'Time' in the Bible

For the baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit, after a little time.

So, when they were together, they said to him, Lord, will you at this time give back the kingdom to Israel?

And he said to them, It is not for you to have knowledge of the time and the order of events which the Father has kept in his control.

For this reason, of the men who have been with us all the time, while the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

Who is to be kept in heaven till the time when all things are put right, of which God has given word by the mouth of his holy prophets, who have been from the earliest times.

But one of the Sanhedrin, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a man of learning in the law, of whom all the people had a high opinion, got up and made a suggestion for the men to be put outside for a little time.

After this man, there was Judas of Galilee, at the time of the numbering, and some of the people went after him: he was put to death, and all his supporters were put to flight.

Then we will give all our time to prayer and the teaching of the word.

And God gave him no heritage in it, not even enough to put his foot on: but he gave him an undertaking that he would give it to him and to his children after him, though he had no child at that time.

But Jacob, hearing that there was grain in Egypt, sent out our fathers the first time.

And the second time his brothers had a meeting with Joseph, and Pharaoh had knowledge of Joseph's family.

But when the time was near for putting into effect the undertaking which God had given to Abraham, the people were increasing in Egypt,

At which time Moses came to birth, and he was very beautiful; and he was kept for three months in his father's house:

And at these words, Moses went in flight to the land of Midian, and was living there for a time, and had two sons.

Which our fathers, in their turn, took with them when, with Joshua, they came into the heritage of the nations whom God was driving out before the face of our fathers, till the time of David,

And Saul gave approval to his death. Now at that time a violent attack was started against the church in Jerusalem; and all but the Apostles went away into all parts of Judaea and Samaria.

And they gave attention to him, because for a long time his wonder-working powers had kept them under his control.

For up to that time he had not come on any of them; only baptism had been given to them in the name of the Lord Jesus.

And he was living in Joppa for some time with Simon, a leather-worker.

And the voice came to him a second time, What God has made clean, do not you make common.

But the voice, coming a second time from heaven, said, What God has made clean, do not you make common.

Then those who had gone away at the time of the trouble about Stephen, went as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus, preaching to the Jews only.

And one of them, named Agabus, said publicly through the Spirit that there would be serious need of food all over the earth: which came about in the time of Claudius.

Now, about that time, Herod the king made cruel attacks on the Christians.

And when he saw that this was pleasing to the Jews he went on to take Peter in addition. This was at the time of the feast of unleavened bread.

And Herod, when he sent for him, and he was not there, after questioning the watchmen, gave orders that they were to be put to death. Then he went down from Judaea to Caesarea for a time.

And now, see, the hand of the Lord is on you, and you will be blind and not able to see the sun for a time. And straight away a dark mist came down on him; and he went about looking for a guide.

And after these things he gave them judges, till the time of Samuel the prophet.

So they kept there for a long time, taking heart in the Lord, who gave witness to the word of his grace by causing signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

And they were with the disciples there for a long time.

And when there had been much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, My brothers, you have knowledge that some time back it was God's pleasure that by my mouth the good news might be given to the Gentiles so that they might have faith.

And when they had been there for some time, they were sent back in peace by the brothers to those who had sent them.

(Now all the Athenians and the men from other lands who come there were giving all their time to talking or hearing of anything new.)

Now on hearing about the coming back from death, some of them made sport of it, but others said, Let us go more fully into this another time.

And being requested by them to be there for a longer time, he said, No;

And having been there for some time, he went through the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, making the disciples strong in the faith.

And having sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, into Macedonia, he himself went on living in Asia for a time.

And about that time a great outcry took place about the Way.

And when he had gone up, and had taken the broken bread, he went on talking to them for a long time, even till dawn, and then he went away.

And when they had come, he said to them, You yourselves have seen what my life has been like all the time from the day when I first came into Asia,

Seeing that you are able to make certain of the fact that it is not more than twelve days from the time when I came up to Jerusalem for worship;

And while he was talking about righteousness and self-control and the judging which was to come, Felix had great fear and said, Go away for the present, and when the right time comes I will send for you.

But Festus, in answer, said that Paul was being kept in prison at Caesarea, and that in a short time he himself was going there.

And when we had gone on slowly for a long time, and had had hard work getting across to Cnidus, for the wind was against us, we went under cover of Crete, in the direction of Salmone;

And as a long time had gone by, and the journey was now full of danger, because it was late in the year, Paul put the position before them,

But after a little time, a very violent wind, named Euraquilo, came down from it with great force.

And as we had not seen the sun or stars for a long time, and a great storm was on us, all hope of salvation was gone.

And when they had been without food for a long time, Paul got up among them and said, Friends, it would have been better if you had given attention to me and not gone sailing out from Crete, to undergo this damage and loss.

And they let down the lead, and saw that the sea was a hundred and twenty feet deep; and after a little time they did it again and it was ninety feet.

But they had the idea that they would see him becoming ill, or suddenly falling down dead; but after waiting a long time, and seeing that no damage came to him, changing their opinion, they said he was a god.