'Us' in the Bible

"Mark! The maiden will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call His name Immanuel" --a word which signifies 'God with us'.

give us to-day our bread for the day;

and forgive us our shortcomings, as we also have forgiven those who have failed in their duty towards us;

and bring us not into temptation, but rescue us from the Evil one.'

So they came and woke Him, crying, "Master, save us, we are drowning!"

They cried aloud, "What hast Thou to do with us, Thou Son of God? Hast Thou come here to torment us before the time?"

So the demons entreated Him. "If Thou drivest us out," they said, "send us into the herd of swine."

As Jesus passed on, two blind men followed Him, shouting and saying, "Pity us, Son of David."

When He had dismissed the people and had returned to the house, His disciples came to Him with the request, "Explain to us the parable of the darnel sown in the field."

And his sisters--are they not all living here among us? Where then did he get all this?"

"Explain to us this figurative language," said Peter.

But He answered her not a word. Then the disciples interposed, and begged Him, saying, "Send her away because she keeps crying behind us."

"'Because no one has hired us,' they replied. "'You also, go into the vineyard,' he said.

"'These who came last have done only one hour's work, and you have put them on a level with us who have worked the whole day and have borne the scorching heat.'

two blind men sitting by the roadside heard that it was Jesus who was passing by, and cried aloud, "Sir, Son of David, pity us."

The people angrily tried to silence them, but they cried all the louder. "O Sir, Son of David, pity us," they said.

"But the vine-dressers, when they saw the son, said to one another, "'Here is the heir: come, let us kill him and get his inheritance.'

Give us your judgement therefore: is it allowable for us to pay a poll-tax to Caesar, or not?"

Now we had among us seven brothers. The eldest of them married, but died childless, leaving his wife to his brother.

Afterwards He was on the Mount of Olives and was seated there when the disciples came to Him, apart from the others, and said, "Tell us when this will be; and what will be the sign of your Coming and of the Close of the Age?"

"'Give us some of your oil,' said the foolish ones to the wise, 'for our torches are going out.'

"'But perhaps,' replied the wise, 'there will not be enough for all of us. Go to the shops rather, and buy some for yourselves.'

"Afterwards the other bridesmaids came and cried, "'Sir, Sir, open the door to us.'

Rouse yourselves. Let us be going. My betrayer is close at hand."

Jesus however remained silent. Again the High Priest addressed Him. "In the name of the ever-living God," he said, "I now put you on your oath. Tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God."

while they taunted Him, saying, "Christ, prove yourself a Prophet by telling us who it was that struck you."

and said, "I have sinned, in betraying to death one who is innocent." "What does that matter to us?" they replied; it is your business."

"His blood," replied all the people, "be on us and on our children!"

while the rest said, "Let us see whether Elijah is coming to deliver him."

"What have you to do with us, Jesus the Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are--God's Holy One."

"Let us go elsewhere, to the neighbouring country towns," He replied, "that I may proclaim my Message there also; because for that purpose I came from God."

The same day, in the evening, He said to them, "Let us cross to the other side."

Jesus also questioned him. "What is your name?" He said. "Legion," he replied, "for there are a host of us."

So they besought Jesus. "Send us to the swine," they said, "so that we may enter into them."

Is not this the carpenter, Mary's son, the brother of James and Joses, Jude and Simon? And do not his sisters live here among us?" So they turned angrily away.

when Peter said to Jesus, "Rabbi, we are thankful to you that we are here. Let us put up three tents--one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."

"and often it has thrown him into the fire or into pools of water to destroy him. But, if you possibly can, have pity on us and help us."

"Rabbi," said John to Him, "we saw a man making use of your name to expel demons, and we tried to hinder him, on the ground that he did not follow us."

He who is not against us is for us;

Then James and John, the sons of Zabdi, came up to Him and said, "Rabbi, we wish you would grant us whatever request we make of you."

"Allow us," they replied, "to sit one at your right hand and the other at your left hand, in your glory."

"But those men--the vine-dressers--said to one another, "'Here is the heir: come, let us kill him, and then the property will one day be ours.'

"Rabbi," they said, "Moses made it a law for us: 'If a man's brother should die and leave a wife, but no child, the man shall marry the widow and raise up a family for his brother.'

"Tell us, When will these things be? and what will be the sign when all these predictions are on the point of being fulfilled?"

Then he will himself show you a large room upstairs, ready furnished: there make preparation for us."

Rouse yourselves, let us be going: my betrayer is close at hand."

Then a man ran to fill a sponge with sour wine, and he put it on the end of a cane and placed it to His lips, saying at the same time, "Wait! let us see whether Elijah will come and take him down."

and they were saying to one another, 'Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?"

Seeing that many have attempted to draw up a narrative of the facts which are received with full assurance among us

And has raised up a mighty Deliverer for us In the house of David His servant--

To deliver us from our foes and from the power of all who hate us.

To grant us to be rescued from the power of our foes And so render worship to Him free from fear,

Through the tender compassion of our God, Through which the daybreak from on high will come to us,

Then, as soon as the angels had left them and returned to Heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let us now go over as far as Bethlehem and see this that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us."

When they saw Him, they were smitten with amazement, and His mother said to Him, "My child, why have you behaved thus to us? Your father and I have been searching for you in anguish."

"Ha! Jesus the Nazarene, what have you to do with us? I know who you are--God's Holy One!"

for he loves our nation, and at his own expense he built our synagogue for us."

All were awe-struck, and they gave glory to God--some saying, "A Prophet, a great Prophet, has risen up among us." Others said, "God has not forgotten His People."

The men came to Jesus and said, "John the Baptist has sent us to you with this question: 'Are you the Coming One, or is there another that we are to expect?'"

One day He went on board a boat--both He and his disciples; and He said to them, "Let us cross over to the other side of the Lake." So they set sail.

And when they were preparing to depart from Him, Peter said to Jesus, "Rabbi, we are thankful to you that we are here. Let us put up three tents--one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah." He did not know what he was saying.

"Rabbi," replied John, "we have seen a man making use of your name to expel demons; and we forbad him, because he does not come with us."

When the disciples James and John saw this, they said, "Master, do you wish us to order fire to come down from Heaven and consume them?"

"'The very dust of your town that hangs about us we wipe off as a protest. Only be sure of this, that the Kingdom of God is close at hand.'

When the Seventy returned, they exclaimed joyfully, "Master, even the demons submit to us when we utter your name."

At one place where He was praying, when He rose from His knees one of His disciples said to Him, "Master, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples."

give us day after day our bread for the day;

and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive every one who fails in his duty to us; and bring us not into temptation.'"

Hereupon one of the expounders of the Law exclaimed, "Rabbi, in saying such things you reproach us also."

"Master," said Peter, "are you addressing this parable to us, or to all alike?"

As soon as the Master of the house shall have risen and shut the door, and you have begun to stand outside and knock at the door and say, "'Sir, open the door for us' --"'I do not know you,' He answers; 'you are no friends of mine.'

Fetch the fat calf and kill it, and let us feast and enjoy ourselves;

And, besides all this, a vast chasm is immovably fixed between us and you, put there in order that those who desire to cross from this side to you may not be able, nor any be able to cross over from your side to us.'

And the Apostles said to the Lord, "Give us faith."

In loud voices they cried out, "Jesus, Rabbi, take pity on us."

together with the Elders, and they asked Him, "Tell us, By what authority are you doing these things? And who is it that gave you this authority?"

And if we say, 'human,' the people will all stone us; for they are thoroughly convinced that John was a Prophet."

"But when the vine-dressers saw him, they discussed the matter with one another, and said, "'This is the heir: let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.'

"Rabbi, Moses made it a law for us that if a man's brother should die, leaving a wife but no children, the man shall marry the widow and raise up a family for his brother.

Jesus sent Peter and John with instructions. "Go," He said, "and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat it."

or blindfolded Him, and then challenged Him. "Prove to us," they said, "that you are a prophet, by telling us who it was that struck you."

"Are you the Christ? Tell us." "If I tell you," He replied, "you will certainly not believe;

No, nor does Herod; for he has sent him back to us; and, you see, there is nothing he has done that deserves death.

Then the whole multitude burst out into a shout. "Away with this man," they said, "and release Barabbas to us"

Then will they begin to say to the mountains, 'Fall on us;' and to the hills, 'Cover us.'

Now one of the criminals who had been crucified insulted Him, saying, "Are not you the Christ? Save yourself and us."

And, besides, some of the women of our company have amazed us. They went to the tomb at daybreak,

and, finding that His body was not there, they came and declared to us that they had also seen a vision of angels who said that He was alive.

"Were not our hearts," they said to one another, "burning within us while He talked to us on the way and explained the Scriptures to us?"

So they pressed the question. "Who are you?" they said--"that we may take an answer to those who sent us. What account do you give of yourself?"

So the Jews asked Him, "What proof of your authority do you exhibit to us, seeing that you do these things?"

Are you greater than our forefather Jacob, who gave us the well, and himself drank from it, as did also his sons and his cattle?"

"I know," replied the woman, "that Messiah is coming--'the Christ,' as He is called. When He has come, He will tell us everything."

"What miracle then," they asked, "do you perform for us to see and become believers in you? What do you *do*?

"Sir," they said, "always give us that bread."

This led to an angry debate among the Jews. "How can this man," they argued, "give us his flesh to eat?"

"Master," replied Simon Peter, "to whom shall we go? Your teachings tell us of the Life of the Ages.

Now, in the Law, Moses has ordered us to stone such women to death. But what do you say?"

"You," they replied, "were wholly begotten and born in sin, and do *you* teach *us*?" And they put him out of the synagogue.

when the Jews gathered round Him and kept asking Him, "How long do you mean to keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us so plainly."