'Large Crowds' in the Bible

Have I feared large crowds? Has my family's contempt ever terrified me so that I remained silent and wouldn't go outside?"

And large crowds followed him from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and from the other side of the Jordan.

Seeing the large crowds, Jesus went up in a mountain [i.e., probably a hill near Capernaum] and when He sat down, His disciples came to Him.

And [when] he came down from the mountain, large crowds followed him.

When Jesus saw large crowds around Him, He gave the order to go to the other side of the sea.

But when the large crowds saw [what had happened], they were filled with deep reverence and gave honor to God for giving such authority to men.

But when He saw the large crowds He felt compassion for them because they were distressed and disoriented like sheep without a shepherd.

While Jesus was still speaking to the large crowds, His mother and [half-] brothers were standing outside [of the large house. See 13:1] wanting to speak to Him.

And large crowds gathered close around him, so that he got into a boat to sit down, and all the crowd was standing on the shore.

Jesus' disciples came and said to Him, "Why are you speaking to them [i.e., the large crowds] by using parables?"

And large crowds came to him, having with them [the] mute, blind, lame, crippled, and many others, and they put them down at his feet, and he healed them.

And large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.

But the report about him spread even more, and large crowds were gathering to hear [him] and to be healed of their illnesses.

for the official's only daughter, who was about twelve years old, was dying. As Jesus was going, large crowds pressed in on Him.

Now large crowds were going along with him, and he turned around [and] said to them,

Large crowds also came from the towns surrounding Jerusalem, bringing people who were sick and those troubled by evil spirits, and all of them were [miraculously] healed.

But when the Jews saw the large crowds [gathered to hear the Gospel] they became very jealous and took sharp issue with the things Paul said, and [even] spoke against them.

But some became stubborn and refused to obey [the message], saying false things about "the Way" [Note: This was a term used to designate the early church] in front of the large crowds. So, Paul left [the synagogue] and took the disciples and began holding discussions every day at Tyrannus' school [house].