Thematic Bible: Reproves


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For then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. Verse ConceptsAbolitionLast DaysPriesthood, In NtEnd Of The AgesOnceChrist AppearingFrom The BeginningOnly OnceDoing RepeatedlyChrist AtoningRight SacrificesAppointments




and deliver him to the Gentiles to be mocked and scourged and crucified, and he will be raised on the third day." Verse ConceptsFloggingThe Third Day Of The WeekHanding Over ChristBeating JesusSuffering From ForeignersChrist Would RiseChrist's Crucifixion ForetoldMocking Christ

But after I have been raised, I will go before you to Galilee." Verse ConceptsChrist Going BeforeChrist Would Risereuniting

And as they were coming down the mountain, he charged them to tell no one what they had seen, until the Son of Man had risen from the dead. Verse ConceptsMan Going DownChrist Concealing ThingsChrist Would RiseChrist's OrdersJesus Foretelling His Resurrection

But after I have been raised, I will go before you to Galilee." Verse ConceptsChrist Would Rise

Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up." Verse ConceptsRiddlesProphecies Said By JesusDestruction Of The TempleRebuilding The TempleThe First Templerebuilding

To this day I have had the help that comes from God, and so I stand here testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would happen: that the Christ must suffer, and that, by being the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to the people and to the Gentiles."

And when the apostles returned, they told him what they had done. Then he took them with him and withdrew apart to a city called Bethsaida. Verse ConceptsApostles, During Jesus Earthly MinistryRetirementTelling What People DidThe Apostles In Actionfeedback

And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, Verse ConceptsEveningAttitudes Of PrayerfulnessHabitsLonelinessPrayer, Practicalities OfRetirementSolitudeIsolated PersonsActing AloneEvenings For Jesus And His DisciplesJesus Praying

And Jesus went on from there and passed along the Sea of Galilee. And he went up on the mountain, and sat down there. Verse ConceptsRetirementSitting To TeachMoving Onlakes

After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. Verse ConceptsApostles, During Jesus Earthly MinistryRetirementSix DaysChrist Going With PeopleRelationships And Dating

Now as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them, Verse ConceptsRetirementTwelve DisciplesChrist With His Disciples

And he said to them, "Come away by yourselves to a lonely place and rest a while." For there were many coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat. Verse ConceptsGiving, Of TimeHow Disciples LearnRest, PhysicalRecreationRetirementSolitudeDealing With Many PeopleComing To RestPeople EatingDisadvantages Of CrowdsGod Giving RestRest

From there he arose and went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered a house, and did not want anyone to know it; yet he could not be hidden. Verse ConceptsSecrecyRetirementAnonymityImpotence Of ChristEntering HousesChrist Concealing Things



And blessed is he who is not offended because of me." Verse ConceptsStumbling Over ChristBlessed Through God



And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his own country and in his own house." Verse ConceptsStumbling Over ChristUnderestimationProphecy Ignoredhonour

Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were by works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone, Verse ConceptsProphecies Concerning ChristTrusting In WorksSaved By FaithWorks Of The LawConversion Of Israel

and, "A stone that causes men to stumble and a rock that makes them fall;" they stumble because they disobey the wordas they were desstined to do. Verse ConceptsLibertinismPredestined PlansStumblingAbuse, Of Christian FreedomProphecies Concerning ChristStumbling Over ChristPeople StumblingChrist The RockRoyal Priesthood

But a woman whose little daughter was possessed by an unclean spirit heard about him, and she came and fell at his feet. Verse ConceptsFeetSpiritsBowing Before MessiahThose Demonised

And behold, a leper came and knelt before him, saying, "Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean." Verse ConceptsBowingKneelingCleansing The BodyChrist WillingHealing Cancercancer

While he was saying these things to them, behold, a ruler came and knelt before him, saying, "My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her and she will live." Verse ConceptsFeetChildren, examples ofBowingKneelingChildren, In Jesus MiraclesLaying On Hands To HealWhile Still SpeakingDeath Of Unnamed IndividualsThose Jesus HealedChildren In The Miracles Of Jesus Christ

But she came and knelt before him, saying, "Lord, help me!" Verse ConceptsFeetBowingKneelingCrying To JesusGod Help!

Then the mother of Zebedee's sons came to him with her sons and, kneeling down, asked something of him. Verse ConceptsKneelingBowing Before MessiahMothersMothers Love For Her ChildrenMothers And SonsMotherhood

Then came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name. And seeing him, he fell at his feet, Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersSynagogueSalutationsBowing Before Messiah



Moses said, 'The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brethren; you shall listen to everything he tells you. Verse ConceptsGod, Unity OfMoses, Significance OfChrist Like PeopleJesus The Prophet

For I have given them the words which you have given me, and they have received them and know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you sent me. Verse ConceptsAssurance, basis ofCommunicationAssurance in the life of faithMission, Of Jesus ChristAcceptance, Of Jesus ChristDivine MessengerChrist's OriginGod Sending OthersThose Who Believed In ChristSpeaking The Word God Gives

I have much to say about you and much to judge; but he who sent me is true, and I declare to the world what I have heard from him." Verse ConceptsGod, Revelation OfReliabilityGod Is TruthfulJesus Christ, JudgeChrist JudgingThe One Who Sent ChristGod's Things Revealed



He who does not love me does not keep my words; and the word which you hear is not mine but the Father's who sent me. Verse ConceptsDoctrine, From GodSpeech, DivineFather And Son AlikeNot Loving GodThe FatherThey Do Not Keep CommandsFathers Love








We are witnesses of all that he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree; but God raised him up on the third day and caused him to be seen, not to all the people but to us who were chosen by God as witnesses, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.


this man, delivered over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men and put him to death. But God raised him up, having loosed the agony of death, because it was impossible for him to be held in its power.

But you disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you, but killed the Author of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses.

And Paul went in, as was his custom, and for three weeks he reasoned with them from the scriptures, explaining and proving that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, "This Jesus whom I am proclaiming to you is the Christ."

To these he also presented himself alive after his suffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking of the things concerning the kingdom of God. Verse ConceptsAlive, Description OfAssurance, basis ofHistoryKingdom Of God, Coming OfPersuasionProof, As EvidenceThe Number FortyJesus Christ, ResurrectionInfallible ProofsForty DaysMore Than One MonthThe Witness Of ChristProofsDuring The DayChrist Is RisenPassion

So they went and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone and setting a guard. Verse ConceptsInfallible ProofsSealing Things

When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. Verse ConceptsFindingInfallible ProofsChrist's HandsSeeing The Risen ChristMaking Christ KnownThe Disciples ReactionsSide Of PeopleIdentity In Christscars

See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Handle me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see I have." Verse ConceptsBonesDocetismJesus Christ, ResurrectionInfallible ProofsThe Existence Of ChristChrist's Handsghostsscarsmyself

And those who passed by hurled insults at him, wagging their heads Verse ConceptsGesturesShaking The HeadInsulting ChristAbusenagging

Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe." Those who were crucified with him also reviled him. Verse ConceptsMessianic Titles, King Of The JewsChrist Going DownReasons For Faith In ChristChrist Is King Of IsraelCrucifiedInsulting ChristOthers Crucified

But the other rebuked him, saying, "Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? Verse ConceptsThe If's Of SatanJesus Christ, Temptation OfSaid To Be The ChristSaving OneselfSave Us!Abuseassertiveness

He is not here; for he has risen, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay. Verse ConceptsEasterJesus Christ, ResurrectionChrist Is RisenWhere From?The ResurrectionRisingRosesfitness

But he said to them, "Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. Verse ConceptsEasterLowering PeopleChrist Is Risen

He is not here, but is risen! Remember how he told you while he was still in Galilee, Verse ConceptsMiracles Of Christ


Jesus said, "Let her alone, she has kept this for the day of my burial. Verse ConceptsOintmentPerfumePreparation For BurialLeave Them Alone


Then Jesus answered, "O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here." Verse ConceptsGenerationsUnbelief, And Life Of FaithEvil GenerationsTwisted WaysDrawing Near To ChristNot Believing In JesusGod EnduringBefore God ActsChrist Not Always With People

Later he appeared to the eleven as they sat at the table; and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen him after he had risen. Verse ConceptsFaith, Necessity OfAttitudes Of StubbornnessRebukeUnbelief, And Life Of FaithUnbelief, Sourced InReclining To EatSeeing The Risen ChristChrist AppearingDoubting The ResurrectionNot Believing PeopleConsequences Of ObstinacyElevenChrist Is Risen

Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you seek me, not because you saw the signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves. Verse ConceptsSelfishness, Examples OfCrowds SeekingPeople EatingChrist Telling The TruthSigns Performed By ChristTruly TrulyFilling PeopleWhy People Did ThingsSelf LoveFishseeking

But when he had turned around and looked at his disciples, he rebuked Peter, and said, "Get behind me, Satan! For you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men." Verse Conceptsevil, believers' responses toPeter, The DiscipleRebukeSatan, As TempterSatan, Agents OfSatan, As The Enemy Of GodDiscernment of JesusThoughts Of The WickedEnemies Of GodOther References To The DisciplesMan's TeachingDiscipleshiprebukingmindset

It happened that as we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave-girl who had a spirit of divination. She brought her owners much profit by fortune-telling. She followed Paul and the rest of us, crying, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who are telling you the way of salvation." She continued doing this for many days. But Paul was greatly annoyed, and turned and said to the spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!" And it came out at that very moment.