Lexicon :: Strong's G3704 - hopōs

He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the child. When you find him, report back to me so that I too can go and worship him.”[fn]

Then he went and settled in a town called Nazareth to fulfill what was spoken through the prophets, that he would be called a Nazarene.

“In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.

“so that you may be[fn] children of your Father in heaven. For he causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

“So whenever you give to the poor, don’t sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be applauded by people. Truly I tell you, they have their reward.

“so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.[fn]

“Whenever you fast, don’t be gloomy like the hypocrites. For they disfigure their faces so that their fasting is obvious to people. Truly I tell you, they have their reward.

“so that your fasting isn’t obvious to others but to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.[fn]

so that what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:

He himself took our weaknesses

and carried our diseases.

At that, the whole town went out to meet Jesus. When they saw him, they begged him to leave their region.

“Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.”

But the Pharisees went out and plotted against him, how they might kill him.

so that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled:

I will open my mouth in parables;

I will declare things kept secret

from the foundation of the world.[fn]

Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to trap him by what he said.[fn]

“So all the righteous blood shed on the earth will be charged to you,[fn] from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.

The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for false testimony against Jesus so that they could put him to death,

Immediately the Pharisees went out and started plotting with the Herodians against him, how they might kill him.

“and a sword will pierce your own soul ​— ​that the thoughts[fn] of many hearts may be revealed.”

When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him, requesting him to come and save the life of his servant.

He told them, “The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few. Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.

As he was speaking, a Pharisee asked him to dine with him. So he went in and reclined at the table.

“Besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us and you, so that those who want to pass over from here to you cannot; neither can those from there cross over to us.’

“because I have five brothers ​— ​to warn them, so that they won’t also come to this place of torment.’

“and how our chief priests and leaders handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him.

The chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where he was, he should report it so that they could arrest him.

“Therefore repent and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped out,

After they went down there, they prayed for them so that the Samaritans might receive the Holy Spirit because he had not yet come down on any of them.

“Pray to the Lord for me,” Simon replied, “so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”

and requested letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women who belonged to the Way, he might bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

“In a vision[fn] he has seen a man named Ananias coming in and placing his hands on him so that he may regain his sight.”

Ananias went and entered the house. He placed his hands on him and said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road you were traveling, has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

but Saul learned of their plot. So they were watching the gates day and night intending to kill him,

“so that the rest of humanity

may seek the Lord —

even all the Gentiles

who are called by my name —

declares the Lord

who makes these things 

For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus to avoid spending time in the province of Asia, because he was hurrying to be in Jerusalem, if possible, for the day of Pentecost.

“So now you, along with the Sanhedrin, make a request to the commander that he bring him down to you[fn] as if you were going to investigate his case more thoroughly. But, before he gets near, we are ready to kill him.”

“The Jews,” he said, “have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the Sanhedrin tomorrow, as though they are going to hold a somewhat more careful inquiry about him.

He summoned two of his centurions and said, “Get two hundred soldiers ready with seventy cavalry and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea at nine tonight.[fn]

asking for a favor against Paul, that Festus summon him to Jerusalem. They were, in fact, preparing an ambush along the road to kill him.

“I have nothing definite to write to my lord about him. Therefore, I have brought him before all of you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after this examination is over, I may have something to write.

Absolutely not! Let God be true, even though everyone is a liar, as it is written:

That you may be justified in your words

and triumph when you judge.

For the Scripture tells Pharaoh, I raised you up for this reason so that I may display my power in you and that my name may be proclaimed in the whole earth.

so that no one[fn] may boast in his presence.

Now also finish the task, so that just as there was an eager desire, there may also be a completion, according to what you have.

At the present time your surplus is available for their need, so that their abundance may in turn meet your need, in order that there may be equality.

who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father.

so that the name of our Lord Jesus will be glorified by you, and you by him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

I pray that your participation in the faith may become effective through knowing every good thing that is in us[fn] for the glory of Christ.

But we do see Jesus ​— ​made lower than the angels for a short time so that by God’s grace he might taste death for everyone ​— ​crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death.

Therefore, he is the mediator of a new covenant,[fn] so that those who are called might receive the promise of the eternal inheritance, because a death has taken place for redemption from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.