'Sent' in the Bible

Finding that He was under Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent Him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem during those days.

Then Herod, with his soldiers, treated Him with contempt, mocked Him, dressed Him in a brilliant robe, and sent Him back to Pilate.

Neither has Herod, because he sent Him back to us. Clearly, He has done nothing to deserve death.

There was a man named Johnwho was sent from God.

This is John’s testimony when the Jews from Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you?”

“Who are you, then?” they asked. “We need to give an answer to those who sent us. What can you tell us about yourself?”

Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.

I didn’t know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The One you see the Spirit descending and resting on—He is the One who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’

You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Messiah, but I’ve been sent ahead of Him.’

For God sent Him, and He speaks God’s words, since He gives the Spirit without measure.

“My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work,” Jesus told them.

I sent you to reap what you didn’t labor for; others have labored, and you have benefited from their labor.”

so that all people will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Anyone who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

“I assure you: Anyone who hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment but has passed from death to life.

“I can do nothing on My own. I judge only as I hear, and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

You have sent messengers to John, and he has testified to the truth.

“But I have a greater testimony than John’s because of the works that the Father has given Me to accomplish. These very works I am doing testify about Me that the Father has sent Me.

The Father who sent Me has Himself testified about Me. You have not heard His voice at any time, and you haven’t seen His form.

You don’t have His word living in you, because you don’t believe the One He sent.

Jesus replied, “This is the work of God—that you believe in the One He has sent.”

For I have come down from heaven, not to do My will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

This is the will of Him who sent Me: that I should lose none of those He has given Me but should raise them up on the last day.

No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up on the last day.

Just as the living Father sent Me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on Me will live because of Me.

Jesus answered them, “My teaching isn’t Mine but is from the One who sent Me.

The one who speaks for himself seeks his own glory. But He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is true, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.

As He was teaching in the temple complex, Jesus cried out, “You know Me and you know where I am from. Yet I have not come on My own, but the One who sent Me is true. You don’t know Him;

I know Him because I am from Him, and He sent Me.”

The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about Him, so the chief priests and the Pharisees sent temple police to arrest Him.

Then Jesus said, “I am only with you for a short time. Then I’m going to the One who sent Me.

And if I do judge, My judgment is true, because I am not alone, but I and the Father who sent Me judge together.

I am the One who testifies about Myself, and the Father who sent Me testifies about Me.”

“I have many things to say and to judge about you, but the One who sent Me is true, and what I have heard from Him—these things I tell the world.”

The One who sent Me is with Me. He has not left Me alone, because I always do what pleases Him.”

Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, because I came from God and I am here. For I didn’t come on My own, but He sent Me.

We must do the works of Him who sent Me while it is day. Night is coming when no one can work.

“Go,” He told him, “wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So he left, washed, and came back seeing.

do you say, ‘You are blaspheming’ to the One the Father set apart and sent into the world, because I said: I am the Son of God?

So the sisters sent a message to Him: “Lord, the one You love is sick.”

I know that You always hear Me, but because of the crowd standing here I said this, so they may believe You sent Me.”

Then Jesus cried out, “The one who believes in Me believes not in Me, but in Him who sent Me.

And the one who sees Me sees Him who sent Me.

For I have not spoken on My own, but the Father Himself who sent Me has given Me a command as to what I should say and what I should speak.

“I assure you: A slave is not greater than his master, and a messenger is not greater than the one who sent him.

I assure you: Whoever receives anyone I send receives Me, and the one who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.”

The one who doesn’t love Me will not keep My words. The word that you hear is not Mine but is from the Father who sent Me.

But they will do all these things to you on account of My name, because they don’t know the One who sent Me.

“But now I am going away to Him who sent Me, and not one of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’

This is eternal life:that they may know You, the only true God,and the One You have sent—Jesus Christ.

because the words that You gave Me,I have given them.They have received themand have known for certainthat I came from You.They have believed that You sent Me.

As You sent Me into the world,I also have sent them into the world.

May they all be one,as You, Father, are in Me and I am in You.May they also be one in Us,so the world may believe You sent Me.

I am in them and You are in Me.May they be made completely one,so the world may know You have sent Meand have loved them as You have loved Me.

Righteous Father!The world has not known You.However, I have known You,and these have known that You sent Me.

Then Annas sent Him bound to Caiaphas the high priest.

Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.”

God raised up His Servant and sent Him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your evil ways.”

In obedience to this, they entered the temple complex at daybreak and began to teach.When the high priest and those who were with him arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin—the full Senate of the sons of Israel—and sent orders to the jail to have them brought.

When Jacob heard there was grain in Egypt, he sent our ancestors the first time.

“This Moses, whom they rejected when they said, Who appointed you a ruler and a judge?—this one God sent as a ruler and a redeemer by means of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

When the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had welcomed God’s message, they sent Peter and John to them.

So Ananias left and entered the house. Then he placed his hands on him and said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road you were traveling, has sent me so that you can regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

When the brothers found out, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.

Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples heard that Peter was there and sent two men to him who begged him, “Don’t delay in coming with us.”

Then Peter sent them all out of the room. He knelt down, prayed, and turning toward the body said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, saw Peter, and sat up.

After explaining everything to them, he sent them to Joppa.

While Peter was deeply perplexed about what the vision he had seen might mean, the men who had been sent by Cornelius, having asked directions to Simon’s house, stood at the gate.

Get up, go downstairs, and accompany them with no doubts at all, because I have sent them.”

That’s why I came without any objection when I was sent for. So I ask: Why did you send for me?”

Therefore I immediately sent for you, and you did the right thing in coming. So we are all present before God, to hear everything you have been commanded by the Lord.”

He sent the message to the Israelites, proclaiming the good news of peace through Jesus Christ—He is Lord of all.

At that very moment, three men who had been sent to me from Caesarea arrived at the house where we were.

Then the report about them was heard by the church that was at Jerusalem, and they sent out Barnabas to travel as far as Antioch.

Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from all that the Jewish people expected.”

Then after they had fasted, prayed, and laid hands on them, they sent them off.

Being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they came down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus.

After the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the leaders of the synagogue sent word to them, saying, “Brothers, if you have any message of encouragement for the people, you can speak.”

“Brothers, sons of Abraham’s race, and those among you who fear God, the message of this salvation has been sent to us.

When they had been sent on their way by the church, they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, explaining in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and they created great joy among all the brothers.

Therefore we have sent Judas and Silas, who will personally report the same things by word of mouth.

Then, being sent off, they went down to Antioch, and after gathering the assembly, they delivered the letter.

After spending some time there, they were sent back in peace by the brothers to those who had sent them. But Paul and Barnabas, along with many others, remained in Antioch teaching and proclaiming the message of the Lord. After some time had passed, Paul said to Barnabas, “Let’s go back and visit the brothers in every town where we have preached the message of the Lord and see how they’re doing.” Barnabas wanted to take along John Mark. But Paul did not think it appropriate to take along this man who had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not gone on with them to the work. There was such a sharp disagreement that they parted company, and Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed off to Cyprus. Then Paul chose Silas and departed, after being commended to the grace of the Lord by the brothers. He traveled through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.

When daylight came, the chief magistrates sent the police to say, “Release those men!”

The jailer reported these words to Paul: “The magistrates have sent orders for you to be released. So come out now and go in peace.”

As soon as it was night, the brothers sent Paul and Silas off to Berea. On arrival, they went into the synagogue of the Jews.

Then the brothers immediately sent Paul away to go to the sea, but Silas and Timothy stayed on there.

Even some of the provincial officials of Asia, who were his friends, sent word to him, pleading with him not to take a chance by going into the amphitheater.

After the uproar was over, Paul sent for the disciples, encouraged them, and after saying good-bye, departed to go to Macedonia.

Now from Miletus, he sent to Ephesus and called for the elders of the church.

When I was informed that there was a plot against the man, I sent him to you right away. I also ordered his accusers to state their case against him in your presence.

After some days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish, he sent for Paul and listened to him on the subject of faith in Christ Jesus.

At the same time he was also hoping that money would be given to him by Paul. For this reason he sent for him quite often and conversed with him.

Therefore, let it be known to you that this saving work of God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will listen!”

And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: How beautiful are the feet of those who announce the gospel of good things!

whenever I travel to Spain. For I hope to see you when I pass through, and to be assisted by you for my journey there, once I have first enjoyed your company for a while.

This is why I have sent Timothy to you. He is my dearly loved and faithful son in the Lord. He will remind you about my ways in Christ Jesus, just as I teach everywhere in every church.

We have sent with him the brother who is praised throughout the churches for his gospel ministry.

We have also sent with them our brother. We have often tested him in many circumstances and found him to be diligent—and now even more diligent because of his great confidence in you.

But I sent the brothers so our boasting about you in the matter would not prove empty, and so you would be prepared just as I said.

Did I take advantage of you by anyone I sent you?