'Matter' in the Bible

Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter, for thy heart is not upright before God.

But Peter began and set forth the matter to them in order, saying,

And the apostles and the elders were gathered together to see about this matter.

If therefore Demetrius and the artisans who are with him have a matter against any one, the courts are being held, and there are proconsuls: let them accuse one another.

And on the morrow, desirous to know the certainty of the matter why he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him, and commanded the chief priests and all the council to meet, and having brought Paul down set him before them.

And the Jews also joined in pressing the matter against Paul, saying that these things were so.