Thematic Bible: Man's


Thematic Bible



For brute nature under all its forms--beasts and birds, reptiles and fishes--can be subjected and kept in subjection by human nature. Verse ConceptsHumanities Responsibility To CreationAnimal LifeRespect, For EnvironmentAbraham, New Testament ReferencesBirds, Features OfMan's DominionWild Beasts SubduedMan's FunctionBirdsPetshumanity




Thou hast put everything in subjection under his feet." For this subjecting of the universe to man implies the leaving nothing not subject to him. But we do not as yet see the universe subject to him. Verse ConceptsHumanities Responsibility To CreationFootstoolsHeadshipAnimal LifeRespect, For EnvironmentSatan, As TempterVictory, Over Spiritual ForcesMan's DominionNot Seeing Spiritual ThingsNothing MissingPutting God FirstAll Enemies Under God's Feet

But they will inflict all this suffering upon you on account of your bearing my name--because they do not know Him who sent me. Verse Conceptsenemies, of believersGod, Revelation OfIgnorance Towards God, Leads ToThe One Who Sent ChristReasons Why The World Hates ChristiansPersecution

For as I passed along and observed the things you worship, I found also an altar bearing the inscription, 'TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.' "The Being, therefore, whom you, without knowing Him, revere, Him I now proclaim to you. Verse ConceptsAmbassadorsGod, Revelation OfIgnorance, Of GodInscriptionsOpportunities, And SalvationSuperstitionPolytheismUnknown GodsHow Not To WorshipIgnorance of GodEclipseignorancedevotion







"I baptize in water only," John answered, "but in your midst stands One whom you do not know-- Verse ConceptsIgnorance, Of ChristWater For BaptismNot Knowing About ChristChrist With People On Earth




"Where is your Father?" they asked. "You know my Father as little as you know me." He replied; "if you knew me, you would know my Father also." Verse ConceptsKnowing God, Nature OfIgnorance, Of ChristKnowledge, Of Jesus ChristEquality With GodIgnorance Towards God, Shown ByNot Knowing About ChristFather And Son AlikeRelationship Of Father And SonWhere Is God?

"Why, this is marvellous!" the man replied; "you do not know where he comes from, and yet he has opened my eyes! Verse ConceptsAmazingIgnorance, Of ChristNot Knowing About ChristChrist's OriginWhere From?


For the people of Jerusalem and their rulers, by the judgement they pronounced on Jesus, have actually fulfilled the predictions of the Prophets which are read Sabbath after Sabbath, through ignorance of those predictions and of Him. Verse ConceptsIgnorance, Of ChristRulersNot Knowing About ChristReading The ScripturesCondemning JesusOn The SabbathScriptures FulfilledWritten In The Prophets









and every one who is living and is a believer in me shall never, never die. Do you believe this?" Verse ConceptsImmortality, In NtHeaven,  Redeemed CommunityNeverLife Through FaithNot DyingBenefits Of Faith In ChristDyingLife After Deathbeliefwill





Here is the bread that comes down out of Heaven that a man may eat it and not die. Verse ConceptsEating, Metaphorical UseImmortality, In NtChrist Going DownNot DyingChrist And HeavenJesus As Food


For so it must be: this perishable nature must clothe itself with what is imperishable, and this mortality must clothe itself with immortality. Verse ConceptsIncorruptibleImmortality, In NtHandicappedTransient BodyPeople Are CorruptibleMoralityinvestingMoral Decay




Then all in the synagogue, while listening to these words, were filled with fury. Verse ConceptsExamples Of EscapingRejection Of ChristAnger, Sinful ExamplesAnger Of Man, UnrighteousAngry With ChristEviction


But they were filled with madness, and began to discuss with one another what they should do to Jesus. Verse Conceptsenemies, of Jesus ChristPharisees, Attitudes To Jesus ChristRevenge, Examples OfTemperPlottingConversationAngry With Christ



After listening to this harangue, they became furiously angry and kept calling out, "Great is the Ephesian Diana!" Verse ConceptsShoutingAngry People




And I saw thrones, and some who were seated on them, to whom judgment was entrusted. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded on account of the testimony that they had borne to Jesus and on account of God's Message, and also the souls of those who had not worshipped the Wild Beast or his statue, nor received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands; and they came to Life and were kings with Christ for a thousand years. Verse ConceptsForeheads666Faithfulness, To Godevil, victory overdefianceBeheadingThe BeastJudgesJudgment SeatPunishment, Legal Aspects OfSelf SacrificeThe Immortal SoulMartyrdom, Methods OfSufferings RewardedRemoving HeadsCosmic CreaturesBelievers JudgingMarks On PeopleAuthority Of DisciplesAvoiding IdolatrySubsequent Witness To ChristWorshipping The DevilMark Of The BeastHow First Resurrection Is Spread OutSigns Of The Timesend times prophecyMartyrdom


But when this perishable nature has put on what is imperishable, and this mortality has put on immortality, then will the words of Scripture be fulfilled, "Death has been swallowed up in victory." Verse ConceptsThe Immortal SoulTransient BodyClothed With Good ThingsOvercoming DeathPeople Are CorruptibleScriptures Fulfilled

"As for you, do not accept the title of 'Rabbi,' for one alone is your Teacher, and you are all brothers. Verse ConceptsTeachersNames And Titles For The ChristianBrotherhood


Jew and Gentile are on precisely the same footing; for the same Lord is Lord over all, and is infinitely kind to all who call upon Him for deliverance. Verse ConceptsBarbariansGenerosity, God'sUnity, God's Goal OfNames And Titles For ChristGod, Impartiality OfAnswered PromisesNo DistinctionsChrist Is LordGod Answers PrayerGentilesJewsBeing Differentdiscrimination

He said to them, "You know better than most that a Jew is strictly forbidden to associate with a Gentile or visit him; but God has taught me to call no one unholy or unclean. Verse ConceptsExclusivenessGentiles, In NtClean, Spiritual UseequalityRacial PrejudiceBigotryRacismDisfellowshipPeople Being UncleanAvoiding ForeignersUnrelated PeopleBreaking Man's LawJews Separate From GentilesLack Of Holiness



For brute nature under all its forms--beasts and birds, reptiles and fishes--can be subjected and kept in subjection by human nature. Verse ConceptsHumanities Responsibility To CreationAnimal LifeRespect, For EnvironmentAbraham, New Testament ReferencesBirds, Features OfMan's DominionWild Beasts SubduedMan's FunctionBirdsPetshumanity




Thou hast put everything in subjection under his feet." For this subjecting of the universe to man implies the leaving nothing not subject to him. But we do not as yet see the universe subject to him. Verse ConceptsHumanities Responsibility To CreationFootstoolsHeadshipAnimal LifeRespect, For EnvironmentSatan, As TempterVictory, Over Spiritual ForcesMan's DominionNot Seeing Spiritual ThingsNothing MissingPutting God FirstAll Enemies Under God's Feet




and the assembled people kept shouting, "It is the voice of a god, and not of a man!" Verse ConceptsFlatteryVoicesMen As Godsworms

So he sprang up and began to walk about. Then the crowds, seeing what Paul had done, rent the air with their shouts in the Lycaonian language, saying, "The gods have assumed human form and have come down to us." Verse ConceptsLanguages Mentioned In ScriptureBecoming Like PeopleLike MenMen As Gods

They expected him soon to swell with inflammation or suddenly fall down dead; but, after waiting a long time and seeing no harm come to him, they changed their minds and said that he was a god. Verse ConceptsFalse GodsWaitingPossibility Of DeathPeople Changing Their MindsSwellingMen As Gods

"Rabbi," answered one of the crowd, "I have brought you my son. He has a dumb spirit in him; and wherever it comes upon him, it dashes him to the ground, and he foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth, and he is pining away. I begged your disciples to expel it, but they had not the power."

"Sir," replied the sufferer, "I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is moved; but while I am coming some one else steps down before me." Verse ConceptsFriendlessnessLonelinessWeakness, PhysicalHelplessnessPeople Going BeforeDippingThings ShakingNo Help

But He Himself was in the stern asleep, with His head on the cushion: so they woke Him. "Rabbi," they cried, "is it nothing to you that we are drowning?" Verse ConceptsCriticism, against believersDependenceBody Of Christ, Physical BodyLeisure, And PastimesRest, PhysicalSleep, PhysicalWorryBedsPossibility Of DeathBack Of ThingsChrist Waking UpDyingDiscipleship

But when He saw them distressed with rowing (for the wind was against them) Verse ConceptsNightPassing ByChrist's Knowledge Of BelieversRowingharassment






"'These who came last have done only one hour's work, and you have put them on a level with us who have worked the whole day and have borne the scorching heat.' Verse ConceptsEquality In PaymentHeatNoonWeather, God's Sovereignty OverApparent InjusticeOne HourHeavy BurdensHot WeatherHard WorkA New DayworkingstoriesWeather Causing Sufferings

Now a woman who for twelve years had suffered from haemorrhage, and had undergone many different treatments under a number of doctors and had spent all she had without receiving benefit but on the contrary growing worse,



Then, when for several days neither sun nor stars were seen and the terrific gale still harassed us, the last ray of hope was now vanishing. Verse ConceptsDespair, Description OfHope, Results Of Its AbsencePessimismDark DaysWithout HopeNavigationNatural DisastersFeeling Lost


"Then he was angry and would not go in. But his father came out and entreated him. Verse ConceptsGesturesAnger, HumanGoing OutsideUnnamed People Angry With Others

Now when Herod was on the point of taking him out of prison, that very night Peter was asleep between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards were on duty outside the door. Verse ConceptsLeisure, And PastimesSleep, PhysicalGod Is ImmanentIron ChainsDuring One NightTwo Other ThingsTwo Other MenSleeping Peacefullytrailsjail






Then all in the synagogue, while listening to these words, were filled with fury. Verse ConceptsExamples Of EscapingRejection Of ChristAnger, Sinful ExamplesAnger Of Man, UnrighteousAngry With ChristEviction


But they were filled with madness, and began to discuss with one another what they should do to Jesus. Verse Conceptsenemies, of Jesus ChristPharisees, Attitudes To Jesus ChristRevenge, Examples OfTemperPlottingConversationAngry With Christ



After listening to this harangue, they became furiously angry and kept calling out, "Great is the Ephesian Diana!" Verse ConceptsShoutingAngry People