'Opening' in the Bible
And Jesus, having been given baptism, straight away went up from the water; and, the heavens opening, he saw the Spirit of God coming down on him as a dove;
That it might come true which was said by the prophet, Opening my mouth, I will give out stories; I will give knowledge of things kept secret from before all time.
And the book of the prophet Isaiah was given to him and, opening the book, he came on the place where it is said,
And he said to him, Truly I say to you all, You will see heaven opening and God's angels going up and coming down on the Son of man.
Again they said to the blind man, What have you to say about him for opening your eyes? And he said, He is a prophet.
Then came the feast of the opening of the Temple in Jerusalem: it was winter;
So Jesus, deeply troubled in heart, came to the place of the dead. It was a hole in the rock, and a stone was over the opening.
But in the night an angel of the Lord, opening the doors of the prison, took them out and said,
But Peter made them all go outside, and went down on his knees in prayer; and turning to the body, he said, Tabitha, get up. And, opening her eyes, she saw Peter and got up.
And he saw the heavens opening, and a vessel coming down, like a great cloth let down on the earth,
And hearing the voice of Peter, in her joy she went running, without opening the door, to say that Peter was outside.
And for me, that words may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make clear without fear the secret of the good news,
The Bishop, then, is to be a man of good name, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, serious-minded, having respect for order, opening his house freely to guests, a ready teacher;
But opening his house freely to guests; a lover of what is good, serious-minded, upright, holy, self-controlled;
And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia say: These things says he who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, opening the door so that it may be shut by no one, and shutting it so that it may be open to no one.
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