'Greatly' in the Bible

Reports of this soon reached the king, and greatly agitated not only him but all the people of Jerusalem.

Then Herod, seeing that he had been mocked by the magi, was greatly enraged; and sent and slew all the boys which were in Bethlehem, and in all its borders, from two years and under, according to the time which he had accurately inquired from the magi.

because I tell you, unless your righteousness greatly exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom from heaven!"

And coming into his country, he gave them teaching in their Synagogue, so that they were greatly surprised and said, Where did this man get this wisdom and these works of power?

When the disciples saw Him walking on the waves, they were greatly alarmed. "It is a spirit," they exclaimed, and they cried out with terror.

Then His disciples came and said to Him, "Do you know that the Pharisees were greatly shocked when they heard those words?"

And a woman of Canaan came out from those parts, crying and saying, Have pity on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is greatly troubled with an unclean spirit.

And the disciples hearing it fell upon their faces, and were greatly terrified.

and they shall kill him; and the third day he shall be raised up. And they were greatly grieved.

But his fellow-bondmen, having seen what had taken place, were greatly grieved, and went and recounted to their lord all that had taken place.

"So his master, greatly incensed, handed him over to the jailers until he should pay all he owed him.

The disciples were greatly astonished when they heard this and said, "Then who can be saved?"

When the disciples saw it, they were astonished and asked, “How is it that the fig tree has withered away all at once?”

They became greatly distressed and each one began to say to him, "Surely not I, Lord?"

And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.

While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him a message, saying, “Have nothing to do with that righteous Man; for last night I suffered greatly in a dream because of Him.”

Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.

And they were all greatly surprised, so that they put questions to one another, saying, What is this? a new teaching! with authority he gives orders even to the unclean spirits, and they do what he says.

They were greatly afraid, and said to one another, "Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?"

And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.

And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly.

And he was greatly surprised because they had no faith. And he went about the country places teaching.

For Herod was afraid of John, [because he] knew him [to be] a righteous and holy man and protected him. And [when he] listened to him, he was greatly perplexed, and [yet] he listened to him gladly.

And he went up unto them to the boat, and the wind lulled, and greatly out of measure were they amazed in themselves, and were wondering,

for he was not knowing what he might say, for they were greatly afraid.

And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him.

And it came out, screaming and convulsing [him] greatly, and he became as if [he were] dead, so that most [of them] said, "He has died!"

And they were greatly surprised, saying to him, Who then may have salvation?

Now they were on the road going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking on ahead of them; and they were perplexed [at what Jesus had said], and those who were following were alarmed and afraid. And again He took the twelve [disciples] aside and began telling them what was going to happen to Him,

And Jesus said unto them, Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's. And they marvelled greatly at him.

He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.

And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be greatly amazed, and sore troubled.

So they came out, and fled from the tomb, for they were greatly agitated and surprised; and they said not a word to any one, for they were afraid.

But she was very perplexed at this statement, and kept pondering what kind of salutation this was.

and my spirit has rejoiced greatly in God my Savior,

And they were greatly impressed by His teaching, because He spoke with the language of authority.

Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was happening; and he was greatly perplexed, because it was said by some that John had risen from the dead,

At that very time He rejoiced greatly in the Holy Spirit, and said, “I praise You, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to infants. Yes, Father, for this way was well-pleasing in Your sight.

I have a baptism [of great suffering] with which to be baptized, and how [greatly] I am distressed until it is accomplished!

But they were not able to do anything, because the people all kept near him, being greatly interested in his words.

And when Herod saw Jesus he greatly rejoiced, for he had been a long while desirous of seeing him, because of hearing many things concerning him, and he hoped to see some sign done by him;

It happened, while they were greatly perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling clothing.

They said to one another, “Were not our hearts burning within us while He was talking with us on the road and opening the Scriptures to us?”

“For God so [greatly] loved and dearly prized the world, that He [even] gave His [One and] only begotten Son, so that whoever believes and trusts in Him [as Savior] shall not perish, but have eternal life.

He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.

He was a lamp that was burning and shining, and you wanted to rejoice greatly for a short time in his light.

When Jesus saw her crying, and the Jews who had come with her crying, he was greatly troubled in spirit and deeply moved.

"Now my soul is greatly distressed. And what should I say? 'Father, deliver me from this hour'? No, but for this very reason I have come to this hour.

When he had said these things, Jesus was greatly distressed in spirit, and testified, "I tell you the solemn truth, one of you will betray me."

And when this sound came to their ears, they all came together, and were greatly surprised because every man was hearing the words of the disciples in his special language.

All were astounded and greatly confused, saying to one another, "What does this mean?"

For this [reason] my heart was glad and my tongue rejoiced greatly, furthermore also my flesh will live in hope,

And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.

And when Peter saw it he said to the people, You men of Israel, why are you so greatly surprised at this man? or why are you looking at us as if by our power or virtue we had given him the use of his legs?

They were greatly disturbed that Peter and John were teaching the people and announcing that Jesus had been resurrected from the dead.

Now when they saw that Peter and John were without fear, though they were men of no education or learning, they were greatly surprised; and they took note of them that they had been with Jesus.

Now when the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard these words, they were greatly perplexed about them as to what would come of this.

Now about this time, when the number of disciples was increasing, a complaint was made by the Hellenists (Greek-speaking Jews) against the [native] Hebrews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily serving of food.

And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.

"But as the time drew near for God to fulfill the promise he had declared to Abraham, the people increased greatly in number in Egypt,

Devout men buried Stephen, and lamented greatly over him.

And so the church through all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was made strong; and, living in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, was increased greatly.

Staring at him and becoming greatly afraid, Cornelius replied, "What is it, Lord?" The angel said to him, "Your prayers and your acts of charity have gone up as a memorial before God.

Now while Peter was greatly perplexed in mind as to what the vision which he had seen might be, behold, the men who had been sent by Cornelius, having asked directions for Simon’s house, appeared at the gate;

The circumcised believers who had accompanied Peter were greatly astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles,

For he was a good man, and was full of the Holy Spirit and of faith; and the number of believers in the Lord greatly increased.

Now Peter continued knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were greatly astonished.

Now when it was day, the armed men were greatly troubled about what had become of Peter.

Then when the proconsul saw what had happened, he believed, because he was greatly astounded at the teaching about the Lord.

And she did this for many days.But Paul was greatly aggravated and turning to the spirit, said, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” And it came out right away.

And when they had taken them before the authorities, they said, These men, who are Jews, are greatly troubling our town;

And he brought them into his house and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly, having believed in God with his whole household.

While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was greatly upset because he saw the city was full of idols.

When he wanted to cross over to Achaia, the brothers wrote to the disciples urging them to welcome him. After he arrived, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace.

So the word of the Lord was increased very greatly and was full of power.

They brought the boy home alive and were greatly comforted.

In all the synagogues I often tried to make them blaspheme by punishing them. I even pursued them to foreign cities since I was greatly enraged at them.

For I greatly desire to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to establish you;

As touching our brother Apollos, I greatly desired him to come unto you with the brethren: but his will was not at all to come at this time; but he will come when he shall have convenient time.

For in this we are crying in weariness, greatly desiring to be clothed with our house from heaven:

Therefore, because we realize how greatly the Lord is to be feared, we are endeavouring to win men over, and God recognizes what our motives are, and I hope that you, in your hearts, recognize them too.

For even after our arrival in Macedonia we could get no relief such as human nature craves. We were greatly harassed; there were conflicts without and fears within.

We are not bragging beyond measure about other people’s labors. But we have the hope that as your faith increases, our area of ministry will be greatly enlarged,

For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.

Indeed, he greatly missed all of you and was distressed because you heard that he had been ill.

So then, my beloved and greatly desired brothers, my joy and crown, thus stand firm in the Lord, dear friends.

But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of me hath flourished again; wherein ye were also careful, but ye lacked opportunity.

For I would have you know how greatly I strive for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;

But as for us, brothers, after we were forced to leave you for a short time (in person, not in heart), we greatly desired and made every effort to return and see you face to face.

But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you:

May the Lord greatly increase your love for each other and for all people, just as we love you.

We ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because increase greatly doth your faith, and abound doth the love of each one of you all, to one another;

Deacons, in the same way, are to be serious in their behaviour, not false in word, not given to taking much wine or greatly desiring the wealth of this world;

Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;

Of whom be thou ware also; for he hath greatly withstood our words.

Therefore I was greatly grieved with that generation, and I said, 'They are ever going astray in heart, and have not learnt to know My paths.'

And with whom was God so greatly grieved for forty years? Was it not with those who had sinned, and whose dead bodies fell in the Desert?

I will indeed bless you,and I will greatly multiply you.

So do not give up your hope which will be greatly rewarded.

And do not forget to be kind and liberal; for with sacrifices of that sort God is greatly pleased.