'People' in the Bible

And the whole crowd of the people were praying outside at the hour of the incense offering.

And he will go on before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, to prepare for the Lord a people made ready."

And the people were waiting for Zechariah, and began to wonder [when] he was delayed in the temple.

"Thus the Lord has done for me in the days in which he has concerned himself with [me], to take away my disgrace among people."

"Blessed [be] the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has visited to help and {has redeemed} his people,

to give knowledge of salvation to his people by the forgiveness of their sins,

And the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring good news to you of great joy which will be for all the people:

"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among people {with whom he is pleased}!"

a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and glory to your people Israel."

And Jesus was advancing in wisdom and stature and in favor with God and [with] people.

And [while] the people were waiting expectantly and all were pondering in their hearts concerning John, whether perhaps he might be the Christ,

So with many other exhortations also he proclaimed good news to the people.

Now it happened that when all the people were baptized, Jesus also was baptized, and [while he] was praying, heaven was opened,

and so also [were] James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were business partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, "Do not be afraid! From now on you will be catching people!"

And he came down with them [and] stood on a level place, and a large crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all of Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast district of Tyre and Sidon,

Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and revile [you] and spurn your name as evil on account of the Son of Man.

Woe whenever all people speak well of you, for their fathers used to do the same [things] to the false prophets.

And just as you want people {to do} to you, do {the same} to them.

After he had finished all his statements in the hearing of the people, he entered into Capernaum.

And fear seized [them] all, and they began to glorify God, saying, "A great prophet has appeared among us!" and "God has visited to help his people!"

In that hour he healed many [people] of diseases and suffering and evil spirits, and he granted sight to many blind [people].

(And all the people, [when they] heard [this]--even the tax collectors--affirmed the righteousness of God, [because they] had been baptized [with] the baptism of John,

"To what then shall I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like?

And all the people of the surrounding region of the Gerasenes asked him to depart from them, because they had been seized with great fear. So he got into the boat [and] returned.

And [when] the woman saw that she did not escape notice, she came trembling and falling down before him. In the presence of all the people, she told for what reason she had touched him, and that she was healed immediately.

But he said to them, "You give them [something] to eat!" And they said, "{We have no} more than five loaves and two fish, unless perhaps we go [and] purchase food for all these people."

The queen of the south will rise up at the judgment with the people of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, [something] greater than Solomon [is] here!

The people of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the proclamation of Jonah, and behold, [something] greater than Jonah [is] here!

Woe to you, because you are like unmarked graves, and the people who walk over [them] do not know [it]!

So he said, "Woe to you also, legal experts, because you load people [with] burdens hard to bear, and [you] yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers!

"And I tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before people, the Son of Man also will acknowledge him before the angels of God,

but the one who denies me before people will be denied before the angels of God.

And you, [be] like people who are waiting for their master when he returns from the wedding feast, so that [when he] comes back and knocks, they can open [the door] for him immediately.

Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them--do you think that they were sinners worse than all the people who live in Jerusalem?

I tell you that in the [same] way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.

saying, "There was a certain judge in a certain town who did not fear God and did not respect people.

And he was not willing for a time, but after these [things] he said to himself, 'Even if I do not fear God or respect people,

The Pharisee stood [and] prayed these [things] with reference to himself: 'God, I give thanks to you that I am not like other people--swindlers, unrighteous [people], adulterers, or even like this tax collector!

And immediately he regained [his] sight and began to follow him, glorifying God. And all the people, [when they] saw [it], gave praise to God.

And he was teaching every day in the temple [courts], and the chief priests and the scribes and the most prominent men of the people were seeking to destroy him.

And they did not find anything they could do, because all the people were paying close attention to [what] they were hearing from him.

And it happened that on one of the days [while] he was teaching the people in the temple [courts] and proclaiming the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes approached together with the elders

But if we say, 'From men,' all the people will stone us to death, because they are convinced [that] John was a prophet."

And he began to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard, and leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey for a long time.

And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay [their] hands on him at [that] same hour, and they were afraid of the people, for they knew that he had told this parable with reference to them.

And they were not able to catch [him] in a statement in the sight of the people, and astonished at his answer, they became silent.

And [while] all the people were listening, he said to the disciples,

Woe to those {who are pregnant} and to those who are nursing [their babies] in those days! For there will be great distress on the earth and wrath against this people,

people fainting from fear and expectation of what is coming on the inhabited earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

And all the people were getting up very early in the morning [to come] to him in the temple [courts] to listen to him.

And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they could destroy him, because they were afraid of the people.

And when day came, the council of elders of the people gathered, both chief priests and scribes, and they led him away to their Sanhedrin,

But they insisted, saying, "He incites the people, teaching throughout the whole of Judea and beginning from Galilee as far as here."

So Pilate called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people

[and] said to them, "You brought me this man as one who was misleading the people, and behold, [when I] examined [him] before you, I found nothing in this man as basis for the accusation which {you are making} against him

And a great crowd of the people were following him, and of women who were mourning and lamenting him.

And the people stood there watching, but the rulers also ridiculed [him], saying, "He saved others; let him save himself, if this [man] is the Christ of God, the Chosen One!"

And he said to them, "What [things]?" So they said to him, "The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene, a man who was a prophet, powerful in deed and word before God and all the people,