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LIST OF MIRACLES IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. The virgin birth of Jesus – Matthew 1:18-25; Luke 1:26-38. Jesus turns water into wine at Cana in Galilee – John 2:1-11. A royal official’s son is healed at Cana – John 4:46-54.
The four Gospels record 37 miracles of Jesus, with Mark's Gospel recording the most. Three New Testament words refer to Jesus' miracles: power, sign, and wonder. Every miracle of Jesus served a specific purpose in God's plan of salvation for humankind.
Jesus performed numerous miracles as recorded in the New Testament. These include turning water into wine at Cana, healing the sick, raising the dead, feeding thousands with a small amount of food, walking on water, and calming storms, among others.
The miracles in the New Testament are ambiguous; they have to be interpreted. We may divide Jesus’ miracles into two types: (1) nature miracles and (2) healing miracles. It is important to understand that both types were part of the ancient landscape: they were unusual, but not uncommon. Israelite-Jewish tradition tells of miracle workers.
What miracles, by those who believed in Jesus, are recorded in the New Testament? Who performed them and when did they occur? Jesus prophesied, during his ministry, that those who had faith in him would perform even greater miracles and wonders than he did.
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).
Throughout His ministry, Jesus performed a total of 37 distinct miracles as recorded in the New Testament. These miraculous acts encompassed healings, nature miracles, provision, and raising the dead.
What is a miracle? I. DEFINITION. If we look at the words the New Testament uses for miracles we see the following: (1) It is an act of a supernatural being. The word dunamis has the idea of a supernatural power. It speaks primarily of the agent of the act. That power may be delegated to a human agent.
Turning Water Into Wine – John 2:1-11. The first miracle Jesus performed in His public ministry was to turn the water into wine at the wedding of Cana of Galilee. Jesus and His disciples met Jesus’ mother Mary at the wedding. Jesus had just gathered His band of friends in the previous verses.
In a word, the miracles of the New Testament, whether wrought by our Lord or by His apostles, reveal a new source of power, in the person of our Lord, for the salvation of men. Whatever interference they involve with the usual order of Nature is due, not to any modification of that order, but to the intervention of a new force in it.