'Miracle' in the Bible

"I solemnly tell you," said Jesus, "that if you have an unwavering faith, you shall not only perform such a miracle as this of the fig-tree, but that even if you say to this mountain, 'Be thou lifted up and hurled into the sea,' it shall be done;

And He could not do any miracle there, except that He laid His hands on a few who were out of health and cured them; and

"You should not have tried to hinder him," replied Jesus, "for there is no one who will use my name to perform a miracle and be able the next minute to speak evil of me.

To Herod the sight of Jesus was a great gratification, for, for a long time, he had been wanting to see Him, because he had heard so much about Him. He hoped also to see some miracle performed by Him.

This is the second miracle that Jesus performed, after coming from Judaea into Galilee.

Thereupon the people, having seen the miracle He had performed, said, "This is indeed the Prophet who was to come into the world."

"What miracle then," they asked, "do you perform for us to see and become believers in you? What do you *do*?

Large numbers of people also came to Him. Their report was, "John did not work any miracle, but all that John said about this Teacher was true."

This was also why the crowd came to meet Him, because they had heard of His having performed that miracle.

"What are we to do with these men?" they asked one another; for the fact that a remarkable miracle has been performed by them is well known to every one in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.

For the man was over forty years of age on whom this miracle of restoration to health had been performed.