'Man' in the Bible

Then Zechariah asked the angel, "How can I be sure of this, since I am an old man, and my wife is getting older?"

to a virgin engaged to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin's name was Mary.

Mary asked the angel, "How can this happen, since I have not had relations with a man?"

Now a man named Simeon was in Jerusalem. This man was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the one who would comfort Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

When the days of the festival were over, they left for home. The young man Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but his parents did not know it.

Meanwhile, Jesus kept on growing wiser and more mature, and in favor with God and his fellow man.

In the synagogue was a man who had a demon. He screamed with a loud voice,

But Jesus rebuked him. "Be quiet," he said, "and come out of him!" At this, the demon threw the man down in the middle of the synagogue and came out of him without hurting him.

When Simon Peter saw this, he fell down at Jesus' knees and said, "Leave me, Lord! I am a sinful man!" -

One day, while Jesus was in one of the cities, a man covered with leprosy saw Jesus and fell on his face, begging him, "Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean."

Some men were bringing a paralyzed man on a stretcher. They were trying to take him into the house and place him in front of Jesus.

The scribes and the Pharisees began to argue among themselves, saying, "Who is this man who is uttering blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?"

But so you'll know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins"." he told the paralyzed man, "I say to you: Get up, pick up your stretcher, and go home!"

So the man immediately stood up in front of them and picked up what he had been lying on. Then he went home, praising God.

Then he told them, "The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."

Once, on another Sabbath, Jesus went into a synagogue and began teaching. A man whose right hand was paralyzed was there.

But Jesus knew what they were thinking. So he told the man with the paralyzed hand, "Get up, and stand in the middle of the synagogue." So he got up and stood there.

He looked around at all of them and then told the man, "Hold out your hand." The man did so, and his hand was restored to health.

"How blessed are you whenever people hate you, avoid you, insult you, and slander you because of the Son of Man!

because I, too, am a man under authority and have soldiers under me. I say to one "Go' and he goes, to another "Come' and he comes, and to my servant "Do this' and he does it."

As he approached the entrance to the city, a man who had died was being carried out. He was his mother's only son, and she was a widow. A large crowd from the city was with her.

Then he went up and touched the bier, and the men who were carrying it stopped. He said, "Young man, I say to you, get up!"

The man who had been dead sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.

Really, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fancy clothes? Look! Those who wear fine clothes and live in luxury are in royal palaces.

This is the man about whom it is written, "See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.'

The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, "Look! He's a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!'

Now the Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this and told himself, "If this man were a prophet, he would have known who is touching him and what kind of woman she is. She's a sinner!"

Those who were at the table with them began to say among themselves, "Who is this man who even forgives sins?"

Then he asked the disciples, "Where's your faith?" Frightened and amazed, they asked one another, "Who is this man? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him!"

When Jesus stepped out on the shore, a man from the city met him. This man was controlled by demons and had not worn clothes for a long time. He did not live in a house but in the tombs.

because Jesus was in the process of ordering the unclean spirit to come out of the man. On many occasions the unclean spirit had seized the man, and though he was kept under guard and bound with chains and shackles, he would break the chains and be driven by the demon into deserted places.

Jesus asked the man, "What's your name?"

Then the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down a steep slope into the lake and drowned.

So the people went out to see what had happened. When they came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone out sitting at Jesus' feet, dressed and in his right mind, they were frightened.

The people who had seen it told them how the demon-possessed man had been healed.

Now the man from whom the demons had gone out kept begging Jesus to let him go with him. But Jesus sent him away, saying,

"Go home and tell what God has done for you." So the man left and kept proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him.

Herod said, "I beheaded John. But who is this man I'm hearing so much about?" So Herod kept trying to see Jesus.

He said, "The Son of Man must suffer a great deal and be rejected by the elders, the high priests, and the scribes. Then he must be killed, but on the third day he will be raised."

If anyone is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his glory and the glory of the Father and the holy angels.

Suddenly, a man in the crowd shouted, "Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, because he is my only child.

"Listen carefully to these words. The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into human hands."

While they were walking along the road, a man told him, "I will follow you wherever you go."

Jesus told him, "Foxes have holes and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to rest."

He told another man, "Follow me." But he said, "Lord, first let me go and bury my father."

Still another man said, "I will follow you, Lord, but first let me say goodbye to those at home."

But the man wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"

After careful consideration, Jesus replied, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he fell into the hands of bandits. They stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead.

By chance, a priest was traveling along that road. When he saw the man, he went by on the other side.

Similarly, a descendant of Levi came to that place. When he saw the man, he also went by on the other side.

But as he was traveling along, a Samaritan came across the man. When the Samaritan saw him, he was moved with compassion.

"Of these three men, who do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the bandits?"

I tell you, even though that man doesn't want to get up and give him anything because he is his friend, he will get up and give him whatever he needs because of his persistence.

Jesus was driving a demon out of a man who was unable to talk. When the demon had gone out, the man began to speak, and the crowds were amazed.

"When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own mansion, his property is safe.

But when a stronger man than he attacks and defeats him, the stronger man strips off that man's armor in which he trusted and then divides his plunder.

because just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation.

"But I tell you, the Son of Man will acknowledge before God's angels everyone who acknowledges me before people.

Everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the person who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit won't be forgiven.

Then he told them a parable. He said, "The land of a certain rich man produced good crops.

So be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at a time when you don't expect him."

Then Jesus told them this parable: "A man had a fig tree that had been planted in his vineyard. He went to look for fruit on it but didn't find any.

A man whose body was swollen with fluid suddenly appeared in front of him.

But they kept silent. So he took hold of the man, healed him, and sent him away.

Then he told the man who had invited him, "When you give a luncheon or a dinner, stop inviting only your friends, brothers, relatives, or rich neighbors. Otherwise, they may invite you in return and you would be repaid.

Jesus told him, "A man gave a large banquet and invited many people.

But the Pharisees and the scribes kept complaining, "This man welcomes sinners and eats with them."

Then Jesus said, "A man had two sons.

Now Jesus was saying to the disciples, "A rich man had a servant manager who was accused of wasting his assets.

The man replied, "A hundred jars of olive oil.' The manager told him, "Get your bill. Sit down quickly and write "50."'

Then he asked another debtor, "How much do you owe?' The man replied, "A hundred containers of wheat.' The manager told him, "Get your bill and write "80."'

Any man who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery."

"Once there was a rich man who used to dress in purple and fine linen and live in great luxury every day.

"One day, the beggar died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried.

"The rich man said, "Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my father's house

"But the rich man replied, "No, father Abraham! But if someone from the dead went to them, they would repent.'

"Suppose a man among you has a servant plowing or watching sheep. Would he say to him when he comes in from the field, "Come at once and have something to eat'?

He fell on his face at Jesus' feet and thanked him. Now that man was a Samaritan.

Then he told the man, "Get up, and go home! Your faith has made you well."

Then Jesus told the disciples, "The time will come during which you will long to see one of these days when the Son of Man is with you, but you will not see it.

Because just as lightning flashes and shines from one end of the sky to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his time.

"Just as it was in Noah's time, so it will be in the days of the Son of Man.

The day when the Son of Man is revealed will be like that.

I tell you, he will give them justice quickly. But when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?"

I tell you, this man, rather than the other one, went down to his home justified, because everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the person who humbles himself will be exalted."

The official replied, "I have kept all of these since I was a young man."

Jesus took the Twelve aside and told them, "Pay attention! We're going up to Jerusalem. Everything written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled,

As Jesus was approaching Jericho, there was a blind man sitting by the road begging.

Then Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him. When he came near, Jesus asked him,

Immediately the man could see again and began to follow Jesus, glorifying God. All the people saw this and gave praise to God.

a man named Zacchaeus appeared. He was a leading tax collector, and a rich one at that!

He was trying to see who Jesus was, but he couldn't do so due to the crowd, since he was a short man.

Then Jesus told him, "Today salvation has come to this home, because this man is also a descendant of Abraham,

and the Son of Man has come to seek and to save the lost."

But the citizens of his country hated him and sent a delegation to follow him and to announce, "We don't want this man to rule over us!'

because I was afraid of you. You are a hard man. You withdraw what you didn't deposit and harvest what you didn't plant.'

The king told him, "I will judge you by your own words, you evil servant! You knew, did you, that I was a hard man, and that I withdraw what I didn't deposit and harvest what I didn't plant?

"So the king told those standing nearby, "Take the coin away from him and give it to the man who has the ten coins.'

Then he began to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and went abroad for a long time.

and asked him, "Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife but no child, the man should marry the widow and have children for his brother.