143 times in the N.T. the word "crowd/s" is used in relation to Jesus, his travelings and teachings. But there is a distinct difference in being there and being His; for we are in fact to be "People of the Christ, not the Crowd". A royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people. People who know the Lord, and have a firm, reliant, exclusive and intimate trust in Him. People who know not only his name, but his voice...and another ones voice they will not follow.