Thematic Bible
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Curiosity » The levite looked with indifferent curiosity upon the man who was » Leads to the desire for signs
When the Pharisees and Sadducees arrived, in order to test Jesus they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
The Pharisees arrived and began arguing with Jesus. They tested him by demanding from him a sign from heaven.
Others, wanting to test Jesus, kept asking him for a sign from heaven.
Then some of the scribes and Pharisees told Jesus, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from you."
While Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately and said, "Tell us, when will these things take place, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?"
Then the Jewish leaders asked him, "What sign can you show us as authority for doing these things?"
Jesus told him, "Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe."
So they asked him, "What sign are you going to do so that we may see it and believe in you? What actions are you performing?
Jews ask for signs, and Greeks look for wisdom,
Jesus Christ » History of » Drives the money-changers from the temple (in jerusalem)
The Jewish Passover was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the Temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, as well as moneychangers sitting at their tables. After making a whip out of cords, he drove all of them out of the Temple, including the sheep and the cattle. He scattered the coins of the moneychangers and knocked over their tables. read more.
Then he told those who were selling the doves, "Take these things out of here! Stop making my Father's house a marketplace!" His disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal for your house will consume me." Then the Jewish leaders asked him, "What sign can you show us as authority for doing these things?" Jesus answered them, "Destroy this sanctuary, and in three days I will rebuild it." The Jewish leaders said, "This sanctuary has been under construction for 46 years, and you're going to rebuild it in three days?" But the sanctuary he was speaking about was his own body. After he had been raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this. So they believed the Scripture and the statement that Jesus had made. While Jesus was in Jerusalem for the Passover Festival, many people believed in him because they saw the signs that he was doing. Jesus, however, did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people and didn't need anyone to tell him what people were like, because he himself knew what was in every person.
Then he told those who were selling the doves, "Take these things out of here! Stop making my Father's house a marketplace!" His disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal for your house will consume me." Then the Jewish leaders asked him, "What sign can you show us as authority for doing these things?" Jesus answered them, "Destroy this sanctuary, and in three days I will rebuild it." The Jewish leaders said, "This sanctuary has been under construction for 46 years, and you're going to rebuild it in three days?" But the sanctuary he was speaking about was his own body. After he had been raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this. So they believed the Scripture and the statement that Jesus had made. While Jesus was in Jerusalem for the Passover Festival, many people believed in him because they saw the signs that he was doing. Jesus, however, did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people and didn't need anyone to tell him what people were like, because he himself knew what was in every person.