'Public' in the Bible

and laid their hands upon the apostles, and did put them in a public prison;

That word you yourselves have knowledge of, which was made public through all Judaea, starting from Galilee, after the baptism of which John was the preacher,

And he gave us orders to give news of this to the people, and to give public witness that this is he whom God has made judge of the living and the dead.

When he had seized him, he put him in prison, handing him over to four squads of soldiers to guard him. Herod planned to bring him out for public trial after the Passover.

So on an appointed day, dressed in royal robes and seated on the throne, Herod delivered a public address to them.

"Men of Israel and you who fear God, listen! The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors and made them a great people during their stay in the land of Egypt, and with a public display of power he led them out of there.

Before He came to public attention, John had previously proclaimed a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

When her owners realized that their hope of making money was gone, they grabbed Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities who met together in the public square.

But Paul said to them, “They beat us in public without a trial, although we are Roman citizens, and threw us in jail. And now are they going to smuggle us out secretly? Certainly not! On the contrary, let them come themselves and escort us out!”

But the Jews became jealous, and they brought together some scoundrels from the marketplace, formed a mob, and started a riot in the city. Attacking Jason’s house, they searched for them to bring them out to the public assembly.

So he began holding discussions in the synagogue with the Jews and other worshipers, as well as every day in the public square with anyone who happened to be there.

For he vigorously refuted the Jews in public, demonstrating through the Scriptures that Jesus is the Messiah.

And a number of those who had faith came and made a public statement of their sins and all their acts.

But when Paul wanted to enter the public assembly, the disciples would not let him.

A few of the public officials, too, who were friendly to him, sent repeated messages entreating him not to venture into the Theatre.

Some of the crowd concluded it was about Alexander because the Jews had pushed him to the front. Alexander, gesturing with his hand, was wanting to make a defense before the public assembly.

And the public clerk having quieted the multitude, saith, 'Men, Ephesians, why, who is the man that doth not know that the city of the Ephesians is a devotee of the great goddess Artemis, and of that which fell down from Zeus?

and that I did not shrink back from proclaiming to you anything that was profitable or from teaching it to you in public and from house to house.

For we have found this man [to be] a public menace and one who causes riots among all the Jews throughout the Roman Empire and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,

So on the day after, when Agrippa and Bernice in great glory had come into the public place of hearing, with the chief of the army and the chief men of the town, at the order of Festus, Paul was sent for.