Joshua attacked them by surprise after marching all night from Gilgal. ¹ 

But you, brothers and sisters, ¹  are not in the darkness for the day to overtake you like a thief would.

Let destruction take them by surprise! ¹  Let the net they hid catch them! Let them fall into destruction! ² 

He ¹  asked for a writing tablet ²  and wrote, ³  “His name is John.” And they were all amazed. ⁴ 

Immediately ¹  Zechariah’s ²  mouth was opened and his tongue ³  released, ⁴  and he spoke, blessing God.

Joshua and his whole army caught them by surprise at the Waters of Merom and attacked them. ¹ 

Now Jeroboam had sent some men to ambush the Judahite army from behind. ¹  The main army was in front of the Judahite army; ²  the ambushers were behind it.

May death destroy them! ¹  May they go down alive into Sheol! ²  For evil is in their dwelling place and in their midst.

Therefore it is not surprising his servants also disguise themselves ¹  as servants of righteousness, whose end will correspond to their actions. ² 

So Israel hid men in ambush outside Gibeah.

Many are appalled when they see me, ¹  but you are my secure shelter.

Then I turned to look, and there was a flying scroll!

But Jesus made no further reply, so that Pilate was amazed.

So ¹  the child’s ²  father ³  and mother were amazed ⁴  at what was said about him.

When Ehud had left, Eglon’s ¹  servants came and saw the locked doors of the upper room. They said, “He must be relieving himself ²  in the well-ventilated inner room.” ³ 

So they started toward ¹  the Syrian camp at dusk. When they reached the edge of the Syrian camp, there was no one there.

I will make this city an object of horror, a thing to be hissed at. All who pass by it will be filled with horror and will hiss out their scorn ¹  because of all the disasters that have happened to it. ² 

When Peter saw this, he declared to the people, “Men of Israel, ¹  why are you amazed at this? Why ²  do you stare at us as if we had made this man ³  walk by our own power or piety?

He took five thousand men and set an ambush west of the city between Bethel ¹  and Ai.

They stalk ¹  and lurk; ²  they watch my every step, ³  as ⁴  they prepare to take my life. ⁵