'Permission' in the Bible
"Two sparrows are sold for a penny, aren't they? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father's permission.
And He gave them permission. Then the unclean spirits came out and entered the pigs, and the herd of about 2,000 rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned there.
As He was embarking, the man who had been possessed asked permission to accompany Him.
They spoke to them just as Jesus had told them, and they gave them permission.
A large herd of pigs was there, feeding on the hillside. The demons begged Him to permit them to enter the pigs, and He gave them permission.
But the man from whom the demons had gone out earnestly asked permission to go with Him; but He sent him away.
"Simon, Simon, listen! Satan has asked permission to sift all of you like wheat,
After this, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus—but secretly because of his fear of the Jews—asked Pilate that he might remove Jesus’ body. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and took His body away.
After he had given permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned with his hand to the people. When there was a great hush, he addressed them in the Hebrew language: >
Then Agrippa told Paul, "You have permission to speak for yourself." So Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense.
The next day, we touched at Sidon. Julius treated Paul kindly, and gave him permission to go to his friends and refresh himself.
Upon our arrival in Rome, Paul received permission to live by himself, guarded by a soldier.
Every person must be subject to the governing authorities, for no authority exists except by God's permission. The existing authorities have been established by God,
But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.
Only be careful that this liberty of yours [this power to choose] does not somehow become a stumbling block [that is, a temptation to sin] to the weak [in conscience].
I will grant the one who conquers permission to sit with me on my throne, just as I too conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.
A second horse went out. It was fiery red, and its rider was given permission to take peace away from the earth and to make people slaughter one another. So he was given a large sword.
Then I saw another angel ascending from the east, who had the seal of the living God. He shouted out with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given permission to damage the earth and the sea:
The locusts were not given permission to kill them, but only to torture them for five months, and their torture was like that of a scorpion when it stings a person.
And permission was given him to make war upon God's people and conquer them; and power was given him over every tribe, people, language and nation.
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