Thematic Bible: Jericho


Thematic Bible




Now as they were leaving Jericho a great crowd followed him. And two blind men, sitting by the side of the road, heard that it was Jesus who was passing by, and cried out, "Have pity on us, Master, Son of David!" But the crowd checked them, to make them keep still. They cried out all the louder, saying, "Master, have pity on us, Son of David!" read more.
Then Jesus stopped and called to them, "What do you want me to do for you?" "Master," they answered, "let our eyes be opened." Then Jesus, moved with compassion, touched their eyes, and they saw at once, and followed him.

Then they reached Jericho; and as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great crowd, Bartimeus, the son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting beside the road. Verse ConceptsBeggarsLargenessBeggingCrowds Around JesusUsing RoadsDisciples' Movements

As Jesus drew near to Jericho, there was a blind man who sat by the wayside begging. Verse ConceptsBeggingBeggarsRoadsUsing RoadsBlindness

















So he entered Jericho and was passing through the town. There was a man there, called Zaccheus, who was a chief of the tax-gatherers, and was wealthy. And he kept trying to see what sort of a man Jesus was; but he could not see because he was short. read more.
So he ran on before him and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him; for he was about to pass that way. As soon as Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, "Come down quickly, Zaccheus, for today I must stay at your house." He made haste to climb down, and receive him joyfully. When they all saw it, they began to complain, saying "He has gone in to lodge with a man who is a sinner." But Zaccheus stood up and said to the Lord, "I give half my property to the poor, Lord, and if I have defrauded any man of anything I am restoring it to him fourfold." "Today is salvation come to this house," said Jesus "since Zaccheus here is a son of Abraham. "For the Son of man is come to seek and to save the lost."








"A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell among bandits who both stripped him and beat him, and went off leaving him half dead. Verse ConceptsInjuryMurderStealingSuffering, Causes OfTravelViolencePeople Stripping PeopleAfflicted To DeathActual Thievesthieves

So he entered Jericho and was passing through the town. Verse ConceptsGod's Mercy, Example OfPassing Through