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Adverb anōthen (from on high, from the beginning) in the Gospels-Acts
(Translation from NRSV with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)
Matthew
| 27: 51 | At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from on high (anōthen) to bottom. The earth shook, and the rocks were split. |
Mark
| 15: 38 | And the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from on high (anōthen) to bottom. |
Luke
| 1: 3 | I too decided, after investigating everything carefully from the beginning (anōthen), to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, |
John
| 3: 3 | Jesus answered him, "Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from on high (anōthen)." |
| 3: 7 | Do not be astonished that I said to you, 'You must be born from on high (anōthen).' |
| 3: 31 | The one who comes from on high (anōthen) is above all; the one who is of the earth belongs to the earth and speaks about earthly things. The one who comes from heaven is above all. |
| 19: 11 | Jesus answered him, "You would have no power over me unless it had been given you from on high (anōthen); therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin." |
| 19: 23 | When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and divided them into four parts, one for each soldier. They also took his tunic; now the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece from on high (anōthen). |
Acts
| 26: 5 | They have known from the beginning (anōthen), if they are willing to testify, that I have belonged to the strictest sect of our religion and lived as a Pharisee. |
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