Then I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne a scroll written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals. And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?” And no one in heaven orContinue reading “Revelation 5: 1-7….Instructions from the Master!”
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John 20: 11-18….Mary meets Jesus,
11 But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb. 12 And she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet. 13 They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” SheContinue reading “John 20: 11-18….Mary meets Jesus,”
John 20: 1-10….Surprise, Surprise!
1 Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. 2 So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them,Continue reading “John 20: 1-10….Surprise, Surprise!”
John 19:31-42….Dead and buried.
31 Since it was the day of Preparation, and so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away. 32 So the soldiers came and broke the legsContinue reading “John 19:31-42….Dead and buried.”
John 19: 24d-30….It is finished!
24d So the soldiers did these things, 25 but standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26 When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!” 27 ThenContinue reading “John 19: 24d-30….It is finished!”
John 19: 16-24….Pilate has his opinion shouted down the years.
16 So he delivered him over to them to be crucified.So they took Jesus, 17 and he went out, bearing his own cross, to the place called The Place of a Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha. 18 There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, and Jesus betweenContinue reading “John 19: 16-24….Pilate has his opinion shouted down the years.”
John 19: 8-16…. Take Him and crucify the God-King
8 When Pilate heard this statement, he was even more afraid. 9 He entered his headquarters again and said to Jesus, “Where are you from?” But Jesus gave him no answer. 10 So Pilate said to him, “You will not speak to me? Do you not know that I have authority to release you andContinue reading “John 19: 8-16…. Take Him and crucify the God-King”
John 18: 38-19:7…. Not only a King, but God!
38 Pilate said to him, “What is truth?”After he had said this, he went back outside to the Jews and told them, “I find no guilt in him. 39 But you have a custom that I should release one man for you at the Passover. So do you want me to release to you theContinue reading “John 18: 38-19:7…. Not only a King, but God!”
John 18: 28-38a…..Before Saint Pilate,
28 Then they 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. 29 So Pilate went outside to them and said, “What accusation do you bring against this man?”Continue reading “John 18: 28-38a…..Before Saint Pilate,”
John 18: 1-11….Betrayal!
1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples across the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered. 2 Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place, for Jesus often met there with his disciples. 3 So Judas, having procured a band of soldiersContinue reading “John 18: 1-11….Betrayal!”
As I read it! 