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Verb epikeimai (to press in, to lie on) in the Gospels-Acts
(Translation from NRSV with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)
Luke
| 5: 1 | Once while Jesus was standing beside the lake of Gennesaret, and the crowd was pressing in (epikeimai) on him to hear the word of God, |
| 23: 23 | But they kept pressing in (epikeimai) with loud shouts that he should be crucified; and their voices prevailed. |
John
| 11: 38 | Then Jesus, again greatly disturbed, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying on (epikeimai) it. |
| 21: 9 | When they had gone ashore, they saw a charcoal fire there, with fish lying on (epikeimai) it, and bread. |
Acts
| 27: 20 | When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small tempest was pressing in (epikeimai), all hope of our being saved was at last abandoned. |
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