Verb areskō (to please) in the Gospels-Acts

(Translation from NRSV)


Matthew

14: 6But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced before the company, and she pleased (areskō) Herod

Mark

6: 22When his daughter Herodias came in and danced, she pleased (areskō) Herod and his guests; and the king said to the girl, "Ask me for whatever you wish, and I will give it."

Acts

6: 5What they said pleased (areskō) the whole community, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, together with Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch.