Thematic Bible: Character transformed


Thematic Bible




"I have no husband," she replied. "You rightly say that you have no husband," said Jesus; "for you have had five husbands, and the man you have at present is not your husband. You have spoken the truth in saying that."

But the people there would not receive Him, because He was evidently going to Jerusalem. When the disciples James and John saw this, they said, "Master, do you wish us to order fire to come down from Heaven and consume them?"

His reply was, "What can you mean by thus breaking my heart with your grief? Why, as for me, I am ready not only to go to Jerusalem and be put in chains, but even to die there for the sake of the Lord Jesus." Verse ConceptsGiving, Of OneselfAfflicted Saints, Examples OfeagernessMartyrdom, Qualities OfReadinessSelf DenialShepherds, As Church LeaderWeepingLove Towards Christ, The Nature OfMartyrdom Of The SaintsLove For GodMartyrdom, Believers Attitude TowardsDeath Of God's PeopleEvangelismBreaking Chainsjerusalem

He, having received an order like that, lodged them in the inner prison, and secured their feet in the stocks. Verse ConceptsImprisonmentsInjury To Feet

Then he took them, even at that time of night, washed their wounds, and he and all his household were immediately baptized; Verse ConceptsHourLove, For One AnotherRelatives Also InvolvedChristian BaptismBaptism


so that they would even bring out their sick friends into the streets and lay them on light couches or mats, in order that when Peter came by, at least his shadow might fall on one or other of them. Verse ConceptsShadowsBedsUsing RoadsPeople Carrying Live PeopleHope And Healing

"Come," she said, "and see a man who has told me everything I have ever done. Can this be the Christ, do you think?" Verse ConceptsInvitationsWitnessing, Approaches ToWitnessing, Importance OfConfession Of ChristConfessing ChristChrist Knowing About PeopleSaid To Be The Christ

and when they came to Jesus, they beheld the demoniac quietly seated, clothed and of sane mind--the man who had had the legion; and they were awe-stricken. Verse ConceptsExorcismsevil, victory overDemons, Delivered FromFear, Caused ByLiving WitnessesNakednessClothing OneselfDrawing Near To ChristSitting At The FeetRegaining SanityFear Of ChristThose Demonised

Now Saul, whose every breath was a threat of destruction for the disciples of the Lord, Verse ConceptsThreatsThreateningsJudged As Murderersdamascusmotheringbreath