This Eng. word is used in the NT indefinitely for 'persons,' there being no word in the Gr. (Mr 6:5; Joh 5:3; Ac 5:16). But in the OT the word has the definite meaning of nation or people, even Pr 30:26 'The conies are but a feeble folk,' having this meaning. In the metrical version of '/Psalm/100/3/type/hcsb'>Ps 100:3, 'flock' should be 'folk,' corresponding to 'people' in the prose version. So the author wrote
Acknowledge that the Lord is God. He made us, and we are His - His people, the sheep of His pasture.
hyraxes are not a mighty people, yet they make their homes in the cliffs;
So He was not able to do any miracles there, except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them.
Within these lay a multitude of the sick-blind, lame, and paralyzed [-waiting for the moving of the water,
In addition, a multitude came together from the towns surrounding Jerusalem, bringing sick people and those who were tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all healed.
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