'Called' in the Bible

He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father, David,

The angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God.

Behold, Elizabeth, your relative, also has conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.

She called out with a loud voice, and said, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!

It happened on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of the father.

His mother answered, "Not so; but he will be called John."

They said to her, "There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name."

They made signs to his father, what he would have him called.

And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways,

Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David;

When eight days were fulfilled for the circumcision of the child, his name was called Jesus, which was given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

(as it is written in the law of the Lord, "Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord"),

When it was day, he called his disciples, and from them he chose twelve, whom he also named apostles:

Matthew; Thomas; James, the son of Alphaeus; Simon, who was called the Zealot;

It happened soon afterwards, that he went to a city called Nain. Many of his disciples, along with a great multitude, went with him.

and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out;

Other fell into the good ground, and grew, and brought forth fruit one hundred times." As he said these things, he called out, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"

But he put them all outside, and taking her by the hand, he called, saying, "Child, arise!"

He called the twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases.

The apostles, when they had returned, told him what things they had done. He took them, and withdrew apart to a deserted place of a city called Bethsaida.

Behold, a man from the crowd called out, saying, "Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, for he is my only child.

She had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word.

When Jesus saw her, he called her, and said to her, "Woman, you are freed from your infirmity."

I am no more worthy to be called your son. Make me as one of your hired servants."'

The son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.'

He called one of the servants to him, and asked what was going on.

He called him, and said to him, 'What is this that I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.'

He called ten servants of his, and gave them ten mina coins, and told them, 'Conduct business until I come.'

"It happened when he had come back again, having received the kingdom, that he commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by conducting business.

It happened, when he drew near to Bethsphage and Bethany, at the mountain that is called Olivet, he sent two of his disciples,

But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the bush, when he called the Lord 'The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'

Every day Jesus was teaching in the temple, and every night he would go out and spend the night on the mountain that is called Olivet.

Now the feast of unleavened bread, which is called the Passover, drew near.

He said to them, "The kings of the nations lord it over them, and those who have authority over them are called 'benefactors.'

While he was still speaking, behold, a multitude, and he who was called Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them. He came near to Jesus to kiss him.

Pilate called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,

When they came to the place that is called The Skull, they crucified him there with the criminals, one on the right and the other on the left.

He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him, and said, "You are Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas" (which is by interpretation, Peter).

Nathanael said to him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered him, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you."

When the ruler of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and didn't know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the ruler of the feast called the bridegroom,

So he came to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son, Joseph.

The woman said to him, "I know that Messiah comes," (he who is called Christ). "When he has come, he will declare to us all things."

Now in Jerusalem by the sheep gate, there is a pool, which is called in Hebrew, "Bethesda," having five porches.

For this cause therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.

After these things, Jesus went away to the other side of the sea of Galilee, which is also called the Sea of Tiberias.

He answered, "A man called Jesus made mud, anointed my eyes, and said to me, 'Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash.' So I went away and washed, and I received sight."

The Jews therefore did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and had received his sight, until they called the parents of him who had received his sight,

So they called the man who was blind a second time, and said to him, "Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner."

If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture can't be broken),

Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, "Let's go also, that we may die with him."

When she had said this, she went away, and called Mary, her sister, secretly, saying, "The Teacher is here, and is calling you."

Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews, but departed from there into the country near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim. He stayed there with his disciples.

The multitude therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb, and raised him from the dead, was testifying about it.

No longer do I call you servants, for the servant doesn't know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.

Pilate therefore entered again into the Praetorium, called Jesus, and said to him, "Are you the King of the Jews?"

When Pilate therefore heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called "The Pavement," but in Hebrew, "Gabbatha."

He went out, bearing his cross, to the place called "The Place of a Skull," which is called in Hebrew, "Golgotha,"

But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, wasn't with them when Jesus came.

Simon Peter, Thomas called Didymus, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were together.

Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away.

It became known to everyone who lived in Jerusalem that in their language that field was called 'Akeldama,' that is, 'The field of blood.'

They put forward two, Joseph called Barsabbas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.

A certain man who was lame from his mother's womb was being carried, whom they laid daily at the door of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask gifts for the needy of those who entered into the temple.

As the lame man who was healed held on to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.

They called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.

When they heard this, they entered into the temple about daybreak, and taught. But the high priest came, and those who were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

But some of those who were of the synagogue called "The Libertines," and of the Cyrenians, of the Alexandrians, and of those of Cilicia and Asia arose, disputing with Stephen.

They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!"

The Lord said to him, "Arise, and go to the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judah for one named Saul, a man of Tarsus. For behold, he is praying,

All who heard him were amazed, and said, "Isn't this he who in Jerusalem made havoc of those who called on this name? And he had come here intending to bring them bound before the chief priests!"

Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment,

When the angel who spoke to him had departed, Cornelius called two of his household servants and a devout soldier of those who waited on him continually.

and called and asked whether Simon, who was surnamed Peter, was lodging there.

So he called them in and lodged them. On the next day Peter arose and went out with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa accompanied him.

On the next day they entered into Caesarea. Cornelius was waiting for them, having called together his relatives and his near friends.

When he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. It happened, that for a whole year they were gathered together with the assembly, and taught many people. The disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.

Now in the assembly that was at Antioch there were some prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen the foster brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

As they served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, "Separate Barnabas and Saul for me, for the work to which I have called them."

But Saul, who is also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, fastened his eyes on him,

They called Barnabas "Jupiter," and Paul "Mercury," because he was the chief speaker.

That the rest of men may seek after the Lord; All the Gentiles who are called by my name, Says the Lord, who does all these things.

Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole assembly, to choose men out of their company, and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas: Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, chief men among the brothers.

Barnabas planned to take John, who was called Mark, with them also.

When he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go out to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the Good News to them.

He called for lights and sprang in, and, fell down trembling before Paul and Silas,

From Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called to himself the elders of the assembly.

He called to himself two of the centurions, and said, "Prepare two hundred soldiers to go as far as Caesarea, with seventy horsemen, and two hundred men armed with spears, at the third hour of the night."

When he was called, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, "Seeing that by you we enjoy much peace, and that excellent measures are coming to this nation,

With difficulty sailing along it we came to a certain place called Fair Havens, near the city of Lasea.

But before long, a stormy wind beat down from shore, which is called Euroclydon.

Running under the lee of a small island called Clauda, we were able, with difficulty, to secure the boat.

When we had escaped, then they learned that the island was called Malta.

It happened that after three days Paul called together those who were the leaders of the Jews. When they had come together, he said to them, "I, brothers, though I had done nothing against the people, or the customs of our fathers, still was delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans,

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God,

among whom you are also called to belong to Jesus Christ;

to all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

So then if, while the husband lives, she is joined to another man, she would be called an adulteress. But if the husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress, though she is joined to another man.

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

Whom he predestined, those he also called. Whom he called, those he also justified. Whom he justified, those he also glorified.

Neither, because they are Abraham's seed, are they all children. But, "In Isaac will your seed be called."