Most commentaries list about 32 -35 miracles of Jesus. But we should not forget such interesting verses as Matthew 4:23, “Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.” And of course there is the end of the Gospel of John, “Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written.”
One of His more interesting miracles isn’t in the lists. In John 8 Jesus met His foes with some very interesting information. He knelt down and with His finger wrote in the construction dust on the temple floor. He was very specific. Generalities would have had no impact. He looked to see who was there and then wrote their names along with detailed times and places of their sins. It must have been horrifying to these righteous men to be so publicly exposed. Jesus was taking no prisoners. They were fair game. Many must have tossed and turned that night wondering how He knew. The miracle was He knew. Many fled before He got to their names. If today’s press had been there they would have had a media feast.
However, it ended with Jesus and a frightened woman who soon learned she had nothing to fear because of who she was with. Surely to her dying day she never forgot His rough carpenter’s hand helping her to her feet and those words, “Neither do I condemn you.” Aha, yet another miracle – the miracle of grace. We can add two more miracles to the list.
Written by Roger Bothwell on February 26, 2013
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