Thematic Bible: Racial


Thematic Bible



So the Samaritan woman said to him, "How do you, being a Jew, ask from me [water] to drink, [since I] am a Samaritan woman?" (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.) Verse ConceptsExclusivenessAskingJews, TheRacial PrejudiceLonelinessOutsidersSamaritansDisfellowshipDiscourtesyOutcastsMan Providing WaterJews Separate From GentilesNo Dealings

And he said to them, "You know that it is forbidden for a Jewish man to associate with or to approach a foreigner. And to me God has shown [that] I should call no man common or unclean. Verse ConceptsExclusivenessGentiles, In NtClean, Spiritual UseequalityRacial PrejudiceBigotryRacismDisfellowshipPeople Being UncleanAvoiding ForeignersUnrelated PeopleBreaking Man's LawJews Separate From GentilesLack Of Holiness

saying, "You went to men {who were uncircumcised} and ate with them!" Verse ConceptsRacial PrejudiceUncircumcision

For before certain people came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles, but when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, [because he] was afraid of those [who were] of the circumcision, Verse ConceptsCowardiceExclusivenessRacial PrejudiceFear Of ManInstabilityRelations With ForeignersCircumcision PartyNecessity Of CircumcisionFear Of Enemies

And they did not welcome him because {he was determined to go} to Jerusalem. Verse ConceptsInhospitalityRacial PrejudiceNot Welcoming Christwelcome

But [when they] recognized that he was a Jew, they were shouting with one voice from all [of them] for about two hours, "Great [is] Artemis of the Ephesians!" Verse ConceptsHourRacial PrejudiceVoicesTwo Hours