'Back' in the Bible

He will bring many of Israel's descendants back to the Lord their God.

It is he who will go as a forerunner before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers back to the children, and the disobedient to the attitude of the righteous, so as to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

When the days of his ministry were completed, he went back home.

Now Mary stayed with Elizabeth about three months and then went back home.

When the angels had left them and gone back to heaven, the shepherds told one another, "Let's go to Bethlehem and see what has taken place that the Lord has told us about."

and the shepherds turned back, glorifying and praising God, for all those things they heard and saw, as it was spoken unto them.

And when they finished all things, according to the Law of the Lord, they turned back to Galilee, to their city Nazareth;

And when the days of the feast came to an end and they were going back, the boy Jesus was still in Jerusalem, but they had no knowledge of it:

And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him.

Then he went back with them, returning to Nazareth and remaining in submission to them. His mother continued to treasure all these things in her heart.

And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, turned back from the Jordan, and was brought in the Spirit to the wilderness,

And Jesus turned back in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and a fame went forth through all the region round about concerning him,

He then rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. And the eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on Him.

And when it was day he went out, and went into a desert place, and the crowds sought after him, and came up to him, and would have kept him back that he should not go from them.

and having entered into one of the boats, that was Simon's, he asked him to put back a little from the land, and having sat down, was teaching the multitudes out of the boat.

And when he left off speaking, he said unto Simon, 'Put back to the deep, and let down your nets for a draught;'

If anyone hits you on the cheek, offer the other also. And if anyone takes away your coat, don’t hold back your shirt either.

Give to everyone who asks you, and from one who takes your things, don’t ask for them back.

If you lend to those from whom you expect to get something back, what thanks do you deserve? Even sinners lend to sinners to get back what they lend.

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to ungrateful and evil people.

Give, and it will be given to you; a good measure—pressed down, shaken together, and running over—will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.”

and those sent, having turned back to the house, found the ailing servant in health.

The man who had been dead sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.

At that time, he made a number of people free from their diseases and their pains, and from evil spirits; and to others who were blind he gave back the use of their eyes.

And Jesus answering said to them, Go, bring back word to John of what ye have seen and heard: that blind see, lame walk, lepers are cleansed, deaf hear, dead are raised, poor are evangelized;

And went in and took her place at the back of him, near his feet, weeping, so that his feet were washed with the drops from her eyes, and with her hair she made them dry, and kissing his feet she put the perfume on them.

Since they could not pay it back, he graciously forgave them both. So, which of them will love him more?”

Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again.

“Go back to your home, and tell all that God has done for you.” And off he went, proclaiming throughout the town all that Jesus had done for him.

When Jesus came back, the crowd welcomed him, because everyone was expecting him.

and her spirit came back, and she arose presently, and he directed that there be given to her to eat;

Now Herod the king had news of all these things: and he was in doubt, because it was said by some people that John had come back from the dead;

by others that Elijah had appeared, and by still others that one of the ancient prophets had come back to life.

The apostles came back and told Jesus everything they had done. Then he took them away with him privately to a city called Bethsaida.

They answered, “John the Baptist; others, Elijah; still others, that one of the ancient prophets has come back.”

Saying, The Son of man will undergo much and be put on one side by the rulers and the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and be put to death, and on the third day he will come back to life.

As the boy was still approaching, the demon knocked him down and threw him into severe convulsions. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, cured the boy, and gave him back to his father.

And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

If a peaceful person lives there, your greeting of peace will remain with him. But if that's not the case, your greeting will come back to you.

The 70 disciples came back and joyously reported, "Lord, even the demons are submitting to us in your name!"

The next day he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said, ‘Take care of him. When I come back I’ll reimburse you for whatever extra you spend.’

“When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it roams through waterless places looking for rest, and not finding rest, it then says, ‘I’ll go back to my house where I came from.’

When it gets back home, it finds it swept clean and put in order.

But God told him, "You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you. Now who will get the things you've accumulated?'

be like people waiting for their master to come back from the wedding celebration, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him.

Even if he should come back in the second or in the third watch of the night and find [them] like this, blessed are they!

Blessed [is] that slave whom his master will find so doing [when he] comes back.

But if that servant says to himself, "My master is taking a long time to come back,' and begins to beat the other servants and to eat, drink, and get drunk,

But there is a baptism which I have to undergo; and how am I kept back till it is complete!

I tell you, you will never get out of there until you pay back the last penny!"

and lo, there was a woman having a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and she was bowed together, and not able to bend back at all,

He also said to the one who had invited Him, “When you give a lunch or a dinner, don’t invite your friends, your brothers, your relatives, or your rich neighbors, because they might invite you back, and you would be repaid.

and you will be blessed, because they are not able to repay you. For it will be paid back to you at the resurrection of the righteous."

“So the slave came back and reported these things to his master. Then in anger, the master of the house told his slave, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in here the poor, maimed, blind, and lame!’

And when he gets back to his house, he sends for his neighbours and friends, saying to them, Be glad with me, for I have got back my sheep which had gone away.

And when she has it again, she gets her friends and neighbours together, saying, Be glad with me, for I have got back the bit of silver which had gone from me.

Because my son was dead and has come back to life. He was lost and has been found.' And they began to celebrate.

"Now the father's older son was in the field. As he was coming back to the house, he heard music and dancing.

‘Your brother is here,’ he told him, ‘and your father has slaughtered the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.’

But this son of yours spent your money on prostitutes, and when he came back, you killed the fattened calf for him!'

But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and has come back to life. He was lost and has been found.'"

He said, ‘A hundred measures of [olive] oil.’ And he said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’

Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A hundred measures of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’

And he said to him, If they will not give attention to Moses and the prophets, they will not be moved even if someone comes back from the dead.

And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and comes back to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”

And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God,

There were not found who did turn back to give glory to God, except this alien;'

In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.

yet because this widow is causing trouble for me, I will grant her justice, so that she does not wear me down in the end [by her] coming back!'"

"But the tax-gatherer, standing far back, would not so much as lift his eyes to Heaven, but kept beating his breast and saying, "'O God, be reconciled to me, sinner that I am.'

I say to you, This man went back to his house with God's approval, and not the other: for everyone who makes himself high will be made low and whoever makes himself low will be made high.

When Jesus heard this, he told him, "You still need to do one thing. Sell everything you have and give the money to the destitute, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come back and follow me."

who may not receive back manifold more in this time, and in the coming age, life age-during.'

And he will be given cruel blows and put to death, and on the third day he will come back to life.

But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, “Look, I’ll give half of my possessions to the poor, Lord! And if I have extorted anything from anyone, I’ll pay back four times as much!”

So he said, A certain man of high birth went into a far-away country to get a kingdom for himself, and to come back.

He called 10 of his slaves, gave them 10 minas, and told them, ‘Engage in business until I come back.’

"After he was appointed king, the prince came back. He ordered the servants to whom he had given the money to be called so he could find out what they had earned by investing.

Why then did you not put my money in a bank, so that when I came I would get it back with interest?

At the right time he sent a servant to the farmers in order to get his share of the produce of the vineyard. But the farmers beat him and sent him back empty-handed.

He sent another servant, and they beat him, too, treated him shamefully, and sent him back empty-handed.

“Well then,” He told them, “give back to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s.”

And some of the Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no coming back from the dead; and they said to him,

When they come back from the dead, whose wife will she be? for all the seven had her.

But those to whom is given the reward of the world to come, and to come back from the dead, have no wives, and are not married;

And death has no more power over them, for they are equal to the angels, and are sons of God, being of those who will come back from the dead.

But even Moses made it clear that the dead come back to life, saying, in the story of the burning thorn-tree, The Lord, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.

and these things beginning to happen bend yourselves back, and lift up your heads, because your redemption doth draw nigh.'

But I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And you, when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”

and having known that he is from the jurisdiction of Herod, he sent him back unto Herod, he being also in Jerusalem in those days.

Then Herod, with his soldiers, treated Him with contempt, mocked Him, dressed Him in a brilliant robe, and sent Him back to Pilate.

Neither has Herod, because he sent Him back to us. Clearly, He has done nothing to deserve death.

As they led him away, they seized Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country. They placed the cross on his back and made him carry it behind Jesus.

We are punished justly, because we’re getting back what we deserve for the things we did, but this man has done nothing wrong.”

and all the multitudes who were come together to this sight, beholding the things that came to pass, smiting their breasts did turn back;

Then they went back and prepared spices and perfumes, and on the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

Now on the first [day] of the week, at very early dawn, they came back to the tomb bringing the fragrant spices which they had prepared.

And they found the [large, circular] stone rolled back from the tomb,

He is not here, he has come back to life: have in mind what he said to you when he was still in Galilee, saying,

The Son of man will be given up into the hands of evil-doers, and be put to death on the cross, and on the third day he will come back to life.