'First' in the Bible

it seemed good also to me, having followed from the first after all things exactly, to write to thee in order, most noble Theophilus,

this enrolment first came to pass when Cyrenius was governor of Syria --

or how art thou able to say to thy brother, Brother, suffer, I may take out the mote that is in thine eye -- thyself the beam in thine own eye not beholding? Hypocrite, take first the beam out of thine own eye, and then thou shalt see clearly to take out the mote that is in thy brother's eye.

And he said unto another, 'Be following me;' and he said, 'Sir, permit me, having gone away, first to bury my father;'

And another also said, 'I will follow thee, sir, but first permit me to take leave of those in my house;'

and into whatever house ye do enter, first say, Peace to this house;

then doth it go, and take to it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and having entered, they dwell there, and the last of that man becometh worst than the first.'

and the Pharisee having seen, did wonder that he did not first baptize himself before the dinner.

'Woe to you, the Pharisees, because ye love the first seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the market-places.

At which time the myriads of the multitude having been gathered together, so as to tread upon one another, he began to say unto his disciples, first, 'Take heed to yourselves of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy;

and lo, there are last who shall be first, and there are first who shall be last.'

And he spake a simile unto those called, marking how they were choosing out the first couches, saying unto them,

'When thou mayest be called by any one to marriage-feasts, thou mayest not recline on the first couch, lest a more honourable than thou may have been called by him,

'And they began with one consent all to excuse themselves: The first said to him, A field I bought, and I have need to go forth and see it; I beg of thee, have me excused.

'For who of you, willing to build a tower, doth not first, having sat down, count the expence, whether he have the things for completing?

'Or what king going on to engage with another king in war, doth not, having sat down, first consult if he be able with ten thousand to meet him who with twenty thousand is coming against him?

'And the father said unto his servants, Bring forth the first robe, and clothe him, and give a ring for his hand, and sandals for the feet;

'And having called near each one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first, How much dost thou owe to my lord?

and first it behoveth him to suffer many things, and to be rejected by this generation.

'And the first came near, saying, Sir, thy pound did gain ten pounds;

'There were, then, seven brothers, and the first having taken a wife, died childless,

'Take heed of the scribes, who are wishing to walk in long robes, and are loving salutations in the markets, and first seats in the synagogues, and first couches in the suppers,

and when ye may hear of wars and uprisings, be not terrified, for it behoveth these things to happen first, but the end is not immediately.'

And on the first of the sabbaths, at early dawn, they came to the tomb, bearing the spices they made ready, and certain others with them,