'Man' in the Bible

"The man is calling for Elijah," said some of the bystanders.

when all at once, there in their synagogue, a man under the power of a foul spirit screamed out:

So the foul spirit, after throwing the man into convulsions, came out of him with a loud cry.

But the man, when he went out, began to tell every one and to publish the matter abroad, so that it was no longer possible for Jesus to go openly into any town; but He had to remain outside in unfrequented places, where people came to Him from all parts.

"Why does this man use such words?" they said; "he is blaspheming. Who can pardon sins but One--that is, God?"

But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to pardon sins" --He turned to the paralytic, and said,

The man rose, and immediately under the eyes of all took up his mat and went out, so that they were all filled with astonishment, gave the glory to God, and said, "We never saw anything like this."

And Jesus said to them: "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath;

so that the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath."

At another time, when He went to the synagogue, there was a man there with one arm shrivelled up.

"Come forward," said He to the man with the shrivelled arm.

Grieved and indignant at the hardening of their hearts, He looked round on them with anger, and said to the man, "Stretch out your arm." He stretched it out, and the arm was completely restored.

and Judas Iscariot, the man who also betrayed Him.

Nay, no one can go into a strong man's house and carry off his property, unless he first binds the strong man, and then he will plunder his house.

Another saying of His was this: "The Kingdom of God is as if a man scattered seed over the ground:

At once, on His landing, there came from the tombs to meet Him a man possessed by a foul spirit.

This man lived among the tombs, nor could any one now secure him even with a chain;

For He had said to him, "Foul spirit, come out of the man."

and when they came to Jesus, they beheld the demoniac quietly seated, clothed and of sane mind--the man who had had the legion; and they were awe-stricken.

As He was embarking, the man who had been possessed asked permission to accompany Him.

So the man departed, and related publicly everywhere in the Ten Towns all that Jesus had done for him; and all were astonished.

for Herod stood in awe of John, knowing him to be an upright and holy man, and he protected him. After listening to him he was in great perplexity, and yet he found a pleasure in listening.

But *you* say, 'If a man says to his father or mother, It is a Korban (that is, a thing devoted to God)

There is nothing outside a man which entering him can make him unclean; but it is the things which come out of a man that make him unclean."

"Have *you* also so little understanding?" He replied; "do you not understand that anything whatever that enters a man from outside cannot make him unclean,

"What comes out of a man," He added, "that it is which makes him unclean.

all these wicked things come out from within and make a man unclean."

Here they brought to Him a deaf man that stammered, on whom they begged Him to lay His hands.

And they came to Bethsaida. And a blind man was brought to Jesus and they entreated Him to touch him.

So He took the blind man by the arm and brought him out of the village, and spitting into his eyes He put His hands on him and asked him, "Can you see anything?"

Then for the second time He put His hands on the man's eyes, and the man, looking steadily, recovered his sight and saw everything distinctly.

And now for the first time He told them, "The Son of Man must endure much suffering, and be rejected by the Elders and the High Priests and the Scribes, and be put to death, and after two days rise to life."

Why, what does it benefit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?

For what could a man give to buy back his life?

Every one, however, who has been ashamed of me and of my teachings in this faithless and sinful age, of him the Son of Man also will be ashamed when He comes in His Father's glory with the holy angels."

As they were coming down from the mountain, He very strictly forbad them to tell any one what they had seen "until after the Son of Man has risen from among the dead."

"Elijah," He replied, "does indeed come first and reforms everything; but how is it that it is written of the Son of Man that He will endure much suffering and be held in contempt?

for He was teaching His disciples, and telling them, "The Son of Man is to be betrayed into the hands of men, and they will put Him to death; and after being put to death, in three days He will rise to life again."

"Rabbi," said John to Him, "we saw a man making use of your name to expel demons, and we tried to hinder him, on the ground that he did not follow us."

Presently a party of Pharisees come to Him with the question--seeking to entrap Him, "May a man divorce his wife?"

"Moses," they said, "permitted a man to draw up a written notice of divorce, and to send his wife away."

For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cling to his wife,

What, therefore, God has joined together let not man separate."

and if a woman puts away her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery."

As He went out to resume His journey, there came a man running up to Him, who knelt at His feet and asked, "Good Rabbi, what am I to do in order to inherit the Life of the Ages?"

It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God."

"See," He said, "we are going up to Jerusalem, where the Son of Man will be betrayed to the High Priests and the Scribes. They will condemn Him to death, and will hand Him over to the Gentiles;

For the Son of Man also did not come to be waited upon, but to wait on others, and to give His life as the redemption-price for a multitude of people."

Then Jesus stood still. "Call him," He said. So they called the blind man. "Cheer up," they said; "rise, he is calling you."

The man flung away his outer garment, sprang to his feet, and came to Jesus.

"What shall I do for you?" said Jesus. "Rabboni," replied the blind man, "let me recover my sight."

Then He began to speak to them in figurative language. "There was once a man," He said, "who planted a vineyard, fenced it round, dug a pit for the wine-tank, and built a strong lodge. Then he let the place to vine-dressers and went abroad.

So they came to Him. "Rabbi," they said, "we know that you are a truthful man and you do not fear any one; for you do not recognize human distinctions, but teach God's way truly. Is it allowable to pay poll-tax to Caesar, or not?

"Rabbi," they said, "Moses made it a law for us: 'If a man's brother should die and leave a wife, but no child, the man shall marry the widow and raise up a family for his brother.'

"The second is this: 'Thou shalt love thy fellow man as thou lovest thyself.' "Other Commandment greater than these there is none."

and To love Him with all one's heart, with all one's understanding, and with all one's strength, and to love one's fellow man no less than oneself, is far better than all our whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices."

And then will they see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.

It is like a man living abroad who has left his house, and given the management to his servants--to each one his special duty--and has ordered the porter to keep awake.

So He sent two of His disciples with instructions, saying, "Go into the city, and you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water: follow him,

For the Son of Man is going His way as it is written about Him; but alas for the man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It had been a happy thing for that man, had he never been born."

A third time He came, and then He said, "Sleep on and rest. Enough! the hour has come. Even now they are betraying the Son of Man into the hands of sinful men.

Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them. "The one I kiss," he said, "is the man: lay hold of him, and take him safely away."

"I am," replied Jesus, "and you and others will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the divine Power, and coming amid the clouds of the sky."

But he broke out into curses and oaths, declaring, "I know nothing of the man you are talking about."

and at this time a man named Barabbas was in prison among the insurgents--persons who in the insurrection had committed murder.

and when Pilate again asked them, "What then shall I do to the man you call King of the Jews?"

Then a man ran to fill a sponge with sour wine, and he put it on the end of a cane and placed it to His lips, saying at the same time, "Wait! let us see whether Elijah will come and take him down."

And when the Centurion who stood in front of the cross saw that He was dead, he exclaimed, "This man was indeed God's Son."

Upon entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting at their right hand, clothed in a long white robe. They were astonished and terrified.

"By what proof," asked Zechariah, "shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is far advanced in years."

to a maiden betrothed to a man of the name of Joseph, a descendant of David. The maiden's name was Mary.

Now there was a man in Jerusalem of the name of Symeon, an upright and God-fearing man, who was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

And as Jesus grew older He gained in both wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.

"Let the man who has two coats," he answered, "give one to the man who has none; and let the man who has food share it with others."

"It is written," replied Jesus, "'It is not on bread alone that a man shall live.'"

But in the synagogue there was a man possessed by the spirit of a foul demon. In a loud voice he cried out,

But Jesus rebuked the demon. "Silence!" He exclaimed; "come out of him." Upon this, the demon hurled the man into the midst of them, and came out of him without doing him any harm.

When Simon Peter saw this, he fell down at the knees of Jesus, and exclaimed, "Master, leave my boat, for I am a sinful man."

On another occasion, when He was in one of the towns, there was a man there covered with leprosy, who, seeing Jesus, threw himself at His feet and implored Him, saying, "Sir, if only you are willing, you are able to make me clean."

And a party of men came carrying a palsied man on a bed, and they endeavoured to bring him in and lay him before Jesus.

But to prove to you that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins" --Turning to the paralytic He said, "I bid you, Rise, take up your bed, and go home."

"The Son of Man," He added, "is Lord of the Sabbath also."

On another Sabbath He had gone to the synagogue and was teaching there; and in the congregation was a man whose right arm was withered.

He knew their thoughts, and said to the man with the withered arm, "Rise, and stand there in the middle." And he rose and stood there.

And looking round upon them all He said to the man, "Stretch out your arm." He did so, and the arm was restored.

He also spoke to them in figurative language. "Can a blind man lead a blind man?" He asked; "would not both fall into the ditch?

A good man from the good stored up in his heart brings out what is good; and an evil man from the evil stored up brings out what is evil; for from the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks.

He is like a man building a house, who digs and goes deep, and lays the foundation on the rock; and when a flood comes, the torrent bursts upon that house, but is unable to shake it, because it is securely built.

But he who has heard and not practised is like a man who has built a house upon the soft soil without a foundation, against which the torrent bursts, and immediately it collapses, and terrible is the wreck and ruin of that house."

Here the servant of a certain Captain, a man dear to his master, was ill and at the point of death;

and therefore I did not deem myself worthy to come to you. Only speak the word, and let my young man be cured.

For I too am a man obedient to authority, and have soldiers under me; and I say to one, 'Go,' and he goes; to another, 'Come,' and he comes; and to my slave, 'Do this or that,' and he does it."

And just as He reached the gate of the town, they happened to be bringing out for burial a dead man who was his mother's only son; and she was a widow; and a great number of the townspeople were with her.

Then He went close and touched the bier, and the bearers halted. "Young man," He said, "I command you, wake!"

The dead man sat up and began to speak; and He restored him to his mother.

But what did you go out to see? A man wearing luxurious clothes? People who are gorgeously dressed and live in luxury are found in palaces.

John is the man about whom it is written, 'See, I am sending My messenger before thy face, and he shall make ready thy way before thee.'

The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, 'Look, there is a man who is overfond of eating and drinking--he is a friend of tax-gatherers and notorious sinners!'

Noticing this, the Pharisee, His host, said to himself, "This man, if he were really a Prophet, would know who and what sort of person this woman is who is touching him--and would know that she is an immoral woman."

Then the other guests began to say to themselves, "Who can this man be who even forgives sins?"