19 Bible Verses about Beds
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And suppose that the other should answer from inside 'Do not trouble me; the door is already fastened, and my children and I are in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything';
Let marriage be honoured by all and the married life be pure; for God will judge those who are immoral and those who commit adultery.
Hurried over the whole country-side, and began to carry about upon mats those who were ill, wherever they heard he was.
The consequence was that people would bring out their sick even into the streets, and lay them on mattresses and mats, in the hope that, as Peter came by, at least his shadow might fall on some one of them.
And there some people brought to him a paralyzed man on a bed. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the man: "Courage, Child! Your sins are forgiven."
And there some men brought on a bed a man who was paralyzed. They tried to get him in and lay him before Jesus;
But, that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins"--then he said to the paralyzed man-- "Get up, take up your bed, and return to your home."
Which is easier?--to say to the paralyzed man, 'Your sins are forgiven'? or to say 'Get up, and take up your mat, and walk about'?
"To you I say, Get up, take up your mat, and return to your home." The man got up, and immediately took up his mat, and went out before them all; at which they were amazed, and, as they praised God, they said: "We have never seen anything like this!"
But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins"-- he spoke to the paralyzed man-- "To you I say, Get up, and take up your pallet, and go to your home."
"Stand up," said Jesus, "take up your mat, and walk about." The man was cured immediately, and took up his mat and began to walk about. Now it was the Sabbath. So the Jews said to the man who had been cured: "This is the Sabbath; you must not carry your mat."read more.
"The man who cured me," he answered, "said to me 'Take up your mat and walk about.'" "Who was it," they asked, "that said to you 'Take up your mat and walk about'?"
"Aeneas," Peter said to him, "Jesus Christ cures you. Get up, and make your bed." Aeneas got up at once;
There he found a man named Aeneas, who had been bed-ridden for eight years with paralysis.
The woman went home, and found the child lying on her bed, and the demon gone.
On that night, I tell you, of two men upon the same bed, one will be taken and the other left;
Jesus was in the stern asleep upon the cushion; and the disciples roused him and cried: "Teacher! is it nothing to you that we are lost?"
Therefore I am laying her upon a bed of sickness, and bringing great suffering upon those who are unfaithful with her, unless they repent and turn from a life like hers.
Being, however, unable to get him near to Jesus, owing to the crowd, they removed the roofing below which Jesus was; and, when they had made an opening, they let down the mat on which the paralyzed man was lying.
But, finding no way of getting him in owing to the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him through the tiles, with his pallet, into the middle of the people and in front of Jesus.
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Beds » Used for » Reclining on at meals
One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to dine with him, so Jesus went to his house and took his place at table. Just then a woman, who was an outcast in the town, having ascertained that Jesus was at table in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster jar of perfume, And placed herself behind Jesus, near his feet, weeping. Then she began to make his feet wet with her tears, and she dried them with the hair of her head, repeatedly kissing his feet and anointing them with the perfume.
Beds » Saints meditate and praise God while on
Beds » Not used in affliction
Beds » Supplied with pillows
Beds » Often perfumed
Beds » Used for » Reclining on by day
Beds » Antiquity of
Beds » Persons sometimes took to, in grief
Beds » Made of » Wood
Beds » The wicked devise mischief while on
Beds » Used for » Sleeping on
And suppose that the other should answer from inside 'Do not trouble me; the door is already fastened, and my children and I are in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything';
Beds » Couches or divans used as
Beds » Made of » Iron
Beds » Of the poor covered with their upper garment
Beds » A small pallet or mattress used as
Beds » Subject to ceremonial defilement
Beds » Of the poor often sold for debt
Beds » The slothful too fond of
Beds » Covered with tapestry and linen
Beds » Illustrative » (too short,) of plans which afford no rest or peace
Beds » Considered necessary
Beds » Illustrative » (made on high,) of carnal security
Beds » Illustrative » Of the grave
Beds » Illustrative » (made in sickness,) of divine support and comfort
Beds » Made of » Gold and silver
Beds » Illustrative » (made in darkness,) of extreme misery
Beds » Made of » Ivory
Beds » Purification of
When they come from market, they will not eat without first sprinkling themselves; and there are many other customs which they have inherited and hold to, such as the ceremonial washing of cups, and jugs, and copper pans).