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Superstition

Theme19 references14 chapters

Outline

  • General scriptures concerningActs 25:19
  • Israelites, supposing that their defeat in battle with the Philistines was due to their not having brought with them the ark of the covenant1 Samuel 4:3; 1 Samuel 11
  • Philistines, refusing to step on the threshold of the temple of Dagon after the image of Dagon had repeatedly fallen upon it1 Samuel 5:5
  • The belief of the Syrians concerning the help of the gods1 Kings 20:23
  • Jews, attributing their calamities to having ceased offering sacrifices to the Queen of HeavenJeremiah 44:17
  • Nebuchadnezzar, supposing that the spirit of the gods was upon DanielDaniel 4:8; Daniel 4:9
  • The sailors who threw Jonah into the seaJonah 1:4
  • The disciples, supposing they saw a ghost when Jesus came walking upon the lakeMatthew 14:26; Mark 6:49; Mark 6:50
  • Herod Antipas, imagining that Jesus was actually John the Baptist risen from the deadMark 6:14; Mark 6:16
  • The Gadarenes (Gerasenes, Gergasenes), because Jesus expelled demons out of the man who lived among the tombsMatthew 8:34
  • The disciples who were frightened at the appearance of PeterActs 12:14; Acts 12:15
  • The Ephesians, in their sorceriesActs 19:13
  • The people of the island of Melita (Malta), in assuming that Paul was some sort of godActs 28:6

Topical outline from Nave's Topical Bible (1897). The sub-headings are Nave's own.