Quotes About City

As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it

Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country stay out of the city.

And behold, I am sending the promise of My Father upon you. But remain in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”

Many of the Jews read this sign, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek.

Then they returned to Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, which is near the city, a Sabbath dayís journey away.

So there was great joy in that city.

They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city, which opened for them by itself. When they had gone outside and walked the length of one block, the angel suddenly left him.

On the following Sabbath, nearly the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord.

From there we went to the Roman colony of Philippi, the leading city of that district of Macedonia. And we stayed there several days.

On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate along the river, where it was customary to find a place of prayer. After sitting down, we spoke to the women who had gathered there.

They brought them to the magistrates and said, “These men are Jews and are throwing our city into turmoil

On hearing this, the crowd and city officials were greatly disturbed.

Soon the whole city was in disarray. They rushed together into the theatre, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Paulís traveling companions from Macedonia.

Finally the city clerk quieted the crowd and declared, “Men of Ephesus, doesnít everyone know that the city of Ephesus is guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image, which fell from heaven?

For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, and they assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple.

The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut.

Yet my accusers did not find me debating with anyone in the temple or riling up a crowd in the synagogues or in the city.

In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas secured the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me.

Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.

For here we do not have a permanent city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.

But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Do not measure it, because it has been given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months.

Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city—figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where their Lord was also crucified.

And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand were killed in the quake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.

And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and the blood that flowed from it rose as high as the bridles of the horses for a distance of 1,600 stadia.