167 occurrences

'May' in the Bible

They said then to him, 'Who art thou, that we may give an answer to those sending us? what dost thou say concerning thyself?'

Verse ConceptsWho Is John The Baptist?Acting For OneselfAnswering

of whom I am not worthy that I may loose the cord of his sandal.'

Verse ConceptsSandalsShoesUndoing Fastenings

His mother saith to the ministrants, 'Whatever he may say to you -- do.'

Verse ConceptsServants Of PeoplemomsWaiting Till Marriage

and saith to him, 'Every man, at first, the good wine doth set forth; and when they may have drunk freely, then the inferior; thou didst keep the good wine till now.'

Verse ConceptsAlcoholFirst ActionsProviding WineBad ItemsDrunkenness

this one came unto him by night, and said to him, 'Rabbi, we have known that from God thou hast come -- a teacher, for no one these signs is able to do that thou dost, if God may not be with him.'

Verse ConceptsKnowing God, Nature OfPharisees, Attitudes To Jesus ChristRabbiSignsSigns Of The TimesJesus As Our TeacherGod With ChristSigns Performed By ChristDuring One NightOther People Of GodSpecial Revelation

John answered and said, 'A man is not able to receive anything, if it may not have been given him from the heaven;

Verse ConceptsGod Acts From HeavenThose To Whom God Gives

for his disciples were gone away to the city, that they may buy victuals;

Verse ConceptsLeavingDisciples' Movements

The woman saith unto him, 'Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come hither to draw.'

Verse ConceptsMisunderstood TruthDrawing Water

The woman saith to him, 'I have known that Messiah doth come, who is called Christ, when that one may come, he will tell us all things;'

Verse ConceptsMessianic HopeThe Fact Of His Coming

'And he who is reaping doth receive a reward, and doth gather fruit to life age-during, that both he who is sowing and he who is reaping may rejoice together;

Verse ConceptsCropsServants, Working Conditions OfThe Soul Winners JoyEntering LifeReaperseternity

he, having heard that Jesus is come out of Judea to Galilee, went away unto him, and was asking him that he may come down and may heal his son, for he was about to die.

Verse ConceptsBeggarsNearness Of DeathDeath Looms NearFamily Death

The ailing man answered him, 'Sir, I have no man, that, when the water may be troubled, he may put me into the pool, and while I am coming, another doth go down before me.'

Verse ConceptsFriendlessnessLonelinessWeakness, PhysicalHelplessnessPeople Going BeforeDippingThings ShakingNo Help

After these things, Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said to him, 'Lo, thou hast become whole; sin no more, lest something worse may happen to thee.'

Verse ConceptsAfflicted SaintsDeliverance, Response ToSin, Accepting Forgiveness OfWarningFinding PeopleChrist In The TempleHealth AchievedWorse

Jesus therefore responded and said to them, 'Verily, verily, I say to you, The Son is not able to do anything of himself, if he may not see the Father doing anything; for whatever things He may do, these also the Son in like manner doth;

Verse Conceptsethics, basis ofSubmissionJesus Christ, Relation To FatherJesus Christ, Son Of GodChrist's Relationship To GodChrist Telling The TruthTruly TrulyInteraction Of Father And SonSubject To GodThe Father's Activity Regarding Christ

that all may honour the Son according as they honour the Father; he who is not honouring the Son, doth not honour the Father who sent him.

Verse ConceptsHonorJesus Christ, Deity OfFather And Son AlikeInteraction Of Father And SonThe One Who Sent Christhonour

'But I do not receive testimony from man, but these things I say that ye may be saved;

Verse ConceptsGod Wants To Save AllDanger From Mentestimony

and ye do not will to come unto me, that ye may have life;

Verse ConceptsComing To ChristLife Through ChristPeople Unwilling

Jesus then having lifted up his eyes and having seen that a great multitude doth come to him, saith unto Philip, 'Whence shall we buy loaves, that these may eat?' --

Verse ConceptsBuying and sellingMoney, Uses OfChrist SeeingPeople Providing Foodautonomy

Philip answered him, 'Two hundred denaries' worth of loaves are not sufficient to them, that each of them may receive some little;'

Verse ConceptsUnbelief, And Life Of FaithWagesLittle FoodNo FoodGrace Being SufficientWorth

And when they were filled, he saith to his disciples, 'Gather together the broken pieces that are over, that nothing may be lost;'

Verse ConceptsFrugalityGathering FoodPlenty Through ChristRemaining FoodFilling PeopleNo LossBeing Lostgathering

Jesus, therefore, having known that they are about to come, and to take him by force that they may make him king, retired again to the mountain himself alone.

Verse ConceptsHumility Of ChristChrist Knowing About PeopleMaking KingsOutward Compulsionmovement

They said therefore unto him, 'What may we do that we may work the works of God?'

Verse ConceptsTeachablenessDoing God's WorksWorking For GodWorking For The Lordworkingorder

They said therefore to him, 'What sign, then, dost thou, that we may see and may believe thee? what dost thou work?

Verse ConceptsSeeking SignsCuriosityJesus Christ, Temptation OfReasons For Faith In ChristSigns Performed By ChristSeeking A SignTesting God

this is the bread that out of the heaven is coming down, that any one may eat of it, and not die.

Verse ConceptsEating, Metaphorical UseImmortality, In NtChrist Going DownNot DyingChrist And HeavenJesus As Food

I am the living bread that came down out of the heaven; if any one may eat of this bread he shall live -- to the age; and the bread also that I will give is my flesh, that I will give for the life of the world.'

Verse ConceptsSpiritual FoodFlesh, Description Ofeternal life, nature ofThe EucharistChrist Going DownEating Christ's BodyLife In ChristChrist And HeavenChrist's LifeJesus As FoodLife Is In ChristBreadCompetition

Jesus, therefore, said to them, 'Verily, verily, I say to you, If ye may not eat the flesh of the Son of Man, and may not drink his blood, ye have no life in yourselves;

Verse ConceptsFellowship With ChristBeverages, FigurativeJesus As Son Of ManBeing Dead In SinPeople Consuming BloodNot Maintaining LifeChrist Telling The TruthTruly TrulyJesus As FoodThe Blood Of Jesuscommunionmuscles

if then ye may behold the Son of Man going up where he was before?

Verse ConceptsGoing Up To HeavenMinistry Of The Son Of Man

and he said, 'Because of this I have said to you -- No one is able to come unto me, if it may not have been given him from my Father.'

Verse ConceptsAbility, Of God To SaveComing To ChristThose To Whom God GivesThe Father's Activity Regarding Christ

his brethren, therefore, said unto him, 'Remove hence, and go away to Judea, that thy disciples also may behold thy works that thou dost;

Verse ConceptsChrist's Earthly FamilyChrist's WorkOther References To The DisciplesHalf brothersSiblingscriticism

if a man doth receive circumcision on a sabbath that the law of Moses may not be broken, are ye wroth with me that I made a man all whole on a sabbath?

Verse ConceptsInconsistencyCircumcision, physicalMoses, Significance OfAngry With ChristFulfilling The LawJesus HealingThe Sabbath And ChristJesus Healing On Sabbath

and many out of the multitude did believe in him, and said -- 'The Christ -- when he may come -- will he do more signs than these that this one did?'

Verse Conceptsevangelism, kinds ofCrowdsMiracles, Responses ToSigns Performed By ChristThose Who Believed In Christ

The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers that they may take him;

Verse ConceptsChief priestsArresting ChristPharisees Concerned About ChristThe Chief Priests Condemning Christ

'Doth our law judge the man, if it may not hear from him first, and know what he doth?'

Verse ConceptsJudging RightlyExcellent LawNo Condemnationcondemnation

Jesus, therefore, said unto the Jews who believed in him, 'If ye may remain in my word, truly my disciples ye are, and ye shall know the truth,

Verse ConceptsCommitment, to Jesus ChristAbiding In Christdiscipleship, nature ofNames And Titles For The ChristianObeying JesusAbiding With GodReceiving God's WordJewsDiscipleship

The Jews, therefore, said to him, 'Now we have known that thou hast a demon; Abraham did die, and the prophets, and thou dost say, If any one may keep my word, he shall not taste of death -- to the age!

Verse ConceptsTasteLife By God's WordNot DyingAccused Of Being DemonisedDeath Of Unnamed IndividualsKeeping Christ's Commands

they took up, therefore, stones that they may cast at him, but Jesus hid himself, and went forth out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.

Verse ConceptsStoningHiding From PeopleChrist Would Be KilledFear Of Stoninghidingtrying

Jesus answered, 'Neither did this one sin nor his parents, but that the works of God may be manifested in him;

Verse Conceptsevil, victory overGod's Deed RevealedBlindnessFamily ProblemsIllnessWorking For GodParents Being Wrongmumsparenthood

These things said his parents, because they were afraid of the Jews, for already had the Jews agreed together, that if any one may confess him -- Christ, he may be put out of the synagogue;

Verse ConceptsPersecution, Forms OfSynagogueFear, Of PersecutionFear Of ManDisfellowshipExcommunicationFear Of EnemiesBelieving In Christ

he answered and said, 'Who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?'

Verse ConceptsTeachablenessWho Is Jesus?

And Jesus said, 'For judgment I to this world did come, that those not seeing may see, and those seeing may become blind.'

Verse ConceptsCommunicationSpiritual Blindness, Removal OfJesus Christ, JudgeGod BlindingHealing Of The BlindChrist JudgingJudgmentsBlindnessJudgement

and when his own sheep he may put forth, before them he goeth on, and the sheep follow him, because they have known his voice;

Verse ConceptsBeing ChosenCharacter Of SaintsPeople Going BeforeInstructions About Following

Therefore, again, did the Jews take up stones that they may stone him;

Verse ConceptsChrist Would Be KilledFear Of Stoning

then after this, he saith to the disciples, 'We may go to Judea again;'

Verse ConceptsChrist Speaking To Disciples

Jesus answered, 'Are there not twelve hours in the day? if any one may walk in the day, he doth not stumble, because the light of this world he doth see;

Verse ConceptsDays, Natural UseUsing The DayThe Number TwelveHourNot StumblingLiving In The LightLight

and if any one may walk in the night, he stumbleth, because the light is not in him.'

Verse ConceptsWalking In DarknessSpiritual NightPeople StumblingSpiritual Darkness

These things he said, and after this he saith to them, 'Lazarus our friend hath fallen asleep, but I go on that I may awake him;'

Verse ConceptsProphecies Said By JesusIntermediate Stateawakeninglazarus

and I rejoice, for your sake, (that ye may believe,) that I was not there; but we may go to him;'

Verse ConceptsBelieve In Christ!Gone Awaylazarus

therefore said Thomas, who is called Didymus, to the fellow-disciples, 'We may go -- we also, that we may die with him,'

Verse ConceptsFriendship, Examples OfResigned To DeathChrist With People On EarthChrist Going With PeopleTwin Brothers

the Jews, therefore, who were with her in the house, and were comforting her, having seen Mary that she rose up quickly and went forth, followed her, saying -- 'She doth go away to the tomb, that she may weep there.'

Verse ConceptsMourningComfort, Of FriendsSpeedPeople Following PeoplePeople Getting UpMourning The Death Of Others

and I knew that Thou always dost hear me, but, because of the multitude that is standing by, I said it, that they may believe that Thou didst send me.'

Verse ConceptsCrowdsTypes Of ChristBelieve In Christ!God Sending OthersGod Pays Attentionlazarus

the chief priests, therefore, and the Pharisees, gathered together a sanhedrim, and said, 'What may we do? because this man doth many signs?

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

if we may let him alone thus, all will believe in him; and the Romans will come, and will take away both our place and nation.'

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and Judah

From that day, therefore, they took counsel together that they may kill him;

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Jesus ChristConspiraciesPlottingChrist Would Be Killed

they were seeking, therefore, Jesus, and said one with another, standing in the temple, 'What doth appear to you -- that he may not come to the feast?'

and both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a command, that if any one may know where he is, he may shew it, so that they may seize him.

Verse ConceptsCommands, in NTArresting Christ

A great multitude, therefore, of the Jews knew that he is there, and they came, not because of Jesus only, but that Lazarus also they may see, whom he raised out of the dead;

Verse ConceptsLargenessLiving WitnessesCuriosityPopularity Of ChristCrowds Seekinglazarus

And there were certain Greeks out of those coming up that they may worship in the feast,

Verse ConceptsGreeksJudaismProselytesflexibility

Jesus, therefore, said to them, 'Yet a little time is the light with you; walk while ye have the light, that darkness may not overtake you; and he who is walking in the darkness hath not known where he goeth;

Verse ConceptsDarkness, As A Symbol Of SinGiving, Of TimeBeing A LightProphecies Said By JesusWorldly DilemmasThe Light Of ChristOvertaken By DarknessNot Knowing WhereChrist's Short Life

while ye have the light, believe in the light, that sons of light ye may become.' These things spake Jesus, and having gone away, he was hid from them,

Verse ConceptsAdoption, descriptions ofSonsTrust, Importance OfThe Light Of ChristLight Of God's PeopleHiding From PeopleBelieve In Christ!Faith And TrustChrist As The Object Of Saving Faith

and if any one may hear my sayings, and not believe, I -- I do not judge him, for I came not that I might judge the world, but that I might save the world.

Verse ConceptsChrist JudgingNot JudgingIf You Do Not Keep Commands

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