'Place' in the Bible

All this took place in fulfilment of what the Lord had spoken through the Prophet,

Now after the birth of Jesus, which took place at Bethlehem in Judaea in the reign of King Herod, excitement was produced in Jerusalem by the arrival of certain Magi from the east,

After hearing what the king said, they went to Bethlehem, while, strange to say, the star they had seen in the east led them on until it came and stood over the place where the babe was.

Solemnly I tell you that until Heaven and earth pass away, not one iota or smallest detail will pass away from the Law until all has taken place.

When however the place was cleared of the crowd, Jesus went in, and on His taking the little girl by the hand, she rose up.

"Whatever town or village you enter, inquire for some good man; and make his house your home till you leave the place.

But when evening was come, the disciples came to Him and said, "This is an uninhabited place, and the best of the day is now gone; send the people away to go into the villages and buy something to eat."

and the men of the place, recognizing Him, sent word into all the country round. So they brought all the sick to Him,

Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew into the vicinity of Tyre and Sidon.

"Where can we," asked the disciples, "get bread enough in this remote place to satisfy so vast a multitude?"

Six day later, Jesus took with Him Peter and the brothers James and John, and brought them up a high mountain to a solitary place.

"Because your faith is so small," He replied; "for I solemnly declare to you that if you have faith like a mustard-seed, you shall say to this mountain, 'Remove from this place to that,' and it will remove; and nothing shall be impossible to you.

This took place in order that the Prophet's prediction might be fulfilled:

"Listen to another parable. There was a householder who planted a vineyard, made a fence round it, dug a wine-tank in it, and built a strong lodge; then let the place to vine-dressers, and went abroad.

I tell you in solemn truth that the present generation will certainly not pass away without all these things having first taken place.

he will treat him with the utmost severity and assign him a place among the hypocrites: there will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane. And He said to the disciples, "Sit down here, whilst I go yonder and there pray."

But all this has taken place in order that the writings of the Prophets may be fulfilled." At this point the disciples all left Him and fled.

Flinging the shekels into the Sanctuary he left the place, and went and hanged himself.

So after consulting together they spent the money in the purchase of the Potter's Field as a burial place for people not belonging to the city;

and so they came to a place called Golgotha, which means 'Skull-ground.'

He is not here: He has come back to life, as He foretold. Come and see the place where He lay.

In the morning He rose early, while it was still quite dark, and leaving the house He went away to a solitary place and there prayed.

Leaving that place He came into His own country, accompanied by His disciples.

Wherever you enter a house, make it your home till you leave that place.

Then He said to them, "Come away, all of you, to a quiet place, and rest awhile." For there were many coming and going, so that they had no time even for meals.

Accordingly they sailed away in the boat to a solitary place apart.

By this time it was late; so His disciples came to Him, and said, "This is a lonely place, and the hour is now late:

Then He rose and left that place and went into the neighbourhood of Tyre and Sidon. Here He entered a house and wished no one to know it, but He could not escape observation.

"Where can we possibly get bread here in this remote place to satisfy such a crowd?" answered His disciples.

From that place Jesus and His disciples went to the villages belonging to Caesarea Philippi. On the way He began to ask His disciples, "Who do people say that I am?"

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.

I tell you in solemn truth that the present generation will certainly not pass away without all these things having first taken place.

So they came to a place called Gethsemane. There He said to His disciples, "Sit down here till I have prayed."

So they brought Him to the place called Golgotha, which, being translated, means 'Skull-ground.'

But he said to them, "Do not be terrified. It is Jesus you are looking for--the Nazarene who has been crucified. He has come back to life: He is not here: this is the place where they laid Him.

And now you will be dumb and unable to speak until the day when this has taken place; because you did not believe my words--words which will be fulfilled at their appointed time."

And there was handed to Him the book of the Prophet Isaiah, and, opening the book, He found the place where it was written,

"Doubtless," said He, "you will quote to me the proverb, 'Physician, cure yourself: all that we hear that you have done at Capernaum, do here also in your native place.'"

Next morning, at daybreak, He left the town and went away to a solitary place; but the people flocked out to find Him, and, coming to the place where He was, they endeavoured to detain Him that He might not leave them.

With these He came down till He reached a level place, where there was a great crowd of His disciples, and a multitude of people from every part of Judaea, from Jerusalem, and from the sea-side district of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear Him and to be cured of their diseases;

After this the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them before Him, by twos, to go to every town or place which He Himself intended to visit.

In like manner a Levite also came to the place, and seeing him passed by on the other side.

At one place where He was praying, when He rose from His knees one of His disciples said to Him, "Master, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples."

When He had thus spoken, a Pharisee invited Him to breakfast at his house; so He entered and took His place at table.

and he debated within himself, saying, "'What am I to do? for I have no place in which to store my crops.'

Just at that time there came some Pharisees who warned Him, saying, "Leave this place and continue your journey; Herod means to kill you."

and the man who invited you both will come and will say to you, 'Make room for this guest,' and then you, ashamed, will move to the lowest place.

On the contrary, when you are invited go and take the lowest place, that when your host comes round he may say to you, 'My friend, come up higher.' This will be doing you honour in the presence of all the other guests.

For I have five brothers. Let him earnestly warn them, lest they also come to this place of torment.'

But which of you who has a servant ploughing, or tending sheep, will say to him when he comes in from the farm, 'Come at once and take your place at table,'

As soon as Jesus came to the place, He looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, come down quickly, for I must stay at your house to-day."

But as for those who shall have been deemed worthy to find a place in that other age and in the Resurrection from among the dead, the men do not marry and the women are not given in marriage.

"Rabbi, when will this be?" they asked Him, "and what will be the token given when these things are about to take place?"

But when all this is beginning to take place, grieve no longer. Lift up your heads, because your deliverance is drawing near."

I tell you in solemn truth that the present generation will certainly not pass away without all these things having first taken place.

When the time was come, and He had taken His place at table, and the Apostles with Him,

But when He arrived at the place, He said to them, "Pray that you may not come into temptation."

When they reached the place called 'The Skull,' there they nailed Him to the cross, and the criminals also, one at His right hand and one at His left.

This conversation took place at Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

Our forefathers worshipped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where people must worship is in Jerusalem."

But the man who had been cured did not know who it was; for Jesus had passed out unnoticed, there being a crowd in the place.

Yet a number of small boats came from Tiberias to the neighbourhood of the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.

After this Jesus moved from place to place in Galilee. He would not go about in Judaea, because the Jews were seeking an opportunity to kill Him.

Then He went away again to the other side of the Jordan, to the place where John had been baptizing at first; and there He stayed.

When, however, He heard that Lazarus was ill, He still remained two days in that same place.

Now Jesus was not yet come into the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met Him.

Now just before the Feast of the Passover this incident took place. Jesus knew that the time had come for Him to leave this world and go to the Father; and having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.

In my Father's house there are many resting-places. Were it otherwise, I would have told you; for I am going to make ready a place for you.

And if I go and make ready a place for you, I will return and take you to be with me, that where I am you also may be.

After offering this prayer Jesus went out with His disciples to a place on the further side of the Ravine of the Cedars, where there was a garden which He entered--Himself and His disciples.

Now Judas also, who at that very time was betraying Him, knew the place, for Jesus had often resorted there with His disciples.

On hearing this, Pilate brought Jesus out, and sat down on the judge's seat in a place called the Pavement--or in Hebrew, Gabbatha.

and He went out carrying His own cross, to the place called Skull-place--or, in Hebrew, Golgotha--

Many of the Jews read this notice, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the notice was in three languages--Hebrew, Latin, and Greek.

For all this took place that the Scripture might be fulfilled which declares, "Not one of His bones shall be broken."

There was a garden at the place where Jesus had been crucified, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had yet been buried.

They entered the city, and they went up to the upper room which was now their fixed place for meeting. Their names were Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas the brother of James.

This fact became widely known to the people of Jerusalem, so that the place received the name, in their language, of Achel-damach, which means 'The Field of Blood.')

to occupy the place in this ministry and Apostleship from which Judas through transgression fell, in order to go to his own place."

Then they drew lots between them. The lot fell on Matthias, and a place among the eleven Apostles was voted to him.

At length, on the day of the Harvest Festival, they had all met in one place;

some men were carrying there one who had been lame from birth, whom they were wont to place every day close to the Beautiful Gate (as it was called)

When they had prayed, the place in which they were assembled shook, and they were, one and all, filled with the Holy Spirit, and proceeded to tell God's Message with boldness.

Here they brought forward false witnesses who declared, "This fellow is incessantly speaking against the Holy Place and the Law.

For we have heard him say that Jesus, the Nazarene, will pull this place down to the ground and will change the customs which Moses handed down to us."

"'And the nation, whichever it is, that enslaves them, I will judge,' said God; 'and afterwards they shall come out, and they shall worship Me in this place.'

Those, however, who were scattered abroad went from place to place spreading the Good News of God's Message;

"Give me too," he said, "that power, so that every one on whom I place my hands will receive the Holy Spirit."

But he motioned with his hand for silence, and then described to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. "Tell all this to James and the brethren," he added. Then he left them, and went to another place.

On the Sabbath we went beyond the city gate to the riverside, where we had reason to believe that there was a place for prayer; and sitting down we talked with the women who had come together.

One day, as we were on our way to the place of prayer, a slave girl met us who claimed to be inspired and was accustomed to bring her owners large profits by telling fortunes.

So he left the place and went to the house of a person called Titius Justus, a worshipper of the true God. His house was next door to the synagogue.

They laid hands on him, crying out, "Men of Israel, help! help! This is the man who goes everywhere preaching to everybody against the Jewish people and the Law and this place. And besides, he has even brought Gentiles into the Temple and has desecrated this holy place."

Now therefore you and the Sanhedrin should make representations to the Tribune for him to bring him down to you, under the impression that you intend to inquire more minutely about him; and we are prepared to assassinate him before he comes near the place."

in every instance and in every place we accept them with profound gratitude.

Then, coasting along with difficulty, we reached a place called 'Fair Havens,' near the town of Lasea.

But coming to a place where two seas met, they stranded the ship, and her bow sticking fast remained immovable, while the stern began to go to pieces under the heavy hammering of the sea.

What then were the circumstances under which this took place? Was it after he had been circumcised, or before?

And in the place where it was said to them, 'No people of Mine are you,' there shall they be called sons of the everliving God."