'Crowd' in the Bible

Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers, from the tumultuous crowd of the workers of iniquity,

They come all of them for violence: the crowd of their faces is forwards, and they gather captives as the sand.

And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the crowd of beasts; both the pelican and the bittern shall lodge in the chapiters thereof; a voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be on the thresholds: for he hath laid bare the cedar work.

And when Jesus was come to the house of the ruler, and saw the flute-players and the crowd making a tumult,

But when the crowd had been put out, he went in and took her hand; and the damsel rose up.

And great crowds were gathered together to him, so that going on board ship himself he sat down, and the whole crowd stood on the shore.

And while desiring to kill him, he feared the crowd, because they held him for a prophet.

And going out he saw a great crowd, and was moved with compassion about them, and healed their infirm.

And having called to him the crowd, he said to them, Hear and understand:

But Jesus, having called his disciples to him, said, I have compassion on the crowd, because they have stayed with me already three days and they have not anything they can eat, and I would not send them away fasting lest they should faint on the way.

And his disciples say to him, Whence should we have so many loaves in the wilderness as to satisfy so great a crowd?

and having taken the seven loaves and the fishes, having given thanks, he broke them and gave them to his disciples, and the disciples to the crowd.

And when they came to the crowd, a man came to him, falling on his knees before him, and saying,

And as they went out from Jericho a great crowd followed him.

But the crowd rebuked them, that they might be silent. But they cried out the more, saying, Have mercy on us, Lord, Son of David.

But a very great crowd strewed their own garments on the way, and others kept cutting down branches from the trees and strewing them on the way.

but if we should say, Of men, we fear the crowd, for all hold John for a prophet.

And while he was yet speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great crowd with swords and sticks from the chief priests and elders of the people.

Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release one prisoner to the crowd, whom they would.

And Pilate, seeing that it availed nothing, but that rather a tumult was arising, having taken water, washed his hands before the crowd, saying, I am guiltless of the blood of this righteous one: see ye to it.

and, not being able to get near to him on account of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where he was, and having dug it up they let down the couch on which the paralytic lay.

And he went out again by the sea, and all the crowd came to him, and he taught them.

And he spoke to his disciples, in order that a little ship should wait upon him on account of the crowd, that they might not press upon him.

And again a crowd comes together, so that they cannot even eat bread.

And a crowd sat around him. And they said to him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren seek thee without.

And again he began to teach by the sea. And a great crowd was gathered together to him, so that going on board ship he sat in the sea, and all the crowd were close to the sea on the land.

and having sent away the crowd, they take him with them, as he was, in the ship. But other ships also were with him.

And Jesus having passed over in the ship again to the other side, a great crowd gathered to him; and he was by the sea.

And he went with him, and a large crowd followed him and pressed on him.

having heard concerning Jesus, came in the crowd behind and touched his clothes;

And immediately Jesus, knowing in himself the power that had gone out of him, turning round in the crowd said, Who has touched my clothes?

And his disciples said to him, Thou seest the crowd pressing on thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?

And on leaving the ship Jesus saw a great crowd, and he was moved with compassion for them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd. And he began to teach them many things.

And immediately he compelled his disciples to go on board ship, and to go on before to the other side to Bethsaida, while he sends the crowd away.

And having called again the crowd, he said to them, Hear me, all of you, and understand:

And when he went indoors from the crowd, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.

And having taken him away from the crowd apart, he put his fingers to his ears; and having spit, he touched his tongue;

In those days, there being again a great crowd, and they having nothing that they could eat, having called his disciples to him, he says to them,

I have compassion on the crowd, because they have stayed with me already three days and they have not anything they can eat,

And he commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground. And having taken the seven loaves, he gave thanks, and broke them and gave them to his disciples, that they might set them before them; and they set them before the crowd.

And having called the crowd with his disciples, he said to them, Whoever desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow me.

And when he came to the disciples he saw a great crowd around them, and scribes disputing against them.

And immediately all the crowd seeing him were amazed, and running to him, saluted him.

And one out of the crowd answered him, Teacher, I brought to thee my son, who has a dumb spirit;

But Jesus, seeing that the crowd was running up together, rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I command thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.

And they come to Jericho, and as he was going out from Jericho, and his disciples and a large crowd, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, the blind man, sat by the wayside begging.

And the chief priests and the scribes heard it, and they sought how they might destroy him; for they feared him, because all the crowd were astonished at his doctrine.

And they sought to lay hold of him, and they feared the crowd; for they knew that he had spoken the parable of them. And they left him and went away.

And Jesus, having sat down opposite the treasury, saw how the crowd was casting money into the treasury; and many rich cast in much.

And immediately, while he was yet speaking, Judas comes up, being one of the twelve, and with him a great crowd, with swords and sticks, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.

And the crowd crying out began to beg that he would do to them as he had always done.

But the chief priests stirred up the crowd that he might rather release Barabbas to them.

And Pilate, desirous of contenting the crowd, released to them Barabbas, and delivered up Jesus, when he had scourged him, that he might be crucified.

And it came to pass, as the crowd pressed on him to hear the word of God, that he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret:

And not finding what way to bring him in, on account of the crowd, going up on the housetop they let him down through the tiles, with his little couch, into the midst before Jesus.

And Levi made a great entertainment for him in his house, and there was a great crowd of tax-gatherers and others who were at table with them.

and having descended with them, he stood on a level place, and a crowd of his disciples, and a great multitude 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;

And all the crowd sought to touch him, for power went out from him and healed all.

And Jesus hearing this wondered at him, and turning to the crowd following him said, I say to you, Not even in Israel have I found so great faith.

And it came to pass afterwards he went into a city called Nain, and many of his disciples and a great crowd went with him.

And as he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, a dead man was carried out, the only son of his mother, and she a widow, and a very considerable crowd of the city was with her.

And a great crowd coming together, and those who were coming to him out of each city, he spoke by parable:

And his mother and his brethren came to him, and could not get to him because of the crowd.

And it came to pass when Jesus returned, the crowd received him gladly, for they were all expecting him.

But the day began to decline, and the twelve came and said to him, Send away the crowd that they may go into the villages around, and into the fields, and lodge and find victuals, for here we are in a desert place.

And taking the five loaves and the two fishes, looking up to heaven he blessed them, and broke and gave to the disciples to set before the crowd.

And it came to pass on the following day, when they came down from the mountain, a great crowd met him.

And lo, a man from the crowd cried out saying, Teacher, I beseech thee look upon my son, for he is mine only child:

And it came to pass as he spake these things, a certain woman, lifting up her voice out of the crowd, said to him, Blessed is the womb that has borne thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.

In those times, the myriads of the crowd being gathered together, so that they trod one on another, he began to say to his disciples first, Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy;

And a person said to him out of the crowd, Teacher, speak to my brother to divide the inheritance with me.

But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus healed on the sabbath, answering said to the crowd, There are six days in which people ought to work; in these therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.

And as he said these things, all who were opposed to him were ashamed; and all the crowd rejoiced at all the glorious things which were being done by him.

And when he heard the crowd passing, he inquired what this might be.

And he sought to see Jesus who he was: and he could not for the crowd, because he was little in stature.

And some of the Pharisees from the crowd said to him, Teacher, rebuke thy disciples.

And he came to an agreement to do it, and sought an opportunity to deliver him up to them away from the crowd.

As he was yet speaking, behold, a crowd, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went on before them, and drew near to Jesus to kiss him.

But he that had been healed knew not who it was, for Jesus had slidden away, there being a crowd in the place.

and a great crowd followed him, because they saw the signs which he wrought upon the sick.

Jesus then, lifting up his eyes and seeing that a great crowd is coming to him, says to Philip, Whence shall we buy loaves that these may eat?

On the morrow the crowd which stood on the other side of the sea, having seen that there was no other little ship there except that into which his disciples had got, and that Jesus had not gone with his disciples into the ship, but that his disciples had gone away alone;

when therefore the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they got into the ships, and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.

And there was much murmuring concerning him among the crowds. Some said, He is a good man; others said, No; but he deceives the crowd.

The crowd answered and said, Thou hast a demon: who seeks to kill thee?

But many of the crowd believed on him, and said, Will the Christ, when he comes, do more signs than those which this man has done?

The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things concerning him, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers that they might take him.

Some out of the crowd therefore, having heard this word, said, This is truly the prophet.

There was a division therefore in the crowd on account of him.

But this crowd, which does not know the law, are accursed.

but I knew that thou always hearest me; but on account of the crowd who stand around I have said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.

A great crowd therefore of the Jews knew that he was there; and they came, not because of Jesus only, but also that they might see Lazarus whom he raised from among the dead.

On the morrow a great crowd who came to the feast, having heard that Jesus is coming into Jerusalem,

The crowd therefore that was with him bore witness because he had called Lazarus out of the tomb, and raised him from among the dead.

Therefore also the crowd met him because they had heard that he had done this sign.

The crowd therefore, which stood there and heard it, said that it had thundered. Others said, An angel has spoken to him.

The crowd answered him, We have heard out of the law that the Christ abides for ever; and how sayest thou that the Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this, the Son of man?

And in those days Peter, standing up in the midst of the brethren, said, (the crowd of names who were together was about a hundred and twenty,)

And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem was very greatly multiplied, and a great crowd of the priests obeyed the faith.

for he was a good man and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith; and a large crowd of people were added to the Lord.