23 Bible Verses about surprises
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Dear friends, do not be surprised that a test of fire is being applied to you, as though a strange thing were happening to you,
And he made him no reply to even a single accusation, so that the governor was greatly surprised.
But you are not in darkness, brothers, so that that Day should surprise you like thieves.
They are amazed that you no longer join them in plunging into the flood of dissipation, and they abuse you for it;
I am amazed that you are so quickly turning away from him who called you by the mercy of Christ, to some different good news??7 not that there is any other, only that there are some people who are trying to unsettle you and want to turn the good news of the Christ around.
and they were amazed at his teaching, for he spoke with authority.
When Jesus heard this, he was astonished at him, and turning to the crowd that was following him, he said, "I tell you, I have not found such faith as this even in Israel!"
The Pharisee noticed that he did not wash before the meal, and he was surprised.
They were amazed to see how outspoken Peter and John were, and to find that they were uneducated men with no advantages. They recognized them as companions of Jesus,
Pilate wondered whether he was dead already, and he sent for the captain and asked whether he was dead yet,
So it is nothing strange if his servants also masquerade as servants of uprightness. But their doom will fit their actions.
Do not be surprised at this, for the time is coming when all who are in their graves will listen to his voice,
This astonished the Jews. "How is it that this man can read?" they said, "when he has never gone to school?"
Just then his disciples came back, and they were surprised to find him talking with a woman, yet no one of them asked him what he wanted or why he was talking with her.
Which of the two did what his father wanted?" They said, "The second one." Jesus said to them, "I tell you, the tax-collectors and prostitutes are going into the Kingdom of God ahead of you.
They were all seized with astonishment, and praised God, and filled with awe they said, "We have seen something wonderful today!"
When Peter saw this, he said to the people. "Men of Israel, why are you so surprised at this? Why do you stare so at us, as though it were some power or some piety of ours that had made him able to walk?
(See, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is he who keeps awake, and keeps hold of his clothes, so that he will not have to go naked and be put to shame!)
and recognized him as the man who used to sit and beg at the Beautiful Gate of the Temple, they were perfectly astonished and amazed at what had happened to him.
