'Crowd' in the Bible

Now the whole crowd of people were praying outside at the hour of the incense offering.

But He passed right through the crowd and went on His way.

As the crowd was pressing in on Jesus to hear God’s word, He was standing by Lake Gennesaret.

He got into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little distance from the shore. And He sat down and began teaching the crowds from the boat.

Since they could not find a way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him on the mat through the roof tiles into the middle of the crowd before Jesus.

Then Levi hosted a grand banquet for Him at his house. Now there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others who were guests with them.

After coming down with them, He stood on a level place with a large crowd of His disciples and a great number of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon.

The whole crowd was trying to touch Him, because power was coming out from Him and healing them all.

Jesus heard this and was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd following Him, He said, “I tell you, I have not found so great a faith even in Israel!”

Soon afterward He was on His way to a town called Nain. His disciples and a large crowd were traveling with Him.

Just as He neared the gate of the town, a dead man was being carried out. He was his mother’s only son, and she was a widow. A large crowd from the city was also with her.

As a large crowd was gathering, and people were flocking to Him from every town, He said in a parable:

Then His mother and brothers came to Him, but they could not meet with Him because of the crowd.

But He was told, "Your mother and brothers are standing on the edge of the crowd, and want to see you."

When Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed Him, for they were all expecting Him.

But the immense crowd, aware of this, followed Him; and receiving them kindly He proceeded to speak to them of the Kingdom of God, and those who needed to be restored to health, He cured.

Late in the day, the Twelve approached and said to Him, “Send the crowd away, so they can go into the surrounding villages and countryside to find food and lodging, because we are in a deserted place here.”

But He said to them, “You give them something to eat.” They said, “We have no more than five loaves and two fish—unless perhaps we go and buy food for all these people.”

Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke them. He kept giving them to the disciples to set before the crowd.

The next day, when they came down from the mountain, a large crowd met Him.

Just then a man from the crowd cried out, “Teacher, I beg You to look at my son, because he’s my only child.

ThenBut while the entire crowd was amazed at everything Jesus was doing, he said to his disciples,

As He was saying these things, a woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “The womb that bore You and the one who nursed You are blessed!”

In these circumstances, a crowd of many thousands came together, so that they were trampling on one another. He began to say to His disciples first: “Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

Someone from the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”

But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, responded by telling the crowd, “There are six days when work should be done; therefore come on those days and be healed and not on the Sabbath day.”

When He had said these things, all His adversaries were humiliated, but the whole crowd was rejoicing over all the glorious things He was doing.

Hearing a crowd passing by, he inquired what this meant.

The people at the front of the crowd sternly told him to be quiet, but he started shouting even louder, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"

He was trying to see who Jesus was, but he was not able because of the crowd, since he was a short man.

Now He came near the path down the Mount of Olives, and the whole crowd of the disciples began to praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the miracles they had seen:

Some of the Pharisees from the crowd told Him, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples.”

When the scribes and the high priests realized that Jesus had told this parable about them, they wanted to arrest him right then, but they were afraid of the crowd.

So the high priests and the scribes were looking for a way to put him to death, because they were afraid of the crowd.

So he accepted the offer and started looking for a good opportunity to betray Him to them when the crowd was not present.

While Jesus was still speaking, a crowd arrived. The man called Judas, one of the Twelve, was leading them, and he came close to Jesus to kiss him.

Then the whole crowd got up and took him to Pilate.

Pilate said to the High Priests and to the crowd, "I can find no crime in this man."

A large crowd of people followed him, including some women who kept mourning and wailing for him.