God strikes down all the firstborn in Egypt triggering the beginning of the Israelite’s’ exodus (Exodus 12:29 – 12:39).
As he had warned he would do, at midnight, God struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, including Pharaoh’s firstborn
God threatens to kill the firstborn of each Egyptian (Exodus 11:1 – 11:10).
God said to Moses, “I will bring one more plague on Pharaoh and his people. After that, he will let you
Joseph mourns his father’s death, reassures his brothers they are safe, then passes from earth (Genesis 50:1 – 50:26)
Genesis concludes with a narrative describing the burials of Jacob and Joseph and one last interaction between Joseph and his
Jesus brings a dead girl back to life, heals a bleeding woman, a blind man, and a mute – Pharisees accuse him of demonology (Matthew 9:18 – 9:34)
As Jesus explained his purpose to the disciples of John the Baptist (i.e. why Jesus and the disciples did not
Rachel and Isaac die, leaving Jacob to carry out God’s plan for mankind (Genesis 35:16-29)
Jacob and his family moved from Bethel. When they were still some distance from Ephrath (ancient Jerusalem), Rachel went into
The cost of following Jesus (let the dead bury their own) – Matthew 8:18 – 8:22
Jesus saw the crowds surrounding him had grown large so he gave orders to cross to the other side of
How Christians should deal with death of a loved one (and no, every loss does not happen “for a reason”)
When we experience the loss or death of a loved one, grief, hurt and pain are minimized through a variety