351 occurrences in 12 translations

'Concerning' in the Bible

and having sent them to Bethlehem, said, Go, search out accurately concerning the child, and when ye shall have found him bring me back word, so that I also may come and do him homage.

Verse ConceptsExamples Of DeceitAdoration, Of ChristFinding PeopleTelling Of MovementsWorshipping Christ

And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.

Verse ConceptsSafetySatan, As DeceiverSeductionThe If's Of SatanGod Carrying PeopleStriking RocksBeing Struck With StonesWho Is Jesus?Angels Looking After PeopleAngelic GuardianshipResisting Temptationjumping

Now the herdsmen fled and went into the town [and] reported everything, including the things concerning the demon-possessed men.

Verse ConceptsTelling Of JesusStock Keeping

And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?

Verse ConceptsCrowdsReedsFicklenessThings ShakingLooking And SeeingTemporary Stay In The Wilderness

And concerning them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says: 'You will listen carefully yet will never understand, you will look closely yet will never comprehend.

Verse ConceptsReprobatesBeing Without UnderstandingScriptures FulfilledThe Faculty Of SightNamed Prophets Of The Lordfulfillment

When a man hears the Message concerning the Kingdom and does not understand it, the Evil one comes and catches away what has been sown in his heart. This is he who has received the seed by the road-side.

Verse ConceptsSatan, Titles ForSatan, As DeceiverSpiritual Warfare, Causes OfUnbelief, Nature And Effects OfNames And Titles For SatanSatan, Work OfSowing In VainUsing RoadsNot Understanding SayingsOther References To The HeartParables Of The KingdomTaking God's ThingsSeeds

At that season Herod the tetrarch heard the report concerning Jesus,

Verse ConceptsTetrarchHearing About ChristRulers Of A Fourth

How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?

Verse ConceptsLack Of InsightDullnessLeavenedNot Understanding Sayings

Then understood the disciples that concerning John the Baptist he spake to them.

Verse ConceptsUnderstandingProper UnderstandingThe Disciples Reactions

And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation concerning the two brethren.

Verse ConceptsResentment, Against PeopleTwo DisciplesTen PeopleUnnamed People Angry With Others

Now concerning the resurrection of the dead, haven’t you read what was spoken to you by God:

Verse ConceptsReadingReading The ScripturesThe Resurrection

saying, 'What do ye think concerning the Christ? of whom is he son?' They say to him, 'Of David.'

Verse ConceptsChrist, The Seed OfThinking ArightChrist's Origin

the Son of Man doth indeed go, as it hath been written concerning him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is delivered up! good it were for him if that man had not been born.'

Verse ConceptsFate Of IndividualsJudas IscariotBetrayalGospel, Confirmation OfNecessityWoeNever Being BornJudas Betraying ChristPersonal GoodWoe To The WickedHurt And Betrayal

Immediately the news about Him spread everywhere throughout the district surrounding Galilee.

Verse ConceptsSpreading StoriesSpreading The Gospel

"To you," He replied, "has been entrusted the secret truth concerning the Kingdom of God; but to those others outside your number all this is spoken in figurative language;

Verse ConceptsAcademicsMysteryOutsidersUnderstandingOutside The KingdomGod Revealing MysteriesJesus Using Parablessecretsefficiency

and the anxieties of this age, and the deceitfulness of the riches, and the desires concerning the other things, entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

Verse ConceptsAffluenceRiches, Dangers OfTemptation, Sources OfUnfruitfulnessWorryChokingDeceiving OneselfEvil DesiresSatisfied With RichesWorry And StressNot WorryingWorryingAnxiety And Stressdistractionsworriespressure

And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine.

Verse ConceptsPigsTelling Of JesusThose Demonised

But wherever they will not receive you or listen to you, when you leave shake off the very dust from under your feet to bear witness concerning them."

Verse ConceptsGesturesFeetHospitality, A Duty Of God's PeopleOpportunities, And SalvationWiping DustPeople Abandoning Peoplefatedustwelcome

and he answering said to them -- 'Well did Isaiah prophesy concerning you, hypocrites, as it hath been written, This people with the lips doth honour Me, and their heart is far from Me;

Verse ConceptsHoliness, Purpose OfLegalismLipsPretenceProfessingLack Of MeaningGod And The HeartMere TalkNamed Prophets Of The LordProphecies concerningHypocritesHypocrisy

And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.

Verse ConceptsTeachablenessEntering HousesQuestioning ChristThe Disciples Words

And he answering said to them, 'Elijah indeed, having come first, doth restore all things; and how hath it been written concerning the Son of Man, that many things he may suffer, and be set at nought?

Verse ConceptsSonsSuffering, Of Jesus ChristPeople Going BeforeRestoring Things

And again in the house the disciples asked him concerning this.

Verse ConceptsTeachablenessQuestioning ChristThe Disciples Words

And when the ten heard it, they began to be moved with indignation concerning James and John.

Verse ConceptsDispleasureTen PeopleUnnamed People Angry With Others

Now concerning the dead being raised—haven’t you read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the burning bush, how God spoke 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

the Son of Man doth indeed go, as it hath been written concerning him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is delivered up; good were it to him if that man had not been born.'

Verse ConceptsFate Of IndividualsBetrayalNecessityWoeNever Being BornJudas Betraying ChristPersonal GoodWoe To The Wicked

Forasmuch as many have undertaken to draw up a relation concerning the matters fully believed among us,

Verse ConceptsHistorical Booksflexibility

exactly as they were handed down to us by those [with personal experience] who from the beginning [of Christ’s ministry] were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word [that is, of the teaching concerning salvation through faith in Christ],

Verse ConceptsBeginning Of SalvationSpectatorsFrom The Beginning

that thou mightest know the certainty concerning the things wherein thou wast instructed.

Verse ConceptsThe Truth Of The GospelSound DoctrineKnowing About God's Kingdomluck

And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child.

Verse ConceptsTelling What People SaidSpreading The Gospel

And all who heard, did wonder concerning the things spoken by the shepherds unto them;

And he came in the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, that they might do concerning him after the custom of the law,

Verse ConceptsCustomChrist, Names ForEntering The TempleFulfilling The LawLed By The SpiritDevout mothers

And Joseph and his mother were wondering at the things spoken concerning him,

Verse ConceptsAmazing

and she, at that hour, having come in, was confessing, likewise, to the Lord, and was speaking concerning him, to all those looking for redemption in Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsMessianic HopeTelling Of JesusThanks For Christ

in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas [his son-in-law], the word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness.

Verse ConceptsHigh Priest, In NtRankSin, Accepting Forgiveness OfLiving In The Wilderness

And the people are looking forward, and all are reasoning in their hearts concerning John, whether or not he may be the Christ;

Verse ConceptsWaitingMessianic HopePeople WaitingWho Is John The Baptist?expectations

and Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him concerning Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, and concerning all the evils that Herod did,

Verse ConceptsRebukeWivesRulers Of A FourthNamed Gentile Rulers

And Jesus turned back in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and a fame went forth through all the region round about concerning him,

Verse ConceptsAssassinations, AttemptedPower, HumanStrength, SpiritualPower Of The Holy SpiritPower Through The SpiritTelling Of JesusSpreading The Gospelrumors

and there was going forth a fame concerning him to every place of the region round about.

Verse ConceptsTelling Of JesusSpreading The Gospelrumors

but the more was the report going abroad concerning him, and great multitudes were coming together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities,

Verse ConceptsHealingFameInfirmitiesSecret PrayerHearing ChristJesus HealingTelling Of JesusComing Together

And when he heard concerning Jesus, he sent unto him elders of the Jews, asking him that he would come and save his servant.

Verse ConceptsJews, TheMasters Duties Towards ServantsArmies, RomanTelling Of JesusServant Leadership

And this report went out in all Judaea concerning him, and in all the surrounding country.

Verse ConceptsTelling Of JesusSpreading The Gospelrumors

And the disciples of John brought him word concerning all these things:

Verse ConceptsDisciples Of John The BaptistTelling Of Jesusluck

And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?

Verse ConceptsCrowdsReedsFicklenessThings ShakingTemporary Stay In The Wilderness

this is he concerning whom it hath been written, Lo, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee;

Verse ConceptsPreparing God's WayHeraldMissionaries, Call OfPeople Going Before

But the Pharisees and the lawyers [who were experts in the Mosaic Law] annulled and set aside God’s purpose for themselves, not having been baptized by John.

Verse ConceptsAttorneyLawyersRejection Of GodJewish SectsBaptised By JohnCharacteristics Of PhariseesRejection

And it happened that {afterward} also he was going about from [one] town and village [to another] preaching and proclaiming the good news concerning the kingdom of God, and the twelve [were] with him,

Verse ConceptsGod's Mercy, Example Ofevangelists, identity ofevangelism, nature ofHeraldKingdom Of God, Coming OfLast DaysPreaching, Content OfTownTravelMissionary WorkGood TidingsChrist PreachingChrist With People On EarthTwelve Disciplesevangelizing

and Herod said, 'John I did behead, but who is this concerning whom I hear such things?' and he was seeking to see him.

Verse ConceptsBeheadingMartyrdom, Methods OfRemoving HeadsKilling DisciplesThe First Sight Of ChristWho Is Jesus?

and the multitudes having known did follow him, and having received them, he was speaking to them concerning the reign of God, and those having need of service he cured.

Verse ConceptsFollowing Jesus ChristdoctorsHealingCrowds Around JesusWelcomed By GodJesus Healing

But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them that they should not perceive it. And they feared to ask him concerning this saying.

Verse ConceptsDullnessNot Asking OthersFear Of ChristNot Understanding SayingsGod's Things Concealed

Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.

Verse ConceptsProphecy, Fulfilment Of OtTwelve DisciplesMinistry Of The Son Of ManScriptures Fulfilled

But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in the place concerning the Bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.

Verse ConceptsBurning bushThe Dead Are Raised

For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end.

Verse ConceptsForeknowledgeHumiliationForeknowledge Of ChristScriptures FulfilledFulfilled Prophecies Prove Inspirationaccomplishmentfulfillment

And when Herod saw Jesus he greatly rejoiced, for he had been a long while desirous of seeing him, because of hearing many things concerning him, and he hoped to see some sign done by him;

Verse ConceptsHope, Nature OfSeeking SignsThe First Sight Of ChristGood NewsSigns Performed By ChristSeeking A SignRight Desires

and said to them, "You brought this man to me as one that perverts the people, and see, I have examined him before you, and found no basis for a charge against this man concerning those things of which you accuse him.

Verse ConceptsFaultlessnessTesting ChristBeing Misleadassertiveness

And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:

Verse ConceptsChrist, Names ForChrist's WorkDoing God's WorksJesus The Prophet

He came for witness, that he might witness concerning the light, that all might believe through him.

Verse ConceptsFaith, Origins OfThe Light Of ChristContemporary Witness To ChristBelieve In Christ!

They said then to him, 'Who art thou, that we may give an answer to those sending us? what dost thou say concerning thyself?'

Verse ConceptsWho Is John The Baptist?Acting For OneselfAnswering

this is he concerning whom I said, After me doth come a man, who hath come before me, because he was before me:

Verse ConceptsThe Existence Of ChristGreatness Of ChristChrist Going BeforeSaid To Be The Christ

Jesus saw Nathanael coming unto him, and he saith concerning him, 'Lo, truly an Israelite, in whom guile is not;'

Verse ConceptsBehaviourInnocence, Examples OfCharacter Of SaintsGuileDiscernment of JesusChrist SeeingThose Who Deceived

and because he had no need that any should testify concerning man, for he himself was knowing what was in man.

Verse ConceptsHow Jesus Knows The HeartDiscernment of JesusChrist Knowing About Peopletestimonytestifying

Now a dispute came about between some of John's disciples and a certain Jew concerning ceremonial washing.

Verse ConceptsJohn The BaptistRitual WashingDiscussionsDisciples Of John The BaptistPurifying Oneself

another there is who is testifying concerning me, and I have known that the testimony that he doth testify concerning me is true;

Verse ConceptsTruthDivinity Of ChristThe Witness Of GodGod Bearing Witness To ChristGod's Word Is Truetestifying

'But I have the testimony greater than John's, for the works that the Father gave me, that I might finish them, the works themselves that I do, they testify concerning me, that the Father hath sent me.

Verse ConceptsThe Completion Of RedemptionCompletionWitnesses, To Jesus ChristDoing God's WorksGod Giving To The SonInteraction Of Father And Son

'And the Father who sent me Himself hath testified concerning me; ye have neither heard His voice at any time, nor His appearance have ye seen;

Verse ConceptsDivinity Of ChristGod, InvisibleNot Seeing GodGod Bearing Witness To ChristGod's VoiceInteraction Of Father And SonThe One Who Sent ChristUnhearingfatherhood

The Jews therefore murmured concerning him, because he said, I am the bread which came down out of heaven.

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

But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples murmur concerning this, said to them, Does this offend you?

Verse ConceptsAwarenessGrumblingChrist Knowing About PeopleThe Disciples WordsComplainingcriticism

And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people.

Verse ConceptsCrowdsPersecution, Forms OfPublic OpinionDissensionBeing MisleadGrumbling At People

The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.

Verse ConceptsChief priestsArresting ChristPharisees Concerned About ChristThe Chief Priests Condemning Christ

But this he said concerning the Spirit, which they that believed on him were about to receive; for the Spirit was not yet, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

Verse ConceptsBaptism Of The Holy SpiritGift Of The Holy SpiritThe Water Of LifePromises Of The Holy SpiritThe Effects Of FaithReceiving The Spiritartistsempowermentliberation

The Pharisees therefore said to him, Thou bearest witness concerning thyself; thy witness is not true.

Verse ConceptsConfrontationPharisees, Attitudes To Jesus ChristDisputesMistakesPharisees Concerned About Christtestifying

Jesus answered and said to them, Even if I bear witness concerning myself, my witness is true, because I know whence I came and whither I go: but ye know not whence I come and whither I go.

Verse ConceptsWitnesses, To Jesus ChristChrist Knowing About HimselfNot Knowing About ChristChrist Telling The TruthPeople BeginningWhere From?Changing Yourselftestimonytestifyingmyself

many things I have to speak concerning you and to judge, but He who sent me is true, and I -- what things I heard from Him -- these I say to the world.'

Verse ConceptsGod, Revelation OfReliabilityGod Is TruthfulJesus Christ, JudgeChrist JudgingThe One Who Sent ChristGod's Things Revealed

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

Verse ConceptsMiracles, Responses ToUnbelief, As Response To GodNot Believing PeopleFrom Birth

and how he now seeth, we have not known; or who opened his eyes, we have not known; himself is of age, ask him; he himself shall speak concerning himself.'

Verse ConceptsAskingNot Knowing How

Jesus answered them, 'I told you, and ye do not believe; the works that I do in the name of my Father, these testify concerning me;

Verse ConceptsAffirmative ActionWitnesses, To Jesus ChristSkepticismNot Believing The GospelRelationship Of Father And SonIn God's NameBelieving In Yourself

The Jews answered him, "We are not going to stone you concerning a good deed, but concerning blasphemy, and because you, [although you] are a man, make yourself [to be] God!"

Verse ConceptsClaimsIrreverenceJesus Christ, Deity OfCalled Himself The ChristBlasphemyFear Of Stoning

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