148 occurrences

'People' in the Bible

And gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ should be born.

Verse ConceptsChief priestsLeaders, SpiritualSanhedrinTeachers Of The LawAssembling LeadersAsking Particular QuestionsChrist's OriginThe Chief Priests Convened

And thou Bethlehem, land of Judah, Art in no wise least among the princes of Judah: For out of thee shall come forth a governor, Who shall be shepherd of my people Israel.

Verse ConceptsGod, As ShepherdRulersWatchfulness, DivineNames And Titles For ChristChrist Is King Of IsraelUnimportant Things

For this people's heart is waxed gross, And their ears are dull of hearing, And their eyes they have closed; Lest haply they should perceive with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And should turn again, And I should heal them.

Verse ConceptsDeafnessConversion, examples ofHardened HeartsEyes, Figurative UseEarsHardness Of HeartHeart, Fallen And RedeemedIndifferenceWilful IgnoranceInsensibilityDullnessSpiritual DeafnessNature Of The HeartTurning To GodRefusing To HearEvil EyesNot Seeing Spiritual ThingsBeing Without UnderstandingFeelingGod HealsUnhearing

And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?

Verse ConceptsChief priestsLeaders, SpiritualEntering The TempleChrist TeachingChrist In The TempleGod Appointing His SonResolving Conflict

Then were gathered together the chief priests, and the elders of the people, unto the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas;

Verse ConceptsScribesChrist Would Be KilledThe Elderlypriests

But they said, Not during the feast, lest a tumult arise among people.

Verse ConceptsDisorder Among PeopleAt The Same Time

And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priest and elders of the people.

Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalChief priestsCrowdsLargenessWhile Still SpeakingTwelve DisciplesClubsThe Chief Priests Condemning Christ

Now when morning was come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Jesus Christelders, as community leadersChief priestsPlottingChrist Would Be KilledMan's CounselJesus Deathpriests

Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest haply his disciples come and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: and the last error will be worse than the first.

Verse ConceptsThe Disciples ActionsChrist Would RiseWorse

And the people'saw them going, and many knew them , and they ran together there on foot from all the cities, and outwent them.

Verse ConceptsGroups RunningRecognising PeopleSeeing Peoplerecognition

And when they were come out of the boat, straightway the people knew him,

Verse ConceptsRecognising People

And he said unto them, Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoreth me with their lips, But their heart is far from me.

Verse ConceptsHoliness, Purpose OfLegalismLipsPretenceProfessingLack Of MeaningGod And The HeartMere TalkNamed Prophets Of The LordProphecies concerningHypocritesHypocrisy

But should we say, From men--they feared the people: for all verily held John to be a prophet.

Verse ConceptsFearing Other PeopleIndividual ProphetsMan's Teaching

David himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he his son? And the common people heard him gladly.

Verse ConceptseagernessCrowdsPopularity Of Christ

for they said, Not during the feast, lest haply there shall be a tumult of the people.

Verse ConceptsDisorder Among People

And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the hour of incense.

Verse ConceptsPrayer MeetingsWhen To Pray

And he shall go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to walk in the wisdom of the just; to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him .

Verse ConceptsHeraldPower, HumanSpirit, Emotional Aspects OfProphecies Concerning ChristForerunnersDivine MessengerCausing People To TurnPeople Going BeforeAcquiring WisdomFathers And SonsPowerful Individualsparentingdisobedience

And the people were waiting for Zacharias, and they marvelled while he tarried in the temple.

Verse ConceptsPeople WaitingPeople Who Delayed

Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; For he hath visited and wrought redemption for his people,

Verse ConceptsGod, As RedeemerGod VisitingBless The Lord!redeemed

And the angel said unto them, Be not afraid; for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all the people:

Verse ConceptsChristmasevangelism, nature ofHeraldPromised JoyGood TidingsRejoicing In God's WordJoyNativity of Jesus ChristJesus BirthPeace And Comfortgabrielreassurance

And as the people were in expectation, and all men reasoned in their hearts concerning John, whether haply he were the Christ;

Verse ConceptsWaitingMessianic HopePeople WaitingWho Is John The Baptist?expectations

With many other exhortations therefore preached he good tidings unto the people;

Verse Conceptsevangelists, identity ofencouragement, examples of

Now it came to pass, when all the people were baptized, that, Jesus also having been baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,

Verse ConceptsJohn The BaptistThe Act Of OpeningOpening HeavenBaptised By JohnChrist's BaptismJesus PrayingBaptismTrinity

and he came down with them, and stood on a level place, and a great multitude of his disciples, and a great number of the people from all Judaea and Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;

Verse ConceptsSermon On The MountCoastlandsChrist Going DownHearing ChristJesus HealingOther References To The Disciples

After he had ended all his sayings in the ears of the people, he entered into Capernaum.

Verse ConceptsLast Words

Now when he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, there was carried out one that was dead, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.

Verse ConceptsGatesCrowdsLonelinessWidowsCrowds Around JesusThe Only ChildCarrying Dead BodiesOnly Child Of PeopleActual WidowsCorpses Of Other PeopleDeath Of A Mother

And fear took hold on all: and they glorified God, saying, A great prophet is arisen among us: and, God hath visited his people.

Verse ConceptsProphecy, In NtGod VisitingFear Of ChristJesus The ProphetSpecific Praising Of GodAwe

And all the people when they heard, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.

Verse ConceptsJohn's BaptismPrejudiceTax CollectorsReceived OutcastsBaptised By JohnBaptismtaxes

And all the people of the country of the Gerasenes round about asked him to depart from them, for they were holden with great fear: and he entered into a boat, and returned.

Verse ConceptsCowardicedefeatFear, Of UnknownBoatsFear Of Christ

And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before him declared in the presence of all the people for what cause she touched him, and how she was healed immediately.

Verse ConceptsTremblingIndividuals TremblingTouching For HealingBowing Before MessiahHow Healing CamePeople Made KnownTelling What People DidWhy People Did Things

But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more than five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy food for all this people.

Verse ConceptsdoubtersFive ThingsBuying FoodFeeding GroupsTwo AnimalsFish

And immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God: and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto God.

Verse ConceptsFollowing Jesus Christ

And he was teaching daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the principal men of the people sought to destroy him:

Verse ConceptsScribesTeachers Of The LawAmazement, Of Jesus ChristPlottingUnceasingAlways Being ActiveChrist TeachingChrist Would Be KilledOpposition To Christ From Scribes

and they could not find what they might do; for the people all hung upon him, listening.

And it came to pass, on one of the days, as he was teaching the people in the temple, and preaching the gospel, there came upon him the chief priests and the scribes with the elders;

Verse ConceptsTeachingThe Gospel PreachedChrist TeachingOpposition To Christ From Scribesevangelizingevangelising

But if we shall say, From men; all the people will stone us: for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.

Verse ConceptsFear Of StoningIndividual ProphetsMan's Teaching

And he began to speak unto the people this parable: A man planted a vineyard, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country for a long time.

Verse ConceptsOccupationsFortsAfter A Long TimeLeasingFarming

And they were not able to take hold of the saying before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.

Verse ConceptsResponseSilenceTrapAmazement, Of Jesus ChristIndividuals Being SilentBeware Of Your SpeechUnable To Harm

And in the hearing of all the people he said unto his disciples,

Verse ConceptsListeningHearing ChristChrist Speaking To Disciples

Woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days! for there shall be great distress upon the land, and wrath unto this people.

Verse ConceptsBreasts, Nursing MothersWombWoeHarming Pregnant WomenSigns Of The TimesMothersEnd Of DaysMotherhoodStaying Strong During Hard TimesHaving A BabyThe Rapturebabychildbearing

And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, to hear him.

Verse ConceptsRising Early, Examples OfeagernessThose Who Rose Early

And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him to death; for they feared the people.

Verse ConceptsPersecution, Forms OfScribesTeachers Of The LawChrist Would Be KilledFearing Other PeopleOpposition To Christ From Scribes

And as soon as it was day, the assembly of the elders of the people was gathered together, both chief priests and scribes; and they led him away into their council, saying,

Verse ConceptsDawnChief priestsAssembling LeadersDaybreakAt DaybreakOpposition To Christ From ScribesThe Chief Priests Convenedelders

But they were the more urgent, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Judaea, and beginning from Galilee even unto this place.

Verse ConceptsChrist TeachingPersistence

And Pilate called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,

Verse ConceptsRulersAssembling LeadersThe Chief Priests Convened

and said unto them, Ye brought unto me this man, as one that perverteth the people: and behold, I having examined him before you, found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him:

Verse ConceptsFaultlessnessTesting ChristBeing Misleadassertiveness

And there followed him a great multitude of the people, and of women who bewailed and lamented him.

Verse ConceptsLamentingLargenessTearsCrowds Around JesusMourning The Death Of Christ

And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also scoffed at him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if this is the Christ of God, his chosen.

Verse ConceptsMockeryNosesMessiahChrist, Names ForDerisionWatching ChristSaid To Be The ChristSaying RepeatedlyMocking ChristSaving Oneselfassertiveness

And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:

Verse ConceptsChrist, Names ForChrist's WorkDoing God's WorksJesus The Prophet

So the woman left her waterpot, and went away into the city, and saith to the people,

Verse ConceptsWater ContainersAbandoning Thingspotwomanhood

Jesus said, Make the people sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.

Verse ConceptsFive ThousandPeople Sitting DownReclining To Eatgroups

When therefore the people saw the sign which he did, they said, This is of a truth the prophet that cometh into the world.

Verse ConceptsMessianic Titles, The ProphetSigns Performed By ChristJesus The ProphetWho He Might Be

And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.

Verse ConceptsDawnFeetRising Early, Examples OfSittingJesus As Our TeacherSitting To TeachChrist TeachingChrist In The Temple

nor do ye take account that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.

Verse ConceptsLord's SupperSubstitutionThe Effect Of Christ's DeathNot Understanding Other ThingsUseful ThingsVicarious SubstitutionDyingorganization

The common people therefore of the Jews learned that he was there: and they came, not for Jesus'sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.

Verse ConceptsLargenessLiving WitnessesCuriosityPopularity Of ChristCrowds Seekinglazarus

Now Caiaphas was he that gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.

Verse ConceptsThe Effect Of Christ's DeathUseful Things

And as he held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.

Verse ConceptsSolomon, Life OfPorchesClinging To PeopleGateways Of The TempleGroups Running

And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this man? or why fasten ye your eyes on us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made him to walk?

Verse ConceptsPower Through GodPeter, The ApostleThe Healed WalkingLooking Intently At Peoplepietysurprises

And it shall be, that every soul that shall not hearken to that prophet, shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.

Verse ConceptsGod Is ImmanentGod Will Kill His People

And as they spake unto the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,

Verse ConceptsCaptainsGuardsJewish SectsWhile Still SpeakingPriests In Action

being sore troubled because they taught the people, and proclaimed in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

Verse ConceptsHeraldTeachersTeachingTeaching The Way Of God

be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even in him doth this man stand here before you whole.

Verse ConceptsCuresGod, Power OfPeter, Preacher And TeacherAtonement, By Christ AloneIn The Name Of ChristGod Raising ChristChrist Was KilledHow Healing Came

But that it spread no further among the people, let us threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.

Verse ConceptsSpreadingPersecution, Forms OfWitnessing, And Holy SpiritSpeaking In Christ's NameSpreading The Gospel

And they, when they had further threatened them, let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people; for all men glorified God for that which was done.

Verse ConceptsPeople Set Free By PeopleSpecific Praising Of God

But of the rest durst no man join himself to them: howbeit the people magnified them;

Verse ConceptsSuperstitionJoined To The ChurchWork Ethic

And there came one and told them, Behold, the men whom ye put in the prison are in the temple standing and teaching the people.

Verse Conceptsevangelism, kinds ofDisciples In The TempleTeaching The Way Of God

Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them, but without violence; for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned.

Verse ConceptsPublic OpinionGentle WordsFear Of StoningFearing Other People

But there stood up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in honor of all the people, and commanded to put the men forth a little while.

Verse ConceptsIntelligenceStatusTeachers Of The LawJewish SectsScholarsSchools

After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the enrolment, and drew away'some of the people after him: he also perished; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered abroad.

Verse ConceptsCensusHistoryPeople Following PeopleScattering Followers

And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and seized him, and brought him into the council,

Verse ConceptsArrestingelders, as community leadersHigh Priest, In NtInciting To EvilSanhedrinTeachers Of The Law

But as the time of the promise drew nigh which God vouchsafed unto Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

Verse ConceptsGod Of The FathersPeople MultiplyingGod's Promise To AbrahamThe Time AppointedPromisesfulfillment

I have surely seen the affliction of my people that is in Egypt, and have heard their groaning, and I am come down to deliver them: and now come, I will send thee into Egypt.

Verse ConceptsAnswered PrayerOppression, God's Attitude ToRescueAnswered PromisesGod Seeing Their AfflictionGod Saving From EnemiesOppressorsGod Sending His SonGod Sending Prophets

But there was a certain man, Simon by name, who beforetime in the city used sorcery, and amazed the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:

Verse ConceptsClaimsPride, Examples OfSelf ConfidenceSuperiorityBoastersGreat IndividualsSorcerymagic

not to all the people, but unto witnesses that were chosen before of God, even to us, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.

Verse ConceptsContemporary Witness To ChristChrist Is Risen

and when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that even for a whole year they were gathered together with the church, and taught much people, and that the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.

Verse ConceptsCongregationChristiansTeachersChristian TeachersNames And Titles For The ChristianAntioch in SyriaChurch, Examples OfNew Birth, Evidenced ByOne YearTeaching In The ChurchFirst Among The GentilesCalledThe churchDiscipleshipGoing To ChurchchristianityencouraginggroupschristChristians Are Called Disciples

And when he had taken him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to guard him; intending after the Passover to bring him forth to the people.

Verse ConceptsGuardsImprisonmentsPassoverPrisonersPunishment, Legal Aspects OfSoldiersFour GroupsEasterPeople Releasing Othersjail

And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a truth, that the Lord hath sent forth his angel and delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

Verse ConceptsSafetySelf KnowledgeAngels Doing God's WorkChrist Sendingexpectations

And the people shouted,'saying , The voice of a god, and not of a man.

Verse ConceptsFlatteryVoicesMen As Godsworms

And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.

Verse ConceptsReadingLiteracySynagogueReading The ScripturesExhort OthersStudying The LawUse Of The ScripturesWritten In The ProphetsEncouragementMotivationReading The Bibleencouraginguplifting

The God of this people Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they sojourned in the land of Egypt, and with a high arm led he them forth out of it.

Verse ConceptsGuidance, Examples Of God'sArm Of GodLeaving EgyptGod Multipling PeopleStrangers in israel

when John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

Verse ConceptsJohn's BaptismSigns Of Repentance

and he was seen for many days of them that came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses unto the people.

Verse ConceptsApostles, Function In Early ChurchGospel, Confirmation OfWitnesses, To Jesus ChristApostles, Duties OfContemporary Witness To ChristAction For A Long Time

Symeon hath rehearsed how first God visited the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.

Verse ConceptsFirst Among The GentilesOther References To God's Name

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