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'Began' in the Bible

So they left the town and began coming to him.

Verse ConceptsComing To Christ

So the disciples began to say to one another, "No one brought him anything to eat, did they?"

Verse ConceptsMisunderstood TruthThe Disciples WordsPeople Providing Food

So when the Samaritans came to him, they began asking him to stay with them. He stayed there two days,

Verse ConceptseagernessTwo DaysStaying Temporarily

So he asked them the time when his condition began to improve, and they told him, "Yesterday at one o'clock in the afternoon the fever left him."

Verse ConceptsHourFeverAsking Particular QuestionsWhen?People ImprovedRecoveryimprovement

Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began persecuting him.

Verse ConceptsPersecution, Nature OfPlottingPersecution Of ChristThe Sabbath And ChristWhy People Did Things

Now when the people saw the miraculous sign that Jesus performed, they began to say to one another, "This is certainly the Prophet who is to come into the world."

Verse ConceptsMessianic Titles, The ProphetSigns Performed By ChristJesus The ProphetWho He Might Be

Then the Jews who were hostile to Jesus began complaining about him because he said, "I am the bread that came down from heaven,"

Verse ConceptsChrist, Names ForChrist Going DownChrist And HeavenGrumbling At PeopleJesus As Food

Then the Jews who were hostile to Jesus began to argue with one another, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"

Verse ConceptsConfusionMisunderstood TruthEating Christ's BodyDiscussionsJesus As Food

When the feast was half over, Jesus went up to the temple courts and began to teach.

Verse ConceptsAcademicsPilgrimageJesus As Our TeacherChrist TeachingChrist In The Temple

Then some of the residents of Jerusalem began to say, "Isn't this the man they are trying to kill?

Verse ConceptsChrist Would Be Killed

When they heard these words, some of the crowd began to say, "This really is the Prophet!"

Verse ConceptsMediationMessianic Titles, The ProphetJesus The Prophet

Early in the morning he came to the temple courts again. All the people came to him, and he sat down and began to teach them.

Verse ConceptsDawnFeetRising Early, Examples OfSittingJesus As Our TeacherSitting To TeachChrist TeachingChrist In The Temple

Now when they heard this, they began to drift away one at a time, starting with the older ones, until Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him.

Verse ConceptsAge, Glories OfConsciences, Description OfCommunicationOld Age, Attainment OfStandingAccusations, Source OfIsolated PersonsLeaving

So the Jewish leaders began to say, "Perhaps he is going to kill himself, because he says, 'Where I am going you cannot come.'"

Verse ConceptsMisunderstood TruthInstructions About FollowingUnable To Do Other Things

Then the neighbors and the people who had seen him previously as a beggar began saying, "Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?"

Verse ConceptsBeggingBeggarsIs It Really?

Then some of the Pharisees began to say, "This man is not from God, because he does not observe the Sabbath." But others said, "How can a man who is a sinner perform such miraculous signs?" Thus there was a division among them.

Verse ConceptsFaultsHumiliationLegalismPublic OpinionSigns Of The TimesDissensionSchismsDivisions Of OpinionSigns Performed By ChristChrist's OriginPharisees Concerned About ChristThe Sabbath And ChristThey Do Not Keep CommandsFinding Fault With JesusJesus Healing On Sabbathdivisionpharisees

Many came to him and began to say, "John performed no miraculous sign, but everything John said about this man was true!"

Verse ConceptsTruthJohn The BaptistSpeaking TruthNo SignsMiracles

So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him. They began to shout, "Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the king of Israel!"

Verse ConceptsPalm TreesPraise, Manner And Methods OfShoutingPraise, Nature OfMessianic Titles, King Of The JewsChrist Is King Of IsraelBless The Lord!Save Us!The Fact Of His ComingIn God's Name

He poured water into the washbasin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to dry them with the towel he had wrapped around himself.

Verse ConceptsFeetFeet WashingBasinsJesus Christ, Meekness OfHumility Of ChristWater ContainersPeople Drying Things UpPouring WaterCare Of FeetServantsAblution

The disciples began to look at one another, worried and perplexed to know which of them he was talking about.

Verse ConceptsCommunicationLooking Intently At PeopleUncertain Thingsuncertainty

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