Thematic Bible: Christ as


Thematic Bible




And Jesus said to them, Will the friends of the newly-married man be sad as long as he is with them? But the days will come when he will be taken away from them, and then will they go without food.

Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins, the friends of the bride, who took their lights, and went out with the purpose of meeting the husband.

But in the middle of the night there is a cry, The husband comes! Go out to him.






And make all men see what is the ordering of the secret which from the first has been kept in God who made all things;

In times past the word of God came to our fathers through the prophets, in different parts and in different ways; But now, at the end of these days, it has come to us through his Son, to whom he has given all things for a heritage, and through whom he made the order of the generations;


Because it is said in the Writings, See, I am placing a keystone in Zion, of great and special value; and the man who has faith in him will not be put to shame.


Jesus says to them, Did you never see in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has been made the chief stone of the building: this was the Lord's doing, and it is a wonder in our eyes?

He is the stone which you builders had no use for, but which has been made the chief stone of the building.




Then will his angry words come to their ears, and by his wrath they will be troubled:

And when Jesus saw it, he was angry, and said to them, Let the little children come to me, and do not keep them away; for of such is the kingdom of God.

By the power of your hand the earth is shaking and broken; make it strong again, for it is moved.

Yes, faith is gone; and he whose heart is turned from evil comes into the power of the cruel: and the Lord saw it, and he was angry that there was no one to take up their cause.

The Lord has been very angry with your fathers:

And I am very angry with the nations who are living untroubled: for when I was only a little angry, they made the evil worse.


But let all those who put their faith in you be glad with cries of joy at all times, and let all the lovers of your name be glad in you.

Let your ear be turned to me; take me quickly out of danger; be my strong Rock, my place of strength where I may be safe.

Like birds with outstretched wings, so will the Lord of armies be a cover to Jerusalem; he will be a cover and salvation for it, going over it he will keep it from danger.

For I will keep this town safe, for my honour, and for the honour of my servant David.

The Lord of armies will be a cover for them; and they will overcome, crushing under foot the armed men; they will take their blood for drink like wine: they will be full like the sides of the altar.

In that day the Lord will be a cover over the people of Jerusalem; and he who is feeble among them in that day will be as strong as David, and the family of David will be as God, as the angel of the Lord before them.





But it is good for me to come near to God: I have put my faith in the Lord God, so that I may make clear all his works.

And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, attacking them till the morning, till there is not a man of them living. And they said, Do whatever seems right to you. Then the priest said, Let us come near to God.



I give you orders, before God and Christ Jesus, who will be the judge of the living and the dead, and by his revelation and his kingdom;






But you, why do you make yourself your brother's judge? or again, why have you no respect for your brother? because we will all have to take our place before God as our judge.

But they will have to give an account of themselves to him who is ready to be the judge of the living and the dead.




But now his position as priest is higher. because through him God has made a better agreement with man, based on the giving of better things.

And for this cause it is through him that a new agreement has come into being, so that after the errors under the first agreement had been taken away by his death, the word of God might have effect for those who were marked out for an eternal heritage.

For Christ did not go into a holy place which had been made by men's hands as the copy of the true one; but he went into heaven itself, and now takes his place before the face of God for us.



Now in the middle of the feast Jesus went up to the Temple and was teaching.

for he was teaching as one having authority, and not as their scribes.


And with these words he gave them teaching, saying,

And he got out, and saw a great mass of people, and he had pity on them, because they were like sheep without a keeper: and he gave them teaching about a number of things.

And he was teaching in their Synagogues and all men gave him praise.

And he got into one of the boats, the property of Simon, and made a request to him to go a little way out from the land. And being seated he gave the people teaching from the boat.

He came to Jesus by night and said to him, Rabbi, we are certain that you have come from God as a teacher, because no man would be able to do these signs which you do if God was not with him.

And early in the morning he came again into the Temple and all the people came to him and he was seated teaching them.


Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain