38 After these things Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave him permission. So he came and took away his body. Nicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus by night, cameContinue reading “John 19:38-20:10….Buried dead, 36 hours later an empty grave!”
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John 19: 16-19, 23-27, 30-37….The Crucifixion – Friday Afternoon.
So they took Jesus, and he went out, bearing his own cross, to the place called The Place of a Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha. There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, and Jesus between them. Pilate also wrote an inscription and put it on the cross.Continue reading “John 19: 16-19, 23-27, 30-37….The Crucifixion – Friday Afternoon.”
John 18: 28-38, 19: 1-6, 12-16a….Please read it slowly considering it deeply! Friday morning.
Then they (the Jewish Sanhedrin) led Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the governor’s headquarters. It was early morning. They themselves did not enter the governor’s headquarters, so that they would not be defiled, but could eat the Passover. So Pilate went outside to them and said, “What accusation do you bring against thisContinue reading “John 18: 28-38, 19: 1-6, 12-16a….Please read it slowly considering it deeply! Friday morning.”
John 14: 1-11….Do all ways lead to God?
“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and willContinue reading “John 14: 1-11….Do all ways lead to God?”
John 12: 12-19 & Matt: 21 6-11….Jesus is acclaimed by the Populous.
The Triumphal Entry (Palm Sunday)The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!”Continue reading “John 12: 12-19 & Matt: 21 6-11….Jesus is acclaimed by the Populous.”
Exodus 27: 1-8…. Preparations for the outer court of the Tabernacle.
“You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits broad. The altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits. And you shall make horns for it on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with bronze. YouContinue reading “Exodus 27: 1-8…. Preparations for the outer court of the Tabernacle.”
John 1:1-13….From before time began!
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The lightContinue reading “John 1:1-13….From before time began!”
Psalms 2….Messianic Psalms
Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together,against the LORD and against his Anointed, saying,“Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.” Comment:This first portion of Ps 2 sounds like a report on the worldContinue reading “Psalms 2….Messianic Psalms”
Genesis 3:1-15….When is the coming of Jesus first hinted at in the Bible?
Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made.He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in theContinue reading “Genesis 3:1-15….When is the coming of Jesus first hinted at in the Bible?”
As I read it! 