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first

Concordance for “first”

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First occurrence: Genesis 1:5

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John 1:41
He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · John 1:41 · retained source text

He first findeth his owne brother Simon, and saith vnto him, We haue found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.

1611 marginal noteOr, the anointed.

John 5:4
For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · John 5:4 · retained source text

For an Angel went downe at a certaine season into the poole, and troubled the water: whosoeuer then first after the troubling of the water stepped in, was made whole of whatsoeuer disease he had.

John 8:7
So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · John 8:7 · retained source text

So when they continued asking him, hee lift vp himselfe, and saide vnto them, Hee that is without sinne among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 17.7.

John 10:40
And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode.
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1611 witness · John 10:40 · retained source text

And went away againe beyond Iordane, into the place where Iohn at first baptized: and there he abode.

John 12:16
These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him.
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1611 witness · John 12:16 · retained source text

These things vnderstood not his disciples at the first: but when Iesus was glorified, then remēbred they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things vnto him.

John 18:13
And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year.
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1611 witness · John 18:13 · retained source text

And led him away to Annas first, (for he was father in law to Caiaphas) which was the high Priest that same yeere.

1611 marginal noteAnd Annas sent Christ bound vnto Caiaphas the high Priest, ver. 24.

John 19:32
Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him.
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1611 witness · John 19:32 · retained source text

Then came the souldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other, which was crucified with him.

John 19:39
And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.
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1611 witness · John 19:39 · retained source text

And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Iesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrhe and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.

John 20:1
THE first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · John 20:1 · retained source text

¶ The first day of the weeke, commeth Mary Magdalene earely when it was yet darke, vnto the Sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the Sepulchre.

1611 marginal noteMat. 28.1. mark. 16.1.

John 20:4
So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre.
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1611 witness · John 20:4 · retained source text

So they ranne both together, and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the Sepulchre.

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Before anything else in time, proceeding, place, or progression.

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