'Men' in the Bible

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, in the time of King Herod, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem

Then Herod privately summoned the wise men and determined from them when the star had appeared.

When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he became enraged. He sent men to kill all the children in Bethlehem and throughout the surrounding region from the age of two and under, according to the time he had learned from the wise men.

And the men were amazed and said, "What sort of person is this? Even the winds and the sea obey him!"

When he came to the other side, to the region of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs met him. They were extremely violent, so that no one was able to pass by that way.

The herdsmen ran off, went into the town, and told everything that had happened to the demon-possessed men.

When the crowd saw this, they were afraid and honored God who had given such authority to men.

As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, shouting, "Have mercy on us, Son of David!"

When he went into the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" They said to him, "Yes, Lord."

Not counting women and children, there were about five thousand men who ate.

and they worship me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'"

Not counting children and women, there were four thousand men who ate.

When they gathered together in Galilee, Jesus told them, "The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men.

Two blind men were sitting by the road. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they shouted, "Have mercy on us, Lord, Son of David!"

They said to him, "He will utterly destroy those evil men! Then he will lease the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his portion at the harvest."

"For this reason I am sending you prophets and wise men and experts in the law, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town,

Then there will be two men in the field; one will be taken and one left.

The guards were shaken and became like dead men because they were so afraid of him.

Immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.

For Herod himself had sent men, arrested John, and bound him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, because Herod had married her.

Now there were five thousand men who ate the bread.

They worship me in vain, teaching as doctrine the commandments of men.'

for he was teaching his disciples and telling them, "The Son of Man will be betrayed into the hands of men. They will kill him, and after three days he will rise."

They devour widows' property, and as a show make long prayers. These men will receive a more severe punishment."

Just then some men showed up, carrying a paralyzed man on a stretcher. They were trying to bring him in and place him before Jesus.

When the men came to Jesus, they said, "John the Baptist has sent us to you to ask, 'Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?'"

(Now about five thousand men were there.) Then he said to his disciples, "Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each."

Then two men, Moses and Elijah, began talking with him.

Now Peter and those with him were quite sleepy, but as they became fully awake, they saw his glory and the two men standing with him.

Then as the men were starting to leave, Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good for us to be here. Let us make three shelters, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah" -- not knowing what he was saying.

"Take these words to heart, for the Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men."

"I tell you, whoever acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man will also acknowledge before God's angels.

But the one who denies me before men will be denied before God's angels.

But if that slave should say to himself, 'My master is delayed in returning,' and he begins to beat the other slaves, both men and women, and to eat, drink, and get drunk,

But Jesus said to them, "You are the ones who justify yourselves in men's eyes, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly prized among men is utterly detestable in God's sight.

As he was entering a village, ten men with leprosy met him. They stood at a distance,

"Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

Now the men who were holding Jesus under guard began to mock him and beat him.

While they were perplexed about this, suddenly two men stood beside them in dazzling attire.

The women were terribly frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, "Why do you look for the living among the dead?

that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again."

Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." (Now there was a lot of grass in that place.) So the men sat down, about five thousand in number.

It is written in your law that the testimony of two men is true.

For they loved praise from men more than praise from God.

"I have revealed your name to the men you gave me out of the world. They belonged to you, and you gave them to me, and they have obeyed your word.

Righteous Father, even if the world does not know you, I know you, and these men know that you sent me.

Jesus replied, "I told you that I am he. If you are looking for me, let these men go."

So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the two men who had been crucified with Jesus, first the one and then the other.

As they were still staring into the sky while he was going, suddenly two men in white clothing stood near them

and said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand here looking up into the sky? This same Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven will come back in the same way you saw him go into heaven."

Thus one of the men who have accompanied us during all the time the Lord Jesus associated with us,

But Peter stood up with the eleven, raised his voice, and addressed them: "You men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, know this and listen carefully to what I say.

In spite of what you think, these men are not drunk, for it is only nine o'clock in the morning.

And in the last days it will be,' God says, 'that I will pour out my Spirit on all people, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy, and your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams.

Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.

"Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man clearly attested to you by God with powerful deeds, wonders, and miraculous signs that God performed among you through him, just as you yourselves know --

When Peter saw this, he declared to the people, "Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this? Why do you stare at us as if we had made this man walk by our own power or piety?

But many of those who had listened to the message believed, and the number of the men came to about five thousand.

When they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and discovered that they were uneducated and ordinary men, they were amazed and recognized these men had been with Jesus.

saying, "What should we do with these men? For it is plain to all who live in Jerusalem that a notable miraculous sign has come about through them, and we cannot deny it.

So the young men came, wrapped him up, carried him out, and buried him.

At once she collapsed at his feet and died. So when the young men came in, they found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.

More and more believers in the Lord were added to their number, crowds of both men and women.

But someone came and reported to them, "Look! The men you put in prison are standing in the temple courts and teaching the people!"

But a Pharisee whose name was Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was respected by all the people, stood up in the council and ordered the men to be put outside for a short time.

Then he said to the council, "Men of Israel, pay close attention to what you are about to do to these men.

For some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men joined him. He was killed, and all who followed him were dispersed and nothing came of it.

So in this case I say to you, stay away from these men and leave them alone, because if this plan or this undertaking originates with people, it will come to nothing,

But carefully select from among you, brothers, seven men who are well-attested, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may put in charge of this necessary task.

They stood these men before the apostles, who prayed and placed their hands on them.

But some men from the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, as well as some from Cilicia and the province of Asia, stood up and argued with Stephen.

Then they secretly instigated some men to say, "We have heard this man speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God."

The next day Moses saw two men fighting, and tried to make peace between them, saying, 'Men, you are brothers; why are you hurting one another?'

Some devout men buried Stephen and made loud lamentation over him.

But Saul was trying to destroy the church; entering one house after another, he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison.

But when they believed Philip as he was proclaiming the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they began to be baptized, both men and women.

and requested letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged to the Way, either men or women, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

(Now the men who were traveling with him stood there speechless, because they heard the voice but saw no one.)

Because Lydda was near Joppa, when the disciples heard that Peter was there, they sent two men to him and urged him, "Come to us without delay."

Now send men to Joppa and summon a man named Simon, who is called Peter.

Now while Peter was puzzling over what the vision he had seen could signify, the men sent by Cornelius had learned where Simon's house was and approached the gate.

While Peter was still thinking seriously about the vision, the Spirit said to him, "Look! Three men are looking for you.

So Peter went down to the men and said, "Here I am, the person you're looking for. Why have you come?"

saying, "You went to uncircumcised men and shared a meal with them."

At that very moment, three men sent to me from Caesarea approached the house where we were staying.

But there were some men from Cyprus and Cyrene among them who came to Antioch and began to speak to the Greeks too, proclaiming the good news of the Lord Jesus.

So Paul stood up, gestured with his hand and said, "Men of Israel, and you Gentiles who fear God, listen:

But the Jews incited the God-fearing women of high social standing and the prominent men of the city, stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and threw them out of their region.

"Men, why are you doing these things? We too are men, with human natures just like you! We are proclaiming the good news to you, so that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them.

Now some men came down from Judea and began to teach the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved."

Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to send men chosen from among them, Judas called Barsabbas and Silas, leaders among the brothers, to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas.

we have unanimously decided to choose men to send to you along with our dear friends Barnabas and Paul,

She followed behind Paul and us and kept crying out, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation."

When they had brought them before the magistrates, they said, "These men are throwing our city into confusion. They are Jews

At daybreak the magistrates sent their police officers, saying, "Release those men."

But the Jews became jealous, and gathering together some worthless men from the rabble in the marketplace, they formed a mob and set the city in an uproar. They attacked Jason's house, trying to find Paul and Silas to bring them out to the assembly.

Therefore many of them believed, along with quite a few prominent Greek women and men.

So Paul stood before the Areopagus and said, "Men of Athens, I see that you are very religious in all respects.

(Now there were about twelve men in all.)

He gathered these together, along with the workmen in similar trades, and said, "Men, you know that our prosperity comes from this business.