'Place' in the Bible

to assume the task of this service and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place."

Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place.

When they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God courageously.

They brought forward false witnesses who said, "This man does not stop saying things against this holy place and the law.

For we have heard him saying that Jesus the Nazarene will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us."

But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves,' said God, 'and after these things they will come out of there and worship me in this place.'

But the Lord said to him, 'Take the sandals off your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.

saying, "Give me this power too, so that everyone I place my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit."

and he has seen in a vision a man named Ananias come in and place his hands on him so that he may see again."

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

Now those who had been scattered because of the persecution that took place over Stephen went as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the message to no one but Jews.

One of them, named Agabus, got up and predicted by the Spirit that a severe famine was about to come over the whole inhabited world. (This took place during the reign of Claudius.)

When he saw that this pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter too. (This took place during the feast of Unleavened Bread.)

He motioned to them with his hand to be quiet and then related how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. He said, "Tell James and the brothers these things," and then he left and went to another place.

For it seemed best to the Holy Spirit and to us not to place any greater burden on you than these necessary rules:

On the Sabbath day we went outside the city gate to the side of the river, where we thought there would be a place of prayer, and we sat down and began to speak to the women who had assembled there.

Now as we were going to the place of prayer, a slave girl met us who had a spirit that enabled her to foretell the future by supernatural means. She brought her owners a great profit by fortune-telling.

Now after all these things had taken place, Paul resolved to go to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia. He said, "After I have been there, I must also see Rome."

At that time a great disturbance took place concerning the Way.

shouting, "Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this sanctuary! Furthermore he has brought Greeks into the inner courts of the temple and made this holy place ritually unclean!"

So now you and the council request the commanding officer to bring him down to you, as if you were going to determine his case by conducting a more thorough inquiry. We are ready to kill him before he comes near this place."

With difficulty we sailed along the coast of Crete and came to a place called Fair Havens that was near the town of Lasea.

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.