Noun boulē (purpose) in the Gospels-Acts

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


Luke

7: 30But by refusing to be baptized by him, the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected God's purpose (boulē) for themselves.
23: 51had not agreed to their purpose (boulē) and action. He came from the Jewish town of Arimathea, and he was waiting expectantly for the kingdom of God.

Acts

2: 23this man, handed over to you according to the definite purpose (boulē) and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of those outside the law.
4: 28to do whatever your hand and your purpose (boulē) had predestined to take place.
5: 38So in the present case, I tell you, keep away from these men and let them alone; because if this purpose (boulē) or this undertaking is of human origin, it will fail;
13: 36For David, after he had served the purpose (boulē) of God in his own generation, died, was laid beside his ancestors, and experienced corruption;
20: 27for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole purpose (boulē) of God.
27: 12Since the harbor was not suitable for spending the winter, the majority had the purpose (boulē) of putting to sea from there, on the chance that somehow they could reach Phoenix, where they could spend the winter. It was a harbor of Crete, facing southwest and northwest.
27: 42The soldiers' purpose (boulē) was to kill the prisoners, so that none might swim away and escape;