Sidon
An ancient Phoenician port city on the Mediterranean coast
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One of the oldest cities in the ancient world, known for its maritime trade. Often paired with Tyre in Scripture. Jesus visited the region of Tyre and Sidon (Mark 7:24-31) and healed a Syrophoenician woman's daughter. Paul stopped there on his voyage to Rome (Acts 27:3).
Chapters Mentioning Sidon
Acts
The Night the Chains Fell Off
Herod arrests Peter and executes James, but the church prays — and God answers with chains falling off, gates swinging open, and a prayer meeting that can't believe its own answered prayer. Meanwhile, a king who accepts worship meant for God discovers just how seriously heaven takes that.
Acts
The Shipwreck That Couldn't Stop a Promise
Paul is a prisoner on a ship bound for Rome when the worst storm anyone has ever seen threatens to kill everyone on board. What happens next is one of the most gripping survival stories in the Bible — and a masterclass in what it looks like when one person's faith holds steady while everything else falls apart.
Luke
The Story That Changed the Question
Jesus sends out seventy-two followers with nothing but a message, drops one of the most famous stories ever told about a man left for dead on a road, and gently reminds a busy friend that sometimes the best thing you can do is stop and sit.
Luke
The Real Fight Starts Here
Jesus faces the devil in the wilderness, declares his mission in his hometown synagogue, and gets run out of town for it. Then he starts healing people and casting out demons — and nobody can figure out how to keep him in one place.
Luke
The Rules Don't Work the Way You Think
Jesus picks two fights with the Pharisees over the Sabbath, handpicks his twelve apostles after an all-night prayer session, then delivers a sermon on a plain that redefines who's blessed, who's in trouble, and what love actually looks like.
Mark
The Line in the Sand
Jesus heals on the Sabbath and dares anyone to argue with it, handpicks twelve ordinary men to change the world, and draws a line between honest skepticism and something far more dangerous.
Mark
What Actually Makes You Clean
Jesus takes on the religious establishment's obsession with looking clean on the outside, drops a bombshell about what really defiles a person, then has a conversation with a foreign woman that nobody saw coming — and heals a man who couldn't hear or speak.
Matthew
When Doubt Meets an Invitation
John the Baptist sends a question from prison that everyone's been thinking. Jesus answers with evidence, not argument — then turns to the crowd with a warning, a lament, and an invitation that has stopped people mid-sentence for two thousand years.
Matthew
What Actually Makes You Unclean
Jesus exposes the difference between looking clean and actually being clean, has a gut-wrenching conversation with a desperate mother who refuses to be turned away, and then feeds another massive crowd with almost nothing.
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