Miracles
The miracles of the Bible, with the healings, rescues, and signs of Jesus at the center — where each appears in the Gospels and what it reveals.
The Gospels record dozens of miracles of Jesus, and Scripture records many more before and after him. Each entry gives the account, its setting, and what it reveals, and the table shows which Gospels record it.
Gospel Parallels
A check mark shows which Gospels record the story. Entries outside the Gospels have no marks.
All Miracles
- Feeding the Five Thousand
Feeding the Five Thousand — Jesus multiplies five loaves and two fish to feed a vast crowd, the only miracle before the resurrection recorded in all four Gospels, revealing his compassion and identity.
- Turning Water into Wine
Turning Water into Wine — at a wedding in Cana, Jesus turns water into wine, the first of the signs recorded in John's Gospel, revealing his glory and prompting his disciples to believe.
- Jesus Walks on Water
Jesus Walks on Water — after feeding the crowds, Jesus walks across the storm-tossed Sea of Galilee to his disciples, calming their fear and revealing his authority over the sea.
- Jesus Calms the Storm
Jesus Calms the Storm — asleep in a boat during a violent squall, Jesus is woken by frightened disciples and silences the wind and waves, prompting them to ask who he really is.
- The Raising of Lazarus
The Raising of Lazarus — Jesus calls Lazarus out of his tomb after four days in Bethany, declaring himself the resurrection and the life and setting in motion the plot against him.
- Healing the Man Born Blind
Healing the Man Born Blind — Jesus gives sight to a man blind from birth using mud and the pool of Siloam, provoking a Sabbath controversy that exposes spiritual blindness among the religious leaders.
- Healing the Paralytic Lowered Through the Roof
Healing the Paralytic Lowered Through the Roof — four friends lower a paralyzed man through a roof to Jesus, who forgives his sins and heals him, showing his authority to forgive.
- The Gerasene Demoniac
The Gerasene Demoniac — Jesus frees a tormented man living among tombs east of the Sea of Galilee, sending the demons called Legion into a herd of pigs and sending the man to tell others.
- Healing the Ten Lepers
Healing the Ten Lepers — Jesus heals ten men with leprosy on the road to Jerusalem, and only one, a Samaritan, returns to thank him, illustrating gratitude and faith across boundaries.
- Healing Blind Bartimaeus
Healing Blind Bartimaeus — a blind beggar outside Jericho refuses to be silenced, calls Jesus the Son of David, and receives his sight just before Jesus enters Jerusalem.
- Raising Jairus's Daughter
Raising Jairus's Daughter — Jesus raises the twelve-year-old daughter of a synagogue leader from death, telling the father not to fear but only believe, while healing a woman on the way.
- Healing the Woman with the Issue of Blood
Healing the Woman with the Issue of Blood — a woman with twelve years of bleeding touches Jesus's cloak in secret and is healed, then publicly called daughter and commended for her faith.
- The Miraculous Catch of Fish
The Miraculous Catch of Fish — after a fruitless night, Simon Peter lets down his nets at Jesus's word and catches so many fish the boats begin to sink, leading to the call to become fishers of men.
- Feeding the Four Thousand
Feeding the Four Thousand — Jesus feeds a crowd who have been with him three days using seven loaves and a few fish, leaving seven baskets, in a second multiplication miracle.
- Healing the Centurion's Servant
Healing the Centurion's Servant — a Roman officer in Capernaum asks Jesus to heal his servant with a word, and Jesus praises his faith as greater than any he has found in Israel.
- Raising the Widow's Son at Nain
Raising the Widow's Son at Nain — moved with compassion, Jesus stops a funeral procession in Galilee and raises a widow's only son, prompting the crowd to say that God has visited his people.
- Healing at the Pool of Bethesda
Healing at the Pool of Bethesda — on a Sabbath in Jerusalem, Jesus heals a man who had been ill for thirty-eight years, provoking a dispute over Sabbath and his claim to work as the Father works.
- Cleansing a Leper
Cleansing a Leper — a man with leprosy kneels before Jesus, who touches him and makes him clean, then sends him to the priest according to the law of Moses.
- Healing the Royal Official's Son
Healing the Royal Official's Son — an official from Capernaum begs Jesus at Cana to save his dying son, and believes Jesus's word that the boy will live, a healing from a distance.
- Healing Peter's Mother-in-Law
Healing Peter's Mother-in-Law — in Capernaum, Jesus takes the hand of Simon Peter's feverish mother-in-law, and she rises and serves them, an early healing that opens a night of many more.
- Casting Out a Demon in the Capernaum Synagogue
Casting Out a Demon in the Capernaum Synagogue — on a Sabbath, Jesus silences an unclean spirit that names him the Holy One of God, astonishing the congregation with his authority.
- Healing Two Blind Men
Healing Two Blind Men — two blind men follow Jesus calling him Son of David, and he restores their sight because of their faith, then warns them to tell no one, a story found only in Matthew.
- Healing the Mute Demoniac
Healing the Mute Demoniac — Jesus casts a demon from a man unable to speak, the crowds marvel, and Pharisees accuse him of using demonic power, prompting his teaching on the kingdom of God.
- Healing the Man with the Withered Hand
Healing the Man with the Withered Hand — Jesus restores a man's paralyzed hand in a synagogue on the Sabbath, answering critics who were watching him with the claim that doing good is lawful on that day.
- Healing the Syrophoenician Woman's Daughter
Healing the Syrophoenician Woman's Daughter — a Gentile mother's persistent plea in the region of Tyre moves Jesus to free her child from an unclean spirit from a distance, and he praises her faith.
- Healing the Deaf Man with a Speech Impediment
Healing the Deaf Man with a Speech Impediment — in the Decapolis, Jesus opens a man's ears and loosens his tongue with the Aramaic word Ephphatha, an event only Mark records.
- Healing the Blind Man of Bethsaida
Healing the Blind Man of Bethsaida — Jesus restores a blind man's sight in two stages, an unusual gradual healing recorded only in Mark, placed just before Peter's confession of Jesus as Christ.
- Healing the Boy with a Spirit
Healing the Boy with a Spirit — after the Transfiguration, Jesus frees a boy from a spirit causing seizures that his disciples could not cast out, and teaches about faith and prayer.
- The Coin in the Fish's Mouth
The Coin in the Fish's Mouth — in Capernaum, Jesus tells Peter to catch a fish that will carry the exact coin needed to pay the temple tax for both of them.
- Healing the Crippled Woman on the Sabbath
Healing the Crippled Woman on the Sabbath — Jesus straightens a woman bent double for eighteen years in a synagogue, and defends the act against a leader who objected because it was the Sabbath.
- Healing the Man with Dropsy
Healing the Man with Dropsy — at a Pharisee's Sabbath meal, Jesus heals a man suffering from swelling, silencing the lawyers who were watching him, in a story found only in Luke.
- Cursing the Fig Tree
Cursing the Fig Tree — during Holy Week, Jesus curses a leafy but fruitless fig tree, which withers, and uses the moment to teach about faith and prayer; it is his only miracle of judgment.
- Healing Malchus's Ear
Healing Malchus's Ear — at his arrest in Gethsemane, Jesus touches and heals the servant of the high priest whose ear a disciple had cut off, his last recorded healing before the cross.
- The Second Miraculous Catch of Fish
The Second Miraculous Catch of Fish — after the resurrection, the risen Jesus directs seven disciples on the Sea of Tiberias to a catch of 153 fish, then serves them breakfast on the shore.
- Naaman Healed of Leprosy
Naaman Healed of Leprosy — a proud Syrian commander is cleansed after washing seven times in the Jordan at the prophet Elisha's word, and confesses that the God of Israel is the only God.
- Elisha Raises the Shunammite's Son
Elisha Raises the Shunammite's Son — the prophet restores to life the boy whose birth he had promised to a hospitable woman of Shunem, after the child dies suddenly in the field.
- Elijah and the Widow's Flour and Oil
Elijah and the Widow's Flour and Oil — during a drought, a poor widow in Zarephath shares her last meal with the prophet Elijah, and her jar of flour and jug of oil never run out.
- The Floating Axe Head
The Floating Axe Head — Elisha makes an iron axe head, lost in the Jordan River by a member of the prophetic guild, rise to the surface after tossing a stick into the water.
- Hezekiah Healed and the Sundial
Hezekiah Healed and the Sundial — the king of Judah, told he will die, prays and is granted fifteen more years, and the shadow on the stairway of Ahaz retreats ten steps as a sign.
- Peter Heals the Lame Beggar
Peter Heals the Lame Beggar — at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, Peter and John heal a man lame from birth in the name of Jesus, the first recorded miracle of the apostles after Pentecost.
- Peter's Escape from Prison
Peter's Escape from Prison — the night before his expected execution under Herod Agrippa, an angel frees the chained apostle, and the praying church can hardly believe he is at the door.
- Peter Raises Dorcas
Peter Raises Dorcas — in Joppa, the apostle Peter prays over the body of Tabitha, a disciple known for charity to widows, and tells her to rise, restoring her to life and drawing many to faith.
- Paul Raises Eutychus
Paul Raises Eutychus — a young man falls from a third-story window while dozing during Paul's late-night sermon in Troas, and Paul embraces him and declares that his life is in him.
- Paul and the Viper on Malta
Paul and the Viper on Malta — after shipwreck, a viper fastens on Paul's hand as he tends a fire, yet he shakes it off unharmed, and islanders who thought him a murderer call him a god.
- Paul Blinds Elymas
Paul Blinds Elymas — on Cyprus, a sorcerer who tries to turn the Roman proconsul away from the faith is struck temporarily blind at Paul's word, and the proconsul believes.
- Paul Heals the Lame Man at Lystra
Paul Heals the Lame Man at Lystra — a man lame from birth stands and walks at Paul's word, and the crowd hails Paul and Barnabas as Greek gods, a claim the apostles vigorously reject.
Miracles Told Elsewhere on This Site
These well-known accounts are covered in full as Events, so they are linked here rather than repeated.
- The Burning Bush
The Burning Bush — at Mount Horeb God appears to Moses in a bush that burns without being consumed, reveals his name, and commissions him to free Israel from Egypt.
- The Ten Plagues
The Ten Plagues — demonstrates God's supremacy over Egypt's gods and forces the Exodus.
- The Passover
The Passover — the night God struck Egypt's firstborn but passed over Israelite homes marked with lamb's blood, establishing the annual feast that remembers the exodus and shapes Christian understanding of Christ.
- The Crossing of the Red Sea
The Crossing of the Red Sea — the miracle in which God divides the sea so Israel walks through on dry ground while Pharaoh's pursuing army is drowned, completing Israel's escape from Egypt.
- Manna and Quail in the Wilderness
Manna and Quail in the Wilderness — God feeds hungry Israel with quail and daily bread from heaven for forty years, teaching dependence on him and pointing forward to Christ as the bread of life.
- Water from the Rock
Water from the Rock — on two occasions in the wilderness God brings water from a rock for thirsty Israel, once at Rephidim and again at Kadesh, where Moses' act of striking costs him entry to the land.
- The Bronze Serpent
The Bronze Serpent — when venomous snakes struck Israel in the wilderness, God told Moses to raise a bronze serpent on a pole so that anyone who looked at it would live.
- Balaam and the Talking Donkey
Balaam and the Talking Donkey — a seer hired by the king of Moab to curse Israel was stopped by an angel, warned through his speaking donkey, and then blessed Israel instead.
- Crossing the Jordan River
Crossing the Jordan River — Israel entered the promised land when the Jordan stopped flowing as priests carrying the ark stepped in, an event paired with the earlier crossing of the Red Sea.
- The Fall of Jericho
The Fall of Jericho — first conquest in the Promised Land; faith over military strength.
- The Sun Stands Still at Gibeon
The Sun Stands Still at Gibeon — during battle against five Amorite kings, Joshua prayed and the sun and moon stopped, giving Israel the victory in what Joshua 10 calls a day like no other.
- Elijah and the Prophets of Baal
Elijah and the Prophets of Baal — the contest on Mount Carmel in which fire from heaven answered the prophet's prayer, turning Israel back from Baal worship to the LORD during Ahab's reign.
- Elijah Taken to Heaven
Elijah Taken to Heaven — the prophet is carried up in a whirlwind with a chariot of fire while his successor Elisha watches and receives his mantle and a double portion of his spirit.
- The Fiery Furnace
The Fiery Furnace — Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego refuse to worship Nebuchadnezzar's golden image and are thrown into a blazing furnace, yet God preserves them unharmed in the fire.
- Daniel in the Lions' Den
Daniel in the Lions' Den — Daniel keeps praying to God despite a royal decree, is thrown to lions, and is preserved overnight, prompting King Darius to honor the God of Israel.
- Jonah and the Great Fish
Jonah and the Great Fish — the prophet flees God's call to Nineveh, is swallowed by a great fish, then preaches to the city, which repents, revealing God's compassion even for Israel's enemies.
- The Flood (Noah)
The Flood (Noah) — global judgment followed by a fresh covenant with all humanity.
- The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah
The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah — God's judgment on two wicked cities of the Jordan plain by fire and sulfur, after Abraham's intercession, with Lot and his daughters rescued.