'City' in the Bible

and coming, he dwelt in a city named Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through the prophets, that 'A Nazarene he shall be called.'

Then doth the Devil take him to the holy city, and doth set him on the pinnacle of the temple,

'Ye are the light of the world, a city set upon a mount is not able to be hid;

nor by the earth, because it is His footstool, nor by Jerusalem, because it is a city of a great king,

and those feeding did flee, and, having gone to the city, they declared all, and the matter of the demoniacs.

And lo, all the city came forth to meet Jesus, and having seen him, they called on him that he might depart from their borders.

And having gone to the boat, he passed over, and came to his own city,

These twelve did Jesus send forth, having given command to them, saying, 'To the way of the nations go not away, and into a city of the Samaritans go not in,

'And into whatever city or village ye may enter, inquire ye who in it is worthy, and there abide, till ye may go forth.

'And whoever may not receive you nor hear your words, coming forth from that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet,

verily I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.

'And whenever they may persecute you in this city, flee to the other, for verily I say to you, ye may not have completed the cities of Israel till the Son of Man may come.

And Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said to them, 'Every kingdom having been divided against itself is desolated, and no city or house having been divided against itself, doth stand,

And he having entered into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, 'Who is this?'

And having left them, he went forth out of the city to Bethany, and did lodge there,

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

'And the king having heard, was wroth, and having sent forth his soldiers, he destroyed those murderers, and their city he set on fire;

'Because of this, lo, I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes, and of them ye will kill and crucify, and of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will pursue from city to city;

and he said, 'Go away to the city, unto such a one, and say to him, The Teacher saith, My time is nigh; near thee I keep the passover, with my disciples;'

and having come forth out of the tombs after his rising, they went into the holy city, and appeared to many.

And while they are going on, lo, certain of the watch having come to the city, told to the chief priests all the things that happened,

and the whole city was gathered together near the door,

And he, having gone forth, began to proclaim much, and to spread abroad the thing, so that no more he was able openly to enter into the city, but he was without in desert places, and they were coming unto him from every quarter.

And those feeding the swine did flee, and told in the city, and in the fields, and they came forth to see what it is that hath been done;

and as many as may not receive you, nor hear you, going out thence, shake off the dust that is under your feet for a testimony to them; verily I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom or Gomorrah in a day of judgment than for that city.'

and when evening came, he was going forth without the city.

And he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and saith to them, 'Go ye away to the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water, follow him;

And his disciples went forth, and came to the city, and found as he said to them, and they made ready the passover.

And in the sixth month was the messenger Gabriel sent by God, to a city of Galilee, the name of which is Nazareth,

And Mary having arisen in those days, went to the hill-country, with haste, to a city of Judea,

and all were going to be enrolled, each to his proper city,

and Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, that is called Bethlehem, because of his being of the house and family of David,

because there was born to you to-day a Saviour -- who is Christ the Lord -- in the city of David,

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

and having risen, they put him forth without the city, and brought him unto the brow of the hill on which their city had been built -- to cast him down headlong,

And he came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and was teaching them on the sabbaths,

And it came to pass, on the morrow, he was going on to a city called Nain, and there were going with him many of his disciples, and a great multitude,

and as he came nigh to the gate of the city, then, lo, one dead was being carried forth, an only son of his mother, and she a widow, and a great multitude of the city was with her.

and lo, a woman in the city, who was a sinner, having known that he reclineth (at meat) in the house of the Pharisee, having provided an alabaster box of ointment,

And it came to pass thereafter, that he was going through every city and village, preaching and proclaiming good news of the reign of God, and the twelve are with him,

And a great multitude having gathered, and those who from city and city were coming unto him, he spake by a simile:

and he having gone forth upon the land, there met him a certain man, out of the city, who had demons for a long time, and with a garment was not clothed, and in a house was not abiding, but in the tombs,

And those feeding them, having seen what was come to pass, fled, and having gone, told it to the city, and to the fields;

'Turn back to thy house, and tell how great things God did to thee;' and he went away through all the city proclaiming how great things Jesus did to him.

and as many as may not receive you, going forth from that city, even the dust from your feet shake off, for a testimony against them.'

And the apostles having turned back, declared to him how great things they did, and having taken them, he withdrew by himself to a desert place of a city called Bethsaida,

And after these things, the Lord did appoint also other seventy, and sent them by twos before his face, to every city and place whither he himself was about to come,

and into whatever city ye enter, and they may receive you, eat the things set before you,

'And into whatever city ye do enter, and they may not receive you, having gone forth to its broad places, say,

And the dust that hath cleaved to us, from your city, we do wipe off against you, but this know ye, that the reign of God hath come nigh to you;

and I say to you, that for Sodom in that day it shall be more tolerable than for that city.

'And that servant having come, told to his lord these things, then the master of the house, having been angry, said to his servant, Go forth quickly to the broad places and lanes of the city, and the poor, and maimed, and lame, and blind, bring in hither.

saying, 'A certain judge was in a certain city -- God he is not fearing, and man he is not regarding --

and a widow was in that city, and she was coming unto him, saying, Do me justice on my opponent,

And when he came nigh, having seen the city, he wept over it,

And he said to them, 'Lo, in your entering into the city, there shall meet you a man, bearing a pitcher of water, follow him to the house where he doth go in,

who had been, because of a certain sedition made in the city, and murder, cast into prison.

-- he was not consenting to their counsel and deed -- from Arimathea, a city of the Jews, who also himself was expecting the reign of God,

And, lo, I do send the promise of my Father upon you, but ye -- abide ye in the city of Jerusalem till ye be clothed with power from on high.'

And Philip was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter;

He cometh, therefore, to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near to the place that Jacob gave to Joseph his son;

for his disciples were gone away to the city, that they may buy victuals;

The woman then left her water-jug, and went away to the city, and saith to the men,

They went forth therefore out of the city, and were coming unto him.

And from that city many believed in him, of the Samaritans, because of the word of the woman testifying, -- 'He told me all things -- as many as I did.'

Jesus, therefore, was no more freely walking among the Jews, but went away thence to the region nigh the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, and there he tarried with his disciples.

this title, therefore, read many of the Jews, because the place was nigh to the city where Jesus was crucified, and it was having been written in Hebrew, in Greek, in Roman.

and having cast him forth outside of the city, they were stoning him -- and the witnesses did put down their garments at the feet of a young man called Saul --

And Philip having gone down to a city of Samaria, was preaching to them the Christ,

and there was great joy in that city.

And a certain man, by name Simon, was before in the city using magic, and amazing the nation of Samaria, saying himself to be a certain great one,

trembling also, and astonished, he said, 'Lord, what dost thou wish me to do?' and the Lord said unto him, 'Arise, and enter into the city, and it shall be told thee what it behoveth thee to do.'

And on the morrow, as these are proceeding on the way, and are drawing nigh to the city, Peter went up upon the house-top to pray, about the sixth hour,

'I was in the city of Joppa praying, and I saw in a trance a vision, a certain vessel coming down, as a great sheet by four corners being let down out of the heaven, and it came unto me;

and having passed through a first ward, and a second, they came unto the iron gate that is leading to the city, which of its own accord did open to them, and having gone forth, they went on through one street, and immediately the messenger departed from him.

And on the coming sabbath, almost all the city was gathered together to hear the word of God,

And the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the first men of the city, and did raise persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and did put them out from their borders;

And the multitude of the city was divided, and some were with the Jews, and some with the apostles,

And the priest of the Zeus that is before their city, oxen and garlands unto the porches having brought, with the multitudes did wish to sacrifice,

And there came thither, from Antioch and Iconium, Jews, and they having persuaded the multitudes, and having stoned Paul, drew him outside of the city, having supposed him to be dead;

and the disciples having surrounded him, having risen he entered into the city, and on the morrow he went forth with Barnabas to Derbe.

Having proclaimed good news also to that city, and having discipled many, they turned back to Lystra, and Iconium, and Antioch,

for Moses from former generations in every city hath those preaching him -- in the synagogues every sabbath being read.'

and after certain days, Paul said unto Barnabas, 'Having turned back again, we may look after our brethren, in every city in which we have preached the word of the Lord -- how they are.'

thence also to Philippi, which is a principal city of the part of Macedonia -- a colony. And we were in this city abiding certain days,

on the sabbath-day also we went forth outside of the city, by a river, where there used to be prayer, and having sat down, we were speaking to the women who came together,

and a certain woman, by name Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, worshipping God, was hearing, whose heart the Lord did open to attend to the things spoken by Paul;

and having brought them to the magistrates, they said, 'These men do exceedingly trouble our city, being Jews;

and having come, they besought them, and having brought them forth, they were asking them to go forth from the city;

And the unbelieving Jews, having been moved with envy, and having taken to them of the loungers certain evil men, and having made a crowd, were setting the city in an uproar; having assailed also the house of Jason, they were seeking them to bring them to the populace,

and not having found them, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the city rulers, calling aloud -- 'These, having put the world in commotion, are also here present,

And they troubled the multitude and the city rulers, hearing these things,

and Paul waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, beholding the city wholly given to idolatry,

because I am with thee, and no one shall set on thee to do thee evil; because I have much people in this city;'

and the whole city was filled with confusion, they rushed also with one accord into the theatre, having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, Paul's fellow-travellers.

And the public clerk having quieted the multitude, saith, 'Men, Ephesians, why, who is the man that doth not know that the city of the Ephesians is a devotee of the great goddess Artemis, and of that which fell down from Zeus?

save that the Holy Spirit in every city doth testify fully, saying, that for me bonds and tribulations remain;

but when it came that we completed the days, having gone forth, we went on, all bringing us on the way, with women and children, unto the outside of the city, and having bowed the knees upon the shore, we prayed,

for they had seen before Trophimus, the Ephesian, in the city with him, whom they were supposing that Paul brought into the temple.

All the city also was moved and there was a running together of the people, and having laid hold on Paul, they were drawing him out of the temple, and immediately were the doors shut,