'Around' in the Bible

Now John wore clothing made from camel's hair with a leather belt around his waist, and his diet consisted of locusts and wild honey.

Then people from Jerusalem, as well as all Judea and all the region around the Jordan, were going out to him,

Do not give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs; otherwise they will trample them under their feet and turn around and tear you to pieces.

Now when Jesus saw a large crowd around him, he gave orders to go to the other side of the lake.

And such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat to sit while the whole crowd stood on the shore.

and said, "I tell you the truth, unless you turn around and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven!

"But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a huge millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the open sea.

When it was about nine o'clock in the morning, he went out again and saw others standing around in the marketplace without work.

And about five o'clock that afternoon he went out and found others standing around, and said to them, 'Why are you standing here all day without work?'

"Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went on a journey.

Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the governor's residence and gathered the whole cohort around him.

They stripped him and put a scarlet robe around him,

John wore a garment made of camel's hair with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.

So the news about him spread quickly throughout all the region around Galilee.

After looking around at them in anger, grieved by the hardness of their hearts, he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and his hand was restored.

Jerusalem, Idumea, beyond the Jordan River, and around Tyre and Sidon a great multitude came to him when they heard about the things he had done.

A crowd was sitting around him and they said to him, "Look, your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you."

And looking at those who were sitting around him in a circle, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!

Again he began to teach by the lake. Such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat on the lake and sat there while the whole crowd was on the shore by the lake.

When he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.

When Jesus had crossed again in a boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around him, and he was by the sea.

Jesus went with him, and a large crowd followed and pressed around him.

Jesus knew at once that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and said, "Who touched my clothes?"

But he looked around to see who had done it.

The girl got up at once and began to walk around (she was twelve years old). They were completely astonished at this.

And he was amazed because of their unbelief. Then he went around among the villages and taught.

Then the apostles gathered around Jesus and told him everything they had done and taught.

Now the Pharisees and some of the experts in the law who came from Jerusalem gathered around him.

Suddenly when they looked around, they saw no one with them any more except Jesus.

When they came to the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and experts in the law arguing with them.

So they brought the boy to him. When the spirit saw him, it immediately threw the boy into a convulsion. He fell on the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth.

"If anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a huge millstone tied around his neck and to be thrown into the sea.

Then Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!"

Then Jesus entered Jerusalem and went to the temple. And after looking around at everything, he went out to Bethany with the twelve since it was already late.

Then he began to speak to them in parables: "A man planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went on a journey.

In his teaching Jesus also said, "Watch out for the experts in the law. They like walking around in long robes and elaborate greetings in the marketplaces,

Around three o'clock Jesus cried out with a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?" which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"

An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were absolutely terrified.

He went into all the region around the Jordan River, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

Now Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, and the crowd was pressing around him to hear the word of God.

After looking around at them all, he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." The man did so, and his hand was restored.

because he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. As Jesus was on his way, the crowds pressed around him.

Stay in that same house, eating and drinking what they give you, for the worker deserves his pay. Do not move around from house to house.

But the worker answered him, 'Sir, leave it alone this year too, until I dig around it and put fertilizer on it.

It would be better for him to have a millstone tied around his neck and be thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.

"Beware of the experts in the law. They like walking around in long robes, and they love elaborate greetings in the marketplaces and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.

When those who were around him saw what was about to happen, they said, "Lord, should we use our swords?"

Jesus turned around and saw them following and said to them, "What do you want?" So they said to him, "Rabbi" (which is translated Teacher), "where are you staying?"

Jesus replied, "Are there not twelve hours in a day? If anyone walks around in the daytime, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

But if anyone walks around at night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him."

I knew that you always listen to me, but I said this for the sake of the crowd standing around here, that they may believe that you sent me."

The one who had died came out, his feet and hands tied up with strips of cloth, and a cloth wrapped around his face. Jesus said to them, "Unwrap him and let him go."

Thus Jesus no longer went around publicly among the Judeans, but went away from there to the region near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim, and stayed there with his disciples.

he got up from the meal, removed his outer clothes, took a towel and tied it around himself.

He poured water into the washbasin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to dry them with the towel he had wrapped around himself.

(Now the slaves and the guards were standing around a charcoal fire they had made, warming themselves because it was cold. Peter also was standing with them, warming himself.)

and the face cloth, which had been around Jesus' head, not lying with the strips of linen cloth but rolled up in a place by itself.

When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus.

I tell you the solemn truth, when you were young, you tied your clothes around you and went wherever you wanted, but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and others will tie you up and bring you where you do not want to go."

Peter turned around and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them. (This was the disciple who had leaned back against Jesus' chest at the meal and asked, "Lord, who is the one who is going to betray you?")

He jumped up, stood and began walking around, and he entered the temple courts with them, walking and leaping and praising God.

A crowd of people from the towns around Jerusalem also came together, bringing the sick and those troubled by unclean spirits. They were all being healed.

Now those who had been forced to scatter went around proclaiming the good news of the word.

As he was going along, approaching Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.

Now as Peter was traveling around from place to place, he also came down to the saints who lived in Lydda.

with respect to Jesus from Nazareth, that God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with him.

Now look, the hand of the Lord is against you, and you will be blind, unable to see the sun for a time!" Immediately mistiness and darkness came over him, and he went around seeking people to lead him by the hand.

For as I went around and observed closely your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: 'To an unknown god.' Therefore what you worship without knowing it, this I proclaim to you.

so that they would search for God and perhaps grope around for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.

But Paul went down, threw himself on the young man, put his arms around him, and said, "Do not be distressed, for he is still alive!"

"And now I know that none of you among whom I went around proclaiming the kingdom will see me again.

As I was en route and near Damascus, about noon a very bright light from heaven suddenly flashed around me.

When he arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges that they were not able to prove.

about noon along the road, Your Majesty, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining everywhere around me and those traveling with me.

Now in the region around that place were fields belonging to the chief official of the island, named Publius, who welcomed us and entertained us hospitably as guests for three days.

always carrying around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our body.

Stand firm therefore, by fastening the belt of truth around your waist, by putting on the breastplate of righteousness,

And besides that, going around from house to house they learn to be lazy, and they are not only lazy, but also gossips and busybodies, talking about things they should not.

By faith the walls of Jericho fell after the people marched around them for seven days.

But he must ask in faith without doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed around by the wind.

and in the midst of the lampstands was one like a son of man. He was dressed in a robe extending down to his feet and he wore a wide golden belt around his chest.

In a circle around the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on those thrones were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white clothing and had golden crowns on their heads.

and in front of the throne was something like a sea of glass, like crystal. In the middle of the throne and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back.

Each one of the four living creatures had six wings and was full of eyes all around and inside. They never rest day or night, saying: "Holy Holy Holy is the Lord God, the All-Powerful, Who was and who is, and who is still to come!"

Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels in a circle around the throne, as well as the living creatures and the elders. Their number was ten thousand times ten thousand -- thousands times thousands --

And all the angels stood there in a circle around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground before the throne and worshiped God,

and the seven angels who had the seven plagues came out of the temple, dressed in clean bright linen, wearing wide golden belts around their chests.

(Look! I will come like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays alert and does not lose his clothes so that he will not have to walk around naked and his shameful condition be seen.)

Then I saw one angel standing in the sun, and he shouted in a loud voice to all the birds flying high in the sky: "Come, gather around for the great banquet of God,