'Kept' in the Bible

When he did come out, he could not speak to them. Then they realized that he had seen a vision in the sanctuary. He kept making signs to them and remained speechless.

After these days his wife Elizabeth conceived and kept herself in seclusion for five months. She said,

Then He went down with them and came to Nazareth and was obedient to them. His mother kept all these things in her heart.

Amazement came over them all, and they kept saying to one another, “What is this message? For He commands the unclean spirits with authority and power, and they come out!”

The man from whom the demons had departed kept begging Him to be with Him. But He sent him away and said,

Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke them. He kept giving them to the disciples to set before the crowd.

After the voice had spoken, only Jesus was found. They kept silent, and in those days told no one what they had seen.

But they kept silent. He took the man, healed him, and sent him away.

And a widow in that town kept coming to him, saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’

“But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even raise his eyes to heaven but kept striking his chest and saying, ‘God, turn Your wrath from me—a sinner!’

“I have kept all these from my youth,” he said.

Then those in front told him to keep quiet, but he kept crying out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

“And another came and said, ‘Master, here is your mina. I have kept it hidden away in a cloth

About an hour later, another kept insisting, “This man was certainly with Him, since he’s also a Galilean.”

After blindfolding Him, they kept asking, “Prophesy! Who hit You?”

But they kept insisting, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee where He started even to here.”

So he kept asking Him questions, but Jesus did not answer him.

but they kept shouting, “Crucify! Crucify Him!”

But they kept up the pressure, demanding with loud voices that He be crucified. And their voices won out.

The people stood watching, and even the leaders kept scoffing: “He saved others; let Him save Himself if this is God’s Messiah, the Chosen One!”