Lexicon :: Strong's G2258 - ēn

Both were righteous in God’s sight, living without blame according to all the commands and requirements of the Lord.

At the hour of incense the whole assembly of the people was praying outside.

Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah, amazed that he stayed so long in the sanctuary.

All who heard about him took it to heart, saying, “What then will this child become? ” For, indeed, the Lord’s hand was with him.

The child grew up and became strong in spirit,[fn] and he was in the wilderness until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

Then she gave birth to her firstborn son, and she wrapped him tightly in cloth and laid him in a manger,[fn] because there was no guest room available for them.

There was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, looking forward to Israel’s consolation, and the Holy Spirit was on him.

His father and mother[fn] were amazed at what was being said about him.

There was also a prophetess, Anna, a daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was well along in years, having lived with her husband seven years after her marriage,[fn]

The boy grew up and became strong, filled with wisdom, and God’s grace was on him.

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

As he began his ministry, Jesus was about thirty years old and was thought to be the

son of Joseph, son of Heli,

He came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. As usual, he entered the synagogue on the Sabbath day and stood up to read.

He then rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. And the eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on him.

“But I say to you, there were certainly many widows in Israel in Elijah’s days, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months while a great famine came over all the land.

“And in the prophet Elisha’s time, there were many in Israel who had leprosy,[fn] and yet not one of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian.”

Then he went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and was teaching them on the Sabbath.

After he left the synagogue, he entered Simon’s house. Simon’s mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever, and they asked him about her.

And he was preaching in the synagogues of Judea.[fn]

As the crowd was pressing in on Jesus to hear God’s word, he was standing by Lake Gennesaret.[fn]

He got into one of the boats, which belonged to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from the land. Then he sat down and was teaching the crowds from the boat.

and so were James and John, Zebedee’s sons, who were Simon’s partners.

“Don’t be afraid,” Jesus told Simon. “From now on you will be catching people.”

Yet he often withdrew to deserted places and prayed.

Then Levi hosted a grand banquet for him at his house. Now there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining at the table with them.

On another Sabbath he entered the synagogue and was teaching. A man was there whose right hand was shriveled.

During those days he went out to the mountain to pray and spent all night in prayer to God.

A centurion’s servant, who was highly valued by him, was sick and about to die.

Just as he neared the gate of the town, a dead man was being carried out. He was his mother’s only son, and she was a widow. A large crowd from the town was also with her.

And a woman in the town who was a sinner found out that Jesus was reclining at the table in the Pharisee’s house. She brought an alabaster jar of perfume

When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “This man, if he were a prophet, would know who and what kind of woman this is who is touching him ​— ​she’s a sinner! ”

“A creditor had two debtors. One owed five hundred denarii,[fn] and the other fifty.

and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and sicknesses: Mary, called Magdalene (seven demons had come out of her);

A large herd of pigs was there, feeding on the hillside. The demons begged him to permit them to enter the pigs, and he gave them permission.

When Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed him, for they were all expecting him.

because he had an only daughter about twelve years old, and she was dying.

While he was going, the crowds were nearly crushing him.

(For about five thousand men were there.)

Then he told his disciples, “Have them sit down[fn] in groups of about fifty each.”

Suddenly, two men were talking with him ​— ​Moses and Elijah.

Peter and those with him were in a deep sleep,[fn] and when they became fully awake, they saw his glory and the two men who were standing with him.

But they did not understand this statement; it was concealed from them so that they could not grasp it, and they were afraid to ask him about it.

But they did not welcome him, because he determined to journey to Jerusalem.

She had a sister named Mary, who also sat at the Lord’s[fn] feet and was listening to what he said.[fn]