'Especially' in the Bible

Some of them were persuaded and began to be associated with Paul and Silas, especially a large crowd of devout Greeks and the wives of many prominent men.

They were especially sorrowful because of what he had said that they would never see his face again. Then they took him to the ship.

I have nothing reliable to write our Sovereign about him, so I have brought him to all of you, and especially to you, King Agrippa, so that I will have something to write after he is cross-examined.

since you are especially familiar with all the Jewish customs and controversies. I beg you, therefore, to listen patiently to me.