Lexicon :: Strong's G4413 - prōtos

These are the names of the twelve apostles: First, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

“Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and settle down there. As a result, that person’s last condition is worse than the first. That’s how it will also be with this evil generation.”

“But many who are first will be last, and the last first.

“When evening came, the owner of the vineyard told his foreman, ‘Call the workers and give them their pay, starting with the last and ending with the first.’

“So when the first ones came, they assumed they would get more, but they also received a denarius each.

“So the last will be first, and the first last.”[fn]

“and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave;

“What do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘My son, go work in the vineyard today.’

“Which of the two did his father’s will? ”

They said, “The first.”

Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.

“Again, he sent other servants, more than the first group, and they did the same to them.

“Now there were seven brothers among us. The first got married and died. Having no offspring, he left his wife to his brother.

“This is the greatest and most important[fn] command.

On the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do you want us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover? ”

“So give orders that the tomb be made secure until the third day. Otherwise, his disciples may come, steal him, and tell the people, ‘He has been raised from the dead,’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.”

An opportune time came on his birthday, when Herod gave a banquet for his nobles, military commanders, and the leading men of Galilee.

Sitting down, he called the Twelve and said to them, “If anyone wants to be first, he must be last and servant of all.”

“But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”

“and whoever wants to be first among you will be a slave to all.

“There were seven brothers. The first married a woman, and dying, left no offspring.

One of the scribes approached. When he heard them debating and saw that Jesus answered them well, he asked him, “Which command is the most important of all? ”

On the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrifice the Passover lamb, his disciples asked him, “Where do you want us to go and prepare the Passover so that you may eat it? ”

[Early on the first day of the week, after he had risen, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had driven seven demons.

This first registration took place while[fn] Quirinius was governing Syria.

“Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and settle down there. As a result, that person’s last condition is worse than the first.”

“Note this: Some who are last will be first, and some who are first will be last.”

“But without exception[fn] they all began to make excuses. The first one said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. I ask you to excuse me.’

“But the father told his servants, ‘Quick! Bring out the best robe and put it on him; put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.

“So he summoned each one of his master’s debtors. ‘How much do you owe my master? ’ he asked the first one.

“The first came forward and said, ‘Master, your mina has earned ten more minas.’

Every day he was teaching in the temple. The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people were looking for a way to kill him,

“Now there were seven brothers. The first took a wife and died without children.

(John testified concerning him and exclaimed, “This was the one of whom I said, ‘The one coming after me ranks ahead of me, because he existed before me.’ ”)

“This is the one I told you about: ‘After me comes a man who ranks ahead of me, because he existed before me.’

He first found his own brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah”[fn] (which is translated “the Christ”),

When they persisted in questioning him, he stood up and said to them, “The one without sin among you should be the first to throw a stone at her.”

So he departed again across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing earlier, and he remained there.

His disciples did not understand these things at first. However, when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about him and that they had done these things to him.

So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man and of the other one who had been crucified with him.

The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and got to the tomb first.

The other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, then also went in, saw, and believed.

I wrote the first narrative, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach

After they passed the first and second guards, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, which opened to them by itself. They went outside and passed one street, and suddenly the angel left him.

But the Jews incited the prominent God-fearing women and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and expelled them from their district.

and from there to Philippi, a Roman colony and a leading city of the district of Macedonia. We stayed in that city for several days.

Some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, including a large number of God-fearing Greeks, as well as a number of the leading women.

When they came to him, he said to them, “You know, from the first day I set foot in Asia, how I was with you the whole time,

The chief priests and the leaders of the Jews presented their case against Paul to him; and they appealed,