Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



Our forefathers worshiped God on this mountain, and yet you Jews say that the place where people must worship God is at Jerusalem." Verse ConceptsSamaritansWorship, Places OfAncestorsHow To Worship God

His parents used to go to Jerusalem every year at the Passover Festival. Verse ConceptsFeastingVisitingWorship, Times ForEvery Yearparenthood

After this there was a festival of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Verse ConceptsPilgrimageVisitingFestivals ObservedIdentity In Christjerusalem

He bade them goodbye, saying, "I will come back to you again if it is God's will." Then he sailed from Ephesus. Verse ConceptsGod, Sovereignty OfGuidance, God's Promises OfSeafaringFarewellsSea TravelGod's Will Be Donesailinggoodbyes

There were some Greeks among those who had come up to worship at the festival, Verse ConceptsGreeksJudaismProselytesflexibility


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. But the Jewish camping festival was coming. So his brothers said to him, "You ought to leave here and go to Judea, to let your disciples also see the things you are doing. read more.
For no one acts in secret when he desires to be publicly known. If you are going to do these things, let the world see you." For even his brothers did not believe in him. Then Jesus said to them, "It is not yet time for me to act, but any time is suitable for you. It is impossible for the world to hate you, but it does hate me for testifying that its ways are wrong. As for you, go up to the festival; I am not going up to this festival as yet, for it is not quite time for me to go." That was what he told them, and he stayed on in Galilee. But after his brothers had gone up to the festival, then Jesus went up also, not publicly, but as though he did not wish to be observed. Now the Jews were looking for him at the festival and asking where he was, and there was a great deal of muttering about him among the crowds, some saying that he was a good man, and others that he was not, but was imposing on the people. But no one spoke of him in public, for fear of the Jews. But when the festival was half over, Jesus went up to the Temple and began to teach.







If I am guilty and have done anything that deserves death, I do not refuse to die; but if there is no truth in the charges that these men make against me, no one can give me up to them; I appeal to the emperor." Then Festus after conferring with the council answered, "You have appealed to the emperor, and to the emperor you shall go!"


I was at a loss as to how to investigate such matters, and I asked him if he would like to go to Jerusalem and be tried on these charges there. Verse ConceptsPuzzlementCourt Sessions