'Days' in the Bible

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,

In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,

And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.

And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.

And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.

Unhappy are you, Chorazin! Unhappy are you, Beth-saida! For if the works of power which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have been turned from their sins in days gone by, clothing themselves in haircloth and putting dust on their heads.

Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?

And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.

How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.

For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.

And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,

And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.

And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!

Because in those days there will be great sorrow, such as there has not been from the start of the world till now, or ever will be.

And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,

Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.

And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.

And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.

Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.

teaching them to observe all, whatever I did command you,) and lo, I am with you all the days -- till the full end of the age.'

And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.

And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.

And again he entered into Capernaum, after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house.

But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.

The Pharisees asked him, "Look! Why are they doing what is not lawful on Sabbath days?"

How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?

And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.

he spends days and nights, now awake, now asleep, while the seed sprouts and grows tall, he knows not how.

In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them,

I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:

And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them.

For He was teaching His disciples and telling them, “The Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of men. They will kill Him, and after He is killed, He will rise three days later.”

and they will mock Him, spit on Him, flog Him, and kill Him, and He will rise after three days.”

But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!

For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be.

And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.

But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,

After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.

We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.

And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,

all of whom in the Galilaean days had habitually been with Him and cared for Him, as well as many other women who had come up to Jerusalem with Him.

There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

and they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and both were advanced in their days.

And Zacharias said unto the messenger, 'Whereby shall I know this? for I am aged, and my wife is advanced in her days?'

And it came to pass, that, as soon as the days of his ministration were accomplished, he departed to his own house.

And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying,

Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men.

And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda;

In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.

And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.

And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.

And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord;

And there was Anna, a prophetess, daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, she was much advanced in days, having lived with an husband seven years from her virginity,

And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it.

And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.

Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led about by the Spirit in the Desert for forty days,

Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.

But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;

And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days.

On one of those days while He was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea, and also from Jerusalem. And the Lord’s power to heal was in Him.

But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.

And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days?

Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?

And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.

And it came to pass, on one of the days, that he himself went into a boat with his disciples, and he said unto them, 'We may go over to the other side of the lake;' and they set forth,

And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray.

And when the voice was past, Jesus was found alone. And they kept it close, and told no man in those days any of those things which they had seen.

When the days were coming to a close for Him to be taken up, He determined to journey to Jerusalem.

A curse is on you, Chorazin! A curse is on you, Beth-saida! For if such works of power had been done in Tyre and Sidon as have been done in you, they would have been turned from their sins, in days gone by, seated in the dust.

So that punishment may come on this generation for the blood of all the prophets which was given from the earliest days;

And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.

And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.

And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.

And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.

Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;

So he called ten of his servants, and gave them ten minas [one apiece, each equal to about a hundred days’ wages] and said to them, ‘Do business [with this] until I return.’

For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,

And it came to pass, that on one of those days, as he taught the people in the temple, and preached the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes came upon him with the elders,

As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.

But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.

And he was during the days in the temple teaching, and during the nights, going forth, he was lodging at the mount called of Olives;

Finding that He was under Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent Him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem during those days.

For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.

And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass there in these days?

But we were hoping that he would be the Saviour of Israel. In addition to all this he has now let three days go by from the time when these things took place;

Two days later there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there,

After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days.

Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.

Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?

So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days.

Now after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee.

When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was.

Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already.