The Apostle Paul, a pivotal figure in the early Christian Church, was endowed with the power to perform extraordinary miracles, which served to authenticate his apostolic authority and the divine message he proclaimed. These special miracles are recorded in the Acts of the Apostles and the Pauline Epistles, highlighting the supernatural work of God through His chosen servant.

One of the most remarkable accounts of Paul's miraculous works is found in Acts 19:11-12: "God did extraordinary miracles through the hands of Paul, so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and their illnesses were cured, and the evil spirits left them" . This passage underscores the extraordinary nature of these miracles, as even objects associated with Paul became conduits of divine healing and deliverance. The power of God was so manifest in Paul's ministry that physical contact with items he had touched was sufficient to bring about miraculous results.

Another significant miracle performed by Paul is the raising of Eutychus from the dead, as recorded in Acts 20:9-12. During a lengthy discourse in Troas, a young man named Eutychus fell asleep and subsequently fell from a third-story window, resulting in his death. Paul, however, went down, embraced him, and declared, "Do not be alarmed, for his life is in him" (Acts 20:10). Eutychus was restored to life, demonstrating the power of God to overcome even death through His servant.

Paul's miraculous works also included the healing of the sick. In Acts 28:8-9, during his stay on the island of Malta, Paul healed the father of Publius, the island's chief official, who was suffering from fever and dysentery. After praying and laying hands on him, the man was healed. This act of healing led to many others on the island coming to Paul and being cured of their diseases, further attesting to the divine power at work in his ministry.

The miracles performed by Paul were not limited to physical healing and resurrection. They also included acts of divine judgment and protection. In Acts 13:8-11, Paul confronted Elymas the sorcerer, who opposed the gospel message. Filled with the Holy Spirit, Paul pronounced a temporary blindness upon Elymas, which immediately came to pass. This act of judgment served to demonstrate the authority of the gospel and led to the conversion of the proconsul, Sergius Paulus.

Moreover, in Acts 28:3-6, Paul experienced divine protection when bitten by a viper. The islanders expected him to swell up or suddenly die, but Paul shook off the snake into the fire and suffered no harm. This incident further confirmed the presence of God's power in Paul's life and ministry, leading the islanders to regard him with awe.

These special miracles wrought through Paul were not merely displays of supernatural power but were integral to the spread of the gospel and the establishment of the early Church. They served as signs of God's kingdom breaking into the world, authenticating the message of salvation through Jesus Christ and demonstrating the authority of His apostles. Through these miraculous acts, God confirmed His word and drew many to faith in Christ.Acts 19:11,12
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Two Fruitful Years
... This Gospel points the way through the wilderness to Zion ... it is implied that no miracles
would have been wrought. ... view in the study of all the miracles in the ...
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Ephesus
... The Spirit of God had wrought with and through Paul in his labors for his countrymen. ...
As these miracles were wrought in the name of Jesus of Nazareth, the ...
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The Unclean Spirits.
... were healed," Acts 8:7. "And God wrought special miracles by the ... that he "made his
sons pass through the fire ... cried, saying, These men are the servants of the ...
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Snares of Satan.
... From the beginning, the servants of God have contended ... which will never be revealed,
through the eternal ... Were not miracles wrought by Christ and His apostles? ...
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Snares of Satan
... From the beginning the servants of God have contended ... which will never be revealed
through the eternal ... Were not miracles wrought by Christ and His apostles? ...
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The Gospel Message in Antioch
... they dwelt upon His teachings and His miracles of healing ... of light, through whom
God has wrought to build ... and to think that his light must come through no other ...
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Acts xix. 8, 9
... marvel, how, such signs having been wrought, they were ... in our own times happened
those (miracles) relating to ... all men rejoice most in this, through vainglory. ...
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This HomilyWas Delivered in the Old Church of Antioch
... that it was mere grace, that wrought through them all ... proper to humanity, when they
performed miracles, such as ... as thieves do not dig through and assiduously ...
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Palm Sunday
... But Christ, who had not come by divinity through arrogating it to himself ... He performed
miracles. ... and his divine words and works were spoken and wrought for our ...
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Rom. I. 1, 2
... should believe on the Name; for this it was which also wrought the miracles. ... Now
that he ran through the whole space from Jerusalem to Illyricum, and from ...
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