Adverb pōs (how) in the Gospels-Acts

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


Matthew

6: 28And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how (pōs) they grow; they neither toil nor spin,
7: 4Or how (pōs) can you say to your neighbor, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' while the log is in your own eye?
10: 19When they hand you over, do not worry about how (pōs) you are to speak or what you are to say; for what you are to say will be given to you at that time;
12: 4How (pōs) he entered the house of God and ate the bread of the Presence, which it was not lawful for him or his companions to eat, but only for the priests.
12: 26If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how (pōs) then will his kingdom stand?
12: 29Or how (pōs) can one enter a strong man's house and plunder his property, without first tying up the strong man? Then indeed the house can be plundered.
12: 34You brood of vipers! How (pōs) can you speak good things, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
16: 11How (pōs) could you fail to perceive that I was not speaking about bread? Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!"
21: 20When the disciples saw it, they were amazed, saying, "How (pōs) did the fig tree wither at once?"
22: 12and he said to him, 'Friend, how (pōs) did you get in here without a wedding robe?' And he was speechless.
22: 43He said to them, "How (pōs) is it then that David by the Spirit calls him Lord, saying,
22: 45If David thus calls him Lord, how (pōs) can he be his son?"
23: 33You snakes, you brood of vipers! How (pōs) can you escape being sentenced to hell?
26: 54But how (pōs) then would the scriptures be fulfilled, which say it must happen in this way?"

Mark

2: 26how (pōs) he entered the house of God, when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and he gave some to his companions."
3: 23And he called them to him, and spoke to them in parables, "How (pōs) can Satan cast out Satan?
4: 13And he said to them, "Do you not understand this parable? Then how (pōs) will you understand all the parables?
4: 30He also said, "How (pōs) can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable will we use for it?
5: 16Those who had seen how (pōs) it happened to the demoniac and to the swine reported it.
9: 12He said to them, "Elijah is indeed coming first to restore all things. How (pōs) then is it written about the Son of Man, that he is to go through many sufferings and be treated with contempt?
10: 23Then Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How (pōs) hard it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!"
10: 24And the disciples were perplexed at these words. But Jesus said to them again, "Children, how (pōs) hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!
11: 18And when the chief priests and the scribes heard it, they kept looking at how (pōs) to kill him; for they were afraid of him, because the whole crowd was spellbound by his teaching.
12: 26And as for the dead being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the story about the bush, how (pōs) God said to him, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'?
12: 35While Jesus was teaching in the temple, he said, "How (pōs) can the scribes say that the Messiah is the son of David?
12: 41He sat down opposite the treasury, and watched how (pōs) the crowd was putting money into the treasury. Many rich people put in large sums.
14: 1It was two days before the Passover and the festival of Unleavened Bread. The chief priests and the scribes were looking at how (pōs) to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him;
14: 11When they heard it, they were greatly pleased, and promised to give him money. So he began to look at how (pōs) [to find] the right time to betray him.

Luke

1: 34Mary said to the angel, "How (pōs) can this be, since I am a virgin?"
6: 42Or how (pōs) can you say to your neighbor, 'Friend, let me take out the speck in your eye,' when you yourself do not see the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your neighbor's eye.
8: 18Then pay attention to how (pōs) you listen; for to those who have, more will be given; and from those who do not have, even what they seem to have will be taken away."
8: 36Those who had seen it told them how (pōs) the one who had been possessed by demons had been healed.
10: 26He said to him, "What is written in the law? How (pōs) do you read there?"
11: 18If Satan also is divided against himself, how (pōs) will his kingdom stand? - for you say that I cast out the demons by Beelzebul.
12: 11When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, do not worry about how (pōs) you are to defend yourselves or what you are to say;
12: 27Consider the lilies, how (pōs) they grow: they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.
12: 50I have a baptism with which to be baptized, and how (pōs) stress I am under until it is completed!
12: 56You hypocrites! You are able to interpret the appearance of earth and sky, but why do you not know how (pōs) to interpret the present time?
14: 7When he noticed how (pōs) the guests chose the places of honor, he told them a parable.
18: 24Jesus looked at him and said, "How (pōs) hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!
20: 41Then he said to them, "How (pōs) can they say that the Messiah is David's son?
20: 44David thus calls him Lord; so how (pōs) can he be his son?"
22: 2The chief priests and the scribes were looking at how (pōs) to put Jesus to death, for they were afraid of the people.
22: 4he went away and conferred with the chief priests and officers of the temple police about how (pōs) he might betray him to them.

John

3: 4Nicodemus said to him, "How (pōs) can anyone be born after having grown old? Can one enter a second time into the mother's womb and be born?"
3: 9Nicodemus said to him, "How (pōs) can these things be?"
3: 12If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how (pōs) can you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?
4: 9The Samaritan woman said to him, "How (pōs) is it that you, a Jew, ask a drink of me, a woman of Samaria?" (Jews do not share things in common with Samaritans.)
5: 44How (pōs) can you believe when you accept glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the one who alone is God?
5: 47But if you do not believe what he wrote, how (pōs) will you believe what I say?"
6: 42They were saying, "Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How (pōs) can he now say, 'I have come down from heaven'?"
6: 52The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, "How (pōs) can this man give us his flesh to eat?"
7: 15The Jews were astonished at it, saying, "How (pōs) does this man have such learning, when he has never been taught?"
8: 33They answered him, "We are descendants of Abraham and have never been slaves to anyone. How (pōs) can you say, 'You will be made free'?"
9: 10But they kept asking him, "Then how (pōs) were your eyes opened?"
9: 15Then the Pharisees also began to ask him how (pōs) he had received his sight. He said to them, "He put mud on my eyes. Then I washed, and now I see."
9: 16Some of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God, for he does not observe the sabbath." But others said, "How (pōs) can a man who is a sinner perform such signs?" And they were divided.
9: 19and asked them, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How (pōs) then does he now see?"
9: 21but we do not know how (pōs) it is that now he sees, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he is of age. He will speak for himself."
9: 26They said to him, "What did he do to you? How (pōs) did he open your eyes?"
11: 36So the Jews said, "See how (pōs) he loved him!"
12: 34The crowd answered him, "We have heard from the law that the Messiah remains forever. How (pōs) can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?"
14: 5Thomas said to him, "Lord, we do not know where you are going. How (pōs) can we know the way?"
14: 9Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How (pōs) can you say, 'Show us the Father'?

Acts

2: 8And how (pōs) is it that we hear, each of us, in our own native language?
4: 21After threatening them again, they let them go, not finding how (pōs) to punish them because of the people, for all of them praised God for what had happened.
8: 31He replied, "How (pōs) can I, unless someone guides me?" And he invited Philip to get in and sit beside him.
9: 27But Barnabas took him, brought him to the apostles, and described for them how (pōs) on the road he had seen the Lord, who had spoken to him, and how (pōs) in Damascus he had spoken boldly in the name of Jesus.
11: 13He told us how (pōs) he had seen the angel standing in his house and saying, 'Send to Joppa and bring Simon, who is called Peter;
12: 17He motioned to them with his hand to be silent, and described for them how (pōs) the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he added, "Tell this to James and to the believers." Then he left and went to another place.
15: 36After some days Paul said to Barnabas, "Come, let us return and visit the believers in every city where we proclaimed the word of the Lord and see how (pōs) they are doing."
20: 18When they came to him, he said to them: "You yourselves know how (pōs) I lived among you the entire time from the first day that I set foot in Asia,
27: 12Since the harbor was not suitable for spending the winter, the majority was in favor of putting to sea from there, wondering how (pōs) they could reach Phoenix, where they could spend the winter. It was a harbor of Crete, facing southwest and northwest.

1 John

3: 17How (pōs) does God's love abide in anyone who has the world's goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses help?