'Time' in the Bible

Josiah fathered Jechoniah and his brothers at the time of the deportation to Babylon.

Then Herod secretly called together the wise men, found out from them the time the star had appeared,

Herod flew into a rage when he learned that he had been tricked by the wise men, so he ordered the execution of all the male children in Bethlehem and all its neighboring regions, who were two years old and younger, according to the time that he had determined from the wise men.

About this time, John the Baptist appeared, preaching in the Judean wilderness,

Suddenly, they screamed, "What do you want with us, Son of God? Did you come here to torture us before the proper time?"

Jesus asked them, "The wedding guests can't mourn as long as the groom is with them, can they? But the time will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast."

because the Law and all the Prophets prophesied up to the time of John.

At that time Jesus said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from wise and intelligent people and have revealed them to infants.

At that time, Jesus walked through the grain fields on a Sabbath. His disciples became hungry and began picking heads of grain to eat.

but since he doesn't have any root in himself, he lasts for only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes along because of the word, he immediately falls away.

At that time Herod the tetrarch, hearing about the fame of Jesus,

By this time the boat was in the middle of the sea and was being battered by the waves, because the wind was against them.

From that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples that he would have to go to Jerusalem and suffer a great deal because of the elders, the high priests, and the scribes. Then he would be killed, but on the third day he would be raised.

At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Who, then, is the greatest in the kingdom from heaven?"

because at that time there will be great suffering, the kind that hasn't happened from the beginning of the world until now and certainly won't ever happen again.

"At that time, if anyone says to you, "Look! Here's the Messiah!' or "There he is!', don't believe it,

At that time, two people will be in the field. One will be taken, and one will be left behind.

"Who, then, is the faithful and wise servant whom his master has put in charge of his household to give the others their food at the right time?

"At that time, the kingdom from heaven will be comparable to ten bridesmaids who took their oil lamps and went out to meet the groom.

"After a long time, the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them.

He said, "Go to a certain man in the city and say to him, "The Teacher says, "My time is near. I will celebrate the Passover with my disciples at your house."'"

He went away a second time and prayed, "My Father, if this cup cannot go away unless I drink it, let your will be done."

After leaving them again, he went away and prayed again for the third time, saying the same thing.

Then he came back to the disciples and told them, "You might as well keep on sleeping and resting. Look! The time is near for the Son of Man to be betrayed into the hands of sinners.

At that time they were holding a notorious prisoner named Barabbas.

At that time two bandits were crucified with him, one on his right and the other on his left.

He said, "The time is now! The kingdom of God is near! Repent, and keep believing the gospel!"

But the time will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast on that day."

but since they don't have any roots, they last for only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes along because of the word, they immediately fall away.

He told them, "Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest for a while," because so many people were coming and going that they didn't even have time to eat.

At that time, after a large crowd again had gathered together with nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples and told them,

At the right time, he sent a servant to the farmers to collect from them a share of the produce from the vineyard.

When they take you away and hand you over for trial, don't worry ahead of time about what you will say. Instead, say whatever is given to you at that time, because it won't be you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.

because those days will be a time of suffering, a kind that has not happened from the beginning of God's creation until now, and certainly will never happen again.

"At that time, if anyone says to you, "Look! Here is the Messiah!', or, "Look! There he is!' don't believe it,

Be careful! Watch out! Because you don't know when the time will come.

He came back a third time. "Are you still sleeping and resting?" he asked. "Enough of that! The time has come. Look! The Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.

Just then a rooster crowed a second time. Peter remembered that Jesus told him, "Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times." Then he broke down and cried.

And the entire congregation of people was praying outside at the time when the incense was burned.

But because you did not believe my announcement, which will be fulfilled at its proper time, you will become silent and unable to speak until the day this happens."

When the time came for Elizabeth to have her child, she gave birth to a son.

While they were there, the time came for her to have her baby,

When the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses, Joseph and Mary took Jesus up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord,

where he was being tempted by the Devil for 40 days. During that time he ate nothing at all, and when they were over he became hungry.

After the Devil had finished tempting Jesus in every possible way, he left him until another time.

I'm telling you the truth there were many widows in Israel in Elijah's time, when it didn't rain for three years and six months and there was a severe famine everywhere in the land.

There were also many lepers in Israel in the prophet Elisha's time, yet not one of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian."

But the time will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and at that time they will fast."

One time Jesus was walking through some grain fields on a Sabbath. His disciples were picking the heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eating them.

At that time Jesus had healed many people of diseases, plagues, and evil spirits, and had given sight to many who were blind.

The ones on the stony ground are the people who joyfully welcome the word when they hear it. But since they don't have any roots, they believe for a while, but in a time of testing they fall away.

When Jesus stepped out on the shore, a man from the city met him. This man was controlled by demons and had not worn clothes for a long time. He did not live in a house but in the tombs.

After the voice had spoken, Jesus was alone. The disciples kept silent and at that time told no one about what they had seen.

because at that time the Holy Spirit will teach you what you are to say."

But be sure of this: if the homeowner had known at what time the thief were coming, he would have watched and would not have let his house be broken into.

So be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at a time when you don't expect him."

The Lord said, "Who, then, is the faithful and careful servant manager whom his master will put in charge of giving all his other servants their share of food at the right time?

But if that servant says to himself, "My master is taking a long time to come back,' and begins to beat the other servants and to eat, drink, and get drunk,

You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, yet you don't know how to interpret the present time?"

At that time, some people who were there told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.

When it was time for the banquet, he sent his servant to tell those who were invited, "Come! Everything is now ready.'

Then Jesus told the disciples, "The time will come during which you will long to see one of these days when the Son of Man is with you, but you will not see it.

Because just as lightning flashes and shines from one end of the sky to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his time.

"Just as it was in Noah's time, so it will be in the days of the Son of Man.

Jesus told his disciples a parable about their need to pray all the time and never give up.

They will level you to the ground you and those who live within your city limits. They will not leave one stone on another within your walls, because you didn't recognize the time when you were visited."

Then he began to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and went abroad for a long time.

At the right time he sent a servant to the farmers in order to get his share of the produce of the vineyard. But the farmers beat him and sent him back empty-handed.

"As for these things that you see, the time will come when not one stone will be left on another that won't be knocked down."

He said, "Be careful that you are not deceived, because many will come in my name and say, "I AM' and, "The time has come.' Don't follow them.

So purpose in your hearts not to prepare your defense ahead of time,

When he learned with certainty that Jesus came from Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him off to Herod, who was in Jerusalem at that time.

Now Herod was very glad to see Jesus, because he had been wanting to see him for a long time on account of what he had heard about him. He was also hoping to see some sign done by him.

So he continued to question him for a long time, but Jesus gave him no answer at all.

Then he spoke to them a third time: "What has he done wrong? I have found nothing in him worthy of death. So I will punish him and let him go."

because the time is surely coming when people will say, "How blessed are the women who couldn't bear children and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!'

"How does that concern us, dear lady?" Jesus asked her. "My time hasn't come yet."

Nicodemus asked him, "How can a person be born when he is old? He can't go back into his mother's womb a second time and be born, can he?"

After this, Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside. He spent some time there with them and began baptizing.

Yet the time is coming, and is now here, when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth. Indeed, the Father is looking for people like that to worship him.

When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been there a long time, he asked him, "Do you want to get well?"

Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, the time approaches, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear it will live.

Don't be amazed at this, because the time is approaching when everyone in their graves will hear the Son of Man's voice

Then they told him, "Sir, give us this bread all the time."

Jesus told them, "My time has not yet come, but your time is always here.

Go up to the festival yourselves. I am not going to this festival yet, because my time hasn't fully come yet."

The Jewish leaders summoned the man who had been blind a second time and told him, "Give glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner."

Now is the time for the judgment of this world to begin. Now the ruler of this world will be thrown out.

Jesus replied to the crowd, "The light is among you only for a short time. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The person who walks in the darkness is in the darkness and does not know where he is going.

By supper time, the Devil had already put it into the heart of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray him.

"Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know me?" Jesus asked him. "The person who has seen me has seen the Father. So how can you say, "Show us the Father'?

At that time, you'll know that I am in my Father, that you are in me, and that I am in you.

You'll be thrown out of the synagogues. Yes, a time is coming when the one who kills you will think he's serving God.

But I've told you this, so that when the time comes you'll remember that I told you about them. I didn't tell you this in the beginning, because I was still with you."

When a woman is in labor she has pain, because her time has come. Yet when she has given birth to her child, she doesn't remember the agony anymore because of the joy of having brought a human being into the world.

"I have said these things to you in figurative language. The time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language, but will tell you plainly about the Father.

At that time, you will make your requests in my name, so that I will have no need to ask the Father on your behalf,

Listen, the time is coming, indeed it has already come, when you will be scattered, each of you to his own home, and you will leave me all by myself. Yet I'm not alone, because the Father is with me.

This was now the third time that Jesus revealed himself to the disciples after he had been raised from the dead.

Then he asked him a second time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter told him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you."