'Debated' in the Bible

John's Baptism, whence was it? --had it a heavenly or a human origin?" So they debated the matter among themselves. "If we say 'a heavenly origin,'" they argued, "he will say, 'Why then did you not believe him?'

They were all amazed, so that they debated among themselves, saying, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him.”

Immediately Jesus, being fully aware [of their hostility] and knowing in His spirit that they were thinking this, said to them, “Why are you debating and arguing about these things in your hearts?

But they remained silent; for on the way they had debated with one another who was the chief of them.

So they debated the matter with one another. "Suppose we say, 'Heavenly,'" they argued, "he will ask, 'Why then did you not believe him?'

And he began thinking to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have no place [large enough in which] to store my crops?’

So they debated the matter with one another. "If we say 'Heavenly,'" they argued, "he will say, 'Why did you not believe him?'

Then the Jewish leaders debated angrily with each other, asking, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"

But after ordering them to step out of the Council [chamber], they began to confer among themselves,

He conversed and debated with the Hellenistic Jews, but they attempted to kill him.

Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also debated with him. Some asked, "What is this blabbermouth trying to say?" while others said, "He seems to be preaching about foreign gods." This was because Paul was telling the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.