259 occurrences in 13 translations

'High' in the Bible

Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;

Verse ConceptsSuffering, Of Jesus ChristSeducersAll NationsVisualizationTemptationSatanThe DevilResisting TemptationFlat Earth

And when the sun was high, it was burned; and because it had no root it became dry and dead.

Verse ConceptsThe SunInstabilityPeople WitheredScorchingRoses

"See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the high priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death.

Verse ConceptsChief priestsSanhedrinHanding Over ChristCondemning JesusOpposition To Christ From ScribesThe Chief Priests Condemning ChristDeath Penalty For Heresy

But Jesus called them over and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles dominate them, and the men of high position exercise power over them.

Verse ConceptsLeaders, PoliticalRulersWhat Foreigners DoChrist SummoningGentile RulersLording ItPeople With General KnowledgeGentilesExerciseServant Leadershipservanthooddominion

But when the high priests and the scribes saw the amazing things that he had done and the children shouting in the Temple, "Hosanna to the Son of David," they became furious

Verse ConceptsChief priestsdiligenceResentment, Against GodScribesShoutingChildren And The KingdomAngry With ChristOpposition To Christ From ScribesSave Us!

Then Jesus went into the Temple. While he was teaching, the high priests and the elders of the people came to him and asked, "By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?"

Verse ConceptsChief priestsLeaders, SpiritualEntering The TempleChrist TeachingChrist In The TempleGod Appointing His SonResolving Conflict

When the high priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they knew that he was talking about them.

Verse ConceptsJesus Using ParablesUnderstanding God's Wordpharisees

Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

Verse ConceptsScribesChrist Would Be KilledThe Elderlypriests

Surely this perfume could've been sold for a high price and the money given to the destitute."

Verse ConceptsMoney, Uses OfExpensiveGiving To The Poor

Just then, while Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived. A large crowd armed with swords and clubs was with him. They were from the high priests and elders of the people.

Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalChief priestsCrowdsLargenessWhile Still SpeakingTwelve DisciplesClubsThe Chief Priests Condemning Christ

And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest's, and smote off his ear.

Verse ConceptsSevering Body Partscutting

And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.

Verse ConceptsArrestingOld Age, Attitudes ToAssembling LeadersRivers

But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest's palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end.

Verse ConceptsPeople Sitting DownEnd Of Actionsdistanceprepping

Meanwhile, the high priests and the whole Council were looking for false testimony against Jesus in order to have him put to death.

Verse ConceptsChief priestsLeaders, SpiritualAttempts To Kill ChristSeeking For Abstract ThingsThe Chief Priests Condemning Christaccusations

And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?

Verse ConceptsOthers Not AnsweringPeople Getting UpRivers

But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.

Verse ConceptsGod, Living And Self sustainingSilenceSpeech, Power And Significance OfAdjurationChrist Being SilentWho Is Jesus?Called Himself The ChristRivers

Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy.

Verse ConceptsTearing Of ClothesGesturesBlasphemy, Falsely AccusedHearing ChristThose Who Tore ClothesBlasphemyMan's Needs

Then Judas, who had betrayed him, regretted what had happened when he saw that Jesus was condemned. He brought the 30 pieces of silver back to the high priests and elders,

Verse ConceptsBeing AshamedUnhappinessDelay, Examples OfSocial SelfishnessJudas Betraying ChristCondemning JesusThe Chief Priests Condemning ChristPrice Set On IndividualsRegretting

The high priests picked up the pieces of silver and said, "It is not lawful to put this into the Temple treasury, because it is blood money."

Verse ConceptsCoinageMoney, Uses OfTreasuriesResponsibility For Blood ShedIndeterminate Sums Of MoneyThe Chief Priests Condemning ChristMoney's DeficienciesMoney Boxpriests

But the high priests and elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to demand that Jesus be put to death.

Verse ConceptsMultitudesChief priestsPersuasionInciting To EvilCorrupt PriestsBarabbasAttempts To Kill Christ

In the same way the high priests, along with the scribes and elders, were also making fun of him. They kept saying,

Verse ConceptsChief priestsCorrupt PriestsMocking ChristOpposition To Christ From ScribesFunpriests

The following day (that is, after the Day of Preparation), the high priests and Pharisees gathered before Pilate

Verse ConceptsThe Next DayPreparing Foodpreppinganniversarycredibility

While the women were on their way, some of the guards went into the city and told the high priests everything that had happened.

Verse ConceptsEntering CitiesTelling Of HappeningsThe Chief Priests Condemning Christ

How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?

Verse ConceptsHigh Priest, In NtEntering The TabernaclePeople Providing FoodRoyal Priesthood

And when the sun was high, it was burned; and because it had no root, it became dry and dead.

Verse ConceptsThe SunPeople WitheredScorching

And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.

Verse ConceptsExorcismsMillenniumTortureJesus Christ, Son Of GodAdjurationGod On HighIndividuals ShoutingWhat Have We In Common?God Troubling

And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee;

Verse ConceptsAmusementsCommanderBanquets, Events CelebratedBirthdaysBirthdays CelebratedDinnerRight Time For People

And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them.

Verse ConceptsLight, NaturalLonelinessPeter, The DiscipleChrist GlorifiedSix DaysChrist Going With People

Once again, Jesus took the Twelve aside and began to tell them what was going to happen to him. "Pay attention! We're going up to Jerusalem. The Son of Man will be handed over to the high priests and the scribes, and they'll condemn him to death. Then they'll hand him over to the unbelievers,

Verse ConceptsChief priestsSanhedrinHanding Over ChristSuffering From ForeignersCondemning JesusOpposition To Christ From ScribesThe Chief Priests Condemning Christ

Jesus called them over and said to them, “You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles dominate them, and their men of high positions exercise power over them.

Verse ConceptsRulersWhat Foreigners DoAuthorityChrist SummoningGentile RulersLording ItExerciserecognition

When the high priests and elders heard this, they began to look for a way to kill him, because they were afraid of him, since the whole crowd was amazed at his teaching.

Verse ConceptsScribesTeachers Of The LawMalice, Examples OfAmazement, Of Jesus ChristCrowds AmazedChrist TeachingChrist Would Be KilledFear Of ChristOpposition To Christ From Scribes

Then they went into Jerusalem again. While Jesus was walking in the Temple, the high priests, the scribes, and the elders came to him

Verse ConceptsChrist In The Temple

Now it was two days before the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread. The high priests and the scribes were looking for a way to arrest Jesus secretly and to have him put to death,

Verse ConceptsFeast Of Unleavened BreadChief priestsJudaismScribesTeachers Of The LawCraftinessTwo DaysActing In SecretArresting ChristChrist Would Be KilledOpposition To Christ From Scribes

Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the high priests to betray Jesus to them.

Verse ConceptsJudas IscariotChief priestsNegotiationJudas Betraying ChristThe Chief Priests Condemning Christ

Just then, while Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived. A crowd armed with swords and clubs was with him. They were from the high priests, the scribes, and the elders.

Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalChief priestsCrowdsTeachers Of The LawWhile Still SpeakingTwelve DisciplesClubsOpposition To Christ From ScribesThe Chief Priests Condemning Christ

And one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.

Verse ConceptsOpposition, To Sin And EvilUnwise ZealAnonymityThings StrippedSevering Body Parts

And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes.

Verse ConceptsOld Age, Attitudes ToAssembling LeadersOpposition To Christ From ScribesThe Chief Priests Convened

And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the high priest: and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the fire.

Verse ConceptsWarming

Meanwhile, the high priests and the whole Council were looking for some testimony against Jesus in order to have him put to death, but they couldn't find any.

Verse ConceptsChief priestsAttempts To Kill ChristNot FindingThe Chief Priests Condemning Christ

And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?

Verse ConceptsOthers Not AnsweringPeople Getting UpRiverstestifying

And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest:

Verse ConceptsCourtyard

As soon as it was morning, the high priests convened a meeting with the elders and scribes and the whole Council. They bound Jesus with chains, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate.

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Jesus Christelders, as community leadersBad Decision Making ExamplesRopesTeachers Of The LawCommitteesHanding Over ChristOpposition To Christ From ScribesThe Chief Priests ConvenedTying Up

The high priests kept accusing him of many things.

Verse ConceptsChief priestsaccusations

But the high priests stirred up the crowd to get him to release Barabbas for them instead.

Verse ConceptsPersuasionInciting To EvilCorrupt PriestsBarabbasPeople Set Free By People

In the same way, the high priests, along with the scribes, were also making fun of him among themselves. They kept saying, "He saved others, but can't save himself!

Verse ConceptsCruelty, examples ofChief priestsImpotence Of ChristMocking ChristOpposition To Christ From ScribesSaving OneselfThose Not Saved

There came Joseph of Arimathaea, a responsible man in high honour, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God; and he went in to Pilate without fear, and made a request for the body of Jesus.

Verse ConceptsBoldness, To PeopleKingdom Of God, Coming OfSanhedrinWaitingWaiting On GodBoldness Examples OfMessianic HopeJesus CorpseNot DiscouragedThose Who Wait For Godrisk

Then Mary got up and went quickly into the high lands, to a town of Judah;

Verse ConceptsHillsHasty Action

And child, you will be calleda prophet of the Most High,for you will go before the Lordto prepare His ways,

Verse ConceptsForerunnersDivine MessengerPeople Going BeforeIndividual Prophets

Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.

Verse ConceptsHigh Priest, In NtRankSin, Accepting Forgiveness OfLiving In The Wilderness

After He left the synagogue, He entered Simon’s house. Simon’s mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever, and they asked Him about her.

Verse ConceptsdiseasesMothers, Responsibilities OfPeter, The DiscipleSuffering, Nature OfMother In Laws

When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not.

Verse ConceptsExorcismsBeggarsShoutingTortureJesus Christ, Son Of GodIndividuals ShoutingThe First Sight Of ChristWhat Have We In Common?Bowing Before MessiahGod Troubling

And thou, Capernaum, shalt thou be lifted high as Heaven? Thou shalt be driven down as low as Hades.

Verse ConceptsThe DeadHadesProphecies Said By JesusPutting Things Down

"'Go out,' replied the master, 'to the high roads and hedge-rows, and compel the people to come in, so that my house may be filled.

Verse ConceptsFullness Of The KingdomUsing RoadsOutward CompulsionAmbassadors For ChristHighways

I say to you, This man went back to his house with God's approval, and not the other: for everyone who makes himself high will be made low and whoever makes himself low will be made high.

Verse ConceptsHumilityPromotionIndividuals going homeHumbling Oneself

So he said, A certain man of high birth went into a far-away country to get a kingdom for himself, and to come back.

Verse ConceptsHeirsInheritance, SpiritualNoblesRich, TheIndividuals going homeFar From HereGifts And Talents

Then he began teaching in the Temple every day. The high priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people kept looking for a way to kill him,

Verse ConceptsScribesTeachers Of The LawAmazement, Of Jesus ChristPlottingUnceasingAlways Being ActiveChrist TeachingChrist Would Be KilledOpposition To Christ From Scribes

One day, while Jesus was teaching the people in the Temple and telling them the good news, the high priests and the scribes came with the elders

Verse ConceptsTeachingThe Gospel PreachedChrist TeachingOpposition To Christ From Scribesevangelizingevangelising

So the high priests and the scribes were looking for a way to put him to death, because they were afraid of the crowd.

Verse ConceptsPersecution, Forms OfScribesTeachers Of The LawChrist Would Be KilledFearing Other PeopleOpposition To Christ From Scribes

So he went off and discussed with the high priests and the Temple police how he could betray Jesus to them.

Verse ConceptsChief priestsGuardsNegotiationOfficersPlottingJudas Betraying ChristDiscussionsThe Chief Priests Condemning Christ

And one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear.

Verse ConceptsSevering Body Parts

Then Jesus told the high priests, the Temple police, and the elders, who had come for him, "Have you come out with swords and clubs as if I were a bandit?

Verse ConceptsChief priestsGuardsClubsThe Lord As A Thief

Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high priest's house. And Peter followed afar off.

Verse ConceptsArrestingHigh Priest, In NtArresting Christdistance

As soon as day came, the elders of the people, the high priests, and the scribes assembled and brought him before their Council.

Verse ConceptsDawnChief priestsAssembling LeadersDaybreakAt DaybreakOpposition To Christ From ScribesThe Chief Priests Convenedelders

Then Pilate told the high priests and crowds, "I do not find anything chargeable in this man."

Verse ConceptsChief priestsAccusations, Against ChristFaultlessnessGuilt

Meanwhile, the high priests and the scribes stood nearby and continued to accuse him vehemently.

Verse ConceptsChief priestsTeachers Of The LawOpposition To Christ From Scribesassertiveness

Then Pilate called the high priests, the other leaders, and the people together

Verse ConceptsRulersAssembling LeadersThe Chief Priests Convened

They answered him, "The events involving Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet, mighty in what he said and did before God and all the people, and how our high priests and leaders handed him over to be condemned to death and had him crucified.

Verse ConceptsChief priestsRulersSuffering, Of Jesus ChristChrist Was KilledThe Chief Priests Condemning ChristJesus Deathcrucifixion

So he came to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And there was a certain man of high position whose son was ill at Capernaum.

Verse ConceptsParents Duty To ChildrenProviding WineDrinking WaterSick Individuals

Then a high wind arose, and the sea began to churn.

Verse ConceptsThe Sea Stirred UpThe Sealakes

The Pharisees heard the crowd debating these things about him, so the high priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest Jesus.

Verse ConceptsChief priestsArresting ChristPharisees Concerned About ChristThe Chief Priests Condemning Christ

Then the officers returned to the high priests and Pharisees, who asked them, "Why didn't you bring him?"

Verse ConceptsHanding Over ChristThe Chief Priests Condemning Christ

They took therefore the stone away. And Jesus lifted up his eyes on high and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me;

Verse ConceptsLooking HeavenwardRelationship Of Father And SonThe Father's Activity Regarding ChristWe Thank God

So the high priests and the Pharisees assembled the Council and said, "What are we going to do? This man is performing many signs.

Verse ConceptsChief priestsSigns Of The TimesProphecies Concerning ChristPlottingSigns Performed By ChristThe Chief Priests Convenedaccomplishment

And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,

Verse ConceptsThose Who Were IgnorantRivers

And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation;

Verse ConceptsThe Effect Of Christ's DeathVicarious SubstitutionRivers

Now the high priests and the Pharisees had given orders that whoever knew where he was should tell them so that they could arrest him.

Verse ConceptsCommands, in NTArresting Christ

Bible Theasaurus

Decayed (8 instances)
Elevated (27 instances)
Elevated (27 instances)
Eminent (11 instances)
Exalted (162 instances)
Gigantic (4 instances)
Handsome (22 instances)
Heights (83 instances)
Highest (77 instances)
Lofty (52 instances)
Luxuriously (10 instances)
Richly (24 instances)

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