Thematic Bible: Characters transformed by
Thematic Bible
Conversion » Characters transformed by » Peter, the profane fisherman
Then he began to curse [that is, to invoke God’s judgment on himself] and swear [an oath], “I do not know the man!” And at that moment a rooster crowed.
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Conversion » Characters transformed by » The woman of samaria of unsavoury reputation
The woman answered, I have no husband. Jesus said to her, You have spoken truly in saying, I have no husband. For you have had five husbands, and the man you are now living with is not your husband. In this you have spoken truly.
Conversion » Characters transformed by » John the vindictive jew
But [the people] would not welcome or receive or accept Him, because His face was [set as if He was] going to Jerusalem. And when His disciples James and John observed this, they said, Lord, do You wish us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them, even as Elijah did?
Conversion » Characters transformed by » Becomes paul, the tender-hearted brother
Then Paul replied, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart [like this]? For I am ready not only to be bound and imprisoned, but even to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
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Conversion » Characters transformed by » The cold-hearted philippian jailer
He, having received such a [strict] command, threw them into the inner prison (dungeon) and fastened their feet in the stocks [in an agonizing position].
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Conversion » Characters transformed by » Becomes a sympathetic friend
And he took them that very hour of the night and washed their bloody wounds, and immediately he was baptized, he and all his household.
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Conversion » Characters transformed by » Becomes the apostle of love
Beloved, let us [unselfishly] love and seek the best for one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves [others] is born of God and knows God [through personal experience].
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Conversion » Characters transformed by » Becomes a man whose very shadow heals
to such an extent that they even carried their sick out into the streets and put them on cots and sleeping pads, so that when Peter came by at least his shadow might fall on one of them [with healing power].
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Conversion » Characters transformed by » Becomes an evangel of truth
“Come, see a man who told me all the things that I have done! Can this be the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed)?”
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Conversion » Characters transformed by » Becomes a quiet disciple
They came to Jesus and saw the man who had been demon-possessed sitting down, clothed and in his right mind, the man who had [previously] had the “legion” [of demons]; and they were frightened.
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Conversion » Characters transformed by » Saul the bloodthirsty persecutor
Now Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord [and relentless in his search for believers], went to the high priest,
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Conversion » Characters transformed by » The restless demoniac
Night and day he was constantly screaming and shrieking among the tombs and on the mountains, and cutting himself with [sharp] stones.
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