'People' in the Bible

And all the people were offering prayers outside, at the time of the burning of perfumes.

And you will be glad and have great delight; and numbers of people will have joy at his birth.

And he will go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, turning the hearts of fathers to their children, and wrongdoers to the way of righteousness; to make ready a people whose hearts have been turned to the Lord.

And the people were waiting for Zacharias and were surprised because he was in the Temple for such a long time.

Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has come to his people and made them free,

To give knowledge of salvation to his people, through the forgiveness of sins,

And the angel said, Have no fear; for truly, I give you good news of great joy which will be for all the people:

A light of revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of your people Israel.

And Simeon gave them his blessing and said to Mary, his mother, See, this child will be the cause of the downfall and the lifting up of great numbers of people in Israel, and he will be a sign against which hard words will be said;

So he said to the people who went out to him for baptism: You offspring of snakes, at whose word are you going in flight from the wrath to come?

And the people put questions to him, saying, What have we to do?

And while the people were waiting, and all men were questioning in their hearts about John, if he was the Christ or not,

And so comforting them with these and other words, he gave the good news to the people;

Now it came about that when all the people had been given baptism, Jesus, having had baptism with them, was in prayer, when, the heaven being open,

And when it was day, he came out and went to a waste place; and great numbers of people came looking for him, and they came to him and would have kept him from going away.

Now it came about that while the people came pushing to be near him, and to have knowledge of the word of God, he was by a wide stretch of water named Gennesaret;

And he got into one of the boats, the property of Simon, and made a request to him to go a little way out from the land. And being seated he gave the people teaching from the boat.

But news of him went out all the more, in every direction, and great numbers of people came together to give hearing to his words and to be made well from their diseases.

And because of the mass of people, there was no way to get him in; so they went up on the top of the house and let him down through the roof, on his bed, into the middle in front of Jesus.

And he came down with them to a level place, and a great band of his disciples, and a very great number of people from all Judaea and Jerusalem and from the parts of Tyre and Sidon by the sea, came to give hearing to him, and to be made well from their diseases;

And all the people were desiring to be touched by him, for power came from him and made them all well.

After he had come to the end of all his words in the hearing of the people, he went into Capernaum.

And when these things were said to Jesus, he was surprised, and, turning to the mass of people coming after him, said, I have not seen such great faith, no, not in Israel.

And it came about, after a little time, that he went to a town named Nain; and his disciples went with him, and a great number of people.

Now when he came near the door of the town, a dead man was being taken out, the only son of his mother, who was a widow: and a great number of people from the town were with her.

And fear came on all, and they gave praise to God, saying, A great prophet is among us: and, God has given thought to his people.

At that time, he made a number of people free from their diseases and their pains, and from evil spirits; and to others who were blind he gave back the use of their eyes.

And when the men who were sent by John had gone away, he said to the people, about John, What did you go out into the waste land to see? a tall stem moving in the wind?

(And all the people, and the tax-farmers, to whom John had given baptism, when they had knowledge of these things, gave glory to God.

And when a great number of people came together, and men from every town went out to him, he gave them teaching in the form of a story:

And his mother and his brothers came to him, and they were not able to get near him because of the great number of people.

And all the people of the country of the Gerasenes made a request to him to go away from them; for they were in great fear: and he got into a boat and went back.

And when Jesus went back, the people were glad to see him, for they were all waiting for him.

For he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was near to death. But while he was on his way, the people were pushing to be near him.

And Jesus said, Who was touching me? And when they all said, It is not I, Peter and those who were with him said, Master, the people are pushing round you on every side.

And when the woman saw that she was not able to keep it secret, she came, shaking with fear, and falling down before him she made clear before all the people the reason for her touching him, and how she was made well straight away.

And all the people were weeping and crying for her; but he said, Do not be sad, for she is not dead, but sleeping.

And if any people will not take you in, when you go away from that town, put off its dust from your feet for a witness against them.

And they went away, journeying through all the towns, preaching the good news and making people free from diseases in all places.

Now Herod the king had news of all these things: and he was in doubt, because it was said by some people that John had come back from the dead;

And the twelve, when they came back, gave him an account of what they had done. And he took them with him and went away from the people to a town named Beth-saida.

But the people, getting news of it, went after him: and he was pleased to see them, and gave them teaching about the kingdom of God, and made those well who were in need of it.

And the day went on; and the twelve came to him and said, Send these people away so that they may go into the towns and the country round about and get resting-places and food for themselves, for we are in a waste place.

But he said, Give them food yourselves. And they said, We have only five cakes of bread and two fishes, if we do not go and get food for all these people.

And he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing over them, and when they had been broken, he gave them to the disciples to give to the people.

And it came about that when he was in prayer, by himself, and the disciples were with him, he put a question to them, saying, Who do the people say I am?

And on the day after, when they came down from the mountain, a great band of people came to him.

And he was sending an evil spirit out of a man who was without the power of talking. And it came about that when the spirit had gone the man had the power of talking; and the people were full of wonder.

He who is not with me is against me, and he who will not give me help in getting people together is driving them away.

And it came about that when he said these things, a certain woman among the people said in a loud voice, Happy is the body which gave you birth, and the breasts from which you took milk.

And when a great number of people came together to him, he said, This generation is an evil generation: it is looking for a sign and no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah.

At that time, when thousands of the people had come together, in such numbers that they were crushing one another, he said first to his disciples, Have nothing to do with the leaven of the Pharisees, which is deceit.

And one of the people said to him, Master, give an order to my brother to make division of the heritage with me.

Then he said to the people, When you see a cloud coming up in the west, straight away you say, There will be rain; and so it is.

Now some people who were there at that time, gave him an account of how the blood of some Galilaeans had been mixed by Pilate with their offerings.

And the ruler of the Synagogue was angry because Jesus had made her well on the Sabbath, and he said to the people, There are six days in which men may do work: so come on those days to be made well, and not on the Sabbath.

And when he said these things, those who were against him were shamed, and all the people were full of joy because of the great things which were done by him.

And Jesus, answering, said to the scribes and Pharisees, Is it right to make people well on the Sabbath or not?

And he said to them, A certain man gave a great feast, and sent word of it to a number of people.

Now a great number of people went with him.

And he went and put himself into the hands of one of the people of that country, and he sent him into his fields to give the pigs their food.

And the servant said to himself, What am I to do now that my lord takes away my position? I have not enough strength for working in the fields, and I would be shamed if I made requests for money from people in the streets.

And if you have not been true in your care of the property of other people, who will give you that which is yours?

And he made this story for some people who were certain that they were good, and had a low opinion of others:

And hearing the sound of a great number of people going by, he said, What is this?

And straight away he was able to see, and he went after him, giving glory to God; and all the people when they saw it gave praise to God.

Made an attempt to get a view of Jesus, and was not able to do so, because of the people, for he was a small man.

But his people had no love for him, and sent representatives after him, saying, We will not have this man for our ruler.

And some of the Pharisees among the people said to him, Master, make your disciples be quiet.

And every day he was teaching in the Temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the rulers of the people were attempting to put him to death;

But they were not able to do anything, because the people all kept near him, being greatly interested in his words.

And it came about on one of those days, when he was teaching the people in the Temple and preaching the good news,

That the chief priests and the scribes and the rulers of the people came to him and said, Make clear to us by what authority you do these things and who gave you this authority.

But if we say, Of men; we will be stoned by the people, for they are certain that John was a prophet.

And he gave the people this story: A man made a vine-garden and gave the use of it to some field-workers and went into another country for a long time.

And the chief priests and the scribes made attempts to get their hands on him in that very hour; and they were in fear of the people, for they saw that he had made up this story against them.

And they were not able to get anything from these words before the people: but they were full of wonder at his answer, and said nothing.

And in the hearing of all the people he said to his disciples,

And he said, Take care that you are not tricked: for a number of people will come in my name, saying, I am he; and, The time is near: do not go after them.

It will be hard for women who are with child, and for her with a baby at the breast, in those days. For great trouble will come on the land, and wrath on this people.

And all the people came early in the morning to give ear to his words in the Temple.

And the chief priests and the scribes were looking for a chance to put him to death, but they went in fear of the people.

And he made an agreement with them to give him up to them, if he got a chance, when the people were not present.

And while he was saying these words, there came a band of people, and Judas, one of the twelve, was in front of them, and he came near to Jesus to give him a kiss.

And when it was day, the rulers of the people came together, with the chief priests and the scribes, and they took him before their Sanhedrin, saying,

And Pilate said to the chief priests and the people, In my opinion this man has done no wrong

But they became more violent than before, saying, He has made trouble among the people, teaching through all Judaea from Galilee to this place.

And Pilate sent for the chief priests and the rulers and the people, and said to them,

You say that this man has been teaching the people evil things: now I, after going into the question before you, see nothing wrong in this man in connection with the things which you have said against him

And a great band of people went after him, and of women making signs of grief and weeping for him.

And the people were looking on. And the rulers made sport of him, saying, He was a saviour of others; let him do something for himself, if he is the Christ, the man of God's selection.

And all the people who had come together to see it, when they saw the things which were done, went back again making signs of grief.

And he said to them, What things? And they said, The things to do with Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet, great in his acts and his words, before God and all the people: