Seven Miracles in the Gospel of John (Introduction)

by · 01/14/2020

John 20:30, 31

The gospel of John records SEVEN miracles of our Lord Jesus Christ.  As stated in the verses above, only these seven were recorded so that the reader of John’s gospel might BELIEVE:
(1) That Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God
(2) So that one might have eternal life (only through the Lord Jesus Christ)

Below are the seven miracles:

  1. Turning water into wine in Cana (John 2:1-11)
  2. Healing the nobleman’s son in Capernaum (John 4:46-54)
  3. Healing the impotent man at the Pool of Bethesda in Jerusalem (John 5:1-18)
  4. Feeding the 5,000 near the Sea of Galilee (John 6:5-14)
  5. Walking on the water of the Sea of Galilee (John 6:16-21)
  6. Healing a blind man in Jerusalem (John 9:1-7)
  7. Raising dead Lazarus in Bethany (John 11:1-45)

Interestingly enough, the Holy Spirit recorded SEVEN miracles.  The number SEVEN is consistently God’s number of COMPLETION in the Scriptures.

  • Seven days of creation in Genesis 1
  • Clean beasts taken by seven into Noah’s ark in Genesis 7
  • Jacob served seven years for a bride in Genesis 29
  • Pharaoh dreams of sevens in Genesis 41
  • Seven days were required to sanctify the altar in Exodus 29
  • It took Solomon seven years to build the temple in 1 Kings 6
  • There is a restoration after seven years in 2 Kings 3
  • In Psalm 119:164 we find one praising the LORD seven times a day
  • In Proverbs 24 we find a just man falling seven times and rising up again
  • Jesus Christ cast seven devils out of Mary Magdalene in Mark 16:9
  • In Revelation we find seven angels, seven churches, seven seals, seven trumpets, seven horns, seven vials, seven horns, seven candlesticks, seven stars, seven plagues, seven spirits, seven eyes, seven lamps, seven thunders, seven heads, seven crowns, seven mountains, seven kings, etc.