'Found' in the Bible

And of Jesus Christ, the birth was thus: For his mother Mary having been betrothed to Joseph, before their coming together she was found to have conceived from the Holy Spirit,

and having sent them to Beth-Lehem, he said, 'Having gone -- inquire ye exactly for the child, and whenever ye may have found, bring me back word, that I also having come may bow to him.'

and having come to the house, they found the child with Mary his mother, and having fallen down they bowed to him, and having opened their treasures, they presented to him gifts, gold, and frankincense, and myrrh,

And Jesus having heard, did wonder, and said to those following, 'Verily I say to you, not even in Israel so great faith have I found;

'He who found his life shall lose it, and he who lost his life for my sake shall find it.

'Again, the reign of the heavens is like to treasure hid in the field, which a man having found did hide, and from his joy goeth, and all, as much as he hath, he selleth, and buyeth that field.

who having found one pearl of great price, having gone away, hath sold all, as much as he had, and bought it.

'And, that servant having come forth, found one of his fellow-servants who was owing him an hundred denaries, and having laid hold, he took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that which thou owest.

And about the eleventh hour, having gone forth, he found others standing idle, and saith to them, Why here have ye stood all the day idle?

and having seen a certain fig-tree on the way, he came to it, and found nothing in it except leaves only, and he saith to it, 'No more from thee may fruit be -- to the age;' and forthwith the fig-tree withered.

'And those servants, having gone forth to the ways, did gather all, as many as they found, both bad and good, and the marriage-feast apartment was filled with those reclining.

And coming forth, they found a man, a Cyrenian, by name Simon: him they impressed that he might bear his cross;

and having found him, they say to him, -- 'All do seek thee;'

and having seen certain of his disciples with defiled hands -- that is, unwashed -- eating bread, they found fault;

and having come away to her house, she found the demon gone forth, and the daughter laid upon the couch.

And they went away, and found the colt tied at the door without, by the two ways, and they loose it,

and having seen a fig-tree afar off having leaves, he came, if perhaps he shall find anything in it, and having come to it, he found nothing except leaves, for it was not a time of figs,

And his disciples went forth, and came to the city, and found as he said to them, and they made ready the passover.

and having returned, he found them again sleeping, for their eyes were heavy, and they had not known what they might answer him.

And the messenger said to her, 'Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favour with God;

And they came, having hasted, and found both Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger,

and not having found him, they turned back to Jerusalem seeking him.

And it came to pass, after three days, they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both hearing them and questioning them,

and there was given over to him a roll of Isaiah the prophet, and having unfolded the roll, he found the place where it hath been written:

and not having found by what way they may bring him in because of the multitude, having gone up on the house-top, through the tiles they let him down, with the little couch, into the midst before Jesus,

and those sent, having turned back to the house, found the ailing servant in health.

and they came forth to see what was come to pass, and they came unto Jesus, and found the man sitting, out of whom the demons had gone forth, clothed, and right-minded, at the feet of Jesus, and they were afraid;

and when the voice was past, Jesus was found alone; and they were silent, and declared to no one in those days anything of what they have seen.

and having found, he doth lay it on his shoulders rejoicing,

and having come to the house, he doth call together the friends and the neighbours, saying to them, Rejoice with me, because I found my sheep -- the lost one.

and having found, she doth call together the female friends and the neighbours, saying, Rejoice with me, for I found the drachm that I lost.

because this my son was dead, and did live again, and he was lost, and was found; and they began to be merry.

but to be merry, and to be glad, it was needful, because this thy brother was dead, and did live again, he was lost, and was found.'

There were not found who did turn back to give glory to God, except this alien;'

And those sent, having gone away, found according as he said to them,

and they, having gone away, found as he hath said to them, and they made ready the passover.

And having risen up from the prayer, having come unto the disciples, he found them sleeping from the sorrow,

and began to accuse him, saying, 'This one we found perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying himself to be Christ a king.'

said unto them, 'Ye brought to me this man as perverting the people, and lo, I before you having examined, found in this man no fault in those things ye bring forward against him;

and they found the stone having been rolled away from the tomb,

and having gone in, they found not the body of the Lord Jesus.

and not having found his body, they came, saying also to have seen an apparition of messengers, who say he is alive,

and certain of those with us went away unto the tomb, and found as even the women said, and him they saw not.'

And they, having risen up the same hour, turned back to Jerusalem, and found gathered together the eleven, and those with them,

this one doth first find his own brother Simon, and saith to him, 'We have found the Messiah,' (which is, being interpreted, The Anointed,)

Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith to him, 'Him of whom Moses wrote in the Law, and the prophets, we have found, Jesus the son of Joseph, who is from Nazareth;'

and he found in the temple those selling oxen, and sheep, and doves, and the money-changers sitting,

and having found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, 'Rabbi, when hast thou come hither?'

Jesus heard that they cast him forth without, and having found him, he said to him, 'Dost thou believe in the Son of God?'

Jesus, therefore, having come, found him having been four days already in the tomb.

and Jesus having found a young ass did sit upon it, according as it is written,

and she fell down presently at his feet, and expired, and the young men having come in, found her dead, and having carried forth, they buried her by her husband;

saying -- 'The prison indeed we found shut in all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors, and having opened -- within we found no one.'

and if it be of God, ye are not able to overthrow it, lest perhaps also ye be found fighting against God.'

who found favour before God, and requested to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob;

and Philip was found at Azotus, and passing through, he was proclaiming good news to all the cities, till his coming to Caesarea.

and he found there a certain man, Aeneas by name -- for eight years laid upon a couch -- who was paralytic,

and having found him, he brought him to Antioch, and it came to pass that they a whole year did assemble together in the assembly, and taught a great multitude, the disciples also were divinely called first in Antioch Christians.

and Herod having sought for him, and not having found, having examined the guards, did command them to be led away to punishment, and having gone down from Judea to Caesarea, he was abiding there.

and having gone through the island unto Paphos, they found a certain magian, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name is Bar-Jesus;

and having removed him, He did raise up to them David for king, to whom also having testified, he said, I found David, the son of Jesse, a man according to My heart, who shall do all My will.

and no cause of death having found, they did ask of Pilate that he should be slain,

and not having found them, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the city rulers, calling aloud -- 'These, having put the world in commotion, are also here present,

for passing through and contemplating your objects of worship, I found also an erection on which had been inscribed: To God -- unknown; whom, therefore -- not knowing -- ye do worship, this One I announce to you.

and having found a certain Jew, by name Aquilas, of Pontus by birth, lately come from Italy, and Priscilla his wife -- because of Claudius having directed all the Jews to depart out of Rome -- he came to them,

And it came to pass, in Apollos' being in Corinth, Paul having gone through the upper parts, came to Ephesus, and having found certain disciples,

and many of those who had practised the curious arts, having brought the books together, were burning them before all; and they reckoned together the prices of them, and found it five myriads of silverlings;

and having found a ship passing over to Phenicia, having gone on board, we sailed,

And having found out the disciples, we tarried there seven days, and they said to Paul, through the Spirit, not to go up to Jerusalem;

whom I found accused concerning questions of their law, and having no accusation worthy of death or bonds;

for having found this man a pestilence, and moving a dissension to all the Jews through the world -- a ringleader also of the sect of the Nazarenes --

or let these same say if they found any unrighteousness in me in my standing before the sanhedrim,

and I, having found him to have done nothing worthy of death, and he also himself having appealed to Sebastus, I decided to send him,

and there the centurion having found a ship of Alexandria, sailing to Italy, did put us into it,

and having sounded they found twenty fathoms, and having gone a little farther, and again having sounded, they found fifteen fathoms,

where, having found brethren, we were called upon to remain with them seven days, and thus to Rome we came;

What, then, shall we say Abraham our father, to have found, according to flesh?

and the command that is for life, this was found by me for death;

and Isaiah is very bold, and saith, 'I was found by those not seeking Me; I became manifest to those not inquiring after Me;'

and as to the rest, it is required in the stewards that one may be found faithful,

and we also are found false witnesses of God, because we did testify of God that He raised up the Christ, whom He did not raise if then dead persons do not rise;

if so be that, having clothed ourselves, we shall not be found naked,

and what I do, I also will do, that I may cut off the occasion of those wishing an occasion, that in that which they boast they may be found according as we also;

for I fear lest, having come, not such as I wish I may find you, and I -- I may be found by you such as ye do not wish, lest there be strifes, envyings, wraths, revelries, evil-speakings, whisperings, puffings up, insurrections,

And if, seeking to be declared righteous in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is then Christ a ministrant of sin? let it not be!

and in fashion having been found as a man, he humbled himself, having become obedient unto death -- death even of a cross,

yes, indeed, and I count all things to be loss, because of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, because of whom of the all things I suffered loss, and do count them to be refuse, that Christ I may gain, and be found in him,

who before was speaking evil, and persecuting, and insulting, but I found kindness, because, being ignorant, I did it in unbelief,

but because of this I found kindness, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all long-suffering, for a pattern of those about to believe on him to life age-during:

but being in Rome, very diligently he sought me, and found;

and, 'Thou, at the beginning, Lord, the earth didst found, and a work of thy hands are the heavens;

By faith Enoch was translated -- not to see death, and was not found, because God did translate him; for before his translation he had been testified to -- that he had pleased God well,

for ye know that also afterwards, wishing to inherit the blessing, he was disapproved of, for a place of reformation he found not, though with tears having sought it.

that the proof of your faith -- much more precious than of gold that is perishing, and through fire being approved -- may be found to praise, and honour, and glory, in the revelation of Jesus Christ,

who were once not a people, and are now the people of God; who had not found kindness, and now have found kindness.

who did not commit sin, nor was guile found in his mouth,

wherefore, beloved, these things waiting for, be diligent, spotless and unblameable, by Him to be found in peace,

I rejoiced exceedingly that I have found of thy children walking in truth, even as a command we did receive from the Father;

I have known thy works, and thy labour, and thy endurance, and that thou art not able to bear evil ones, and that thou hast tried those saying themselves to be apostles and are not, and hast found them liars,

become watching, and strengthen the rest of the things that are about to die, for I have not found thy works fulfilled before God.