Miracles

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

• [MIRACLE] God creates the heavens and the earth

And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

• [MIRACLE] God speaks and light appears

And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

• [MIRACLE] God sees all He made and it is very good

Then Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.

• [MIRACLE] God formed man from dust and breathed life into him

So Yahweh God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the area with flesh.

• [MIRACLE] Eve formed from Adam's rib

And from the rib that Yahweh God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him.

So He drove out the man and stationed cherubim on the east side of the Garden of Eden, along with a whirling sword of flame to guard the way to the tree of life.

• [MIRACLE] Cherubim with a flaming sword guard the way to the tree of life

In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.

• [MIRACLE] The fountains of the deep burst and rain falls forty days

And the rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.

But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside.

• [MIRACLE] God remembers Noah and the waters go down

The springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained.

The waters receded steadily from the earth, and after 150 days the waters had gone down.

Now the whole world had one language and a common form of speech.

• [MIRACLE] Tower of Babel — confusion of languages

And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.

“Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”

Then Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building.

And Yahweh said, “If they have begun to do this as one people speaking the same language, then nothing they devise will be beyond them.

When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, behold, a smoking firepot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the halves of the carcasses.

• [MIRACLE] A smoking firepot and a flaming torch pass between the pieces

Now the angel of Yahweh found Hagar by a spring of water in the desert—the spring along the road to Shur.

• [MIRACLE] The angel of Yahweh finds Hagar in the wilderness

“Hagar, servant of Sarai,” he said, “where have you come from, and where are you going?” “I am running away from my mistress Sarai,” she replied.

So the angel of Yahweh told her, “Return to your mistress and submit to her authority.”

Then the angel added, “I will greatly multiply your offspring so that they will be too numerous to count.”

So Hagar gave this name to Yahweh who had spoken to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “Here I have seen the One who sees me!”

• [MIRACLE] The angel of Yahweh finds Hagar in the wilderness

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.

• [MIRACLE] Yahweh appears to Abram at age ninety nine

I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will multiply you exceedingly.”

Then Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,

Then Yahweh appeared to Abraham by the Oaks of Mamre in the heat of the day, while he was sitting at the entrance of his tent.

• [MIRACLE] Yahweh appears to Abraham as three visitors

And Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.

“My lord,” said Abraham, “if I have found favor in your sight, please do not pass your servant by.

And Yahweh asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Can I really bear a child when I am old?’

• [MIRACLE] Is anything too hard for Yahweh?

Is anything too difficult for Yahweh? At the appointed time I will return to you—in about a year—and Sarah will have a son.”

But the men inside reached out, pulled Lot into the house with them, and shut the door.

• [MIRACLE] The two angels strike the men of Sodom with blindness

And they struck the men at the entrance, young and old, with blindness, so that they wearied themselves trying to find the door.

But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

One night, however, God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.”

• [MIRACLE] God warns Abimelech in a dream

Now Abimelech had not gone near her, so he replied, “Lord, would You destroy a nation even though it is innocent?

Didn’t Abraham tell me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ I have done this in the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands.”

Then God said to Abimelech in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against Me. That is why I did not let you touch her.

Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet; he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not restore her, be aware that you will surely die—you and all who belong to you.”

Then God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, “What is wrong, Hagar? Do not be afraid, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he lies.

• [MIRACLE] The angel of God calls to Hagar and opens her eyes to a well

Get up, lift up the boy, and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”

Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. So she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.

Just then the angel of Yahweh called out to him from heaven, “Abraham, Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied.

• [MIRACLE] Angel of Yahweh stayed Abraham's hand at Isaac's sacrifice

“Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him,” said the angel, “for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me.”

And the angel of Yahweh called to Abraham from heaven a second time,

saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares Yahweh, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son,

and that night Yahweh appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of My servant Abraham.”

• [MIRACLE] Yahweh appears to Isaac at night at Beersheba

When Jacob woke up, he said, “Surely Yahweh is in this place, and I was unaware of it.”

• [MIRACLE] Jacob wakes and says this is the gate of heaven

And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven!”

When the flocks were breeding, I saw in a dream that the streaked, spotted, and speckled males were mating with the females.

• [MIRACLE] The angel of God speaks to Jacob in a dream

In that dream the angel of God said to me, ‘Jacob!’ And I replied, ‘Here I am.’

‘Look up,’ he said, ‘and see that all the males that are mating with the flock are streaked, spotted, or speckled; for I have seen all that Laban has done to you.

I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar and made a solemn vow to Me. Now get up, leave this land at once, and return to your native land.’”

But that night God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream and warned him, “Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.”

• [MIRACLE] God warns Laban in a dream

Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him.

• [MIRACLE] The angels of God meet Jacob at Mahanaim

When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God.” So he named that place Mahanaim.

So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.

• [MIRACLE] Jacob wrestles with a man until daybreak; named Israel

When the man saw that he could not overpower Jacob, he struck the socket of Jacob’s hip and dislocated it as they wrestled.

Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”

“What is your name?” the man asked. “Jacob,” he replied.

Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”

And Jacob requested, “Please tell me your name.” But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed Jacob there.

So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”

After Jacob had returned from Paddan-aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him.

• [MIRACLE] God appears to Jacob again and confirms the name Israel

And God said to him, “Though your name is Jacob, you will no longer be called Jacob. Instead, your name will be Israel.” So God named him Israel.

And God told him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you.

The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.”

Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.

• [MIRACLE] Joseph dreams that his family will bow to him

He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had:

And that night God spoke to Israel in a vision: “Jacob, Jacob!” He said. “Here I am,” replied Jacob.

• [MIRACLE] God speaks to Jacob in visions of the night

Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

• [MIRACLE] Burning bush — fire that does not consume

There the angel of Yahweh appeared to him in a blazing fire from within a bush. Moses saw the bush ablaze with fire, but it was not consumed.

So Moses thought, “I must go over and see this marvelous sight. Why is the bush not burning up?”

When Yahweh saw that he had gone over to look, God called out to him from within the bush, “Moses, Moses!” “Here I am,” he answered.

“Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”

Then He said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.

Then Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to my voice? For they may say, ‘Yahweh has not appeared to you.’”

• [MIRACLE] Moses' staff to serpent; hand becomes leprous and is healed; water to blood

And Yahweh asked him, “What is that in your hand?” “A staff,” he replied.

“Throw it on the ground,” said Yahweh. So Moses threw it on the ground, and it became a snake, and he ran from it.

“Stretch out your hand and grab it by the tail,” Yahweh said to Moses, who reached out his hand and caught the snake, and it turned back into a staff in his hand.

“This is so that they may believe that Yahweh, the God of their fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has appeared to you.”

Furthermore, Yahweh said to Moses, “Put your hand inside your cloak.” So he put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out, his hand was leprous, white as snow.

“Put your hand back inside your cloak,” said Yahweh. So Moses put his hand back inside his cloak, and when he took it out, it was restored, like the rest of his skin.

And Yahweh said, “If they refuse to believe you or heed the witness of the first sign, they may believe that of the second.

But if they do not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground. Then the water you take from the Nile will become blood on the ground.”

And Yahweh went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel by day or night.

• [MIRACLE] The pillar of cloud by day and fire by night

Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place before the people.

And the angel of God, who had gone before the camp of Israel, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from before them and stood behind them,

• [MIRACLE] The angel of God and the cloud move behind Israel

so that it came between the camps of Egypt and Israel. The cloud was there in the darkness, but it lit up the night. So all night long neither camp went near the other.

Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night Yahweh drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,

• [MIRACLE] The sea parts and Israel walks through on dry ground

Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians and their chariots and horsemen.”

• [MIRACLE] The waters return and cover Pharaoh's army

So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea returned to its normal state. As the Egyptians were retreating, Yahweh swept them into the sea.

The waters flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had chased the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived.

And when they came to Marah, they could not drink the water there because it was bitter. (That is why it was named Marah.)

• [MIRACLE] Bitter waters of Marah made sweet by a tree

So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?”

And Moses cried out to Yahweh, and Yahweh showed him a log. And when he cast it into the waters, they were sweetened. There Yahweh made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them,

Then the whole congregation of Israel left the Desert of Sin, moving from place to place as Yahweh commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.

• [MIRACLE] Water from the rock at Horeb

So the people contended with Moses, “Give us water to drink.” “Why do you contend with me?” Moses replied. “Why do you test Yahweh?”

But the people thirsted for water there, and they grumbled against Moses: “Why have you brought us out of Egypt—to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?”

Then Moses cried out to Yahweh, “What should I do with these people? A little more and they will stone me!”

And Yahweh said to Moses, “Walk on ahead of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you. Take along in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go.

He named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled, and because they tested Yahweh, saying, “Is Yahweh among us or not?”

After this, the Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.

• [MIRACLE] Victory over Amalek while Moses' hands were lifted

So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on the hilltop with the staff of God in my hand.”

Joshua did as Moses had instructed him and fought against the Amalekites, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

As long as Moses held up his hands, Israel prevailed; but when he lowered them, Amalek prevailed.

When Moses’ hands grew heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. Then Aaron and Hur held his hands up, one on each side, so that his hands remained steady until the sun went down.

So Joshua overwhelmed Amalek and his army with the sword.

On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the people in the camp trembled.

• [MIRACLE] Thunder, fire, and smoke as Yahweh comes down on Sinai

Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.

Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke, because Yahweh had descended on it in fire. And the smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.

And as the sound of the ram’s horn grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and God answered him in the thunder.

When all the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sounding of the ram’s horn, and the mountain enveloped in smoke, they trembled and stood at a distance.

• [MIRACLE] The people tremble and stand far off

“Speak to us yourself and we will listen,” they said to Moses. “But do not let God speak to us, or we will die.”

“Do not be afraid,” Moses replied. “For God has come to test you, so that the fear of Him may be before you, to keep you from sinning.”

And the people stood at a distance as Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.

Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel,

• [MIRACLE] Moses and the seventy elders see the God of Israel

and they saw the God of Israel. Under His feet was a work like a pavement made of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself.

But God did not lay His hand on the nobles of Israel; they saw Him, and they ate and drank.

and the glory of Yahweh settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered it, and on the seventh day Yahweh called to Moses from within the cloud.

• [MIRACLE] The glory of Yahweh looks like a consuming fire on Sinai

And the sight of the glory of Yahweh was like a consuming fire on the mountaintop in the eyes of the Israelites.

But He added, “You cannot see My face, for no one can see Me and live.”

• [MIRACLE] God hides Moses in the rock and lets him see His back

Yahweh continued, “There is a place near Me where you are to stand upon a rock,

and when My glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft of the rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed by.

Then I will take My hand away, and you will see My back; but My face must not be seen.”

And Yahweh descended in a cloud, stood with him there, and proclaimed His name, Yahweh.

• [MIRACLE] Yahweh passes by Moses and proclaims His name

Then Yahweh passed in front of Moses and called out: “Yahweh, Yahweh God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,

maintaining loving devotion to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers on their children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”

And when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands, he was unaware that his face had become radiant from speaking with Yahweh.

• [MIRACLE] Moses' face shone from speaking with God

Aaron and all the Israelites looked at Moses, and behold, his face was radiant. And they were afraid to approach him.

But Moses called out to them; so Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and Moses spoke to them.

And after this all the Israelites came near, and Moses commanded them to do everything that Yahweh had told him on Mount Sinai.

When Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil over his face.

But whenever Moses went in before Yahweh to speak with Him, he would remove the veil until he came out. And when he came out, he would tell the Israelites what he had been commanded,

and the Israelites would see that the face of Moses was radiant. So Moses would put the veil back over his face until he went in to speak with Yahweh.

Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of Yahweh filled the tabernacle.

• [MIRACLE] Shekinah glory filled the tabernacle

Moses was unable to enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of Yahweh filled the tabernacle.

Whenever the cloud was lifted from above the tabernacle, the Israelites would set out through all the stages of their journey.

If the cloud was not lifted, they would not set out until the day it was taken up.

For the cloud of Yahweh was over the tabernacle by day, and fire was in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel through all their journeys.

Moses and Aaron then entered the Tent of Meeting. When they came out, they blessed the people, and the glory of Yahweh appeared to all the people.

• [MIRACLE] Fire from Yahweh consumes the first offering

Fire came out from the presence of Yahweh and consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. And when all the people saw it, they shouted for joy and fell facedown.

Now Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense, and offered unauthorized fire before Yahweh, contrary to His command.

• [MIRACLE] Fire from Yahweh consumes Nadab and Abihu

So fire came out from the presence of Yahweh and consumed them, and they died in the presence of Yahweh.

Soon the people began to complain about their hardship in the hearing of Yahweh, and when He heard them, His anger was kindled, and fire from Yahweh blazed among them and consumed the outskirts of the camp.

• [MIRACLE] Fire from Yahweh consumed parts of the camp at Taberah

And the people cried out to Moses, and he prayed to Yahweh, and the fire died down.

So that place was called Taberah, because the fire of Yahweh had burned among them.

Then Yahweh came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and He took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and placed that Spirit on the seventy elders. As the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied—but they never did so again.

• [MIRACLE] The Spirit rests on the seventy elders and they prophesy

and Yahweh came down in a pillar of cloud, stood at the entrance to the Tent, and summoned Aaron and Miriam. When both of them had stepped forward,

• [MIRACLE] Yahweh comes down in the cloud and speaks to Aaron and Miriam

He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, Yahweh, will reveal Myself to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream.

But this is not so with My servant Moses; he is faithful in all My house.

I speak with him face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of Yahweh. Why then were you unafraid to speak against My servant Moses?”

So the anger of Yahweh burned against them, and He departed.

• [MIRACLE] Miriam struck with leprosy for speaking against Moses; healed

As the cloud lifted from above the Tent, suddenly Miriam became leprous, white as snow. Aaron turned toward her, saw that she was leprous,

and said to Moses, “My lord, please do not hold against us this sin we have so foolishly committed.

Please do not let her be like a stillborn infant whose flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother’s womb.”

So Moses cried out to Yahweh, “O God, please heal her!”

But Yahweh answered Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not have been in disgrace for seven days? Let her be confined outside the camp for seven days; after that she may be brought back in.”

So Miriam was confined outside the camp for seven days, and the people did not move on until she was brought in again.

At their cries, all the people of Israel who were around them fled, saying, “The earth may swallow us too!”

And fire came forth from Yahweh and consumed the 250 men who were offering the incense.

Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, because wrath has come out from Yahweh; the plague has begun.”

• [MIRACLE] Aaron stands between the living and the dead and the plague stops

So Aaron took the censer as Moses had ordered and ran into the midst of the assembly. And seeing that the plague had begun among the people, he offered the incense and made atonement for the people.

He stood between the living and the dead, and the plague was halted.

But those who died from the plague numbered 14,700, in addition to those who had died on account of Korah.

Then Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, since the plague had been halted.

So Moses took the staff from Yahweh’s presence, just as he had been commanded.

Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly in front of the rock, and Moses said to them, “Listen now, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?”

Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that a great amount of water gushed out, and the congregation and their livestock were able to drink.

So Yahweh sent venomous snakes among the people, and many of the Israelites were bitten and died.

• [MIRACLE] Bronze serpent — Israelites healed by looking

Then the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned by speaking against Yahweh and against you. Intercede with Yahweh so He will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses interceded for the people.

Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and mount it on a pole. When anyone who is bitten looks at it, he will live.”

Then God’s anger was kindled because Balaam was going along, and the angel of Yahweh stood in the road to oppose him. Balaam was riding his donkey, and his two servants were with him.

• [MIRACLE] The angel of Yahweh with a drawn sword blocks Balaam's path

When the donkey saw the angel of Yahweh standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand, she turned off the path and went into a field. So Balaam beat her to return her to the path.

Then Yahweh opened the donkey’s mouth, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you that you have beaten me these three times?”

• [MIRACLE] Yahweh opens the donkey's mouth and she speaks

Balaam answered the donkey, “You have made a fool of me! If I had a sword in my hand, I would kill you right now!”

But the donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not the donkey you have ridden all your life until today? Have I ever treated you this way before?” “No,” he replied.

Then Yahweh opened Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the angel of Yahweh standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand. And Balaam bowed low and fell facedown.

Your clothing did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.

• [MIRACLE] Israel's clothes did not wear out for forty years

So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carried the ark of the covenant ahead of them.

• [MIRACLE] Jordan River stopped flowing while Israel crossed

Now the Jordan overflows its banks throughout the harvest season. But as soon as the priests carrying the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge,

the flowing water stood still. It backed up as far upstream as Adam, a city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.

The priests carrying the ark of the covenant of Yahweh stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan, while all Israel crossed over the dry ground, until the entire nation had crossed the Jordan.

Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in His hand. Joshua approached Him and asked, “Are You for us or for our enemies?”

• [MIRACLE] Commander of Yahweh's army appears to Joshua

As they fled before Israel along the descent from Beth-horon to Azekah, Yahweh cast down on them large hailstones from the sky, and more of them were killed by the hailstones than by the swords of the Israelites.

• [MIRACLE] Large hailstones killed more enemies than Israel's sword

On the day that Yahweh gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to Yahweh in the presence of Israel: “O sun, stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.”

• [MIRACLE] Sun stood still over Gibeon — Joshua's long day

So the sun stood still and the moon stopped until the nation took vengeance upon its enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? “So the sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day.”

There has been no day like it before or since, when Yahweh listened to the voice of a man, because Yahweh fought for Israel.

When the angel of Yahweh had spoken these words to all the Israelites, the people lifted up their voices and wept.

Then the angel of Yahweh came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites.

• [MIRACLE] The angel of Yahweh calls Gideon a mighty man of valor

And the angel of Yahweh appeared to Gideon and said, “Yahweh is with you, O mighty man of valor.”

Then the angel of Yahweh extended the tip of the staff that was in his hand and touched the meat and the unleavened bread. And fire flared from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. Then the angel of Yahweh vanished from his sight.

• [MIRACLE] Fire from the rock consumes Gideon's offering

When Gideon realized that it was the angel of Yahweh, he said, “Oh no, Lord Yahweh! I have seen the angel of Yahweh face to face!”

Then Gideon said to God, “If You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said,

• [MIRACLE] Gideon's fleece, wet and then dry

then behold, I will place a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece and all the ground is dry, then I will know that You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said.”

And that is what happened. When Gideon arose the next morning, he squeezed the fleece and wrung out the dew—a bowlful of water.

Then Gideon said to God, “Do not be angry with me; let me speak one more time. Please allow me one more test with the fleece. This time let it be dry, and the ground covered with dew.”

And that night God did so. Only the fleece was dry, and dew covered the ground.

And as Gideon arrived, a man was telling his friend about a dream. “Behold, I had a dream,” he said, “and I saw a loaf of barley bread come tumbling into the Midianite camp. It struck the tent so hard that the tent overturned and collapsed.”

• [MIRACLE] A Midianite dreams of a barley loaf flattening the tent

His friend replied: “This is nothing less than the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God has delivered Midian and the whole camp into his hand.”

When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship. He returned to the camp of Israel and said, “Get up, for Yahweh has delivered the camp of Midian into your hand.”

The three companies blew their horns and shattered their jars. Holding the torches in their left hands and the horns in their right hands, they shouted, “A sword for Yahweh and for Gideon!”

• [MIRACLE] Yahweh turns the Midianites against each other

Each Israelite took his position around the camp, and the entire Midianite army fled, crying out as they ran.

The angel of Yahweh appeared to the woman and said to her, “It is true that you are barren and have no children; but you will conceive and give birth to a son.

• [MIRACLE] The angel of Yahweh appears to Manoah's wife

When the flame went up from the altar to the sky, the angel of Yahweh ascended in the flame. When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell facedown to the ground.

• [MIRACLE] The angel goes up in the flame from the altar

And when the angel of Yahweh did not appear again to Manoah and his wife, Manoah realized that it had been the angel of Yahweh.

Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother and came to the vineyards of Timnah. Suddenly a young lion came roaring at him,

• [MIRACLE] Samson tears a lion apart by the Spirit of Yahweh

and the Spirit of Yahweh came powerfully upon him, and he tore the lion apart with his bare hands as one would tear a young goat. But he did not tell his father or mother what he had done.

And being very thirsty, Samson cried out to Yahweh, “You have accomplished this great deliverance through Your servant. Must I now die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?”

• [MIRACLE] God opens a hollow place and water flows for Samson

So God opened up the hollow place in Lehi, and water came out of it. When Samson drank, his strength returned, and he was revived. That is why he named it En-hakkore, and it remains in Lehi to this day.

But Samson lay there only until midnight, when he got up, took hold of the doors of the city gate and both gateposts, and pulled them out, bar and all. Then he put them on his shoulders and took them to the top of the mountain overlooking Hebron.

• [MIRACLE] Samson carries off the gates of Gaza

Then Samson called out to Yahweh: “O Lord Yahweh, please remember me. Strengthen me, O God, just once more, so that with one vengeful blow I may pay back the Philistines for my two eyes.”

• [MIRACLE] God gives Samson strength one last time to bring down the temple

And Samson reached out for the two central pillars supporting the temple. Bracing himself against them with his right hand on one pillar and his left hand on the other,

Then Yahweh came and stood there, calling as before, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel answered, “Speak, for Your servant is listening.”

• [MIRACLE] Yahweh comes and stands and calls Samuel by name

When the people of Ashdod got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on his face before the ark of Yahweh. So they took Dagon and returned him to his place.

• [MIRACLE] Dagon falls on his face before the ark

But when they got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on his face before the ark of Yahweh, with his head and his hands broken off and lying on the threshold. Only the torso remained.

Now the hand of Yahweh was heavy on the people of Ashdod and its vicinity, ravaging them and afflicting them with tumors.

• [MIRACLE] Yahweh strikes the people of Ashdod with tumors

But God struck down some of the people of Beth-shemesh because they looked inside the ark of Yahweh. He struck down seventy men, and the people mourned because Yahweh had struck them with a great slaughter.

• [MIRACLE] Men of Beth Shemesh struck down for looking into the ark

As the Philistines drew near to fight against Israel, Samuel was offering up the burnt offering. But that day Yahweh thundered loudly against the Philistines and threw them into such confusion that they fled before Israel.

• [MIRACLE] Yahweh thunders and throws the Philistines into confusion

Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call on Yahweh to send thunder and rain, so that you will know and see what a great evil you have committed in the sight of Yahweh by asking for a king.”

• [MIRACLE] Thunder and rain in wheat harvest at Samuel's prayer

So Samuel called to Yahweh, and on that day Yahweh sent thunder and rain. As a result, all the people greatly feared Yahweh and Samuel.

he sent messengers to seize him. But when they saw the group of prophets prophesying, with Samuel leading them, the Spirit of God came upon them, and Saul’s messengers also began to prophesy.

• [MIRACLE] The Spirit makes Saul's men and then Saul prophesy

When this was reported to Saul, he sent more messengers, but they began to prophesy as well. So Saul tried again and sent messengers a third time, and even they began to prophesy.

Finally, Saul himself left for Ramah and came to the large cistern at Secu, where he asked, “Where are Samuel and David?” “At Naioth in Ramah,” he was told.

So Saul went to Naioth in Ramah. But the Spirit of God came upon even Saul, and he walked along prophesying until he came to Naioth in Ramah.

Then Saul stripped off his robes and also prophesied before Samuel. And he collapsed and lay naked all that day and night. That is why it is said, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”

So David inquired of Yahweh, who answered, “Do not march straight up, but circle around behind them and attack them in front of the balsam trees.

• [MIRACLE] Sound of marching in the balsam trees signals David to attack

As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, move quickly, because this will mean that Yahweh has gone out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines.”

So David did as Yahweh had commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.

When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God, because the oxen had stumbled.

• [MIRACLE] God strikes Uzzah dead for touching the ark

And the anger of Yahweh burned against Uzzah, and God struck him down on the spot for his irreverence, and he died there beside the ark of God.

Then the earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the heavens trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.

• [MIRACLE] Cosmic disturbances at David's deliverance from Saul

Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.

He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.

He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.

He made darkness a canopy around Him, a gathering of water and thick clouds.

From the brightness of His presence coals of fire blazed forth.

Yahweh thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.

He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.

The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed at the rebuke of Yahweh, at the blast of the breath of His nostrils.

So Yahweh sent a plague upon Israel from that morning until the appointed time, and seventy thousand of the people from Dan to Beersheba died.

• [MIRACLE] Angel of Yahweh stretched out hand to destroy Jerusalem; stopped at the threshing floor

But when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, Yahweh relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of Yahweh was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

When David saw the angel striking down the people, he said to Yahweh, “Surely I, the shepherd, have sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? Please, let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s house.”

One night at Gibeon Yahweh appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”

• [MIRACLE] God appears to Solomon in a dream at Gibeon

Solomon replied, “You have shown much loving devotion to Your servant, my father David, because he walked before You in faithfulness, righteousness, and uprightness of heart. And You have maintained this loving devotion by giving him a son to sit on his throne this very day.

And now, O Yahweh my God, You have made Your servant king in my father David’s place. But I am only a little child, not knowing how to go out or come in.

Your servant is here among the people You have chosen, a people too numerous to count or number.

Now it pleased the Lord that Solomon had made this request.

So God said to him, “Since you have asked for this instead of requesting long life or wealth for yourself or death for your enemies—but you have asked for discernment to administer justice—

So if you walk in My ways and keep My statutes and commandments, just as your father David did, I will prolong your days.”

And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, the cloud filled the house of Yahweh

• [MIRACLE] The cloud of glory fills Solomon's temple

so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud. For the glory of Yahweh filled the house of Yahweh.

Yahweh appeared to him a second time, as He had appeared to him at Gibeon.

• [MIRACLE] God appears to Solomon a second time

And Yahweh said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.

Now when King Jeroboam, who was at the altar in Bethel, heard the word that the man of God had cried out against it, he stretched out his hand and said, “Seize him!” But the hand he stretched out toward him withered, so that he could not pull it back.

Then the king responded to the man of God, “Intercede with Yahweh your God and pray for me that my hand may be restored.” So the man of God interceded with Yahweh, and the king’s hand was restored to him as it was before.

And there were men passing by who saw the body lying in the road with the lion standing beside it, and they went and reported this in the city where the old prophet lived.

When the prophet who had brought him back from his journey heard this, he said, “It is the man of God who disobeyed the command of Yahweh. Therefore Yahweh has delivered him to the lion, and it has mauled him and killed him, according to the word that Yahweh had spoken to him.”

Then the old prophet instructed his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” So they saddled it,

and he went and found the body lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it. The lion had not eaten the body or mauled the donkey.

At the time of the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet approached the altar and said, “O Yahweh, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant and have done all these things at Your command.

• [MIRACLE] Fire from heaven burns up Elijah's soaked sacrifice on Mount Carmel

Then the fire of Yahweh fell and consumed the sacrifice, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water in the trench.

When all the people saw this, they fell facedown and said, “Yahweh, He is God! Yahweh, He is God!”

And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.”

• [MIRACLE] The drought ends when Elijah prays, and Elijah outruns Ahab's chariot by the power of Yahweh

So Ahab went up to eat and drink. But Elijah climbed to the summit of Carmel, bent down on the ground, and put his face between his knees.

“Go and look toward the sea,” he said to his servant. So the servant went and looked, and he said, “There is nothing there.” Seven times Elijah said, “Go back.”

On the seventh time the servant reported, “There is a cloud as small as a man’s hand rising from the sea.” And Elijah replied, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.’”

And the hand of Yahweh came upon Elijah, and he tucked his cloak into his belt and ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.

Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly an angel touched him and said, “Get up and eat.”

• [MIRACLE] An angel feeds Elijah twice, and that food gives him strength for forty days and nights

And he looked around, and there by his head was a cake of bread baked over hot coals, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank and lay down again.

A second time the angel of Yahweh returned and touched him, saying, “Get up and eat, or the journey will be too much for you.”

So he got up and ate and drank. And strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.

Then Yahweh said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before Yahweh. Behold, Yahweh is about to pass by.” And a great and mighty wind tore into the mountains and shattered the rocks before Yahweh, but Yahweh was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but Yahweh was not in the earthquake.

• [MIRACLE] Wind, earthquake, fire, then the still small voice

After the earthquake there was a fire, but Yahweh was not in the fire. And after the fire came a still, small voice.

When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave. Suddenly a voice came to him and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

But the angel of Yahweh said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are on your way to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?’

• [MIRACLE] The angel of Yahweh sends Elijah to meet the king's messengers

Then King Ahaziah sent to Elijah a captain with his company of fifty men. So the captain went up to Elijah, who was sitting on top of a hill, and said to him, “Man of God, the king declares, ‘Come down!’”

• [MIRACLE] Fire from heaven burns up two captains and their fifty men sent to Elijah

Elijah answered the captain, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And fire came down from heaven and consumed the captain and his fifty men.

So the king sent to Elijah another captain with his fifty men. And the captain said to Elijah, “Man of God, the king declares, ‘Come down at once!’”

Again Elijah replied, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And the fire of God came down from heaven and consumed the captain and his fifty men.

So the king sent a third captain with his fifty men. And the third captain went up, fell on his knees before Elijah, and begged him, “Man of God, may my life and the lives of these fifty servants of yours please be precious in your sight.

Behold, fire has come down from heaven and consumed the first two captains of fifty, with all their men. But now may my life be precious in your sight.”

Then the angel of Yahweh said to Elijah, “Go down with him. Do not be afraid of him.” So Elijah got up and went down with him to the king.

And Elijah took his cloak, rolled it up, and struck the waters, which parted to the right and to the left, so that the two of them crossed over on dry ground.

• [MIRACLE] Elijah parted the Jordan with his mantle

Then he took the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him and struck the waters. “Where now is Yahweh, the God of Elijah?” he asked. And when he had struck the waters, they parted to the right and to the left, and Elisha crossed over.

• [MIRACLE] Elisha parts the Jordan, showing he received the double portion

Then the men of the city said to Elisha, “Please note, our lord, that the city’s location is good, as you can see. But the water is bad and the land is unfruitful.”

• [MIRACLE] Elisha healed the waters of Jericho with salt

“Bring me a new bowl,” he replied, “and put some salt in it.” So they brought it to him,

and Elisha went out to the spring, cast the salt into it, and said, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘I have healed this water. No longer will it cause death or unfruitfulness.’”

And the waters there have been healthy to this day, according to the word spoken by Elisha.

From there, Elisha went up to Bethel, and as he was walking up the road, a group of boys came out of the city and jeered at him, chanting, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!”

• [MIRACLE] Bears from the woods mauled 42 mocking youths after Elisha's curse

Then he turned around, looked at them, and called down a curse on them in the name of Yahweh. Suddenly two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.

and he said, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘Dig this valley full of ditches.’

• [MIRACLE] Trenches filled with water without rain or wind

And you shall attack every fortified city and every city of importance. You shall cut down every good tree, stop up every spring, and ruin every good field with stones.”

Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, is dead, and you know that your servant feared Yahweh. And now his creditor is coming to take my two children as his slaves!”

• [MIRACLE] Widow's oil multiplied to fill all available jars

“How can I help you?” asked Elisha. “Tell me, what do you have in the house?” She answered, “Your servant has nothing in the house but a jar of oil.”

“Go,” said Elisha, “borrow empty jars from all your neighbors. Do not gather just a few.

Then go inside, shut the door behind you and your sons, and pour oil into all these jars, setting the full ones aside.”

So she left him, and after she had shut the door behind her and her sons, they kept bringing jars to her, and she kept pouring.

When all the jars were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another.” But he replied, “There are no more jars.” Then the oil stopped flowing.

She went and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt. Then you and your sons can live on the remainder.”

When Elisha reached the house, there was the boy lying dead on his bed.

• [MIRACLE] Elisha raised the Shunammite's son

So he went in, closed the door behind the two of them, and prayed to Yahweh.

Then Elisha got on the bed and lay on the boy, mouth to mouth, eye to eye, and hand to hand. As he stretched himself out over him, the boy’s body became warm.

Elisha turned away and paced back and forth across the room. Then he got on the bed and stretched himself out over the boy again, and the boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes.

Elisha summoned Gehazi and said, “Call the Shunammite woman.” So he called her and she came. Then Elisha said, “Pick up your son.”

She came in, fell at his feet, and bowed to the ground. Then she picked up her son and went out.

When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. As the sons of the prophets were sitting at his feet, he said to his attendant, “Put on the large pot and boil some stew for the sons of the prophets.”

• [MIRACLE] Poison pot of stew healed with flour

One of them went out to the field to gather herbs, and he found a wild vine from which he gathered as many wild gourds as his garment could hold. Then he came back and cut them up into the pot of stew, though no one knew what they were.

And they poured it out for the men to eat, but when they tasted the stew they cried out, “There is death in the pot, O man of God!” And they could not eat it.

Then Elisha said, “Get some flour.” He threw it into the pot and said, “Pour it out for the people to eat.” And there was nothing harmful in the pot.

Now a man from Baal-shalishah came to the man of God with a sack of twenty loaves of barley bread from the first ripe grain. “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha.

• [MIRACLE] 20 loaves fed 100 men with leftovers

As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axe head fell into the water. “Oh, my master,” he cried out, “it was borrowed!”

• [MIRACLE] Axe head floated when Elisha threw in a stick

“Where did it fall?” asked the man of God. And when he showed him the place, the man of God cut a stick, threw it there, and made the iron float.

“Lift it out,” he said, and the man reached out his hand and took it.

When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early in the morning, behold, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. So he asked Elisha, “Oh, my master, what are we to do?”

• [MIRACLE] Elisha's servant's eyes opened to see fiery horses and chariots

“Do not be afraid,” Elisha answered, “for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”

Then Elisha prayed, “O Yahweh, please open his eyes that he may see.” And Yahweh opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw that the hills were full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

As the Arameans came down against him, Elisha prayed to Yahweh, “Please strike these people with blindness.” So He struck them with blindness, according to the word of Elisha.

• [MIRACLE] Aramean army struck blind, then sight restored in Samaria

And Elisha told them, “This is not the way, and this is not the city. Follow me, and I will take you to the man you are seeking.” And he led them to Samaria.

When they had entered Samaria, Elisha said, “O Yahweh, open the eyes of these men that they may see.” Then Yahweh opened their eyes, and they looked around and discovered that they were in Samaria.

For the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel must have hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to attack us.”

• [MIRACLE] The Lord makes the Aramean army hear chariots and flee

Thus the Arameans had arisen and fled at twilight, abandoning their tents and horses and donkeys. The camp was intact, and they had run for their lives.

And Elisha died and was buried. Now the Moabite raiders used to come into the land every spring.

• [MIRACLE] Dead man revived by touching Elisha's bones

Once, as the Israelites were burying a man, suddenly they saw a band of raiders, so they threw the man’s body into Elisha’s tomb. And as soon as his body touched the bones of Elisha, the man was revived and stood up on his feet.

Then Isaiah said, “Prepare a poultice of figs.” So they brought it and applied it to the boil, and Hezekiah recovered.

• [MIRACLE] Hezekiah recovers after the fig poultice is applied

Now Hezekiah had asked Isaiah, “What will be the sign that Yahweh will heal me and that I will go up to the house of Yahweh on the third day?”

• [MIRACLE] Sun's shadow went backward 10 steps as a sign to Hezekiah

“It is easy for the shadow to lengthen ten steps,” answered Hezekiah, “but not for it to go back ten steps.”

When David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of Yahweh standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem, David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown.

• [MIRACLE] David sees the angel of Yahweh with a drawn sword over Jerusalem

And there he built an altar to Yahweh and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. He called upon Yahweh, who answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.

• [MIRACLE] God answers David with fire from heaven on the altar

The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank Yahweh with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to Yahweh: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.” And the temple, the house of Yahweh, was filled with a cloud

• [MIRACLE] The cloud fills the temple during the praise

so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud. For the glory of Yahweh filled the house of God.

When Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of Yahweh filled the temple.

• [MIRACLE] Fire from heaven consumes Solomon's offering and glory fills the temple

The priests were unable to enter the house of Yahweh, because the glory of Yahweh had filled it.

When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of Yahweh above the temple, they bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave thanks to Yahweh: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.”

Uzziah, with a censer in his hand to offer incense, was enraged. But while he raged against the priests in their presence in the house of Yahweh before the altar of incense, leprosy broke out on his forehead.

• [MIRACLE] King Uzziah is struck with leprosy in the temple

When Azariah the chief priest and all the priests turned to him and saw his leprous forehead, they rushed him out. Indeed, he himself hurried to get out, because Yahweh had afflicted him.

So King Uzziah was a leper until the day of his death. He lived in isolation, leprous and cut off from the house of Yahweh, while his son Jotham had charge of the royal palace and governed the people of the land.

and Yahweh sent an angel who annihilated every mighty man of valor and every leader and commander in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he withdrew to his own land in disgrace. And when he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons struck him down with the sword.

• [MIRACLE] The angel of Yahweh wipes out the Assyrian army

Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:

• [MIRACLE] Yahweh answers Job out of the whirlwind

The angel of Yahweh encamps around those who fear Him, and he delivers them.

• [MIRACLE] The angel of Yahweh encamps around those who fear Him

Bless Yahweh, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command.

• [MIRACLE] Bless Yahweh, you mighty angels who do His word

Bless Yahweh, all His hosts, you servants who do His will.

Above Him stood seraphim, each having six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying.

• [MIRACLE] Seraphim cry holy, holy, holy and a coal touches Isaiah's lips

And they were calling out to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is Yahweh of Hosts; all the earth is full of His glory.”

At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook, and the temple was filled with smoke.

Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, Yahweh of Hosts.”

Then one of the seraphim flew to me, and in his hand was a glowing coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar.

And with it he touched my mouth and said: “Now that this has touched your lips, your iniquity is removed and your sin is atoned for.”

I looked and saw a whirlwind coming from the north, a great cloud with fire flashing back and forth and brilliant light all around it. In the center of the fire was a gleam like amber,

• [MIRACLE] Ezekiel sees a storm and four living creatures

and within it was the form of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: They had a human form,

but each had four faces and four wings.

Their legs were straight, and the soles of their feet were like the hooves of a calf, gleaming like polished bronze.

Under their wings on their four sides they had human hands. All four living creatures had faces and wings,

and their wings were touching one another. They did not turn as they moved; each one went straight ahead.

The form of their faces was that of a man, and each of the four had the face of a lion on the right side, the face of an ox on the left side, and also the face of an eagle.

Above the expanse over their heads was the likeness of a throne with the appearance of sapphire, and on the throne high above was a figure like that of a man.

• [MIRACLE] A likeness of a man on a throne with a rainbow around Him

From what seemed to be His waist up, I saw a gleam like amber, with what looked like fire within it all around. And from what seemed to be His waist down, I saw what looked like fire; and brilliant light surrounded Him.

The appearance of the brilliant light all around Him was like that of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Yahweh. And when I saw it, I fell facedown and heard a voice speaking.

In the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, I was sitting in my house, and the elders of Judah were sitting before me; and there the hand of the Lord Yahweh fell upon me.

• [MIRACLE] The Spirit lifts Ezekiel and brings him to Jerusalem in visions

Then I looked and saw a figure like that of a man. From His waist down His appearance was like fire, and from His waist up He was as bright as the gleam of amber.

He stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. Then the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and carried me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court, where the idol that provokes jealousy was seated.

And there I saw the glory of the God of Israel, like the vision I had seen in the plain.

Then the glory of Yahweh moved away from the threshold of the temple and stood above the cherubim.

• [MIRACLE] The glory of Yahweh leaves the temple on the cherubim

As I watched, the cherubim lifted their wings and rose up from the ground, with the wheels beside them as they went. And they stopped at the entrance of the east gate of the house of Yahweh, with the glory of the God of Israel above them.

During the night, the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision, and he blessed the God of heaven

• [MIRACLE] The mystery is revealed to Daniel in a night vision

Daniel answered the king, “No wise man, enchanter, medium, or magician can explain to the king the mystery of which he inquires.

• [MIRACLE] There is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries

But there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the latter days. Your dream and the visions that came into your mind as you lay on your bed were these:

At this, Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders to heat the furnace seven times hotter than usual,

• [MIRACLE] Three Hebrews in the fiery furnace — fourth man with them; no smell of fire

and he commanded some mighty men of valor in his army to tie up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and throw them into the blazing fiery furnace.

So they were tied up, wearing robes, trousers, turbans, and other clothes, and they were thrown into the blazing fiery furnace.

The king’s command was so urgent and the furnace so hot that the fiery flames killed the men who carried up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.

And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, firmly bound, fell into the blazing fiery furnace.

Suddenly King Nebuchadnezzar jumped up in amazement and asked his advisers, “Did we not throw three men, firmly bound, into the fire?” “Certainly, O king,” they replied.

“Look!” he exclaimed. “I see four men, unbound and unharmed, walking around in the fire—and the fourth looks like a son of the gods!”

Then Nebuchadnezzar approached the door of the blazing fiery furnace and called out, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out!” So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out of the fire,

and when the satraps, prefects, governors, and royal advisers had gathered around, they saw that the fire had no effect on the bodies of these men. Not a hair of their heads was singed, their robes were unaffected, and there was no smell of fire on them.

As I lay on my bed, I also saw in the visions of my mind a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven.

• [MIRACLE] A holy watcher comes down from heaven in the king's dream

He called out in a loud voice: ‘Cut down the tree and chop off its branches; strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the beasts flee from under it, and the birds from its branches.

But leave the stump with its roots in the ground, with a band of iron and bronze around it, in the tender grass of the field. Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven and graze with the beasts on the grass of the earth.

Let his heart be changed from that of a man, and let him be given the heart of a beast till seven times pass him by.

This decision is the decree of the watchers, the verdict declared by the holy ones, so that the living will know that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes, setting over it the lowliest of men.’

But at the end of those days I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity was restored to me. Then I praised the Most High, and I honored and glorified Him who lives forever: “For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom endures from generation to generation.

All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.

At that moment the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. As the king watched the hand that was writing,

• [MIRACLE] Handwriting on the wall at Belshazzar's feast

his face grew pale and his thoughts so alarmed him that his hips gave way and his knees knocked together.

At the first light of dawn, the king got up and hurried to the den of lions.

• [MIRACLE] God sends His angel to shut the lions' mouths

When he reached the den, he cried out in a voice of anguish, “O Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lions?”

Then Daniel replied, “O king, may you live forever!

My God sent His angel and shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, for I was found innocent in His sight, and I have done no wrong against you, O king.”

The king was overjoyed and gave orders to lift Daniel out of the den, and when Daniel was lifted out of the den, no wounds whatsoever were found on him, because he had trusted in his God.

While I was speaking, praying, confessing my sin and that of my people Israel, and presenting my petition before Yahweh my God concerning His holy mountain—

• [MIRACLE] Gabriel sent to give Daniel skill and understanding

while I was still praying, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice.

He instructed me and spoke with me, saying: “O Daniel, I have come now to give you insight and understanding.

At the beginning of your petitions, an answer went out, and I have come to tell you, for you are highly precious. So consider the message and understand the vision:

I lifted up my eyes, and behold, there was a certain man dressed in linen, with a belt of fine gold from Uphaz around his waist.

• [MIRACLE] Daniel sees a man dressed in linen, with a face like lightning and eyes like flaming torches

His body was like beryl, his face like the brilliance of lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of polished bronze, and his voice like the sound of a multitude.

Suddenly, a hand touched me and set me trembling on my hands and knees.

• [MIRACLE] A hand touches Daniel and a heavenly messenger speaks

He said to me, “Daniel, you are a man who is highly precious. Consider carefully the words that I am about to say to you. Stand up, for I have now been sent to you.” And when he had said this to me, I stood up trembling.

Again the one with the likeness of a man touched me and strengthened me.

• [MIRACLE] The one like a man strengthens Daniel

“Do not be afraid, you who are highly precious,” he said. “Peace be with you! Be strong now; be very strong!” As he spoke with me, I was strengthened and said, “Speak, my lord, for you have strengthened me.”

Then they picked up Jonah and cast him into the sea, and the raging sea grew calm.

• [MIRACLE] The sea stops raging when Jonah is thrown in

And Yahweh commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.

• [MIRACLE] The fish spits Jonah out onto dry land

So Yahweh God appointed a vine, and it grew up to provide shade over Jonah’s head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was greatly pleased with the plant.

• [MIRACLE] Plant grew up in a day; worm destroyed it

When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant so that it withered.

I looked out into the night and saw a man riding on a red horse. He was standing among the myrtle trees in the hollow, and behind him were red, sorrel, and white horses.

• [MIRACLE] A man among the myrtle trees and the angel of Yahweh

“What are these, my lord?” I asked. And the angel who was speaking with me replied, “I will show you what they are.”

Then the man standing among the myrtle trees explained, “They are the ones Yahweh has sent to patrol the earth.”

And the riders answered the angel of Yahweh who was standing among the myrtle trees, “We have patrolled the earth, and behold, all the earth is at rest and tranquil.”

When Joseph woke up, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and embraced Mary as his wife.

• [MIRACLE] Virgin conception of Christ

And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they withdrew to their country by another route.

• [MIRACLE] The Magi are warned in a dream not to return to Herod

When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.”

• [MIRACLE] Angel of Yahweh appears to Joseph in dreams (3 times)

After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt.

• [MIRACLE] Angel of Yahweh appears to Joseph in dreams (3 times)

Then the devil left Him, and angels came and ministered to Him.

• [MIRACLE] Angels come and minister to Jesus after the temptation

When Jesus came down from the mountain, large crowds followed Him.

• [MIRACLE] Leper cleansed by Jesus' touch

Suddenly a leper came and knelt before Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”

Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

Then Jesus instructed him, “See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift prescribed by Moses, as a testimony to them.”

When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came and pleaded with Him,

• [MIRACLE] Centurion's servant healed at a distance

“Lord, my servant lies at home, paralyzed and in terrible agony.”

“I will go and heal him,” Jesus replied.

The centurion answered, “Lord, I am not worthy to have You come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed.

For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell one to go, and he goes, and another to come, and he comes. I tell my servant to do something, and he does it.”

When Jesus heard this, He marveled and said to those following Him, “Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith.

But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go! As you have believed, so will it be done for you.” And his servant was healed at that very hour.

When Jesus arrived at Peter’s house, He saw Peter’s mother-in-law sick in bed with a fever.

• [MIRACLE] Peter's mother-in-law healed of fever

So He touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she got up and began to serve Him.

When He got into the boat, His disciples followed Him.

• [MIRACLE] Jesus calms the storm with a word

Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat was engulfed by the waves. But Jesus was sleeping.

The disciples went and woke Him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!”

“You of little faith,” Jesus replied, “why are you so afraid?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was perfectly calm.

The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the sea obey Him!”

Just then some men brought to Him a paralytic lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven.”

• [MIRACLE] Jesus forgives and heals a paralyzed man

On seeing this, some of the scribes said to themselves, “This man is blaspheming!”

Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’?

But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...” Then He said to the paralytic, “Get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”

And the man got up and went home.

While Jesus was saying these things, a synagogue leader came and knelt before Him. “My daughter has just died,” he said. “But come and place Your hand on her, and she will live.”

• [MIRACLE] Jairus' daughter raised and a bleeding woman healed

So Jesus got up and went with him, along with His disciples.

Suddenly a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His cloak.

She said to herself, “If only I touch His cloak, I will be healed.”

Jesus turned and saw her. “Take courage, daughter,” He said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was healed from that very hour.

When Jesus entered the house of the synagogue leader, He saw the flute players and the noisy crowd.

“Go away,” He told them. “The girl is not dead, but asleep.” And they laughed at Him.

After the crowd had been put outside, Jesus went in and took the girl by the hand, and she got up.

And the news about this spread throughout that region.

After Jesus had entered the house, the blind men came to Him. “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” He asked. “Yes, Lord,” they answered.

Then He touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith will it be done to you.”

And their eyes were opened. Jesus warned them sternly, “See that no one finds out about this!”

But they went out and spread the news about Him throughout the land.

and a man with a withered hand was there. In order to accuse Jesus, they asked Him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”

• [MIRACLE] A man's withered hand restored on the Sabbath

He replied, “If one of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not take hold of it and lift it out?

How much more valuable is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”

Then Jesus said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and it was restored to full use, just like the other.

When Jesus heard about John, He withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. But the crowds found out about it and followed Him on foot from the towns.

• [MIRACLE] 5,000 fed with 5 loaves and 2 fish

When He stepped ashore and saw a large crowd, He had compassion on them and healed their sick.

When evening came, the disciples came to Him and said, “This is a desolate place, and the hour is already late. Dismiss the crowds so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food.”

“They do not need to go away,” Jesus replied. “You give them something to eat.”

“We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered.

“Bring them here to Me,” Jesus said.

And He directed the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, He spoke a blessing. Then He broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.

They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.

About five thousand men were fed, besides women and children.

During the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went out to them, walking on the sea.

• [MIRACLE] Jesus walks on the sea

When the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost!” they said, and cried out in fear.

But Jesus spoke up at once: “Take courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.”

“Lord, if it is You,” Peter replied, “command me to come to You on the water.”

• [MIRACLE] Peter walks on the water, sinks, and is saved

“Come,” said Jesus. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water, and came toward Jesus.

But when he saw the strength of the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!”

Immediately Jesus reached out His hand and took hold of Peter. “You of little faith,” He said, “why did you doubt?”

And when they had climbed back into the boat, the wind died down.

And when the men of that place recognized Jesus, they sent word to all the surrounding region. People brought all the sick to Him

• [MIRACLE] All who touch the fringe of His cloak are healed

and begged Him just to let them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who touched Him were healed.

Then Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may faint along the way.”

• [MIRACLE] 4,000 fed with 7 loaves and a few fish

The disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could we find enough bread to feed such a large crowd?”

“How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked. “Seven,” they replied, “and a few small fish.”

And He instructed the crowd to sit down on the ground.

Taking the seven loaves and the fish, He gave thanks and broke them. Then He gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.

They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.

A total of four thousand men were fed, besides women and children.

After Jesus had dismissed the crowds, He got into the boat and went to the region of Magadan.

After they had arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the temple tax came to Peter and asked, “Does your Teacher pay the temple tax?”

• [MIRACLE] A coin found in a fish's mouth pays the temple tax

“Yes,” he answered. When Peter entered the house, Jesus preempted him. “What do you think, Simon?” He asked. “From whom do the kings of the earth collect customs and taxes: from their own sons, or from others?”

“From others,” Peter answered. “Then the sons are exempt,” Jesus said to him.

“But so that we may not offend them, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take the first fish you catch. When you open its mouth, you will find a large silver coin. Take it and give it to them for My tax and yours.”

See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven.

• [MIRACLE] Their angels always see the face of My Father

And there were two blind men sitting beside the road. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they cried out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”

• [MIRACLE] Two blind men near Jericho receive their sight

The crowd admonished them to be silent, but they cried out all the louder, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”

Jesus stopped and called them. “What do you want Me to do for you?” He asked.

“Lord,” they answered, “let our eyes be opened.”

Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes, and at once they received their sight and followed Him.

In the morning, as Jesus was returning to the city, He was hungry.

• [MIRACLE] Fig tree withered at Jesus' word

Seeing a fig tree by the road, He went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. “May you never bear fruit again!” He said. And immediately the tree withered.

When the disciples saw this, they marveled and asked, “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?”

“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen.

If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”

As soon as Jesus came up out of the water, He saw the heavens breaking open and the Spirit descending on Him like a dove.

• [MIRACLE] The heavens tear open and the Spirit descends at Jesus' baptism

And a voice came from heaven: “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.”

Simon’s mother-in-law was sick in bed with a fever, and they promptly told Jesus about her.

So He went to her, took her by the hand, and helped her up. The fever left her, and she began to serve them.

Then a leper came to Jesus, begging on his knees: “If You are willing, You can make me clean.”

• [MIRACLE] A leper cleansed when Jesus touches him

Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!”

And immediately the leprosy left him, and the man was cleansed.

Then a paralytic was brought to Him, carried by four men.

• [MIRACLE] Friends lower a paralyzed man through the roof

Since they were unable to get to Jesus through the crowd, they uncovered the roof above Him, made an opening, and lowered the paralytic on his mat.

When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”

But some of the scribes were sitting there and thinking in their hearts,

“Why does this man speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

At once Jesus knew in His spirit that they were thinking this way within themselves. “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?” He asked.

“Which is easier: to say to a paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, pick up your mat, and walk’?

But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...” He said to the paralytic,

“I tell you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”

And immediately the man got up, picked up his mat, and walked out in front of them all. As a result, they were all astounded and glorified God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”

Once again Jesus entered the synagogue, and a man with a withered hand was there.

• [MIRACLE] Jesus heals the withered hand in the synagogue

In order to accuse Jesus, they were watching to see if He would heal on the Sabbath.

Then Jesus said to the man with the withered hand, “Stand up among us.”

And He asked them, “Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?” But they were silent.

Soon a violent windstorm came up, and the waves were breaking over the boat, so that it was being swamped.

• [MIRACLE] Jesus calms the wind and the waves

But Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on the cushion. So they woke Him and said, “Teacher, don’t You care that we are perishing?”

Then Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the sea. “Silence!” He commanded. “Be still!” And the wind died down, and it was perfectly calm.

“Why are you so afraid?” He asked. “Do you still have no faith?”

Overwhelmed with fear, they asked one another, “Who is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?”

When the woman heard about Jesus, she came up through the crowd behind Him and touched His cloak.

• [MIRACLE] A bleeding woman touches His cloak and is healed

For she kept saying, “If only I touch His garments, I will be healed.”

Immediately her bleeding stopped, and she sensed in her body that she was healed of her affliction.

Taking her by the hand, Jesus said, “Talitha koum!” which means, “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”

• [MIRACLE] Talitha koum: Jairus' daughter gets up

Immediately the girl got up and began to walk around (she was twelve years old). And at once they were utterly astounded.

“Go and see how many loaves you have,” He told them. And after checking, they said, “Five—and two fish.”

• [MIRACLE] Five thousand fed with five loaves and two fish

Then Jesus directed them to have the people sit in groups on the green grass.

So they sat down in groups of hundreds and fifties.

Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, Jesus spoke a blessing and broke the loaves. Then He gave them to His disciples to set before the people. And He divided the two fish among them all.

They all ate and were satisfied,

and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of bread and fish.

And there were five thousand men who had eaten the loaves.

He could see that the disciples were straining to row, because the wind was against them. About the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went out to them, walking on the sea. He intended to pass by them,

• [MIRACLE] Jesus walks on the sea

but when they saw Him walking on the sea, they cried out, thinking He was a ghost—

for they all saw Him and were terrified. But Jesus spoke up at once: “Take courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.”

Then He climbed into the boat with them, and the wind died down. And the disciples were utterly astounded,

And wherever He went—villages and towns and countrysides—they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged Him just to let them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who touched Him were healed.

• [MIRACLE] All who touch the fringe of His cloak are healed

Then Jesus left the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis.

• [MIRACLE] Deaf-mute healed by Jesus' fingers in ears and spittle on tongue

Some people brought to Him a man who was deaf and hardly able to speak, and they begged Jesus to place His hand on him.

So Jesus took him aside privately, away from the crowd, and put His fingers into the man’s ears. Then He spit and touched the man’s tongue.

And looking up to heaven, He sighed deeply and said to him, “Ephphatha!” (which means, “Be opened!”).

Immediately the man’s ears were opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak plainly.

Jesus ordered them not to tell anyone. But the more He ordered them, the more widely they proclaimed it.

“How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked. “Seven,” they replied.

• [MIRACLE] Four thousand fed with seven loaves

And He instructed the crowd to sit down on the ground. Then He took the seven loaves, gave thanks and broke them, and gave them to His disciples to set before the people. And they distributed them to the crowd.

They also had a few small fish, and Jesus blessed them and ordered that these be set before them as well.

The people ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.

And about four thousand men were present. And when Jesus had dismissed the crowd,

When they arrived at Bethsaida, some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him.

• [MIRACLE] Blind man at Bethsaida healed in two stages

So He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village. Then He spit on the man’s eyes and placed His hands on him. “Can you see anything?” He asked.

The man looked up and said, “I can see the people, but they look like trees walking around.”

Once again Jesus placed His hands on the man’s eyes, and when he opened them his sight was restored, and he could see everything clearly.

Jesus sent him home and said, “Do not go back into the village.”

Next, they came to Jericho. And as Jesus and His disciples were leaving Jericho with a large crowd, a blind beggar named Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, was sitting beside the road.

• [MIRACLE] Blind Bartimaeus receives his sight

When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

Many people admonished him to be silent, but he cried out all the louder, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” So they called the blind man. “Take courage!” they said. “Get up! He is calling for you.”

Throwing off his cloak, Bartimaeus jumped up and came to Jesus.

“What do you want Me to do for you?” Jesus asked. “Rabboni,” said the blind man, “let me see again.”

“Go,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you.” And immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road.

The next day, when they had left Bethany, Jesus was hungry.

• [MIRACLE] Jesus curses the fig tree

Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, He went to see if there was any fruit on it. But when He reached it, He found nothing on it except leaves, since it was not the season for figs.

Then He said to the tree, “May no one ever eat of your fruit again.” And His disciples heard this statement.

As they were walking back in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered from its roots.

• [MIRACLE] The fig tree is found withered from the roots

Peter remembered it and said, “Look, Rabbi! The fig tree You cursed has withered.”

From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.

• [MIRACLE] Darkness from the sixth hour to the ninth

When they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.

• [MIRACLE] A young man in white tells the women He has risen

But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here! See the place where they put Him.

But go, tell His disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see Him, just as He told you.’”

Just then an angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.

• [MIRACLE] Gabriel announces John the Baptist's birth to Zechariah

When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and gripped with fear.

“How can I be sure of this?” Zechariah asked the angel. “I am an old man, and my wife is well along in years.”

“I am Gabriel,” replied the angel. “I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.

to a virgin pledged in marriage to a man named Joseph, who was of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary.

The angel appeared to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”

“How can this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”

• [MIRACLE] The Holy Spirit will come upon you

Just then an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.

• [MIRACLE] Angel and heavenly host announce Christ's birth to shepherds

But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid! For behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people:

And this will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.”

And suddenly there appeared with the angel a great multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying:

“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom His favor rests!”

When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”

When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as He was praying, heaven was opened,

• [MIRACLE] The Spirit descends in bodily form like a dove

and the Holy Spirit descended on Him in a bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.”

But Jesus passed through the crowd and went on His way.

After Jesus had left the synagogue, He went to the home of Simon, whose mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever. So they appealed to Jesus on her behalf,

• [MIRACLE] Jesus rebukes the fever of Peter's mother in law

and He stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. And she got up at once and began to serve them.

When Jesus had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Put out into deep water and let down your nets for a catch.”

• [MIRACLE] The first great catch of fish

“Master,” Simon replied, “we have worked hard all night without catching anything. But because You say so, I will let down the nets.”

When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to tear.

So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.

When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees. “Go away from me, Lord,” he said, “for I am a sinful man.”

For he and his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken,

While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell facedown and begged Him, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”

• [MIRACLE] A man full of leprosy cleansed

Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately the leprosy left him.

Just then some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat. They tried to bring him inside to set him before Jesus,

• [MIRACLE] The paralyzed man let down through the tiles

but they could not find a way through the crowd. So they went up on the roof and lowered him on his mat through the tiles into the middle of the crowd, right in front of Jesus.

When Jesus saw their faith, He said, “Friend, your sins are forgiven.”

But the scribes and Pharisees began thinking to themselves, “Who is this man who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’?

But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on the earth to forgive sins…” He said to the paralytic, “I tell you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”

And immediately the man stood up before them, took what he had been lying on, and went home glorifying God.

On another Sabbath Jesus entered the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was withered.

• [MIRACLE] The withered right hand restored

Looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, the scribes and Pharisees were watching Him closely to see if He would heal on the Sabbath.

Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?”

And after looking around at all of them, He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He did so, and it was restored.

There a highly valued servant of a centurion was sick and about to die.

• [MIRACLE] The centurion's servant healed from a distance

When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to ask Him to come and heal his servant.

They came to Jesus and pleaded with Him earnestly, “This man is worthy to have You grant this,

So Jesus went with them. But when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends with the message: “Lord, do not trouble Yourself, for I am not worthy to have You come under my roof.

That is why I did not consider myself worthy to come to You. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed.

For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell one to go, and he goes, and another to come, and he comes. I tell my servant to do something, and he does it.”

When Jesus heard this, He marveled at the centurion. Turning to the crowd following Him, He said, “I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such great faith.”

And when the messengers returned to the house, they found the servant in good health.

Soon afterward, Jesus went to a town called Nain. His disciples went with Him, accompanied by a large crowd.

• [MIRACLE] Jesus raises the widow's son at Nain

As He approached the town gate, He saw a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her.

When the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said, “Do not weep.”

Then He went up and touched the coffin, and those carrying it stood still. “Young man,” He said, “I tell you, get up!”

And the dead man sat up and began to speak! Then Jesus gave him back to his mother.

As they sailed, He fell asleep, and a windstorm came down on the lake, so that the boat was being swamped, and they were in great danger.

• [MIRACLE] Jesus rebukes the storm

The disciples went and woke Him, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” Then Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waters, and they subsided, and all was calm.

“Where is your faith?” He asked. Frightened and amazed, they asked one another, “Who is this? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey Him!”

including a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years. She had spent all her money on physicians, but no one was able to heal her.

• [MIRACLE] A woman bleeding twelve years touches His cloak and is healed

She came up behind Jesus and touched the fringe of His cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped.

“Who touched Me?” Jesus asked. But they all denied it. “Master,” said Peter, “the people are crowding and pressing against You.”

But Jesus declared, “Someone touched Me, for I know that power has gone out from Me.”

Then the woman, seeing that she could not escape notice, came trembling and fell down before Him. In the presence of all the people, she explained why she had touched Him and how she had immediately been healed.

“Daughter,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you. Go in peace.”

While He was still speaking, someone arrived from the house of the synagogue leader. “Your daughter is dead,” he told Jairus. “Do not bother the Teacher anymore.”

• [MIRACLE] Jesus raises Jairus' daughter

But Jesus overheard them and said to Jairus, “Do not be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed.”

When He entered the house, He did not allow anyone to go in with Him except Peter, John, James, and the child’s father and mother.

Meanwhile, everyone was weeping and mourning for her. But Jesus said, “Stop weeping; she is not dead but asleep.”

And they laughed at Him, knowing that she was dead.

But Jesus took her by the hand and called out, “Child, get up!”

Her spirit returned, and at once she got up. And He directed that she be given something to eat.

But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” “We have only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered, “unless we go and buy food for all these people.”

• [MIRACLE] Five thousand fed

( There were about five thousand men.) He told His disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each.”

They did so, and everyone was seated.

Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, Jesus spoke a blessing and broke them. Then He gave them to the disciples to set before the people.

They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.

Right there before Him was a man with dropsy.

• [MIRACLE] Jesus heals a man with dropsy on the Sabbath

So Jesus asked the experts in the law and the Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?”

But they remained silent. Then Jesus took hold of the man, healed him, and sent him on his way.

While Jesus was on His way to Jerusalem, He was passing between Samaria and Galilee.

• [MIRACLE] Ten lepers healed; one Samaritan returned to give thanks

As He entered one of the villages, He was met by ten lepers. They stood at a distance

and raised their voices, shouting, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”

When Jesus saw them, He said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they were on their way, they were cleansed.

When one of them saw that he was healed, he came back, praising God in a loud voice.

He fell facedown at Jesus’ feet in thanksgiving to Him—and he was a Samaritan.

“Were not all ten cleansed?” Jesus asked. “Where then are the other nine?

Was no one found except this foreigner to return and give glory to God?”

Then Jesus said to him, “Rise and go; your faith has made you well!”

As Jesus drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting beside the road, begging.

• [MIRACLE] A blind beggar near Jericho healed

When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening.

“Jesus of Nazareth is passing by,” they told him.

So he called out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

Those who led the way admonished him to be silent, but he cried out all the louder, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

Jesus stopped and directed that the man be brought to Him. When he had come near, Jesus asked him,

“What do you want Me to do for you?” “Lord,” he said, “let me see again.”

“Receive your sight!” Jesus replied. “Your faith has healed you.”

Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus, glorifying God. And all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.

[Then an angel from heaven appeared to Him and strengthened Him.

• [MIRACLE] An angel strengthens Jesus in Gethsemane

And one of them struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear.

• [MIRACLE] Jesus heals the servant's ear

But Jesus answered, “No more of this!” And He touched the man’s ear and healed him.

While they were puzzling over this, suddenly two men in radiant apparel stood beside them.

• [MIRACLE] Two men in dazzling clothes say He is not here

While He was reclining at the table with them, He took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to them.

• [MIRACLE] The risen Jesus is known in the breaking of bread and vanishes

Then their eyes were opened and they recognized Jesus—and He disappeared from their sight.

While they were describing these events, Jesus Himself stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”

• [MIRACLE] The risen Jesus shows His hands and feet and eats fish

But they were startled and frightened, thinking they had seen a spirit.

“Why are you troubled,” Jesus asked, “and why do doubts arise in your hearts?

Look at My hands and My feet. It is I Myself. Touch Me and see—for a spirit does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.”

And when He had said this, He showed them His hands and feet.

While they were still in disbelief because of their joy and amazement, He asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat?”

So they gave Him a piece of broiled fish,

and He took it and ate it in front of them.

When Jesus had led them out as far as Bethany, He lifted up His hands and blessed them.

• [MIRACLE] Jesus is carried up into heaven while blessing them

Then John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove and resting on Him.

• [MIRACLE] John testifies he saw the Spirit descend and remain on Jesus

I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.”

Jesus told the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” So they filled them to the brim.

• [MIRACLE] Water turned into wine

“Now draw some out,” He said, “and take it to the master of the banquet.” They did so,

and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not know where it was from, but the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside

Jesus performed this, the first of His signs, at Cana in Galilee. He thus revealed His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.

• [MIRACLE] The first of His signs revealed His glory

So once again He came to Cana in Galilee, where He had turned the water into wine. And there was a royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum.

• [MIRACLE] Long-distance healing of the nobleman's son

When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged Him to come down and heal his son, who was about to die.

Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”

“Sir,” the official said, “come down before my child dies.”

This was now the second sign that Jesus performed after coming from Judea into Galilee.

One man there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.

• [MIRACLE] A man ill thirty eight years is healed at Bethesda

When Jesus saw him lying there and realized that he had spent a long time in this condition, He asked him, “Do you want to get well?”

“Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am on my way, someone else goes in before me.”

Then Jesus told him, “Get up, pick up your mat, and walk.”

Immediately the man was made well, and he picked up his mat and began to walk. Now this happened on the Sabbath day,

“Here is a boy with five barley loaves and two small fish. But what difference will these make among so many?”

• [MIRACLE] A boy's lunch feeds five thousand

“Have the people sit down,” Jesus said. Now there was plenty of grass in that place, so the men sat down, about five thousand of them.

Then Jesus took the loaves and the fish, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted.

And when everyone was full, He said to His disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over, so that nothing will be wasted.”

So they collected them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.

When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the sea—and they were terrified.

• [MIRACLE] Jesus walks on the water and the boat reaches land at once

But Jesus spoke up: “It is I; do not be afraid.”

Then they were willing to take Him into the boat, and at once the boat reached the shore where they were heading.

When Jesus had said this, He spit on the ground, made some mud, and applied it to the man’s eyes.

• [MIRACLE] A man born blind washes in Siloam and comes back seeing

So they took away the stone. Then Jesus lifted His eyes upward and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.

• [MIRACLE] Lazarus, come out!

I knew that You always hear Me, but I say this for the benefit of the people standing here, so they may believe that You sent Me.”

Father, glorify Your name!” Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.”

• [MIRACLE] A voice from heaven answers Jesus

The crowd standing there heard it and said that it had thundered. Others said that an angel had spoken to Him.

When Jesus said, “I am He,” they drew back and fell to the ground.

• [MIRACLE] The soldiers draw back and fall when Jesus says I am He

One afternoon Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.

• [MIRACLE] Lame man at temple gate healed by Peter and John

And a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those entering the temple courts.

When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money.

Peter looked directly at him, as did John. “Look at us!” said Peter.

So the man gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them.

But Peter said, “Silver or gold I do not have, but what I have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!”

Taking him by the right hand, Peter helped him up, and at once the man’s feet and ankles were made strong.

He sprang to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and leaping and praising God.

When all the people saw him walking and praising God,

they recognized him as the man who used to sit begging at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go south to the desert road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”

• [MIRACLE] An angel sends Philip to the desert road

When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, but went on his way rejoicing.

• [MIRACLE] The Spirit carries Philip away to Azotus

But Philip appeared at Azotus and traveled through that region, preaching the gospel in all the towns until he came to Caesarea.

Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord. He approached the high priest

• [MIRACLE] Saul's Damascus road encounter with the risen Christ

and requested letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

As Saul drew near to Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.

He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?”

“Who are You, Lord?” Saul asked. “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” He replied.

“Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”

The men traveling with Saul stood there speechless. They heard the voice but did not see anyone.

Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could not see a thing. So they led him by the hand into Damascus.

For three days he was without sight, and he did not eat or drink anything.

In Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. The Lord spoke to him in a vision, “Ananias!” “Here I am, Lord,” he answered.

• [MIRACLE] The Lord tells Ananias in a vision to go to Saul

“Get up!” the Lord told him. “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying.

In a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come and place his hands on him to restore his sight.”

So Ananias went to the house, and when he arrived, he placed his hands on Saul. “Brother Saul,” he said, “the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here, has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

• [MIRACLE] Something like scales falls from Saul's eyes

At that instant, something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and his sight was restored. He got up and was baptized,

As Peter traveled throughout the area, he went to visit the saints in Lydda.

• [MIRACLE] Peter heals Aeneas, paralyzed 8 years

There he found a man named Aeneas who had been paralyzed and bedridden for eight years.

“Aeneas,” Peter said to him, “Jesus Christ heals you! Get up and put away your mat.” Immediately Aeneas got up,

and all who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord.

In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which is translated as Dorcas), who was always occupied with works of kindness and charity.

• [MIRACLE] Peter raises Tabitha (Dorcas) from death

At that time, however, she became sick and died, and her body was washed and placed in an upper room.

Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to urge him, “Come to us without delay.”

So Peter got up and went with them. On his arrival, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood around him, weeping and showing him the tunics and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them.

Then Peter sent them all out of the room. He knelt down and prayed, and turning toward her body, he said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, she sat up.

Peter took her by the hand and helped her up. Then he called the saints and widows and presented her to them alive.

This became known all over Joppa, and many people believed in the Lord.

One day at about the ninth hour, he had a clear vision of an angel of God who came to him and said, “Cornelius!”

• [MIRACLE] Angel visits Cornelius directing him to send for Peter

Cornelius stared at him in fear and asked, “What is it, Lord?” The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have ascended as a memorial offering before God.

Now send men to Joppa to call for a man named Simon who is called Peter.

He is staying with Simon the tanner, whose house is by the sea.”

When the angel who spoke to him had gone, Cornelius called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among his attendants.

He explained what had happened and sent them to Joppa.

The next day at about the sixth hour, as the men were approaching the city on their journey, Peter went up on the roof to pray.

• [MIRACLE] Peter's vision of the sheet of animals

He became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance.

He saw heaven open and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners.

It contained all kinds of four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth, as well as birds of the air.

Then a voice said to him: “Get up, Peter, kill and eat!”

“No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”

The voice spoke to him a second time: “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”

This happened three times, and all at once the sheet was taken back up into heaven.

For they heard them speaking in tongues and exalting God. Then Peter said,

Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his wrists.

• [MIRACLE] Angels deliver apostles from prison (twice)

“Get dressed and put on your sandals,” said the angel. Peter did so, and the angel told him, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.”

So Peter followed him out, but he was unaware that what the angel was doing was real. He thought he was only seeing a vision.

They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city, which opened for them by itself. When they had gone outside and walked the length of one block, the angel suddenly left him.

Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating.”

On the appointed day, Herod donned his royal robes, sat on his throne, and addressed the people.

• [MIRACLE] Herod struck by angel for accepting worship; eaten by worms

And they began to shout, “This is the voice of a god, not a man!”

Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.

Now look, the hand of the Lord is against you, and for a time you will be blind and unable to see the light of the sun.” Immediately mist and darkness came over him, and he groped about, seeking someone to lead him by the hand.

• [MIRACLE] Elymas struck blind by Paul

In Lystra there sat a man crippled in his feet, who was lame from birth and had never walked.

• [MIRACLE] Lame man at Lystra healed by Paul

This man was listening to the words of Paul, who looked intently at him and saw that he had faith to be healed.

In a loud voice Paul called out, “Stand up on your feet!” And the man jumped up and began to walk.

Then some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and won over the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, presuming he was dead.

• [MIRACLE] Paul is stoned and left for dead, then gets up

But after the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. And the next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.

During the night, Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and pleading with him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”

• [MIRACLE] Paul's vision of the man of Macedonia

As soon as Paul had seen the vision, we got ready to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.

About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.

• [MIRACLE] Earthquake opens prison doors at Paul/Silas' singing

Suddenly a strong earthquake shook the foundations of the prison. At once all the doors flew open and everyone’s chains came loose.

One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking; do not be silent.

• [MIRACLE] The Lord tells Paul in a vision not to be afraid

For I am with you and no one will lay a hand on you, because I have many people in this city.”

And when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.

• [MIRACLE] The Holy Spirit comes on the Ephesian disciples

God did extraordinary miracles through the hands of Paul,

• [MIRACLE] Unusual miracles through Paul — handkerchiefs and aprons healed

so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and the diseases and evil spirits left them.

And a certain young man named Eutychus, seated in the window, was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on. When he was sound asleep, he fell from the third story and was picked up dead.

• [MIRACLE] Paul raises Eutychus after he fell from the third floor

But Paul went down, threw himself on the young man, and embraced him. “Do not be alarmed!” he said. “He is still alive!”

Then Paul went back upstairs, broke bread, and ate. And after speaking until daybreak, he departed.

And the people were greatly relieved to take the boy home alive.

Paul gathered a bundle of sticks, and as he laid them on the fire, a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself to his hand.

• [MIRACLE] Paul shakes off the viper at Malta — no harm

When the islanders saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer. Although he was saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”

But Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no ill effects.

The islanders were expecting him to swell up or suddenly drop dead. But after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.

The father of Publius was sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him, and after praying and placing his hands on him, he healed the man.

• [MIRACLE] Publius' father healed; all sick on the island healed

After this had happened, the rest of the sick on the island came and were cured as well.

In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words.

• [MIRACLE] The Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words

by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.

• [MIRACLE] Paul’s work among the Gentiles came with signs and wonders by the power of the Spirit

To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by the same Spirit,

• [MIRACLE] The nine gifts of the Spirit: wisdom, knowledge, faith, healing, miracles, prophecy, telling spirits apart, tongues and interpreting tongues
• [CHEAT CODE] See The 9 Spiritual Gifts, The Real Life Cheat Code pages.

to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit,

to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in various tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues.

and that He appeared to Cephas and then to the Twelve.

• [MIRACLE] The risen Christ appeared to Peter, the Twelve, and over five hundred

After that, He appeared to more than five hundred brothers at once, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep.

Then He appeared to James, then to all the apostles.

And last of all He appeared to me also, as to one of untimely birth.

I must go on boasting. Although there is nothing to gain, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord.

• [MIRACLE] Paul caught up to the third heaven; heard inexpressible words

I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows.

And I know that this man—whether in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows—

was caught up to Paradise. The things he heard were inexpressible, things that man is not permitted to tell.

The marks of a true apostle—signs, wonders, and miracles—were performed among you with great perseverance.

• [MIRACLE] The marks of an apostle: signs, wonders and miracles

Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?

• [MIRACLE] Angels are ministering spirits sent for those who inherit salvation

and was affirmed by God through signs, wonders, various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to His will.

• [MIRACLE] God confirmed the gospel with signs, wonders, various miracles and gifts of the Holy Spirit

Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.

• [MIRACLE] Some have entertained angels unawares

It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, when they foretold the things now announced by those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.

• [MIRACLE] Even angels long to look into these things

For we did not follow cleverly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty.

• [MIRACLE] Peter saw Jesus' glory on the holy mountain and heard God's voice from heaven

And we ourselves heard this voice from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain.

Yet not even angels, though greater in strength and power, dare to bring such slanderous charges against them before the Lord.

• [MIRACLE] Angels, though greater in strength and power, do not slander

But he was rebuked for his transgression by a donkey, otherwise without speech, that spoke with a man’s voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.

• [MIRACLE] Balaam's donkey spoke with a man's voice

But even the archangel Michael, when he disputed with the devil over the body of Moses, did not presume to bring a slanderous charge against him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”

• [MIRACLE] Michael disputed with the devil over Moses' body

Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And having turned, I saw seven golden lampstands,

• [MIRACLE] John sees the risen Christ among the lampstands

and among the lampstands was One like the Son of Man, dressed in a long robe, with a golden sash around His chest.

The hair of His head was white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes were like a blazing fire.

His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and His voice was like the roar of many waters.

At once I was in the Spirit, and I saw a throne standing in heaven, with someone seated on it.

• [MIRACLE] John sees a throne in heaven

The One seated there looked like jasper and carnelian, and a rainbow that gleamed like an emerald encircled the throne.

And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”

• [MIRACLE] Four living creatures cry holy, holy, holy

Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels encircling the throne, and the living creatures and the elders. And their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands.

• [MIRACLE] Countless angels sing Worthy is the Lamb

In a loud voice they were saying: “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing!”

Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire.

• [MIRACLE] A mighty angel robed in a cloud, one foot on the sea and one on the land

He held in his hand a small scroll, which lay open. He placed his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land.

Then he cried out in a loud voice like the roar of a lion. And when he cried out, the seven thunders sounded their voices.

After this I saw another angel descending from heaven with great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his glory.

• [MIRACLE] An angel with great authority lights up the earth with his glory

So I fell at his feet to worship him. But he told me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who rely on the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”

• [MIRACLE] John falls at the angel's feet and is told to worship God

Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”

• [MIRACLE] One of the seven angels shows John the bride, the wife of the Lamb

And I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I had heard and seen them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who had shown me these things.

• [MIRACLE] John falls at an angel's feet and is told to worship God

But he said to me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God!”