'Man' in the Bible

Zechariah said to the angel, "How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is old as well."

to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, a descendant of David, and the virgin's name was Mary.

Mary said to the angel, "How will this be, since I have not had sexual relations with a man?"

Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon who was righteous and devout, looking for the restoration of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

Jesus answered him, "It is written, 'Man does not live by bread alone.'"

Now in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,

But Jesus rebuked him: "Silence! Come out of him!" Then, after the demon threw the man down in their midst, he came out of him without hurting him.

But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, "Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!"

While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came to him who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he bowed down with his face to the ground and begged him, "Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean."

Then he ordered the man to tell no one, but commanded him, "Go and show yourself to a priest, and bring the offering for your cleansing, as Moses commanded, as a testimony to them."

Just then some men showed up, carrying a paralyzed man on a stretcher. They were trying to bring him in and place him before Jesus.

Then the experts in the law and the Pharisees began to think to themselves, "Who is this man who is uttering blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?"

But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins" -- he said to the paralyzed man -- "I tell you, stand up, take your stretcher and go home."

Then he said to them, "The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath."

On another Sabbath, Jesus entered the synagogue and was teaching. Now a man was there whose right hand was withered.

But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man who had the withered hand, "Get up and stand here." So he rose and stood there.

After looking around at them all, he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." The man did so, and his hand was restored.

"Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject you as evil on account of the Son of Man!

He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep, and laid the foundation on bedrock. When a flood came, the river burst against that house but could not shake it, because it had been well built.

But the person who hears and does not put my words into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the river burst against that house, it collapsed immediately, and was utterly destroyed!"

For I too am a man set under authority, with soldiers under me. 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."

As he approached the town gate, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother (who was a widow), and a large crowd from the town was with her.

Then he came up and touched the bier, and those who carried it stood still. He said, "Young man, I say to you, get up!"

So the dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.

What did you go out to see? A man dressed in fancy clothes? Look, those who wear fancy clothes and live in luxury are in kings' courts!

The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, 'Look at him, a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!'

Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, "If this man were a prophet, he would know who and what kind of woman this is who is touching him, that she is a sinner."

As Jesus stepped ashore, a certain man from the town met him who was possessed by demons. For a long time this man had worn no clothes and had not lived in a house, but among the tombs.

For Jesus had started commanding the evil spirit to come out of the man. (For it had seized him many times, so he would be bound with chains and shackles and kept under guard. But he would break the restraints and be driven by the demon into deserted places.)

So the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd of pigs rushed down the steep slope into the lake and drowned.

So the people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus. They found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus' feet, clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid.

Those who had seen it told them how the man who had been demon-possessed had been healed.

The man from whom the demons had gone out begged to go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying,

Then a man named Jairus, who was a ruler of the synagogue, came up. Falling at Jesus' feet, he 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 experts in the law, and be killed, and on the third day be raised."

For whoever is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of that person when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.

Then a man from the crowd cried out, "Teacher, I beg you to look at my son -- he is my only child!

"Take these words to heart, for the Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men."

Jesus said to him, "Foxes have dens and the birds in the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head."

Jesus replied, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat him up, and went off, leaving him half dead.

Now by chance a priest was going down that road, but when he saw the injured man he passed by on the other side.

But a Samaritan who was traveling came to where the injured man was, and when he saw him, he felt compassion for him.

Which of these three do you think became a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?"

I tell you, even though the man inside will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of the first man's sheer persistence he will get up and give him whatever he needs.

Now he was casting out a demon that was mute. When the demon had gone out, the man who had been mute began to speak, and the crowds were amazed.

When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his possessions are safe.

But when a stronger man attacks and conquers him, he takes away the first man's armor on which the man relied and divides up his plunder.

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

"I tell you, whoever acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man will also acknowledge before God's angels.

And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the person who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

But Jesus said to him, "Man, who made me a judge or arbitrator between you two?"

He then told them a parable: "The land of a certain rich man produced an abundant crop,

You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him."

Then Jesus told this parable: "A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it and found none.

It is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the wild birds nested in its branches."

There right in front of him was a man suffering from dropsy.

But they remained silent. So Jesus took hold of the man, healed him, and sent him away.

So the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, 'Give this man your place.' Then, ashamed, you will begin to move to the least important place.

He said also to the man who had invited him, "When you host a dinner or a banquet, don't invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors so you can be invited by them in return and get repaid.

But Jesus said to him, "A man once gave a great banquet and invited many guests.

They will say, 'This man began to build and was not able to finish!'

But the Pharisees and the experts in the law were complaining, "This man welcomes sinners and eats with them."

Then Jesus said, "A man had two sons.

Jesus also said to the disciples, "There was a rich man who was informed of accusations that his manager was wasting his assets.

The man replied, 'A hundred measures of olive oil.' The manager said to him, 'Take your bill, sit down quickly, and write fifty.'

Then he said to another, 'And how much do you owe?' The second man replied, 'A hundred measures of wheat.' The manager said to him, 'Take your bill, and write eighty.'

"There was a rich man who dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day.

But at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus whose body was covered with sores,

"Now the poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried.

So the rich man said, 'Then I beg you, father -- send Lazarus to my father's house

Then the rich man said, 'No, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.'

Then he said to the man, "Get up and go your way. Your faith has made you well."

Then he said to the disciples, "The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.

For just like the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day.

Just as it was in the days of Noah, so too it will be in the days of the Son of Man.

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

I tell you, he will give them justice speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?"

I tell you that this man went down to his home justified rather than the Pharisee. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted."

The man replied, "I have wholeheartedly obeyed all these laws since my youth."

But when the man heard this he became very sad, for he was extremely wealthy.

Then Jesus took the twelve aside and said to them, "Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written about the Son of Man by the prophets will be accomplished.

As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road begging.

So Jesus stopped and ordered the beggar to be brought to him. When the man came near, Jesus asked him,

Now a man named Zacchaeus was there; he was a chief tax collector and was rich.

He was trying to get a look at Jesus, but being a short man he could not see over the crowd.

And when the people saw it, they all complained, "He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner."

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost."

But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We do not want this man to be king over us!'

For I was afraid of you, because you are a severe man. You withdraw what you did not deposit and reap what you did not sow.'

The king said to him, 'I will judge you by your own words, you wicked slave! So you knew, did you, that I was a severe man, withdrawing 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 on a journey for a long time.

They asked him, "Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies leaving a wife but no children, that man must marry the widow and father children for his brother.

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

But stay alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that must happen, and to stand before the Son of Man."

He said to them, "Listen, when you have entered the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him into the house that he enters,

For the Son of Man is to go just as it has been determined, but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed!"

While he was still speaking, suddenly a crowd appeared, and the man named Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them. He walked up to Jesus to kiss him.

But Jesus said to him, "Judas, would you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?"

Then a slave girl, seeing him as he sat in the firelight, stared at him and said, "This man was with him too!"

Then a little later someone else saw him and said, "You are one of them too." But Peter said, "Man, I am not!"