'People' in the Bible

The people who lived there were unusually kind to us. It had started to rain and was cold, so they started a bonfire and invited us to join them around it.

When the people who lived there saw the snake hanging from his hand, they told one another, "This man must be a murderer! He may have escaped from the sea, but Justice won't let him live."

After that had happened, the rest of the sick people on the island went to him and were healed.

Three days later, Paul called the leaders of the Jews together. When they assembled, he told them, "Brothers, although I haven't done anything against our people or the customs of our ancestors, I was arrested in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.

But the Jews objected and forced me to appeal to the emperor, even though I have no countercharge to bring against my own people.

However, we'd like to hear from you what you believe, because people are talking against this sect everywhere."

He said, "Go to this people and say, "You will listen and listen but never understand, and you will look and look but never see!