Topic: New Testament figures

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Why were handkerchiefs from Paul's body laid on the sick?

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Now, look. Here’s where I think Paul got the idea, minister brethren, of laying handkerchiefs on the sick. He said, “You take my staff,” told Gehazi. “You take my staff; and if any man salutes you, salute him not.” That’s what’s the trouble when we get a commission today, we got to stop and do other...

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Why did the woman at the well say Jesus told her all she ever did, when He told her only one thing?

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Now, you people coming in the line, by God’s grace I will be able maybe to tell you what’s wrong with you, or so forth. I do not know. But if I—if I don’t know. He—if He don’t show me, I’ll just have to say, “I do not know what’s wrong with you.” Maybe have a word of prayer for you and let you go on...

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How was the Son of God conceived in Mary?

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Jesus was the virgin born Son of God. We believe that. If we’re Christians, we have to believe that He was virgin born. And I believe the Holy Spirit overshadowed a little girl, Mary, and created that Blood Cell in her womb that developed into the Son of God. And I believe that God was in Christ rec...

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Why did Simeon believe he would see the Christ before he died?

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Now, in them days I can see Simeon, the old man walking along down the street, and saying, “Well, I’m going to see the Christ before I die.” Could you imagine some of those scholars saying, “Don’t pay no attention to the old fellow. I believe he’s just…He’s got old now, and his mind’s kindly went aw...

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How did Mary respond to Gabriel's promise that she would have a child?

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Look, the priest doubted Gabriel’s word. But Mary…And he had something to believe that’d happened before that time; but Mary didn’t have nothing: never a baby had been born without being, well, like man and wife. But she was going to have a baby by the Holy Spirit. And instead of doubting him, she s...

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What does it mean to take God at His Word, as Peter did when he let down the net?

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Peter, here, I can imagine seeing the people press upon him to hear the Word of God that came from his lips. He didn’t speak like an ordinary man. He was a great…he’s…he might not have been so forceful, but his words had such a weight, the people loved him. There was something different. I can imagi...

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Why did Jesus not come when He was sent for to pray for Lazarus?

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Did you notice when Lazarus had died? Jesus, they sent for Him to come pray for Lazarus, He didn’t come, He just went on. Wonder why. He had a vision that Lazarus had to die. So when He went on, if you’ll notice the Scriptures close, He goes on, they sent again, He never came, and on. Then after He…...

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What lesson does Brother Branham draw from the men the devil answered, 'Paul I know, and Jesus I know, but who are you?'

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Now, how them old days, they really tantalize us. And there’s many things happened that I wouldn’t have time to tell you, along the road. But you know how it is in old school days. Wouldn’t you like to go back there again? My, go back to just… I wished I could live one day again. I wished I could ge...

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Why were people healed when Peter's shadow passed over them?

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So therefore, the same Spirit that was in that day, is here today. The same signs, wonders, miracles are being performed. The same people are believing in the same manner. When they seen the apostle Peter, and recognized him to have the gift of God in him when he called out and told the people what...

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Did the woman who touched Jesus' garment have a Scripture promise for her healing?

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Now, listen to the Scripture, not the promise that you have. But she said in her heart, “If I touch His garment, I will be whole.” See? Now, you have more than that. You have a Divine promise. Is that right? You have a Divine promise, and a Divine gift here in your midst now. Just look how much more...

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How was the Son of God conceived in the womb of Mary?

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You have to bring it back till He…God’s the Creator. And God the Creator, created a blood cell in the womb of Mary. Come from the Father, which is God, by virgin birth, and that is the Son of God Who we love and cherish today, Who died and gave His Blood at Calvary, that we might have remission of o...

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How did Mary's response to the angel differ from Zacharias's?

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Notice, but this little woman…Zacharias back there, he had much Scriptures behind him to believe where miracles had happened on the same order. But Mary, there had never been a baby born like that. But notice, instead of fussing at the Angel like Zacharias did, she said, “Behold the handmaid of the...

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How did Jesus know, before He went to the grave, that He would raise Lazarus?

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If you notice at the platform, how close I have to examine. One word within myself would be wrong. It must be perfect, for it’s God; and I have to let Him do it. And then you watch It, watch the expressions. I ask sometimes if He would show me certain things to do, I’ll do it. “But the Son can do no...

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How was Jesus conceived in the virgin Mary?

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What we need today is a good old fashion cleaning out, and getting right with God. That’s exactly right. To bring—to bring it back—people back to a living faith in God, there to say it’s right or it’s wrong. God grant the day when men and women will be what they claim to be. That’s right. It’s… Now,...

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How did Mary receive the Angel's promise differently from Zacharias?

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Now, I want you to notice something closely. Look when the Angel came to the priest, Zacharias, and told him that Sarah…or Elisabeth was going to have a child by him, he had plenty of examples before that. Hannah had had a child past age of bearing. Sarah, near a hundred years old or better, had bro...

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What is the lesson of Peter saying, 'At Thy word I will let down the net'?

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Peter said, “Lord, we’ve toiled all night, and have taken nothing.” That’s discouraging. They were fishermen. They just wasn’t guessing. They knowed where the sea, and how the moon should be, and where the fish was. They was la—ra—raised on that sea, Galilean. And they’d toiled all night through tha...

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Whose message from the angel was harder to believe, Zacharias's or Mary's?

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Now, I want you to look at the difference between Mary and Zacharias. Zacharias, that minister, Gospel minister, or a preacher, as it was in that day, priest in the temple, had knowed all kinds of things that had happened before of the miraculous power of God, but doubted the Angel in his case, wher...

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What did Peter mean when he said, 'Nevertheless at Thy word I will let down the net'?

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Now, maybe you have to be educated. Maybe that’s why the sickness is on you, that God has to educate you to a place that He is, and a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. Maybe that’s what your faith is give to you. That’s why the sickness come upon you, to test your faith. Then you can walk o...

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Why did Jesus call Lazarus by name when He raised him?

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Look at Him. Here it is; get it. I can hear Him scream with a loud voice, way out there in spirit land, “Lazarus.” I believe if He hadn’t have called him by name, there’d been the general resurrection right there. And I believe it. That’s what I think of Him. That’s right. He said, “Lazarus, come fo...