Miracles of Jesus

The Miracles of Jesus

Mark's gospel is one filled with miracles, 19 in fact, which shows the power of this man called Jesus. Mark wants us to see and come to believe that Jesus has power over the spiritual struggles we may face. So when we ask, "what is the purpose of miracles?" let's see what the Holy Spirit teaches in His word.
I. Jesus did many miracles. John 20:30
A. Miracles demonstrating power over disease, nature, death, and demons.

1. Healing a leper, Matt. 8:2-3; Mark 1:40-42; Luke 5:12-13
2. Healing the centurion's servant, Matt. 8:5-13; Luke 7:1-10
3. Healing Peter's mother-in-law Matt. 8:14-15; Mark 1:30-31; Luke 4:38-39
4. Calming the storm, Matt. 8:23-27; Mark 4:37-41; Luke 8:22-25
5. Healing the one/two Gadarenes, Matt. 8:28-34; Mark 5:1-13; Luke 8:27-33
6. Healing a paralyzed man, Matt. 9:2-7; Mark 2:3-12; Luke 5:18-25
7. Raising Jairus' daughter from the dead, Matt. 9:18-25; Mark 5:22-42; Luke 8:41-56
8. Healing a woman with a hemorrhage, Matt. 9:20-22; Mark 5:25-29; Luke 8:43-48
9. Healing two blind men, Matt. 9:27-31
10. Healing a dumb man, Matt. 9:32-33
11. Healing a man with a withered hand, Matt. 12:10-13; Mark 3:1-5; Luke 6:6-10
12. Healing a blind and dumb man, Matt. 12:22; Luke 11:14
13. Feeding the 5,000, Matt. 14:15-21; Mark 6:35-44; Luke 9:12-17; John 6:5-13
14. Walking on the water, Matt. 14:25; Mark 6:48-51; John 6:19-21
15. Healing the Canaanite woman's daughter, Matt. 15:21-28; Mark 7:24-30
16. Feeding the 4,000, Matt. 15:32-38; Mark 8:1-9
17. Healing a boy with epilepsy, Matt. 17:14-18; Mark 9:17-29; Luke 9:38-43
18. Finding of the coin in the fish's mouth, Matt. 17:24-27
19. Healing of Bartimaeus and another blind man, Matt. 20:29-34; Mark 10:46-52; Luke 18:35-43
20. The withered fig tree, Matt. 21:18-22; Mark 11:20-26
21. Healing a possessed man, Mark 1:23-26
22. Raising the widow of Nain's son from the dead, Luke 7:11-15
23. Healing a deaf and dumb man, Mark 7:31-37
24. Healing the blind man at Bethsaida, Mark 8:22-26
25. The catch of fish, Luke 5:1-11
26 Healing the woman bent double, Luke 13:11-13
27. Healing a man with dropsy, Luke 14:1·4
28. Healing the ten lepers, Luke 17:11·19
29. Healing Malchus' ear, Luke 22:50-51
30. Turning water to wine, John 2:1-11
31. Healing the official's son at Capernaum, John 4:46-54
32. Healing the man at the pool of Bethesda, John 5:1-9
33. The boat immediately reaching shore, John 6:21
34. Healing the man born blind, John 9
35. Raising Lazarus from the dead, John 11:1-44
36. A catch of fish, John 21:1-11

II. Purpose of Jesus miracles. 

A. Show credentials of Christ as Divine. (Acts 2:22, 31-32) (Mark 2: 10) 

B. Produce faith in Jesus claim to give eternal life. (John 20:31) 

C. He had compassion on people. (Matthew 14:14) 

D. Confirm the truthfulness of the word. (Mark 16:17-20) (Heb. 2:4 

E. Make us know Jesus has power to forgive sins. (Mark 2:10-12) 

F. Cause amazement, worship, and awe in those who viewed them. (Mark 5:33) 

III. Miscellaneous information. 

A. Others could work miracles. (Mark 16:17-20) 

B. They were for a limited people. (Acts 8:18) (I Cor. 12:29) 

C. They were for a limited time. (I Corinthians 13:8-10) 

D. Others could do apparent miracles. (2 Thessalonians 2:9) (Mark 13:21-23)