'Man' in the Bible

For already He had been commanding the foul spirit to come out of the man. For many a time it had seized and held him, and they had repeatedly put him in chains and fetters and kept guard over him, but he used to break the chains to pieces, and, impelled by the demon, to escape into the Desert.

The demons came out of the man and left him, and entered into the swine; and the herd rushed violently over the cliff into the Lake and were drowned.

whereupon the people came out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus, and they found the man from whom the demons had gone out sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind; and they were terrified.

But the man from whom the demons had gone out earnestly asked permission to go with Him; but He sent him away.

Just then there came a man named Jair, a Warden of the Synagogue, who threw himself at the feet of Jesus, and entreated Him to come to his house;

and He said, "The Son of Man must suffer much cruelty, be rejected by the Elders and High Priests and Scribes, and be put to death, and on the third day be raised to life again."

Why, what benefit is it to a man to have gained the whole world, but to have lost or forfeited his own self.

For whoever shall have been ashamed of me and my teachings, of him the Son of Man will be ashamed when He comes in His own and the Father's glory and in that of the holy angels.

and a man from the crowd called out, "Rabbi, I beg you to pity my son, for he is my only child.

"As for you, store these my sayings in your memory; for, before long, the Son of Man will be betrayed into the hands of men."

"Rabbi," replied John, "we have seen a man making use of your name to expel demons; and we forbad him, because he does not come with us."

And, as they proceeded on their way, a man came to Him and said, "I will follow you wherever you go."

"The foxes have holes," said Jesus, "and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head."

"Follow me," He said to another. "Master," the man replied, "allow me first to go and bury my father."

"'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God,'" he replied, "'with thy whole heart, thy whole soul, thy whole strength, and thy whole mind; and thy fellow man as much as thyself.'"

But he, desiring to justify himself, said, "But what is meant by my 'fellow man'?"

Jesus replied, "A man was once on his way down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he fell among robbers, who after both stripping and beating him went away, leaving him half dead.

"Which of those three seems to you to have acted like a fellow man to him who fell among the robbers?"

On once occasion He was expelling a dumb demon; and when the demon was gone out the dumb man could speak, and the people were astonished.

"Whenever a strong man, fully armed and equipped, is guarding his own castle, he enjoys peaceful possession of his property;

"When a foul spirit has left a man, it roams about in the Desert, seeking a resting-place; but, unable to find any, it says, 'I will return to the house I have left;"

For just as Jonah became a sign to the men of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be a token to the present generation.

"And I tell you that every man who shall have acknowledged me before men, the Son of Man will also acknowledge before the angels of God.

"Moreover every one who shall speak against the Son of Man, may obtain forgiveness; but he who blasphemes the Holy Spirit will never obtain forgiveness.

Just then a man in the crowd appealed to Him. "Rabbi," he said, "tell my brother to give me a share of the inheritance."

"Man," He replied, "who has constituted me a judge or arbitrator over you?"

"But God said to him, "'Foolish man, this night your life is demanded from you; and these preparations--for whom shall they be?'

Be you also ready, for at an hour when you are not expecting Him the Son of Man will come."

And He gave them the following parable. "A man," He said, "who had a fig-tree growing in his garden came to look for fruit on it and could find none.

It is like a mustard seed which a man drops into the soil in his garden, and it grows and becomes a tree in whose branches the birds roost."

In front of Him was a man suffering from dropsy.

They gave Him no answer; so He took hold of the man, cured him, and sent him away.

and the man who invited you both will come and will say to you, 'Make room for this guest,' and then you, ashamed, will move to the lowest place.

"A man once gave a great dinner," replied Jesus, "to which he invited a large number of guests.

saying, 'This man began to build, but could not finish.'

He went on to say, "There was a man who had two sons.

He said also to His disciples: "There was a rich man who had a steward, about whom a report was brought to him, that he was wasting his property.

The man who is honest in a very small matter is honest in a great one also; and he who is dishonest in a very small matter is dishonest in a great one also.

Every man who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery; and he who marries her when so divorced from her husband commits adultery.

"There was once a rich man who habitually arrayed himself in purple and fine linen, and enjoyed a splendid banquet every day,

"But in course of time the beggar died; and he was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died, and had a funeral.

Then, turning to His disciples, He said, "There will come a time when you will wish you could see a single one of the days of the Son of Man, but will not see one.

For just as the lightning, when it flashes, shines from one part of the horizon to the opposite part, so will the Son of Man be on His day.

"And as it was in the time of Noah, so will it also be in the time of the Son of Man.

Exactly so will it be on the day that the veil is lifted from the Son of Man.

"On that day, if a man is on the roof and his property indoors, let him not go down to fetch it; and, in the same way, he who is in the field, let him not turn back.

Any man who makes it his object to keep his own life safe, will lose it; but whoever loses his life will preserve it.

"In a certain town," He said, "there was a judge who had no fear of God and no respect for man.

"For a time he would not, but afterwards he said to himself, "'Though I have neither reverence for God nor respect for man,

Yes, He will soon avenge their wrongs. Yet, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on earth?"

"I tell you that this man went home more thoroughly absolved from guilt than the other; for every one who uplifts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be uplifted."

Why, it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God."

"Things impossible with man," He replied, "are possible with God."

Then He drew the Twelve to Him and said, "See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything written in the Prophets which refers to the Son of Man will be fulfilled.

As Jesus came near to Jericho, there was a blind man sitting by the way-side begging.

At length Jesus stopped and desired them to bring the man to Him; and when he had come close to Him He asked him,

No sooner were the words spoken than the man regained his sight and followed Jesus, giving glory to God; and all the people, seeing it, gave praise to God.

There was a man there called Zacchaeus, who was the local surveyor of taxes, and was wealthy.

He was anxious to see what sort of man Jesus was; but he could not because of the crowd, for he was short in stature.

Zacchaeus however stood up, and addressing the Lord said, "Here and now, Master, I give half my property to the poor, and if I have unjustly exacted money from any man, I pledge myself to repay to him four times the amount."

For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost."

So He said to them, "A man of noble family travelled to a distant country to obtain the rank of king, and to return.

For I was afraid of you, because you are a severe man: you take up what you did not lay down, and you reap what you did not sow.'

"'By your own words,' he replied, 'I will judge you, you bad servant. You knew me to be a severe man, taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow:

Then He proceeded to speak a parable to the people. "There was a man," He said, "who planted a vineyard, let it out to vine-dressers, and went abroad for a considerable time.

So they put a question to Him. "Rabbi," they said, "we know that you say and teach what is right and that you make no distinctions between one man and another, but teach God's way truly.

"Rabbi, Moses made it a law for us that if a man's brother should die, leaving a wife but no children, the man shall marry the widow and raise up a family for his brother.

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

But beware of slumbering; and every moment pray that you may be fully strengthened to escape from all these coming evils, and to take your stand in the presence of the Son of Man."

Satan, however, entered into Judas (the man called Iscariot)

"You will no sooner have entered the city," He replied, "than you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him into the house to which he goes,

For indeed the Son of Man goes on His way--His pre-destined way; yet alas for that man who is betraying Him!"

"Judas," said Jesus, "are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?"

when a maidservant saw him sitting by the fire, and, looking fixedly at him, she said, "This man also was with him."

Shortly afterwards a man saw him and said, "You, too, are one of them." "No, man, I am not," said Peter.

"Man, I don't know what you mean," replied Peter. No sooner had he spoken than a cock crowed.

But from this time forward the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of God's omnipotence."

"We have found this man," they said, "an agitator among our nation, forbidding the payment of tribute to Caesar, and claiming to be himself an anointed king."

Pilate said to the High Priests and to the crowd, "I can find no crime in this man."

On hearing this, Pilate inquired, "Is this man a Galilaean?"

"You have brought this man to me on a charge of corrupting the loyalty of the people. But, you see, I have examined him in your presence and have discovered in the man no ground for the accusations which you bring against him.

Then the whole multitude burst out into a shout. "Away with this man," they said, "and release Barabbas to us"

A third time he appealed to them: "Why, what crime has the man committed? I have discovered in him nothing that deserves death. I will therefore give him a light punishment and release him."

The man who was lying in prison charged with riot and murder and for whom they clamoured he set free, but Jesus he gave up to be dealt with as they desired.

The Captain, seeing what had happened, gave glory to God, saying, "Beyond question this man was innocent."

There was a member of the Council of the name of Joseph, a kind-hearted and upright man,

when He told you that the Son of Man must be betrayed into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again."

There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

The true Light was that which illumines every man by its coming into the world.

Then Philip found Nathanael, and said to him, "We have found him about whom Moses in the Law wrote, as well as the Prophets--Jesus, the son of Joseph, a man of Nazareth."

"I tell you all in most solemn truth," He added, "that you shall see Heaven opened wide, and God's angels going up, and coming down to the Son of Man."

and did not need any one's testimony concerning a man, for He of Himself knew what was in the man.

"In most solemn truth I tell you," answered Jesus, "that unless a man is born anew he cannot see the Kingdom of God."

"How is it possible," Nicodemus asked, "for a man to be born when he is old? Can he a second time enter his mother's womb and be born?"

"In most solemn truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "that unless a man is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the Kingdom of God.

There is no one who has gone up to Heaven, but there is One who has come down from Heaven, namely the Son of Man whose home is in Heaven.

And just as Moses lifted high the serpent in the Desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,

"A man cannot obtain anything," replied John, "unless it has been granted to him from Heaven.

Any man who has received His testimony has solemnly declared that God is true.

"for you have had five husbands, and the man you have at present is not your husband. You have spoken the truth in saying that."