Thematic Bible: Extremity of examples of


Thematic Bible












For all forms of flesh are similar to grass, and all the splendor of [a person's] flesh is like the flower [which blossoms] from the grass. [But as with] grass, [a person's flesh] withers, and its flower [i.e., his splendor] falls off. Verse ConceptsMidlife CrisisThe Glory Of ManImperfection, Influence OfMortalitySymbolsBeauty, Temporal Nature OfMan As GrassThe Frailty Of ManThe Shortness Of TimeGrass WitheredImminent TomorrowLike GrassThe World Being TemporaryDeathAbrasionBeauty Of NatureRosesThe Beauty Of Nature


For all forms of flesh are similar to grass, and all the splendor of [a person's] flesh is like the flower [which blossoms] from the grass. [But as with] grass, [a person's flesh] withers, and its flower [i.e., his splendor] falls off. Verse ConceptsMidlife CrisisThe Glory Of ManImperfection, Influence OfMortalitySymbolsBeauty, Temporal Nature OfMan As GrassThe Frailty Of ManThe Shortness Of TimeGrass WitheredImminent TomorrowLike GrassThe World Being TemporaryDeathAbrasionBeauty Of NatureRosesThe Beauty Of Nature







And someone in the crowd answered Him, "Teacher, I brought to you my son, who is dominated by a spirit which causes him to be a mute. Wherever it seizes him, it throws him down and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth and stiffens out. I spoke to your disciples, asking them to drive it out, but they were not able to."

The sick man answered Him, "Sir, I do not have anyone to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but [just] when I am about to enter [it] someone else goes down [into the water] before me." Verse ConceptsFriendlessnessLonelinessWeakness, PhysicalHelplessnessPeople Going BeforeDippingThings ShakingNo Help


When He saw how distressed His disciples were, rowing against an opposing wind, Jesus came to them between three and six o'clock in the morning, walking on the water, and almost walked past them. Verse ConceptsNightPassing ByChrist's Knowledge Of BelieversRowingharassment

Then a woman, who had been bleeding for twelve years, came to Him. She had suffered much at the hands of many doctors [i.e., through treatments and medication that only increased her discomfort] and had spent all her money [on medical bills] and yet got worse instead of better.


When they could see neither the sun nor the stars for many days [due to the storm], and with the wind blowing furiously on them, they gave up all hope of [ever] being saved. Verse ConceptsDespair, Description OfHope, Results Of Its AbsencePessimismDark DaysWithout HopeNavigationNatural DisastersFeeling Lost

Then on the night that Herod was planning to have him brought [before the court], Peter was asleep, chained between two soldiers, with guards stationed at the jail doors. Verse ConceptsLeisure, And PastimesSleep, PhysicalGod Is ImmanentIron ChainsDuring One NightTwo Other ThingsTwo Other MenSleeping Peacefullytrailsjail

"There is a little boy here who has five [small] loaves of barley bread and two [probably smoked] fish. But what is this amount for [feeding] so many people?" Verse ConceptsBarleyChildren, examples ofHelpfulnessChildren, In Jesus MiraclesHelpful ChildrenSmall Things God UsesLittle FoodFive ThingsSmall CreaturesTwo AnimalsChildren In The Miracles Of Jesus ChristFishcouples