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Luke 2:25
And there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; and this man was righteous and devout, looking forward to the consolation of Israel; and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
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Luke 2:38
And at that very moment she came up and began giving thanks to God, and continued to speak about Him to all those who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem.
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Luke 23:51
( he had not consented to their plan and action), a man from Arimathea, a city of the Jews, who was waiting for the kingdom of God—
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Philippians 1:14
and that most of the brothers and sisters, trusting in the Lord because of my imprisonment, have far more courage to speak the word of God without fear.
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Matthew 27:57
Now when it was evening, a rich man from Arimathea came, named Joseph, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus.
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Matthew 20:16
So the last shall be first, and the first, last.”
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Acts 17:12
Therefore, many of them believed, along with a significant number of prominent Greek women and men.
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Mark 14:54
And Peter had followed Him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest; and he was sitting with the officers and warming himself at the fire.
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Matthew 19:30
But many who are first will be last; and the last, first.
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Mark 14:66-72
And while Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the slave women of the high priest* came,and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him and* said,“ You were with Jesus the Nazarene as well.”But he denied it, saying,“ I neither know nor understand what you are talking about.” And he went out onto the porch.The slave woman saw him, and began once more to say to the bystanders,“ This man is one of them!”But again he denied it. And after a little while the bystanders were again saying to Peter,“ You really are one of them, for you are a Galilean as well.”But he began to curse himself and to swear,“ I do not know this man of whom you speak!”And immediately a rooster crowed a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had made the remark to him,“ Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” And he hurried on and began to weep.
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John 19:38
Now after these things Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but a secret one for fear of the Jews, requested of Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus; and Pilate granted permission. So he came and took away His body.
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Acts 13:50
But the Jews incited the devout women of prominence and the leading men of the city, and instigated a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their region.
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Mark 10:23-27
And Jesus, looking around,* said to His disciples,“ How hard it will be for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!”And the disciples were amazed at His words. But Jesus responded again and* said to them,“ Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”And they were even more astonished, and said to Him,“ Then who can be saved?”Looking at them, Jesus* said,“ With people it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.”
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Acts 4:8-13
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them,“ Rulers and elders of the people,if we are on trial today for a benefit done to a sick man, as to how this man has been made well,let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead— by this name this man stands here before you in good health.He is the stone which was rejected by you, the builders, but which became the chief cornerstone.And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among mankind by which we must be saved.”Now as they observed the confidence of Peter and John and understood that they were uneducated and untrained men, they were amazed, and began to recognize them as having been with Jesus.