Quotes About Courage

The men who were holding Jesus began to mock Him and beat Him.

They blindfolded Him and kept demanding, “Prophesy! Who hit You?”

As the soldiers led Him away, they seized Simon of Cyrene on his way in from the country, and put the cross on him to carry behind Jesus.

Now there was a Council member named Joseph, a good and righteous man,

(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)

Then Jesus told him, “Get up, pick up your mat, and walk.”

But he answered, “The man who made me well told me, ëPick up your mat and walk.í”

When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the sea—and they were terrified.

But Jesus spoke up: “It is I; do not be afraid.”

For no one who wants to be known publicly acts in secret. Since You are doing these things, show Yourself to the world.”

But after His brothers had gone up to the feast, He also went—not publicly, but in secret.

Yet no one would speak publicly about Him for fear of the Jews.

Some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him.

He spoke these words while teaching in the temple courts, near the treasury. Yet no one seized Him, because His hour had not yet come.

But now you are trying to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham never did such a thing.

His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews. For the Jews had already determined that anyone who confessed Jesus as the Christ would be put out of the synagogue.

At this, the Jews again picked up stones to stone Him.

At this, they tried again to seize Him, but He escaped their grasp.

“Rabbi,” they replied, “the Jews just tried to stone You, and You are going back there?”

Then Thomas called Didymus said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, so that we may die with Him.”

“Do not be afraid, O Daughter of Zion. See, your King is coming, seated on the colt of a donkey.”

Nevertheless, many of the leaders believed in Him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue.

And when Judas had taken the morsel, Satan entered into him. Then Jesus said to Judas, “What you are about to do, do quickly.”

“Lord,” said Peter, “why canít I follow You now? I will lay down my life for You.”