Adverb exaiphnēs (suddenly) in the Gospels-Acts

(Translation from NRSV)


Mark

13: 36or else he may find you asleep when he comes suddenly (exaiphnēs).

Luke

2: 13And suddenly (exaiphnēs) there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying,
9: 39Suddenly (exaiphnēs) a spirit seizes him, and all at once he shrieks. It convulses him until he foams at the mouth; it mauls him and will scarcely leave him.

Acts

9: 3Now as he was going along and approaching Damascus, suddenly (exaiphnēs) a light from heaven flashed around him.
22: 6"While I was on my way and approaching Damascus, about noon a great light from heaven suddenly (exaiphnēs) shone about me.