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The term "manifested" in the biblical context refers to the act of making something visible or apparent, often relating to the revelation of God's presence, power, or truth. This concept is central to understanding how God interacts with humanity and reveals His divine nature and will.

Biblical Usage and Context

1. Divine Revelation: The Bible frequently uses the term "manifested" to describe how God reveals Himself to His people. In the Old Testament, God's presence was manifested through various means, such as the burning bush (Exodus 3:2) and the pillar of cloud and fire (Exodus 13:21-22). These manifestations served as tangible signs of God's guidance and protection.

2. The Incarnation of Christ: One of the most significant uses of "manifested" in the New Testament is in reference to the incarnation of Jesus Christ. In 1 John 3:5 , it is written, "But you know that Christ appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin." Here, the manifestation of Christ is central to the Christian faith, as it signifies God becoming flesh to accomplish the work of salvation.

3. The Works of God: The miracles and teachings of Jesus are also described as manifestations of God's power and authority. In John 2:11 , after Jesus turned water into wine, it is stated, "This, the first of His signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested His glory. And His disciples believed in Him." Through His works, Jesus manifested the divine nature and mission, leading many to faith.

4. The Holy Spirit: The manifestation of the Holy Spirit is another critical aspect of biblical teaching. In 1 Corinthians 12:7 , Paul writes, "Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good." The Holy Spirit's gifts and fruits are manifestations that empower believers for service and edification within the body of Christ.

5. Truth and Light: The concept of light is often used metaphorically to describe the manifestation of truth. In John 1:5 , it is written, "The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it." Here, the manifestation of light represents the revelation of divine truth in a world darkened by sin.

6. Final Revelation: The ultimate manifestation of God's glory is anticipated in eschatological passages. In Revelation 21:3 , it is declared, "And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: 'Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God.'" This future manifestation promises the complete and eternal presence of God with His people.

Theological Implications

The concept of being "manifested" underscores the relational aspect of God's interaction with humanity. It highlights the initiative of God to reveal Himself and His purposes, inviting a response of faith and obedience. The manifestations of God throughout Scripture serve as a testament to His desire to be known and to redeem His creation. Through the person of Jesus Christ, the work of the Holy Spirit, and the revelation of Scripture, believers are called to recognize and respond to the manifestations of God's presence and truth in their lives.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(imp. & p. p.) of Manifest.

Greek

855. aphantos -- invisible
... vanished out of sight. From a (as a negative particle) and a derivative of phaino;
non-manifested, ie Invisible -- vanished out of sight. see GREEK a. ...
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2900. krataios -- strong
... Cognate: 2900 (from 2904 ) -- (manifested) power, referring to God's supreme mastery
(unrivaled dominion). 2900 () is only used in 1 Pet 5:6. See 2904 (). ...
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5215. humnos -- a hymn
... and conquerors. In the NT, 5215 ("hymns") is used only of , manifested
in the flesh in Jesus Christ, the God-man. It occurs twice ...
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5319. phaneroo -- to make visible, make clear
... visible (1), disclose (1), disclosed (1), displayed (1), made...evident (2), made
known (1), made manifest (2), make...clear (1), manifested (18), manifests (1 ...
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Library

And it was Manifested unto Me, that those Things be Good which yet ...
... Book VII Chapter XII And it was manifested unto me, that those things be
good which yet are corrupted? And it was manifested unto ...
/.../augustine/the confessions of saint augustine/chapter xii and it was.htm

Christ the Messiah Manifested in his Advent and Offices.
... ORIGINAL HYMNS HYMN XXXIII. Christ the Messiah manifested in his Advent and Offices. ...
James Montgomery. Christ the Messiah manifested in his Advent and Offices. ...
/.../montgomery/sacred poems and hymns/hymn xxxiii christ the messiah.htm

A Roman Lady who Manifested a Deed of Modesty.
... Book IX. Chapter X."A Roman Lady who manifested a Deed of Modesty. It is
obvious that the capture of so great a city as Rome must ...
/.../sozomen/the ecclesiastical history of sozomenus/chapter x a roman lady who.htm

The Righteousness of God Manifested by the Law and the Prophets.
... A Treatise on the spirit and the letter, Chapter 15 [IX.]"The Righteousness
of God Manifested by the Law and the Prophets. Here ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 15 ix the righteousness of.htm

God Has Manifested his Justice and Mercy in Christ...
... Article XX God Has Manifested His Justice and Mercy in Christ? God Has
Manifested His Justice and Mercy in Christ We believe that ...
/.../various/the belgic confession /article xx god has manifested.htm

Whether Christ's Birth Should have Been Manifested by Means of the ...
... OF THE MANIFESTATION OF THE NEWLY BORN CHRIST (EIGHT ARTICLES) Whether Christ's
birth should have been manifested by means of the angels and the star? ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether christs birth should have 3.htm

Whether Christ's Resurrection Ought to have Been Manifested to All ...
... OF THE MANIFESTATION OF THE RESURRECTION (SIX ARTICLES) Whether Christ's
Resurrection ought to have been manifested to all? Objection ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether christs resurrection ought to.htm

Christ, Though Known to the Jews under the Law, yet Only ...
... BOOK SECOND. OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE REDEEMER, IN CHRIST, AS FIRST MANIFESTED
TO THE FATHERS, UNDER THE LAW, AND THEREAFTER TO US UNDER THE GOSPEL. ...
/.../the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 9 christ though known.htm

Topic xii. If any one Says that Christ was Manifested in the World ...
... Topic XII. If any one says that Christ was manifested in the world only
in semblance? If any one says that Christ was manifested ...
/.../dubious or spurious writings of gregory thaumaturgus/topic xii if any one.htm

Divine Things are the More Clearly Manifested to Him who Withdraws ...
... Book VII. Chapter X."Divine Things are the More Clearly Manifested to
Him Who Withdraws into the Recesses of His Heart. 16. And ...
/.../augustine/the confessions and letters of st/chapter x divine things are the.htm

Thesaurus

Manifested (48 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Manifest. Multi-Version Concordance
Manifested (48 Occurrences). Mark 4:22 For there is ...
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Manifestation (11 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) The act of manifesting or disclosing, or the state
of being manifested; discovery to the eye or to the understanding; also, that ...
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Manifest (74 Occurrences)
... apparent" (Mark 4:22 John 17:6 Romans 3:21 1 Timothy 3:16, "God was manifest in
the flesh," the Revised Version (British and American) "manifested"; 1 John 1:2 ...
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Practises (9 Occurrences)
... (WEY). John 3:21 but he that practises the truth comes to the light, that his works
may be manifested that they have been wrought in God. (DBY). ...
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Ammonites (97 Occurrences)
... They seem to have been completely subdued by David and their capital was taken,
and we find a better spirit manifested afterward, for Nahash of Rabbah showed ...
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Ammon (100 Occurrences)
... They seem to have been completely subdued by David and their capital was taken,
and we find a better spirit manifested afterward, for Nahash of Rabbah showed ...
/a/ammon.htm - 47k

Godhead (5 Occurrences)
... 23). How could man think of the Godhead under such similitudes-the Godhead,
so clearly manifested in its glory by its works! The ...
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Name (10157 Occurrences)
... of God has the same relation to the character of God as in the Old Testament (Matthew
6:9; "Father, glorify thy name," John 12:28); it is manifested by Christ ...
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Raised (267 Occurrences)
... Mark 16:14 Afterwards, as they are reclining (at meat), he was manifested to the
eleven, and did reproach their unbelief and stiffness of heart, because they ...
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Plagues (28 Occurrences)
... The presence of Yahweh with the sacrifice by Abraham was manifested by the passing
of a "smoking furnace and a burning lamp" between the pieces of the ...
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Resources

Is seeing spirits / demons an ability God gives to some people? | GotQuestions.org

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Manifested: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Manifested (48 Occurrences)

Mark 4:22
For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.
(KJV ASV WBS YLT)

Mark 16:12
And after these things he was manifested in another form unto two of them, as they walked, on their way into the country.
(ASV DBY YLT)

Mark 16:14
And afterward he was manifested unto the eleven themselves as they sat at meat; and he upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them that had seen him after he was risen.
(ASV DBY YLT)

Luke 1:51
He has manifested His supreme strength. He has scattered those who were haughty in the thoughts of their hearts.
(WEY)

Luke 19:11
But as they were listening to these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem and they thought that the kingdom of God was about to be immediately manifested.
(DBY)

John 1:31
and I knew him not; but that he might be manifested to Israel, therefore have I come baptising with water.
(DBY YLT NAS)

John 2:11
This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

John 3:21
but he that practises the truth comes to the light, that his works may be manifested that they have been wrought in God.
(DBY YLT NAS)

John 9:3
Jesus answered, Neither has this man sinned nor his parents, but that the works of God should be manifested in him.
(DBY YLT)

John 17:6
I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

John 21:1
After these things Jesus manifested himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and he manifested 'himself' on this wise.
(ASV DBY NAS)

John 21:14
This is now the third time that Jesus was manifested to the disciples, after that he was risen from the dead.
(ASV DBY YLT NAS)

Romans 1:19
because that which is known of God is manifest in them; for God manifested it unto them.
(ASV DBY)

Romans 3:21
But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Romans 8:18
Why, what we now suffer I count as nothing in comparison with the glory which is soon to be manifested in us.
(WEY)

Romans 15:19
with power manifested in signs and marvels, and through the power of the Holy Spirit. But--to speak simply of my own labours--beginning in Jerusalem and the outlying districts, I have proclaimed without reserve, even as far as Illyricum, the Good News of the Christ;
(WEY)

Romans 16:26
but now is manifested, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the eternal God, is made known unto all the nations unto obedience of faith:
(ASV NAS)

1 Corinthians 14:25
the secrets of his heart are manifested; and thus, falling upon his face, he will do homage to God, reporting that God is indeed amongst you.
(DBY)

2 Corinthians 4:10
always bearing about in the body the dying of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our body.
(ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV)

2 Corinthians 4:11
For we who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.
(ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV)

2 Corinthians 5:10
For we must all be manifested before the judgment-seat of the Christ, that each may receive the things done in the body, according to those he has done, whether it be good or evil.
(DBY YLT)

2 Corinthians 5:11
Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord we persuade men, but have been manifested to God, and I hope also that we have been manifested in your consciences.
(DBY YLT)

2 Corinthians 7:12
So then, if also I wrote to you, it was not for the sake of him that injured, nor for the sake of him that was injured, but for the sake of our diligent zeal for you being manifested to you before God.
(DBY YLT)

2 Corinthians 7:15
And his strong and tender affection is all the more drawn out towards you when he recalls to mind the obedience which all of you manifested by the timidity and nervous anxiety with which you welcomed him.
(WEY)

Ephesians 5:13
and all the things reproved by the light are manifested, for everything that is manifested is light;
(YLT)

Colossians 1:8
who has also manifested to us your love in the Spirit.
(DBY)

Colossians 1:26
even' the mystery which hath been hid for ages and generations: but now hath it been manifested to his saints,
(ASV YLT NAS)

Colossians 3:4
When Christ, 'who is' our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory.
(ASV DBY YLT)

2 Timothy 1:10
but hath now been manifested by the appearing of our Saviour Christ Jesus, who abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,
(ASV RSV)

Titus 1:3
But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;
(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Titus 2:11
For the saving grace of God was manifested to all men,
(YLT)

Hebrews 6:10
For God is not unjust so that He is unmindful of your labour and of the love which you have manifested towards Himself in having rendered services to His people and in still rendering them.
(WEY)

Hebrews 9:8
the Holy Spirit this evidencing that not yet hath been manifested the way of the holy 'places', the first tabernacle having yet a standing;
(YLT)

Hebrews 9:24
for not into holy places made with hands did the Christ enter -- figures of the true -- but into the heaven itself, now to be manifested in the presence of God for us;
(YLT)

Hebrews 9:26
else must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once at the end of the ages hath he been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
(ASV DBY YLT NAS)

1 Peter 1:20
He was pre-destined indeed to this work, even before the creation of the world, but has been plainly manifested in these last days for the sake of you who, through Him,
(WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT)

1 Peter 5:4
And when the chief Shepherd shall be manifested, ye shall receive the crown of glory that fadeth not away.
(ASV DBY RSV)

2 Peter 1:14
knowing that the putting off of my tabernacle is speedily to take place, as also our Lord Jesus Christ has manifested to me;
(DBY)

1 John 1:2
(For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)
(KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

1 John 2:19
out of us they went forth, but they were not of us, for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but -- that they might be manifested that they are not all of us.
(YLT)

1 John 2:28
And now, 'my' little children, abide in him; that, if he shall be manifested, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
(ASV DBY YLT)

1 John 3:2
Beloved, now are we children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he shall be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is.
(ASV DBY YLT)

1 John 3:5
And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

1 John 3:8
He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

1 John 4:9
In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
(KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

1 John 4:17
Our love will be manifested in all its perfection by our having complete confidence on the day of the Judgement; because just what He is, we also are in the world.
(WEY)

Revelation 15:4
who may not fear Thee, O Lord, and glorify Thy name? because Thou alone 'art' kind, because all the nations shall come and bow before Thee, because Thy righteous acts were manifested.'
(YLT)

Psalms 77:14
You are the God who does wonders. You have made your strength known among the peoples.
(See RSV)

Subtopics

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