'Pleaded' in the Bible

Then Jesus got up and left the synagogue and went to Simon’s (Peter’s) house. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever, and they asked Him to help her.

The royal official pleaded with Him, “Sir, do come down [at once] before my child dies!”

Now when we had heard this, both we and the local residents began pleading with Paul trying to persuade him not to go up to Jerusalem.