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Noun plēthos (multitude) in the Gospels-Acts
(Translation from NRSV with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)
Mark
| 3: 7 | Jesus departed with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude (plēthos) from Galilee followed him; |
| 3: 8 | hearing all that he was doing, they came to him in great multitude (plēthos) from Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, beyond the Jordan, and the region around Tyre and Sidon. |
Luke
| 1: 10 | Now at the time of the incense offering, the whole multitude (plēthos) of the people was praying outside. |
| 2: 13 | And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude (plēthos) of the heavenly host, praising God and saying, |
| 5: 6 | When they had done this, they caught so great multitude (plēthos) of fish that their nets were beginning to break. |
| 6: 17 | He came down with them and stood on a level place, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude (plēthos) of people from all Judea, Jerusalem, and the coast of Tyre and Sidon. |
| 8: 37 | Then all the multitude (plēthos) of the surrounding country of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave them; for they were seized with great fear. So he got into the boat and returned. |
| 19: 37 | As he was now approaching the path down from the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude (plēthos) of the disciples began to praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the deeds of power that they had seen, |
| 23: 1 | Then all the multitude (plēthos) rose as a body and brought Jesus before Pilate. |
| 23: 27 | A great multitude (plēthos) of the people followed him, and among them were women who were beating their breasts and wailing for him. |
John
| 5: 3 | In these lay a multitude (plēthos) of invalids - blind, lame, and paralyzed. |
| 21: 6 | He said to them, "Cast the net to the right side of the boat, and you will find some." So they cast it, and now they were not able to haul it in because there was a multitude (plēthos) of fish. |
Acts
| 2: 6 | And at this sound the multitude (plēthos) gathered and was bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in the native language of each. |
| 4: 32 | Now the whole multitude (plēthos) of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one claimed private ownership of any possessions, but everything they owned was held in common. |
| 5: 14 | Yet more than ever believers were added to the Lord, great multitude (plēthos) of both men and women, |
| 5: 16 | A great multitude (plēthos) of people would also gather from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all cured. |
| 6: 2 | And the twelve called together the whole multitude (plēthos) of the disciples and said, "It is not right that we should neglect the word of God in order to wait on tables. |
| 6: 5 | What they said pleased the whole multitude (plēthos), and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, together with Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch. |
| 14: 1 | The same thing occurred in Iconium, where Paul and Barnabas went into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a great multitude (plēthos) of both Jews and Greeks became believers. |
| 14: 4 | But the multitude (plēthos) of the city were divided; some sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles. |
| 15: 12 | The whole multitude (plēthos) kept silence, and listened to Barnabas and Paul as they told of all the signs and wonders that God had done through them among the Gentiles. |
| 15: 30 | So they were sent off and went down to Antioch. When they gathered the multitude (plēthos) together, they delivered the letter. |
| 17: 4 | Some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did a great multitude (plēthos) of the devout Greeks and not a few of the leading women. |
| 19: 9 | When some stubbornly refused to believe and spoke evil of the Way before the multitude (plēthos), he left them, taking the disciples with him, and argued daily in the lecture hall of Tyrannus. |
| 21: 36 | The multitude (plēthos) of people that followed kept shouting, "Away with him!" |
| 23: 7 | When he said this, a dissension began between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the multitude (plēthos) was divided. |
| 25: 24 | And Festus said, "King Agrippa and all here present with us, you see this man about whom the whole Jewish multitude (plēthos) petitioned me, both in Jerusalem and here, shouting that he ought not to live any longer. |
| 28: 3 | Paul had gathered a multitude (plēthos) of brushwood and was putting it on the fire, when a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself on his hand. |
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