'Long' in the Bible

Now a long way from them a large herd of pigs was feeding.

And Jesus said to them, "{The bridegroom's attendants} are not able to mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them. But days are coming when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.

"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

And Jesus answered [and] said, "O unbelieving and perverse generation! {How long} will I be with you? {How long} must I put up with you? Bring him here to me!"

And they do all their deeds in order to be seen by people, for they make their phylacteries broad and make their tassels long.

But if that evil slave should say {to himself}, 'My master is staying away for a long time,'

Now after a long time, the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them.

And Jesus said to them, "The {bridegroom's attendants} are not able to fast while the bridegroom is with them, [are they]? As long a time [as] they have the bridegroom with them, they are not able to fast.

And he answered them [and] said, "O unbelieving generation! {How long} will I be with you? {How long} must I put up with you? Bring him to me!"

And he asked his father how long it was since this had been happening to him. And he said, "From childhood.

And in his teaching he said, "Beware of the scribes, who like walking around in long robes and greetings in the marketplaces

So he said to them, "You are not able to make the {bridegroom's attendants} fast as long as the bridegroom is with them, [are you]?

So Jesus answered [and] said, "O unbelieving and perverted generation! {How long} will I be with you and put up with you? Bring your son here!"

Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes!

But if that slave should say {to himself}, 'My master is taking a long time to return,' and he begins to beat the male slaves and the female slaves and to eat and drink and get drunk,

And this woman, who is a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan bound {eighteen} long years--is it not necessary that she be released from this bond on the day of the Sabbath?"

And he set out [and] came to his own father. But [while] he was still a long way away, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran {and embraced him} and kissed him.

And he began to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard, and leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey for a long time.

"Beware of the scribes, who like walking around in long robes and who love greetings in the marketplaces and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets,

And [when] Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad, for he had been wanting to see him for a long time, because he had heard about him and was hoping to see some miracle performed by him.

Jesus, [when he] saw this one lying [there] and knew that he had [been sick] a long time already, said to him, "Do you want to become well?"

So the Jews surrounded him and began to say to him, "{How long will you keep us in suspense}? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly!"

Jesus said to him, "Am I with you so long a time and you have not known me, Philip? The one who has seen me has seen the Father! How can you say, 'Show us the Father?'

And they were paying attention to him because for a long time he had astonished them with [his] magic.

Both Judas and Silas, who were also prophets themselves, encouraged and strengthened the brothers by a long message.

So he went up and broke bread, and [when he] had eaten and talked for a long [time], until dawn, then he departed.

And [some] of the disciples from Caesarea also traveled together with us, bringing [us] to a certain Mnason of Cyprus, a disciple of long standing, with whom we were to be entertained as guests.

having known me for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that in accordance with the strictest party of our religion I lived [as] a Pharisee.

And Paul [replied], "I pray to God, whether in a short time or in a long time, not only you but also all those who are listening to me today may become such [people] as I also am, except for these bonds!"

But not long afterward a wind like a hurricane, called the northeaster, rushed down from it.

But they were expecting [that] he was going to swell up or suddenly to fall down dead. So [after] they had waited for a long [time] and saw nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds [and] began saying [that] he was a god.

Or do you not know, brothers (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law is master of a person for as long a time [as] he lives?

Just as it is written, "On account of you we are being put to death the whole day [long]; we are considered as sheep for slaughter."

But about Israel he says, "The whole day [long] I held out my hands to a disobedient and resistant people."

A wife is bound for as long a time [as] her husband lives. But if her husband {dies}, she is free to marry whomever she wishes, only in the Lord.

And does not nature itself teach you that a man, if he wears long hair, it is a dishonor to him?

But a woman, if she wears long hair, it is her glory, because her hair is given for a covering.

Now I say, for as long a time [as] the heir is a child, [he is] no different from a slave, [although he] is master of everything,

"in order that it may be well with you, and you may {live a long time} on the earth."

For God [is] my witness, that I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.

I am setting before you this instruction, Timothy [my] child, in accordance with the prophecies spoken long ago about you, in order that by them you may fight the good fight,

[Although] God spoke long ago in many parts and in many ways to the fathers by the prophets,

But encourage one another {day by day}, as long as it is called "today," so that {none of you become hardened} by the deception of sin.

again he ordains a certain day, today, speaking by David after so long a time, just as had been said before, "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts."

like newborn infants long for the unadulterated spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,

But I consider [it] right, for as long as I am in this habitation, to stir you up by a reminder,

And in greediness they will exploit you with false words, whose condemnation [from] long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.

For [when] they maintain this, it escapes [their] notice that the heavens existed long ago and the earth held together out of water and through water by the word of God,

For certain men have slipped in stealthily, who were designated long ago for this condemnation, ungodly ones, who change the grace of our God into licentiousness and who deny our only Master and Lord Jesus Christ.

and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, "{How long}, holy and true Lord, will you not judge and avenge our blood from those who live on the earth?"

And in those days people will seek death and will never find it, and they will long to die, and death will flee from them.