Miracles of Christ Testify to Him

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III

Miracles of Christ Testify to Him


With Respect to His Miracles
(1) The reader is advised to read the two questions on the miracles of the Lord Jesus Christ in Part Two of our book entitled People's Questions Over The Years.





(2) As an introduction to this proof, we state that the miracles of the Lord Jesus Christ are innumerable. It suffices to mention the concluding words of the Gospel according to St. John the Apostle: "And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which if they were written one by one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that would be written. Amen" (Jn. 21:25).
For example, St. Luke the Evangelist says: "Now when the sun was setting, all those who had anyone sick with various diseases brought them to Him; and He laid His hands on every one of them and healed them" (Lk. 4:40). The miracles performed here are collective and innumerable.
St. Matthew the Evangelist says: "Now Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people" (Matt. 4:23). Then the Apostle continues, saying: "And they brought to Him all sick people who were afflicted with various diseases and torments, and those who were demon-possessed, epileptics, and paralytics; and He healed them" (Matt. 4:24). Can we enumerate what is implied by the phrases "all kinds of sickness" and "all sick people"?



(3) Therefore, we will confine ourselves, in proving the Divinity of Christ, to the few miracles which are recorded in the Gospels.