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What Does “Speedily” Mean in the Bible?

Quickly, fast. “Haste” is speed.

Where it appears in the Bible

Acts 12:7; Genesis 27:20

What the Bible says

Acts 12:7

And behold an angel of the Lord stood by him: and a light shined in the room: and he striking Peter on the side, raised him up, saying: Arise quickly. And the chains fell off from his hands.

Genesis 27:20

And Isaac said to his son: How couldst thou find it so quickly, my son? He answered: It was the will of God, that what I sought came quickly in my way.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.

Source: RAE, “presto”

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