Thematic Bible: Reproves


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




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

But after I am raised, I will go ahead of you into Galilee." Verse ConceptsChrist Going BeforeChrist Would Risereuniting

As they were coming down from the mountain, he gave them orders not to tell anyone what they had seen until after 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 am raised, I will go ahead of you into Galilee." Verse ConceptsChrist Would Rise

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

I have experienced help from God to this day, and so I stand testifying to both small and great, saying nothing except what the prophets and Moses said was going to happen: that the Christ was to suffer and be the first to rise from the dead, to proclaim light both to our people and to the Gentiles."

When the apostles returned, they told Jesus everything they had done. Then he took them with him and they withdrew privately to a town called Bethsaida. Verse ConceptsApostles, During Jesus Earthly MinistryRetirementTelling What People DidThe Apostles In Actionfeedback


When he left there, Jesus went along the Sea of Galilee. Then he went up a mountain, where he sat down. Verse ConceptsRetirementSitting To TeachMoving Onlakes

Six days later Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, and led them privately up a high mountain. Verse ConceptsApostles, During Jesus Earthly MinistryRetirementSix DaysChrist Going With PeopleRelationships And Dating

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

He said to them, "Come with me privately to an isolated place and rest a while" (for many were coming and going, and there was no time to eat). Verse ConceptsGiving, Of TimeHow Disciples LearnRest, PhysicalRecreationRetirementSolitudeDealing With Many PeopleComing To RestPeople EatingDisadvantages Of CrowdsGod Giving RestRest

After Jesus left there, he went to the region of Tyre. When he went into a house, he did not want anyone to know, but he was not able to escape notice. Verse ConceptsSecrecyRetirementAnonymityImpotence Of ChristEntering HousesChrist Concealing Things



Blessed is anyone who takes no offense at me." Verse ConceptsStumbling Over ChristBlessed Through God


He will become a sanctuary, but a stone that makes a person trip, and a rock that makes one stumble -- to the two houses of Israel. He will become a trap and a snare to the residents of Jerusalem. Verse ConceptsFaith, Necessity OfGod, The RockStumblingZion, As A SymbolProphecies Concerning ChristCapstoneDownfall Of IsraelStumbling Over ChristChrist The RockGod TrappingMessianic Prophecies

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

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

and a stumbling-stone and a rock to trip over. They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do. Verse ConceptsLibertinismPredestined PlansStumblingAbuse, Of Christian FreedomProphecies Concerning ChristStumbling Over ChristPeople StumblingChrist The RockRoyal Priesthood

Instead, a woman whose young daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him and came and fell at his feet. Verse ConceptsFeetSpiritsBowing Before MessiahThose Demonised

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

As he was saying these things, a ruler came, bowed low before him, and said, "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 bowed down before him and said, "Lord, help me!" Verse ConceptsFeetBowingKneelingCrying To JesusGod Help!

Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, and kneeling down she asked him for a favor. Verse ConceptsKneelingBowing Before MessiahMothersMothers Love For Her ChildrenMothers And SonsMotherhood

Then one of the synagogue rulers, named Jairus, came up, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet. Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersSynagogueSalutationsBowing Before Messiah


I will raise up a prophet like you for them from among their fellow Israelites. I will put my words in his mouth and he will speak to them whatever I command. Verse ConceptsMediatorMessengerMouthsRevelation, In OtJesus The ProphetSpeaking The Word God GivesSpecial RevelationRevelation Through Direct Communication

Moses said, 'The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must obey him in everything he tells you. Verse ConceptsGod, Unity OfMoses, Significance OfChrist Like PeopleJesus The Prophet

because I have given them the words you have given me. They accepted them and really understand that I came from you, and they 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 many things to say and to judge about you, but the Father who sent me is truthful, and the things I have heard from him I speak to the world." Verse ConceptsGod, Revelation OfReliabilityGod Is TruthfulJesus Christ, JudgeChrist JudgingThe One Who Sent ChristGod's Things Revealed

For I have not spoken from my own authority, but the Father himself who sent me has commanded me what I should say and what I should speak. Verse ConceptsCommunicationGod, Revelation OfChrist's Relationship To GodNot AloneSubject To GodThe FatherThe One Who Sent ChristThe Father's Activity Regarding ChristSpeaking The Word God Givesmyself

Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you, I do not speak on my own initiative, but the Father residing in me performs his miraculous deeds. Verse ConceptsDoctrine, From GodGod, Revelation OfGospel, Descriptions OfSpeech, DivineChrist's Relationship To GodOneness With The FatherNot Believing In JesusFather And Son AlikeFather And Son In One AnotherRelationship Of Father And SonSubject To GodSpeaking The Word God Gives

The person who does not love me does not obey my words. And the word 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


He sees there is no advocate; he is shocked that no one intervenes. So he takes matters into his own hands; his desire for justice drives him on. Verse ConceptsHelpfulnessRevival, Nature OfGod's Salvation Made KnownMessianic PropheciesGod HimselfNo One AvailableGod's InterventionSupportsurprises

"I, the Lord, promise that a new time will certainly come when I will raise up for them a righteous branch, a descendant of David. He will rule over them with wisdom and understanding and will do what is just and right in the land. Verse ConceptsDavid, Spiritual Significance OfBranches, Illustrating MessiahDiscernment, Nature OfChrist, The Seed OfRemnantNames And Titles For ChristChrist, Names ForMessianic PropheciesChrist Our RighteousnessRighteousness Of ChristLeadership Qualities





We are witnesses of all the things he did both in Judea and in Jerusalem. They killed him by hanging him on a tree, but God raised him up on the third day and caused him to be seen, not by all the people, but by us, the witnesses God had already chosen, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.


this man, who was handed over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you executed by nailing him to a cross at the hands of Gentiles. But God raised him up, having released him from the pains of death, because it was not possible for him to be held in its power.

But you rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a man who was a murderer be released to you. You killed the Originator of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this fact we are witnesses!

Paul went to the Jews in the synagogue, as he customarily did, and on three Sabbath days he addressed them from the scriptures, explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and to rise from the dead, saying, "This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Christ."

To the same apostles also, after his suffering, he presented himself alive with many convincing proofs. He was seen by them over a forty-day period and spoke about matters 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 with the soldiers of the guard and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone. Verse ConceptsInfallible ProofsSealing Things

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

Look at my hands and my feet; it's me! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones like you see I have." Verse ConceptsBonesDocetismJesus Christ, ResurrectionInfallible ProofsThe Existence Of ChristChrist's Handsghostsscarsmyself

Those who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads Verse ConceptsGesturesShaking The HeadInsulting ChristAbusenagging

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

One of the criminals who was hanging there railed at him, saying, "Aren't you the Christ? Save yourself and us!" Verse ConceptsThe If's Of SatanJesus Christ, Temptation OfSaid To Be The ChristSaving OneselfSave Us!Abuseassertiveness

He is not here, for he has been raised, just as he said. Come and see the place where he was lying. Verse ConceptsEasterJesus Christ, ResurrectionChrist Is RisenWhere From?The ResurrectionRisingRosesfitness

But he said to them, "Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has been raised! He is not here. Look, there is the place where they laid him. Verse ConceptsEasterLowering PeopleChrist Is Risen

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


So Jesus said, "Leave her alone. She has kept it for the day of my burial. Verse ConceptsOintmentPerfumePreparation For BurialLeave Them Alone


Jesus answered, "You unbelieving and perverse generation! How much longer must I be with you and endure 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

Then he appeared to the eleven themselves, while they were eating, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen him resurrected. 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 replied, "I tell you the solemn truth, you are looking for me not because you saw miraculous signs, but because you ate all the loaves of bread you wanted. Verse ConceptsSelfishness, Examples OfCrowds SeekingPeople EatingChrist Telling The TruthSigns Performed By ChristTruly TrulyFilling PeopleWhy People Did ThingsSelf LoveFishseeking


Now as we were going to the place of prayer, a slave girl met us who had a spirit that enabled her to foretell the future by supernatural means. She brought her owners a great profit by fortune-telling. She followed behind Paul and us and kept crying out, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation." She continued to do this for many days. But Paul became 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 of her at once.

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