'Place' in the Bible

"Then there will arise in his place a despicable person to whom the royal honor has not been rightfully conferred. He will come on the scene in a time of prosperity and will seize the kingdom through deceit.

His forces will rise up and profane the fortified sanctuary, stopping the daily sacrifice. In its place they will set up the abomination that causes desolation.

He will attack mighty fortresses, aided by a foreign deity. To those who recognize him he will grant considerable honor. He will place them in authority over many people, and he will parcel out land for a price.

From the time that the daily sacrifice is removed and the abomination that causes desolation is set in place, there are 1,290 days.

Ephraim will be ruined in the day of judgment! What I am declaring to the tribes of Israel will certainly take place!

The high places of the "House of Wickedness" will be destroyed; it is the place where Israel sins. Thorns and thistles will grow up over its altars. Then they will say to the mountains, "Cover us!" and to the hills, "Fall on us!"

I will remove the one from the north far from you. I will drive him out to a dry and desolate place. Those in front will be driven eastward into the Dead Sea, and those in back westward into the Mediterranean Sea. His stench will rise up as a foul smell." Indeed, the Lord has accomplished great things.

Look! I am rousing them from that place to which you sold them. I will repay you for what you have done!

Lend your aid and come, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves to that place." Bring down, O Lord, your warriors!

Fast runners will find no place to hide; strong men will have no strength left; warriors will not be able to save their lives.

Make this announcement in the fortresses of Ashdod and in the fortresses in the land of Egypt. Say this: "Gather on the hills around Samaria! Observe the many acts of violence taking place within the city, the oppressive deeds occurring in it."

Do not seek Bethel! Do not visit Gilgal! Do not journey down to Beer Sheba! For the people of Gilgal will certainly be carried into exile; and Bethel will become a place where disaster abounds."

The Lord said to me, "What do you see, Amos?" I said, "Tin." The sovereign One then said, "Look, I am about to place tin among my people Israel. I will no longer overlook their sin.

But on Mount Zion there will be a remnant of those who escape, and it will be a holy place once again. The descendants of Jacob will conquer those who had conquered them.

In fact, I brought you up from the land of Egypt, I delivered you from that place of slavery. I sent Moses, Aaron, and Miriam to lead you.

What good is an idol? Why would a craftsman make it? What good is a metal image that gives misleading oracles? Why would its creator place his trust in it and make such mute, worthless things?

"I will attack Judah and all who live in Jerusalem. I will remove from this place every trace of Baal worship, as well as the very memory of the pagan priests.

This is how the once-proud city will end up -- the city that was so secure. She thought to herself, "I am unique! No one can compare to me!" What a heap of ruins she has become, a place where wild animals live! Everyone who passes by her taunts her and shakes his fist.

This took place on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month of King Darius' second year.

The future splendor of this temple will be greater than that of former times,' the Lord who rules over all declares, 'and in this place I will give peace.'"

Then say to him, 'The Lord who rules over all says, "Look -- here is the man whose name is Branch, who will sprout up from his place and build the temple of the Lord.

On that day I will make the leaders of Judah like an igniter among sticks and a burning torch among sheaves, and they will burn up all the surrounding nations right and left. Then the people of Jerusalem will settle once more in their place, the city of Jerusalem.

All the land will change and become like the Arabah from Geba to Rimmon, south of Jerusalem; and Jerusalem will be raised up and will stay in its own place from the Benjamin Gate to the site of the First Gate and on to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses.

After listening to the king they left, and once again the star they saw when it rose led them until it stopped above the place where the child was.

But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. After being warned in a dream, he went to the regions of Galilee.

I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth pass away not the smallest letter or stroke of a letter will pass from the law until everything takes place.

Jesus said to him, "Foxes have dens, and the birds in the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head."

Whenever they persecute you in one place, flee to another. I tell you the truth, you will not finish going through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

Then Jesus left that place and entered their synagogue.

Now when Jesus heard this he went away from there privately in a boat to an isolated place. But when the crowd heard about it, they followed him on foot from the towns.

When evening arrived, his disciples came to him saying, "This is an isolated place and the hour is already late. Send the crowds away so that they can go into the villages and buy food for themselves."

The disciples said to him, "Where can we get enough bread in this desolate place to satisfy so great a crowd?"

When his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were very upset and went and told their lord everything that had taken place.

This took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet:

They love the place of honor at banquets and the best seats in the synagogues

"So when you see the abomination of desolation -- spoken about by Daniel the prophet -- standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),

I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

and will cut him in two, and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

When it was evening, he took his place at the table with the twelve.

Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to the disciples, "Sit here while I go over there and pray."

Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back in its place! For all who take hold of the sword will die by the sword.

After consulting together they bought the Potter's Field with it, as a burial place for foreigners.

They came to a place called Golgotha (which means "Place of the Skull")

Now when the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and what took place, they were extremely terrified and said, "Truly this one was God's Son!"

He is not here, for he has been raised, just as he said. Come and see the place where he was lying.

Then Jesus got up early in the morning when it was still very dark, departed, and went out to a deserted place, and there he spent time in prayer.

Now Jesus left that place and came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him.

If a place will not welcome you or listen to you, as you go out from there, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them."

He said to them, "Come with me privately to an isolated place and rest a while" (for many were coming and going, and there was no time to eat).

So they went away by themselves in a boat to some remote place.

When it was already late, his disciples came to him and said, "This is an isolated place and it is already very late.

And wherever he would go -- into villages, towns, or countryside -- they would place the sick in the marketplaces, and would ask him if they could just touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.

They brought to him a deaf man who had difficulty speaking, and they asked him to place his hands on him.

His disciples answered him, "Where can someone get enough bread in this desolate place to satisfy these people?"

Then Jesus left that place and went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan River. Again crowds gathered to him, and again, as was his custom, he taught them.

"Tell us, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that all these things are about to take place?"

I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

Then they went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples, "Sit here while I pray."

They brought Jesus to a place called Golgotha (which is translated, "Place of the Skull").

But he said to them, "Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has been raised! He is not here. Look, there is the place where they laid him.

they will pick up snakes with their hands, and whatever poison they drink will not harm them; they will place their hands on the sick and they will be well."

he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the holy place of the Lord and burn incense.

And now, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time, you will be silent, unable to speak, until the day these things take place."

Now the people were waiting for Zechariah, and they began to wonder why he was delayed in the holy place.

When he came out, he was not able to speak to them. They realized that he had seen a vision in the holy place, because he was making signs to them and remained unable to speak.

And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.

When the angels left them and went back to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has taken place, that the Lord has made known to us."

Then the devil led him up to a high place and showed him in a flash all the kingdoms of the world.

and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,

The next morning Jesus departed and went to a deserted place. Yet the crowds were seeking him, and they came to him and tried to keep him from leaving them.

Just then some men showed up, carrying a paralyzed man on a stretcher. They were trying to bring him in and place him before Jesus.

Then he came down with them and stood on a level place. And a large number of his disciples had gathered along with a vast multitude from all over Judea, from Jerusalem, and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon. They came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases,

Now one of the Pharisees asked Jesus to have dinner with him, so he went into the Pharisee's house and took his place at the table.

Now the day began to draw to a close, so the twelve came and said to Jesus, "Send the crowd away, so they can go into the surrounding villages and countryside and find lodging and food, because we are in an isolated place."

Jesus said to him, "Foxes have dens and the birds in the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head."

After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him two by two into every town and place where he himself was about to go.

So too a Levite, when he came up to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.

Now Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he stopped, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples."

"No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a hidden place or under a basket, but on a lampstand, so that those who come in can see the light.

As he spoke, a Pharisee invited Jesus to have a meal with him, so he went in and took his place at the table.

Blessed are those slaves whom their master finds alert when he returns! I tell you the truth, he will dress himself to serve, have them take their place at the table, and will come and wait on them!

then the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not foresee, and will cut him in two, and assign him a place with the unfaithful.

"When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, because a person more distinguished than you may have been invited by your host.

So the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, 'Give this man your place.' Then, ashamed, you will begin to move to the least important place.

But when you are invited, go and take the least important place, so that when your host approaches he will say to you, 'Friend, move up here to a better place.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all who share the meal with you.

Then after he had spent everything, a severe famine took place in that country, and he began to be in need.

(for I have five brothers) to warn them so that they don't come into this place of torment.'

And when Jesus came to that place, he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, come down quickly, because I must stay at your house today."

Now when he approached Bethphage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of the disciples,

So they asked him, "Teacher, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that these things are about to take place?"

I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

Now when the hour came, Jesus took his place at the table and the apostles joined him.

When he came to the place, he said to them, "Pray that you will not fall into temptation."

So when they came to the place that is called "The Skull," they crucified him there, along with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left.

And all the crowds that had assembled for this spectacle, when they saw what had taken place, returned home beating their breasts.

When he had taken his place at the table with them, he took the bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them.

Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you people say that the place where people must worship is in Jerusalem."

But the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped out, since there was a crowd in that place.

Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." (Now there was a lot of grass in that place.) So the men sat down, about five thousand in number.

But some boats from Tiberias came to shore near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.