Thematic Bible: Persecution of


Thematic Bible



And he took him by the right hand and raised him up, and his feet and ankles immediately became strong, Verse ConceptsCripplesFeetMiracles Of PeterPersonal ContactGod Strengthening PeopleTaking By The HandCare Of FeetBlessings For The Right Hand

Even from the towns around Jerusalem crowds would come in bringing sick people and those who were troubled with foul spirits, and they were all cured. Verse ConceptsDemon PossessionExorcismsDemons, Evil Work Ofdemons, Kinds ofCrowdsMiracles, Nature OfSpiritsDemons Harming IndividualsHealing Through DisciplesThose DemonisedDemons Causing TormentComing Togetherharassment

Peter said to him, "Aeneas, Jesus Christ cures you! Get up, and make your bed!" And he got up immediately. Verse ConceptsHealingPeter, The ApostleMiracles Of PeterBedsGet Up!Jesus Healing

said to him loudly, "Stand on your feet!" And he sprang up and began to walk. Verse ConceptsWalkingMiracles Of PaulThe Healed WalkingIndividuals ShoutingGet Up!jumping

She did this for a number of days, until Paul, very much annoyed, turned and said to the spirit in her, "In the name of Jesus Christ I order you to come out of her!" And it came out instantly. Verse ConceptsExorcismsCommands, in NTDemons, Christ's AuthoritySpiritual DiscernmentMiracles, Nature OfSatan, Resistance ToMiracles Of PaulPeople Casting Out DemonsIn The Name Of ChristNamed People Angry With OthersnaggingDemonic Influence

that people took to the sick handkerchiefs or aprons he had used, and they were cured of their diseases, and the evil spirits went out of them. Verse ConceptsExorcismsPeople Casting Out DemonsMeans Of PurifyingHow Healing CameMan's Authority Over The DevilIllness

Publius' father happened to be sick in bed with fever and dysentery, and Paul went to see him and after praying laid his hands on him and cured him. Verse ConceptsdiseasesDiseases, Kinds OfSuffering, Causes OfSuffering, Nature OfMiracles Of PaulLaying On Of HandsFeverLaying On Hands To HealHealing Sickness

And Herod and his guards made light of him and ridiculed him, and they put a gorgeous robe on him and sent him back to Pilate. Verse ConceptsClothingMockeryRidicule, Objects OfSoldiersPersecution Of ChristFine ClothesMocking ChristSoldiers Treatment Of ChristFunassertiveness

This was why the Jews used to persecute Jesus, because he did things like this on the Sabbath. Verse ConceptsPersecution, Nature OfPlottingPersecution Of ChristThe Sabbath And ChristWhy People Did Things

and they got up and drove him out of the town and took him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, intending to throw him down from it. Verse ConceptsRejection Of ChristPersecution Of ChristThrowing PeopleDriving Out ChristPeople Getting Upjumping

After this Jesus went from place to place in Galilee, for he would not do so in Judea, because the Jews were making efforts to kill him. Verse Conceptsenemies, of Jesus ChristAssassinations, AttemptedJews, ThePersecution Of ChristChrist Would Be Killed

I know that you are descended from Abraham, yet you want to kill me, because there is no room in your hearts for my teaching. Verse ConceptsPersecution Of ChristChrist Knowing About PeopleChrist Would Be KilledNo Room

In consequence of this they again tried to arrest him, and he withdrew out of their reach. Verse ConceptsExamples Of EscapingPersecution Of ChristArresting ChristOthers Who Fledtrying


There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to see them, Verse Conceptsevangelism, motivation forempiresCaesarCommands, in NTPunishment, Legal Aspects OfRefugeesGood Wives ExamplesAquilaRoman EmperorsGroups Sent Away






and brought them before the chief magistrates. "These men," they said, "are Jews, and they are making a great disturbance in our town. Verse ConceptsFalse Accusations, Examples OfTroubling Groups Of Peoplerelentless