'Power' in the Bible

And news of him went out through all Syria; and they took to him all who were ill with different diseases and pains, those having evil spirits and those who were off their heads, and those who had no power of moving. And he made them well.

A great number will say to me on that day, Lord, Lord, were we not prophets in your name, and did we not by your name send out evil spirits, and by your name do works of power?

And a leper came and gave him worship, saying, Lord, if it is your pleasure, you have power to make me clean.

Saying, Lord, my servant is ill in bed at the house, with no power in his body, and in great pain.

And they took to him a man stretched on a bed who had no power of moving; and Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the man who was ill, Son, take heart; you have forgiveness for your sins.

And while they were going away, there came to him a man without the power of talking, and with an evil spirit.

And when the evil spirit had been sent out, the man had the power of talking: and they were all surprised, saying, Such a thing has never been seen in Israel.

And he got together his twelve disciples and gave them the power of driving out unclean spirits, and of making well all sorts of disease and pain.

And have no fear of those who put to death the body, but are not able to put to death the soul. But have fear of him who has power to give soul and body to destruction in hell.

Then he went on to say hard things to the towns where most of his works of power were done, because they had not been turned from their sins.

Unhappy are you, Chorazin! Unhappy are you, Beth-saida! For if the works of power which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have been turned from their sins in days gone by, clothing themselves in haircloth and putting dust on their heads.

And you, Capernaum, were you not to be lifted up to heaven? you will go down into hell: for if the works of power which were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have been here to this day.

Then they took to him one with an evil spirit, who was blind and had no power of talking: and he made him well so that he had the power of talking and seeing.

And coming into his country, he gave them teaching in their Synagogue, so that they were greatly surprised and said, Where did this man get this wisdom and these works of power?

And the works of power which he did there were small in number because they had no faith.

So that the people were full of wonder when they saw that those who had no voice were talking, the feeble were made strong, those whose bodies were broken had the power of walking, and the blind were able to see: and they gave glory to the God of Israel.

But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the works of power which he did, and the children crying out in the Temple, Glory to the son of David, they were angry and said to him,

But Jesus said to them in answer, You are in error, not having knowledge of the Writings, or of the power of God.

And then the sign of the Son of man will be seen in heaven: and then all the nations of the earth will have sorrow, and they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

Jesus says to him, You say so: but I say to you, From now you will see the Son of man seated at the right hand of power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.

And a leper came to him and, going down on his knees before him, made a request, saying, If it is your pleasure, you have the power to make me clean.

And four men came to him with one on a bed who had no power of moving.

And give them the power of driving out evil spirits:

And straight away Jesus was conscious that power had gone out of him; and, turning to the people, he said, Who was touching my robe?

And when the Sabbath day had come, he was teaching in the Synagogue; and a number of people hearing him were surprised, saying, From where did this man get these things? and, What is the wisdom given to this man, and what are these works of power done by his hands?

And he was unable to do any work of power there, but only to put his hands on one or two persons who were ill, and make them well.

And they came to him with one who had no power of hearing and had trouble in talking; and they made a request to him to put his hands on him.

And they were overcome with wonder, saying, He has done all things well: he even gives back the power of hearing and the power of talking to those who have been without them.

And he said to them, Truly I say to you, There are some here who will have no taste of death till they see the kingdom of God come with power.

And one of the number said to him in answer, Master, I came to you with my son, who has in him a spirit which takes away his power of talking;

Jesus said to them, Is not this the reason for your error, that you have no knowledge of the holy Writings or of the power of God?

And then they will see the Son of man coming in clouds with great power and glory.

And Jesus said, I am: and you will see the Son of man seated at the right hand of power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.

And he will go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, turning the hearts of fathers to their children, and wrongdoers to the way of righteousness; to make ready a people whose hearts have been turned to the Lord.

And the angel in answer said to her, The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will come to rest on you, and so that which will come to birth will be named holy, Son of God.

With his arm he has done acts of power; he has put to flight those who have pride in their hearts.

And Jesus came back to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and the news of him went through all the country round about.

And wonder came on them all and they said to one another, What are these words? for with authority and power he gives orders to the evil spirits and they come out.

And it came about that while he was in one of the towns, there was a leper there: and when he saw Jesus he went down on his face in prayer to him, saying, Lord, if it is your pleasure, you have power to make me clean.

And it came about that on one of these days he was teaching; and some Pharisees and teachers of the law were seated there, who had come from every town of Galilee and Judaea and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was with him, to make those who were ill free from their diseases.

And some men had with them, on a bed, a man who was ill, without power of moving; and they made attempts to get him in and put him before Jesus.

And all the people were desiring to be touched by him, for power came from him and made them all well.

And answering them he said, Go back and give news to John of what you have seen, and the things which have come to your ears; the blind now see, those who had no power in their legs are walking, lepers are made clean, those who had no hearing now have their ears open, dead men come to life again, and the poor have the good news given to them.

But Jesus said, Someone was touching me, for I had the feeling that power had gone out from me.

And getting the twelve together, he gave them power and authority over all evil spirits and over diseases, to make them well.

And they were full of wonder at the great power of God. But while they were all wondering at all the things which he did, he said to his disciples,

A curse is on you, Chorazin! A curse is on you, Beth-saida! For if such works of power had been done in Tyre and Sidon as have been done in you, they would have been turned from their sins, in days gone by, seated in the dust.

And the seventy came back with joy, saying, Lord, even the evil spirits are under our power in your name.

See, I have given you power to put your feet on snakes and evil beasts, and over all the strength of him who is against you: and nothing will do you damage.

Do not be glad, however, because you have power over spirits, but because your names are recorded in heaven.

And he was sending an evil spirit out of a man who was without the power of talking. And it came about that when the spirit had gone the man had the power of talking; and the people were full of wonder.

But I will make clear to you of whom you are to be in fear: of him who after death has power to send you to hell; yes, truly I say, Have fear of him.

And is it not right for this daughter of Abraham, who has been in the power of Satan for eighteen years, to be made free on the Sabbath?

And they kept watch on him, and sent out secret representatives, who were acting the part of good men, in order that they might get something from his words, on account of which they might give him up to the government and into the power of the ruler.

And death has no more power over them, for they are equal to the angels, and are sons of God, being of those who will come back from the dead.

And then they will see the Son of man coming in a cloud, with power and great glory.

When I was in the Temple with you every day, your hands were not stretched out against me: but this is your hour, and the authority of the dark power.

But in the future the Son of man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.

And now I will send to you what my father has undertaken to give you, but do not go from the town, till the power from heaven comes to you.

In these doorways there were a great number of people with different diseases: some unable to see, some without the power of walking, some with wasted bodies.

And he said, This is why I said to you, No man is able to come to me if he is not given the power to do so by the Father.

No one takes it away from me; I give it up of myself. I have power to give it up, and I have power to take it again. These orders I have from my Father.

After this I will not say much to you, because the ruler of this world comes: and he has no power over me;

Then Pilate said to him, You say nothing to me? is it not clear to you that I have power to let you go free and power to put you to death on the cross?

Jesus gave this answer: You would have no power at all over me if it was not given to you by God; so that he who gave me up to you has the greater sin.

But you will have power, when the Holy Spirit has come on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judaea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.

And they were all full of the Holy Spirit, and were talking in different languages, as the Spirit gave them power.

And a certain man who from birth had had no power in his legs, was taken there every day, and put down at the door of the Temple which is named Beautiful, requesting money from those who went into the Temple;

And when Peter saw it he said to the people, You men of Israel, why are you so greatly surprised at this man? or why are you looking at us as if by our power or virtue we had given him the use of his legs?

Then sending for Peter and John, they said, By what power and in whose name have you done this?

For the man on whom this act of power was done was more than forty years old.

And now, Lord, take note of their cruel words, and give your servants power to be preachers of your word without fear,

And with great power the Apostles gave witness of the coming back of the Lord Jesus from the dead; and grace was on them all.

While you had it, was it not your property? and after you had given it in exchange, was it not still in your power? how has this purpose come into your mind? you have been false, not to men, but to God.

And the word of God was increasing in power; and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem became very great, and a great number of priests were in agreement with the faith.

And Stephen, full of grace and power, did great wonders and signs among the people.

Till another king came to power, who had no knowledge of Joseph.

Heaven is the seat of my power, and earth is a resting-place for my feet: what sort of house will you make for me, says the Lord, or what is my place of rest?

To whom they all gave attention, from the smallest to the greatest, saying, This man is that power of God which is named Great.

Give me this power, so that when I put my hands on anyone he may get the Holy Spirit.

But Saul went on increasing in power, and the Jews in Damascus were not able to give answers to the arguments by which he made it clear that Jesus was the Christ.

And there was a certain man there, named Aeneas, who for eight years had been in bed, without power of moving.

About Jesus of Nazareth, how God gave the Holy Spirit to him, with power: and how he went about doing good and making well all who were troubled by evil spirits, for God was with him.

And the power of the Lord was with them, and a great number had faith and were turned to the Lord.

And at Lystra there was a certain man, who from birth had been without the use of his feet, never having had the power of walking.

And when we were going to the place of prayer, we came across a girl with a spirit which gave knowledge of the future, whose masters made great profit from her power.

And when Paul had put his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them; and they had the power of talking in tongues, and acting like prophets.

And God did special works of power by the hands of Paul:

So the word of the Lord was increased very greatly and was full of power.

To make their eyes open, turning them from the dark to the light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may have forgiveness of sins and a heritage among those who are made holy by faith in me.

But was marked out as Son of God in power by the Holy Spirit through the coming to life again of the dead; Jesus Christ our Lord,

For I have no feeling of shame about the good news, because it is the power of God giving salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first, and then to the Greek.

For from the first making of the world, those things of God which the eye is unable to see, that is, his eternal power and existence, are fully made clear, he having given the knowledge of them through the things which he has made, so that men have no reason for wrongdoing:

What then? are we worse off than they? In no way: because we have before made it clear that Jews as well as Greeks are all under the power of sin;

For if they who are of the law are the people who get the heritage, then faith is made of no use, and the word of God has no power;

And not only so, but let us have joy in our troubles: in the knowledge that trouble gives us the power of waiting;

But still death had power from Adam till Moses, even over those who had not done wrong like Adam, who is a picture of him who was to come.

And the free giving has not the same effect as the sin of one: for the effect of one man's sin was punishment by the decision of God, but the free giving had power to give righteousness to wrongdoers in great number.

That, as sin had power in death, so grace might have power through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Having knowledge that because Christ has come back from the dead, he will never again go down to the dead; death has no more power over him.