Thematic Bible: Test believers
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Hindrances » Test believers » Lack of sympathy on the part of the church
And they were bringing young children to him so that he could touch them, but the disciples rebuked them.
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But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came up [and] asked him, saying, "Send her away, because she is crying out after us!"
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Hindrances » Test believers » Discouraging circumstances
And behold, men [came] carrying on a stretcher a man who was paralyzed, and they were seeking to bring him in and place [him] before him. And [when they] did not find a way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof [and] let him down through the roof tiles with the stretcher into the midst [of them], in front of Jesus.
Hindrances » Test believers » Divine delays, not a hindrance but a test
So the sisters sent [word] to him, saying, "Lord, behold, [the one] whom you love is sick." And [when he] heard [it], Jesus said, "This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, in order that the Son of God may be glorified through it." (Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.) read more.
So when he heard that he was sick, then he remained in the place {where} he was two days.
So when he heard that he was sick, then he remained in the place {where} he was two days.
Hindrances » Test believers » Unbelieving friends
[While] he was still speaking, they came from the synagogue ruler's [house] saying, "Your daughter has died. Why trouble the Teacher further?"
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Hindrances » Test believers » Scoffers
So they summoned the man who had been blind for the second time and said to him, "Give glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner!"
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