'Men' in the Bible
While he was going and they were gazing up toward heaven, two men in white robes stood right beside them.
They asked, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up toward heaven? This same Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you saw him go up into heaven."
When they came into the city, these men went to the upstairs room where they had been staying: Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.
who was one of the men associated with us all the time the Lord Jesus came and went among us,
So they nominated two men Joseph called Barsabbas, who also was called Justus, and Matthias.
Then they prayed, "Lord, you know the hearts of all people. Show us which one of these two men you have chosen
"Men of Judea and everyone living in Jerusalem! You must understand something, so pay close attention to my words. These men are not drunk as you suppose, for it's only nine o'clock in the morning.
"In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on everyone. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams.
In those days I will even pour out my Spirit on my slaves, men and women alike, and they will prophesy.
After he was arrested according to the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified this very man and killed him using the hands of lawless men.
But many of those who heard their message believed, and the men grew to number about 5,000.
Now when the Jewish leaders saw the boldness of Peter and John and found out that they were uneducated and ordinary men, they were amazed and realized that they had been with Jesus.
They said, "What should we do with these men? For it's obvious to everybody living in Jerusalem that an unmistakable sign has been done by them, and we cannot deny it.
As long as it remained unsold, wasn't it your own? And after it was sold, wasn't the money at your disposal? So how could you have thought of doing what you did? You didn't lie only to men, but also to God!"
The young men got up, wrapped him up, carried him outside, and buried him.
"How could you have agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord?" Peter asked her. "Listen! The feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and these men will carry you outside as well."
She instantly fell down at Peter's feet and died. When the young men came in, they found her dead. So they carried her out and buried her next to her husband.
Nevertheless, believers were being added to the Lord in increasing numbers both men and women.
After the apostles heard this, they went into the Temple at daybreak and began to teach. The high priest and those who were with him arrived, called the Council and all the elders of Israel together, and sent word to the prison to have the men brought in.
Then someone came and told them, "Look! The men you put in prison are standing in the Temple and teaching the people!"
So the commander of the Temple guards went with his men to bring them back without force, because they were afraid of being stoned to death by the people.
But Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men!
But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the Law who was respected by all the people, stood up in the Council and ordered the men to be taken outside for a little while.
Then he told them, "Fellow Israelis, consider carefully what you propose to do to these men.
For in the recent past Theudas appeared, claiming that he was important, and about 400 men joined him. He was killed, and all his followers were dispersed and disappeared.
"I'm telling you to keep away from these men for now. Leave them alone, because if this plan or movement is of human origin, it will fail.
Therefore, brothers, appoint seven men among you who have a good reputation, who are full of the Spirit and wisdom, and we'll put them in charge of this work.
They had these men stand before the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.
But some men who belonged to the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), as well as some Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and men from Cilicia and Asia, stood up and began to debate with Stephen.
So they secretly got some men to say, "We have heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God."
The next day, he presented himself to some of them while they were fighting and tried to reconcile them. He said, "Men, you are brothers. Why should you be hurting another?'
Devout men buried Stephen as they mourned loudly for him.
But Saul kept trying to destroy the church. Going into one house after another, he began dragging off men and women and throwing them in prison.
But when Philip proclaimed the good news about the kingdom of God and about the name of Jesus the Messiah, men and women believed and were baptized.
He asked him for letters to take with him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he might bring them in chains to Jerusalem.
Meanwhile, the men who were traveling with Saul were standing speechless, for they heard the voice but didn't see anyone.
Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples heard that Peter was there and sent two men to him and begged him, "Come here quickly!"
The angel answered him, "Your prayers and your gifts to the poor have arisen as a reminder to God. Send men now to Joppa and summon Simon, who is called Peter.
While Peter was still at a loss to know what the vision he had seen could mean, the men sent by Cornelius asked for Simon's house and went to the gate.
Peter was still thinking about the vision when the Spirit told him, "Look! Three men are looking for you.
So Peter went to the men and said, "I'm the man you're looking for. Why are you here?"
The men replied, "Cornelius, a centurion and an upright and God-fearing man who is respected by the whole Jewish nation, was instructed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his home to hear what you have to say."
They said, "You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them!"
"At that very moment three men arrived at the house where we were staying. They had been sent to me from Caesarea.
But among them were some men from Cyprus and Cyrene, who came to Antioch and began proclaiming the Lord Jesus even to the Hellenistic Jews.
Then Paul and his men set sail from Paphos and arrived in Perga in Pamphylia, where John left them and went back to Jerusalem.
"Men of Israel and you who fear God, listen! The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors and made them a great people during their stay in the land of Egypt, and with a public display of power he led them out of there.
When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language, "The gods have become like men and have come down to us!"
"Men, why are you doing this? We are merely human beings with natures like yours. We are telling you the good news so you'll turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them.
Then some men came down from Judea and started to teach the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised according to the Law of Moses, you can't be saved."
Then the apostles, the elders, and the whole church decided to choose some of their men to send with Paul and Barnabas to Antioch. These were Judas, who was called Barsabbas, and Silas, who were leaders among the brothers.
Greetings. We have heard that some men, coming from us without instructions from us, have said things to trouble you and have unsettled you.
So we have unanimously decided to choose men and send them to you with our dear Barnabas and Paul,
So the men were sent on their way and arrived in Antioch. They gathered the congregation together and delivered the letter.
She would follow Paul and us and shout, "These men are servants of the Most High God and are proclaiming to you a way of salvation!"
They brought them before the magistrates and said, "These men are stirring up a lot of trouble in our city. They are Jews
When day came, the magistrates sent guards, who commanded, "Release those men."
Some of them were persuaded and began to be associated with Paul and Silas, especially a large crowd of devout Greeks and the wives of many prominent men.
Many of them believed, including a large number of prominent Greek women and men.
The men who escorted Paul took him all the way to Athens and, after receiving instructions to have Silas and Timothy join him as soon as possible, they left.
So Paul stood up in front of the Areopagus and said, "Men of Athens, I see that you are very religious in every way.
Some men joined him and became believers. With them were Dionysius, who was a member of the Areopagus, a woman named Damaris, and some others along with them.
He called a meeting of these men and others who were engaged in similar trades and said, "Men, you well know that we get a good income from this business.
When the city recorder had quieted the crowd, he said, "Men of Ephesus, who in the world doesn't know that this city of Ephesus is the keeper of the temple of the great Artemis and of the statue that fell down from heaven?
For you have brought these men here, although they neither rob temples nor blaspheme our goddess.
These men went on ahead and were waiting for us in Troas.
Indeed, some of your own men will arise and distort the truth in order to lure the disciples into following them.
So do what we tell you. We have four men who are under a vow.
Take these men, go through the purification ceremony with them, and pay their expenses to shave their heads. Then everyone will know that there is nothing in what they have been told about you, but that you are carefully observing and keeping the Law.
Then Paul took those men and the next day purified himself with them. Then he went into the Temple to announce the time when their days of purification would end and when the sacrifice would be offered for each of them.
yelling, "Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere to turn against our people, the Law, and this place. More than that, he has even brought Greeks into the Temple and desecrated this Holy Place."
I persecuted this Way, even executing people, and kept tying up both men and women and putting them in prison,
"He told me, "I'm Jesus from Nazareth, whom you are persecuting.' The men who were with me saw the light but didn't understand the voice of the one who was speaking to me.
"The Lord told me, "Get up and go into Damascus, and there you will be told everything you are destined to do.' Since I could not see because of the brightness of the light, the men who were with me took me by the hand and led me into Damascus.
Then the high priest Ananias ordered the men standing near him to strike him on the mouth.
The men standing near him asked, "Do you mean to insult God's high priest?"
More than 40 men formed this conspiracy.
When these men came to Caesarea, they delivered the letter to the governor and handed Paul over to him.
Otherwise, these men themselves should tell what wrong they found when I stood before the Council
The next day, Agrippa and Bernice arrived with much fanfare and went into the auditorium along with the tribunes and the leading men of the city. At the command of Festus, Paul was brought in.
Then Festus said, "King Agrippa and all you men who are present with us! You see this man about whom the whole Jewish nation petitioned me, both in Jerusalem and here, shouting that he ought not to live any longer.
"Men, I see that during this voyage there will be hardship and a heavy loss not only of the cargo and ship, but also of our lives."
Since the harbor was not a good place to spend the winter, most of the men favored putting out to sea from there on the chance that somehow they could reach Phoenix and spend the winter there. It is a Cretian harbor that faces southwest and northwest.
After they had gone a long time without food, Paul stood among his shipmates and said, "Men, you should have listened to me and not have sailed from Crete. You would have avoided this hardship and damage.
So take courage, men, because I trust God that it will turn out just as he told me.
Paul told the centurion and the soldiers, "Unless these men remain onboard, you cannot be saved."
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