Thematic Bible: For the aged


Thematic Bible




These people also showered many honors on us and when we sailed [away], they brought the provisions we needed and put them aboard [the ship]. Verse ConceptsPeople Providing

So, you should welcome him in [the fellowship of] the Lord with great joy, and regard such people with honor, Verse ConceptsHonorMinistry, In The ChurchReputationWelcoming BelieversRejoicing In ReliefRespect For Peoplewelcome

But we urge you, brothers, to know [i.e., appreciate and respect] those who work hard among you, and who lead you and warn you in [the fellowship of] the Lord. [Note: These men were probably the elders. See Acts 20:28; Heb. 13:17]. And regard them very highly, in a loving way, because of the work they do. You should live at peace with one another.



But just then a woman whose little daughter was dominated by an evil spirit heard about Jesus and came and fell down at His feet. Verse ConceptsFeetSpiritsBowing Before MessiahThose Demonised

Just then a person with an infectious skin disease came and worshiped Him, saying, "Lord, if you want to, you can heal me." Verse ConceptsBowingKneelingCleansing The BodyChrist WillingHealing Cancercancer

While Jesus spoke these things, a leader [of the Jewish synagogue, named Jairus. See Mark 5:22-43] came and worshiped Him, saying, "My daughter has just died, but if you come and place your hand on her, she will live [again]." Verse ConceptsFeetChildren, examples ofBowingKneelingChildren, In Jesus MiraclesLaying On Hands To HealWhile Still SpeakingDeath Of Unnamed IndividualsThose Jesus HealedChildren In The Miracles Of Jesus Christ

But she came and worshiped Him, saying, "Lord, help me." Verse ConceptsFeetBowingKneelingCrying To JesusGod Help!

Then the mother of Zebedee's sons [i.e., James and John] came to Jesus with her sons and, bowing down in reverence before Him, made a request of Him. Verse ConceptsKneelingBowing Before MessiahMothersMothers Love For Her ChildrenMothers And SonsMotherhood

About then a man named Jairus, one of the officials of the synagogue, came to Jesus and, upon seeing Him, fell to the ground at His feet. Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersSynagogueSalutationsBowing Before Messiah

And the man said, "Lord, I believe." And he knelt in front of Jesus [i.e., in reverence]. Verse ConceptsAdoration, Of ChristThose Who Believed In ChristWorshipping ChristWorshiping GodFaith And Healing



He said to those who were selling the pigeons, "Take these things out of here, and quit making my Father's house [i.e., the Temple] a merchandise mart." Verse ConceptsMerchandiseRelationship Of Father And SonBusinessthievessalesmarketing





Do not rebuke an older man, but appeal to him as [you would to] your father. [Appeal to] the younger men as [you would to] your brothers; [to] older women as [you would to] mothers; [to] the younger women as [you would to] your sisters, in a [morally] pure way.