'Persuaded' in the Bible

But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to put Jesus to death.

But he said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’”

And some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large number of the God-fearing Greeks and a number of the leading women.

You see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in almost all of Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away a considerable number of people, saying that gods made with hands are no gods at all.

And since he would not be persuaded, we fell silent, remarking, “The will of the Lord be done!”

For the king knows about these matters, and I speak to him also with confidence, since I am persuaded that none of these things escape his notice; for this has not been done in a corner.

But the centurion was more persuaded by the pilot and the captain of the ship than by what was being said by Paul.

Some were being persuaded by the things spoken, but others would not believe.