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The miracles of Jesus are the supernatural〔''Baker Theological Dictionary of the Bible'' defines a miracle as "an event in the external world brought about by the immediate agency or the simple volition of God." It goes on to add that a miracle occurs to show that the power behind it is not limited to the laws of matter or mind as it interrupts fixed natural laws. So the term supernatural applies quite accurately. 〕 deeds attributed to Jesus in Christian and Islamic texts. The majority are faith healing, exorcisms, resurrection of the dead and control over nature.〔Graham H. Twelftree, Jesus the Miracle Worker: A Historical and Theological Study (InterVarsity Press, 1999) page 263.〕〔H. Van der Loos, 1965 ''The Miracles of Jesus'', E.J. Brill Press, Netherlands.〕 In the Synoptic Gospels (Mark, Matthew, and Luke), Jesus refuses to give a miraculous sign to prove his authority.〔, , , . Cited in Funk, Robert W., Roy W. Hoover, and the Jesus Seminar. ''The five gospels.'' HarperSanFrancisco. 1993. p. 72-73.〕 In the Gospel of John, Jesus is said to have performed seven miraculous signs that characterize his ministry, from changing water into wine at the start of his ministry to raising Lazarus from the dead at the end.〔Harris, Stephen L., Understanding the Bible. Palo Alto: Mayfield. 1985. "John" p. 302-310〕 To many Christians and Muslims, the miracles are actual historical events.〔"Islamic beliefs include many miracles of healing and of resurrection of the dead." Heribert Busse, 1998 ''Islam, Judaism, and Christianity'', ISBN 1-55876-144-6 page 114〕〔Graham H. Twelftree, ''Jesus the miracle worker: a historical & theological study'' ISBN 0-8308-1596-1 page 19〕〔Gary R. Habermas, 1996 ''The historical Jesus: ancient evidence for the life of Christ'' ISBN 0-89900-732-5 page 60〕 Others, including liberal Christians, consider these stories to be figurative.〔See discussion under Liberal Christianity and miracles.〕 Since the Enlightenment scholars have taken a highly skeptical approach to claims about miracles.〔Mark Allan Powell, ''Jesus as a Figure in History: How Modern Historians View the Man from Galilee'' (Westminster John Knox Press, 1998), page 22.〕 ==Types and motives== In most cases, Christian authors associate each miracle with specific teachings that reflect the message of Jesus.〔Craig A. Evans, 2001 ''Jesus and his contemporaries'' ISBN 0-391-04118-5 pages 6-7〕 In ''The Miracles of Jesus'', H. Van der Loos describes two main categories of miracles attributed to Jesus: those that affected people, e.g., the Blind Man of Bethsaida and are called "healings", and those that "controlled nature", e.g., Walking on Water. The three types of healings are ''cures'' where an ailment is cured, ''exorcisms'' where demons are cast away and the ''resurrection of the dead''. Karl Bath said that, among these miracles, the Transfiguration of Jesus is unique in that the miracle happens to Jesus himself.〔Karl Barth ''Church dogmatics'' ISBN 0-567-05089-0 page 478〕 According to Craig Blomberg, one characteristic shared among all miracles of Jesus in the Gospel accounts is that he delivered benefits freely and never requested or accepted any form of payment for his healing miracles, unlike some high priests of his time who charged those who were healed.〔 In Matthew 10:8 he advised his disciples to heal the sick without payment and stated: "freely ye received, freely give."〔''The Miracles of Jesus'' by Craig Blomberg, David Wenham 1986 ISBN 1-85075-009-2 page 197〕 It is not always clear when two reported miracles refer to the same event. For example, in the Healing the Centurion's servant, the Gospels of Matthew and Luke narrate how Jesus healed the servant of a Roman Centurion in Capernaum at a distance. The Gospel of John has a similar account at Capernaum, but states that it was the son of a royal official who was cured at a distance. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Miracles of Jesus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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