'Man' in the Bible

There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

The true light, which gives light to every man, was then coming into the world.

No man has seen God at any time; the only Son, who is on the breast of the Father, he has made clear what God is.

And he said to him, Truly I say to you all, You will see heaven opening and God's angels going up and coming down on the Son of man.

After tasting the water which had now become wine, the master of the feast (having no idea where it came from, though it was clear to the servants who took the water out) sent for the newly-married man,

And said to him, Every man first puts out his best wine and when all have had enough he puts out what is not so good; but you have kept the good wine till now.

He had no need for any witness about man; for he himself had knowledge of what was in man.

Now there was among the Pharisees a man named Nicodemus, who was one of the rulers of the Jews.

He came to Jesus by night and said to him, Rabbi, we are certain that you have come from God as a teacher, because no man would be able to do these signs which you do if God was not with him.

Jesus said to him, Truly, I say to you, Without a new birth no man is able to see the kingdom of God.

Nicodemus said to him, How is it possible for a man to be given birth when he is old? Is he able to go into his mother's body a second time and come to birth again?

And no one has ever gone up to heaven but he who came down from heaven, the Son of man.

As the snake was lifted up by Moses in the waste land, even so it is necessary for the Son of man to be lifted up:

The man who has faith in him does not come up to be judged; but he who has no faith in him has been judged even now, because he has no faith in the name of the only Son of God.

And they went to John and said to him, Rabbi, the man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan, the man to whom you gave witness, is now giving baptism, and everyone is going to him.

And this was John's answer: A man is unable to have anything if it is not given to him from heaven.

He gives witness of what he has seen and of what has come to his ears; and no man takes his witness as true.

You have had five husbands, and the man you have now is not your husband: that was truly said.

Come and see a man who has been talking to me of everything I ever did! Is it possible that this is the Christ?

So he came to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And there was a certain man of high position whose son was ill at Capernaum.

The man said, Sir, come down before my boy is dead.

And Jesus said, Go in peace; your son is living. The man had faith in the word which Jesus said to him and went away.

One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years.

When Jesus saw him there on the floor it was clear to him that he had been now a long time in that condition, and so he said to the man, Is it your desire to get well?

The ill man said in answer, Sir, I have nobody to put me into the bath when the water is moving; and while I am on the way down some other person gets in before me.

And the man became well straight away, and took up his bed and went. Now that day was the Sabbath.

So the Jews said to the man who had been made well, It is the Sabbath; and it is against the law for you to take up your bed.

Then they put to him the question: Who is the man who said to you, Take it up and go?

The man went away and said to the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.

Truly I say to you, The man whose ears are open to my word and who has faith in him who sent me, has eternal life; he will not be judged, but has come from death into life.

And he has given him authority to be judge because he is the Son of man.

Let your work not be for the food which comes to an end, but for the food which goes on for eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you, for on him has God the Father put his mark.

No man is able to come to me if the Father who sent me does not give him the desire to come: and I will take him up from the dead on the last day.

The bread which comes from heaven is such bread that a man may take it for food and never see death.

I am the living bread which has come from heaven: if any man takes this bread for food he will have life for ever: and more than this, the bread which I will give is my flesh which I will give for the life of the world.

Then the Jews had an angry discussion among themselves, saying, How is it possible for this man to give us his flesh for food?

Then Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, If you do not take the flesh of the Son of man for food, and if you do not take his blood for drink, you have no life in you.

What then will you say if you see the Son of man going up to where he was before?

And he said, This is why I said to you, No man is able to come to me if he is not given the power to do so by the Father.

Because no man does things secretly if he has a desire that men may have knowledge of him. If you do these things, let yourself be seen by all men.

And there was much discussion about him among the mass of the people. Some said, He is a good man; but others said, No, he is giving people false ideas.

But no man said anything about him openly for fear of the Jews.

Then the Jews were surprised and said, How has this man got knowledge of books? He has never been to school.

If any man is ready to do God's pleasure he will have knowledge of the teaching and of where it comes from--from God or from myself.

The man whose words come from himself is looking for glory for himself, but he who is looking for the glory of him who sent him--that man is true and there is no evil in him.

If a child is given circumcision on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are you angry with me because I made a man completely well on the Sabbath?

Then some of the people of Jerusalem said, Is not this the man whose death is desired?

However, it is clear to us where this man comes from: but when the Christ comes no one will have knowledge where he comes from.

Then they had a desire to take him: but no man put hands on him because his hour was still to come.

And numbers of the people had belief in him, and they said, When the Christ comes will he do more signs than this man has done?

On the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus got up and said in a loud voice, If any man is in need of drink let him come to me and I will give it to him.

And some of them had a desire to take him; but no man put hands on him.

The servants made answer, No man ever said things like this man.

Is a man judged by our law before it has given him a hearing and has knowledge of what he has done?

[And every man went to his house;

And she said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said, And I do not give a decision against you: go, and never do wrong again.]

You are judging from what you see; I am judging no man.

Jesus said these words in the place where the offerings were stored, while he was teaching in the Temple: but no man took him because his time was still to come.

So Jesus said, When the Son of man has been lifted up by you, then it will be clear to you who I am, and that I do nothing of myself, but say as the Father gave me teaching.

But now you have a desire to put me to death, a man who has said to you what is true, as I had it from God: Abraham did not do that.

Truly I say to you, If a man keeps my word he will never see death.

The Jews said to him, Now we are certain that you have an evil spirit. Abraham is dead, and the prophets are dead; and you say, If a man keeps my word he will never see death.

And when he went on his way, he saw a man blind from birth.

Then the neighbours and others who had seen him before in the street, with his hand out for money, said, Is not this the man who got money from people?

His answer was: The man who is named Jesus put earth mixed with water on my eyes, and said to me, Go and make yourself clean in Siloam: so I went away and, after washing, am now able to see.

They took him before the Pharisees--this man who had been blind.

Then some of the Pharisees said, That man has not come from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath. Others said, How is it possible for a sinner to do such signs? So there was a division among them.

Again they said to the blind man, What have you to say about him for opening your eyes? And he said, He is a prophet.

Now the Jews had no belief in the statement that he had been blind and was now able to see, till they sent for the father and mother of the man whose eyes had been made open,

They said this because of their fear of the Jews: for the Jews had come to an agreement that if any man said that Jesus was the Christ he would be put out of the Synagogue.

So they sent a second time for the man who had been blind and they said to him, Give glory to God: it is clear to us that this man is a sinner.

We are certain that God gave his word to Moses: but as for this man, we have no knowledge where he comes from.

The man said in answer, Why, here is a strange thing! You have no knowledge where he comes from though he gave me the use of my eyes.

We have knowledge that God does not give ear to sinners, but if any man is a worshipper of God and does his pleasure, to him God's ears are open.

In all the years nobody has ever before seen the eyes of a man blind from birth made open.

If this man did not come from God he would be unable to do anything.

It came to the ears of Jesus that they had put him out, and meeting him he said, Have you faith in the Son of man?

I am the door: if any man goes in through me he will have salvation, and will go in and go out, and will get food.

This was their answer: We are not stoning you for a good work but for evil words; because being a man you make yourself God.

And a great number of people came to him, saying, John did no sign: but everything John said of this man was true.

Now a certain man named Lazarus was ill; he was of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.

Then Jesus said in answer, Are there not twelve hours in the day? A man may go about in the day without falling, because he sees the light of this world.

But if a man goes about in the night, he may have a fall because the light is not in him.

But some of them said, This man, who made open the eyes of the blind man, was he not able to keep his friend from death?

Then the high priests and the Pharisees had a meeting and said, What are we doing? This man is doing a number of signs.

You do not see that it is in your interest for one man to be put to death for the people, so that all the nation may not come to destruction.

And Jesus said to them in answer, The hour of the glory of the Son of man has come.

If any man is my servant, let him come after me; and where I am, there will my servant be. If any man becomes my servant, my Father will give him honour.

Then the people in answer said to him, The law says that the Christ will have life without end: how say you then that it is necessary for the Son of man to be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?

And if any man gives ear to my words and does not keep them, I am not his judge: I did not come to be judge of the world but to give salvation to the world.

Then when he had gone out, Jesus said, Now is glory given to the Son of man, and God is given glory in him.

If a man does not keep himself in me, he becomes dead and is cut off like a dry branch; such branches are taken up and put in the fire and burned.

Greater love has no man than this, that a man gives up his life for his friends.

If I had not done among them the works which no other man ever did, they would have had no sin: but now they have seen, and they have had hate in their hearts for me and my Father.

When a woman is about to give birth she has sorrow, because her hour is come; but when she has given birth to the child, the pain is put out of her mind by the joy that a man has come into the world.

See, a time is coming, yes, it is now here, when you will go away in all directions, every man to his house, and I will be by myself: but I am not by myself, because the Father is with me.

It was Caiaphas who had said to the Jews that it was in their interest for one man to be put to death for the people.

So Pilate came out to them and put the question: What have you to say against this man?

They said to him in answer, If the man was not a wrongdoer we would not have given him up to you.

Then Pilate said to them, Take him yourselves and let him be judged by your law. But the Jews said to him, We have no right to put any man to death.