'Hands' in the Bible

and *said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down; for it is written,‘He will command His angels concerning You’;and‘On their hands they will bear You up,So that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’”

“Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.”

These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man.”

but I say to you that Elijah already came, and they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they wished. So also the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands.”

And while they were gathering together in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men;

“If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; it is better for you to enter life crippled or lame, than to have two hands or two feet and be cast into the eternal fire.

Then some children were brought to Him so that He might lay His hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them.

After laying His hands on them, He departed from there.

Then He *came to the disciples and *said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Behold, the hour is at hand and the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.

And Jesus said to him, “Friend, do what you have come for.” Then they came and laid hands on Jesus and seized Him.

When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but rather that a riot was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this Man’s blood; see to that yourselves.”

and *implored Him earnestly, saying, “My little daughter is at the point of death; please come and lay Your hands on her, so that she will get well and live.”

and had endured much at the hands of many physicians, and had spent all that she had and was not helped at all, but rather had grown worse—

When the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue; and the many listeners were astonished, saying, “Where did this man get these things, and what is this wisdom given to Him, and such miracles as these performed by His hands?

And He could do no miracle there except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them.

and had seen that some of His disciples were eating their bread with impure hands, that is, unwashed.

(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they carefully wash their hands, thus observing the traditions of the elders;

The Pharisees and the scribes *asked Him, “Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with impure hands?”

Taking the blind man by the hand, He brought him out of the village; and after spitting on his eyes and laying His hands on him, He asked him, “Do you see anything?”

Then again He laid His hands on his eyes; and he looked intently and was restored, and began to see everything clearly.

For He was teaching His disciples and telling them, “The Son of Man is to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill Him; and when He has been killed, He will rise three days later.”

If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life crippled, than, having your two hands, to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire,

And He took them in His arms and began blessing them, laying His hands on them.

And He *came the third time, and *said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? It is enough; the hour has come; behold, the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.

They laid hands on Him and seized Him.

“We heard Him say, ‘I will destroy this temple made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.’”

they will pick up serpents, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

and,‘On their hands they will bear You up,So that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’”

While the sun was setting, all those who had any who were sick with various diseases brought them to Him; and laying His hands on each one of them, He was healing them.

Now it happened that He was passing through some grainfields on a Sabbath; and His disciples were picking the heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eating the grain.

“Let these words sink into your ears; for the Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men.”

Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell into the robbers’ hands?”

And He laid His hands on her; and immediately she was made erect again and began glorifying God.

The scribes and the chief priests tried to lay hands on Him that very hour, and they feared the people; for they understood that He spoke this parable against them.

“But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you to the synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for My name’s sake.

While I was with you daily in the temple, you did not lay hands on Me; but this hour and the power of darkness are yours.”

And Jesus, crying out with a loud voice, said, “Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit.” Having said this, He breathed His last.

saying that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.”

See My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself; touch Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.”

And when He had said this, He showed them His hands and His feet.

And He led them out as far as Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them.

Some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid hands on Him.

Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come forth from God and was going back to God,

Simon Peter *said to Him, “Lord, then wash not only my feet, but also my hands and my head.”

And when He had said this, He showed them both His hands and His side. The disciples then rejoiced when they saw the Lord.

So the other disciples were saying to him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see in His hands the imprint of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe.”

Then He *said to Thomas, “Reach here with your finger, and see My hands; and reach here your hand and put it into My side; and do not be unbelieving, but believing.”

Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were younger, you used to gird yourself and walk wherever you wished; but when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands and someone else will gird you, and bring you where you do not wish to go.”

this Man, delivered over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men and put Him to death.

And they laid hands on them and put them in jail until the next day, for it was already evening.

At the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were taking place among the people; and they were all with one accord in Solomon’s portico.

They laid hands on the apostles and put them in a public jail.

And these they brought before the apostles; and after praying, they laid their hands on them.

At that time they made a calf and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and were rejoicing in the works of their hands.

However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands; as the prophet says:

Then they began laying their hands on them, and they were receiving the Holy Spirit.

Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was bestowed through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money,

saying, “Give this authority to me as well, so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”

and he has seen in a vision a man named Ananias come in and lay his hands on him, so that he might regain his sight.”

So Ananias departed and entered the house, and after laying his hands on him said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road by which you were coming, has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

Now about that time Herod the king laid hands on some who belonged to the church in order to mistreat them.

And behold, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared and a light shone in the cell; and he struck Peter’s side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly.” And his chains fell off his hands.

Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.

Therefore they spent a long time there speaking boldly with reliance upon the Lord, who was testifying to the word of His grace, granting that signs and wonders be done by their hands.

The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands;

nor is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives to all people life and breath and all things;

And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began speaking with tongues and prophesying.

God was performing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul,

You see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in almost all of Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away a considerable number of people, saying that gods made with hands are no gods at all.

You yourselves know that these hands ministered to my own needs and to the men who were with me.

And coming to us, he took Paul’s belt and bound his own feet and hands, and said, “This is what the Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews at Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.’”

When the seven days were almost over, the Jews from Asia, upon seeing him in the temple, began to stir up all the crowd and laid hands on him,

But Lysias the commander came along, and with much violence took him out of our hands,

and on the third day they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.

And it happened that the father of Publius was lying in bed afflicted with recurrent fever and dysentery; and Paul went in to see him and after he had prayed, he laid his hands on him and healed him.

After three days Paul called together those who were the leading men of the Jews, and when they came together, he began saying to them, “Brethren, though I had done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, yet I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.

But as for Israel He says, “All the day long I have stretched out My hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.”

and we toil, working with our own hands; when we are reviled, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure;

For we know that if the earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

and I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall, and so escaped his hands.

Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “Uncircumcision” by the so-called “Circumcision,” which is performed in the flesh by human hands—

He who steals must steal no longer; but rather he must labor, performing with his own hands what is good, so that he will have something to share with one who has need.

and in Him you were also circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, in the removal of the body of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ;

For you, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, for you also endured the same sufferings at the hands of your own countrymen, even as they did from the Jews,

and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life and attend to your own business and work with your hands, just as we commanded you,

Therefore I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and dissension.

Do not neglect the spiritual gift within you, which was bestowed on you through prophetic utterance with the laying on of hands by the presbytery.

Do not lay hands upon anyone too hastily and thereby share responsibility for the sins of others; keep yourself free from sin.

For this reason I remind you to kindle afresh the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.

And,“You, Lord, in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth,And the heavens are the works of Your hands;

“You have made him for a little while lower than the angels;You have crowned him with glory and honor,And have appointed him over the works of Your hands;

of instruction about washings and laying on of hands, and the resurrection of the dead and eternal judgment.

But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things to come, He entered through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation;

For Christ did not enter a holy place made with hands, a mere copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us;

It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Therefore, strengthen the hands that are weak and the knees that are feeble,

Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the Word of Life—

After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could count, from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands;

The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so as not to worship demons, and the idols of gold and of silver and of brass and of stone and of wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk;