Miracles of Jesus

The Greatest Miracle

For Christians, the greatest miracle is the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, when Jesus Christ rose from the dead on the third day after His crucifixion

(Matthew 28, Mark 16, Luke 24, John 20).

The four Gospels explicitly record about 37 miracles, although they also state that Jesus performed many more than were written down.

Purpose of the Miracles

According to the Gospels, Jesus' miracles were not merely displays of power. They served to:

  • Reveal God's compassion and love.

  • Confirm Jesus' authority and divine mission.

  • Strengthen faith in God.

  • Demonstrate the coming of God's Kingdom.

  • Bring healing, restoration, and hope to people.

As the Gospel of John states, these signs were recorded "that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name" (John 20:31).

List of the 37 Recorded Miracles of Jesus

Early Ministry

  1. Turning water into wine at Cana (John 2:1–11)

  2. Healing the nobleman's son (John 4:46–54)

  3. Miraculous catch of fish (Luke 5:1–11)

Healings

  1. Casting out an unclean spirit in the synagogue (Mark 1:21–28)

  2. Healing Peter's mother-in-law (Matthew 8:14–15)

  3. Healing many sick and demon-possessed people (Matthew 8:16–17)

  4. Healing a man with leprosy (Matthew 8:1–4)

  5. Healing the centurion's servant (Matthew 8:5–13)

  6. Healing a paralytic (Matthew 9:1–8)

  7. Healing a man with a withered hand (Matthew 12:9–14)

  8. Healing a man at the Pool of Bethesda (John 5:1–15)

  9. Healing a deaf and mute man (Mark 7:31–37)

  10. Healing a blind man at Bethsaida (Mark 8:22–26)

  11. Healing a man born blind (John 9:1–12)

  12. Healing a crippled woman (Luke 13:10–17)

  13. Healing a man with dropsy (Luke 14:1–6)

  14. Healing ten lepers (Luke 17:11–19)

  15. Healing blind Bartimaeus (Mark 10:46–52)

  16. Healing Malchus' ear (Luke 22:50–51)

Raising the Dead

  1. Raising the widow's son at Nain (Luke 7:11–17)

  2. Raising Jairus' daughter (Mark 5:21–43)

  3. Raising Lazarus (John 11:1–44)

Nature Miracles

  1. Calming the storm (Matthew 8:23–27)

  2. Walking on water (Matthew 14:22–33)

  3. Feeding 5,000 people (Matthew 14:13–21)

  4. Feeding 4,000 people (Matthew 15:32–39)

  5. Coin in the fish's mouth (Matthew 17:24–27)

  6. Cursing the fig tree (Matthew 21:18–22)

  7. Second miraculous catch of fish after the resurrection (John 21:1–14)

Deliverance from Demons

  1. Casting out demons in the region of the Gerasenes (Mark 5:1–20)

  2. Delivering a demon-possessed mute man (Matthew 9:32–34)

  3. Delivering a blind and mute demoniac (Matthew 12:22)

  4. Casting out a demon from a Syrophoenician woman's daughter (Mark 7:24–30)

  5. Delivering a boy with an unclean spirit (Mark 9:14–29)

Other Miraculous Signs

  1. Healing the woman with the issue of blood (Mark 5:25–34)

  2. Healing two blind men (Matthew 9:27–31)

  3. Healing another mute man (Matthew 9:32–33)