'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 'with their hands they will lift you up, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.'"

"Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don't wash their hands when they eat."

These are the things that defile a person; it is not eating with unwashed hands that defiles a person."

From that time on Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.

And I tell you that Elijah has already come. Yet they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted. In the same way, the Son of Man will suffer at their hands."

When they gathered together in Galilee, Jesus told them, "The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men.

If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire.

Then little children were brought to him for him to lay his hands on them and pray. But the disciples scolded those who brought them.

And he placed his hands on them and went on his way.

and said, "What will you give me to betray him into your hands?" So they set out thirty silver coins for him.

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

When Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but that instead a riot was starting, he took some water, washed his hands before the crowd and said, "I am innocent of this man's blood. You take care of it yourselves!"

For his hands and feet had often been bound with chains and shackles, but he had torn the chains apart and broken the shackles in pieces. No one was strong enough to subdue him.

He asked him urgently, "My little daughter is near death. Come and lay your hands on her so that she may be healed and live."

When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue. Many who heard him were astonished, saying, "Where did he get these ideas? And what is this wisdom that has been given to him? What are these miracles that are done through his hands?

He was not able to do a miracle there, except to lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them.

And they saw that some of Jesus' disciples ate their bread with unclean hands, that is, unwashed.

The Pharisees and the experts in the law asked him, "Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with unwashed hands?"

They brought to him a deaf man who had difficulty speaking, and they asked him to place his hands on him.

He took the blind man by the hand and brought him outside of the village. Then he spit on his eyes, placed his hands on his eyes and asked, "Do you see anything?"

Then Jesus placed his hands on the man's eyes again. And he opened his eyes, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly.

for he was teaching his disciples and telling them, "The Son of Man will be betrayed into the hands of men. They will kill him, and after three days he will rise."

If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off! It is better for you to enter into life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, to the unquenchable fire.

After he took the children in his arms, he placed his hands on them and blessed them.

Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus into their hands.

He came a third time and said to them, "Are you still sleeping and resting? Enough of that! The hour has come. Look, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

"We heard him say, 'I will destroy this temple made with hands and in three days build another not made with hands.'"

they will pick up snakes with their hands, and whatever poison they drink will not harm them; they will place their hands on the sick and they will be well."

and 'with their hands they will lift you up, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.'"

As the sun was setting, all those who had any relatives sick with various diseases brought them to Jesus. He placed his hands on every one of them and healed them.

Jesus was going through the grain fields on a Sabbath, and his disciples picked some heads of wheat, rubbed them in their hands, and ate them.

"Take these words to heart, for the Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men."

Jesus replied, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat him up, and went off, leaving him half dead.

Which of these three do you think became a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?"

The Pharisee was astonished when he saw that Jesus did not first wash his hands before the meal.

Then he placed his hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and praised God.

Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!" And after he said this he breathed his last.

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

Look at my hands and my feet; it's me! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones like you see I have."

When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet.

Then Jesus led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands, he blessed them.

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

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

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

The other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord!" But he replied, "Unless I see the wounds from the nails in his hands, and put my finger into the wounds from the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will never believe it!"

Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here, and examine my hands. Extend your hand and put it into my side. Do not continue in your unbelief, but believe."

I tell you the solemn truth, when you were young, you tied your clothes around you and went wherever you wanted, but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and others will tie you up and bring you where you do not want to go."

this man, who was handed over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you executed by nailing him to a cross at the hands of Gentiles.

Now many miraculous signs and wonders came about among the people through the hands of the apostles. By common consent they were all meeting together in Solomon's Portico.

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

They stood these men before the apostles, who prayed and placed their hands on them.

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

Yet the Most High does not live in houses made by human hands, as the prophet says,

Then Peter and John placed their hands on the Samaritans, 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 me this power too, so that everyone I place my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit."

and he has seen in a vision a man named Ananias come in and place his hands on him so that he may see again."

So Ananias departed and entered the house, placed his hands on Saul and said, "Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you came here, has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit."

About that time King Herod laid hands on some from the church to harm them.

Then, after they had fasted and prayed and placed their hands on them, they sent them off.

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

The God who made the world and everything in it, who is 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 life and breath and everything to everyone.

and when Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they began to speak in tongues and to prophesy.

God was performing extraordinary miracles by Paul's hands,

And you see and hear that this Paul has persuaded and turned away a large crowd, not only in Ephesus but in practically all of the province of Asia, by saying that gods made by hands are not gods at all.

You yourselves know that these hands of mine provided for my needs and the needs of those who were with me.

He came to us, took Paul's belt, tied his own hands and feet with it, and said, "The Holy Spirit says this: 'This is the way the Jews in Jerusalem will tie up the man whose belt this is, and will hand him over to the Gentiles.'"

and on the third day they threw the ship's gear overboard with their own hands.

The father of Publius lay sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him and after praying, placed his hands on him and healed him.

But about Israel he says, "All day long I held out my hands to this disobedient and stubborn people!"

We do hard work, toiling with our own hands. When we are verbally abused, we respond with a blessing, when persecuted, we endure,

Then comes the end, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father, when he has brought to an end all rule and all authority and power.

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

but I was let down in a rope-basket through a window in the city wall, and escaped his hands.

Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh -- who are called "uncircumcision" by the so-called "circumcision" that is performed on the body by human hands --

The one who steals must steal no longer; rather he must labor, doing good with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with the one who has need.

In him you also were circumcised -- not, however, with a circumcision performed by human hands, but by the removal of the fleshly body, that is, through the circumcision done by Christ.

to aspire to lead a quiet life, to attend to your own business, and to work with your hands, as we commanded you.

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

Do not neglect the spiritual gift you have, given to you and confirmed by prophetic words when the elders laid hands on you.

Do not lay hands on anyone hastily and so identify with the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.

Because of this I remind you to rekindle God's gift that you possess through the laying on of my hands.

And, "You founded the earth in the beginning, Lord, and the heavens are the works of your hands.

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

But now Christ has come as the high priest of the good things to come. He passed through the greater and more perfect tent not made with hands, that is, not of this creation,

For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with hands -- the representation of the true sanctuary -- but into heaven itself, and he appears now in God's presence for us.

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

Therefore, strengthen your listless hands and your weak knees,

Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and make your hearts pure, you double-minded.

This is what we proclaim to you: 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 here was an enormous crowd that no one could count, made up of persons from every nation, tribe, people, and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb dressed in long white robes, and with palm branches in their hands.

The rest of humanity, who had not been killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so that they did not stop worshiping demons and idols made of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood -- idols that cannot see or hear or walk about.

because his judgments are true and just. For he has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality, and has avenged the blood of his servants poured out by her own hands!"