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Adjective prōtos (first) in the Gospels-Acts
(Translation from NRSV for the New Testament with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)
Matthew
| 10: 2 | These are the names of the twelve apostles: first (prōtos), Simon, also known as Peter, and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John; |
| 12: 45 | Then it goes and brings along seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and live there; and the last state of that person is worse than the first (prōtos). So will it be also with this evil generation." |
| 19: 30 | But many who are first (prōtos) will be last, and the last will be first (prōtos). |
| 20: 8 | When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, 'Call the laborers and give them their pay, beginning with the last and then going to the first (prōtos).' |
| 20: 10 | Now when the first (prōtos) came, they thought they would receive more; but each of them also received the usual daily wage. |
| 20: 16 | So the last will be first (prōtos), and the first (prōtos) will be last." |
| 20: 27 | and whoever wishes to be first (prōtos) among you must be your slave; |
| 21: 28 | "What do you think? A man had two sons; he went to the first (prōtos) and said, 'Son, go and work in the vineyard today.' |
| 21: 31 | Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said, "The first (prōtos)." Jesus said to them, "Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the kingdom of God ahead of you. |
| 21: 36 | Again he sent other slaves, more than the first (prōtos); and they treated them in the same way. |
| 22: 25 | Now there were seven brothers among us; the first (prōtos) married, and died childless, leaving the widow to his brother. |
| 22: 38 | This is the greatest and first (prōtos) commandment. |
| 26: 17 | On the first (prōtos) day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Where do you want us to make the preparations for you to eat the Passover?" |
| 27: 64 | Therefore command the tomb to be made secure until the third day; otherwise his disciples may go and steal him away, and tell the people, 'He has been raised from the dead,' and the last deception would be worse than the first (prōtos)." |
Mark
| 6: 21 | But an opportunity came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his courtiers and officers and for the Firsts (prōtos) of Galilee. |
| 9: 35 | He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, "Whoever wants to be first (prōtos) must be last of all and servant of all." |
| 10: 31 | But many who are first (prōtos) will be last, and the last will be first (prōtos)." |
| 10: 44 | and whoever wishes to be first (prōtos) among you must be slave of all. |
| 12: 20 | There were seven brothers; the first (prōtos) married and, when he died, left no children; |
| 12: 28 | One of the scribes came near and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, he asked him, "Which commandment is the first (prōtos) of all?" |
| 12: 29 | Jesus answered, "The first (prōtos) is, 'Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one; |
| 14: 12 | On the first (prōtos) day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, his disciples said to him, "Where do you want us to go and make the preparations for you to eat the Passover?" |
| 16: 9 | [[Now after he rose early on the first (prōtos) day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons. |
Luke
| 2: 2 | This was the first (prōtos) registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. |
| 11: 26 | Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and live there; and the last state of that person is worse than the first (prōtos)." |
| 13: 30 | Indeed, some are last who will be first (prōtos), and some are first (prōtos) who will be last." |
| 14: 18 | But they all alike began to make excuses. The first (prōtos) said to him, 'I have bought a piece of land, and I must go out and see it; please accept my regrets.' |
| 15: 22 | But the father said to his slaves, 'Quickly, bring out a robe - the first (prōtos) one - and put it on him; put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. |
| 16: 5 | So, summoning his master's debtors one by one, he asked the first (prōtos), 'How much do you owe my master?' |
| 19: 16 | The first (prōtos) came forward and said, 'Lord, your pound has made ten more pounds.' |
| 19: 47 | Every day he was teaching in the temple. The chief priests, the scribes, and the Firsts (prōtos) of the people kept looking for a way to kill him; |
| 20: 29 | Now there were seven brothers; the first (prōtos) married, and died childless; |
John
| 1: 15 | (John testified to him and cried out, "This was he of whom I said, 'He who comes after me ranks ahead of me because he was first (prōtos) to me.'") |
| 1: 30 | This is he of whom I said, 'After me comes a man who ranks ahead of me because he was first (prōtos) to me.' |
| 8: 7 | When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, "Let anyone among you who is without sin be the first (prōtos) to throw a stone at her." |
| 10: 40 | He went away again across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing the first (prōtos), and he remained there. |
| 12: 16 | His disciples were not the first (prōtos) to understand these things; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written of him and had been done to him. |
| 19: 32 | Then the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first (prōtos) and of the other who had been crucified with him. |
| 19: 39 | Nicodemus, who had at first (prōtos) come to Jesus by night, also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, weighing about a hundred pounds. |
| 20: 4 | The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first (prōtos). |
| 20: 8 | Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first (prōtos), also went in, and he saw and believed; |
Acts
| 1: 1 | In the first (prōtos) book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus did and taught from the beginning |
| 11: 26 | and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. So it was that for an entire year they met with the church and taught a great many people, and it was in Antioch that the disciples were first (prōtos) called "Christians." |
| 12: 10 | After they had passed the first (prōtos) and the second guard, they came before the iron gate leading into the city. It opened for them of its own accord, and they went outside and walked along a lane, when suddenly the angel left him. |
| 13: 50 | But the Jews incited the devout women of high standing and the Firsts (prōtos) men of the city, and stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their region. |
| 16: 12 | and from there to Philippi, which is a first (prōtos) rank city of the district of Macedonia and a Roman colony. We remained in this city for some days. |
| 17: 4 | Some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did a great many of the devout Greeks and not a few of the first (prōtos) women. |
| 20: 18 | When they came to him, he said to them: "You yourselves know how I lived among you the entire time from the first (prōtos) day that I set foot in Asia, |
| 25: 2 | where the chief priests and the Firsts (prōtos) of the Jews gave him a report against Paul. They appealed to him |
| 26: 20 | but declared first (prōtos) to those in Damascus, then in Jerusalem and throughout the countryside of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God and do deeds consistent with repentance. |
| 26: 23 | that the Messiah must suffer, and that, by being the first (prōtos) to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to our people and to the Gentiles." |
| 27: 43 | but the centurion, wishing to save Paul, kept them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first (prōtos) and make for the land, |
| 28: 7 | Now in the neighborhood of that place were lands belonging to the first (prōtos) man of the island, named Publius, who received us and entertained us hospitably for three days. |
| 28: 17 | Three days later he called together the local Firsts (prōtos) of the Jews. When they had assembled, he said to them, "Brothers, though I had done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors, yet I was arrested in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans. |
1 John
| 4: 19 | We love because he first (prōtos) loved us. |
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