Miracles of Jesus

Thirty-five recorded works of power across the four Gospels — healings, nature, raisings from the dead, and deliverance — every one anchored to its passage, walked as a ledger.

No man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.

Summary

Thirty-five recorded works of power across the four Gospels: healings, nature, raisings from the dead, and deliverance, every one anchored to its passage.

The vocabulary matters: power, sign, wonder.
Every miracle is walked as a ledger row with its text.
The works establish who Jesus is, by Scripture's own argument.
This site's tradition holds that the God who worked them has not changed.

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Healingsleper to Malchus's ear
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NatureCana to the second catch
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Raisingsa girl, a son, Lazarus
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Deliverancethe synagogue to Legion

Thirty-five distinct recorded works across the four Gospels, a scholarly count, not a stated number; the Gospels themselves say the record is selective (John 20:30). Every row below is a door to that miracle’s own study page.

What the Gospels record

The four Gospels record a set of specific, witnessed acts: lepers cleansed, a storm silenced with a word, thousands fed from a boy's lunch, the dead raised, demoniacs restored to their right mind. Counted as distinct events (harmonizing the parallel accounts), the recorded works number about thirty-five, the count is a scholarly count, not a stated number; no Gospel numbers them, harmonies range 35–37 depending on how a few parallel accounts are split, and the summary statements make plain the records are selective: "he healed them all" (Matt 12:15, ASV), "many other signs therefore did Jesus… which are not written in this book" (John 20:30, ASV).

Each miracle on this page is one ledger row: the event, its kind, its primary passage, and its parallels, and each row opens the miracle's own study page, where the account is walked in full. The reaction the works produced is its own study: Nicodemus's inference, "no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him" (John 3:2, KJV, ASV: "no one can do these signs that thou doest, except God be with him"), and the crowd's question, "When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these?"

(John 7:31, KJV, ASV: "will he do more signs than those which this man hath done?"), lead to the sibling study on the messianic miracles: the case that three of these works, a Jewish leper cleansed, a mute demon cast out, a man born blind given sight, carried a recognized messianic signature.

Framework summary from the research brief (2026-07-22-miracles-brief.md); parallel arrangement per A. T. Robertson's Harmony of the Gospels (1922, PD); scripture ASV except where KJV is the point under discussion.

Power, sign, wonder: the vocabulary

Peter's Pentecost sermon uses all three New Testament words in one breath: "Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs" (Acts 2:22, KJV, ASV renders the same clause "by mighty works and wonders and signs," translating dynamis literally rather than by its effect). The synoptics' usual word is dynamis (δύναμις, G1411), a work of power.

John's controlling word is sēmeion (σημεῖον, G4592), a sign, a work that points beyond itself; it is this word the KJV renders "miracles" at John 3:2 and 7:31 above, which is why this page carries that title even though "sign" is the more literal English. Jesus' own preferred word in John is simply erga, works ("the works that I do in my Father's name, these bear witness of me," John 10:25, ASV). Teras, wonder (G5059), never stands alone in the New Testament, the amazement is never the point.

The vocabulary is the page's structure in miniature: the synoptic ledger records the works of power; John's seven signs, the classical count of the Book of Signs, John 1:19–12:50, carry John's stated purpose: "these are written, that ye may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye may have life in his name" (John 20:31, ASV). The seven-count is itself a scholarly reconstruction (the identity of the seventh sign is genuinely contested), and the page says so where it lists them. Wesley's note on that closing verse reads the editorial choice plainly:

"But these things are written that ye may believe - That ye may be confirmed in believing. Faith cometh sometimes by reading; though ordinarily by hearing." — John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Bible (1765), on John 20:31

Lexical data: Strong's/Thayer's (PD). Signs framework: C. H. Dodd, The Interpretation of the Fourth Gospel (1953); Andreas Köstenberger, John (BECNT, 2004), cite-only, per MannaFest's research brief.

The ledger

Thirty-five rows, four kinds

What follows is a claim-and-receipt table: every recorded miracle, its primary passage, and its witnesses: the parallel accounts named, the singular accounts marked. The rows mirror the site’s live study cluster, where each miracle has its own page; nothing here is a summary of a summary. Where harmonies differ (Matthew counts two men at Gadara and Jericho where Mark and Luke follow one), the fuller narrative is the primary reference and the difference is stated in the row, noted, not adjudicated.

The works flagged messianic signfollow the pattern of Isaiah 35:5–6 — the blind seeing, the mute speaking — and that argument has its own page: The Messianic Miracles.

Kind I

Healings: 18 recorded

Miracle	Passage	Parallels & witness
The leperMessianic sign	Matt 8:2–4	∥ Mark 1:40–45; Luke 5:12–16: sent to the priest “for a testimony unto them.”
The centurion's servant	Matt 8:5–13	∥ Luke 7:1–10: healed at a distance, by a word.
Peter's mother-in-law	Matt 8:14–17	∥ Mark 1:29–31; Luke 4:38–39: the evening healings follow, quoting Isaiah 53:4.
The paralytic through the roof	Mark 2:1–12	∥ Matt 9:1–8; Luke 5:17–26: “that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins.”
The man with the withered hand	Mark 3:1–6	∥ Matt 12:9–14; Luke 6:6–11: the sabbath test; the counsel to destroy him begins here.
The woman with the issue of blood	Mark 5:25–34	∥ Matt 9:20–22; Luke 8:43–48: healed inside the Jairus narrative.
Two blind men in GalileeMessianic sign	Matt 9:27–31	They cry “Thou son of David”: the messianic address itself.
The Canaanite woman's daughter	Matt 15:21–28	∥ Mark 7:24–30: a Gentile's faith answered at a distance.
The deaf and mute man	Mark 7:31–37	Mark alone: “he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak” (the Isaiah 35 cadence).
The blind man at Bethsaida	Mark 8:22–26	Mark alone: the one two-stage healing (“I see men as trees, walking”).
The epileptic boy	Mark 9:14–29	∥ Matt 17:14–21; Luke 9:37–43: below the mount of transfiguration; cross-listed under deliverance.
The woman bent over	Luke 13:10–17	Luke alone: “whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years,” on the sabbath.
The ten lepers	Luke 17:11–19	Luke alone: ten cleansed; the one Samaritan returns.
Blind BartimaeusMessianic sign	Mark 10:46–52	∥ Matt 20:29–34 (two men); Luke 18:35–43: “Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.”
Malchus's ear	Luke 22:50–51	Luke alone records the healing: the last miracle before the cross, for an enemy.
The official's son at Capernaum	John 4:46–54	John alone: “the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judaea.”
The invalid at Bethesda	John 5:1–15	John alone: thirty-eight years; the sabbath controversy of John 5 follows from it.
The man born blindMessianic sign	John 9:1–41	John alone: “since the world began was it not heard” (9:32); the formal inquest follows.

The frame

What the text says the works establish

When the even was come… he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.

Matthew 8:16–17KJV

Matthew grounds the healing ministry in Isaiah 53:4: Scripture's own citation, not an inference.

Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.

John 3:2KJV

Nicodemus's inference: a ruler of the Pharisees reasons from the works to the sender.

And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book: but these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God.

John 20:30–31KJV

John's stated editorial purpose: the record is selective, and it says why.

Kind II

Nature: 9 recorded

Miracle	Passage	Parallels & witness
Water into wine at Cana	John 2:1–11	“This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory.”
The first catch of fish	Luke 5:1–11	Luke alone: Peter's call: “Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.”
Stilling the storm	Mark 4:35–41	∥ Matt 8:23–27; Luke 8:22–25: “What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”
Feeding the five thousand	Mark 6:30–44	∥ Matt 14; Luke 9; John 6: the only miracle recorded in all four Gospels.
Walking on the water	Matt 14:22–33	∥ Mark 6:45–52; John 6:16–21: “Of a truth thou art the Son of God.”
Feeding the four thousand	Mark 8:1–10	∥ Matt 15:32–39: a distinct event; Jesus distinguishes the two feedings himself (Mark 8:19–20).
The coin in the fish's mouth	Matt 17:24–27	Matthew alone: the temple tax paid “for me and thee.”
Cursing the fig tree	Matt 21:18–22	∥ Mark 11:12–14, 20–24: the one destructive sign, an acted parable in the passion week.
The second catch of fish	John 21:1–14	Post-resurrection: an hundred fifty and three fishes, “and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken.”

Kind III

Raisings from the dead: 3 recorded

Miracle	Passage	Parallels & witness
Jairus's daughter	Mark 5:21–43	∥ Matt 9:18–26; Luke 8:40–56: “Talitha cumi… Damsel, I say unto thee, arise.”
The widow of Nain's son	Luke 7:11–17	Luke alone: stopped a funeral; “a great prophet is risen up among us.”
The raising of Lazarus	John 11:1–44	John alone: four days dead; the sign that convenes the council of John 11:47–53.

The storm

“What manner of man is this?”

Kind IV

Deliverance: 5 recorded

Miracle	Passage	Parallels & witness
The demoniac in the synagogue	Mark 1:21–28	∥ Luke 4:31-37: the first exorcism recorded; “he commandeth even the unclean spirits, and they do obey him.”
The Gadarene demoniac: Legion	Mark 5:1–20	∥ Matt 8:28–34 (two men); Luke 8:26–39: sent home as the first witness to Decapolis.
The mute demoniacMessianic sign	Matt 9:32–34	“It was never so seen in Israel,” and the first Beelzebub charge answers it.
The blind and mute demoniacMessianic sign	Matt 12:22–24	∥ Luke 11:14: “Is not this the son of David?”; the Beelzebub verdict and the sign-demand follow.
The boy with demonic seizures	Matt 17:14–21	Cross-listed with healings (the epileptic boy): one event, per the parallel accounts.

The fourth Gospel

John’s seven signs: the classical count

1Water to wine at Cana: “the first of his signs”John 2:1–11
2The official's son healed at a distanceJohn 4:46–54
3The invalid at BethesdaJohn 5:1–9
4Feeding the five thousandJohn 6:1–14
5Walking on the seaJohn 6:16–21
6The man born blindJohn 9:1–7
7The raising of LazarusJohn 11:1–44

The seven-count organizes the Book of Signs (John 1:19–12:50) but is a scholarly reconstruction, not a stated number, the identity of the seventh sign is genuinely contested (Lazarus, the sea-walking, or the resurrection itself). Framework per C. H. Dodd, The Interpretation of the Fourth Gospel(1953), and Andreas Köstenberger, John (BECNT, 2004)

The first sign