29 occurrences

'Asking' in the Bible

For all these are questions that Gentiles are always asking; but your Heavenly Father knows that you need these things--all of them.

Verse ConceptsGod's CareCareGuardiansPagansSeeking For Concrete ThingsWhat Foreigners Are LikeMan's NeedsWorryingTrusting God And Not WorryingWorrying About The Futureworries

"None of you know what you are asking for," said Jesus; "can you drink out of the cup from which I am about to drink?" "We can," they replied.

Verse ConceptsCup Of SufferingBaptismBitterness

So they kept the matter to themselves, although frequently asking one another what was meant by the rising from the dead.

Verse ConceptsDiscussionsUnintelligiblenessAre The Dead Raised?

"You know not," said He, "what you are asking. Are you able to drink out of the cup from which I am to drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am to be baptized?"

Verse ConceptsCup Of SufferingChrist's Baptism

They were filled with sorrow, and began asking Him, one by one, "Not I, is it?"

Verse ConceptsSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfUnhappinessWho Is The One?Other Sad People

So the people came crowding up, asking Pilate to grant them the usual favour.

Verse ConceptsCrowds Seeking

On the third day they found Him in the Temple sitting among the Rabbis, both listening to them and asking them questions,

Verse ConceptsLearning MethodsAskingJudaismListeningSittingSitting At The FeetChrist EnquiringFinding PeopleChrist In The Temple

They kept asking, "Is not this man Joseph's son? Is he not Jesus, whose father and mother we know? What does he mean by now saying, 'I have come down out of Heaven'?"

Verse ConceptsSonsChrist Going DownChrist And HeavenWho He Might BeNativity of Jesus ChristMothers And Sons

His neighbours, therefore, and the other people to whom he had been a familiar object because he was a beggar, began asking, "Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?"

Verse ConceptsBeggingBeggarsIs It Really?

when the Jews gathered round Him and kept asking Him, "How long do you mean to keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us so plainly."

Verse ConceptsPeople WaitingPlainnessBefore God ActsWho Is Jesus?

After saying this, she went and called her sister Mary privately, telling her, "The Rabbi is here and is asking for you."

Verse ConceptsChrist SummoningOthers SummoningBringing Men To Jesus

Upon His saying this, one of the officers standing by struck Him with his open hand, asking Him as he did so, "Is that the way you answer the High Priest?"

Verse ConceptsIndignities Suffered By ChristSmitingSmiting Of The RighteousAnswering People

But Simon Peter remained standing and warming himself, and this led to their asking him, "Are you also one of his disciples?" He denied it, and said, "No, I am not."

Verse ConceptsWarmingOther References To The Disciplesdenial

and recognizing him as the man who used to sit at the Beautiful Gate of the Temple asking for alms, they were filled with awe and amazement at what had happened to him.

Verse ConceptsGatesMiracles, Responses ToAlmsgivingAltruismCharitySitting In The GatewayNamed GatesRecognising Peoplesurprises

"The Moses whom they rejected, asking him, 'Who appointed you magistrate and judge?' --that same Moses we find God sending as a magistrate and a deliverer by the help of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

Verse ConceptsBurning bushMoses, Significance OfRejection Of GodIndividuals Saving OthersRejection

had come to the door and had called the servant, and were asking, "Is Simon, surnamed Peter, staying here?"

Verse ConceptsAsking Particular QuestionsStaying Temporarily

Those who were caring for Paul's safety went with him as far as Athens, and then left him, taking a message from him to Silas and Timothy, asking them to join him as speedily as possible.

Verse Conceptsevangelism, kinds ofPaul, Life Of

Then they took him and brought him up to the Areopagus, asking him, "May we be told what this new teaching of yours is?

asking it as a favour, to Paul's prejudice--to have him brought to Jerusalem. They were planning an ambush to kill him on the way.

Verse ConceptsAskingImportunity, Towards PeopleSpiritual Warfare, Causes OfAmbushAttempting To Kill Specific People

asking that I may escape unhurt from those in Judaea who are disobedient, and that the service which I am going to Jerusalem to render may be well received by the Church there,

Verse ConceptsMinistry, Qualifications ForRescueSaintsUnbelief, Results Of Being GuiltyGod Saving From EnemiesServing Groups

It is with this view also that we continually pray to our God for you, asking that He will count you worthy of His call, and by His mighty power fully gratify your every desire for what is truly good and make your work of faith complete;

Verse ConceptsPower Through GodPower, HumanPrayerfulnessWatchfulness, Of LeadersWorthinessGod's Call, ResultsFaith That WorksConsider Your Call To SalvationI Pray For YouWorks Of FaithWorthy PeopleMan's Work FinishedGod's CallPrayer, And God's WillKeeping Faithvocation

Finally, brethren, pray for us, asking that the Lord's Message may be spread rapidly and its glory be displayed, as it was displayed among you;

Verse ConceptsHonorHonouring GodMissionaries, Support ForPrayer, In The ChurchPreaching, Effects OfLast WordsPray For UsSpreading The Gospelevangelising

Bible Theasaurus

Expect (43 instances)
Inquire (138 instances)
Involve (5 instances)
Request (292 instances)
Require (110 instances)