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The miracles of Jesus are special events that the Bible and Quran say Jesus performed. These were things that normal people cannot do. Followers of these religions believe Jesus did these acts with God's power.

The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke in the Bible tell many of these stories. Most often, Jesus healed people who were sick, blind, unable to walk, or deaf. Sometimes, these problems were thought to be caused by evil spirits called demons. Jesus said he had power over these demons. He could stop their bad work. Some people who were against Jesus asked him to do miracles to prove his power. But he often refused. However, for his followers, he did many miracles that showed his power. These included stopping a big storm at sea, walking on water, and making a tree wither.

In Islam, the Quran says Jesus spoke from his cradle as a baby. It also says he made a clay bird come alive. And he brought a table full of food down from heaven. Both the Quran and the Christian New Testament say Jesus brought some dead people back to life.

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Christ Walks on Water, by Ivan Aivazovsky, 1888.

In the Gospel of John, only seven miracles are mentioned. John calls them "signs." Their main goal was to teach something important about Jesus' power. It wasn't just to help people. Two of the biggest miracles mentioned are the Virgin birth of Jesus and the Resurrection of Jesus. The Quran also talks about the Virgin birth. But it does not mention the resurrection.

Major events in Jesus's life in the Gospels

Throughout history, many Christians have said that Jesus has healed them. Roman Catholic believers have many such stories. Some places, like Lourdes, are where sick people go hoping to be healed by Jesus. Other Christians say Jesus has healed them or done other miracles at large Christian gatherings. Still, other Christians believe Jesus only did such things when he was on Earth. They do not think such miracles happen today.

Images for kids

  • Po vodam

    Jesus' miracle of walking atop the Sea of Galilee as depicted in Ivan Aivazovsky's Walking on Water, 1888.

  • Christ in the Land Bountiful

    Jesus Descends from Heaven to Visit the Americas

  • Christ Healing the Mother of Simon Peter’s Wife by John Bridges

    Healing the mother of Peter's wife

  • Bartholomeus Breenbergh 003

    Healing the deaf mute of Decapolis

  • Nicolas Colombel - Christ Healing the Blind

    Healing the blind at birth

  • Palma il Giovane 001

    Healing the Paralytic at Bethesda

  • WLA cma Christ Healing the Blind Man c 1640

    The Blind Man of Bethsaida

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    The Blind man Bartimaeus in Jericho

  • JesusHealingCenturionServant

    Healing the Centurion's servant

  • HealWomanSabbath

    Christ healing an infirm woman

  • Christ heals tne man with paralysed hand

    The man with a withered hand

  • ChristCleansing

    Cleansing a leper

  • Cleansing10

    Cleansing ten lepers

  • RembrandtHeal

    Healing a man with dropsy

  • HealBleedingWoman

    Healing the bleeding woman

  • Christus heilet einen Gichtbrüchigen

    Healing the paralytic at Capernaum

  • HealingGustaveDore

    Healing in Gennesaret

  • JesusHealsTwo

    Two blind men

  • Folio 166r - The Exorcism

    A boy possessed by a demon

  • Folio 164r - The Canaanite Woman

    The Canaanite woman's daughter

  • Healing of the demon-possessed

    The Gerasenes demonic

  • Christus heilt einen Besessenen

    At the Synagogue in Capernaum

  • Sant Apollinare Nuovo - Healing of the demon-possessed

    Christ exorcising at sunset

  • Schnorr von Carolsfeld Bibel in Bildern 1860 191

    Exorcism of the Gerasene demoniac

  • JesusCuresamute

    Exorcising a mute

  • Aufweckung-Jüngling-Nain-15

    Young Man from Nain

  • Paolo Veronese cat01c

    Daughter of Jairus

  • CarlBloch weddingatCana

    Marriage at Cana

  • Po vodam

    Walking on water

  • Rembrandt Christ in the Storm on the Lake of Galilee

    Calming the storm

  • Pietro Perugino 032

    Transfiguration

  • V&A - Raphael, The Miraculous Draught of Fishes (1515)

    Draught of fishes

  • Miracleofthefig

    Cursing the fig tree

  • Tuenger Facetie

    Coin in the fish's mouth

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