Sick people, blind people, the deaf, mute, and paralyzed, all those who are suffering, come to Jesus. He makes them better. He heals them and sets them free! Who is this remarkable man? Where does his power come from? Why does he work so many miracles? In this book you will discover how the four Gospel writers, each in his own way, tells of the healing Jesus brought. You will also find out how Jesus acts as an example to us today, encouraging us to help the sick and bring relief to those who suffer. There is a color map at the back of this book to see the country of Jesus.
Jesus Heals a Noble’s Son & A Crippled Man
To Remember: Jesus proved He was from God by healing people
Vocabulary
Faith: to believe, trust
Lesson -
John 4:46-54 He came therefore again unto
Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son
was sick at Capernaum. 47 When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into
Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his
son; for he was at the point of death. 48 Jesus therefore said
unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will in no wise believe. 49 The
nobleman said unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die. 50 Jesus
said unto him, Go thy way; thy son lives. The man believed the word that Jesus spoke
unto him, and he went his way. 51
And as he was now going down, his
servants met him, saying, that his son lived. 52 So he inquired of them
the hour when he began to amend. They said therefore unto him, Yesterday at the seventh
hour the fever left him. 53 So the father knew that it was at that hour in
which Jesus said unto him, Thy son lives: and himself believed, and his whole house. 54 This
is again the second sign that Jesus did, having come out of Judaea into Galilee.
After talking to the woman at the well, Jesus traveled to Cana in
Galilee. While He was there a nobleman whose son was very sick came to him. He asked Jesus
twice to come and heal his son, who was in Capernaum. Jesus told the man that his son
would live, and to go home. The man believed Jesus, without seeing any change, or
demanding that Jesus see his son in person. On his way home, his servants met him on the
way to tell him that the boy was well. The noble asked them what time of day he had
improved, and it turned out to be the same hour Jesus had declared that he was fine. This
converted the man’s house to Christ. His miracle proved He was who He claimed to be.
John 5:1-9 After these things there was a
feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2 Now there is in Jerusalem by the
sheep gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porches. 3 In
these lay a multitude of them that were sick, blind, halt, withered, waiting for the
moving of the water. 4 for an angel of the Lord went down at certain seasons into the
pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the waters
stepped in was made whole, with whatsoever disease he was holden.5 And a certain
man was there, who had been thirty and eight years in his infirmity. 6 When Jesus saw him
lying, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he said unto him,
Would thou be made whole? 7 The sick man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the
water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another
steps down
before me. 8 Jesus said unto him, Arise, take up thy bed, and walk. 9 And straightway the
man was made whole, and took up his bed and walked. Now it was the sabbath on that day.
There was a pool of water in Bethesda that was said to heal men if
they dipped in it when it stirred. Jesus approached a man who had been crippled for 38
years. He asked if the man would like to be healed? The man said he couldn’t, because
he couldn’t get to the water when it stirred, because no one would help him. Jesus
answered, “Rise, take up thy bed and walk.” And he did.
Now it happened that it was the Sabbath day, and certain Jews told
him it was sinful to carry his bed on the Sabbath. They didn’t understand that a
great miracle had happened. The man told them he’d been healed and told to take his
bed and walk away. He didn’t know who it was that healed him. Later Jesus met him in
the temple, and forgave him of his sins. Then the man knew who it was. He told the Jews it
was Jesus, and they sought to punish Jesus for doing this on a sabbath. They did not
understand the meaning of the miracle, that Jesus was come from God.
