'First' in the Bible

Its alcoves, three on each side, and its jambs and porches had the same measurement as the first gate; 87? feet long and 43? feet wide.

The first of all the first fruits and all contributions of any kind will be for the priests; you will also give to the priest the first portion of your dough, so that a blessing may rest on your house.

"'This is what the sovereign Lord says: In the first month, on the first day of the month, you must take an unblemished young bull and purify the sanctuary.

"'In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, you will celebrate the Passover, and for seven days bread made without yeast will be eaten.

Now Daniel lived on until the first year of Cyrus the king.

In the first year of King Belshazzar of Babylon, Daniel had a dream filled with visions while he was lying on his bed. Then he wrote down the dream in summary fashion.

"The first one was like a lion with eagles' wings. As I watched, its wings were pulled off and it was lifted up from the ground. It was made to stand on two feet like a human being, and a human mind was given to it.

The male goat is the king of Greece, and the large horn between its eyes is the first king.

In the first year of Darius son of Ahasuerus, who was of Median descent and who had been appointed king over the Babylonian empire --

in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, came to understand from the sacred books that, according to the word of the LORD disclosed to the prophet Jeremiah, the years for the fulfilling of the desolation of Jerusalem were seventy in number.

On the twenty-fourth day of the first month I was beside the great river, the Tigris.

Then he said to me, "Don't be afraid, Daniel, for from the very first day you applied your mind to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard. I have come in response to your words.

However, I will first tell you what is written in a dependable book. (There is no one who strengthens me against these princes, except Michael your prince.

And in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood to strengthen him and to provide protection for him.)

When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, he said to him, "Go marry a prostitute who will bear illegitimate children conceived through prostitution, because the nation continually commits spiritual prostitution by turning away from the Lord."

When I found Israel, it was like finding grapes in the wilderness. I viewed your ancestors like an early fig on a fig tree in its first season. Then they came to Baal-Peor and they dedicated themselves to shame -- they became as detestable as what they loved.

Certainly the sovereign Lord does nothing without first revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.

Therefore they will now be the first to go into exile, and the religious banquets where they sprawl on couches will end.

On the first day of the sixth month of King Darius' second year, the Lord spoke this message through the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak:

Harnessed to the first chariot were red horses, to the second black horses,

The Lord also will deliver the homes of Judah first, so that the splendor of the kingship of David and of the people of Jerusalem may not exceed that of Judah.

All the land will change and become like the Arabah from Geba to Rimmon, south of Jerusalem; and Jerusalem will be raised up and will stay in its own place from the Benjamin Gate to the site of the First Gate and on to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses.

leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother and then come and present your gift.

You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.

Another of the disciples said to him, "Lord, let me first go and bury my father."

Now these are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (called Peter), and Andrew his brother; James son of Zebedee and John his brother;

How else can someone enter a strong man's house and steal his property, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can thoroughly plunder the house.

Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, so the last state of that person is worse than the first. It will be that way for this evil generation as well!"

Let both grow together until the harvest. At harvest time I will tell the reapers, "First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned, but then gather the wheat into my barn."'"

The disciples asked him, "Why then do the experts in the law say that Elijah must come first?"

He answered, "Elijah does indeed come first and will restore all things.

He said, "Yes." When Peter came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, "What do you think, Simon? From whom do earthly kings collect tolls or taxes -- from their sons or from foreigners?"

But so that we don't offend them, go to the lake and throw out a hook. Take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth, you will find a four drachma coin. Take that and give it to them for me and you."

Then his lord called the first slave and said to him, 'Evil slave! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me!

But many who are first will be last, and the last first.

When it was evening the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, 'Call the workers and give the pay starting with the last hired until the first.'

And when those hired first came, they thought they would receive more. But each one also received the standard wage.

So the last will be first, and the first last."

and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave --

"What do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, 'Son, go and work in the vineyard today.'

Which of the two did his father's will?" They said, "The first." Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, tax collectors and prostitutes will go ahead of you into the kingdom of God!

Again he sent other slaves, more than the first, and they treated them the same way.

Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children he left his wife to his brother.

This is the first and greatest commandment.

Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup, so that the outside may become clean too!

Now on the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus and said, "Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?"

So give orders to secure the tomb until the third day. Otherwise his disciples may come and steal his body and say to the people, 'He has been raised from the dead,' and the last deception will be worse than the first."

Now after the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.

But no one is able to enter a strong man's house and steal his property unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can thoroughly plunder his house.

By itself the soil produces a crop, first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain in the head.

He said to her, "Let the children be satisfied first, for it is not right to take the children's bread and to throw it to the dogs."

Then they asked him, "Why do the experts in the law say that Elijah must come first?"

He said to them, "Elijah does indeed come first, and restores all things. And why is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be despised?

After he sat down, he called the twelve and said to them, "If anyone wants to be first, he must be last of all and servant of all."

But many who are first will be last, and the last first."

and whoever wants to be first among you must be the slave of all.

There were seven brothers. The first one married, and when he died he had no children.

First the gospel must be preached to all nations.

Now on the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, Jesus' disciples said to him, "Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?"

And very early on the first day of the week, at sunrise, they went to the tomb.

[[Early on the first day of the week, after he arose, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had driven out seven demons.

This was the first registration, taken when Quirinius was governor of Syria.

How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me remove the speck from your eye,' while you yourself don't see the beam in your own? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.

Jesus said to another, "Follow me." But he replied, "Lord, first let me go and bury my father."

Yet another said, "I will follow you, Lord, but first let me say goodbye to my family."

Whenever you enter a house, first say, 'May peace be on this house!'

I tell you, even though the man inside will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of the first man's sheer persistence he will get up and give him whatever he needs.

But when a stronger man attacks and conquers him, he takes away the first man's armor on which the man relied and divides up his plunder.

Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, so the last state of that person is worse than the first."

The Pharisee was astonished when he saw that Jesus did not first wash his hands before the meal.

Meanwhile, when many thousands of the crowd had gathered so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to his disciples, "Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

But indeed, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last."

But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first said to him, 'I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please excuse me.'

For which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn't sit down first and compute the cost to see if he has enough money to complete it?

Or what king, going out to confront another king in battle, will not sit down first and determine whether he is able with ten thousand to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand?

So he contacted his master's debtors one by one. He asked the first, 'How much do you owe my master?'

But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

So the first one came before him and said, 'Sir, your mina has made ten minas more.'

Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a woman and died without children.

And when you hear of wars and rebellions, do not be afraid. For these things must happen first, but the end will not come at once."

Now on the first day of the week, at early dawn, the women went to the tomb, taking the aromatic spices they had prepared.

He first found his own brother Simon and told him, "We have found the Messiah!" (which is translated Christ).

and said to him, "Everyone serves the good wine first, and then the cheaper wine when the guests are drunk. You have kept the good wine until now!"

Jesus did this as the first of his miraculous signs, in Cana of Galilee. In this way he revealed his glory, and his disciples believed in him.

"Our law doesn't condemn a man unless it first hears from him and learns what he is doing, does it?"

When they persisted in asking him, he stood up straight and replied, "Whoever among you is guiltless may be the first to throw a stone at her."

(His disciples did not understand these things when they first happened, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about him and that these things had happened to him.)

"If the world hates you, be aware that it hated me first.

They brought him first to Annas, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.

So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the two men who had been crucified with Jesus, first the one and then the other.

Now very early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been moved away from the entrance.

The two were running together, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and reached the tomb first.

Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, came in, and he saw and believed.

On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the disciples had gathered together and locked the doors of the place because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders. Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you."

God raised up his servant and sent him first to you, to bless you by turning each one of you from your iniquities."

So when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our ancestors there the first time.

and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught a significant number of people. Now it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called Christians.

After they had passed the first and second guards, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened for them by itself, and they went outside and walked down one narrow street, when at once the angel left him.

Both Paul and Barnabas replied courageously, "It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we are turning to the Gentiles.

Simeon has explained how God first concerned himself to select from among the Gentiles a people for his name.