'Received' in the Bible

And after He had said these things, He was lifted up while they were looking on, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.

For he was counted among us and received his share in this ministry.”

Therefore having been exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He has poured forth this which you both see and hear.

So then, those who had received his word were baptized; and that day there were added about three thousand souls.

This is the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness together with the angel who was speaking to him on Mount Sinai, and who was with our fathers; and he received living oracles to pass on to you.

And having received it in their turn, our fathers brought it in with Joshua upon dispossessing the nations whom God drove out before our fathers, until the time of David.

you who received the law as ordained by angels, and yet did not keep it.”

Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent them Peter and John,

“Surely no one can refuse the water for these to be baptized who have received the Holy Spirit just as we did, can he?”

Now the apostles and the brethren who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.

When they arrived at Jerusalem, they were received by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all that God had done with them.

and he, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.

And when they had received a pledge from Jason and the others, they released them.

Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.

But I do not consider my life of any account as dear to myself, so that I may finish my course and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify solemnly of the gospel of the grace of God.

After we arrived in Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly.

as also the high priest and all the Council of the elders can testify. From them I also received letters to the brethren, and started off for Damascus in order to bring even those who were there to Jerusalem as prisoners to be punished.

And this is just what I did in Jerusalem; not only did I lock up many of the saints in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests, but also when they were being put to death I cast my vote against them.

The natives showed us extraordinary kindness; for because of the rain that had set in and because of the cold, they kindled a fire and received us all.

They said to him, “We have neither received letters from Judea concerning you, nor have any of the brethren come here and reported or spoken anything bad about you.