'Hands' in the Bible

and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, 'He will put his angels in charge of you.' and, 'On their hands they will bear you up, so that you don't dash 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 bread."

These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands doesn't defile the man."

While they were staying in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is about to be delivered up into the hands of men,

If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or crippled, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire.

Then little children were brought to him, that he should lay his hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them.

He laid his hands on them, and departed from there.

Then he came to his disciples, and said to them, "Sleep on now, and take your rest. Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

Jesus said to him, "Friend, why are you here?" Then they came and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.

So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it."

and begged him much, saying, "My little daughter is at the point of death. Please come and lay your hands on her, that she may be made healthy, and live."

When the Sabbath had come, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many hearing him were astonished, saying, "Where did this man get these things?" and, "What is the wisdom that is given to this man, that such mighty works come about by his hands?

He could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people, and healed them.

Now when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is, unwashed, hands, they found fault.

(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, don't eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, holding to the tradition of the elders.

The Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why don't your disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unwashed hands?"

He took hold of the blind man by the hand, and brought him out of the village. When he had spit on his eyes, and laid his hands on him, he asked him if he saw anything.

Then again he laid his hands on his eyes. He looked intently, and was restored, and saw everyone clearly.

For he was teaching his disciples, and said to them, "The Son of Man is being handed over to the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when he is killed, on the third day he will rise again."

If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having your two hands to go into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire,

He took them in his arms, and blessed them, laying his hands on them.

He came the third time, and said to them, "Sleep on now, and take your rest. It is enough. The hour has come. Behold, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

They laid their hands on him, and seized him.

"We heard him say, 'I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.'"

Some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to beat him with fists, and to tell him, "Prophesy!" The officers struck him with the palms of their hands.

they will take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it will in no way hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover."

and, 'On their hands they will bear you up, lest perhaps you dash your foot against a stone.'"

When the sun was setting, all those who had any sick with various diseases brought them to him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.

Now it happened on the second Sabbath after the first, that he was going through the grain fields. His disciples plucked the heads of grain, and ate, rubbing them in their hands.

"Let these words sink into your ears, for the Son of Man will be delivered up into the hands of men."

He laid his hands on her, and immediately she stood up straight, and glorified God.

The chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him that very hour, but they feared the people -- for they knew he had spoken this parable against them.

But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for my name's sake.

When I was with you in the temple daily, you didn't stretch out your hands against me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness."

Jesus, crying 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 up into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again?"

See my hands and my feet, that it is truly me. Touch me and see, for a spirit doesn't have flesh and bones, as you see that I have."

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

He led them out as far as Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.

Some of them would have arrested him, but no one laid hands on him.

Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he came forth from God, and was going to God,

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

When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples therefore were glad when they saw the Lord.

The other disciples therefore said to him, "We have seen the Lord!" But he said to them, "Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe."

Then he said to Thomas, "Reach here your finger, and see my hands. Reach here your hand, and put it into my side. Don't be unbelieving, but believing."

Most certainly I tell you, when you were young, you dressed yourself, and walked where you wanted to. But when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will dress you, and carry you where you don't want to go."

They laid hands on them, and put them in custody until the next day, for it was now evening.

By the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were done among the people. They were all with one accord in Solomon's porch.

and laid hands on the apostles, and put them in public custody.

whom they set before the apostles. When they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.

They made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.

However, the Most High doesn't dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says,

Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

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

saying, "Give me also this power, that whoever I lay my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit."

and in a vision he has seen a man named Ananias coming in, and laying his hands on him, that he might receive his sight."

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

which they also did, sending it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

Now about that time, King Herod stretched out his hands to oppress some of the assembly.

And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side, and woke him up, saying, "Stand up quickly!" His chains fell off from his hands.

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

Therefore they stayed there a long time, speaking boldly in the Lord, who testified to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, doesn't dwell in temples made with hands,

neither is he served by men's hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself gives to all life and breath, and all things.

When Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke with other languages and prophesied.

God worked special miracles by the hands of Paul,

You see and hear, that not at Ephesus alone, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, saying that they are no gods, that are made with hands.

You yourselves know that these hands served my necessities, and those who were with me.

Coming to us, and taking Paul's belt, he bound his own feet and hands, and said, "Thus says the Holy Spirit: 'So will the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man who owns this belt, and will deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.'"

When the seven days were almost completed, the Jews from Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the multitude and laid hands on him,

but the commanding officer, Lysias, came by and with great violence took him out of our hands,

On the third day, they threw out the ship's tackle with their own hands.

It happened that the father of Publius lay sick of fever and dysentery. Paul entered in to him, prayed, and laying his hands on him, healed him.

It happened that after three days Paul called together those who were the leaders of the Jews. When they had come together, he said to them, "I, brothers, though I had done nothing against the people, or the customs of our fathers, still was delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans,

But as to Israel he says, "All day long I stretched out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people."

We toil, working with our own hands. When people curse us, we bless. Being persecuted, we endure.

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

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

Therefore remember that once you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called "uncircumcision" by that which is called "circumcision," (in the flesh, made by hands);

Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.

in whom you were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the sins of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ;

and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you;

I desire therefore that the men in every place pray, lifting up holy hands without anger and doubting.

Don't neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the elders.

Lay hands hastily on no one, neither be a participant in other men's sins. Keep yourself pure.

For this cause, I remind you that you should stir up 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. The heavens are the works of your hands.

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

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

For Christ hasn't entered into holy places made with hands, which are representations of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us;

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

Therefore, lift up the hands that hang down and the feeble knees,

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

That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we saw, and our hands touched, concerning the Word of life

After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation and of all tribes, peoples, and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands.

The rest of mankind, who were not killed with these plagues, didn't repent of the works of their hands, that they wouldn't 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.

He causes all, the small and the great, the rich and the poor, and the free and the slave, to be given marks on their right hands, or on their foreheads;