Verb phēmi (to declare) in the Gospels-Acts

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


Matthew

4: 7Jesus declared (phēmi) to him, "Again it is written, 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test.'"
8: 8And having answered, the centurion declared (phēmi), "Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof; but only speak the word, and my servant will be healed.
13: 28He declared (phēmi), 'An enemy has done this.' The slaves said to him, 'Then do you want us to go and gather them?'
13: 29But he declared (phēmi), 'No; for in gathering the weeds you would uproot the wheat along with them.
14: 8Prompted by her mother, "Give me, she declared (phēmi), the head of John the Baptist here on a platter."
17: 26When Peter said, "From others," Jesus declared (phēmi) to him, "Then the children are free.
19: 21Jesus declared (phēmi) to him, "If you wish to be perfect, go, sell your possessions, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me."
21: 27So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." And he declared (phēmi) to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.
22: 37He declared (phēmi) to him, "'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.'
25: 21His master declared (phēmi) to him, 'Well done, good and trustworthy slave; you have been trustworthy in a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.'
25: 23His master declared (phēmi) to him, 'Well done, good and trustworthy slave; you have been trustworthy in a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.'
26: 34Jesus declared (phēmi) to him, "Truly I tell you, this very night, before the cock crows, you will deny me three times."
26: 61and said, "This fellow declared (phēmi), 'I am able to destroy the temple of God and to build it in three days.'"
27: 11Now Jesus stood before the governor; and the governor asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" Jesus declared (phēmi), "You say so."
27: 23Then he declared (phēmi), "Why, what evil has he done?" But they shouted all the more, "Let him be crucified!"
27: 65Pilate declared (phēmi) to them, "You have a guard of soldiers; go, make it as secure as you can."

Mark

9: 12He declared (phēmi) to them, "Elijah is indeed coming first to restore all things. How then is it written about the Son of Man, that he is to go through many sufferings and be treated with contempt?
9: 38John declared (phēmi) to him, "Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us."
10: 20He declared (phēmi) to him, "Teacher, I have kept all these since my youth."
10: 29Jesus declared (phēmi), "Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields, for my sake and for the sake of the good news,
12: 24Jesus declared (phēmi) to them, "Is not this the reason you are wrong, that you know neither the scriptures nor the power of God?
14: 29Peter declared (phēmi) to him, "Even though all become deserters, I will not."

Luke

7: 40Jesus spoke up and said to him, "Simon, I have something to say to you." "Teacher," he declared (phēmi), "speak."
7: 44Then turning toward the woman, he declared (phēmi) to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave me no water for my feet, but she has bathed my feet with her tears and dried them with her hair.
15: 17But when he came to himself he declared (phēmi), 'How many of my father's hired hands have bread enough and to spare, but here I am dying of hunger!
22: 58A little later someone else, on seeing him, declared (phēmi), "You also are one of them." But Peter declared (phēmi), "Man, I am not!"
22: 70All of them asked, "Are you, then, the Son of God?" He declared (phēmi) to them, "You say that I am."
23: 3Then Pilate asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" He declared (phēmi), "You say so."
23: 40But the other rebuked him and declared (phēmi), "Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?

John

1: 23He declared (phēmi), "I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way of the Lord,'" as the prophet Isaiah said.
9: 38He declared (phēmi), "Lord, I believe." And he worshiped him.
18: 29So Pilate went out to them and declared (phēmi), "What accusation do you bring against this man?"

Acts

2: 38Peter said to them, "Repent, [he declared (phēmi)] and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ so that your sins may be forgiven; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
7: 2And Stephen declared (phēmi): "Brothers and fathers, listen to me. The God of glory appeared to our ancestor Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
8: 36As they were going along the road, they came to some water; and the eunuch declared (phēmi), "Look, here is water! What is to prevent me from being baptized?"
10: 28and he declared (phēmi) to them, "You yourselves know that it is unlawful for a Jew to associate with or to visit a Gentile; but God has shown me that I should not call anyone profane or unclean.
10: 30Cornelius declared (phēmi), "Four days ago at this very hour, at three o'clock, I was praying in my house when suddenly a man in dazzling clothes stood before me.
10: 31He declared (phēmi), 'Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your alms have been remembered before God.
16: 30Then he brought them outside and declared (phēmi), "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"
16: 37But Paul declared (phēmi), "They have beaten us in public, uncondemned, men who are Roman citizens, and have thrown us into prison; and now are they going to discharge us in secret? Certainly not! Let them come and take us out themselves."
17: 22Then Paul stood in front of the Areopagus and declared (phēmi), "Athenians, I see how extremely religious you are in every way.
19: 35But when the town clerk had quieted the crowd, he declared (phēmi), "Citizens of Ephesus, who is there that does not know that the city of the Ephesians is the temple keeper of the great Artemis and of the statue that fell from heaven?
21: 37Just as Paul was about to be brought into the barracks, he said to the tribune, "May I say something to you?" The tribune declared (phēmi), "Do you know Greek?
22: 2When they heard him addressing them in Hebrew, they became even more quiet. Then he declared (phēmi):
22: 27The tribune came and asked Paul, "Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?" And he declared (phēmi), "Yes."
22: 28The tribune answered, "It cost me a large sum of money to get my citizenship." Paul declared (phēmi), "But I was born a citizen."
23: 5And Paul declared (phēmi), "I did not realize, brothers, that he was high priest; for it is written, 'You shall not speak evil of a leader of your people.'"
23: 17Paul called one of the centurions and declared (phēmi), "Take this young man to the tribune, for he has something to report to him."
23: 18So he took him, brought him to the tribune, and declared (phēmi), "The prisoner Paul called me and asked me to bring this young man to you; he has something to tell you."
23: 35he declared (phēmi), "I will give you a hearing when your accusers arrive." Then he ordered that he be kept under guard in Herod's headquarters.
25: 5"So," he declared (phēmi), "let those of you who have the authority come down with me, and if there is anything wrong about the man, let them accuse him."
25: 22Agrippa said to Festus, "I would like to hear the man myself." "Tomorrow," he declared (phēmi), "you will hear him."
25: 24And Festus declared (phēmi), "King Agrippa and all here present with us, you see this man about whom the whole Jewish community petitioned me, both in Jerusalem and here, shouting that he ought not to live any longer.
26: 1Agrippa declared (phēmi) to Paul, "You have permission to speak for yourself." Then Paul stretched out his hand and began to defend himself:
26: 24While he was making this defense, Festus declared (phēmi) in a loud voice, "You are out of your mind, Paul! Too much learning is driving you insane!"
26: 25But Paul declared (phēmi), "I am not out of my mind, most excellent Festus, but I am speaking the sober truth.
26: 32Agrippa declared (phēmi) to Festus, "This man could have been set free if he had not appealed to the emperor."