The Bible is filled with tragic stories of women in the Bible. We would all love to avoid tragedy if at all possible, but God doesn’t give us a promise of trouble-free living. Sometimes our troubles are brought on my own sins. Othertimes, though, they come through no fault of our own. Each of these Bible women dealt with their own personal tragedies. For some, they were rewarded with happy endings. For others, they had to wait for eternal blessings.
Euodia and Syntyche
The theme of Paul’s letter to the Philippians is joy, but he also touches on unity and humility. And then,…
Bernice
Porcius Festus succeeded Felix as governor. Since Paul insisted he was innocent, Festus was forced to send him on to…
Drusilla
Drusilla was the great granddaughter of Herod the Great who tried to kill baby Jesus. She was the daughter of…
Fortune-Telling Slave Girl
While Paul and Silas were going to the shore for prayer, they passed a slave girl with a spirit of…
Devout Jewish Women
In Acts 13 we read about devout Jewish women. At first glance, we would assume this would be a good…
Tabitha
In Acts 9 we meet a woman named Tabitha, a Christian woman from Joppa whose Greek name was Dorcas. It…
Sapphira
Joses, one of the apostles, sold some land he owned and donated the money to the apostles. Ananias and his…
Mary and Jesus
We meet Mary of Bethany three times. Each time, she’s at the feet of Jesus. The first time she was…
Mother of the Blind Man
Jesus healed a man who’d been blind since birth. He spit on the ground and made mud with the saliva.…
Woman Caught in Adultery
After spending time praying at the Mount of Olives, Jesus went back to the temple. People gathered around him, and…
The Disabled Woman
While Jesus was teaching in the synagogue, he noticed a woman who’d been disabled for eighteen years. She was bent…
Pilate’s Wife
The religious leaders brought Jesus to Pilate to be tried by him. He asked Jesus a few questions, then reported…
Herodias
Herodias was the granddaughter of Herod the Great, the Herod who had all the baby boys killed in Bethlehem. This…
The Bleeding Woman
The story of the bleeding woman is a story within a story. As Jesus went with Jairus to heal his…
Jairus’s Daughter
Jairus’s daughter’s story is told by Matthew, Mark, and Luke. They each tell us that Jairus, a ruler of the…
Women of Samaria
The Old Testament prophets told it like it was. In Amos 4 the prophet Amos addresses the women of Samaria.…
Lo-Ruhamah
Hosea the prophet and Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim, had three children. The first child was a son, and God…
Gomer
When God called Hosea to be a prophet, His first command was for Hosea to take a wife of harlotry…
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