Thematic Bible: Intercessory Christ's intercession with the father for mankind


Thematic Bible



Falling at his feet, she said, "My lord, I accept all the guilt! But please let your female servant speak with my lord! Please listen to the words of your servant!

When Reuben heard this, he rescued Joseph from their hands, saying, "Let's not take his life!"

Then Judah said to his brothers, "What profit is there if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?

"So now, please let your servant remain as my lord's slave instead of the boy. As for the boy, let him go back with his brothers.

So Jonathan spoke on David's behalf to his father Saul. He said to him, "The king should not sin against his servant David, for he has not sinned against you. On the contrary, his actions have been very beneficial for you.

"Your royal Majesty, those men have been very wicked in all that they have done to the prophet Jeremiah. They have thrown him into a cistern and he is sure to die of starvation there because there is no food left in the city.

I am appealing to you concerning my child, whose spiritual father I have become during my imprisonment, that is, Onesimus,




So I will assign him a portion with the multitudes, he will divide the spoils of victory with the powerful, because he willingly submitted to death and was numbered with the rebels, when he lifted up the sin of many and intervened on behalf of the rebels."










I am praying on behalf of them. I am not praying on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those you have given me, because they belong to you.


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