'Took' in the Bible

but his disciples took him by night and lowered him in a large basket through an opening in the wall.

Barnabas, however, took him and brought him to the apostles and explained to them how Saul had seen the Lord on the road and that He had talked to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken boldly in the name of Jesus.

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

You know the events that took place throughout Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John preached:

Then one of them, named Agabus, stood up and predicted by the Spirit that there would be a severe famine throughout the Roman world. This took place during the time of Claudius.

So he went out and followed, and he did not know that what took place through the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision.

After they had completed their relief mission, Barnabas and Saul returned to Jerusalem, taking along John who is called Mark.

This all took about 450 years. After this, He gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.

When they had fulfilled all that had been written about Him, they took Him down from the tree and put Him in a tomb.

There was such a sharp disagreement that they parted company, and Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed off to Cyprus.

Paul wanted Timothy to go with him, so he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, since they all knew that his father was a Greek.

He took them the same hour of the night and washed their wounds. Right away he and all his family were baptized.

They took him and brought him to the Areopagus, and said, “May we learn about this new teaching you’re speaking of?

He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. After Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him home and explained the way of God to him more accurately.

When he met us at Assos, we took him on board and came to Mitylene.

He came to us, took Paul’s belt, tied his own feet and hands, and said, “This is what the Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews in Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and deliver him into Gentile hands.’”

Then the next day, Paul took the men, having purified himself along with them, and entered the temple, announcing the completion of the purification days when the offering for each of them would be made.

Then the commander came up, took him into custody, and ordered him to be bound with two chains. He asked who he was and what he had done.

So he took him, brought him to the commander, and said, “The prisoner Paul called me and asked me to bring this young man to you, because he has something to tell you.”

Then the commander took him by the hand, led him aside, and inquired privately, “What is it you have to report to me?”

Therefore, the soldiers took Paul during the night and brought him to Antipatris as they were ordered.

But Lysias the commander came and took him from our hands with great force,

They took a sounding and found it to be 120 feet deep; when they had sailed a little farther and sounded again, they found it to be 90 feet deep.

They all became encouraged and took food themselves.

The local people showed us extraordinary kindness, for they lit a fire and took us all in, since it was raining and cold.

Now the believers from there had heard the news about us and had come to meet us as far as the Forum of Appius and the Three Taverns. When Paul saw them, he thanked God and took courage.

For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: On the night when He was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took bread,

In the same way, after supper He also took the cup and said, “This cup is the new covenant established by My blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”

For we don’t want you to be unaware, brothers, of our affliction that took place in Asia: we were completely overwhelmed—beyond our strength—so that we even despaired of life.

Now granted, I have not burdened you; yet sly as I am, I took you in by deceit!

For it says:When He ascended on high,He took prisoners into captivity;He gave gifts to people.

You took off your former way of life, the old self that is corrupted by deceitful desires;

not like the covenantthat I made with their ancestorson the day I took them by their handsto lead them out of the land of Egypt.I disregarded them, says the Lord,because they did not continue in My covenant.

For when every command had been proclaimed by Moses to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll itself and all the people,

By faith Enoch was taken away so he did not experience death, and he was not to be found because God took him away. For prior to his removal he was approved, since he had pleased God.

He came and took the scroll out of the right hand of the One seated on the throne.

When He took the scroll, the four living creatures and the 24 elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and gold bowls filled with incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

The angel took the incense burner, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it to the earth; there were rumblings of thunder, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.

Then I took the little scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it. It was as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I ate it, my stomach became bitter.

At that moment a violent earthquake took place, a tenth of the city fell, and 7,000 people were killed in the earthquake. The survivors were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.