'Us' in the Bible

Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile an account of the things accomplished among us,

just as they were handed down to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word,

“Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,For He has visited us and accomplished redemption for His people,

And has raised up a horn of salvation for usIn the house of David His servant—

Salvation from our enemies,And from the hand of all who hate us;

To grant us that we, being rescued from the hand of our enemies,Might serve Him without fear,

Because of the tender mercy of our God,With which the Sunrise from on high will visit us,

When the angels had gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds began saying to one another, “Let us go straight to Bethlehem then, and see this thing that has happened which the Lord has made known to us.”

When they saw Him, they were astonished; and His mother said to Him, “Son, why have You treated us this way? Behold, Your father and I have been anxiously looking for You.”

Some soldiers were questioning him, saying, “And what about us, what shall we do?” And he said to them, “Do not take money from anyone by force, or accuse anyone falsely, and be content with your wages.”

“Let us alone! What business do we have with each other, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”

for he loves our nation and it was he who built us our synagogue.”

Fear gripped them all, and they began glorifying God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us!” and, “God has visited His people!”

When the men came to Him, they said, “John the Baptist has sent us to You, to ask, ‘Are You the Expected One, or do we look for someone else?’”

Now on one of those days Jesus and His disciples got into a boat, and He said to them, “Let us go over to the other side of the lake.” So they launched out.

And as these were leaving Him, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good for us to be here; let us make three tabernacles: one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah”—not realizing what he was saying.

John answered and said, “Master, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name; and we tried to prevent him because he does not follow along with us.”

When His disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do You want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them?”

The seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name.”

It happened that while Jesus was praying in a certain place, after He had finished, one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John also taught his disciples.”

‘Give us each day our daily bread.

‘And forgive us our sins,For we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us.And lead us not into temptation.’”

One of the lawyers *said to Him in reply, “Teacher, when You say this, You insult us too.”

Peter said, “Lord, are You addressing this parable to us, or to everyone else as well?”

Once the head of the house gets up and shuts the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock on the door, saying, ‘Lord, open up to us!’ then He will answer and say to you, ‘I do not know where you are from.’

and bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let us eat and celebrate;

And besides all this, between us and you there is a great chasm fixed, so that those who wish to come over from here to you will not be able, and that none may cross over from there to us.’

and they raised their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”

But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to reign over us.’

and they spoke, saying to Him, “Tell us by what authority You are doing these things, or who is the one who gave You this authority?”

But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us to death, for they are convinced that John was a prophet.”

But when the vine-growers saw him, they reasoned with one another, saying, ‘This is the heir; let us kill him so that the inheritance will be ours.’

Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”

and they questioned Him, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, having a wife, and he is childless, his brother should marry the wife and raise up children to his brother.

And Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare the Passover for us, so that we may eat it.”

They said to Him, “Where do You want us to prepare it?”

“If You are the Christ, tell us.” But He said to them, “If I tell you, you will not believe;

No, nor has Herod, for he sent Him back to us; and behold, nothing deserving death has been done by Him.

But they cried out all together, saying, “Away with this man, and release for us Barabbas!”

Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us,’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us.’

One of the criminals who were hanged there was hurling abuse at Him, saying, “Are You not the Christ? Save Yourself and us!”

But also some women among us amazed us. When they were at the tomb early in the morning,

Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just exactly as the women also had said; but Him they did not see.”

But they urged Him, saying, “Stay with us, for it is getting toward evening, and the day is now nearly over.” So He went in to stay with them.

They said to one another, “Were not our hearts burning within us while He was speaking to us on the road, while He was explaining the Scriptures to us?”