19 occurrences

'Crowd' in the Bible

When that sound came, a crowd quickly gathered, startled because each one heard the disciples speaking in his own language.

Verse ConceptsCrowdsGod, Impartiality OfLanguages ConfusedBewildermentPuzzlementAll LanguagesLanguage

But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, shouting,

Verse ConceptsTearing Of ClothesClothing, Tearing OfApostles, DescriptionIndividuals RunningThose Who Tore Clothes

The whole crowd was silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul tell about all the signs and wonders that God had done through them among the gentiles.

Verse ConceptsGentiles, In NtSilenceIndividuals Being SilentOther MiraclesSigns And Wonders Of The Gospel

The crowd joined in the attack against them. Then the magistrates had Paul and Silas stripped of their clothes and ordered them beaten with rods.

Verse ConceptsCrowdsAttackingMarketsSuffering, Causes OfPersecution Of The Apostle PaulPeople Stripping People

Some of them were persuaded and began to be associated with Paul and Silas, especially a large crowd of devout Greeks and the wives of many prominent men.

Verse ConceptsDevout MenGreeksReverence, And ObedienceConverts To ChristianityProselytesJoined To The ChurchThose Who Believed In Christ

The crowd and the city officials were upset when they heard this,

Verse ConceptsConfusionInciting To Evil

You also see and hear that, not only in Ephesus, but almost all over Asia, this man Paul has won over and taken away a large crowd by telling them that gods made by human hands are not gods at all.

Verse ConceptsFalse ReligionPolytheism

Paul wanted to go into the crowd, but the disciples wouldn't let him.

Meanwhile, some were shouting one thing and some another, since the crowd was confused, and most of them didn't know why they were meeting.

Verse ConceptsConfusionAssemblyDisorder Among PeopleGroups ShoutingWhy Do Others Do This?

Some of the crowd concluded it was because of Alexander, since the Jews had pushed him to the front. So Alexander motioned for silence and tried to make a defense before the people.

When the city recorder had quieted the crowd, he said, "Men of Ephesus, who in the world doesn't know that this city of Ephesus is the keeper of the temple of the great Artemis and of the statue that fell down from heaven?

Verse ConceptsFalling From Heaven

When the seven days were almost over, the Jews from Asia, seeing Paul in the Temple, stirred up a large crowd. They grabbed Paul,

Verse ConceptsInciting To EvilSeven DaysDisciples In The TempleSeven Days For Legal Purposes

The crowd was trying to kill Paul when a report reached the tribune of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.

Verse ConceptsConfusion, Examples OfArmies, RomanAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleChiliarchs

Immediately the tribune took some soldiers and officers and ran down to the crowd. When the people saw the tribune and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

Verse ConceptsOfficersSoldiersCessationStopping FightingGroups RunningBeating Believers

Some of the crowd shouted this and some that. Since the tribune couldn't learn the facts due to the confusion, he ordered Paul to be taken into the barracks.

Verse ConceptsCommands, in NTCastlesExcitementSoundGroups Shouting

They never found me debating with anyone in the Temple or stirring up a crowd in the synagogues or throughout the city,

Verse ConceptsDisputesDiscussionsDisciples In The Temple

They found me in the Temple doing these things just as I had completed the purification ceremony. No crowd or noisy mob was present.

Verse ConceptsTumultDisciples In The Temple

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