'Began' in the Bible

Now those who had gathered together began to ask Jesus, "Lord, is this the time when you will restore the kingdom to Israel?"

All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in foreign languages as the Spirit gave them that ability.

Then Peter took hold of his right hand and began to help him up. Immediately his feet and ankles became strong,

and he sprang to his feet, stood up, and began to walk. Then he went with them into the Temple, walking, jumping, and praising God.

They made Peter and John stand in front of them and began asking, "By what power or by what name did you do this?"

So they ordered them to leave the Council and began to discuss the matter among themselves.

After the apostles heard this, they went into the Temple at daybreak and began to teach. The high priest and those who were with him arrived, called the Council and all the elders of Israel together, and sent word to the prison to have the men brought in.

When they brought them back, they made them stand before the Council, and the high priest began to question them.

But some men who belonged to the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), as well as some Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and men from Cilicia and Asia, stood up and began to debate with Stephen.

While they were listening to these things, they became more and more furious and began to grind their teeth at him.

ran him outside of the city, and began to stone him to death. Meanwhile, the witnesses laid their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul.

But Saul kept trying to destroy the church. Going into one house after another, he began dragging off men and women and throwing them in prison.

Philip went down to the city of Samaria and began to preach the Messiah to the people.

Then Philip began to speak, and, starting from this Scripture, he told him the good news about Jesus.

When Peter was about to enter, Cornelius met him, bowed down at his feet, and began to worship him.

Then Peter began to speak: "Now I understand that God shows no partiality.

Then Peter began to explain to them point by point what had happened. He said,

"When I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them just as he was first given to us.

But among them were some men from Cyprus and Cyrene, who came to Antioch and began proclaiming the Lord Jesus even to the Hellenistic Jews.

So Peter went out and began to follow him, not realizing that what was being done by the angel was real; he thought he was seeing a vision.

Arriving in Salamis, they began to preach God's word in the Jewish synagogues. They also had John to help them.

But when the Jewish leaders saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began to object to the statements made by Paul and even to abuse him.

When the gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord. Meanwhile, all who had been destined to eternal life believed,

and the word of the Lord began to spread throughout the whole region.

he said in a loud voice, "Stand up straight on your feet!" Then the man jumped up and began to walk.

They began to call Barnabas Zeus, and Paul Hermes, because he was the main speaker.

On the Sabbath day, we went out the city gate and walked along the river, where we thought there was a place of prayer. We sat down and began talking to the women who had gathered there.

Some of them were persuaded and began to be associated with Paul and Silas, especially a large crowd of devout Greeks and the wives of many prominent men.

So he began holding discussions in the synagogue with the Jews and other worshipers, as well as every day in the public square with anyone who happened to be there.

When they heard about a resurrection of the dead, some began joking about it, while others said, "We will hear you again about this."

But when they began to oppose him and insult him, he shook out his clothes in protest and told them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the gentiles."

Then all of them took Sosthenes, the synagogue leader, and began beating him in front of the judge's seat. But Gallio paid no attention to any of this.

He began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him home and explained God's way to him more accurately.

When Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began to speak in foreign languages and to prophesy.

When this became known to everyone living in Ephesus, Jews and Greeks alike, they all became terrified, and the name of the Lord Jesus began to be held in high honor.

When they heard this, they became furious and began to shout, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"

On the first day of the week, when we had met to break bread, Paul began to address the people. Since he intended to leave the next day, he went on speaking until midnight.

A young man named Eutychus, who was sitting in a window, began to sink off into a deep sleep as Paul kept speaking longer and longer. Overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third floor and was picked up dead.

Up to this point they listened to him, but then they began to shout, "Away with such a fellow from the earth! He's not fit to go on living!"

When Paul arrived, the Jewish leaders who had come down from Jerusalem surrounded him and began bringing a number of serious charges against him that they couldn't prove.

Then Agrippa told Paul, "You have permission to speak for yourself." So Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense.

As they were leaving, they began to say to each other, "This man hasn't been doing anything to deserve death or imprisonment."

Much time had been lost, and because navigation had become dangerous and the day of fasting had already past, Paul began to warn those on the ship,

When a gentle breeze began to blow from the south, they thought they could make it to Phoenix, so they hoisted anchor and began sailing along the shore of Crete.

The next day, because we were being tossed so violently by the storm, they began to throw the cargo overboard.

Fearing that we might run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and began praying for daylight to come.

After he said this, he took some bread, thanked God in front of everyone, broke it, and began to eat.

After they had eaten all they wanted, they began to lighten the ship by dumping its cargo of wheat into the sea.

Then we weighed anchor and came to Rhegium. A day later, a south wind began to blow, and on the second day we came to Puteoli.