Thematic Bible




Thematic Bible





for no man hath penetrated into the secrets of heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the son of man, who is in heaven.


who came to Jesus by night, and said to him, rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher sent from God: for no man can perform the miracles that you do, except God be with him.

I have displayed thy name among those whom you have chosen out of the world for me: thine they were, and you gave them me; and they have kept thy word.

for no man hath penetrated into the secrets of heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the son of man, who is in heaven.



to them I have declared thy name, and will declare it: that thou mayst love them as thou hast loved me, and I have loved them."


that is to say, master! Jesus said to her, touch me not: for I am not yet ascended to my father: but go to my brethren, and say to them, "I ascend unto my father and your father, even my God and your God."

Now after the Lord had convers'd with them, he was assum'd up to heaven, where he sat on the right hand of God.

then he open'd their minds to make them understand the scriptures, and said to them, thus it is written, and thus it behov'd Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: and that repentance and remission of sins should be preach'd in his name, among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. read more.
you are witnesses of these things. and I am going to send you what my father has promis'd you. but continue in the city of Jerusalem, until you shall be endued with power from on high. At length he led them out as far as Bethany; and stretching out his hands, he gave them his benediction. and while he was blessing them, he was taken from them, and carried up into heaven.

for no man hath penetrated into the secrets of heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the son of man, who is in heaven. but as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the son of man be lifted up:

Now before the feast of the passover, Jesus perceiving that his hour was come, when he was to pass out of this world, and go to the father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end. while they were at supper, (the devil having now put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him) Jesus, though he knew that the father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and was going to God,

but to every one of us a different charge is given, according to the distribution which Christ has made; wherefore 'tis said, " when he ascended up on high, he made a number of captives, and gave gifts to men." now his having ascended, what does it mean, but that he had descended into the lower parts of the earth? read more.
he that descended, is the same too that ascended far above all heavens, to perfect all things.

thus baptism, which corresponds to the deluge, does now save us, not as it is a cleansing from external filth, but as it is an engagement to lead a divine life, from the belief of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who being ascended into heaven, is seated at the right hand of God, where angels, dominations, and potentates have been subjected to him.


Jesus answer'd, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me, shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me, shall never thirst. but I have already told you, that tho' you have seen me, you do not believe. all those whom my father gives me, shall come to me; and I will not reject any that come to me. read more.
for I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me.

for no man hath penetrated into the secrets of heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the son of man, who is in heaven. but as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the son of man be lifted up:

but to every one of us a different charge is given, according to the distribution which Christ has made; wherefore 'tis said, " when he ascended up on high, he made a number of captives, and gave gifts to men." now his having ascended, what does it mean, but that he had descended into the lower parts of the earth? read more.
he that descended, is the same too that ascended far above all heavens, to perfect all things.

Jesus therefore repeated what he had said, "I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your incredulity, so that whither I go, ye cannot come." then said the Jews, what, will he kill himself? that he says, "whither I go, you cannot come." and he said to them, ye are from beneath, I am from above: ye are of this world, I am not of this world.



who came to Jesus by night, and said to him, rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher sent from God: for no man can perform the miracles that you do, except God be with him.

God who at sundry times, and in divers manners, spake in time past to the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by his SON, whom he hath constituted heir of all things, by whom also be made the world.

I have displayed thy name among those whom you have chosen out of the world for me: thine they were, and you gave them me; and they have kept thy word.

for no man hath penetrated into the secrets of heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the son of man, who is in heaven.



to them I have declared thy name, and will declare it: that thou mayst love them as thou hast loved me, and I have loved them."





for no man hath penetrated into the secrets of heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the son of man, who is in heaven.



Now one of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, was there, a ruler of the Jews: who came to Jesus by night, and said to him, rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher sent from God: for no man can perform the miracles that you do, except God be with him. Jesus answered him, I declare unto thee, except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. read more.
Nicodemus replied, how can a man be born when he is old? can he enter into his mother, and be born a second time? Jesus answered, I tell thee, except a man be renewed by the spiritual baptism, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. the cleansing of the body is only external, but the purification of the spirit is spiritual. be not surprized that I said to thee, you must be born again. the wind bloweth where it listeth, and you hear the sound thereof, but cannot tell whence it comes, or whither it goes: such is the change in every one that is renewed by the spirit. Nicodemus answered, how can that be? Jesus answered him, are you a doctor in Israel, and not know these things? I declare unto thee, we speak what we know, and testify what we have seen; but you do not receive our testimony. if you don't believe when I tell you what is plain, how should you believe, if I tell you of things more sublime? for no man hath penetrated into the secrets of heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the son of man, who is in heaven. but as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the son of man be lifted up: that whosoever believeth in him, should not perish, but have eternal life. for God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him, should not perish, but have eternal life. for God sent not his son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. he that believeth on him, shall not be condemned: but he that believeth not, is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the only begotten son of God. and this is the subject of their condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men have loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. for every one that doth evil, hateth the light, and shunneth the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. but he that doth right, cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, because they are agreeable to the will of God.





yet you will not come to me, that ye may have life.







I declare unto you, he that heareth my doctrine, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come under condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. I declare unto you, the time is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the son of God: and they that hear shall live. for as the father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the son, to have life in himself;

Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me shall live even though he were dead: and no man living that believeth in me, shall ever die.



Concerning the Logos, the author of Life, we declare what was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have consider'd, and what has been the object of our touch. for the life was manifested, we have seen it, we testify of it, and denounce unto you, that eternal life which was with the father, and was manifested unto us.

Jesus answered him, I declare unto thee, except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus replied, how can a man be born when he is old? can he enter into his mother, and be born a second time? Jesus answered, I tell thee, except a man be renewed by the spiritual baptism, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. read more.
the cleansing of the body is only external, but the purification of the spirit is spiritual. be not surprized that I said to thee, you must be born again. the wind bloweth where it listeth, and you hear the sound thereof, but cannot tell whence it comes, or whither it goes: such is the change in every one that is renewed by the spirit. Nicodemus answered, how can that be? Jesus answered him, are you a doctor in Israel, and not know these things? I declare unto thee, we speak what we know, and testify what we have seen; but you do not receive our testimony. if you don't believe when I tell you what is plain, how should you believe, if I tell you of things more sublime? for no man hath penetrated into the secrets of heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the son of man, who is in heaven. but as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the son of man be lifted up: that whosoever believeth in him, should not perish, but have eternal life. for God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him, should not perish, but have eternal life.

for he who is descended from heaven, and gives life to the world, is the bread that is truely divine.

for thou hast given him power over all men, that he might give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. and this is life eternal, to acknowledge thee to be the only true God, and Jesus to be the Messiah whom thou hast sent.

therefore we are buried with him by being plunged into a sort of death: that as Christ was raised up from the dead into a state of glory with the father, even so we also should proceed to a new state of life. for if we resembled him with regard to death, certainly we shall likewise do so with regard to his resurrection:

but now being set free from sin, and actually in the service of God, the present advantage you reap is holiness, and the future everlasting life. for the wages of sin is death: but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.