'Man' in the Bible

“How can I know this?” Zechariah asked the angel. “For I am an old man, and my wife is well along in years.”

to a virgin engaged to a man named Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary.

Mary asked the angel, “How can this be, since I have not been intimate with a man?”

There was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, looking forward to Israel’s consolation, and the Holy Spirit was on him.

But Jesus answered him, “It is written: Man must not live on bread alone.”

In the synagogue there was a man with an unclean demonic spirit who cried out with a loud voice,

When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees and said, “Go away from me, because I’m a sinful man, Lord!”

While He was in one of the towns, a man was there who had a serious skin disease all over him. He saw Jesus, fell facedown, and begged Him: “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”

Just then some men came, carrying on a mat a man who was paralyzed. They tried to bring him in and set him down before Him.

Then the scribes and the Pharisees began to think: “Who is this man who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

But so you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—He told the paralyzed man, “I tell you: Get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”

Then He told them, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”

On another Sabbath He entered the synagogue and was teaching. A man was there whose right hand was paralyzed.

But He knew their thoughts and told the man with the paralyzed hand, “Get up and stand here.” So he got up and stood there.

You are blessed when people hate you,when they exclude you, insult you,and slander your name as evilbecause of the Son of Man.

A good man produces good out of the good storeroom of his heart. An evil man produces evil out of the evil storeroom, for his mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.

He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the river crashed against that house and couldn’t shake it, because it was well built.

But the one who hears and does not act is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The river crashed against it, and immediately it collapsed. And the destruction of that house was great!”

For I too am a man placed under authority, having soldiers under my command. I say to this one, ‘Go!’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes; and to my slave, ‘Do this!’ and he does it.”

Just as He neared the gate of the town, a dead man was being carried out. He was his mother’s only son, and she was a widow. A large crowd from the city was also with her.

Then He came up and touched the open coffin, and the pallbearers stopped. And He said, “Young man, I tell you, get up!”

The dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother.

What then did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft robes? Look, those who are splendidly dressed and live in luxury are in royal palaces.

The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’

When the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he said to himself, “This man, if He were a prophet, would know who and what kind of woman this is who is touching Him—she’s a sinner!”

Those who were at the table with Him began to say among themselves, “Who is this man who even forgives sins?”

When He got out on land, a demon-possessed man from the town met Him. For a long time he had worn no clothes and did not stay in a house but in the tombs.

For He had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was guarded, bound by chains and shackles, he would snap the restraints and be driven by the demon into deserted places.

The demons came out of the man and entered the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and drowned.

Then people went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus and found the man the demons had departed from, sitting at Jesus’ feet, dressed and in his right mind. And they were afraid.

Meanwhile, the eyewitnesses reported to them how the demon-possessed man was delivered.

The man from whom the demons had departed kept begging Him to be with Him. But He sent him away and said,

Just then, a man named Jairus came. He was a leader of the synagogue. He fell down at Jesus’ feet and pleaded with Him to come to his house,

saying, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, be killed, and be raised the third day.”

What is a man benefited if he gains the whole world, yet loses or forfeits himself?

For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory and that of the Father and the holy angels.

Just then a man from the crowd cried out, “Teacher, I beg You to look at my son, because he’s my only child.

“Let these words sink in: The Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men.”

Jesus told him, “Foxes have dens, and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”

Jesus took up the question and said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him up, and fled, leaving him half dead.

But a Samaritan on his journey came up to him, and when he saw the man, he had compassion.

“Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?”

Now He was driving out a demon that was mute. When the demon came out, the man who had been mute, spoke, and the crowds were amazed.

When a strong man, fully armed, guards his estate, his possessions are secure.

“When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it roams through waterless places looking for rest, and not finding rest, it then says, ‘I’ll go back to my house where I came from.’

For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so also the Son of Man will be to this generation.

“And I say to you, anyone who acknowledges Me before men, the Son of Man will also acknowledge him before the angels of God,

Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the one who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

You also be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not expect.”

And He told this parable: “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He came looking for fruit on it and found none.

It’s like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the sky nested in its branches.”

There in front of Him was a man whose body was swollen with fluid.

But they kept silent. He took the man, healed him, and sent him away.

The one who invited both of you may come and say to you, ‘Give your place to this man,’ and then in humiliation, you will proceed to take the lowest place.

Then He told him: “A man was giving a large banquet and invited many.

saying, ‘This man started to build and wasn’t able to finish.’

And the Pharisees and scribes were complaining, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them!”

“What man among you, who has 100 sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the 99 in the open field and go after the lost one until he finds it?

He also said: “A man had two sons.

He also said to the disciples: “There was a rich man who received an accusation that his manager was squandering his possessions.

“There was a rich man who would dress in purple and fine linen, feasting lavishly every day.

But a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, was left at his gate.

One day the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried.

Then He told the disciples: “The days are coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you won’t see it.

For as the lightning flashes from horizon to horizon and lights up the sky, so the Son of Man will be in His day.

“Just as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be in the days of the Son of Man:

It will be like that on the day the Son of Man is revealed.

On that day, a man on the housetop, whose belongings are in the house, must not come down to get them. Likewise the man who is in the field must not turn back.

“There was a judge in a certain town who didn’t fear God or respect man.

“For a while he was unwilling, but later he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or respect man,

I tell you that He will swiftly grant them justice. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He find that faith on earth?”

Then He took the Twelve aside and told them, “Listen! We are going up to Jerusalem. Everything that is written through the prophets about the Son of Man will be accomplished.

As He drew near Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road begging.

There was a man named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich.

He was trying to see who Jesus was, but he was not able because of the crowd, since he was a short man.

All who saw it began to complain, “He’s gone to lodge with a sinful man!”

For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save the lost.”

“But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We don’t want this man to rule over us!’

because I was afraid of you, for you’re a tough man: you collect what you didn’t deposit and reap what you didn’t sow.’

“He told him, ‘I will judge you by what you have said, you evil slave! If you knew I was a tough man, collecting what I didn’t deposit and reaping what I didn’t sow,

Then He began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and went away for a long time.

Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

But be alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place and to stand before the Son of Man.”

“Listen,” He said to them, “when you’ve entered the city, a man carrying a water jug will meet you. Follow him into the house he enters.

For the Son of Man will go away as it has been determined, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed!”

but Jesus said to him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?”

When a servant saw him sitting in the firelight, and looked closely at him, she said, “This man was with Him too.”

After a little while, someone else saw him and said, “You’re one of them too!”“Man, I am not!” Peter said.

About an hour later, another kept insisting, “This man was certainly with Him, since he’s also a Galilean.”

But Peter said, “Man, I don’t know what you’re talking about!” Immediately, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed.

But from now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the Power of God.”

They began to accuse Him, saying, “We found this man subverting our nation, opposing payment of taxes to Caesar, and saying that He Himself is the Messiah, a King.”

Pilate then told the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no grounds for charging this man.”

When Pilate heard this, he asked if the man was a Galilean.

and said to them, “You have brought me this man as one who subverts the people. But in fact, after examining Him in your presence, I have found no grounds to charge this man with those things you accuse Him of.

Then they all cried out together, “Take this man away! Release Barabbas to us!”

A third time he said to them, “Why? What has this man done wrong? I have found in Him no grounds for the death penalty. Therefore, I will have Him whipped and then release Him.”

We are punished justly, because we’re getting back what we deserve for the things we did, but this man has done nothing wrong.”

When the centurion saw what happened, he began to glorify God, saying, “This man really was righteous!”

There was a good and righteous man named Joseph, a member of the Sanhedrin,