'Great' in the Bible

For he will be great in the sight of the Lord; no wine or fermented drink shall he ever drink; but he will be filled with the Holy Spirit from the very hour of his birth.

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;

Because the mighty One has done great things for me--Holy is His name!--

and her neighbours and relatives heard how the Lord had had great compassion on her; and they rejoiced with her.

But the angel said to them, "Put away all fear; for I am bringing you good news of great joy--joy for all the People.

There was also Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, belonging to the tribe of Asher. She was of a very great age, having had after her maidenhood seven years of married life,

But all the more the report about Him spread abroad, and great multitudes crowded to hear Him and to be cured of their diseases;

Levi also gave a great entertainment at his house in honour of Jesus, and there was a large party of tax-gatherers and others at table with them.

With these He came down till He reached a level place, where there was a great crowd of His disciples, and a multitude of people from every part of Judaea, from Jerusalem, and from the sea-side district of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear Him and to be cured of their diseases;

"Be glad at such a time, and dance for joy; for your reward is great in Heaven; for that is just the way their forefathers behaved to the Prophets!

Nevertheless love your enemies, be beneficent; and lend without hoping for any repayment. Then your recompense shall be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

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

And just as He reached the gate of the town, they happened to be bringing out for burial a dead man who was his mother's only son; and she was a widow; and a great number of the townspeople were with her.

All were awe-struck, and they gave glory to God--some saying, "A Prophet, a great Prophet, has risen up among us." Others said, "God has not forgotten His People."

And when a great crowd was assembling, and was receiving additions from one town after another, He spoke a parable to them.

"What is your name?" Jesus asked him. "Legion," he replied--because a great number of demons had entered into him;

Now there was a great herd of swine there feeding on the hill-side; and the demons begged Him to give them leave to go into them, and He gave them leave.

Then the whole population of the Gerasenes and of the adjacent districts begged Him to depart from them; for their terror was great. So He went on board and returned.

On the following day, when they were come down from the mountain, a great crowd came to meet Him;

"I tell you that it will be more endurable for Sodom on the great day than for that town.

"A man once gave a great dinner," replied Jesus, "to which he invited a large number of guests.

The man who is honest in a very small matter is honest in a great one also; and he who is dishonest in a very small matter is dishonest in a great one also.

And there will be great earthquakes, and in places famines and pestilence; and there will be terrible sights and wonderful tokens from Heaven.

"Alas for the women who at that time are with child or who have infants; for there will be great distress in the land, and anger towards this People.

And then will they see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with great power and glory.

This gave them great pleasure, and they agreed to pay him.

To Herod the sight of Jesus was a great gratification, for, for a long time, he had been wanting to see Him, because he had heard so much about Him. He hoped also to see some miracle performed by Him.

At this they were in great perplexity, when suddenly there stood by them two men whose raiment flashed like lightning.

They worshipped Him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy.