MIRACLES
(See also Creation; Healing; Prophecy; Resurrection; Tongues, Speaking in)
(Note centered headings below: Bible Miracles; Quotations)
belief in miracles: w12 8/1 3
Bible a miracle: w05 2/15 6-7
Buddhism: w05 2/15 3-4
Catholic Church: g89 3/8 2-8
authentication standards: g89 3/8 5-8
Madonna ‘weeps blood’: g98 3/8 31; g96 6/8 28-29
Marian shrines: g89 3/8 2-3, 6
“miracle of Bolsena” (wafer oozes “blood”): g95 3/22 29
water of Lourdes: g89 7/22 28
whether signs from God: g89 3/8 5-10
Christendom: w05 2/15 4-5
doctors investigate healings: w08 12/1 23; g92 8/22 29; gm 74
life story of a former Pentecostal: g88 3/22 9-12
discussion: w12 8/1 3-10; w05 2/15 3-8
future miracles: w15 6/15 12; w12 8/1 8-10
Isaiah and sons ‘signs and miracles’ (Isa 8:18): ip-1 116
Islam: w05 2/15 3-4
“man of lawlessness”:
“lying signs and portents” (2Th 2:9): it-2 656
meaning of term: it-2 411; nwt 1705; w12 8/1 3; w05 2/15 3, 5
modern day: w09 5/1 28
genuine kinds seen: w05 2/15 5-7
source of those mimicking Bible’s: rs 156-158, 160
unity of Jehovah’s people: od 164-165
why none today like Bible’s: it-2 414; w09 6/1 22; w05 2/15 4; gm 85; g89 3/8 9-10
not essential to faith in God: w97 3/15 3-7
not identifying feature of true Christians today: ijwbq article 150; ol 22, 24; jv 705; rs 158-160, 400, 403-404
prayer a miracle: w25.08 2-3
Bible Miracles
Aaron:
rod becomes a snake: w96 1/15 24
apostles released from prison: bt 38-39; my story 106
authenticity: it-2 412-413; w12 8/1 7-8; w12 8/15 30; g 11/07 22; g97 7/8 26; gm 71-86
not allegorical: w05 2/15 5
objections to: it-2 411-413; w12 8/1 4-6; gm 68-77
reasonableness of accepting: w09 1/1 29; ct 126-127; Lmn 12
science no proof against: w02 12/15 3; w91 10/1 28
testimony credible: it-2 413
characteristics: it-2 413
compatible with natural law: it-2 411-412; gm 71-74
disciples of Jesus:
failure to cure boy (Mt 17:20; Mr 9:29): w98 8/1 30
divides Jordan: ijwia article 1
drought: it-1 230, 711; lfb 112-113; ia 92-95, 97-98; w08 4/1 17-20; w92 4/1 17-18
fire from heaven at Mt. Carmel: it-1 711, 949-950; lfb 112-113; ia 87-88, 90-91; w08 1/1 19-21; w98 1/1 30-31; w97 9/15 11-12; si 67
fire from heaven on chiefs of 50: ijwia article 1; w11 2/15 5
multiplies widow’s flour and oil: w11 2/15 13, 17
resurrects widow’s son: cl 83-84; it-1 711; w17.12 4; lfb 116-117; w07 5/15 28-29; w05 5/1 5; my story 68; w99 4/1 16; w92 4/1 19
Elisha: w05 8/1 10; si 69-72, 74
after death: it-1 352, 717; w17.12 5; w05 8/1 11; w91 11/15 5
Bible grouping of miracles: it-1 714
blinds Syrian soldiers: it-1 287, 343, 647, 716; lfb 126-127
ditches fill with water: it-1 681, 715, 1270; it-2 381-382
divides Jordan: it-1 714
feeds 100 men: it-1 715
floats axhead: it-1 716
heals Jericho’s water: it-1 715; it-2 35-36
heals Naaman’s leprosy: it-1 715-716; it-2 238, 456; lfb 124-125; w08 6/1 24-25; w99 6/15 21-22
heals poisonous stew: it-1 715, 991
multiplies widow’s oil: it-1 715; w12 2/1 29-30
resurrects Shunammite’s son: mwb22.09 14; it-1 715, 905; it-2 937; w17.12 4-5; w10 8/1 27; w05 5/1 5-6; my story 68
reveals Syrian war plans: it-1 286-287, 716
Shunammite bears son: it-1 905; it-2 937
first-century Christians: it-2 413-414, 665
apostles: it-1 128
disciples: jy 170-171; gt chapter 72; w88 7/1 16-17; w88 8/15 27
end of gifts: ijwbq article 150; it-1 128, 937; it-2 665, 693; w09 5/1 28; w92 6/1 5; w92 7/15 30-31; w92 8/15 5; gm 85; rs 159-160, 403-404; g89 3/8 10; w87 12/1 5-6; g87 4/8 22-23
gifts of the spirit: it-1 937-939; w10 4/15 9
healing: it-1 1056; w92 6/1 5; rs 157-160
knowledge: w92 7/15 30-31
prophesying: w92 7/15 30-31
tongues: ijwbq article 150; w10 10/1 29-30; w92 8/15 4-7
transmission: ijwbq article 150; bt 63; w13 7/15 18; w92 8/15 5
Greek word: w95 3/1 3
holy spirit produced: w10 4/15 9; w92 2/1 9, 12-13
“gifted with the spirit” (1Co 14:37): w93 10/15 31
Jehovah: my stories 30-35, 39-42; Lmn 12
185,000 Assyrians killed overnight: it-2 726, 894-895
conception of Jesus: it-2 56; bhs 45; bh 42; lr 32-33; g99 8/8 30; ct 145-146; rs 255
conception of John the Baptizer: jy 10, 12; gt chapters 1-2
conquest of Canaan: si 43-45
darkness at Jesus’ death: ijwia article 6; it-2 1043; jy 300; w08 3/15 32; g 3/08 29; gt chapter 126
earthquake at Jesus’ death: jy 300; gt chapter 126
empowers Elijah to outrun Ahab’s chariot: it-1 711; it-2 827; ia 98-99; w11 7/1 18; w08 4/1 20
feeds Elijah using ravens: w92 4/1 18
fish swallows Jonah: ia 113-114; w09 1/1 28-29; g 12/09 16-17
healing: it-1 1055
Hezekiah’s life extended: it-1 1105; w03 10/1 4-5; ip-1 394-395
Israel crosses Jordan: it-1 46; lfb 74-75; w13 9/15 16; w13 12/15 16; my story 45; si 43; w86 12/15 13-14
Israel in wilderness: it-2 662
Jericho’s walls fall: it-2 35-36; lfb 76-77; my story 46; si 43; gm 37-38, 49-53; w86 12/15 19
Kishon flood disables chariots: it-1 255; it-2 176; w91 8/15 26-27; w90 5/1 17
manifestations to Elijah at Mt. Horeb (1Ki 19): cl 37, 42-43; ia 106; w11 7/1 21-22
manna: it-2 309, 413; w99 8/15 25
natural forces controlled: it-2 661
provides water for Samson: w23.09 4
resurrects Jesus: it-2 665; w14 11/15 4-5; sh 254-257; gm 78-84, 86
shadow goes back ten steps: it-2 1043-1044; w07 1/15 8; ip-1 395
sound of marching in baca bushes: it-1 241
sun and moon stand still: it-1 67-68; it-2 662; w04 12/1 11; my story 49; si 44-46; w86 12/15 23-24
sweetens water: it-2 318-319
Syrians hear noise: it-1 716-717
temple curtain rent at Jesus’ death: jy 301; gt chapter 126
transfers Enoch: it-1 729; w17.06 3; wp17.1 12-13; w04 1/1 29; w01 9/15 31
transfiguration of Jesus: it-2 1120-1121
Jesus Christ: w23.04 2-7; scl 67; cl 92-93; lff lesson(s) 16; it-2 663-665; lfb 186-187; bm 21; w99 7/1 6; w95 3/1 3-8; si 178-179, 184, 195-196; pe 65-66
authenticity: w04 7/15 3-7; w95 3/1 3-5; w95 8/15 9-10; w92 10/1 12
calms windstorms: cl 87-88; lfb 196; jy 113, 131; lr 173-175; w00 1/1 32; gt chapters 44, 53; w89 10/15 30; w87 5/1 9; w87 9/15 8; g86 8/8 9
Cana: w23.04 2, 4-5; cf 145-146; w15 6/15 4; jy 41, 54; w95 3/1 5-6; gt chapters 15, 20; w86 2/1 9
Capernaum: it-1 410-411; jy 43, 59-60, 67, 93, 116, 118, 121; gt chapters 16, 22-23, 26, 36, 46-48; w87 6/1 24-25; w87 6/15 8-9; w87 7/1 8; w86 3/1 8-9; w86 3/15 8-9; w86 5/1 8-9; w86 12/1 8-9
curses fig tree: ijwbv article 35; it-1 831; jy 240, 244; w03 5/15 26; w92 11/15 31; gt chapters 103, 105; w89 11/15 8; w89 12/15 8
demons enter swine: it-1 603, 878; it-2 1049; jy 114-115; gt chapter 45; w87 5/15 8-9
disbelief in: gm 68-70
effect of faith of others: it-2 665
evidence of Jehovah’s care for individuals: w96 3/1 5-6
evidence of kingly authority: it-2 167-168
expels demons: it-1 614; it-2 235-236, 291, 1028-1029, 1054; jy 60, 102-103, 114-115, 121, 146-147; w98 8/1 30; gt chapters 23, 41, 45, 48, 61; w88 1/15 8-9; w87 2/15 8-9; w87 7/1 8; w86 3/15 8
feeds thousands: w24.12 2-3; cf 155; it-1 262; lfb 194-195; w15 3/15 18; w15 6/15 5; jy 128, 131-132, 140; w13 7/15 15; w10 10/15 4; my story 93; gt chapters 52, 58; gm 69; w87 9/1 16-17; w87 12/1 8; w86 10/15 12
first miracle: w23.04 2; cf 145-146; w15 6/15 4; jy 41; w95 3/1 5-6; gt chapter 15
fish with coin in mouth: jy 148; gt chapter 62; w88 2/1 8
foretaste of Kingdom: cl 95-96; it-2 71, 664; w10 8/15 29-30; w09 3/15 12; g05 4/22 11; w02 5/1 4-6
healing: it-1 633-634, 805, 829, 1055-1056; mwb18.01 6; lfb 186-187; w12 11/1 9; my story 96; w97 7/1 4-6; w92 6/1 3, 5; g87 5/8 8-9; tp 103-104
healing in contrast to modern faith healers: w08 12/1 22
healings prophetic: w18.09 27; w91 12/15 12
heals army officer’s slave: it-1 176; jy 93; gt chapter 36; w86 12/1 8-9
heals blind people: w23.04 3; cf 150, 152, 154; lmd lesson 3; it-1 258, 343; lfb 198-199; jy 121, 142, 166-168, 230; g 5/11 6-7; w08 2/15 29; w08 4/1 30; w08 4/15 29; w08 5/1 23; w07 8/1 5; w03 8/1 19; w00 2/15 17; w94 8/15 4; gt chapters 48, 59, 70-71, 99; w89 9/15 8; w88 6/1 8-9; w88 6/15 8-9; w87 7/1 8; w87 12/15 8
heals deaf people: cf 154; cl 94-95; w18.09 29-30; it-1 596; jy 138; w00 2/15 17; w96 3/1 5-6; gt chapter 57; w87 11/15 9
heals dropsy: jy 193; gt chapter 82; w88 12/1 9
heals epileptics: it-1 756
heals lepers: cf 153; cl 293-295; it-1 478; it-2 238-239; wp16.4 9; w15 6/15 9; jy 65, 216; w09 1/15 6-7; w08 8/1 14-15; w08 8/15 15; w08 12/1 5; w06 8/1 5-6; lr 97-101; w98 2/15 4-5; w94 11/1 13; gt chapters 25, 92; w89 6/1 8; w86 4/15 8-9; tp 103
heals man at pool of Bethzatha: it-1 305-306; w15 6/15 10; jy 72; w95 3/1 6-7; gt chapter 29; w88 9/1 31; w86 6/15 24-25
heals official’s son in Capernaum from Cana: it-1 410-411; jy 54; gt chapter 20; w86 2/1 8-9
heals paralytics: it-2 577; jy 67; lr 122-124; w95 6/1 31; gt chapter 26; w89 10/15 30; pe 74-75; w86 5/1 8-9
heals Peter’s mother-in-law: it-1 829; jy 60; ct 150; gt chapter 23; w86 3/15 8
heals Phoenician woman’s daughter: cf 147; scl 100; cl 218; it-2 1054; jy 138; w10 10/15 4-5; w08 5/1 23; w94 8/1 16-17; gt chapter 57; w88 5/15 12; w87 11/15 8-9; w86 12/1 13-14
heals severed ear of slave: it-2 665; ct 155
heals withered hand: mwb18.04 5; jy 78; lr 139-140; w98 8/1 9-10; w97 10/15 30; w95 6/15 15-16; gt chapter 32; w86 8/1 8-9
heals woman bent double: w25.01 3; jy 184-185; gt chapter 79; w88 10/15 8-9
heals woman’s flow of blood: w19.09 20-21, 25; w16.11 3; w15 1/1 11-12; w15 2/15 13; w15 6/15 10-11; jy 116; w10 5/15 9; w10 8/15 29-30; w09 9/15 9; g 1/08 4-5; w03 8/15 25; w02 8/15 13; w01 12/15 19-20; w98 8/1 11; w96 9/1 16; w95 7/15 16; gt chapter 46; w87 6/1 24-25
importance: it-2 664
instructions not to tell others: it-1 878; jy 65; w08 2/15 28; gt chapter 25; w86 4/15 9
instructions to tell others: w24.02 10-11; it-1 878; jy 115; gt chapter 45; w87 5/15 9
large catches of fish: w23.09 20-21; jy 59; ia 182-184; w09 10/1 22-23; w04 7/1 9-10; w92 6/15 13-14; gt chapters 22, 130; w86 3/1 8-9
lessons: w23.04 3-7; w95 3/1 5-8
none during childhood: it-2 59
not proof of being God: rs 215-216
number: cl 92; w04 8/15 30
portents of future: cl 95-96; wp18.3 13; it-2 656, 664; w10 8/15 29-30
purpose: it-2 663-665; jy 62, 65, 67, 74; w11 4/1 6; bm 21; w00 2/15 24; rq 7; w91 8/15 5-6; gt chapters 24-26, 30; w90 5/1 25-26; pe 65-66; g89 3/8 9; w86 4/1 9; w86 4/15 8-9; w86 5/1 9
repeated in Judea: jy 176; gt chapter 75; w88 8/15 8
resurrections: cl 92-93; lff lesson 30; w14 11/1 16; w90 5/1 24-26; rs 336-337; tp 104-105
resurrects Jairus’ daughter: lff lesson 30; it-1 1250; it-2 980; bhs 73-74; jy 116, 118; w07 5/1 7; my story 92; lr 183-185; gt chapters 46-47; rs 337; w87 6/1 24; w87 6/15 8-9
resurrects Lazarus: w23.04 10-12; lff lesson 30; it-2 225-226, 345-346, 348, 785; lfb 200-201; bhs 72-74, 76; jy 210-212, 214-215; w14 1/1 14-15; bh 67-68, 70-71; w13 9/15 32; ia 176-179; w11 4/1 13-15; w10 8/1 14-15; w09 3/1 24; w08 1/1 31; w08 5/1 24; g 10/07 29; w06 3/15 4; w06 6/15 5-6; w05 5/1 6-7; we 26, 28-30; lr 178-179; g01 7/8 13; w00 9/15 14-15; w99 4/1 17; ct 158-160; ie 25-26; kl 83-84; gt chapters 89-91; w90 5/1 4-7, 24; sh 249-250; w89 4/15 24-25; w89 5/1 8-9; w89 5/15 8-9; w89 6/15 4; w89 10/15 4-5; rs 336-337; w88 9/15 5; g87 8/8 13-14
resurrects widow’s son: w23.04 5-6; cf 155-156; cl 295-296; it-2 464; jy 94-95; w08 3/1 23; w07 5/1 6; w05 5/1 6; lr 185-186; w95 3/1 7-8; gt chapter 37; pe 66-67; w88 9/15 5-6; w86 12/15 8
Sabbath: it-2 625-626; lfb 198-199; jy 72, 74, 78, 166-168, 184-185, 193; w95 3/1 6-7; gt chapters 29-30, 32, 70, 79, 82; w88 6/1 8-9; w88 10/15 8-9; w88 12/1 9; w86 6/15 25; w86 7/1 16-17; w86 8/1 8-9
significance: w15 6/15 3-7, 9-10; tp 103-105; g86 8/8 8-9
those unique to Luke: w89 11/15 24
Trinity not implied: w92 1/15 21-22; rs 215-216
use of saliva: cl 94; it-1 343; it-2 1030
walks on the sea: w24.12 5; it-1 131; it-2 665; lfb 196-197; jy 131; ia 185-186; w09 10/1 24-25; lr 174-175; w95 3/1 3; w91 8/1 22-23; gt chapter 53; w87 9/15 8-9
why not performed at times: w21.05 4-5; it-2 665
wine at the marriage in Cana: w23.04 2, 4-5; cf 145-146; w15 6/15 4; jy 41; w97 6/15 13; w95 3/1 5-6; gt chapter 15
man who expelled demons while not accompanying Jesus: it-2 802; jy 150-151; w08 3/15 31; gt chapter 63; w88 2/15 8
Moses: it-2 435-436; my stories 39-41
first human empowered: it-2 435
splits Red Sea: it-1 781-783; lfb 56-57; my story 33; ct 124-127; g98 1/22 28; si 22
sweetens water: it-2 318-319
Ten Plagues: it-2 662; lfb 50-55; my stories 31-32; si 21-22
water from rocks: w18.07 13-15; it-2 379; w87 10/15 30-31
not just natural phenomena: w12 8/1 6
Paul:
blinds Elymas: bt 87-88; it-1 256; it-2 416; w90 6/15 10-11
Ephesus: bt 162; it-1 733, 735
heals demonized girl: it-2 1027; w90 6/15 16
heals father of Publius: bt 210; it-1 829; w90 6/15 25
heals man lame from birth: w15 11/1 12-13; w90 6/15 11-12
resurrects Eutychus: bt 12, 165, 168; it-1 770; w17.12 5; w90 6/15 21
survives snakebite: bt 210; it-2 302; w99 5/1 30-31
Peter:
heals lame man: bt 28-29; lfb 222; w90 6/1 13-14
heals paralytic: it-2 577; w90 6/1 18
resurrects Dorcas: it-1 646; w17.12 5; w90 6/1 18
pre-Christian: w92 2/1 9
purpose: it-1 937, 1056; it-2 664-665; w97 3/15 6; jv 236, 705; w92 2/1 9, 12-13; gm 85; g89 3/8 9; w87 12/1 5-6; g87 4/8 22-23
first century: it-2 413-414; w10 4/15 9; w92 6/1 5; rs 159-160
whether people were healed in disturbed waters of Bethzatha: w88 9/1 31
Quotations
first hundred years after the death of the apostles we hear little or nothing of miracles: it-2 665
missing in the 2nd-century church: it-1 128