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Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.

Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast.

Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? No, it is for this purpose that I have come to this hour.

Now judgment is upon this world; now the prince of this world will be cast out.

Now judgment is upon this world; now the prince of this world will be cast out.

It was now just before the Passover Feast, and Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the very end.

Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”

I am telling you now before it happens, so that when it comes to pass, you will believe that I am He.

When Judas had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in Him.

Little children, I am with you only a little while longer. You will look for Me, and as I said to the Jews, so now I say to you: ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’

“Lord, where are You going?” Simon Peter asked. Jesus answered, “Where I am going, you cannot follow Me now, but you will follow later.”

“Lord,” said Peter, “why can’t I follow You now? I will lay down my life for You.”

If you had known Me, you would know My Father as well. From now on you do know Him and have seen Him.”

And now I have told you before it happens, so that when it does happen, you will believe.

If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.

If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have seen and hated both Me and My Father.

Now, however, I am going to Him who sent Me; yet none of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’

So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.

Until now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.

His disciples said, “See, now You are speaking plainly and without figures of speech.

Now we understand that You know all things and that You have no need for anyone to question You. Because of this, we believe that You came from God.”

Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.

And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world existed.

Now they know that everything You have given Me comes from You.

But now I am coming to You; and I am saying these things while I am in the world, so that they may have My joy fulfilled within them.

Now Judas His betrayer also knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with His disciples.

Now Simon Peter and another disciple were following Jesus. Since that disciple was known to the high priest, he also went with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest.

Then they led Jesus away from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. By now it was early morning, and the Jews did not enter the Praetorium, to avoid being defiled and unable to eat the Passover.

Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world; if it were, My servants would fight to prevent My arrest by the Jews. But now My kingdom is not of this realm.”

“Not this man,” they shouted, “but Barabbas!” (Now Barabbas was an insurrectionist.)

After this, knowing that everything had now been accomplished, and to fulfill the Scripture, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.”

Now these things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of His bones will be broken.”

Now there was a garden in the place where Jesus was crucified, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid.

Now Thomas called Didymus, one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came.

This was now the third time that Jesus appeared to the disciples after He was raised from the dead.

(Now with the reward for his wickedness Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong and burst open in the middle, and all his intestines spilled out.

Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven.

Exalted, then, to the right hand of God, He has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.

And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your leaders.

And now, Lord, consider their threats, and enable Your servants to speak Your word with complete boldness,

Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property.

Now Stephen, who was full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people.

So Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God brought him out of that place and into this land where you are now living.

I have indeed seen the oppression of My people in Egypt. I have heard their groaning and have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you back to Egypt.’

Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—

Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go south to the desert road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”

“Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”

And now he is here with authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on Your name.”

Now send men to Joppa to call for a man named Simon who is called Peter.

So I sent for you immediately, and you were kind enough to come. Now then, we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has instructed you to tell us.”

Then Peter began to speak: “I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism,

Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating.”

Now Herod was in a furious dispute with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they convened before him. Having secured the support of Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their region depended on the king’s country for food.

Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch), and Saul.

Now look, the hand of the Lord is against you, and for a time you will be blind and unable to see the light of the sun.” Immediately mist and darkness came over him, and he groped about, seeking someone to lead him by the hand.

…and for many days He was seen by those who had accompanied Him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now His witnesses to our people.

And now we proclaim to you the good news: What God promised our fathers

Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.

Now then, why do you test God by placing on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have been able to bear?

The jailer informed Paul: “The magistrates have sent orders to release you. Now you may go on your way in peace.”

But Paul said to the officers, “They beat us publicly without a trial and threw us into prison, even though we are Roman citizens. And now do they want to send us away secretly? Absolutely not! Let them come themselves and escort us out!”

But when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have now come here,

Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.

Now all the Athenians and foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing more than hearing and articulating new ideas.

For as I walked around and examined your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore what you worship as something unknown, I now proclaim to you.

Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.

But when they opposed and insulted him, he shook out his garments and told them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”

Now there were some itinerant Jewish exorcists who tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those with evil spirits. They would say, “I command you by Jesus, whom Paul proclaims.”

Many who had believed now came forward, confessing and disclosing their deeds.

Now there were many lamps in the upper room where we were gathered.

And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there.

Now I know that none of you among whom I have preached the kingdom will see my face again.

And now I commit you to God and to the word of His grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified.

But Paul answered, “I am a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no ordinary city. Now I beg you to allow me to speak to the people.”

“Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense before you.”

And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, calling on His name.’

Now then, you and the Sanhedrin petition the commander to bring him down to you on the pretext of examining his case more carefully. We are ready to kill him on the way.”

Do not let them persuade you, because more than forty men are waiting to ambush him. They have bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him; they are ready now, awaiting your consent.”

As Paul expounded on righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became frightened and said, “You may go for now. When I find the time, I will call for you.”

But I found he had done nothing worthy of death, and since he has now appealed to the Emperor, I decided to send him.

And now I stand on trial because of my hope in the promise that God made to our fathers,

By now much time had passed, and the voyage had already become dangerous because it was after the Fast. So Paul advised them,

But now I urge you to keep up your courage, because you will not experience any loss of life, but only of the ship.

…in my prayers at all times, asking that now at last by God’s will I may succeed in coming to you.

I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, how often I planned to come to you (but have been prevented from visiting until now), in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles.

Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God;

Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.

But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, as attested by the Law and the Prophets.

Now the wages of the worker are not credited as a gift, but as an obligation.

Now the words “it was credited to him” were written not only for Abraham,

Therefore, since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from wrath through Him!

Not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with Him.

I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to escalating wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness.

What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.

But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life.

But now, having died to what bound us, we have been released from the law, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root,

Just as you who formerly disobeyed God have now received mercy through their disobedience,