Hands

However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says:

Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

When Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money.

“Give me this power as well,” he said, “so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”

In a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come and place his hands on him to restore his sight.”

So Ananias went to the house, and when he arrived, he placed his hands on Saul. “Brother Saul,” he said, “the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here, has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

And after they had fasted and prayed, they laid their hands on them and sent them off.

The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands.

Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.

And when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.

God did extraordinary miracles through the hands of Paul,

You yourselves know that these hands of mine have ministered to my own needs and those of my companions.

Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, bound his own feet and hands, and said, “The Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews of Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and hand him over to the Gentiles.’”

On the third day, they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.

The father of Publius was sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him, and after praying and placing his hands on him, he healed the man.

But as for Israel he says: “All day long I have held out My hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.”

We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;

Then the end will come, when He hands over the kingdom to God the Father after He has destroyed all dominion, authority, and power.

For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.

Therefore remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh and called uncircumcised by the so-called circumcision (that done in the body by human hands)—

He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.

In Him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of your sinful nature, with the circumcision performed by Christ and not by human hands.

…and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.

Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.

Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given you through the prophecy spoken over you at the laying on of the hands of the elders.

Do not be too quick in the laying on of hands and thereby share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.

For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.

And: “In the beginning, O Lord, You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.

…instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.

But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that have come, He went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made by hands and is not a part of this creation.

It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Therefore strengthen your limp hands and weak knees.

Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our own eyes, which we have gazed upon and touched with our own hands—this is the Word of life.

After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands.

Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.

Then I saw the thrones, and those seated on them had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or hands. And they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.