Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'hither' occurs 95 times in the standard works.

13 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'hither' in the standard works and contain 13.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 5 minutes to read the entire list.

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Jacob 5:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 5:6 (2 in 1 verse)

John 20:27 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 17:7 (2 in 1 verse)

John 4:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 43 222 265
NT 24 48 72
Matt. 4 2 6
Mark 1 2 3
Luke 5 5 10
John 5 24 29
Acts 5 6 11
Rom. 0 2 2
1 Cor. 0 2 2
Heb. 0 2 2
James 0 1 1
1 Jn. 0 1 1
Rev. 4 1 5
BM 22 84 106
DC 6 12 18
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 95 366 461

Acts 8:30
And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?

Acts 9:21
But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests?

Acts 10:32
Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose surname is Peter; he is lodged in the house of one Simon a tanner by the sea side: who, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee.

Acts 14:19
And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead.

Acts 16:13
And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither.

Acts 17:6
And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;

Acts 17:10
And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.

Acts 17:13
But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirred up the people.

Acts 19:37
For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess.

Acts 25:4
But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself would depart shortly thither.

Acts 25:17
Therefore, when they were come hither, without any delay on the morrow I sat on the judgment seat, and commanded the man to be brought forth.