Verb ephistēmi (to stand over / beside, to come up) in the Gospels-Acts

(Translation from NRSV with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)


Luke

2: 9Then an angel of the Lord stood over (ephistēmi) them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.
2: 38At that moment she came up (ephistēmi), and began to praise God and to speak about the child to all who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.
4: 39Then he stood over (ephistēmi) her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. Immediately she got up and began to serve them.
10: 40But Martha was distracted by her many tasks; so she came up (ephistēmi) to him and asked, "Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to do all the work by myself? Tell her then to help me."
20: 1One day, as he was teaching the people in the temple and telling the good news, the chief priests and the scribes came up (ephistēmi) with the elders
21: 34"Be on guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day does not come up (ephistēmi) to you unexpectedly,
24: 4While they were perplexed about this, suddenly two men in dazzling clothes stood beside (ephistēmi) them.

Acts

4: 1While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests, the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees came up (ephistēmi) to them,
6: 12So they stirred up the people, the elders and the scribes, and then, coming up (ephistēmi) unexpectedly, they seized him and brought him before the Sanhedrin.
10: 17Now while Peter was greatly puzzled about what to make of the vision that he had seen, suddenly the men sent by Cornelius appeared. They were asking for Simon's house and were standing beside (ephistēmi) the gate.
11: 11At that very moment three men, sent to me from Caesarea, came up (ephistēmi) at the house where we were.
12: 7Suddenly an angel of the Lord came up (ephistēmi) and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and woke him, saying, "Get up quickly." And the chains fell off his wrists.
17: 5But the Jews, furious, recruited some scoundrels from the streets, stirred up the crowd and wreaked havoc in the city; they then came up (ephistēmi) to Jason's house, looking for Paul and Silas, whom they wanted to bring before the assembly of the people.
22: 13came to me; and standing beside (ephistēmi) me, he said, 'Brother Saul, regain your sight!' In that very hour I regained my sight and saw him.
22: 20And while the blood of your witness Stephen was shed, I myself was standing beside (ephistēmi) them, approving and keeping the coats of those who killed him.'
23: 11That night the Lord stood over (ephistēmi) him and said, "Keep up your courage! For just as you have testified for me in Jerusalem, so you must bear witness also in Rome."
23: 27This man was seized by the Jews and was about to be killed by them, but when I had learned that he was a Roman citizen, I came up (ephistēmi) with the guard and rescued him.
28: 2The natives showed us unusual kindness. Since the rain came up (ephistēmi) and it was cold, they kindled a fire and welcomed all of us around it.