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15 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Matthew 4:17ISBE
¶ From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
- Luke 3:23ISBE
And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,
- John 1:1ISBE
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
- John 1:2ISBE
The same was in the beginning with God.
- John 8:25ISBE
Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning.
- Acts 1:1ISBE
The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,
- Acts 11:15ISBE
And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning.
- Philippians 4:15ISBE
Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only.
- 1 John 1:1ISBE
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;
- 1 John 2:7ISBE
Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.
- 1 John 2:24ISBE
Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
- 1 John 3:8ISBE
He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
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- Revelation 3:14 ISBE
- Revelation 21:6 ISBE
- Revelation 22:13 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 15 references
be-gin': To make the first movement toward a given end (chalal; archomai). Those who interpret it in many passages pleonastically mean by this, that in such passages as "began to teach" or "began to speak," nothing more is intended than to express vividly and graphically the thought of the dependent infinitive. Mt 4:17; Lu 3:23; Ac 1:1 are so understood. For contrary opinion, see Thayer's Lexicon and Winer's Grammar of New Testament Greek.
The noun, arche, "beginning," in the writings of John, is used sometimes in an abstract sense, to designate a previous stage (Joh 1:1,2; 8:25; 1Jo 1:1; 3:8) and, sometimes, the Source or First Cause (Re 3:14; 21:6; 22:13). Often used also, not for the absolute beginning, but, relatively, for the starting-point of some important movement (1Jo 2:7,24; Ac 11:15; Php 4:15).
H. E. Jacobs
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.