Thematic Bible: Christ, an example of


Thematic Bible







if I then, tho' lord and master, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. for I have given you example, that you might behave to one another, as I have to you.




for tho' he was the son of God, yet he found by his own sufferings what it was to obey, Verse ConceptsLearningThe Submission Of ChristObedienceSuffering

remember what I told you, "the servant is not greater than his master." if they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you: if they have been spies upon my discourse, they will be so upon yours. Verse ConceptsFate Of The GodlyFaith, As A Body Of Beliefsdiscipleship, cost ofHumiliationRememberingServanthood, In SocietySuffering, Causes OfPersecution, Nature OfPersecution, OriginPersecution PredictedInferioritySlavesThey Do Not Keep CommandsPersecution

for the same temper of mind ought to be in you as was in Christ Jesus: who tho' he was the image of God, did not affect to appear with divine majesty, but divested himself thereof, by assuming the form of a servant: being made in the likeness of men, read more.
and his whole exterior showing nothing more than a meer man, he abased himself, and carried his submission so far as to die, even the death of the cross.

and Jesus answer'd, Let it be so for the present, for it becometh us to do whatever is right. then John consented. Verse ConceptsNowGospel, Essence OfA Righteous People



the passage of the scripture which he read, was this, "he was led as a sheep to the slaughter, and like a lamb before his shearer, was dumb, so opened he not his mouth: Verse ConceptsLambsMutenessSilenceJesus Christ, Meekness OfSheep ShearingHumility Of ChristPatience, The Nature OfChrist Being SilentChrist Was KilledUse Of The Scriptures

then returning to the disciples, and finding them asleep, he said to Peter, what, could ye not watch by me one hour? Verse ConceptsHourPainPrayerlessnessSleep, PhysicalUnreliabilityOverconfidenceOne HourChrist With His DisciplesStress And Hard Times



Jesus answered them, many good works have I shewed you from my father; for which of those works would you stone me? Verse ConceptsKnowing God, Nature OfDoing God's WorksFear Of StoningThe Father