'Once' in the Bible
At once the Spirit impelled Him to go out into the Desert,
when all at once, there in their synagogue, a man under the power of a foul spirit screamed out:
And His fame spread at once everywhere in all that part of Galilee.
Then on leaving the synagogue they came at once, with James and John, to the house of Simon and Andrew.
At once perceiving by His spirit that they were reasoning within themselves, Jesus asked them, "Why do you thus argue in your minds?
Once more He began to teach by the side of the Lake, and a vast multitude of people came together to listen to Him. He therefore went on board the boat and sat there, a little way from the land; and all the people were on the shore close to the water.
Those who receive the seed by the way-side are those in whom the Message is sown, but, when they have heard it, Satan comes at once and carries away the Message sown in them.
In the same way those who receive the seed on the rocky places are those who, when they have heard the Message, at once accept it joyfully,
At once, on His landing, there came from the tombs to meet Him a man possessed by a foul spirit.
She at once went out and said to her mother: "What shall I ask for?" "The head of John the Baptizer," she replied.
He at once sent a soldier of his guard with orders to bring John's head. So he went and beheaded him in the prison,
and at once going on board with His disciples He came into the district of Dalmanutha.
Soon on His feet once more, He enters the district of Judaea and crosses the Jordan: again the people flock to Him, and ere long, as was usual with Him, He was teaching them once more.
They were still on the road going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them; they were full of wonder, and some, though they followed, did so with fear. Then, once more calling to Him the Twelve, He began to tell them what was about to happen to Him.
Then He began to speak to them in figurative language. "There was once a man," He said, "who planted a vineyard, fenced it round, dug a pit for the wine-tank, and built a strong lodge. Then he let the place to vine-dressers and went abroad.
There were once seven brothers, the eldest of whom married a wife, but at his death left no family.