--- title: The miracles of Jesus — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «The miracles of Jesus», a lesson of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: The Gospels tell of amazing things Jesus did: turning water into wine, feeding a huge crowd, calming a storm, healing the sick and even rais --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/16-the-miracles-of-jesus/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/) / The miracles of Jesus # The miracles of Jesus Lesson 16 of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school: 18 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/16-the-miracles-of-jesus/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/16-the-miracles-of-jesus/0/) — The Gospels tell of amazing things Jesus did: turning water into wine, feeding a huge crowd, calming a storm, healing the sick and even raising his friend Lazarus from death. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/16-the-miracles-of-jesus/1/) — Christians call these miracles, and John's Gospel calls them «signs», because they point beyond themselves to who Jesus is and to God's care for people. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/16-the-miracles-of-jesus/2/) — Many miracles happen to ordinary people in ordinary trouble: a wedding running out of wine, a hungry crowd, a frightened crew, a blind beggar shouting by the road. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/16-the-miracles-of-jesus/3/) — Some show what people around Jesus did too: a boy shared his lunch, four friends carried a man to Jesus, and one healed man came back to say thank you. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/16-the-miracles-of-jesus/4/) — For a child today the stories say: bring what you have, help your friends reach help, keep asking when others tell you to be quiet, and remember to say thank you. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/16-the-miracles-of-jesus/5/) — Whether miracles really happen is something people disagree about; Christians believe God can act in the world, and the olympiad way is to talk about it with reasons and respect. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/16-the-miracles-of-jesus/6/) — A miracle is an amazing event that Christians believe shows God's power at work beyond the ordinary. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/16-the-miracles-of-jesus/7/) — John's Gospel calls Jesus' miracles «signs», because they point to who Jesus is. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/16-the-miracles-of-jesus/8/) — At a wedding in Cana Jesus turned water into wine when the wine ran out; John calls it his first sign. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/16-the-miracles-of-jesus/9/) — Jesus fed five thousand people with a boy's five loaves and two fish, and twelve baskets were left over. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/16-the-miracles-of-jesus/11/) — Peter walked on the water towards Jesus but began to sink when he looked at the waves; Jesus caught him. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/16-the-miracles-of-jesus/12/) — Blind Bartimaeus kept shouting for Jesus even when people told him to be quiet, and Jesus healed him. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/16-the-miracles-of-jesus/13/) — Four friends lowered a paralysed man through a roof to Jesus, who forgave him and healed him. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/16-the-miracles-of-jesus/14/) — Jesus healed ten men with leprosy, but only one, a Samaritan, came back to say thank you. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/16-the-miracles-of-jesus/15/) — At the tomb of his friend Lazarus «Jesus wept», and then he called Lazarus back to life. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/16-the-miracles-of-jesus/16/) — Christians treasure «Jesus wept» because it shows Jesus shares people's sadness when someone dies. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/16-the-miracles-of-jesus/17/) — Christians believe God can act in the world; sceptics doubt that miracles happen; some Christians read some miracle stories symbolically. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/16-the-miracles-of-jesus/18/) — This is disputed. - ← previous: [Parables: the Talents, the Sower and more](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/15-parables-talents-sower-and-more/) - next →: [The Sermon on the Mount](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/17-the-sermon-on-the-mount/) - ↑ back to [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/)