Thematic Bible: Christ set an example of


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and see! he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing to him. Have the rulers discovered certainly that this man is the Christ? Verse ConceptsMaking Christ KnownIndividuals Being SilentSaid To Be The ChristBoldness

And when he came near, as he beheld the city, he wept over it, saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, and that in this thy day, the things that concern thy peace! but now they are hidden from thine eyes.

And early in the morning he came again to the temple, and all the people were coming to him. And he sat down and taught them. Verse ConceptsDawnFeetRising Early, Examples OfSittingJesus As Our TeacherSitting To TeachChrist TeachingChrist In The Temple


And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, to hear him. Verse ConceptsRising Early, Examples OfeagernessThose Who Rose Early



For to this ye were called; because even Christ suffered for us, leaving you an example, that ye should follow his steps; who committed no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth; who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered did not threaten, but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously;








I pray for them; I pray not for the world, but for those whom thou hast given me; for they are thine; and all things that are mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them. And I am no longer in the world; and they are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father! keep them in thy name which thou hast given me, that they may be one, even as we are. read more.
While I was with them, I kept them in thy name which thou hast given me, and guarded them; and no one of them is lost except the son of perdition, that the Scripture may be fulfilled. But now I come to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy made full in them. I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. I do not pray thee to take them out of the world, but to keep them from evil. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them in thy truth; thy word is truth. As thou didst send me into the world, I also sent them into the world. And in their behalf I sanctify myself, that they also may be sanctified in the truth. Yet not for these alone do I pray, but also for those who believe in me through their word; that they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me and I in thee, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that thou didst send me. And the glory which thou hast given me, I have given them, that they may be one, even as we are one; I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one, that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. Father! as to that which thou hast given me, I desire that they also be with me where I am, that they may behold my glory which thou hast given me; for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

Jesus therefore said to Peter, Put up the sword into the sheath. The cup which the Father hath given me, shall I not drink it? Verse ConceptsdrinkingSelf DefenceBeverages, FigurativeChrist's Relationship To GodResignationCup Of SufferingGod Giving To The SonThe Father


And he came a little nearer, and fell on his face, praying and saying, Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me! nevertheless, not as I will, but as Thou wilt. And he cometh to the disciples, and findeth them sleeping, and saith to Peter, Is it so that ye could not watch with me one hour? Watch, and pray that ye enter not into temptation; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. read more.
Again he went away a second time, and prayed, saying, My Father, if this [cup] cannot pass away from me, but I must drink it, thy will be done! And coming again he found them sleeping; for their eyes were heavy. And leaving them, he went away again, and prayed the third time, saying again the same words.



For Christ did not seek his own pleasure, but, as it is written, "The reproaches of those who reproached thee fell on me." Verse ConceptsGiving, Of OneselfInsultsSelfishnessUnselfishnessHumility Of ChristProphecies Concerning ChristNot Pleasing People

Again, the Devil taketh him m an exceeding high mountain, and showeth him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory; and said to him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. Then saith Jesus to him, Be gone, Satan! for it is written, "Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve."

who, being in the form of God, did not regard it as a thing to be grasped at to be on an equality with God, but made himself of no consideration, taking the form of a servant, and becoming like men; and in what appertained to him appearing as a man, he humbled himself, and was obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.


They therefore took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father! I thank thee that thou hast heard me. Verse ConceptsLooking HeavenwardRelationship Of Father And SonThe Father's Activity Regarding ChristWe Thank God

And he took a cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; Verse ConceptsCups, Literal UseThanking God For FoodAlcoholicsThe Blood Of JesusGiving ThanksThankscommunion

Jesus then took the loaves, and having given thanks, distributed to those that were lying down; in like manner also of the fishes, as much as they desired. Verse ConceptsLord's SupperThankfulnessThanksgiving, OfferedPlenty Through ChristThanking God For FoodDividing Food