'Called' in the Bible

Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,

He will be great and He will be called 'Son of the Most High.' And the Lord God will give Him the throne of His forefather David;

The angel answered, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; and for this reason your holy offspring will be called 'the Son of God.'

And see, your relative Elizabeth--she also has conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.

His mother, however, said, "No, he is to be called John."

They asked his father by signs what he wished him to be called.

And you moreover, O child, shall be called Prophet of the Most High; For you shall go on in front before the Lord to prepare the way for Him,

When eight days had passed and the time for circumcising Him had come, He was called JESUS, the name given Him by the angel before His conception in the womb.

as it is written in the Law of the Lord: "Every first-born male shall be called holy to the Lord."

When it was day, He called His disciples; and He selected from among them twelve, whom He also named Apostles.

Matthew and Thomas; James the son of Alphaeus and Simon called the Zealot;

Shortly afterwards He went to a town called Nain, attended by His disciples and a great crowd of people.

so John called two of his disciples and sent them to the Lord. "Are you the Coming One?" he asked, "or is there another that we are to expect?"

He, however, took her by the hand and called aloud, "Child, awake!"

The Apostles, on their return, related to Jesus all they had done. Then He took them and withdrew to a quiet retreat, to a town called Bethsaida.

and a man from the crowd called out, "Rabbi, I beg you to pity my son, for he is my only child.

She had a sister called Mary, who seated herself at the Lord's feet and listened to His teaching.

As He thus spoke a woman in the crowd called out in a loud voice, "Blessed is the mother who carried you, and the breasts that you have sucked."

I no longer deserve to be called a son of yours: treat me as one of your hired men.'

"'Father,' cried the son, 'I have sinned against Heaven and before you: no longer do I deserve to be called a son of yours.'

Then he called one of the lads to him and asked what all this meant.

He called him and said, "'What is this I hear about you? Render an account of your stewardship, for I cannot let you hold it any longer.'

"So he called all his master's debtors, one by one, and asked the first, 'How much are you in debt to my master?'

Jesus however called the infants to Him. "Let the little children come to me," He said; "do not hinder them; for it is to those who are childlike that the Kingdom of God belongs.

There was a man there called Zacchaeus, who was the local surveyor of taxes, and was wealthy.

And he called ten of his servants and gave each of them a pound, instructing them to trade with the money during his absence.

And when he was come near Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount called the Oliveyard, He sent two of the disciples on in front,

And while they were untying the colt the owners called out, "Why are you untying the colt?"

You will be the objects of universal hatred because you are called by my name;

His habit at this time was to teach in the Temple by day, but to go out and spend the night on the Mount called the Oliveyard.

Meanwhile the Festival of the Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching,

Satan, however, entered into Judas (the man called Iscariot)

But He said to them, "The kings of the Gentiles are their masters, and those who exercise authority over them are called Benefactors.

When they reached the place called 'The Skull,' there they nailed Him to the cross, and the criminals also, one at His right hand and one at His left.