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• Pool of SiloamBible

  The Pool of Siloam was a reservoir at the southern end of the City of David in Jerusalem. In John 9, Jesus sent a man who had been blind from birth to wash there.

• SiloamBible

  Siloam is the name of a watercourse and pool in the southeastern part of ancient Jerusalem. It is best known from John 9 as the place where Jesus healed a man blind from birth.

• The Good ShepherdBible

  The Good Shepherd is a figurative expression Jesus used of himself in John 10. It portrays the true leader as a shepherd who lays down his life for the sheep, in contrast to the hireling and the thief.

• John 10Bible

  John 10 is the chapter in which Jesus presents himself as "the door of the sheep" and "the good shepherd." It also recounts how, at the Feast of Dedication in the Jerusalem temple, he declared, "I and my Father are one," and was nearly stoned.

• John 9:1-3Bible Verses

  In this passage Jesus answers that the blindness of a man born blind was caused neither by his own sin nor by his parents' sin, but came about so that the works of God should be made manifest in him. It is frequently cited in discussions of the relationship between suffering and sin and of how disability should be viewed.

• Kim Ik-duPeople

  Kim Ik-du (1874–1950) was a Korean Presbyterian minister and revivalist of the Japanese colonial period. He became widely known for revival meetings that emphasized divine healing, and during the Korean War he was shot and killed by soldiers of the Korean People's Army at Sinchon, in what is now North Korea.

• John WimberPeople

  John Wimber (1934–1997) was an American pastor and musician. He is regarded as the founder of the Vineyard Movement and became widely known for "power evangelism," which emphasized signs and wonders, divine healing, and the gifts of the Holy Spirit.

• William J. SeymourPeople

  William Seymour (1870–1922) was an African American Holiness and Pentecostal preacher. In 1906 he led the Azusa Street Revival in Los Angeles, which proved decisive in the spread of the modern Pentecostal movement.

• Anthony of EgyptPeople

  Anthony of Egypt (c. 251–356) was an early church hermit who lived a solitary monastic life in the Egyptian desert. He is often called the "Father of Monasticism."

• ApollosPeople

  Apollos was a first-century Christian teacher who appears in the Acts of the Apostles and the Pauline Epistles of the New Testament. A Jew from Alexandria, he was eloquent and well versed in the Scriptures, and he ministered in Ephesus and Corinth.

• Healing of the Man with a Withered HandBible

  The healing of the man with a withered hand is a miracle in which Jesus, on the Sabbath, healed a man in a synagogue whose hand was withered. The account appears in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, where it gives rise to a controversy over the Sabbath and prompts a plot to kill Jesus.

• Healing of the Blind Man at BethsaidaBible

  The healing of the blind man at Bethsaida is a miracle in which Jesus spat on the eyes of a blind man at Bethsaida and laid his hands on him twice, restoring his sight in stages. Of the four Gospels, it appears only in Mark 8:22–26.

• Healing of the ParalyticBible

  The healing of the paralytic is a miracle in which Jesus, in a house in Capernaum, declared the forgiveness of sins to a paralyzed man who had been lowered through the roof, and then raised him up so that he walked. The account appears in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke.

• AbyssBible

  The Abyss, or "bottomless pit," is a New Testament term for a deep place in which demons and evil powers are confined or from which they ascend, or for the realm of the dead.

• Healing of the Deaf Man with a Speech ImpedimentBible

  The healing of the deaf man with a speech impediment is a miracle in which Jesus, in the region of the Decapolis, healed a man who could not hear and could not speak properly by saying "Ephphatha." It appears only in Mark 7:31-37.

• The Door of the SheepBible

  "The door of the sheep" is the expression Jesus uses in John 10, where he compares himself to the door of a sheepfold, saying, "I am the door of the sheep." It is commonly read to mean that salvation and life are reached through him.

• Raising of the Widow's Son at NainBible

  A miracle in which Jesus met a funeral procession near the gate of the town of Nain in Galilee, raised a widow's only son from the dead, and restored him to his mother. It is recorded only in Luke 7:11-17.

• GergesaBible

  Gergesa is one of the names given to the region on the eastern side of the Sea of Galilee where Jesus healed a demon-possessed man. The name appears in some Greek manuscripts but not in others.

• John 7:24Bible Verses

  Spoken by Jesus during the Feast of Tabernacles to Jews who objected to his healing on the Sabbath, this verse calls on its hearers not to judge by outward appearance but by a righteous standard. It is frequently cited alongside the command "Judge not" in discussions of judgment and discernment.