Bible Story : Jesus Raises Jairus’ Daughter From The Dead Jesus Raises Jairus’ Daughter From The Dead WHEN JESUS AND his disciples returned from the country of the Gadarenes they saw a crowd standing on the shore eager to welcome them back to Capernaum. And again Jesus taught them and healed the… Read More »
Bible Story : Jesus Calms the Sea, and Makes a Wild Man Well Jesus Calms the Sea, and Makes a Wild Man Well ONE STORMY NIGHT a little ship tossed about on the angry waters of the Sea of Galilee. Far from the shore it had sailed when the storm broke upon it, and… Read More »
Bible Story : Jesus Tells Parables of the Kingdom of Heaven Jesus Tells Parables of the Kingdom of Heaven ONE DAY JESUS went out of Capernaum with his disciples and walked by the seaside. Great crowds followed along the beach for they thought he might be going away from their city again, and they… Read More »
Bible Story : A Pharisee, A Sinful Woman, and the Savior A Pharisee, A Sinful Woman, and the Savior IN ONE OF the cities of Galilee where Jesus was teaching the people a Pharisee named Simon came to hear him. Like many of the other Pharisees, Simon tried to find fault with Jesus. Because… Read More »
Bible Story : Jesus Raises A Widow’s Son From The Dead Jesus Raises A Widow’s Son From The Dead IN THE CITY of Nain, in Galilee, lived a woman who was a widow. She had only one child, a youth entering manhood. No doubt she often looked proudly at him and thought the time… Read More »
Bible Story : Down Through The Roof – Jesus Heals A Paralytic Man Down Through The Roof – Jesus Heals A Paralytic Man WHEREVER JESUS WENT, crowds followed him. In the streets, or even in the homes of Capernaum, many people gathered when they knew he was present. Some of these people were… Read More »
Bible Story : Jesus Heals the Roman Centurian’s Servant Jesus Heals the Roman Centurian’s Servant AFTER HEALING THE leper, Jesus returned with his disciples to Capernaum, where he had healed so many sick people at the close of one Sabbath-day. News of his coming reached the city before he arrived, and his friends… Read More »
Jesus in the Temple at Twelve Years Old NAZARETH, THE BOYHOOD of Jesus, was nearly seventy miles from Jerusalem. The Jews who lived in this city could not go every week to worship God at the temple, so they built a house of worship, called synagog, in their home town. Here they attended religious services,… Read More »
Bible Story : Matthew the Publican Becomes a Disciple Matthew the Publican Becomes a Disciple IN THE LAND where Jesus lived there was among the Jews one class of people whom all other Jews despised. This class was the publicans, or tax-gatherers, who worked for the Roman government. The Jews hated the Roman government… Read More »
Nehemiah Rebuilds the Walls of Jerusalem NEWS OF NEHEMIAH’S talk with the rulers and the priests spread rapidly among the Jews living in Jerusalem. And they rejoiced because God had sent this nobleman from the palace in Shushan to help them rebuild their city. The great work began at once, and nearly everybody seemed interested.… Read More »
Bible Story : The Sermon on the Mount The Sermon on the Mount AFTER JESUS HAD chosen his twelve apostles, who were still called disciples, he took them apart from the multitude to teach them how to do his great work. Up the side of the mountain they went together, and there Jesus sat… Read More »
Zacharias and Elizabeth Name Their Child A TIME OF great rejoicing had come to the quiet little home in the hill-country of Judah, for God had sent the promised child to Zacharias and his aged wife, Elizabeth. And all the neighbors and relatives were rejoicing with these happy parents of the baby boy. When the… Read More »
Bible Story : Jesus Heals a Cripple and a Man With a Withered Hand Jesus Heals a Cripple and a Man With a Withered Hand NOT FAR FROM the temple in Jerusalem was a pool called Bethesda. At certain times the water in this pool was made to bubble on the surface. Many sick… Read More »
Bible Story : The Twelve Men Called Apostles The Twelve Men Called Apostles MANY PEOPLE BESIDES the fishermen and Philip and Nathaniel and Matthew, the publican, followed Jesus. His teachings were so wonderful that others wished to be learners, or disciples, of him, and so they followed in his company from one place… Read More »
Bible Story : Four Fishermen Follow Jesus Four Fishermen Follow Jesus WHEN JESUS RETURNED from the Feast of the Passover at Jerusalem, his disciples were with him, you remember. But after coming into Galilee Jesus went to his home in Nazareth and the disciples returned to their homes in Capernaum. After the proud men… Read More »
Bible Story : Jesus Heals the Nobleman’s Son Jesus Heals the Nobleman’s Son MANY PEOPLE WHO lived in the country of Galilee were eager to see Jesus. They had heard about his first miracle at Cana, where he turned water into wine, and they had also heard about his teachings and his miracles performed… Read More »
The Temptations of Jesus YOU REMEMBER THE story about the beautiful Garden of Eden, where the first man and woman lived when the world was new. And you remember about the visit of the tempter, who came into that beautiful garden one day and persuaded Eve, the woman, to do wrong. Before that time there… Read More »
Bible Story : Jesus is Rejected in Nazareth Jesus is Rejected in Nazareth A SAD DAY had come for Nazareth, the city where Jesus had lived since his babyhood years. And this sad day had come on the Sabbath. The Jews from different parts of the city were gathering in their house of worship,… Read More »
Bible Story : Jesus Heals a Leperous Man Jesus Heals a Leperous Man WHEN JESUS AND his twelve disciples came down from the mountain, a great multitude of people followed them. These people had come from cities and villages in every part of Galilee, and some had come even from Jerusalem and from country… Read More »
John the Baptist – The Preacher in the Wilderness WHILE JESUS WAS growing to manhood in the city of Nazareth, in Galilee, John, the son of Zacharias, was growing to manhood in the desert country of Judea. John spent much of his time alone in this desert country, listening to God’s voice. And when he… Read More »
An Angel Visits Zacharias ZACHARIAS, THE PRIEST, was an old man. All his lifetime he had been in the priesthood, for he was a descendant of Aaron. And he had married a woman named Elizabeth who also belonged to the family of the priests. Zacharias and Elizabeth loved God and lived to please him as… Read More »
Bible Story : Jesus and the Samaritan Woman at the Well Jesus and the Samaritan Woman at the Well BETWEEN JUDEA AND Galilee was a little country called Samaria. This country used to belong to the kingdom of Israel but when the Israelites were carried away as captives by the king of Assyria, strangers… Read More »
Bible Story : Jesus Heals a Cripple and a Man With a Withered Hand Jesus Heals a Cripple and a Man With a Withered Hand NOT FAR FROM the temple in Jerusalem was a pool called Bethesda. At certain times the water in this pool was made to bubble on the surface. Many sick… Read More »
Bible Story : Jesus in Jerusalem for the Passover Bible Story : Jesus in Jerusalem for the Passover Jesus in Jerusalem for the Passover THE TIME HAD come again for the yearly Passover Feast in Jerusalem, and from every part of the land groups of people came flocking to attend this great religious meeting.… Read More »
Bible Story : The Wedding In Cana – Jesus’ First Miracle The Wedding In Cana – Jesus’ First Miracle IN CANA, A little town of Galilee, lived some friends of Jesus and his mother. One day these friends invited Jesus, his mother, and his followers to attend a wedding in their home. They invited… Read More »
Bible Story : Jesus’ First Disciples – Five Men Meet Jesus Jesus’ First Disciples – Five Men Meet Jesus MANY PEOPLE WHO heard John preach by the riverside believed his words, and they began to look for the coming of the King from heaven. From day to day they waited, eager to hear… Read More »
Bible Story : A Heavenly Messenger Visits Mary A Heavenly Messenger Visits Mary MARY WAS A Jewess. She had grown to womanhood in Nazareth, a city of Galilee. And she was expecting soon to marry a good man named Joseph. Both Mary and Joseph were descendants of King David, but they were poor… Read More »
Bible Story : The Story of Elisha The Story of Elisha WHEN THE YOUNG men who were in the schools of the prophets saw Elisha divide the waters of Jordan, they knew that God was with him, as He had been with Elijah and they came and bowed down to the ground before… Read More »
Bible Story : Elijah Taken to Heaven Elijah Taken to Heaven ELIJAH RETURNED WITH Ahab to Jezreel, a beautiful place where the king had a palace. But Jezebel threatened to kill the prophet so he fled for his life out of Israel, into the kingdom of Judah, to Beersheba. There he left his… Read More »
Bible Story : Elijah Restores the Widow’s Son Elijah Restores the Widow’s Son WHILE ELIJAH WAS with the widow of Zarephath, her son fell ill and died. His mother feared it was for some sin of hers that her child was taken from her, and that it was the prophet who had caused… Read More »