Dictionaries :: Miracles

Nave's Topical Bible

Miracles: Catalogue Of, and Supernatural Events:

Creation,

Gen 1.

Flood,

Gen 7; 8.

The confusion of languages,

Gen 11:1-9.

The fire on Abraham's sacrifice,

Gen 15:17.

The conception of Isaac,

Gen 17:17; 18:12; 21:2.

The destruction of Sodom,

Gen 19.

Lot's wife turned into a pillar of salt,

Gen 19:26.

The closing of the wombs of Abimelech's household,

Gen 20:17, 18.

The opening of Hagar's eyes,

Gen 21:19.

The conception of Jacob and Esau,

Gen 25:21.

The opening of Rachel's womb,

Gen 30:22.

The flaming bush,

Exd 3:2.

The transformation of Moses' rod into a serpent,

Exd 4:3, 4, 30; 7:10, 12.

Moses' leprosy,

Exd 4:6, 7, 30.

The plagues in Egypt,

see PLAGUES

The pillar of cloud and fire,

Exd 13:21, 22; 14:19, 20.

Passage through the Red Sea,

Exd 14:22.

The destruction of Pharaoh and his army,

Exd 14:23-30.

Sweetening the waters of Marah,

Exd 15:25.

Manna,

Exd 16:4-31.

Quails,

Exd 16:13.

The defeat of Amalek,

Exd 17:9-13.

The transfiguration of the face of Moses,

Exd 34:29-35.

Water from the rock,

Exd 17:5, 7.

Thundering and lightning on Mount Sinai,

Exd 19:16-20; 24:10, 15-17; Deu 4:33.

Miriam's leprosy,

Num 12:10-15.

Judgment by fire,

Num 11:1-3.

The destruction of Korah,

Num 16:31-35; Deu 11:6, 7.

The plague,

Num 16:46-50.

Aaron's rod buds,

Num 17:1-9.

Water from the rock in Kadesh,

Num 20:8-11.

The scourge of serpents,

Num 21:6-9.

The destruction of Nadab and Abihu,

Lev 10:1, 2.

Balaam's donkey speaks,

Num 22:23-30.

The preservation of Moses,

Deu 34:7.

The Jordan River divided,

Jos 3:14-17; 4:16-18.

The fall of Jericho,

Jos 6:20.

The Midianites destroyed,

Jdg 7:16-22.

Hailstones on the confederated kings,

Jos 10:11.

The sun and the moon stand still,

Jos 10:12-14.

Dew on Gideon's fleece,

Jdg 6:37-40.

Samson's strength,

Jdg 14:6; 16:3, 29, 30.

Samson supplied with water,

Jdg 15:19.

The falling of the god Dagon,

1Sa 5:1-4.

Even nursing cows return the ark of the covenant (walking away from their calves),

1Sa 6:7-14.

The plague of hemorrhoids on the Philistines,

1Sa 5:9-12; 6:1-18.

The destruction of the people of Beth-shemesh,

1Sa 6:19, 20.

Thunder,

1Sa 12:16-18.

The death of Uzzah,

2Sa 6:1-8.

The plague in Israel,

1Ch 21:14-26.

Fire on the sacrifices of Aaron,

Lev 9:24;

of Gideon,

Jdg 6:21;

of Manoah,

Jdg 13:19, 20;

of Solomon,

2Ch 7:1;

of Elijah,

1Ki 18:38.

Jeroboam's hand withered,

1Ki 13:3-6.

The appearance of blood,

2Ki 3:20-22.

The panic of the Syrians,

2Ki 7:6, 7.

Elijah is fed by ravens,

1Ki 17:6;

by an angel,

1Ki 19:1-8;

increases the widow's meal and oil,

1Ki 17:9-16; Luk 4:26;

raises the widow's son,

1Ki 17:17-24.

Rain in answer to Elijah's prayer,

1Ki 18:41-45.

Elijah brings fire down upon Ahaziah's army,

2Ki 1:10-12;

divides the Jordan River,

2Ki 2:8.

Elijah is transported to the heavens,

2Ki 2:11.

Elisha divides the Jordan River,

2Ki 2:14;

sweetens the waters of Jericho,

2Ki 2:19-22;

increases a widow's supply of oil,

2Ki 4:1-7;

raises the Shunammite woman's child,

2Ki 4:18-37;

renders the poisoned stew harmless,

2Ki 4:38-41;

feeds one-hundred men,

2Ki 4:42-44;

cures Naaman,

2Ki 5:1-19;

strikes down Gehazi with leprosy,

2Ki 5:26, 27;

causes the ax to float,

2Ki 6:6;

reveals the counsel of the king of Syria,

2Ki 6:12;

causes the eyes of his servant to be opened,

2Ki 6:17;

strikes the army of the king of Syria with blindness,

2Ki 6:18;

the dead man was restored to life,

2Ki 13:21.

The destruction of Sennacherib's army,

2Ki 19:35; Isa 37:36;

return of the shadow on the sun dial,

2Ki 20:9-11;

Hezekiah's cure,

Isa 38:21;

the deliverance of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego,

Dan 3:23-27;

of Daniel,

Dan 6:22;

the sea was calmed when Jonah was thrown into it,

Jon 1:15;

Jonah in the belly of the great fish,

Jon 1:17; 2:10;

Jonah's gourd,

Jon 4:6, 7.

The conception by Elizabeth,

Luk 1:18, 24, 25.

The incarnation of Jesus,

Mat 1:18-25; Luk 1:26-80.

The appearance of the star over Bethlehem,

Mat 2:1-9.

The deliverance of Jesus,

Mat 2:13-23.

Miracles: Of Jesus, in Chronological Order:

Water converted into wine,

Jhn 2:1-11.

Heals the nobleman's son,

Jhn 4:46-54.

The catch of fish,

Luk 5:1-11.

Heals the demoniac,

Mar 1:23-26; Luk 4:33-36.

Heals Peter's mother-in-law,

Mat 8:14-17; Mar 1:29-31; Luk 4:38, 39.

Cleanses the leper,

Mat 8:1-4; Mar 1:40-45; Luk 5:12-16.

Heals the paralyzed man,

Mat 9:1-8; Mar 2:1-12; Luk 5:17-26.

Healing of the immobile man,

Jhn 5:1-16.

Restoring the withered hand,

Mat 12:9-13; Mar 3:1-5; Luk 6:6-11.

Restores the centurion's servant,

Mat 8:5-13; Luk 7:1-10.

Raises the widow's son to life at the village of Nain,

Luk 7:11-16.

Heals a demoniac,

Mat 12:22-37; Mar 3:11; Luk 11:14, 15.

Stills the storm,

Mat 8:23-27; 14:32; Mar 4:35-41; Luk 8:22-25.

Throws demons out of two men of Gadara (Gerasa),

Mat 8:28-34; Mar 5:1-20; Luk 8:26-39.

Raises the daughter of Jairus from the dead,

Mat 9:18, 19, 23-26; Mar 5:22-24, 35-43; Luk 8:41, 42, 49-56.

Cures the woman with the issue of blood,

Mat 9:20-22; Mar 5:25-34; Luk 8:43-48.

Restores two blind men to sight,

Mat 9:27-31.

Heals a demoniac,

Mat 9:32, 33.

Walks upon Lake Galilee,

Mat 14:22-33; Mar 6:45-52; Jhn 6:16-21.

Heals the daughter of the non-Jewish, Syro-Phoenician woman,

Mat 15:21-28; Mar 7:24-30.

Feeds more than four-thousand people,

Mat 15:32-39; Mar 8:1-9.

Restores the deaf-mute man,

Mar 7:31-37.

Restores a blind man,

Mar 8:22-26.

Heals the epileptic boy,

Mat 17:14-21; Mar 9:14-29; Luk 9:37-43.

The temple tax money obtained from a fish's mouth,

Mat 17:24-27.

Restores ten lepers to wholeness, only one of them returns to thank Jesus,

Luk 17:11-19.

Opens the eyes of a man born blind,

Jhn 9.

Raises Lazarus from the dead,

Jhn 11:1-46.

Heals the woman with the spirit of infirmity,

Luk 13:10-17.

Cures a man with dropsy,

Luk 14:1-6.

Restores sight to two blind men near Jericho,

Mat 20:29-34; Mar 10:46-52; Luk 18:35-43.

Condemns a fig tree,

Mat 21:17-22; Mar 11:12-14, 20-24.

Heals the ear of Malchus,

Luk 22:49-51.

The second catch of fish,

Jhn 21:6.

Not particularly described, see p. 700 (JESUS, MIRACLES OF)

Miracles: Of the Disciples of Jesus:

By the seventy (the best mss. have "seventy-two"),

Luk 10:17-20;

by other disciples,

Mar 9:39; Jhn 14:12;

by the apostles,

Act 3:6, 12, 13, 16; 4:10, 30; 9:34, 35; 16:18.

Peter cures the sick,

Act 5:15, 16;

heals Aeneas,

Act 9:34;

raises Dorcas from the dead,

Act 9:40;

causes the death of Ananias and Sapphira,

Act 5:5, 10.

Peter and John cure a lame man,

Act 3:2-11.

Peter and other apostles were delivered from prison,

Act 5:19-23; 12:6-11; 16:26.

Philip carried away by the Spirit,

Act 8:39.

Paul strikes Elymas (Bar-Jesus) with blindness,

Act 13:11;

heals a cripple,

Act 14:10;

throws out evil spirits, and cures sick people,

Act 16:18; 19:11, 12; 28:8, 9;

raises Eutychus to life,

Act 20:9-12;

shakes a viper off his hand and is unharmed,

Act 28:5.

Paul cured of blindness,

Act 9:3-6, 17, 18.

Miracles: Convincing Effect Of:

Exd 4:28-31; 10:7, 16, 17; 12:31-33; 14:25, 31; Jdg 6:17-22, 36-40; 7:1; Dan 3:28, 29; 4:2, 3; Luk 5:4-11; Jhn 2:11, 22, 23; 4:48-53; 7:31; 11:43-45; 12:10; 20:30, 31; Act 8:6; 9:32-42; 13:8-12; 19:13-18; Rom 15:18, 19

See MIRACLES, DESIGN OF, below

Miracles: Design Of

Exd 3:19, 20; 4:2-9; 7:5, 17; 8:8-10, 22; 9:14-16, 29; 10:1, 2, 16, 17; 11:1, 7-9; 12:29-33; 14:4, 18, 24, 25, 31; 16:4-6; 19:4, 5, 9; Num 14:11; 16:28-35; 17:1-13; Deu 4:33-35; 11:1-8; 29:5, 6; Jos 2:9-11; 3:10, 11; 4:23, 24; 5:1; Jdg 2:7; 1Sa 6:6-18; 12:17, 18; 1Ki 18:24, 37-39; 2Ki 5:14, 15; 2Ch 7:1-3; Psa 78:10-32; 106:9-12; Jer 32:20; Dan 2:47; 3:28, 29; 6:20-27; Jon 1:14-16; Zec 2:9; Mat 4:3; 11:3-5; Mar 2:9-12; Luk 18:42, 43; Jhn 2:11; 4:48; 5:36; 9:3; 11:4, 40-42; Act 2:22; 3:1-10; 4:21, 22; 1Cr 1:22

Miracles: Miraculous Gifts of the Holy Ghost:

Foretold,

Isa 35:4-6; Joe 2:28, 29.

Of different kinds,

1Cr 12:4-6.

Enumerated,

1Cr 12:8-10, 28.

Christ was endued with,

Mat 12:28.

Poured out on the day of Pentecost in thirty A.D.,

Act 2:1-4.

Communicated on preaching the gospel,

Act 10:44-46;

by laying on of the apostles' hands,

Act 8:17, 18; 19:6;

for the confirmation of the gospel,

Mar 16:20; Act 14:3; Rom 15:19; Hbr 2:4;

for the edification of the assembly,

1Cr 12:7; 14:12, 13.

To be sought after,

1Cr 12:31; 14:1.

Temporary nature of,

1Cr 13:8.

Not to be neglected,

1Ti 4:14; 2Ti 1:6;

or despised,

1Th 5:20;

or purchased,

Act 8:20.

Miracles: Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics:

Called MARVELOUS THINGS,

Psa 78:12;

MARVELOUS WORKS,

Isa 29:14; Psa 105:5;

SIGNS AND WONDERS,

Jer 32:21; Jhn 4:48; 2Cr 12:12.

Performed through the power of God,

Jhn 3:2; Act 14:3; 15:12; 19:11;

of the Holy Ghost,

Mat 12:28; Rom 15:19; 1Cr 12:9, 10, 28, 30;

in the name of Christ,

Mar 16:17; Act 3:16; 4:30.

Faith required in those who perform,

Mat 17:20; 21:21; Jhn 14:12; Act 3:16; 6:8.

Faith required in those for whom they were performed,

Mat 9:28; Mar 9:22-24; Act 14:9.

Power to work, given the disciples,

Mar 3:14, 15; 16:17, 18, 20.

Demanded by unbelievers,

Mat 12:38, 39; 16:1; Luk 11:16, 29; 23:8.

Alleged miracles performed by magicians,

Exd 7:10-12, 22; 8:7;

by other impostors,

Mat 7:22.

Performed through the powers of evil,

2Th 2:9; Rev 16:14.

Performed in support of false religions,

Deu 13:1, 2;

by false messiahs,

Mat 24:24;

by false prophets,

Mat 24:24; Rev 19:20;

by the witch of En-dor,

1Sa 28:7-14;

Simon (the Sorcerer) Magus,

Act 8:9-11.

Not to be regarded,

Deu 13:3.

Deceive the ungodly,

2Th 2:10-12; Rev 13:14; 19:20.

A mark of apostasy,

2Th 2:3, 9; Rev 13:13.

Torrey's New Topical Textbook

Miracles: Power of God Necessary To

Jhn 3:2

Miracles: Described As

Marvellous things

Psa 78:12

Marvellous works

Isa 29:14; Psa 105:5

Signs and wonders

Jer 32:21; Jhn 4:48; 2Cr 12:12

Miracles: Manifest

The glory of God

Jhn 11:4

The glory of Christ

Jhn 2:11; 11:4

The works of God

Jhn 9:3

Miracles: Were Evidences of a Divine Commission

Exd 4:1-5; Mar 16:20

Miracles: The Messiah Was Expected to Perform

Mat 11:2,3; Jhn 7:31

Miracles: Jesus Was Proved to Be the Messiah By

Mat 11:4-6; Luk 7:20-22; Jhn 5:36; Act 2:22

Miracles: Jesus Was Followed on Account Of

Mat 4:23-25; 14:35,36; Jhn 6:2,26; 12:18

Miracles: A Gift of the Holy Spirit

1Cr 12:10

Miracles: Were Performed

By the power of God

Exd 8:19; Act 14:3; 15:12; 19:11

By the power of Christ

Mat 10:1

By the power of the Holy Spirit

Mat 12:28; Rom 15:19

In the name of Christ

Mat 16:17; Act 3:16; 4:30

Miracles: First Preaching of the Gospel Confirmed By

Mar 16:20; Hbr 2:4

Miracles: The who wrought, disclaimed all power of their own

Act 3:12

Miracles: Should Produce Faith

Jhn 2:23; 20:30,31

Miracles: Should Produce Obedience

Deu 11:1-3; 29:2,3,9

Miracles: Instrumental to the early propagation of the gospel

Act 8:6; Rom 15:18,19

Miracles: Faith Required In

Those who performed

Mat 17:20; 21:21; Jhn 14:12; Act 3:16; 6:8

Those for whom they were performed

Mat 9:28; 13:58; Mar 9:22-24; Act 14:9

Miracles: Should Be Remembered

1Ch 16:12; Psa 105:5

Miracles: Should Be Told to Future Generations

Exd 10:2; Jdg 6:13

Miracles: Insufficient of Themselves, to Produce Conversion

Luk 16:31

Miracles: The Wicked

Desire to see

Mat 27:42; Luk 11:29; 23:8

Often acknowledge

Jhn 11:47; Act 4:16

Do not understand

Psa 106:7

Do not consider

Mar 6:52

Forget

Neh 9:17; Psa 78:1,11

Proof against

Num 14:22; Jhn 12:37

Miracles: Guilt of Rejecting the Evidence Afforded By

Mat 11:20-24; Jhn 15:24

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Miracles:

A miracle may be defined to be a plain and manifest exercise by a man, or by God at the call of a man, of those powers which belong only to the Creator and Lord of nature; and this for the declared object of attesting that a divine mission is given to that man. It is not, therefore, the wonder, the exception to common experience, that constitutes the miracle, as is assumed both in the popular use of the word and by most objectors against miracles. No phenomenon in nature, however unusual, no event in the course of God's providence, however unexpected, is a miracle unless it can be traced to the agency of man (including prayer under the term agency) and unless it be put forth as a proof of divine mission. Prodigies and special providences are not miracles (A miracle is not a violation of the laws of nature. It is God's acting upon nature in a degree far beyond our powers, but the same king of act as our wills are continually exerting upon nature. We do not in lifting a stone interfere with any law of nature, but exert a higher force among the laws. Prof. Tyndall says that "science does assert that without a disturbance of natural law quite as serious as the stoppage of an eclipse, or the rolling of the St. Lawrence up the falls of Niagara, no act of humiliation, individual or nation, could call one shower from heaven." And yet men by firing cannon during battle can cause a shower: does that cause such a commotion among the laws of nature? The exertion of a will upon the laws does not make a disturbance of natural law; and a miracle is simply the exertion of God's will upon nature.-ED.) Again, the term "nature" suggests to many persons the idea of a great system of things endowed with powers and forces of its own-a sort of machine, set a‐going originally by a first cause, but continuing its motions of itself. Hence we are apt to imagine that a change in the motion or operation of any part of it by God would produce the same disturbance of the other parts as such a change would be likely to produce in them if made by us or by any other natural agent. But if the motions and operations of material things be produced really by the divine will, then his choosing to change, for a special purpose, the ordinary motion of one part does not necessarily or probably imply his choosing to change the ordinary motions of other parts in a way not at all requisite for the accomplishment of that special purpose. It is as easy for him to continue the ordinary course of the rest, with the change of one part, as of all the phenomena without any change at all. Thus, though the stoppage of the motion of the earth in the ordinary course of nature would be attended with terrible convulsions, the stoppage of the earth miraculously, for a special purpose to be served by that only, would not of itself be followed by any such consequences (Indeed, by the action of gravitation it could be stopped, as a stone thrown up is stopped, in less than two minutes, and yet so gently as not to stir the smallest feather or mote on its surface.-ED.) From the same conception of nature as a machine, we are apt to think of interferences with the ordinary course of nature as implying some imperfection in it. But it is manifest that this is a false analogy; for the reason why machines are made is to save us trouble; and, therefore, they are more perfect in proportion as they answer this purpose. But no one can seriously imagine that the universe is a machine for the purpose of saving trouble to the Almighty. Again, when miracles are described as "interferences with the law of nature," this description makes them appear improbable to many minds, from their not sufficiently considering that the laws of nature interfere with one another, and that we cannot get rid of "interferences" upon any hypothesis consistent with experience. The circumstances of the Christian miracles are utterly unlike those of any pretended instances of magical wonders. This difference consists in-

(1). The greatness, number, completeness and publicity of the miracles.

(2). In the character of the miracles. They were all beneficial, helpful, instructive, and worthy of God as their author.

(3). The natural beneficial tendency of the doctrine they attested.

(4). The connection of them with a whole scheme of revelation extending from the origin of the human race to the time of Christ.