Thematic Bible: Instances of faith in Christ


Thematic Bible



Jesus walked on the shore of the Sea of Galilee. There he saw Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother. They were fishermen. He said to them: Follow me and I will teach you to catch people. At once they abandoned their nets and followed him. read more.
He saw two other brothers, James, the son of Zebedee, and John his brother. They were in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. He called them. Instantly they left the boat and their father, and went with him.

Simon Peter answered him: Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of everlasting life! We believe and know that you are the Holy One of God.

Walking by the Sea of Galilee he saw two fishermen Simon and Andrew, Simon's brother. They were casting a net into the sea. Jesus said: Follow me and I will teach you to catch people. They immediately left the nets and went with him. read more.
Jesus then saw James and John, the sons of Zebedee. They were in a boat preparing their nets to go fishing. Jesus called them and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and went with Jesus.

When he finished speaking he asked Simon to put into deep water and let down the nets for a catch. Simon answered, Master we worked all night and caught nothing. At your word I will let down the nets.

They arrived at Jericho. He left there with his disciples and a large crowd. A blind beggar named Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the side of the road. When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he cried: Jesus, son of David, have mercy on me! Many rebuked him that he should keep quiet. However he cried out even more: You son of David have mercy on me. read more.
Jesus stood still and said: You call him. They called the blind man saying to him, Be of good cheer: rise, he calls you. Setting aside his garment, he sprang up, and came to Jesus. Jesus responded to him: What do you want me to do for you? The blind man said to him: Teacher I want to receive my sight! Jesus told him: Go your way; your faith has made you whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed him in the way.

Two blind men sitting by the side of the road heard Jesus pass by and cried out: Have mercy on us, O Lord, Son of David! The crowd told them to be quiet. But they cried even more, saying: Have mercy on us, O Lord, you Son of David! Jesus stood still and asked them: What do you want me to do to you? read more.
They said: Lord give us our sight. Jesus had compassion on them and touched their eyes. Now they could see! So they followed him.

He came closer to Jericho where a blind man sat begging by the side or the road. Hearing a crowd go by, he inquired what this meant. They told him: Jesus of Nazareth passed by. read more.
He cried out: Jesus, you son of David, have mercy on me! They rebuked him and said he should keep quiet. But he cried out even more: You son of David, have mercy on me! Jesus commanded that he be brought to him. When he was near he spoke to him. What do you want me to do to you? He said: Lord, give me my sight! And Jesus said to him: Receive your sight! Your faith has made you whole.

Jesus walked on the shore of the Sea of Galilee. There he saw Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother. They were fishermen. He said to them: Follow me and I will teach you to catch people. At once they abandoned their nets and followed him. read more.
He saw two other brothers, James, the son of Zebedee, and John his brother. They were in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. He called them. Instantly they left the boat and their father, and went with him.

He found his brother Simon first. He said to him: We have found the Messiah (Christ). Verse ConceptsFindingWitnessing, Approaches ToNames And Titles For ChristChrist, Names ForFinding PeopleEvangelismmovement

Walking by the Sea of Galilee he saw two fishermen Simon and Andrew, Simon's brother. They were casting a net into the sea. Jesus said: Follow me and I will teach you to catch people. They immediately left the nets and went with him. read more.
Jesus then saw James and John, the sons of Zebedee. They were in a boat preparing their nets to go fishing. Jesus called them and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and went with Jesus.

When he was in Jerusalem at the Passover feast, many saw the signs he did and expressed active faith in his name. Verse ConceptsPassoverConverts To ChristianitySigns Performed By ChristThose Who Believed In ChristMiraclesimpulsiveness

Many believed when he said these things. Verse ConceptsThose Who Believed In Christ

Many of the Jews, who came to Mary and saw what he did, believed in him. Verse ConceptsFaith, Origins Ofevangelism, kinds ofThose Who Believed In Christclosure

This is because by reason of Lazarus many of the Jews believed in Jesus. Verse ConceptsFaith, Origins OfThose Who Believed In Christbelieflazarus

He healed many. Others with afflictions pressed close to him that they might touch him. Verse ConceptsdiseasesPopularityPersonal ContactPopularity Of ChristDealing With Many PeoplePressingTouching For HealingJesus Healing


The people saw him as soon as they left the boat. They were wherever he was in the whole region. They carried the sick on their beds to him. When he entered a village or city in the marketplaces or the country the sick tried to touch the border of his garment and be healed.


Timothy came from you to us, and brought us good news about your faith and love. We want you to have good memories of us always, and that you desire to see us just as we also desire to see you. Brothers, your faith has comforted us. In all our trouble and suffering we are encouraged. Now we live, if you (persevere) stand fast in the Lord.

Our friends, we should thank God at all times for you. It is right for us to do so, because your faith is growing so much and the love each of you has for the other abounds toward each other. That is why we boast (rejoice) (have glory) about you in the congregations of God. We boast (rejoice) (have glory) about the way you continue to endure and believe through all the persecutions and sufferings you experience.

A woman of Canaan came crying and saying: Have pity on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is greatly troubled with an unclean spirit. He did not answer her. His disciples said to him: Send her away; she keeps shouting at us. He answered: I was sent only to the wandering sheep of the house of Israel. read more.
She bowed down before him and asked for help. He said: It is not right to take the children's bread and give it to the dogs. She said: Yes, Lord; but even the dogs take the scraps from under their masters' table. O woman, Jesus replied, your faith is great! Let your desire be done. And her daughter was made well from that hour.

A woman whose little daughter had an evil spirit heard about Jesus. She went to him and bowed down. The woman was a Greek Syrophoenician by race. She wanted him to drive out the demon out of her daughter. He said to her: Let the children be fed first. It is not proper to take the children's bread and cast it to the dogs. read more.
She answered: Yes Lord, even the dogs under the table eat from the children's crumbs. Then he replied: Thanks to your answer you may leave for the demon has gone out of your daughter. She went to her house and found the child on the bed with the demon gone.

When Mary saw Jesus she fell down at his feet. She said: Lord; if you had been here my brother would not have died. Verse ConceptsGesturesFeetThe Presence Of ChristNot DyingBowing Before MessiahDeath Prevented

Along the way he entered a village. A woman named Martha received him into her house. Her sister Mary sat at the Lord's feet and heard his word. Martha was worried about the housework. She approached Jesus and said: Lord do you not care that my sister does not help me? Tell her to help me. read more.
The Lord answered: Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things. However one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the proper way and it shall not be taken away from her.

He saw two other brothers, James, the son of Zebedee, and John his brother. They were in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. He called them. Instantly they left the boat and their father, and went with him.

Jesus then saw James and John, the sons of Zebedee. They were in a boat preparing their nets to go fishing. Jesus called them and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and went with Jesus.




Paul arrived at Derbe and Lystra where he saw a disciple named Timothy. He was the son of a Jewish woman, and his father was a Greek. Verse ConceptsBelieversGrandmothers

While he was speaking, an official came and paid him respect. He said: By now my daughter must be dead. Come and lay your hand on her and she will live. Verse ConceptsFeetChildren, examples ofBowingKneelingChildren, In Jesus MiraclesLaying On Hands To HealWhile Still SpeakingDeath Of Unnamed IndividualsThose Jesus HealedChildren In The Miracles Of Jesus Christ

Jesus went into the official's house and saw flute players and the crowd making a lot of noise. He told them to leave: For the girl is not dead, but sleeps. They all scornfully laughed at him. The people were sent away. He went to the girl, took hold of her hand, and she got up.

They brought the former blind man to the Pharisees. Jesus healed the blind man on the Sabbath day. The Pharisees asked him how he received his sight. He said to them: He put clay on my eyes, I washed and now I see. read more.
Some of the Pharisees said: This man is not from God, because he does not keep the Sabbath. Others said: How could a man that is a sinner perform such signs? There was division among them. They spoke again to the former blind man. What do you say about him? He said: He is a prophet. The Jews did not believe that he had been blind and then received his sight. So they called his parents. They asked the parents: Is this your son? Was he born blind? How does he see now? His parents answered: This is our son and he was born blind. We do not know how he now sees or who opened his eyes. Ask him. He is of age and he will speak for himself. The parents said these things because they feared the Jews. The Jews had agreed that if any man should confess him to be Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue. So the parents said: Ask him, he is of age. So they called the man that was blind a second time, and said to him: Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner. He answered: I do not know if he is a sinner. One thing I know, I was blind and now I see. They asked: What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes? He answered them: I told you before and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Would you also become his disciples? Then they spoke abusively to him: You are his disciple! We are disciples of Moses. We know that God spoke to Moses. As for this man we do not know where he is from. The man answered: This certainly is a marvel that you do not know where he is from and yet he opened my eyes. We know that God does not listen to sinners. If any man respects God and does his will, God listens to him. Since the world began no one ever heard of a man opening the eyes of someone born blind. If this man were not from God, he could do nothing. They answered: You were born in sin and you teach us? Then they threw him out. Jesus heard that they threw him out. He found him and said: Do you believe in the Son of God? He answered: Who is he Lord that I may believe in him? Jesus replied: You both see and hear him for he speaks with you. Lord I believe, he said. And he bowed down to him.

Jesus returned to Cana of Galilee where he turned the water into wine. There was a nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum. He heard that Jesus came from Judea into Galilee. He went to him and urged him to come see his son. His son was near death. Until you see signs and wonders you will not believe, Jesus said. read more.
The nobleman said: Sir, come or my child would die. Jesus replied: Go your way. Your son lives! The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and he went his way. His servants met him as he returned and said: Your son is alive! He asked them about the hour he was healed. They said: Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him. The father knew that it was the same hour in which Jesus said: Your son lives. He and his entire household believed.

Many Samaritans of that city put faith (believed) in him because of what the woman said: He told me everything I have ever done. When the Samaritans came to him they urged him to stay with them. So he stayed there two days. Many more believed because of the words he spoke. read more.
They told the woman: We believe because of what you said and we heard him ourselves. We know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world!


Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea during the reign of King Herod. Astrologers arrived in Jerusalem from the east. They asked: Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and came to offer him praise.

The hand (Spirit) of God was with them. A great number believed, and turned to the Lord. News of these things came to the ears of the congregation in Jerusalem. They sent Barnabas that he should go as far as Antioch. When he arrived he saw the grace of God and was glad. He exhorted them all to remain true to the Lord as their only purpose of heart. read more.
For he was a good man full of Holy Spirit and of faith. Then many people were added to the Lord.

They said: Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your house. They spoke the Word of God to him and those in his house. That very hour of the night the jailer took them and washed their wounds. Then he and all his family were baptized. read more.
He took them to his house and fed them. They rejoiced along with his entire house, having believed in God.

Jesus traveled to Jerusalem. He went along the border between Samaria and Galilee. Entering a village he met ten men suffering from a dreaded skin disease. They shouted: Jesus! Master! Have pity on us! read more.
When he saw them he told them to go show themselves to the priests. They were cleansed on the way. When he was healed, one of them came back and praised God in a loud voice. He fell on his face at Jesus feet and thanked him. He was a Samaritan. Jesus answered: Were all ten cleansed? Where are the nine? Were the others not willing to return with this foreigner to give glory to God? He said: Arise and go your way. Your faith has made you whole.



Philip found Nathanael, and said to him: We have found the person Moses and the prophets wrote about in the Law and God's word. It is Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. And Nathanael said to him: Could any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip said: Come and see.

Men brought a man on a bed. He was paralyzed. They tried to bring him in and lay him before Jesus. They could not find a way to bring him in because of the crowd. So they went up to the housetop and let the man and the bed down through the tiles to Jesus. Seeing their faith, Jesus said: Man your sins are forgiven you.

One of the Pharisees asked him to dine with him. He went to the Pharisee's house and sat down to eat. A sinful woman went to the Pharisee's house. She brought an alabaster vase filled with ointment. Standing by his feet weeping, she wet his feet with her tears. She wiped them with the hair of her head. Then she kissed his feet and anointed them with the ointment. read more.
The Pharisee saw it and thought to himself if this man were a prophet he would know what kind of woman touched him. She is a sinner. Jesus said to Simon: I have something to tell you. He replied: What teacher? A certain lender had two debtors. One owed five hundred shillings and the other fifty. They did not have money to pay the debt so he forgave them both. Which of them did he love the most? Simon answered: I suppose it was the one whom he forgave the most. Jesus said: Your judgment is correct. Turning to the woman, he said to Simon: See this woman? I entered into your house and you gave me no water for my feet. She watered my feet with her tears, and wiped them with her hair. You did not kiss me. Since the time I came in she has not ceased kissing my feet. You did not anoint my head with oil. She anointed my feet with ointment. She loved much! She has many sins and they are forgiven. When little is forgiven, little love is shown. He said to her: Your sins are forgiven! Those who ate with him said within themselves: Who is this who even forgives sins? He said to the woman: You are saved because of your faith. Go in peace.

She said to herself: If I touch his garment, I will be healed. Jesus turned to see her and said: Daughter, take courage; your faith has made you well. The woman was healed at that time.

He touched their eyes. Let it be done, he said, according to your faith. Their eyes were opened. Jesus strictly warned them: Do not let anyone know about this.

A certain man called Simon was in the same city. He used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, telling everyone that he was great. They all listened to him, from the least to the greatest, saying: This man has great power from God. They followed him because for a long time he astonished them with sorceries. read more.
When they believed what Philip preached about the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.




The other disciple entered the tomb. He saw and believed. Verse ConceptsThe Beloved DiscipleEntering TombsThose Who Believed In Christ





A woman named Lydia who was a seller of purple came from Thyatira. She worshipped God because God opened her heart to listen to the things spoken by Paul. Verse ConceptsHearingListeningColors, PurpleReceptivenessResponseProselytesThe Act Of OpeningOpening To OthersPurple ClothMissionariesevangelising


All who lived at Lydda on the Plain of Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord. Verse ConceptsConversion, examples ofReligious AwakeningsTurning To God


He heard Paul speaking. Paul looked intently at him, and seeing that he had faith to be healed, Verse ConceptsLooking Intently At PeopleHow Healing CameFaith And Healing

Philip said: If you believe with all your heart, you may. He answered: I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. Verse ConceptsFaith, As Basis Of SalvationWitnessing, Importance OfEarnestnessConfessing ChristSaving FaithThose Who Believed In Christ

It became known throughout Joppa and many believed in the Lord. Verse ConceptsFaith, Origins OfMany In The ChurchKnowing Facts


I hear about your love, and about the faith you have toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all the holy ones. Verse ConceptsLove For GodAgape LoveLove Exists Between PeopleKeeping Faith