'Bystanders' in the Bible
And when he had gone out to the gateway, another servant-girl saw him and she said to the bystanders, “This man was with Jesus the Nazarene.”
A little later the bystanders came up and said to Peter, “Surely you too are one of them; for even the way you talk gives you away.”
When some of the bystanders heard it, they said, "This man is calling for Elijah."
Some of the bystanders were saying to them, “What are you doing, untying the colt?”
One of the bystanders drew his sword and struck the high priest's slave, cutting off his ear.
The servant-girl saw him, and began once more to say to the bystanders, “This is one of them!”
But again he denied it. And after a little while the bystanders were again saying to Peter, “Surely you are one of them, for you are a Galilean too.”
When some of the bystanders heard it, they began saying, “Behold, He is calling for Elijah.”
Then he said to the bystanders, ‘Take the mina away from him and give it to the one who has the ten minas.’
The crowd of people who stood nearby and heard the voice said that it had thundered; others said, “An angel has spoken to Him!”
But the bystanders said, “Do you revile God’s high priest?”