'Began' in the Bible

And at once his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he began to speak in praise of God.

When the angels had gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds began saying to one another, “Let us go straight to Bethlehem then, and see this thing that has happened which the Lord has made known to us.”

At that very moment she came up and began giving thanks to God, and continued to speak of Him to all those who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.

but supposed Him to be in the caravan, and went a day’s journey; and they began looking for Him among their relatives and acquaintances.

So he began saying to the crowds who were going out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

When He began His ministry, Jesus Himself was about thirty years of age, being, as was supposed, the son of Joseph, the son of Eli,

And He began teaching in their synagogues and was praised by all.

And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”

And amazement came upon them all, and they began talking with one another saying, “What is this message? For with authority and power He commands the unclean spirits and they come out.”

And He got into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little way from the land. And He sat down and began teaching the people from the boat.

When they had done this, they enclosed a great quantity of fish, and their nets began to break;

so they signaled to their partners in the other boat for them to come and help them. And they came and filled both of the boats, so that they began to sink.

The scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, “Who is this man who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?”

They were all struck with astonishment and began glorifying God; and they were filled with fear, saying, “We have seen remarkable things today.”

And he left everything behind, and got up and began to follow Him.

The Pharisees and their scribes began grumbling at His disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?”

And turning His gaze toward His disciples, He began to say, “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

The dead man sat up and began to speak. And Jesus gave him back to his mother.

Fear gripped them all, and they began glorifying God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us!” and, “God has visited His people!”

When the messengers of John had left, He began to speak to the crowds about John, “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

and standing behind Him at His feet, weeping, she began to wet His feet with her tears, and kept wiping them with the hair of her head, and kissing His feet and anointing them with the perfume.

Those who were reclining at the table with Him began to say to themselves, “Who is this man who even forgives sins?”

Soon afterwards, He began going around from one city and village to another, proclaiming and preaching the kingdom of God. The twelve were with Him,

His disciples began questioning Him as to what this parable meant.

But as they were sailing along He fell asleep; and a fierce gale of wind descended on the lake, and they began to be swamped and to be in danger.

And there came a man named Jairus, and he was an official of the synagogue; and he fell at Jesus’ feet, and began to implore Him to come to his house;

And they began laughing at Him, knowing that she had died.

Departing, they began going throughout the villages, preaching the gospel and healing everywhere.

But the crowds were aware of this and followed Him; and welcoming them, He began speaking to them about the kingdom of God and curing those who had need of healing.

Now the day was ending, and the twelve came and said to Him, “Send the crowd away, that they may go into the surrounding villages and countryside and find lodging and get something to eat; for here we are in a desolate place.”

While he was saying this, a cloud formed and began to overshadow them; and they were afraid as they entered the cloud.

As the crowds were increasing, He began to say, “This generation is a wicked generation; it seeks for a sign, and yet no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah.

When He left there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be very hostile and to question Him closely on many subjects,

Under these circumstances, after so many thousands of people had gathered together that they were stepping on one another, He began saying to His disciples first of all, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

And he began reasoning to himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, since I have no place to store my crops?’

And He began telling this parable: “A man had a fig tree which had been planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and did not find any.

And He laid His hands on her; and immediately she was made erect again and began glorifying God.

But the synagogue official, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, began saying to the crowd in response, “There are six days in which work should be done; so come during them and get healed, and not on the Sabbath day.”

And He began speaking a parable to the invited guests when He noticed how they had been picking out the places of honor at the table, saying to them,

But they all alike began to make excuses. The first one said to him, ‘I have bought a piece of land and I need to go out and look at it; please consider me excused.’

saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’

Both the Pharisees and the scribes began to grumble, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”

Now when he had spent everything, a severe famine occurred in that country, and he began to be impoverished.

for this son of mine was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.’ And they began to celebrate.

And he summoned one of the servants and began inquiring what these things could be.

But he became angry and was not willing to go in; and his father came out and began pleading with him.

And he summoned each one of his master’s debtors, and he began saying to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’

And they were bringing even their babies to Him so that He would touch them, but when the disciples saw it, they began rebuking them.

Now hearing a crowd going by, he began to inquire what this was.

Immediately he regained his sight and began following Him, glorifying God; and when all the people saw it, they gave praise to God.

When they saw it, they all began to grumble, saying, “He has gone to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.”

As soon as He was approaching, near the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of the disciples began to praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the miracles which they had seen,

Jesus entered the temple and began to drive out those who were selling,

And He began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard and rented it out to vine-growers, and went on a journey for a long time.

So he consented, and began seeking a good opportunity to betray Him to them apart from the crowd.

And they began to discuss among themselves which one of them it might be who was going to do this thing.

And He withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, and He knelt down and began to pray,

After about an hour had passed, another man began to insist, saying, “Certainly this man also was with Him, for he is a Galilean too.”

And they began to accuse Him, saying, “We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar, and saying that He Himself is Christ, a King.”

But they were insistent, with loud voices asking that He be crucified. And their voices began to prevail.

Now when the centurion saw what had happened, he began praising God, saying, “Certainly this man was innocent.”

And all the crowds who came together for this spectacle, when they observed what had happened, began to return, beating their breasts.

While they were talking and discussing, Jesus Himself approached and began traveling with them.

When He had reclined at the table with them, He took the bread and blessed it, and breaking it, He began giving it to them.

They began to relate their experiences on the road and how He was recognized by them in the breaking of the bread.