poieō G4160

ποιέω (poieō) means “to do/make: do” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

ποιέω Greek · G4160 569 tagged occurrences in 515 verses

Pronunciation guide: poy-eh'-o Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G4160G

ποιέω · poieō · to do/make: do

ποιέω, -ῶ, [in LXX for a great variety of words, but chiefly for עשׂה ;] 1. to make, produce, create, cause: with accusative of thing(s), Mat.17:4, Mrk.9:5, Jhn.9:11, Act.9:39, Rom.9:20, al.; of God as Creator (with accusative of person(s) also), Mat.19:4, Mrk.10:6, Luk.11:40, Act.4:24, Heb.1:2, al.; like Heb. עשׂה, absol. = ἐργάζομαι, to work, Mat.20:12 (cf. Rut.2:19; so AV, but see infr.), Rev.13:5, R, mg. (but see infr.); σκάνδαλα, Rom.16:17; εἰρεήνην, Eph.2:15, Jas.3:18; ἐπίστασιν, Act.24:12; συστροφήν, Act.23:12; with accusative of thing(s) and dative of person(s), Luk.1:68, Act.15:3; with nouns expressing action or its accomplishment, forming a periphr. for the cogn. verb: ὁδόν π. (cl. ὁ ποιεῖσθαι), to go on, advance, Mrk.2:23; πόλεμον, Rev.11:7, al.; ἐκδίκησιν, Luk.18:7, 8; ἐνέδραν, Act.25:3; κρίσιν, Jhn.5:27, Ju 15; ἔργα, Jhn.5:36, al.; (σημεῖα), Jhn.2:23 and freq., Act.2:22, al.; so also mid. ποιεῖσθαι: μονήν, Jhn.14:23; πορείαν, Luk.13:22; κοινωνίαν, Rom.15:26; of food, to make ready, prepare: δεῖπνον, Mrk.6:21, al.; δοχήν, Luk.5:29 14:13; γάμους, Mat.22:2; of time, to spend (cl.): ὥραν, Mat.20:12, RV (but see supr. and cf. McN, in l.); μῆνας, Rev.13:5, R, txt. (cf. Swete, in l.; but see supr.); ἐνιαυτόν, Jas.4:13; with accusative before ἐκ, Jhn.2:15, al.; with accusative and accusative pred., Mat.3:3 12:16, Mrk.1:3 3:12, Jhn.5:11, al.; with adv., καλῶς, Mrk.7:37; ἑορτὴν π. (Dem., Exo.23:16, al.), Act.18:21, Rec.; πάσχα, Mat.26:18; to make or offer a sacrifice (Plat., Xen., al.; Job.42:8, 3Ki.11:33; so some understand τοῦτο ποιεῖτε, Luk.22:19, but see Abbott, Essays, 110ff.); before ἵνα (WM, 422f.; M, Pr., 228), Jhn.11:37, Col.4:16, Rev.3:9. 2. to do, perform, carry out, execute: absol., with adv., καλῶς π., Mat.12:12, 1Co.7:37, 38 Jas.2:19; id. before ptcp. (cl.; see M, Pr., 228), Act.10:33, Php.4:14, 2Pe.1:19, 3Jo.6; οὕτως, Mat.24:46, Luk.9:15, al.; ὡς (καθώς), Mat.1:24 2:16, al.; ὁμοίως, Luk.3:11; ὡσαύτως, Mat.20:5; with ptcp., ἀγνοῶν ἐποίησα, 1Ti.1:13; with accusative of thing(s): τί interrog., Mat.12:3, Mrk.2:25, Luk.6:2, al.; τοῦτο, Mat.13:28, Mrk.5:32, Luk.22:19 (WH om.; see supr., ref. to Abbott, Essays), Rom.7:20, al.; with nouns expressing command or regulation: τ. νόμον (not as in cl., to make a law), Jhn.7:19, Gal.5:3 (cf. in LXX, Jos.22:5, 1Ch.22:12, al.); τ. ἐντολάς, Mat.5:19; similarly with other nouns expressing conduct: τ. δικαιοσύνην, Mat.6:1, al.; τ. ἀλήθειαν, Jhn.3:21, al., etc.; with dupl. accusative, Mat.27:22, Mrk.15:12; with accusative of thing(s) and dative of person(s) (commod., incomm.; rare in cl.), Mat.7:12, Mrk.5:19, 20 Luk.1:49, Jhn.9:26, al. SYN.: πράσσω, which see The general distinction between the two words is that between particular action and its habitual performance (cf. Tr., Syn., §xcvi; Westc. on Jhn.3:21; ICC on Rom.1:32). (AS)

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TBESG · G4160H

ποιέω · poieō · to do/make: make

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TBESG · G4160I

ποιέω · poieō · to do/make: appoint

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TBESG · G4160J

ποιέω · poieō · to do/make: spend(TIME)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.

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How translators render G4160

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
do	48
to do	23
make	15
does	14
vvv	14
did	13
had done	11
made	10
practices	9
are you doing	7
i am doing	7
to make	7
you do	7
has done	6
perform	6
has made	5
i do	5
i will make	4
me to do	4
must i do	4
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practice	4
you are doing	4
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doing	3
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i will do	3
produce	3
shall i do	3
should we do	3
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and did	2
are you	2
god made	2
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have you done	2
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he was doing	2
he will do	2
him doing	2
i ever did	2
is doing	2
jesus was doing	2
keep	2
let us put up	2
making	2
practiced	2
prepared	2
shall we do	2
should do	2
that does not produce	2
they did	2
to carry out	2
to execute	2
to perform	2
treated	2
will carry out	2
will do it	2
you did	2
you did not do	2
you have done	2
you have made	2
you host	2
you make	2
you will do	2
act	1
act on them	1
acts	1
after spending	1
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allow them	1
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always	1
and indulging	1
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and performed	1
and produced	1
and to do	1
and unite them	1
and you will do	1
appointed	1
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are to do	1
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bearing	1
because they were preparing	1
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bring about	1
bringing	1
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by so doing	1
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cause	1
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causing	1
committed	1
continue to do	1
continue to practice	1
create	1
created things	1
declares	1
devised	1
did he do	1
did you make	1
do you claim to be	1
does not act on	1
does not practice	1
done	1
follow	1
for me	1
for you	1
forcing them	1
formed	1
give to the needy	1
gives	1
grow	1
had committed	1
has not been merciful	1
has sinned	1
have	1
have kept	1
he accomplished	1
he declared	1
he did not do	1
he did so	1
he does	1
he gave generously	1
he had acted	1
he had provided	1
he had turned	1
he has performed	1
he kept	1
he makes	1
he performed	1
he sacrificed for sin	1
he stayed	1
he was performing	1
he will also provide	1
he will promptly carry out	1
held	1
him perform	1
hosted	1
i am doing them	1
i am not doing	1
i consider	1
i do not do	1
i had acted	1
i had not done	1
i have done	1
i made	1
i make	1
i spent	1
i will keep	1
i will keep on doing	1
i will put up	1
i wrote	1
if you practice	1
in so doing	1
involved	1
is performing	1
it bears	1
it was constructed	1
jesus did	1
jesus had performed	1
keeps	1
let him do	1
let us do	1
make sure	1
make yourself out to be	1
makes	1
men do	1
must we do	1
paul had spent	1
performing	1
performs	1
peter did	1
produces a crop	1
provide	1
puts forth	1
refuses to practice	1
remembering	1
remembering you	1
riling up	1
she continued	1
she has done	1
she has prepared	1
should i do	1
should i do with	1
showing	1
spend	1
sweep	1
that does not bear	1
that perform	1
the men began	1
the second beast performed	1
the second beast required	1
the tenants did	1
the work	1
them do	1
then do	1
they are doing	1
they carried out	1
they do not practice	1
they had made	1
they have done	1
they hosted	1
they might do	1
they will do	1
they will put	1
they will treat	1
this beast exercised	1
those who do	1
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to	1
to act	1
to become	1
to bring	1
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to give	1
to obey	1
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to win	1
turn	1
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we had made	1
we have only done	1
we make him out to be	1
we will do	1
were	1
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will also do	1
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will leave	1
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worked	1
you are	1
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you are already doing	1
you do not do	1
you give to the needy	1
you made	1
you to do	1
you to pray	1
you would do	1
your authority to do	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
do	78
did	28
make	22
to do	22
doeth	21
made	17
he did	12
i do	12
ye do	11
done	9
had done	9
shall i do	9
hath done	7
to make	7
doing	6
making	6
do ye	5
hath made	5
he doeth	5
shall we do	5
thou doest	5
bring forth	4
doest	4
forth	4
he that doeth	4
maketh	4
shall do	4
should do	4
ye	4
bringeth forth	3
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have done	3
have made	3
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i did	3
i will make	3
let us make	3
shall	3
that i shall do	3
they did	3
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they had done	3
will do	3
and did	2
cause	2
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doth	2
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have	2
he had done	2
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he maketh	2
he that made	2
i have done	2
i make	2
let him do	2
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shall he do	2
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thou makest	2
to execute	2
to have done	2
to perform	2
which bringeth	2
will	2
will i do	2
will they do	2
working	2
ye did	2
ye have done	2
abode	1
after he had spent	1
after that he had shewed	1
after they had tarried	1
after ye have done	1
and bare	1
and make	1
any delay	1
avenged	1
banded	1
be made	1
bear	1
blessed	1
both yield	1
bringing forth	1
brought forth	1
commit	1
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continue	1
did commit	1
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for to do	1
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hast	1
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have caused	1
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have i made	1
have wrought	1
he	1
he causeth	1
he exerciseth	1
he had	1
he hath made him	1
he hath shewed	1
he have committed	1
he kept	1
he might cause	1
he ordained	1
he purposed	1
he that committeth	1
he that hath done	1
he that shewed	1
he which made	1
he will	1
held	1
her that had done	1
him that made	1
i	1
i committed	1
i had	1
i have been	1
i have made	1
i made	1
i should do	1
i will keep	1
if ye do	1
in doing	1
journeying	1
keep	1
keepeth	1
laying	1
may be able	1
mean ye	1
move me	1
of things that are made	1
provide	1
raising up	1
shall fulfil	1
shall they do	1
shewest	1
shooteth out	1
should do to	1
so that they	1
that bringeth	1
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that hath shewed	1
that he should make	1
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that they should make	1
that wrought	1
the doing	1
thee	1
them that do	1
them which cause	1
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thou shouldest do	1
though	1
to agree	1
to bring	1
to content	1
to continue	1
to fulfil	1
to him that appointed	1
to observe	1
to pluck	1
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took	1
transgresseth	1
we had made	1
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when	1
when he had	1
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will he do	1
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wrought	1
ye have	1
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ye shall	1
ye shall have done	1
ye would do	1
you	1

Verses containing G4160

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John 9:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“What did He do to you?” they asked. “How did He open your eyes?”
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John 9:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
We know that God does not listen to sinners, but He does listen to the one who worships Him and does His will.
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John 9:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If this man were not from God, He could do no such thing.”
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John 10:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“I already told you,” Jesus replied, “but you did not believe. The works I do in My Father’s name testify on My behalf.
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John 10:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“We are not stoning You for any good work,” said the Jews, “but for blasphemy, because You, who are a man, make Yourself out to be God.”
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John 10:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If I am not doing the works of My Father, then do not believe Me.
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John 10:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But if I am doing them, even though you do not believe Me, believe the works themselves, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I am in the Father.”
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John 10:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Many came to Him and said, “Although John never performed a sign, everything he said about this man was true.”
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John 11:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But some of them asked, “Could not this man who opened the eyes of the blind also have kept Lazarus from dying?”
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John 11:45 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in Him.
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John 11:46 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
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John 11:47 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we to do? This man is performing many signs.
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John 12:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So they hosted a dinner for Jesus there. Martha served, and Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with Him.
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John 12:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At first His disciples did not understand these things, but after Jesus was glorified they remembered what had been done to Him, and they realized that these very things had also been written about Him.
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John 12:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
That is also why the crowd went out to meet Him, because they heard that He had performed this sign.
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John 12:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Although Jesus had performed so many signs in their presence, they still did not believe in Him.
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John 13:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”
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John 13:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Jesus had washed their feet and put on His outer garments, He reclined with them again and asked, “Do you know what I have done for you?
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John 13:15 · BSB · 2 occurrences
I have set you an example so that you should do as I have done for you.
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John 13:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.
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John 13:27 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And when Judas had taken the morsel, Satan entered into him. Then Jesus said to Judas, “What you are about to do, do quickly.”
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John 14:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? The words I say to you, I do not speak on My own. Instead, it is the Father dwelling in Me, performing His works.
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John 14:12 · BSB · 3 occurrences
Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever believes in Me will also do the works that I am doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.
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John 14:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
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John 14:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If you ask Me for anything in My name, I will do it.
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John 14:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.
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John 14:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But I do exactly what the Father has commanded Me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Get up! Let us go on from here.
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John 15:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.
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John 15:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You are My friends if you do what I command you.
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John 15:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you.
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John 15:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But they will treat you like this because of My name, since they do not know the One who sent Me.
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John 15:24 · BSB · 2 occurrences
If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have seen and hated both Me and My Father.
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John 16:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.
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John 16:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They will do these things because they have not known the Father or Me.
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John 17:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I have glorified You on earth by accomplishing the work You gave Me to do.
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John 18:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Because it was cold, the servants and officers were standing around a charcoal fire they had made to keep warm. And Peter was also standing with them, warming himself.
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John 18:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“If He were not a criminal,” they replied, “we would not have handed Him over to you.”
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John 18:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Am I a Jew?” Pilate replied. “Your own people and chief priests handed You over to me. What have You done?”
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John 19:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“We have a law,” answered the Jews, “and according to that law He must die, because He declared Himself to be the Son of God.”
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John 19:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
From then on, Pilate tried to release Him, but the Jews kept shouting, “If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who declares himself a king is defying Caesar.”
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John 19:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they divided His garments into four parts, one for each soldier, with the tunic remaining. It was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom.
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John 19:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So they said to one another, “Let us not tear it. Instead, let us cast lots to see who will get it.” This was to fulfill the Scripture: “They divided My garments among them, and cast lots for My clothing.” So that is what the soldiers did.
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John 20:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book.
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John 21:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
There are many more things that Jesus did. If all of them were written down, I suppose that not even the world itself would have space for the books that would be written.
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Acts 1:1 · BSB · 2 occurrences
In my first book, O Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach,
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Acts 2:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Men of Israel, listen to this message: Jesus of Nazareth was a man certified by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs, which God did among you through Him, as you yourselves know.
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Acts 2:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore let all Israel know with certainty that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ!”
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Acts 2:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and asked Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”
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Acts 3:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And when Peter saw this, he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why are you surprised by this? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk?
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Acts 4:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They had Peter and John brought in and began to question them: “By what power or what name did you do this?”
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