'Find' in the Bible

The Court added further threats and then let them go, being quite unable to find any way of punishing them on account of the people, because all gave God the glory for the thing that had happened.

But the officers went and could not find them in the prison. So they came back and brought word,

But if it is really from God, you will be powerless to put them down--lest perhaps you find yourselves to be actually fighting against God."

But there came a famine throughout the whole of Egypt and Canaan--and great distress--so that our forefathers could find no food.

"The Moses whom they rejected, asking him, 'Who appointed you magistrate and judge?' --that same Moses we find God sending as a magistrate and a deliverer by the help of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

"Now at that very moment three men came to the house where we were, having been sent from Caesarea to find me.

Then Barnabas paid a visit to Tarsus to try to find Saul.

And when Herod had had him searched for and could not find him, after sharply questioning the guards he ordered them away to execution. He then went down from Judaea to Caesarea and remained there.

But, failing to find them, they dragged Jason and some of the other brethren before the magistrates of the city, loudly accusing them. "These men," they said, "who have raised a tumult throughout the Empire, have come here also.

They required Jason and the rest to find substantial bail, and after that they let them go.

that they might seek God, if perhaps they could grope for Him and find Him. Yes, though He is not far from any one of us.

So there arose a great uproar; and some of the Scribes belonging to the sect of the Pharisees sprang to their feet and fiercely contended, saying, "We find no harm in the man. What if a spirit has spoken to him, or an angel----!"

and that neither in the Temple nor in the synagogues, nor anywhere in the city, did they find me disputing with any opponent or collecting a crowd about me.

But when he dealt with the subjects of justice, self-control, and the judgement which was soon to come, Felix became alarmed and said, "For the present leave me, and when I can find a convenient opportunity I will send for you."

I have nothing very definite, however, to tell our Sovereign about him. So I have brought the man before you all--and especially before you, King Agrippa--that after he has been examined I may find something which I can put into writing.