'People' in the Bible

He came to the things that were His own, and His own people gave Him no welcome.

and said to him, "It is usual to put on the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then that which is inferior. But you have kept the good wine till now."

And John too was baptizing at Aenon, near Salim, because there were many pools of water there; and people came and received baptism.

they came to John and reported to him, "Rabbi, he who was with you on the other side of the Jordan and to whom you bore testimony is now baptizing, and great numbers of people are resorting to him."

Our forefathers worshipped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where people must worship is in Jerusalem."

The woman however, leaving her pitcher, went away to the town, and called the people.

Then a far larger number of people believed because of His own words,

In these there used to lie a great number of sick persons, and of people who were blind or lame or paralyzed.

And when He looked round and saw an immense crowd coming towards Him, He said to Philip, "Where shall we buy bread for all these people to eat?"

"Make the people sit down," said Jesus. The ground was covered with thick grass; so they sat down, the adult men numbering about 5,000.

Thereupon the people, having seen the miracle He had performed, said, "This is indeed the Prophet who was to come into the world."

Among the mass of the people there was much muttered debate about Him. Some said, "He is a good man." Others said, "Not so: he is imposing on the people."

Some however of the people of Jerusalem said, "Is not this the man they are wanting to kill?

The Pharisees heard the people thus expressing their various doubts about Him, and the High Priests and the Pharisees sent some officers to apprehend Him.

So there was a violent dissension among the people on His account.

At break of day however He returned to the Temple, and there the people came to Him in crowds. He seated Himself;

His neighbours, therefore, and the other people to whom he had been a familiar object because he was a beggar, began asking, "Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?"

We know that God does not listen to bad people, but that if any one is a God-fearing man and obeys Him, to him He listens.

Large numbers of people also came to Him. Their report was, "John did not work any miracle, but all that John said about this Teacher was true."

You do not reflect that it is to your interest that one man should die for the people rather than the whole nation perish."

The large number of people, however, who had been present when He called Lazarus out of the tomb and brought him back to life, related what they had witnessed.

(It was this Caiaphas who had advised the Jews, saying, "It is to your interest that one man should die for the People.")