'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 lift you up, lest you 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 {a meal}."

These are the things that defile a person. But eating with unwashed hands does not defile a person!"

But I say to you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but did with him whatever they wanted. In the [same] way also the Son of Man is going to suffer [at] their hands."

Now [as] they were gathering in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men,

And if your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw [it] from you! It is better for you to enter into life crippled or lame than, having two hands or two feet, to be thrown into the eternal fire!

Then children were brought to him so that he could lay his hands on them and pray, but the disciples rebuked them.

And he laid his hands on them [and] traveled on from there.

Then he came to the disciples and said to them, "Are you still sleeping and resting? Behold, the hour is near, and the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.

And Jesus said to him, "Friend, [do that] for which you have come." Then they came up [and] laid hands on Jesus and arrested him.

So Pilate, [when he] saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but instead an uproar was developing, took water [and] washed his hands before the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this man. You see to [it]!"

And he was imploring him many [times], saying, "My little daughter {is at the point of death}! Come, lay your hands on her, so that she will get well and will live."

And [when] the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard [him] were amazed, saying, "Where did this man [get] these [things]? And what [is] this wisdom that has been granted to this man, and the miracles such as these performed through his hands?

And he was not able to do any miracle in that place except to lay his hands on a few sick [people] [and] heal [them].

And they saw that some of his disciples were eating their bread with unclean--that is, unwashed--hands.

(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands {ritually}, [thus] holding fast to the traditions of the elders.

And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unclean hands?"

And he took hold of the blind man's hand [and] led him outside the village, and [after] spitting in his eyes, he placed his hands on him [and] asked him, "Do you see anything?"

Then he placed his hands on his eyes again, and he opened his eyes and was cured, and could see everything clearly.

for he was teaching his disciples and was telling them, "The Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of men, and they will kill him. And [when he] is killed, after three days he will rise."

And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off! It is better [for] you to enter into life crippled than, having two hands, to go into hell--into the unquenchable fire!

And [after] taking [them] into his arms, he blessed them, placing 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.

So they laid hands on him and arrested him.

"We heard him saying, 'I will destroy this temple made by hands, and within three days I will build another not made by hands."

they will pick up snakes. And if they drink any deadly [poison] it will never hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick and {they will get} well."

and 'on [their] hands they will lift you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.'"

Now [as] the sun was setting, all who had those who were sick with various diseases brought them to him, and placing [his] hands on every one of them, he healed them.

Now it happened that on a Sabbath he went through the grain fields, and his disciples were picking and eating the heads of grain, rubbing [them] in [their] hands.

"{You take these words to heart}, for the Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men."

And Jesus replied [and] said, "A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who both stripped him and beat [him]. [After] inflicting blows on [him], they went away, leaving [him] half dead.

And he placed [his] hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and glorified God.

And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay [their] hands on him at [that] same hour, and they were afraid of the people, for they knew that he had told this parable with reference to them.

"But before all these [things], they will lay their hands on you and will persecute [you], handing [you] over to the synagogues and prisons. You will be brought before kings and governors because of my name.

Every day [when] I was with you in the temple [courts], you did not stretch out [your] hands against me! But this is your hour and the domain of darkness!"

And Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, "Father, into your hands I entrust my spirit!" And [after he] said this, he expired.

saying that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of men [who are] sinners, and be crucified, and on the third day rise?"

Look at my hands and my feet, that I am I myself! Touch me and see, because a ghost 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 lifting up his hands, he blessed them.

And some of them were wanting to seize him, but no one laid hands on him.

The one who had died came out, his feet and his hands bound with strips of cloth, and his face wrapped with a facecloth. Jesus said to them, "Untie him and let him go."

[because he] knew that the Father had given him all [things] into [his] hands, and that he had come forth from God and was going away to God,

Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, not my feet only, but also [my] hands and [my] head!"

And [when he] had said this, he showed [his] hands and [his] side to them. Then the disciples rejoiced [when they] saw the Lord.

So the other disciples said to him, "We have seen the Lord!" But he said to them, "Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and put my finger into the mark of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will never believe!"

Then he said to Thomas, "Place your finger here and see my hands, and place your hand and put [it] into my side. And do not be unbelieving, but believing!"

Truly, truly I say to you, when you were young, you tied [your clothes] around yourself and walked wherever you wanted. But when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will tie you up and carry [you] where you do not want [to go].

And they laid hands on them and put [them] in custody until the next day, because it was already evening.

Now many signs and wonders were being performed among the people through the hands of the apostles. And they were all together in Solomon's Portico.

And they laid hands on the apostles and put them in the public prison.

whom they stood before the apostles. And they prayed [and] placed [their] hands on them.

And they manufactured a calf in those days, and offered up a sacrifice to the idol, and began rejoicing in the works of their hands.

But the Most High does not live in [houses] made by human hands, just as the prophet says,

Then they placed [their] hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit.

Now Simon, [when he] saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, offered them money,

saying, "Give to me also this power, so that whomever I place [my] hands on may receive the Holy Spirit!"

and he has seen in a vision a man {named} Ananias coming in and placing hands on him so that he may regain [his] sight."

So Ananias departed and entered into the house, and placing [his] hands on him, he said, "Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road by which you came, has sent me so that you may regain [your] sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit."

Now at that time, Herod the king laid hands on some of those from the church to harm [them].

And behold, an angel of the Lord stood near [him], and a light shone in the prison cell. And striking Peter's side, he woke him up, saying, "Get up {quickly}!" And his chains fell off of [his] hands.

Then, [after they] had fasted and prayed and placed [their] hands on them, they sent [them] away.

So they stayed [there] for a considerable time, speaking boldly for the Lord, who testified to the message of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be performed through their hands.

the God who made the world and all the things in it. This one, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by human hands,

nor is he served by human hands [as if he] needed anything, [because] he himself gives to everyone life and breath and everything.

And [when] Paul laid hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them and they began to speak in tongues and to prophesy.

And God was performing {extraordinary} miracles by the hands of Paul,

and you see and hear that not only in Ephesus but in almost all of Asia this man Paul has persuaded [and] turned away a large crowd [by] saying that the [gods] made by hands are not gods.

You yourselves know that these hands served [to meet] my needs and [the needs of] those who were with me.

And he came to us and took Paul's belt. Tying up his own feet and hands, he said, "This is what the Holy Spirit says: 'In this way the Jews in Jerusalem will tie up the man whose belt this is, and will deliver [him] into the hands of the Gentiles.'"

But when the seven days were about to be completed, the Jews from Asia who had seen him in the temple [courts] stirred up the whole crowd and laid hands on him,

and on the third [day] they threw overboard the gear of the ship with their own hands.

And it happened that the father of Publius was lying down, afflicted with fever and dysentery. Paul went to {him} and [after] praying, he placed [his] hands on him [and] healed him.

Now it happened that after three days, he called together those who were the most prominent of the Jews. And [when] they had assembled, he said to them, "Men [and] brothers, [although] I had done nothing against [our] people or the customs of our fathers, from Jerusalem I was delivered [as] a prisoner into the hands of the Romans,

But about Israel he says, "The whole day [long] I held out my hands to a disobedient and resistant people."

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

then the end, when he hands over the kingdom to the God and Father, when he has abolished all rule and all authority and power.

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

Five times I received at the hands of the Jews forty [lashes] less one.

and I was lowered through a window through the wall in a rope-basket, and I escaped his hands.

Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in [the] flesh, the so-called uncircumcision by the so-called circumcision in [the] flesh, made by hands,

The one who steals must steal no longer, but instead must labor, working with his own hands [what is] good, so that he may have [something] to share with the one who has need.

in whom also you were circumcised with a circumcision not made by hands, by the removal of the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ,

For you became imitators, brothers, of the churches of God [which] are in Judea in Christ Jesus, because you also suffered the same [things] at the hands of your own people, just as [they] themselves [did] also at the hands of the Jews,

and to aspire to live a quiet life, and to attend to {your own business}, and to work with your hands, just as we commanded you,

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

Do not neglect the gift [that is] in you, that was granted to you through prophecy with the laying on of hands by the council of elders.

Lay hands on no one hastily, and do not participate in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.

for which reason I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is in you through the laying on of my hands.

And, "You, Lord, laid the foundation of the earth in the beginning, and the heavens are the works of your hands;

teaching about baptisms and laying on of hands, and resurrection of the dead and eternal judgment.

But Christ has arrived [as] a high priest of the good [things] to come. Through the greater and more perfect tent not made by hands, that is, not of this creation,

For Christ did not enter into a sanctuary made by hands, a [mere] copy of the true [one], but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf,

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

Therefore strengthen your slackened hands and your weakened knees,

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 our hands have touched, concerning the word of life--

After these [things] I looked, and behold, a great crowd that no one was able to number, from every nation and tribe and people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed [in] white robes and [with] palm branches in their hands.

And the rest of humanity who were not killed by these plagues did not repent of the works of their hands, {in order not to worship} the demons and the gold and silver and bronze and stone and wooden idols, which are able neither to see nor to hear nor to walk,