The Need of Miracles

Occasionally it is good to get back to the basics of the focus of our primary example: Jesus Christ. His ministry contained the miracles listed below.  Healing the blind men at Jericho is believed to be three different occasions even though it is listed here as one.  It is important to consider the emphasis of miracles by category.  Jesus ministered healing as first priority followed by taking command over nature.

 

Nature Miracles Matt Mark Luke John
1. Stilling the Storm 8:23 4:35 8:22
2. Feeding the 5000 14:13 6:30 9:10 6:01
3. Walking on the Water 14:25 6:48 6:19
4. Feeding the 4000 15:32 8:01
5. Temple Tax in the Fish’s Mouth 17:24
6. Withering the Fig Tree 21:18 11:12
7. Draught of Fish 5:01
8. Turning Water into Wine 2:01
9. Second Draught of Fish 21:01

 

Healing Miracles

Matt Mark Luke John
General Healings
1. Cleansing of a Leper 8:02 1:40 5:12
2. Healing a Centurion’s Servant 8:05 7:01
3. Healing Peter’s Mother-in-law 8:14 1:30 4:38
4. Healing the Sick at evening 8:16 1:32 4:40
5. Healing a paralytic 9:02 2:03 5:18
6. Healing the Hemorrhaging woman 9:20 5:25 8:43
7. Healing Two Blind Men 9:27
8. Healing a Man’s Withered Hand 12:09 3:01 6:06
9. Healing the Gentile Woman’s Daughter 15:21 7:24
10. Healing the Epileptic Boy 17:14 9:17 9:38
11. Healing the Blind Men at Jericho 20:30 10:46 18:35
12. Healing a Deaf Mute 7:31
13. Healing a Blind Man at Bethsaida 8:22
14. Healing the Infirm, Bent Woman 13:11
15. Healing the Man with Dropsy 14:01
16. Cleansing the Ten Lepers 17:11
17. Restoring a Servant’s Ear 22:51
18. Healing the Nobleman’s Son (of fever) 4:46
19. Healing an Infirm Man at Bethesda 5:01
20. Healing the Man born blind 9:01

 

Resurrections

1. Raising the Ruler’s Daughter 9:18,23 5:22,35 8:40,49
2. Raising of a Widow’s Son at Nain 7:11
3. Raising of Lazarus 11:43

 

Casting out Demons

1. Demons entering a herd of swine 8:28 5:01 8:26
2. Curing a Demon-possessed Mute 9:32
3. Casting Out an Unclean Spirit 1:23 4:33
4. Curing a Demon-possessed, 12:22 11:14
    Blind and Mute man

Jesus spoke of the need of miracles as evidence:

John 14:11 "Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the miracles themselves."

John 10:37,38 "Do not believe me unless I do what my Father does. But if I do it, even though you do not believe me, believe the miracles, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father."

John 20:30,31 "Jesus did many other miraculous signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name."

These were His actions behind the words He spoke.  Should we become like Him?  Is this the fruit of His ministry?  Should our fruit be similar as we are transformed?

John 14:12 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father.

Selah.

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