When they came down from the mountain, the disciples stood with Jesus on a large, level area, surrounded by many of His followers and by the crowds. There were people from all over Judea and from Jerusalem and from as far north as the seacoasts …
Miracles Gems
Bible Gem 817 – Two Fishing Stories Compared (Luke 4:1-11 // John 1:1-11)
There are some interesting elements in the John story seen when it is compared with the Luke story. These stories are not in parallel; they are different stories but each serves to highlight the other. There is much significance in the fact that the net …
Bible Gem 814 – Simon’s Mother-in-Law (Luke 4:38-41)
After leaving the synagogue that day, Jesus went to Simon’s home, where He found Simon’s mother-in-law very sick with a high fever. “Please heal her,” everyone begged. Standing at her bedside, He rebuked the fever, and it left her. And she got up at once …
Bible Gem 813 – Authority (Luke 4:31-37)
Then Jesus went to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and taught there in the synagogue every Sabbath day. There, too, the people were amazed at His teaching, for He spoke with authority. Once when He was in the synagogue, a man possessed by a demon—an …
Bible Gem 812 – He Passed Right Through an Angry Crowd (Luke 4:28-30)
When they heard this, the people in the synagogue were furious. Jumping up, they mobbed Him and forced Him to the edge of the hill on which the town was built. They intended to push Him over the cliff, but He passed right through the …
Bible Gem 746 – Zech’s Prophecy (Luke 1:67-80)
Then his father, Zechariah, was filled with the Holy Spirit and gave this prophecy: “Praise the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people. He has sent us a mighty Savior from the royal line of His servant David, just …
Bible Gem 736 – Zech’s Big Moment (Luke 1:8-17)
One day Zechariah was serving God in the Temple, for his order was on duty that week. As was the custom of the priests, he was chosen by lot to enter the sanctuary of the Lord and burn incense. While the incense was being burned, …
Bible Gem 734 – The Family Setting (Luke 1:5-7)
When Herod was king of Judea, there was a Jewish priest named Zechariah. He was a member of the priestly order of Abijah, and his wife, Elizabeth, was also from the priestly line of Aaron. Zechariah and Elizabeth were righteous in God’s eyes, careful to …