'Suddenly' in the Bible
At this, he permitted him to be baptized. When Jesus had been baptized, he immediately came up out of the water. Suddenly, the heavens opened up for him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him.
Suddenly, a leper came up to him, fell down before him, and said, "Sir, if you want to, you can make me clean."
Suddenly, a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat began to be swamped by the waves. Yet Jesus kept sleeping.
Suddenly, they screamed, "What do you want with us, Son of God? Did you come here to torture us before the proper time?"
He told them, "Go," and they came out and went into the pigs. Suddenly, the whole herd rushed down a steep slope into the sea and drowned in the water.
Suddenly, a man with a paralyzed hand appeared. The people asked Jesus if it was lawful to heal on Sabbath days, intending to accuse him of doing something wrong.
Suddenly, a Canaanite woman from that territory came near and began to shout, "Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely demon-possessed!"
Suddenly, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Jesus.
He was still speaking when a bright cloud suddenly overshadowed them. A voice from the cloud said, "This is my Son, whom I love. I am pleased with him. Keep on listening to him!"
Suddenly, one of the men with Jesus reached out his hand, drew his sword, and struck the high priest's servant, cutting off his ear.
Suddenly, the curtain in the sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom, the earth shook, rocks were split open,
Suddenly, there was a powerful earthquake, because an angel of the Lord had come down from heaven, approached the stone, rolled it away, and was sitting on top of it.
Suddenly, Jesus met them and said, "Greetings!" They went up to him, took hold of his feet, and worshipped him.
Suddenly, as they looked around, they saw no one with them but Jesus alone.
Suddenly, Zechariah could open his mouth, his tongue was set free, and he began to speak and to praise God.
Suddenly, a multitude of the Heavenly Army appeared with the angel, praising God by saying,
Suddenly, two men were talking with him. They were Moses and Elijah.
Suddenly, a man in the crowd shouted, "Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, because he is my only child.
Without warning a spirit takes control of him, and he suddenly screams, goes into convulsions, and foams at the mouth. The spirit mauls him and refuses to leave him.
A man whose body was swollen with fluid suddenly appeared in front of him.
While they were puzzling over this, two men in dazzling robes suddenly stood beside them.
Suddenly, a sound like the roar of a mighty windstorm came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.
As Saul traveled along and was approaching Damascus, a light from heaven suddenly flashed around him.
Suddenly, an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on his side, woke him up, and said, "Get up quickly!" His chains fell from his wrists.
They passed the first guard, then the second, and came to the iron gate that led into the city. It opened by itself for them, and they went outside and proceeded one block when the angel suddenly left him.
Suddenly, there was an earthquake so violent that the foundations of the prison were shaken. All the doors immediately flew open, and everyone's chains were unfastened.
"But while I was on my way and approaching Damascus about noon, a bright light from heaven suddenly flashed around me.
They were expecting him to swell up or suddenly drop dead, but after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.
When people say, "There is peace and security," destruction will strike them as suddenly as labor pains come to a pregnant woman, and they will not be able to escape.