'Sitting' in the Bible

As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth. "Follow me," he said to him. And he got up and followed him.

"To what should I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to one another,

Two blind men were sitting by the road. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they shouted, "Have mercy on us, Lord, Son of David!"

As he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, his disciples came to him privately and said, "Tell us, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?"

Jesus said to him, "You have said it yourself. But I tell you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power and coming on the clouds of heaven."

Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A slave girl came to him and said, "You also were with Jesus the Galilean."

As he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent a message to him: "Have nothing to do with that innocent man; I have suffered greatly as a result of a dream about him today."

(Now Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there, opposite the tomb.)

Now some of the experts in the law were sitting there, turning these things over in their minds:

As he went along, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax booth. "Follow me," he said to him. And he got up and followed him.

A crowd was sitting around him and they said to him, "Look, your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you."

And looking at those who were sitting around him in a circle, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!

They came to Jesus and saw the demon-possessed man sitting there, clothed and in his right mind -- the one who had the "Legion" -- and they were afraid.

They came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus the son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the road.

So while he was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him privately,

And Peter had followed him from a distance, up to the high priest's courtyard. He was sitting with the guards and warming himself by the fire.

"I am," said Jesus, "and you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power and coming with the clouds of heaven."

Then as they went into the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side; and they were alarmed.

After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.

Now on one of those days, while he was teaching, there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting nearby (who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem), and the power of the Lord was with him to heal.

After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax booth. "Follow me," he said to him.

Then Levi gave a great banquet in his house for Jesus, and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others sitting at the table with them.

They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to one another, 'We played the flute for you, yet you did not dance; we wailed in mourning, yet you did not weep.'

So the people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus. They found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus' feet, clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid.

"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road begging.

He found in the temple courts those who were selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers sitting at tables.

So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary was sitting in the house.

And she saw two angels in white sitting where Jesus' body had been lying, one at the head and one at the feet.

Suddenly a sound like a violent wind blowing came from heaven and filled the entire house where they were sitting.

All who were sitting in the council looked intently at Stephen and saw his face was like the face of an angel.

and was returning home, sitting in his chariot, reading the prophet Isaiah.

A young man named Eutychus, who was sitting in the window, was sinking into a deep sleep while Paul continued to speak for a long time. Fast asleep, he fell down from the third story and was picked up dead.

So the king got up, and with him the governor and Bernice and those sitting with them,

And if someone sitting down receives a revelation, the person who is speaking should conclude.

And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation pronounced long ago is not sitting idly by; their destruction is not asleep.

So he carried me away in the Spirit to a wilderness, and there I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was full of blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns.