'Immediately' in the Bible

Then Saul immediately fell full length upon the ground and was very afraid because of the words of Samuel; also there was no strength in him, for he had eaten no food all day and all night.

“I have seen the foolish taking root,And I cursed his abode immediately.

But whoever does not fall down and worship shall immediately be cast into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire.”

Now if you are ready, at the moment you hear the sound of the horn, flute, lyre, trigon, psaltery and bagpipe and all kinds of music, to fall down and worship the image that I have made, very well. But if you do not worship, you will immediately be cast into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire; and what god is there who can deliver you out of my hands?”

Immediately the word concerning Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled; and he was driven away from mankind and began eating grass like cattle, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven until his hair had grown like eagles’ feathers and his nails like birds’ claws.

Suddenly the fingers of a man’s hand emerged and began writing opposite the lampstand on the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace, and the king saw the back of the hand that did the writing.

After being baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove and lighting on Him,

Immediately they left their nets and followed Him.

Immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed Him.

Jesus stretched out His hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing; be cleansed.” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

Others fell on the rocky places, where they did not have much soil; and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of soil.

The one on whom seed was sown on the rocky places, this is the man who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy;

yet he has no firm root in himself, but is only temporary, and when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he falls away.

Immediately He made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead of Him to the other side, while He sent the crowds away.

But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, “Take courage, it is I; do not be afraid.”

Immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and took hold of him, and *said to him, “You of little faith, why did you doubt?”

Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes; and immediately they regained their sight and followed Him.

saying to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied there and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to Me.

If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord has need of them,’ and immediately he will send them.”

“But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

Immediately the one who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and gained five more talents.

Immediately Judas went to Jesus and said, “Hail, Rabbi!” and kissed Him.

Then he began to curse and swear, “I do not know the man!” And immediately a rooster crowed.

Immediately one of them ran, and taking a sponge, he filled it with sour wine and put it on a reed, and gave Him a drink.

Immediately coming up out of the water, He saw the heavens opening, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon Him;

Immediately the Spirit *impelled Him to go out into the wilderness.

Immediately they left their nets and followed Him.

Immediately He called them; and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, and went away to follow Him.

They *went into Capernaum; and immediately on the Sabbath He entered the synagogue and began to teach.

Immediately the news about Him spread everywhere into all the surrounding district of Galilee.

And immediately after they came out of the synagogue, they came into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.

Now Simon’s mother-in-law was lying sick with a fever; and immediately they *spoke to Jesus about her.

Immediately the leprosy left him and he was cleansed.

And He sternly warned him and immediately sent him away,

Immediately Jesus, aware in His spirit that they were reasoning that way within themselves, *said to them, “Why are you reasoning about these things in your hearts?

And he got up and immediately picked up the pallet and went out in the sight of everyone, so that they were all amazed and were glorifying God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this.”

The Pharisees went out and immediately began conspiring with the Herodians against Him, as to how they might destroy Him.

Other seed fell on the rocky ground where it did not have much soil; and immediately it sprang up because it had no depth of soil.

These are the ones who are beside the road where the word is sown; and when they hear, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word which has been sown in them.

In a similar way these are the ones on whom seed was sown on the rocky places, who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy;

and they have no firm root in themselves, but are only temporary; then, when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they fall away.

But when the crop permits, he immediately puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”

When He got out of the boat, immediately a man from the tombs with an unclean spirit met Him,

Immediately the flow of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her affliction.

Immediately Jesus, perceiving in Himself that the power proceeding from Him had gone forth, turned around in the crowd and said, “Who touched My garments?”

Immediately the girl got up and began to walk, for she was twelve years old. And immediately they were completely astounded.

Immediately she came in a hurry to the king and asked, saying, “I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.”

Immediately the king sent an executioner and commanded him to bring back his head. And he went and had him beheaded in the prison,

Immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go ahead of Him to the other side to Bethsaida, while He Himself was sending the crowd away.

for they all saw Him and were terrified. But immediately He spoke with them and *said to them, “Take courage; it is I, do not be afraid.”

When they got out of the boat, immediately the people recognized Him,

But after hearing of Him, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately came and fell at His feet.

And immediately He entered the boat with His disciples and came to the district of Dalmanutha.

Immediately, when the entire crowd saw Him, they were amazed and began running up to greet Him.

They brought the boy to Him. When he saw Him, immediately the spirit threw him into a convulsion, and falling to the ground, he began rolling around and foaming at the mouth.

Immediately the boy’s father cried out and said, “I do believe; help my unbelief.”

And Jesus said to him, “Go; your faith has made you well.” Immediately he regained his sight and began following Him on the road.

and *said to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one yet has ever sat; untie it and bring it here.

If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ you say, ‘The Lord has need of it’; and immediately he will send it back here.”

Immediately while He was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, *came up accompanied by a crowd with swords and clubs, who were from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.

After coming, Judas immediately went to Him, saying, “Rabbi!” and kissed Him.

Immediately a rooster crowed a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had made the remark to him, “Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” And he began to weep.

Early in the morning the chief priests with the elders and scribes and the whole Council, immediately held a consultation; and binding Jesus, they led Him away and delivered Him to Pilate.

And standing over her, He rebuked the fever, and it left her; and she immediately got up and waited on them.

And He stretched out His hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing; be cleansed.” And immediately the leprosy left him.

But the one who has heard and has not acted accordingly, is like a man who built a house on the ground without any foundation; and the torrent burst against it and immediately it collapsed, and the ruin of that house was great.”

came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His cloak, and immediately her hemorrhage stopped.

When the woman saw that she had not escaped notice, she came trembling and fell down before Him, and declared in the presence of all the people the reason why she had touched Him, and how she had been immediately healed.

And her spirit returned, and she got up immediately; and He gave orders for something to be given her to eat.

Be like men who are waiting for their master when he returns from the wedding feast, so that they may immediately open the door to him when he comes and knocks.

And He was also saying to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and so it turns out.

And He laid His hands on her; and immediately she was made erect again and began glorifying God.

And He said to them, “Which one of you will have a son or an ox fall into a well, and will not immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?”

“Which of you, having a slave plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come immediately and sit down to eat’?

Immediately he regained his sight and began following Him, glorifying God; and when all the people saw it, they gave praise to God.

While they were listening to these things, Jesus went on to tell a parable, because He was near Jerusalem, and they supposed that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately.

When you hear of wars and disturbances, do not be terrified; for these things must take place first, but the end does not follow immediately.”

But Peter said, “Man, I do not know what you are talking about.” Immediately, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed.

Immediately the man became well, and picked up his pallet and began to walk.Now it was the Sabbath on that day.

So they were willing to receive Him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land to which they were going.

So after receiving the morsel he went out immediately; and it was night.

if God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify Him in Himself, and will glorify Him immediately.

Peter then denied it again, and immediately a rooster crowed.

But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out.

And seizing him by the right hand, he raised him up; and immediately his feet and his ankles were strengthened.

And immediately she fell at his feet and breathed her last, and the young men came in and found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.

And immediately there fell from his eyes something like scales, and he regained his sight, and he got up and was baptized;

and immediately he began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, saying, “He is the Son of God.”

Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you; get up and make your bed.” Immediately he got up.

This happened three times, and immediately the object was taken up into the sky.

So I sent for you immediately, and you have been kind enough to come. Now then, we are all here present before God to hear all that you have been commanded by the Lord.”

When they had passed the first and second guard, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, which opened for them by itself; and they went out and went along one street, and immediately the angel departed from him.

And immediately an angel of the Lord struck him because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and died.

Now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind and not see the sun for a time.” And immediately a mist and a darkness fell upon him, and he went about seeking those who would lead him by the hand.

When he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.

and suddenly there came a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison house were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were unfastened.

And he took them that very hour of the night and washed their wounds, and immediately he was baptized, he and all his household.

The brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived, they went into the synagogue of the Jews.

Then immediately the brethren sent Paul out to go as far as the sea; and Silas and Timothy remained there.

Then all the city was provoked, and the people rushed together, and taking hold of Paul they dragged him out of the temple, and immediately the doors were shut.