459 occurrences in 13 translations

'Back' in the Bible

He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the child. When you find Him, report back to me so that I too can go and worship Him.”

Verse ConceptsExamples Of DeceitAdoration, Of ChristFinding PeopleTelling Of MovementsWorshipping Christ

But John would have kept him back, saying, It is I who have need of baptism from you, and do you come to me?

Verse ConceptsNeedHumility, Examples OfBaptised Into ChristChrist's BaptismMan's NeedsBaptism

Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he went back to Galilee.

Verse ConceptsMonotonyPrisonersTelling Of Happeningsjail

I tell you with certainty, you will not get out of there until you pay back the last dollar!"

Verse ConceptsGoing OutsideEvil And FreedomSettling Accounts

And if any man goes to law with you and takes away your coat, do not keep back your robe from him.

Verse ConceptsCloaksDressPeople Giving ClothesOuter GarmentsInner GarmentsAdding EvilRobbing People

While he was saying these things to them, there came a ruler and gave him worship, saying, My daughter is even now dead; but come and put your hand on her, and she will come back to life.

Verse ConceptsFeetChildren, examples ofBowingKneelingChildren, In Jesus MiraclesLaying On Hands To HealWhile Still SpeakingDeath Of Unnamed IndividualsThose Jesus HealedChildren In The Miracles Of Jesus Christ

and if indeed the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it; and if it be not worthy, let your peace turn back to you.

Verse ConceptsReversion Of ThingsWorthy PeopleNo PeacePeace To YouRestSelf WorthChristmas TreeGiving Backwelcome

And he said to them, Which of you, having a sheep, if it gets into a hole on the Sabbath day, will not put out a helping hand and get it back?

Verse ConceptsPitsAnimals FallingOne Material ThingThe Sabbath And ChristHoles In The GroundJesus Healing On Sabbathhelping

Then it says, ‘I’ll go back to my house that I came from.’ And returning, it finds the house vacant, swept, and put in order.

Verse ConceptsPutting In OrderEmpty PeopleMetaphorical HousesSoliloquySweepingIndividuals going homespaceorderDemonic Influence

Then he goes and brings back with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they come in and dwell there; and in the end that man's condition becomes worse than it was at first. So will it be also with the present wicked generation."

Verse Conceptsevil, origins ofSevenEvil GenerationsSeven SpiritsDemons EnteringMore ThanWorseBackslidersDemonsCasting Out Demonshomecoming

And he said to his servants, This is John the Baptist; he has come back from the dead, and so these powers are working in him.

Verse ConceptsPower, God's SavingSuperstitionWho He Might BeWhy It Happenedanniversary

Because whoever has a desire to keep his life safe will have it taken from him; but whoever gives up his life because of me, will have it given back to him.

Verse ConceptsLove, Abuse OfLossRestitutionDonationsFinding ThingsSaving OneselfLosing One's Life

Since he had no way to pay it back, his master commanded that he, his wife, his children, and everything he had be sold to pay the debt.

Verse ConceptsLordship, Human And DivineDebtorsOther WivesSettling AccountsUnable To Do Other ThingsDebt

Then the slave threw himself to the ground [and] began to do obeisance to him, saying, 'Be patient with me, and I will pay back everything to you!'

Verse ConceptsKneelingPatience, In Christian LivingBe Patient!Settling Accounts

But that slave went out and found one of his fellow slaves who owed him a hundred denarii; and he seized him and began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe.’

Verse ConceptsFraudUnmercifulnessExtortion, Examples OfDenariusExtortionGraspingSettling AccountsDebtServant Leadership

“At this, his fellow slave fell down and began begging him, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay you back.’

Verse ConceptsPitilessnessBe Patient!Settling AccountsBeing Patientpatient

But he was unwilling and went and threw him in prison until he should pay back what was owed.

Verse ConceptsImprisonmentsPrisonersPitilessnessPitilessness CondemnedSettling AccountsDebtjail

And will give him up to the Gentiles to be made sport of and to be whipped and to be put to death on the cross: and the third day he will come back again from the dead.

Verse ConceptsFloggingThe Third Day Of The WeekHanding Over ChristBeating JesusSuffering From ForeignersChrist Would RiseChrist's Crucifixion ForetoldMocking Christ

and in the morning turning back to the city, he hungered,

Verse ConceptsBody Of Christ, Physical Body

Now when the owner of the vineyard comes back, what will he do to those tenants?”

Verse ConceptsLordship, Human And DivineMetaphorical VineyardsWhat Do They Do?Farming

They say to him, 'Evil men -- he will evilly destroy them, and the vineyard will give out to other husbandmen, who will give back to him the fruits in their seasons.'

Verse ConceptsFaithlessness, As DisobedienceNames And Titles For The ChurchGod KillingGod Will Kill His PeopleLeasingGod Killing IndividualsEviction

On the same day there came to him the Sadducees, who say that there is no coming back from the dead: and they put a question to him, saying,

Verse ConceptsHeresiesJudaismPrejudiceResurrection, Of The DeadJewish SectsComing To ChristQuestioning ChristAre The Dead Raised?Life After Death

But about the dead coming back to life, have you no knowledge of what was said to you by God in the Writings:

Verse ConceptsReadingReading The ScripturesThe Resurrection

But a curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you are shutting the kingdom of heaven against men: for you do not go in yourselves, and those who are going in, you keep back.

Verse ConceptsFalse ReligionGuidance, Need For God'sKingdom Of God, Entry IntoLegalismStumbling BlocksShutting The KingdomEntering The KingdomHypocritesHypocrisyGoing To Heavenpietypharisees

then you should have deposited my money with the bankers. And when I returned I would have received my money back with interest.

Verse ConceptsCreditTalentsDepositsInterestMoney, Stewardship OfMoney, Uses OfPossessingBanksGifts And Talentsinvestinglent

Now when Jesus was [back] in Bethany, at the home of Simon the leper,

But after I am come back from the dead, I will go before you into Galilee.

Verse ConceptsChrist Going BeforeChrist Would Risereuniting

When he went back to the disciples, he found them asleep. He told Peter, "So, you men couldn't stay awake with me for one hour, could you?

Verse ConceptsHourPainPrayerlessnessSleep, PhysicalUnreliabilityOverconfidenceOne HourChrist With His DisciplesStress And Hard Times

Then he came back and found them asleep, because they could not keep their eyes open.

Verse ConceptsEvil Eyes

Then he came back to the disciples and told them, "You might as well keep on sleeping and resting. Look! The time is near for the Son of Man to be betrayed into the hands of sinners.

Verse ConceptsFatigueHourHanding Over ChristChrist With His DisciplesNear The Time PersonallyTimes Of The ChristTo Be Given Into One's Hands

Then Jesus told him, “Put your sword back in its place because all who take up a sword will perish by a sword.

Verse ConceptsAggressionResistanceRetributionSelf DefenceUnreliabilityJudgement On Murderers

And the word of Jesus came back to Peter, when he said, Before the hour of the cock's cry, you will say three times that you have no knowledge of me. And he went out, weeping bitterly.

Verse ConceptsConviction, Leading To RepentanceLonelinessPeter, The DiscipleRegretRememberingRepentance, Examples OfSorrowWeepingTearsCommunicating Three TimesChickensBird SoundsRemembering ChristMourning In RegretOthers Mourningdenial

Then Judas, who had betrayed him, regretted what had happened when he saw that Jesus was condemned. He brought the 30 pieces of silver back to the high priests and elders,

Verse ConceptsBeing AshamedUnhappinessDelay, Examples OfSocial SelfishnessJudas Betraying ChristCondemning JesusThe Chief Priests Condemning ChristPrice Set On IndividualsRegretting

When they had finished making fun of him, they stripped him of the robe, put his own clothes back on him, and led him away to crucify him.

Verse ConceptsIndignities Suffered By ChristClothing OthersPeople Stripping PeopleMocking Christ

he having gone near to Pilate, asked for himself the body of Jesus; then Pilate commanded the body to be given back.

Verse ConceptsJesus CorpseMen's Orders

Give orders, then, that the place where his body is may be made safe till the third day, for fear that his disciples come and take him away secretly and say to the people, He has come back from the dead: and the last error will be worse than the first.

Verse ConceptsThe Disciples ActionsChrist Would RiseWorse

And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.

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

He is not here: He has come back to life, as He foretold. Come and see the place where He lay.

Verse ConceptsEasterJesus Christ, ResurrectionChrist Is RisenWhere From?The ResurrectionRisingRosesfitness

And go quickly and give his disciples the news that he has come back from the dead, and is going before you into Galilee; there you will see him, as I have said to you.

Verse ConceptsHasteChrist Going BeforeSeeing The Risen ChristTelling Of Jesusreuniting

When He had come back to Capernaum several days afterward, it was heard that He was at home.

Verse ConceptsIndividuals going homeTelling Of Jesus

so thatthey may look and look,yet not perceive;they may listen and listen,yet not understand;otherwise, they might turn back—and be forgiven.”

Verse ConceptsUnbelief, Nature And Effects OfTurning To GodNot Seeing Spiritual ThingsBeing Without UnderstandingGod Not Forgiving

Then He said to them, “Pay attention to what you hear. By your own standard of measurement [that is, to the extent that you study spiritual truth and apply godly wisdom] it will be measured to you [and you will be given even greater ability to respond]—and more will be given to you besides.

Verse ConceptsAdding BlessingTaking HeedGood ReboundingThose To Whom God GivesRight MeasuresTreating Othersattentionmeasurement

But He would not let him; instead, He told him, “Go back home to your own people, and report to them how much the Lord has done for you and how He has had mercy on you.”

Verse Conceptsevangelists, identity ofevangelism, kinds ofTestify On God's BehalfExperimental KnowledgeAcknowledging ChristReceiving God's MercyGod's Work In UsFamily And Friends

When Jesus had crossed back over in the boat to the other side, a great multitude was gathered to him; and he was by the sea.

Verse ConceptsCrowdsThe Attractiveness Of ChristCrowds Around JesusBoatsCrossing To The Other Sidelakes

Jesus left that place and went back to his hometown, and his disciples followed him.

Verse ConceptsDisciples' Movements

And king Herod had news of him, because his name was on the lips of all; and he said, John the Baptist has come back from the dead, and for this reason these powers are working in him.

Verse ConceptsPower, God's SavingSuperstitionTetrarchWho He Might BeWhy It Happened

But Herod, when he had news of it, said, John, whom I put to death, has come back from the dead.

Verse ConceptsPunishment, Legal Aspects OfMartyrdom, Methods OfBeheading

Immediately the girl hurried back to the king with her request, "I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptist on a platter."

Verse ConceptseagernessSuddenlyRemoving HeadsSkullsHasty ActionPots For Cooking And Eating

Immediately the king sent an executioner and commanded him to bring back his head. And he went and had him beheaded in the prison,

Verse ConceptsMartyrdom Of The SaintsDeath penaltyCommands, in NTPrisonersPunishment, Legal Aspects OfExecutionersRemoving HeadsKilling DisciplesDeath Penalty For Killing

And came back with the head on a plate, and gave it to the girl; and the girl gave it to her mother.

Verse ConceptsSkullsPots For Cooking And Eating

The apostles [who had been sent out on a mission] gathered together with Jesus and told Him everything that they had done and taught.

Verse ConceptsSolitudeTelling What People DidThe Apostles In Action

When she went back to her home, she found her child lying on the bed, and the demon was gone.

Verse ConceptsBedsLying Down To RestThose Jesus Healed

Soon after this Jesus left the region of Tyre, and passed through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, through the region of Decapolis [the ten Hellenistic cities].

And they were overcome with wonder, saying, He has done all things well: he even gives back the power of hearing and the power of talking to those who have been without them.

Verse ConceptsMiracles, Responses ToThe Deaf HearingDumbnessGod Doing GoodDumbJesus HealingThe Dumb Speakingoverwhelmed

Then he left them, got back into the boat, and went to the other side.

Verse ConceptsBoatsCrossing To The Other Side

But turning around [with His back to Peter] and seeing His disciples, He rebuked Peter, saying, “Get behind Me, Satan; for your mind is not set on God’s will or His values and purposes, but on what pleases man.”

Verse Conceptsevil, believers' responses toPeter, The DiscipleRebukeSatan, As TempterSatan, Agents OfSatan, As The Enemy Of GodDiscernment of JesusThoughts Of The WickedEnemies Of GodOther References To The DisciplesMan's TeachingDiscipleshiprebukingmindset

As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus expressly ordered them not to tell anyone what they had seen, until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

Verse ConceptsMan Going DownChrist Concealing ThingsChrist Would RiseChrist's OrdersJesus Foretelling His Resurrection

And they kept the saying, questioning among themselves what the coming back from the dead might be.

Verse ConceptsDiscussionsUnintelligiblenessAre The Dead Raised?

When they came back to the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them, and some scribes arguing with them.

Verse ConceptsJudaismCrowds Around JesusChrist With His Disciples

For he was giving his disciples teaching, and saying to them, The Son of man is given up into the hands of men, and they will put him to death; and when he is dead, after three days he will come back from the dead.

Verse ConceptsPredictionsSuffering, Of Jesus ChristProphecies Said By JesusChrist Predicting The FutureHanding Over ChristChrist TeachingChrist Speaking To DisciplesChrist Would Be KilledChrist Would RiseDanger From MenHurt And Betrayal

Back in the house, the disciples asked him about this again.

Verse ConceptsTeachablenessQuestioning ChristThe Disciples Words

And they will make sport of him, and put shame on him, and give him cruel blows, and will put him to death; and after three days he will come back from the dead.

Verse ConceptsFloggingBeating JesusSalivaChrist Would Be KilledChrist Would RiseMocking Christ

And said to them, Go into the little town opposite: and when you come to it, you will see a young ass with a cord round his neck, on which no man has ever been seated; let him loose, and come back with him.

Verse ConceptsOpposite SidesUnusedBinding As Animals

If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it and will send it back here right away.’”

Verse ConceptsLendingGod's NeedsWhy Do Others Do This?

And they took the young ass to Jesus, and put their clothing on him, and he got on his back.

Verse ConceptsRiding Donkeys

But the farmers grabbed the servant, beat him, and sent him back empty-handed.

Verse ConceptsEmpty Handed

And there came to him Sadducees, who say there is no coming back from the dead; and they put a question to him, saying,

Verse ConceptsHeresiesJudaismPrejudiceResurrection, Of The DeadQuestioning ChristAre The Dead Raised?denial

In the future life, when they come back from the dead, whose wife will she be? for the seven had her for a wife.

Verse ConceptsSeven ChildrenMarriage No MoreTransferring WivesThe Resurrection

But as to the dead coming back to life; have you not seen in the book of Moses, about the burning thorn-tree, how God said to him, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

Verse ConceptsBurning bushReading The ScripturesBook of the Law

And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his garment.

Verse ConceptsCloaksOuter Garments

But after I have come back from the dead, I will go before you into Galilee.

Verse ConceptsChrist Would Rise

When he went back, he found his disciples asleep. "Simon, are you asleep?" he asked Peter. "You couldn't stay awake for one hour, could you?

Verse ConceptsHourPrayerlessnessSleep, PhysicalUnreliabilityOne Hour

Again he came back and found them asleep, because they could not keep their eyes open. They didn't even know what they should say to him.

Verse ConceptsEvil EyesOthers Not AnsweringThose Who Were Ignorant

He came back a third time. "Are you still sleeping and resting?" he asked. "Enough of that! The time has come. Look! The Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.

Verse ConceptsGod, Purpose OfHourHanding Over ChristActing Three TimesTimes Of The ChristMore Than Enough

When they had finished making fun of him, they stripped him of the purple robe, put his own clothes back on him, and led him away to crucify him.

Verse ConceptsPredestination, Spiritual EventsClothing OthersPeople Stripping PeoplePurple ClothesMocking ChristFun

And they were saying to one another, “Who will roll back the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?”

Verse ConceptsTombsRolling

and looking up, they see that the stone is rolled back: for it was exceeding great.

Verse ConceptsBarriersBig ThingsRolling

And he said to them, Do not be troubled: you are looking for Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been put to death on the cross; he has come back from the dead; he is not here: see, the place where they put him!

Verse ConceptsEasterLowering PeopleChrist Is Risen

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