Noun topos (place) in the Gospels-Acts

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


Matthew

12: 43"When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it wanders through waterless regions looking for a resting place (topos), but it finds none.
14: 13Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a deserted place (topos) by himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns.
14: 15When it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, "This is a deserted place (topos), and the hour is now late; send the crowds away so that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves."
14: 35After the people of that place (topos) recognized him, they sent word throughout the region and brought all who were sick to him,
24: 7For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places (topos):
24: 15When it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, "This is a deserted place (topos), and the hour is now late; send the crowds away so that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves."
26: 52Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back into its place (topos); for all who take the sword will perish by the sword.
27: 33And when they came to a place (topos) called Golgotha (which means Place (topos) of a Skull),
28: 6He is not here; for he has been raised, as he said. Come, see the place (topos) where he lay.

Mark

1: 35In the morning, while it was still very dark, he got up and went out to a deserted place (topos), and there he prayed.
1: 45But he went out and began to proclaim it freely, and to spread the word, so that Jesus could no longer go into a town openly, but stayed out in desert places (topos); and people came to him from every quarter.
6: 11If any place (topos) will not welcome you and they refuse to hear you, as you leave, shake off the dust that is on your feet as a testimony against them."
6: 31He said to them, "Come away to a deserted place (topos) all by yourselves and rest a while." For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat.
6: 32And they went away in the boat to a deserted place (topos) by themselves.
6: 35When it grew late, his disciples came to him and said, "This is a deserted place (topos), and the hour is now very late;
13: 8For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes in various places (topos); there will be famines. This is but the beginning of the birth pangs.
15: 22Then they brought Jesus to the place (topos) called Golgotha (which means the place (topos) of a skull).
16: 6But he said to them, "Do not be alarmed; you are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has been raised; he is not here. Look, there is the place (topos) they laid him.

Luke

2: 7And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place (topos) for them in the inn.
4: 17and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place (topos) where it was written:
4: 37And a report about him began to reach every place (topos) in the region.
4: 42At daybreak he departed and went into a deserted place (topos). And the crowds were looking for him; and when they reached him, they wanted to prevent him from leaving them.
6: 17He came down with them and stood on a level place (topos), with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea, Jerusalem, and the coast of Tyre and Sidon.
9: 12The day was drawing to a close, and the twelve came to him and said, "Send the crowd away, so that they may go into the surrounding villages and countryside, to lodge and get provisions; for we are here in a deserted place (topos)."
10: 1After this the Lord appointed seventy others and sent them on ahead of him in pairs to every town and place (topos) where he himself intended to go.
10: 32So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place (topos) and saw him, passed by on the other side.
11: 1He was praying in a certain place (topos), and after he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples."
11: 24"When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it wanders through waterless regions looking for a resting place (topos), but not finding any, it says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.'
14: 9and the host who invited both of you may come and say to you, 'Give this person your place (topos),' and then in disgrace you would start to take the lowest place (topos).
14: 10But when you are invited, go and sit down at the lowest place (topos), so that when your host comes, he may say to you, 'Friend, move up higher'; then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you.
14: 22And the slave said, 'Sir, what you ordered has been done, and there is still place (topos).'
16: 28for I have five brothers - that he may warn them, so that they will not also come into this place (topos) of torment.'
19: 5When Jesus came to the place (topos), he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, hurry and come down; for I must stay at your house today."
21: 11there will be great earthquakes, and in various places (topos) famines and plagues; and there will be dreadful portents and great signs from heaven.
22: 40When he reached the place (topos), he said to them, "Pray that you may not come into the time of trial."
23: 33When they came to the place (topos) that is called The Skull, they crucified Jesus there with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left.

John

4: 20Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you say that the place (topos) where people must worship is in Jerusalem."
5: 13Now the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had disappeared in the crowd that was in the place (topos).
6: 10Jesus said, "Make the people sit down." Now there was a great deal of grass in the place (topos); so they sat down, about five thousand in all.
6: 23Then some boats from Tiberias came near the place (topos) where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.
10: 40He went away again across the Jordan to the place (topos) where John had been baptizing earlier, and he remained there.
11: 6after having heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place (topos) where he was.
11: 30Now Jesus had not yet come to the village, but was still at the place (topos) where Martha had met him.
11: 48If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and destroy both our holy place (topos) and our nation."
14: 2In my Father's house there are many dwellings. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place (topos) for you?
14: 3And if I go and prepare a place (topos) for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, so that where I am, there you may be also.
18: 2Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place (topos), because Jesus often met there with his disciples.
19: 13When Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus outside and sat on the judge's bench at a place (topos) called The Stone Pavement, or in Hebrew Gabbatha.
19: 17and carrying the cross by himself, he went out to what is called The Place (topos) of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha.
19: 20Many of the Jews read this inscription, because the place (topos) where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, in Latin, and in Greek.
19: 41Now there was a garden in the place (topos) where he was crucified, and in the garden there was a new tomb in which no one had ever been laid.
20: 7and the cloth that had been on Jesus' head, not lying with the linen wrappings but rolled up in a place (topos) by itself.

Acts

1: 25to take the place (topos) in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place (topos)."
4: 31When they had prayed, the place (topos) in which they were gathered together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God with boldness.
6: 13They set up false witnesses who said, "This man never stops saying things against this holy place (topos) and the law;
6: 14for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place (topos) and will change the customs that Moses handed on to us."
7: 7'But I will judge the nation that they serve,' said God, 'and after that they shall come out and worship me in this place (topos).'
7: 33Then the Lord said to him, 'Take off the sandals from your feet, for the place (topos) where you are standing is holy ground.
7: 49'Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord, or what is the place (topos) of my rest?
12: 17He motioned to them with his hand to be silent, and described for them how 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 (topos).
16: 3Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him; and he took him and had him circumcised because of the Jews who were in those places (topos), for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
21: 28shouting, "Fellow Israelites, help! This is the man who is teaching everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this place (topos); more than that, he has actually brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place (topos)."
25: 16I told them that it was not the custom of the Romans to hand over anyone before the accused had met the accusers face to face and had been given a place (topos) to make a defense against the charge.
27: 2Embarking on a ship of Adramyttium that was about to set sail to places (topos) of Asia, we put to sea, accompanied by Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica.
27: 8Sailing past it with difficulty, we came to a place (topos) called Fair Havens, near the city of Lasea.
27: 29Fearing that we might run on rocky places (topos), they let down four anchors from the stern and prayed for day to come.
27: 41But having falling into a place (topos) between two seas, they ran the ship aground; the bow stuck and remained immovable, but the stern was being broken up by the force of the waves.
28: 7Now in the neighborhood of that place (topos) were lands belonging to the leading man of the island, named Publius, who received us and entertained us hospitably for three days.