Thematic Bible: Despised


Thematic Bible



Is he not the carpenter's son? Is not his mother named Mary, and are not his brothers named James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas? Verse ConceptsCraftsmenCarpentersOccupationsWork, As Ordained By GodHumility Of ChristChrist, Names ForChrist's Earthly FamilyWho He Might BeMothers And Sonsnegativity


And the passers-by jeered at him, shaking their heads and saying, "Aha! you who would tear down the sanctuary and build one in three days! Come down from the cross and save yourself!"


Many of them said, "He is possessed and mad! Why do you listen to him?" Verse ConceptsHealthPrejudiceLunaticsAccused Of Being DemonisedReckoned InsaneThe DevilDemonic Influence









"How skilful you are," he said to them, "in nullifying what God has commanded in order to observe what has been handed down to you. Verse ConceptsCommands, in NT

Do not disregard the utterances it inspires, Verse ConceptsIrreverenceProphecyProphecies concerningexams









The Pharisee stood up and uttered this prayer to himself: 'O God, I thank you that I am not like other men, greedy, dishonest, or adulterous, like that tax-collector. Verse ConceptsExtortion, Examples OfAttitudes, in prayerHypocrisy, Description OfPrejudiceStandingStatusTax CollectorsHypocrites, Description OfSelf DelusionEvildoersNot Like PeopleAvoid AdulteryWe Thank GodConfession of sin















When they heard this, they were furious, and wanted to kill them. Verse ConceptsAngry With ChristAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleWork Ethic

And when the people in the synagogue heard this, they were all very angry, and they got up and drove him out of the town and took him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, intending to throw him down from it.

John said to Herod, "It is not right for you to be living with your brother's wife." Herodias felt bitterly toward him and wanted him killed. But she could not bring it about,








and it was what the world calls low and insignificant and unreal that God chose to nullify its realities, Verse ConceptsChosen InstrumentsHumilityArrogant ExistenceChosen DisciplesOther Unimportant PeopleimportanceJustification Excluding Boasting

when they slander us, we try to conciliate them. We have come to be like the scum of the earth, the dregs of the world, and we are so now. Verse ConceptsAfflicted Saints, Examples OfBackbitingdirtGrace, In Human RelationshipsKindnessPersecution, Forms OfSlanderSpeech, Positive Aspects OfDuties To EnemiesDefamationUseless Peoplerumors









"How skilful you are," he said to them, "in nullifying what God has commanded in order to observe what has been handed down to you. Verse ConceptsCommands, in NT


















and so you nullify what God has said by what you have handed down. You have many such practices." Verse ConceptsAdding to the BibleRejection Of GodRejection Of God's WordWord Of GodRejecting God's WordThe Word Of Godculture