'People' in the Bible

and the whole multitude of the people were outside praying, at the hour of incense.

and he will be His forerunner in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn fathers' hearts to the children, and cause the rebellious to walk in the wisdom of the upright, to make a people perfectly ready for the lord."

Meanwhile the people were waiting for Zechariah, and were surprised that he stayed so long in the Sanctuary.

"Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel," he said, "Because He has not forgotten His people but has effected redemption for them,

To give to His People a knowledge of salvation In the forgiveness of their sins,

But the angel said to them, "Put away all fear; for I am bringing you good news of great joy--joy for all the People.

A light to shine upon the Gentiles, And the glory of Thy people Israel."

And while the people were in suspense and all were debating in their minds whether John might possibly be the Anointed One,

With many exhortations besides these he declared the Good News to the people.

Now when all the people had been baptized, and Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the sky opened,

"I tell you in solemn truth," He added, "that no Prophet is welcomed among his own people.

So He came down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, where He frequently taught the people on the Sabbath days.

Next morning, at daybreak, He left the town and went away to a solitary place; but the people flocked out to find Him, and, coming to the place where He was, they endeavoured to detain Him that He might not leave them.

and going on board one of them, which was Simon's He asked him to push out a little from land. Then He sat down and taught the crowd of people from the boat.

One day He was teaching, and there were Pharisees and teachers of the Law sitting there who had come from every village in Galilee and Judaea and from Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was present for Him to cure people.

With these He came down till He reached a level place, where there was a great crowd of His disciples, and a multitude of people from every part of Judaea, from Jerusalem, and from the sea-side district of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear Him and to be cured of their diseases;

After He had finished teaching all these things in the hearing of the people, He went into Capernaum.

Shortly afterwards He went to a town called Nain, attended by His disciples and a great crowd of people.

All were awe-struck, and they gave glory to God--some saying, "A Prophet, a great Prophet, has risen up among us." Others said, "God has not forgotten His People."

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.

And all the people, including the tax-gatherers, when they listened to him upheld the righteousness of God, by being baptized with John's baptism.

Those on the rock are the people who on hearing the Message receive it joyfully; but they have no root: for a time they believe, but when trial comes they fall away.

"When any one lights a lamp, he does not cover it with a vessel or hide it under a couch; he puts it on a lampstand, that people who enter the room may see the light.

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.

Now when Jesus was returning, the people gave Him a warm welcome; for they had all been looking out for Him.

Then the woman, perceiving that she had not escaped notice, came trembling, and throwing herself down at His feet she stated before all the people the reason why she had touched Him and how she was instantly cured.

The people were all weeping aloud and beating their breasts for her; but He said, "Leave off wailing; for she is not dead, but asleep."

Now when the day began to decline, the Twelve came to Him and said, "Send the people away, that they may go to the villages and farms round about and find lodging and a supply of food; because here we are in an uninhabited district."

"You yourselves," He said, "must give them food." "We have nothing," they replied, "but five loaves and a couple of fish, unless indeed we were to go and buy provisions for all this host of people."

Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to Heaven He blessed them and broke them into portions which He gave to the disciples to distribute to the people.

One day when He was praying by Himself the disciples were present; and He asked them, "Who do the people say that I am?"

But the people there would not receive Him, because He was evidently going to Jerusalem.

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.

"When any one lights a lamp, he never puts it in the cellar or under the bushel, but on the lampstand, that people who come in may see the light.

Alas for you! for you are like the tombs which lie hidden, and the people who walk over them are not aware of their existence."

Meanwhile the people had come streaming towards Him by tens of thousands, so that they were trampling one another under foot. And now He proceeded to say to His disciples first, "Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, that is to say, beware of hypocrisy.

And to the people He said, "Take care, be on your guard against all covetousness, for no one's life consists in the superabundance of his possessions."

Then He said to the people also, "When you see a cloud rising in the west, you immediately say, 'There is to be a shower;' and it comes to pass.

Just at that time people came to tell Him about the Galilaeans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

Or those eighteen on whom the tower at Siloam fell, do you suppose they had failed in their duty more than all the rest of the people who live in Jerusalem?

Then the Warden of the Synagogue, indignant that Jesus had cured her on a Sabbath, said to the crowd, "There are six days in the week on which people ought to work. On those days therefore come and get yourselves cured, and not on the Sabbath day."

This led Jesus to ask the lawyers and Pharisees, "Is it allowable to cure people on the Sabbath?"

"'Go out,' replied the master, 'to the high roads and hedge-rows, and compel the people to come in, so that my house may be filled.

And will not God avenge the wrongs of His own People who cry aloud to Him day and night, although He seems slow in taking action on their behalf?

The Pharisee, standing erect, prayed as follows by himself: "'O God, I thank Thee that I am not like other people--I am not a thief nor a cheat nor an adulterer, nor do I even resemble this tax-gatherer.

On one occasion people also brought with them their infants, for Him to touch them; but the disciples, noticing this, proceeded to find fault with them.

He heard a crowd of people going past, and inquired what it all meant.

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.

And day after day He taught in the Temple, while the High Priests and the Scribes were devising some means of destroying Him, as were also the leading men of the people.

But they could not find any way of doing it, for the people all hung upon His lips.

On one of those days while He was teaching the people in the Temple and proclaiming the Good News, the High Priests came upon Him, and the Scribes,

And if we say, 'human,' the people will all stone us; for they are thoroughly convinced that John was a Prophet."

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.

At this the Scribes and the High Priests wanted to lay hands on Him, then and there; only they were afraid of the people. For they saw that in this parable He had referred to them.

There was nothing here that they could lay hold of before the people, and marvelling at His answer they said no more.

Then, in the hearing of all the people, He said to the disciples,

Looking up He saw the people throwing their gifts into the Treasury--the rich people.

"Alas for the women who at that time are with child or who have infants; for there will be great distress in the land, and anger towards this People.

And all the people came to Him in the Temple, early in the morning, to listen to Him.

and the High Priests and the Scribes were contriving how to destroy Him. But they feared the people.

He accepted their offer, and then looked out for an opportunity to betray Him when the people were not there.

But they violently insisted. "He stirs up the people," they said, "throughout all Judaea with His teaching--even from Galilee (where He first started)

Then calling together the High Priests and the Rulers and the people, Pilate said,

"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.

A vast crowd of the people also followed Him, and of women who were beating their breasts and wailing for Him.

and the people stood looking on. The Rulers, too, repeatedly uttered their bitter taunts. "This fellow," they said, "saved others: let him save himself, if he is God's Anointed, the Chosen One."

"What things?" He asked. "The things about Jesus the Nazarene," they said, "who was a Prophet powerful in work and word before God and all the people;