Thematic Bible: Persecution of


Thematic Bible



And taking hold of him by the right hand, he raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong. Verse ConceptsCripplesFeetMiracles Of PeterPersonal ContactGod Strengthening PeopleTaking By The HandCare Of FeetBlessings For The Right Hand

And the people of the towns around Jerusalem also came together, bringing the sick and those tormented by unclean spirits, who were all being healed. Verse ConceptsDemon PossessionExorcismsDemons, Evil Work Ofdemons, Kinds ofCrowdsMiracles, Nature OfSpiritsDemons Harming IndividualsHealing Through DisciplesThose DemonisedDemons Causing TormentComing Togetherharassment

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

said with a loud voice, "Stand upright on your feet!" And he leaped up and began walking. Verse ConceptsWalkingMiracles Of PaulThe Healed WalkingIndividuals ShoutingGet Up!jumping

And she was doing this for many days. But Paul, becoming greatly annoyed and turning around, said to the spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!" And it came out {immediately}. 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

so that even handkerchiefs or work aprons {that had touched his skin} were carried away to those who were sick, and [their] diseases left them and the evil spirits came out [of them]. Verse ConceptsExorcismsPeople Casting Out DemonsMeans Of PurifyingHow Healing CameMan's Authority Over The DevilIllness

And it happened that the father of Publius was lying down, afflicted with fever and dysentery. Paul went to {him} and [after] praying, he placed [his] hands on him [and] healed him. Verse ConceptsdiseasesDiseases, Kinds OfSuffering, Causes OfSuffering, Nature OfMiracles Of PaulLaying On Of HandsFeverLaying On Hands To HealHealing Sickness

And Herod with his soldiers also treated him with contempt, and [after] mocking [him] [and] dressing [him] [in] glistening clothing, he sent him back to Pilate. Verse ConceptsClothingMockeryRidicule, Objects OfSoldiersPersecution Of ChristFine ClothesMocking ChristSoldiers Treatment Of ChristFunassertiveness

And on account of this the Jews began to persecute Jesus, because he was doing these [things] on the Sabbath. Verse ConceptsPersecution, Nature OfPlottingPersecution Of ChristThe Sabbath And ChristWhy People Did Things

And they stood up [and] forced him out of the town and brought him up to the edge of the hill on which their town was built, so that they could throw him down the cliff. Verse ConceptsRejection Of ChristPersecution Of ChristThrowing PeopleDriving Out ChristPeople Getting Upjumping

And after these [things] Jesus was going about in Galilee. For he did not want to go about in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him. Verse Conceptsenemies, of Jesus ChristAssassinations, AttemptedJews, ThePersecution Of ChristChrist Would Be Killed

I know that you are descendants of Abraham. But you are seeking to kill me, because my word makes no progress among you. Verse ConceptsPersecution Of ChristChrist Knowing About PeopleChrist Would Be KilledNo Room

So they were seeking again to seize him, and he departed out of their hand. Verse ConceptsExamples Of EscapingPersecution Of ChristArresting ChristOthers Who Fledtrying

and you, son of man, look, they will place cords on you, and they will tie you up with them. Then you will not go out into the midst of them. Verse ConceptsTying Up

And he found a certain Jew {named} Aquila, {a native} of Pontus who had arrived recently from Italy {along with} Priscilla his wife, because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to depart from Rome, [and] he went to them. Verse Conceptsevangelism, motivation forempiresCaesarCommands, in NTPunishment, Legal Aspects OfRefugeesGood Wives ExamplesAquilaRoman EmperorsGroups Sent Away

At that time, Rezin king of Aram recovered Elath for Aram and drove out the Judeans from Elath. The Arameans came to Elath and have lived there until this day. Verse ConceptsCapturing CitiesWhere People Live To This Day

Letters [were] sent by couriers to all the provinces of the king to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate all the Jews, {both young and old}, women and children, on one day, the thirteenth day of the month, that [is] Adar, and to plunder their goods. Verse ConceptsMonth 12Killing Israelites

They have said in their heart, "We will completely oppress them." They burned all the meeting places of God in the land. Verse ConceptsBurning JerusalemThose Subjected To Peoplerelentless

They say, "Come, let us annihilate them from [being] a nation, so that the name of Israel will be remembered no more." Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahForgetting PeopleNames Blotted OutAttempting To KillJews Under ThreatIdentityIdentity In Christremembrance

{Therefore} {at this time} [some] {astrologers} came forward and {they denounced the Jews}. Verse ConceptsPeople Accusing People

And [when they] had brought them to the chief magistrates, they said, "These men are throwing our city into confusion, being Jews, Verse ConceptsFalse Accusations, Examples OfTroubling Groups Of Peoplerelentless