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• Jesus Walking on WaterBible

  Jesus walking on water is the event in which Jesus walked across the Sea of Galilee at night and approached the disciples' boat as it was battered by wind and waves. It is recorded in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and John.

• ShealtielPeople

  Shealtiel is a biblical figure recorded as the son of Jehoiachin (Jeconiah), the king of Judah who was carried captive to Babylon, and as the father of Zerubbabel, who led the rebuilding of the temple. His name also appears in the genealogies of Jesus in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke.

• Lord's PrayerWorship & Rites

  The Lord's Prayer is the prayer that Jesus Christ taught his disciples. It is recorded in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, and nearly all churches, regardless of denomination, recite it together in worship and use it in instruction.

• JoachimPeople

  Joachim is the figure whom church tradition, including the second-century apocryphal Protoevangelium of James, identifies as the father of Mary, the mother of Jesus, and the husband of Anne. He is not named in the canonical Scriptures.

• PapiasPeople

  Papias was bishop of Hierapolis in Asia Minor in the early second century and an early church writer who left the earliest testimony concerning the origins of the Gospels of Mark and Matthew.

• Mustard SeedBible

  The mustard seed is the seed of the mustard plant. In the Gospels, Jesus uses it as the classic example of something very small when teaching about the growth of the kingdom of God and about faith.

• JairusPeople

  Jairus was a ruler of the synagogue named in the Gospels of Mark and Luke. He sought Jesus' help for his dying twelve-year-old daughter, and Jesus raised her to life.

• BethphageBible

  Bethphage was a village near the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem. The Synoptic Gospels present it as the place where Jesus Christ, just before entering Jerusalem, sent his disciples to bring him a donkey.

• Tax CollectorBible

  Tax collectors (publicans) appear in the New Testament Gospels as people who collected taxes and tolls under Roman rule. Jewish society regarded them as sinners, and the Gospels record several occasions on which Jesus associated with them.

• Joseph of NazarethPeople

  In the New Testament, Joseph is the husband of Mary and the legal father of Jesus. He is presented as a descendant of David and is recorded as having worked as a carpenter in Nazareth of Galilee.

• Pilate's WifePeople

  Pilate's wife was the wife of Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor who presided over the trial of Jesus. She appears only in Matthew 27:19, where, because of a dream, she sent word to her husband to have nothing to do with "that just man."

• MagdalaBible

  Magdala was an ancient town believed to have stood on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee. In the Bible it is known chiefly through the name "Mary Magdalene."

• Mary the Mother of JamesPeople

  One of the women who followed Jesus from Galilee and ministered to him, she witnessed his crucifixion and burial and went to the empty tomb on the morning of the resurrection.

• Son of DavidBible

  A term meaning a descendant of King David. In the New Testament it is applied to Jesus as a messianic title for the king who, in keeping with the Old Testament promise, was to come from the house of David.

• Healing of the Demon-Possessed BoyBible

  The healing of the demon-possessed boy is a miracle in which Jesus, after coming down from the Mount of Transfiguration, cast a demon out of a boy whom his disciples had been unable to heal. The account appears in Matthew, Mark, and Luke.

• Cleansing of the TempleBible

  The cleansing of the Temple is the event in which Jesus drove the merchants and money changers out of the Temple in Jerusalem. Recorded in all four Gospels, it is read as a passage that raises questions about the true meaning of the Temple and of worship.

• Parable of the Wicked HusbandmenBible

  The Parable of the Wicked Husbandmen is a parable of Jesus in which the tenants entrusted with a vineyard kill the servants sent by the owner and finally his son as well. It appears in Matthew, Mark, and Luke and is read as a warning to the leaders who rejected Jesus.

• Healing of the Centurion's ServantBible

  The healing of the centurion's servant is a miracle in which Jesus, at Capernaum, healed the sick servant of a Roman army centurion by his word alone. Recorded in Matthew 8 and Luke 7, the account is known for Jesus' commendation of a Gentile's faith.

• Woman with the Issue of BloodPeople

  The woman with the issue of blood is an unnamed woman who, according to the Synoptic Gospels, suffered for twelve years from bleeding that would not stop and was healed when she touched the garment of Jesus.

• Feeding of the Five ThousandBible

  The Feeding of the Five Thousand is the miracle in which Jesus Christ fed a crowd of about five thousand men, not counting women and children, with five loaves of bread and two fish. It is recorded in all four Gospels.