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Jesus Walking on Water
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.
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- Mark 6Bible
Mark 6 is the chapter of the Gospel of Mark that recounts Jesus' rejection in his hometown, the sending out of the Twelve, the death of John the Baptist, the feeding of the five thousand, Jesus' walking on the water, and the healing of the sick at Gennesaret.
- Mark 7Bible
Mark 7 records Jesus' dispute with the Pharisees and scribes over the tradition of the elders, his teaching that what defiles a person comes from the heart, and his healing of the Syrophoenician woman's daughter and of a deaf man with a speech impediment.
- Matthew 15Bible
Matthew 15 recounts the dispute over handwashing and the tradition of the elders, the faith of a Canaanite woman from the region of Tyre and Sidon, healings beside the Sea of Galilee, and the feeding of the four thousand.
- Matthew 14Bible
Matthew 14 records Herod's execution of John the Baptist, Jesus' feeding of the five thousand with five loaves and two fish, and His walking on the sea.
- CleopasPeople
Cleopas is the named one of the two disciples who met the risen Jesus on the road to Emmaus in Luke 24. Scripture contains no other record of his life.
- 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.
- Lamb of GodBible
The Lamb of God is the title John the Baptist applied to Jesus, recorded in John 1. Conveying the idea of a sacrifice offered for sin, it became one of the principal expressions for the death and atoning work of Jesus.
- Feast of DedicationBible
The Feast of Dedication, also known as Hanukkah, is a Jewish festival commemorating the Jews' recovery and rededication of the Jerusalem Temple after its defilement by the Seleucid dynasty in the second century BC. The Bible mentions it once, in John 10:22.
- 1 John 2Bible
1 John 2 presents Jesus Christ as the advocate and the propitiation for sins and addresses keeping the commandments, loving one's brother, the exhortation not to love the world, the warning about antichrists, and the charge to abide in him.
- John 10:28–29Bible Verses
In this passage Jesus says that he gives eternal life to his sheep and that no one can snatch them out of his hand or out of the Father's hand. It is a principal basis for the doctrine of the perseverance of the saints, which holds that those who have once been saved are preserved to the end, and it stands at the center of the debate over whether salvation can be lost.
- John 10:30Bible Verses
John 10:30 records the words Jesus spoke to the Jews at the Feast of Dedication: "I and my Father are one." Because the verse speaks directly of the relationship between the Father and the Son, it is frequently cited both to explain and to refute the doctrine of the Trinity, and its interpretation has long been debated.
- John 10:35Bible Verses
John 10:35 is the verse in which Jesus, answering a charge of blasphemy, quotes Psalm 82:6 and declares that "the scripture cannot be broken." It is frequently cited in support of the authority of Scripture, and interpreters differ over who is meant by those who were called "gods."
- Jesus ChristDoctrine & Theology
Jesus Christ is the central figure of the Christian faith. Christianity confesses Jesus of Nazareth, who ministered in first-century Judea and was crucified, as the Messiah and the Son of God, and calls him by this name.
- Baptism of JesusBible
The baptism of Jesus is the event in which Jesus, around the beginning of his public ministry, was baptized by John the Baptist in the Jordan River. The Gospels report that the Holy Spirit descended like a dove and that a voice was heard from heaven.
- Jesus PrayerChristian Life
The Jesus Prayer is the short prayer "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner," recited repeatedly. It originated in the monastic tradition of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
- Jesus Called JustusPeople
Jesus called Justus was a Jewish coworker of Paul whom the apostle names in the closing greetings of the Epistle to the Colossians. He appears only once in the Bible, in Colossians 4:11.
- Jesus MovementHistory
The Jesus Movement was an evangelical youth movement that arose among young hippies on the West Coast of the United States in the late 1960s and 1970s and spread across North America and into Europe. Its participants were known as "Jesus People."
- Historical JesusDoctrine & Theology
The historical Jesus is the portrait of Jesus of Nazareth, a first-century figure, as reconstructed through the methods of historical scholarship, as distinct from confessions of faith. The scholarly effort to recover this portrait is known as the "quest for the historical Jesus."
- Bar-JesusPeople
Bar-Jesus, also called Elymas, is a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet who appears in Acts 13. At Paphos on the island of Cyprus, he tried to keep the proconsul Sergius Paulus from believing, was rebuked by Paul, and was struck blind for a time.