracyTabletsWritingGod Naming PeopleWriting On Objectsplagiarism

And He got into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little way from the land. And He sat down and began teaching the people from the boat.

Verse ConceptsBoatsJesus As Our TeacherSitting To TeachChrist Teachingbelonging

And Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Legion”; for many demons had entered him.

Verse ConceptsEvil SpiritsLonelinessSatanic InvasionDemons EnteringMany Spiritual BeingsDemonsCasting Out Demons

And all the people of the country of the Gerasenes and the surrounding district asked Him to leave them, for they were gripped with great fear; and He got into a boat and returned.

Verse ConceptsCowardicedefeatFear, Of UnknownBoatsFear Of Christ

Now suppose one of you fathers is asked by his son for a fish; he will not give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?

Verse ConceptsSnakesRepulsive FoodFathers And SonsBreadGivingBeing A Good FatherFishfatherhoodparenthood

Or if he is asked for an egg, he will not give him a scorpion, will he?

Verse ConceptsEggsScorpions

Now when He had spoken, a Pharisee *asked Him to have lunch with him; and He went in, and reclined at the table.

Verse ConceptsInvitationsPharisees, Attitudes To Jesus ChristTablesReclining To EatWhile Still Speaking

So Pilate asked Him, saying, “Are You the King of the Jews?” And He answered him and said, “It is as you say.”

Verse ConceptsClaimsKingship, DivineQuestioning ChristAssentingWho Is Jesus?Christ Is King Of IsraelSalvation For Israel

When Pilate heard it, he asked whether the man was a Galilean.

Verse Conceptsassertiveness

this man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

Verse ConceptsJesus Corpse

They asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” And he *said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” And he answered, “No.”

Verse ConceptsContradictingWho Is John The Baptist?Jesus The Prophet

They asked him, and said to him, “Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”

Verse ConceptsGod Is TruthfulWho Is John The Baptist?Jesus The ProphetWhy Do You Do This?

They asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Pick up your pallet and walk’?”

Verse ConceptsThe Healed WalkingWho Is The Doer?Carrying Other Loads

And His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he would be born blind?”

Verse ConceptsdiseasesRabbiHereditySins Of The FathersThe Disciples WordsSin Brings SicknessWhat Sin?BlindnessFamily Problems

Therefore He again asked them, “Whom do you seek?” And they said, “Jesus the Nazarene.”

Verse Conceptsseeking

Then the Jews, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

Verse ConceptsJews, TheLegsBones BrokenCrucifiedOthers CrucifiedPreparing FoodRules About CorpsesSabbath Observed

After these things Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but a secret one for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus; and Pilate granted permission. So he came and took away His body.

Verse ConceptsCowardiceFaith, Growth InJews, TheSecrecyFear Of ManMyrrhAsking PermissionJesus CorpseFear Of EnemiesTaking Care Of Your Body

David found favor in God’s sight, and asked that he might find a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.

Verse ConceptsDivine FavourBuilding God's DwellingFavor

and asked for letters from him to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, both men and women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsArrestingequipping, physicalWay, TheTying Updamascus

Now while Peter was greatly perplexed in mind as to what the vision which he had seen might be, behold, the men who had been sent by Cornelius, having asked directions for Simon’s house, appeared at the gate;

Verse ConceptsGatesComing To GatesAsking Particular QuestionsPuzzlementPeople Sending People

And he ordered them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay on for a few days.

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

Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

Verse ConceptsForty YearsThe Number Forty40 To 50 Years

And though they found no ground for putting Him to death, they asked Pilate that He be executed.

Verse ConceptsChrist Was Killed

When they asked him to stay for a longer time, he did not consent,

Verse ConceptsStaying A Long Time

So he took him and led him to the commander and *said, “Paul the prisoner called me to him and asked me to lead this young man to you since he has something to tell you.”

Verse ConceptsChiliarchs

When he had read it, he asked from what province he was, and when he learned that he was from Cilicia,

Verse ConceptsProvinces

Being at a loss how to investigate such matters, I asked whether he was willing to go to Jerusalem and there stand trial on these matters.

Verse ConceptsPuzzlementCourt Sessions

And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests which we have asked from Him.

Verse ConceptsGod Answers PrayerKnowing GodGod Answering Prayerspetition

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Demand (66 instances)
Enquire (7 instances)
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