Sharon Wilharm Bible Storyteller

Tragic stories of Women in the Bible

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…

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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