(The Temptation of Jesus)The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. And he was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. And he was with the wild animals, and the angels were ministering to him.(Jesus Begins His Ministry)Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, andContinue reading “Mark 1: 12-14…..Presented facts but some hard to understand.”
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Mark 1: 6-11…..Unexpected Events.
Now John was clothed with camel’s hair and wore a leather belt around his waist and ate locusts and wild honey. And he preached, saying, “After me comes he who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. I have baptized you with water, butContinue reading “Mark 1: 6-11…..Unexpected Events.”
Mark 1: 1-5…..The Son of God
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.As it is written in Isaiah the prophet,“Behold, I send my messenger before your face,who will prepare your way,the voice of one crying in the wilderness:Prepare the way of the Lord,make his paths straight,’”John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism ofContinue reading “Mark 1: 1-5…..The Son of God”
1 Samuel 25: 10-13….. David sees ‘red’!
And Nabal answered David’s servants, “Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants these days who are breaking away from their masters. Shall I take my bread and my water and my meat that I have killed for my shearers and give it to men who come from I doContinue reading “1 Samuel 25: 10-13….. David sees ‘red’!”
1 Samuel 25: 1-9…..There must be more to this story!
Now Samuel died. And all Israel assembled and mourned for him, and they buried him in his house at Ramah.Then David rose and went down to the wilderness of Paran. And there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. The man was very rich; he had three thousand sheep and a thousandContinue reading “1 Samuel 25: 1-9…..There must be more to this story!”
1 Samuel 25: 1a…..Samuel’s epitaph.
Now Samuel died. And all Israel assembled and mourned for him, and they buried him in his house at Ramah. Comment: We’ve had a lot of detail of Samuel’s life. His beginning, even the emotional and sexual history of his parents is given us in Chapter one of this book He dies at the beginningContinue reading “1 Samuel 25: 1a…..Samuel’s epitaph.”
1 Samuel 24: 16-22…..A Temporary Peace.
As soon as David had finished speaking these words to Saul, Saul said, “Is this your voice, my son David?” And Saul lifted up his voice and wept. He said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have repaid me good, whereas I have repaid you evil. And you have declared thisContinue reading “1 Samuel 24: 16-22…..A Temporary Peace.”
1 Samuel 24: 8-15…..A brave showing.
Afterward David also arose and went out of the cave, and called after Saul, “My lord the king!” And when Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth and paid homage. And David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Behold, David seeks yourContinue reading “1 Samuel 24: 8-15…..A brave showing.”
1 Samuel 24: 1-7….Hunted again….
When Saul returned from following the Philistines, he was told, “Behold, David is in the wilderness of Engedi.” Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel and went to seek David and his men in front of the Wildgoats’ Rocks. And he came to the sheepfolds by the way, where there wasContinue reading “1 Samuel 24: 1-7….Hunted again….”
1 Samuel 23: 24b-29…..Nearly caught!
Now David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah to the south of Jeshimon. And Saul and his men went to seek him. And David was told, so he went down to the rock and lived in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after DavidContinue reading “1 Samuel 23: 24b-29…..Nearly caught!”
As I read it! 