Thematic Bible: Reproves


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Otherwise, He would have had to suffer many times since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared one time, at the end of the ages, for the removal of sin by the sacrifice of Himself.





Then they will hand Him over to the Gentiles to be mocked, flogged, and crucified, and He will be resurrected on the third day.”

But after I have been resurrected, I will go ahead of you to Galilee.”

As they were coming down from the mountain, He ordered them to tell no one what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

But after I have been resurrected, I will go ahead of you to Galilee.”

Jesus answered, “Destroy this sanctuary, and I will raise it up in three days.”

Since I have obtained help that comes from God, to this day I stand and testify to both small and great, saying nothing else than what the prophets and Moses said would take place- that the Messiah must suffer, and that as the first to rise from the dead, He would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles."


When the apostles returned, they reported to Jesus all that they had done. He took them along and withdrew privately to a town called Bethsaida.


Moving on from there, Jesus passed along the Sea of Galilee. He went up on a mountain and sat there,

After six days Jesus took Peter, James, and his brother John and led them up on a high mountain by themselves.

While going up to Jerusalem, Jesus took the 12 disciples aside privately and said to them on the way:

He said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a remote place and rest for a while.” For many people were coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.

He got up and departed from there to the region of Tyre and Sidon. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know it, but He could not escape notice.

Then He withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, knelt down, and began to pray,



And if anyone is not offended because of Me, he is blessed.”


He will be a sanctuary;
but for the two houses of Israel,
He will be a stone to stumble over
and a rock to trip over,
and a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

And they were offended by Him.

But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his household.”

Why is that? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone.

and

A stone to stumble over,
and a rock to trip over.


They stumble because they disobey the message; they were destined for this.


Instead, immediately after hearing about Him, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit came and fell at His feet.

Right away a man with a serious skin disease came up and knelt before Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”

As He was telling them these things, suddenly one of the leaders came and knelt down before Him, saying, “My daughter is near death, but come and lay Your hand on her, and she will live.”

But she came, knelt before Him, and said, “Lord, help me!”

Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons approached Him with her sons. She knelt down to ask Him for something.

One of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus, came, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at His feet



I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.

Moses said:

The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to Him in everything He will say to you.

because the words that You gave Me,
I have given them.
They have received them
and have known for certain
that I came from You.
They have believed that You sent Me.

“I have many things to say and to judge about you, but the One who sent Me is true, and what I have heard from Him—these things I tell the world.”

For I have not spoken on My own, but the Father Himself who sent Me has given Me a command as to what I should say and what I should speak.


The one who doesn’t love Me will not keep My words. The word that you hear is not Mine but is from the Father who sent Me.



He saw that there was no man—
He was amazed that there was no one interceding;
so His own arm brought salvation,
and His own righteousness supported Him.

“The days are coming”—this is the Lord’s declaration—
“when I will raise up a Righteous Branch of David.
He will reign wisely as king
and administer justice and righteousness in the land.






We ourselves are witnesses of everything He did in both the Judean country and in Jerusalem; yet they killed Him by hanging Him on a tree. God raised up this man on the third day and permitted Him to be seen, not by all the people, but by us, witnesses appointed beforehand by God, who ate and drank with Him after He rose from the dead.


Though He was delivered up according to God's determined plan and foreknowledge, you used lawless people to nail Him to a cross and kill Him. God raised Him up, ending the pains of death, because it was not possible for Him to be held by it.

But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked to have a murderer given to you. And you killed the source of life, whom God raised from the dead; we are witnesses of this.

As usual, Paul went to them, and on three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures, explaining and showing that the Messiah had to suffer and rise from the dead, and saying: "This is the Messiah, Jesus, whom I am proclaiming to you."



Then they went and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone and setting the guard.

Having said this, He showed them His hands and His side. So the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.

Look at My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself! Touch Me and see, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you can see I have.”


Those who passed by were yelling insults at Him, shaking their heads

Let the Messiah, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see and believe.” Even those who were crucified with Him were taunting Him.

Then one of the criminals hanging there began to yell insults at Him: “Aren’t You the Messiah? Save Yourself and us!”


He is not here! For He has been resurrected, just as He said. Come and see the place where He lay.

“Don’t be alarmed,” he told them. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has been resurrected! He is not here! See the place where they put Him.

“He is not here, but He has been resurrected! Remember how He spoke to you when He was still in Galilee,



Jesus answered, “Leave her alone; she has kept it for the day of My burial.



Jesus replied, “You unbelieving and rebellious generation! How long will I be with you and put up with you? Bring your son here.”


Later, He appeared to the Eleven themselves as they were reclining at the table. He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who saw Him after He had been resurrected.


Jesus answered, “I assure you: You are looking for Me, not because you saw the signs, but because you ate the loaves and were filled.


But turning around and looking at His disciples, He rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind Me, Satan, because you’re not thinking about God’s concerns, but man’s!”


Once, as we were on our way to prayer, a slave girl met us who had a spirit of prediction and made a large profit for her owners by fortune-telling. As she followed Paul and us she cried out, "These men are the slaves of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation." And she did this for many days. But Paul was greatly aggravated, and turning to the spirit, said, "I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!" And it came out right away.


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