Lexicon :: Strong's G2235 - ēdē

When evening came, the disciples came to Him and said, “This is an isolated place and the hour is already late; send the crowds away so that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves.”

Then Jesus called His disciples to Him, and said, “I feel compassion for the crowd, because they have been with Me now three days and have nothing [left] to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, because they might faint [from exhaustion] on the way [home].”

“Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its young shoots become tender and it puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near;

Jesus entered Jerusalem and went to the temple [enclosure]; and after looking around at everything, He left for Bethany with the twelve [disciples], because it was already late [in the day].

“Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: as soon as its branch becomes tender and it puts out its leaves, you recognize that summer is near.

When evening had already come, because it was the preparation day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

“I have come to cast fire (judgment) on the earth; and how I wish that it were already kindled!

It was now about the sixth hour (noon), and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour (3:00 p.m.),

When the feast was already half over, Jesus went up into the temple [court] and began to teach.

So when Jesus arrived, He found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb [fn]four days.

After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said in fulfillment of the Scripture, “I am thirsty.”

As morning was breaking, Jesus [came and] stood on the beach; however, the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.

Now much time had been lost, and [fn]navigation was dangerous, because even [the time for] the fast (Day of Atonement) was already over, so Paul began to strongly warn them,

Do this, knowing that this is a critical time. It is already the hour for you to awaken from your sleep [of spiritual complacency]; for our salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed [in Christ].

[You behave as if] you are already filled [with spiritual wisdom and in need of nothing more]. Already you have become rich [in spiritual gifts]! You [in your conceit] have ascended your thrones and become kings without us; and how I wish [that it were true and] that you did reign as kings, so that we might reign with you.

For I, though absent [from you] in body but present in spirit, have already passed judgment on him who has committed this [act], as if I were present.

Why, the very fact that you have lawsuits with one another is already a defeat. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?

Not that I have already obtained it [this goal of being Christlike] or have already been made perfect, but I actively press on [fn]so that I may take hold of that [perfection] for which Christ Jesus took hold of me and made me His own.

I rejoiced greatly in the Lord, that now at last you have renewed your concern for me; indeed, you were concerned about me before, but you had no opportunity to show it.