graphō

Verb graphō (to write) in the New Testament

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

Matthew

2: 5	They told him, "In Bethlehem of Judea; for so it has been written (graphō) by the prophet:
4: 4	But he answered, "It is written (graphō), 'One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"
4: 6	saying to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down; for it is written (graphō), 'He will command his angels concerning you,' and 'On their hands they will bear you up, so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.'"
4: 7	Jesus said to him, "Again it is written (graphō), 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test.'"
4: 10	Jesus said to him, "Away with you, Satan! for it is written (graphō), 'Worship the Lord your God, and serve only him.'"
11: 10	This is the one about whom it is written (graphō), 'See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.'
21: 13	He said to them, "It is written (graphō), 'My house shall be called a house of prayer'; but you are making it a den of robbers."
26: 24	The Son of Man goes as it is written (graphō) of him, but woe to that one by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that one not to have been born."
26: 31	Then Jesus said to them, "You will all become deserters because of me this night; for it is written (graphō), 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'
27: 37	Over his head was written (graphō) the charge against him, which read, "This is Jesus, the King of the Jews."

Mark

1: 2	As it is written (graphō) in the prophet Isaiah, "See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way;
7: 6	He said to them, "Isaiah prophesied rightly about you hypocrites, as it is written (graphō), 'This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me;
9: 12	He said to them, "Elijah is indeed coming first to restore all things. How then is it written (graphō) about the Son of Man, that he is to go through many sufferings and be treated with contempt?
9: 13	But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they did to him whatever they pleased, as it is written (graphō) about him."
10: 4	They said, "Moses allowed a man to write (graphō) a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her."
10: 5	But Jesus said to them, "Because of your hardness of heart he wrote (graphō) this commandment for you.
11: 17	He was teaching and saying, "Is it not written (graphō), 'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations'? But you have made it a den of robbers."
12: 19	"Teacher, Moses wrote (graphō) for us that if a man's brother dies, leaving a wife but no child, the man shall marry the widow and raise up children for his brother.
14: 21	For the Son of Man goes as it is written (graphō) of him, but woe to that one by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that one not to have been born."
14: 27	And Jesus said to them, "You will all become deserters; for it is written (graphō), 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.'

Luke

1: 3	I too decided, after investigating everything carefully from the very first, to write (graphō) an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus,
1: 63	He asked for a tablet and wrote (graphō), "His name is John." And all of them were amazed.
2: 23	(as it is written (graphō) in the law of the Lord, "Every firstborn male shall be designated as holy to the Lord"),
3: 4	as it is written (graphō) in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah, "The voice of one crying out in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
4: 4	Jesus answered him, "It is written (graphō), 'One does not live by bread alone.'"
4: 8	Jesus answered him, "It is written (graphō), 'Worship the Lord your God, and serve only him.'"
4: 10	for it is written (graphō), 'He will command his angels concerning you, to protect you,'
4: 17	and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written (graphō):
7: 27	This is the one about whom it is written (graphō), 'See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.'
10: 26	He said to him, "What is written (graphō) in the law? What do you read there?"
16: 6	He answered, 'A hundred jugs of olive oil.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, sit down quickly, and write (graphō) fifty.'
16: 7	Then he asked another, 'And how much do you owe?' He replied, 'A hundred containers of wheat.' He said to him, 'Take your bill and write (graphō) eighty.'
18: 31	Then he took the twelve aside and said to them, "See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written (graphō) about the Son of Man by the prophets will be accomplished.
19: 46	and he said, "It is written (graphō), 'My house shall be a house of prayer'; but you have made it a den of robbers."
20: 17	But he looked at them and said, "What then does what has been written (graphō) mean: 'The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone'?
20: 28	and asked him a question, "Teacher, Moses wrote (graphō) for us that if a man's brother dies, leaving a wife but no children, the man shall marry the widow and raise up children for his brother.
21: 22	for these are days of vengeance, as a fulfillment of all that is written (graphō).
22: 37	For I tell you, this scripture must be fulfilled in me, 'And he was counted among the lawless'; and indeed what is written (graphō) about me is being fulfilled."
24: 44	Then he said to them, "These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you - that everything written (graphō) about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms must be fulfilled."
24: 46	and he said to them, "Thus it is written (graphō), that the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day,

John

1: 45	Philip found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found him about whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote (graphō), Jesus son of Joseph from Nazareth."
2: 17	His disciples remembered that it was written (graphō), "Zeal for your house will consume me."
5: 46	If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote (graphō) about me.
6: 31	Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written (graphō), 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'"
6: 45	It is written (graphō) in the prophets, 'And they shall all be taught by God.' Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me.
8: 8	And once again he bent down and wrote (graphō) on the ground.
8: 17	In your law it is written (graphō) that the testimony of two witnesses is valid.
10: 34	Jesus answered, "Is it not written (graphō) in your law, 'I said, you are gods'?
12: 14	Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it; as it is written (graphō):
12: 16	His disciples did not understand these things at first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written (graphō) of him and had been done to him.
15: 25	It was to fulfill the word that is written (graphō) in their law, 'They hated me without a cause.'
19: 19	Pilate also had an inscription written (graphō) and put on the cross. It was written (graphō), "Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews."
19: 20	Many of the Jews read this inscription, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written (graphō) in Hebrew, in Latin, and in Greek.
19: 21	Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, "Do not write (graphō), 'The King of the Jews,' but, 'This man said, I am King of the Jews.'"
19: 22	Pilate answered, "What I have written (graphō) I have written (graphō)."
20: 30	Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written (graphō) in this book.
20: 31	But these are written (graphō) so that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name.
21: 24	This is the disciple who is testifying to these things and has written (graphō) them, and we know that his testimony is true.
21: 25	But there are also many other things that Jesus did; if every one of them were written (graphō) down, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written (graphō).

Acts

1: 20	"For it is written (graphō) in the book of Psalms, 'Let his homestead become desolate, and let there be no one to live in it'; and 'Let another take his position of overseer.'
7: 42	But God turned away from them and handed them over to worship the host of heaven, as it is written (graphō) in the book of the prophets: 'Did you offer to me slain victims and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
13: 29	When they had carried out everything that was written (graphō) about him, they took him down from the tree and laid him in a tomb.
13: 33	he has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising Jesus; as also it is written (graphō) in the second psalm, 'You are my Son; today I have begotten you.'
15: 15	This agrees with the words of the prophets, as it is written (graphō),
15: 23	having written (graphō) through their hands: "The brothers, both the apostles and the elders, to the believers of Gentile origin in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greetings.
18: 27	And when he wished to cross over to Achaia, the believers encouraged him and wrote (graphō) to the disciples to welcome him. On his arrival he greatly helped those who through grace had become believers,
23: 5	And Paul said, "I did not realize, brothers, that he was high priest; for it is written (graphō), 'You shall not speak evil of a leader of your people.'"
23: 25	He wrote (graphō) a letter to this effect:
24: 14	But this I admit to you, that according to the Way, which they call a sect, I worship the God of our ancestors, believing everything laid down according to the law or written (graphō) in the prophets.
25: 26	But I have nothing definite to write (graphō) to our sovereign about him. Therefore I have brought him before all of you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that, after we have examined him, I may have something to write (graphō)

1 John

1: 4	We are writing (graphō) these things so that our joy may be complete.
2: 1	My little children, I am writing (graphō) these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous;
2: 7	Beloved, I am writing (graphō) you no new commandment, but an old commandment that you have had from the beginning; the old commandment is the word that you have heard.
2: 8	Yet I am writing (graphō) you a new commandment that is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.
2: 12	I am writing (graphō) to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven on account of his name.
2: 13	I am writing (graphō) to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I am writing (graphō) to you, young people, because you have conquered the evil one.
2: 14	I write (graphō) to you, children, because you know the Father. I write (graphō) to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write (graphō) to you, young people, because you are strong and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
2: 21	I write (graphō) to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and you know that no lie comes from the truth.
2: 26	I write (graphō) these things to you concerning those who would deceive you.
5: 13	I write (graphō) these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.

2 John

1: 5	But now, dear lady, I ask you, not as though I were writing (graphō) you a new commandment, but one we have had from the beginning, let us love one another.
1: 12	Although I have much to write (graphō) to you, I would rather not use paper and ink; instead I hope to come to you and talk with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete.

3 John

1: 9	I have written (graphō) something to the church; but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge our authority.
1: 13	I have much to write (graphō) to you, but I would rather not write (graphō) with pen and ink;

1 Thessalonians

4: 9	Now concerning love of the brothers and sisters, you do not need to have anyone write (graphō) to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another;
5: 1	Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers and sisters, you do not need to have anything written (graphō) to you.

2 Thessalonians

3: 17

This greeting with is from my own hand, me, Paul. This is the mark in every letter of mine; it is the way I write (graphō).

Philippians

3: 1	Finally, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord. To write (graphō) the same things to you is not troublesome to me, and for you it is a safeguard.

1 Corinthians

1: 19	For it is written (graphō), "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart."
1: 31	in order that, as it is written (graphō), "Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord."
2: 9	But, as it is written (graphō), "What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the human heart conceived, what God has prepared for those who love him" -
3: 19	For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written (graphō), "He catches the wise in their craftiness,"
4: 6	I have applied all this to Apollos and myself for your benefit, brothers and sisters, so that you may learn through us the meaning of the saying, "Nothing beyond what is written (graphō)," so that none of you will be puffed up in favor of one against another.
4: 14	I am not writing (graphō) this to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children.
5: 9	I wrote (graphō) to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral persons -
5: 11	But now I am writing (graphō) to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother or sister who is sexually immoral or greedy, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or robber. Do not even eat with such a one.
7: 1	Now concerning the matters about which you wrote (graphō): "It is well for a man not to touch a woman."
9: 9	For it is written (graphō) in the law of Moses, "You shall not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain." Is it for oxen that God is concerned?
9: 10	Or does he not speak entirely for our sake? It was indeed written (graphō) for our sake, for whoever plows should plow in hope and whoever threshes should thresh in hope of a share in the crop.
9: 15	But I have made no use of any of these rights, nor am I writing (graphō) this so that they may be applied in my case. Indeed, I would rather die than that - no one will deprive me of my ground for boasting!
10: 7	Do not become idolaters as some of them did; as it is written (graphō), "The people sat down to eat and drink, and they rose up to play."
10: 11	These things happened to them to serve as an example, and they were written (graphō) down to instruct us, on whom the ends of the ages have come.
14: 21	In the law it is written (graphō), "By people of strange tongues and by the lips of foreigners I will speak to this people; yet even then they will not listen to me," says the Lord.
14: 37	Anyone who claims to be a prophet, or to have spiritual powers, must acknowledge that what I am writing (graphō) to you is a command of the Lord.
15: 45	Thus it is written (graphō), "The first man, Adam, became a living being"; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
15: 54	When this perishable body puts on imperishability, and this mortal body puts on immortality, then the saying that is written (graphō) will be fulfilled: "Death has been swallowed up in victory."

2 Corinthians

1: 13	For we write (graphō) you nothing other than what you can read and also understand; I hope you will understand until the end -
2: 3	And I wrote (graphō) as I did, so that when I came, I might not suffer pain from those who should have made me rejoice; for I am confident about all of you, that my joy would be the joy of all of you.
2: 4	For I wrote (graphō) you out of much distress and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain, but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.
2: 9	I wrote (graphō) for this reason: to test you and to know whether you are obedient in everything.
4: 13	But just as we have the same spirit of faith according to what is written (graphō) - "I believed, and so I spoke" - we also believe, and so we speak,
7: 12	So although I wrote (graphō) to you, it was not on account of the one who did the wrong, nor on account of the one who was wronged, but in order that your zeal for us might be made known to you before God.
8: 15	As it is written (graphō), "The one who had much did not have too much, and the one who had little did not have too little."
9: 1	Now it is not necessary for me to write (graphō) you about the ministry to the saints,
9: 9	As it is written (graphō), "He scatters abroad, he gives to the poor; his righteousness endures forever."
13: 10	So I write (graphō) these things while I am away from you, so that when I come, I may not have to be severe in using the authority that the Lord has given me for building up and not for tearing down.

Galatians

1: 20	In what I am writing (graphō) to you, before God, I do not lie!
3: 10	For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse; for it is written (graphō), "Cursed is everyone who does not observe and obey all the things written (graphō) in the book of the law."
3: 13	Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us - for it is written (graphō), "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree" -
4: 22	For it is written (graphō) that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave woman and the other by a free woman.
4: 27	For it is written (graphō), "Rejoice, you childless one, you who bear no children, burst into song and shout, you who endure no birth pangs; for the children of the desolate woman are more numerous than the children of the one who is married."
6: 11	See what large letters I make when I am writing (graphō) in my own hand!

Romans

1: 17	For in it the righteousness of God is revealed through faith for faith; as it is written (graphō), "The one who is righteous will live by faith."
2: 24	For, as it is written (graphō), "The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you."
3: 4	By no means! Although everyone is a liar, let God be proved true, as it is written (graphō), "So that you may be justified in your words, and prevail in your judging."
3: 10	as it is written (graphō): "There is no one who is righteous, not even one;
4: 17	as it is written (graphō), "I have made you the father of many nations") - in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.
4: 23	Now the words, "it was reckoned to him," were written (graphō) not for his sake alone,
8: 36	As it is written (graphō), "For your sake we are being killed all day long; we are accounted as sheep to be slaughtered."
9: 13	As it is written (graphō), "I have loved Jacob, but I have hated Esau."
9: 33	as it is written (graphō), "See, I am laying in Zion a stone that will make people stumble, a rock that will make them fall, and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame."
10: 5	Moses writes (graphō) concerning the righteousness that comes from the law, that "the person who does these things will live by them."
10: 15	And how are they to proclaim him unless they are sent? As it is written (graphō), "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!"
11: 8	as it is written (graphō), "God gave them a sluggish spirit, eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear, down to this very day."
11: 26	And so all Israel will be saved; as it is written (graphō), "Out of Zion will come the Deliverer; he will banish ungodliness from Jacob."
12: 19	Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave room for the wrath of God; for it is written (graphō), "Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord."
14: 11	For it is written (graphō), "As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall give praise to God."
15: 3	For Christ did not please himself; but, as it is written (graphō), "The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me."
15: 4	For whatever was put down in writing in former days was written (graphō) for our instruction, so that by steadfastness and by the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope.
15: 9	and in order that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written (graphō), "Therefore I will confess you among the Gentiles, and sing praises to your name";
15: 15	Nevertheless on some points I have written (graphō) to you rather boldly by way of reminder, because of the grace given me by God
15: 21	but as it is written (graphō), "Those who have never been told of him shall see, and those who have never heard of him shall understand."
16: 22	I Tertius, who wrote (graphō) this letter, greet you in the Lord.

Philemon

1: 19	I, Paul, am writing (graphō) this with my own hand: I will repay it. I say nothing about your owing me even your own self.
1: 21	Confident of your obedience, I am writing (graphō) to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.

1 Timothy

3: 14

I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing (graphō) these instructions to you so that,

Hebrews

10: 7

Then I said, 'See, God, I have come to do your will, O God' (in the scroll of the book it is written (graphō) of me)."

1 Peter

1: 16	for it is written (graphō), "You shall be holy, for I am holy."
5: 12	Through Silvanus, whom I consider a faithful brother, I have written (graphō) this short letter to encourage you and to testify that this is the true grace of God. Stand fast in it.

2 Peter

3: 1	This is now, beloved, the second letter I am writing (graphō) to you; in them I am trying to arouse your sincere intention by reminding you
3: 15	and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation. So also our beloved brother Paul wrote (graphō) to you according to the wisdom given him,

Jude

1: 3	Beloved, while eagerly preparing to write (graphō) to you about the salvation we share, I find it necessary to write (graphō) and appeal to you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints.

Revelation

1: 3	Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of the prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and who keep what is written (graphō) in it; for the time is near.
1: 11	saying, "Write (graphō) in a book what you see and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamum, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea."
1: 19	Now write (graphō) what you have seen, what is, and what is to take place after this.
2: 1	"To the angel of the church in Ephesus write (graphō): These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands:
2: 8	"And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write (graphō): These are the words of the first and the last, who was dead and came to life:
2: 12	"And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write (graphō): These are the words of him who has the sharp two-edged sword:
2: 17	Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches. To everyone who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give a white stone, and on the white stone is written (graphō) a new name that no one knows except the one who receives it.
2: 18	"And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write (graphō): These are the words of the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and whose feet are like burnished bronze:
3: 1	"And to the angel of the church in Sardis write (graphō): These are the words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars: "I know your works; you have a name of being alive, but you are dead.
3: 7	"And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write (graphō): These are the words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens:
3: 12	If you conquer, I will make you a pillar in the temple of my God; you will never go out of it. I will write (graphō) on you the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem that comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name.
3: 14	"And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write (graphō): The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the origin of God's creation:
5: 1	Then I saw in the right hand of the one seated on the throne a scroll written (graphō) on the inside and on the back, sealed with seven seals;
10: 4	And when the seven thunders had sounded, I was about to write (graphō), but I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write (graphō) it down."
13: 8	and all the inhabitants of the earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written (graphō) from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb that was slaughtered.
14: 1	Then I looked, and there was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion! And with him were one hundred forty-four thousand who had his name and his Father's name written (graphō) on their foreheads.
14: 13	And I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Write (graphō) this: Blessed are the dead who from now on die in the Lord." "Yes," says the Spirit, "they will rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them."
17: 5	and on her forehead was written (graphō) a name, a mystery: "Babylon the great, mother of whores and of earth's abominations."
17: 8	The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to ascend from the bottomless pit and go to destruction. And the inhabitants of the earth, whose names have not been written (graphō) in the book of life from the foundation of the world, will be amazed when they see the beast, because it was and is not and is to come.
19: 9	And the angel said to me, "Write (graphō) this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb." And he said to me, "These are true words of God."
19: 12	His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems; and he has a name written (graphō) that no one knows but himself.
19: 16	On his robe and on his thigh he has a name written (graphō), "King of kings and Lord of lords."
20: 12	And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Also another book was opened, the book of life. And the dead were judged according to their works, as written (graphō) in the books.
20: 15	and anyone whose name was not found written (graphō) in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.
21: 5	And the one who was seated on the throne said, "See, I am making all things new." Also he said, "Write (graphō) this, for these words are trustworthy and true."
21: 27	But nothing unclean will enter it, nor anyone who practices abomination or falsehood, but only those who are written (graphō) in the Lamb's book of life.
22: 18	I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to that person the plagues written (graphō) in this book;
22: 19	if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away that person's share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are written (graphō) in this book.