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In the Gospel of John, the multitude was attracted to Jesus because of the healing works he performed, and the feeding of the multitude was taken as a further sign that Jesus was the Messiah. The Church of the Multiplication in Tabgha is the site where many Christians believe the feeding of the five thousand to have taken place.
In most cases, Christian authors associate each miracle with specific teachings that reflect the message of Jesus. [10]In The Miracles of Jesus, H. Van der Loos describes two main categories of miracles attributed to Jesus: those that affected people (such as Jesus healing the blind man of Bethsaida), or "healings", and those that "controlled nature" (such as Jesus walking on water).
John 20:30 Therefore many other signs Jesus also performed in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; 31 but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name.
Verse 2 notes that "many who heard him" were impressed by the wisdom which had been given to him (or, "to such a man": manuscripts differ in the wording of this verse), [9] and the "mighty works" performed by his hands. [13] Since in verse 5, Mark goes on to note that Jesus performed a minimal amount of healing in Nazareth, it is generally ...
Mosaic of the exorcism of the Gerasene demoniac from the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna, dating to the sixth century AD. The exorcism of the Gerasene demoniac (Matthew 8:28-34; Mark 5:1-20; Luke 8:26-39), frequently known as the Miracle of the (Gadarene) Swine and the exorcism of Legion, is one of the miracles performed by Jesus according to the New Testament. [1]
Lapide states that Jesus seems to be saying, "these miracles which you have seen Me perform are the marks of the true Messiah." See Isaiah 35:5, "then shall the eyes of the blind be opened", and Isaiah 61:1 "He hath sent me to announce to the meek." According to MacEvilly verse 6 seems to be referring to the disciples of John, who were offended ...
It was also the site where Jesus healed a blind man (Mark 8:22-26). Capernaum: Often called Jesus' "own city" (Matthew 9:1), Capernaum served as the center for Jesus' Galilean ministry. It was home to a synagogue where Jesus taught and performed miracles.
Luke 8 is the eighth chapter of the Gospel of Luke in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.The book containing this chapter is anonymous but early Christian tradition uniformly affirmed that Luke the Evangelist, a companion of Paul the Apostle on his missionary journeys, [1] composed both this Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles. [2]