Bible Concepts

Use these free printables to help children learn important Bible concepts. Many of these concepts seem difficult to grasp at first, but using fun, fully illustrated printables can help children better understand these ideas.

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Released (Matt. 18:27)

We get at least a partial idea of what forgiveness involves when we read Jesus’ statement explaining that a king who was owed 10,000 talents—an astronomical amount—“had compassion” on the slave who owed him this money, “released him, and forgave him the loan” (Matt. 18:27). Several elements in Jesus’ statement help us understand what forgiveness…

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Wipe Off

In Genesis 6:7, the Lord declared, “I will wipe off from the face of the earth mankind, whom I created, together with the animals, creatures that crawl, and birds of the sky—for I regret that I made them.” The Hebrew term translated wipe off appears here and in an additional 34 places in the Old Testament. In…

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Jesus’ Resurrection: “Don’t Cling to Me” (John 20:17)

When Mary recognized Jesus early on the day of His resurrection, she apparently threw her arms around Him. He responded by saying, “Don’t cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to My brothers and tell them that I am ascending to My Father and your Father—to My God…

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Jesus’ Resurrection: The First Day of the Week

The tomb that had held the body of Jesus was discovered empty on “the first day of the week” by Mary Magdalene and some other women (Matt. 28:1; Mark 16:2; Luke 24:1; John 20:1). After this discovery, which, by the way, was confirmed by others, including Peter and John (see John 20:2-10), a living Jesus…

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Jesus’ Resurrection: Rabbouni (John 20:16)

Mary Magdalene went to the tomb early Sunday morning only to discover that it was empty. She ran to tell Peter and John, who investigated and verified the startling discovery for themselves. Peter and John returned home, but Mary stood outside the tomb. As she looked at it, she wept. Then she looked in and…

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Jesus’ Resurrection: The Women Were Stunned

Had Jesus’ followers fabricated the story of Jesus’ resurrection to propagate it, then from the start they would have been trying to convince others Jesus had risen from the dead. Instead, they themselves had to be convinced. Jesus’ followers were reeling from His death. They were disillusioned and afraid. Despite the fact Jesus told them…

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Jesus’ Resurrection: Jesus’ Disciples Were Amazed

The women who discovered that Jesus’ tomb was empty and whom angels told He had risen went to the eleven disciples and related their experiences to them (see Luke 24:1-10; also see “Jesus’ Resurrection: The Women Were Stunned”). Yet “these words seemed like nonsense to them, and they did not believe the women” (v. 11;…

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Jesus’ Resurrection: Do the Gospels Agree?

It is noteworthy that in his account of the discovery of the empty tomb, John stated that when Mary looked into the tomb, she “saw two angels in white sitting there, one at the head and one at the feet, where Jesus’ body had been lying” (see John 20:12). Luke also mentioned two angels in…

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Why Bother? (Mark 5:35)

In Mark 5:21-43 Jairus, a synagogue leader, asked Jesus for help regarding his 12-year-old daughter, who was on her deathbed. As they made their way to Jairus’s home, Jesus was interrupted by a woman who had been suffering for 12 years with a bleeding problem. She believed that if only she could touch Jesus’ robe,…

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