Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



And Jesus turned back in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and a fame went forth through all the region round about concerning him, Verse ConceptsAssassinations, AttemptedPower, HumanStrength, SpiritualPower Of The Holy SpiritPower Through The SpiritTelling Of JesusSpreading The Gospelrumors

And after the delivering up of John, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of the reign of God, Verse ConceptsGospel, Descriptions OfPrisonersChrist Preaching

And Jesus having heard that John was delivered up, did withdraw to Galilee, Verse ConceptsMonotonyPrisonersTelling Of Happeningsjail

When therefore the Lord knew that the Pharisees heard that Jesus more disciples doth make and baptize than John, (though indeed Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples,) he left Judea and went away again to Galilee,

And Jesus having heard that John was delivered up, did withdraw to Galilee, Verse ConceptsMonotonyPrisonersTelling Of Happeningsjail

At that time did Herod the tetrarch hear the fame of Jesus, and said to his servants, 'This is John the Baptist, he did rise from the dead, and because of this the mighty energies are working in him.' For Herod having laid hold on John, did bind him, and did put him in prison, because of Herodias his brother Philip's wife, read more.
for John was saying to him, 'It is not lawful to thee to have her,' and, willing to kill him, he feared the multitude, because as a prophet they were holding him. But the birthday of Herod being kept, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and did please Herod, whereupon with an oath he professed to give her whatever she might ask. And she having been instigated by her mother -- 'Give me (says she) here upon a plate the head of John the Baptist; and the king was grieved, but because of the oaths and of those reclining with him, he commanded it to be given; and having sent, he beheaded John in the prison, and his head was brought upon a plate, and was given to the damsel, and she brought it nigh to her mother. And his disciples having come, took up the body, and buried it, and having come, they told Jesus,

And Herod having heard, said -- 'He whom I did behead -- John -- this is he; he was raised out of the dead.' For Herod himself, having sent forth, did lay hold on John, and bound him in the prison, because of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, because he married her, for John said to Herod -- 'It is not lawful to thee to have the wife of thy brother;' read more.
and Herodias was having a quarrel with him, and was willing to kill him, and was not able, for Herod was fearing John, knowing him a man righteous and holy, and was keeping watch over him, and having heard him, was doing many things, and hearing him gladly. And a seasonable day having come, when Herod on his birthday was making a supper to his great men, and to the chiefs of thousands, and to the first men of Galilee, and the daughter of that Herodias having come in, and having danced, and having pleased Herod and those reclining (at meat) with him, the king said to the damsel, 'Ask of me whatever thou wilt, and I will give to thee,' and he sware to her -- 'Whatever thou mayest ask me, I will give to thee -- unto the half of my kingdom.' And she, having gone forth, said to her mother, 'What shall I ask for myself?' and she said, 'The head of John the Baptist;' and having come in immediately with haste unto the king, she asked, saying, 'I will that thou mayest give me presently, upon a plate, the head of John the Baptist.' And the king -- made very sorrowful -- because of the oaths and of those reclining (at meat) with him, would not put her away, and immediately the king having sent a guardsman, did command his head to be brought, and he having gone, beheaded him in the prison, and brought his head upon a plate, and did give it to the damsel, and the damsel did give it to her mother; and having heard, his disciples came and took up his corpse, and laid it in the tomb.

But I say to you, That also Elijah hath come, and they did to him what they willed, as it hath been written of him.' Verse ConceptsWho Is John The Baptist?Other Scriptures FulfilledThe Will Of Men

And, therefore, indeed with many other things, exhorting, he was proclaiming good news to the people, and Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him concerning Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, and concerning all the evils that Herod did, added also this to all, that he shut up John in the prison.


As the former time made light The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, So the latter hath honoured the way of the sea, Beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations. The people who are walking in darkness Have seen a great light, Dwellers in a land of death-shade, Light hath shone upon them.

And Jesus having heard that John was delivered up, did withdraw to Galilee, and having left Nazareth, having come, he dwelt at Capernaum that is by the sea, in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtalim, that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, read more.
Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations! -- the people that is sitting in darkness saw a great light, and to those sitting in a region and shadow of death -- light arose to them.'