10 Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went to the chief priests in order to betray him to them. 11 And when they heard it, they were glad and promised to give him money. And he sought an opportunity to betray him.Comment: The ‘then’ at the beginning indicates that possibly because ofContinue reading “Mark 14: 12-21….Betrayed by a trusted friend!”
Category Archives: Passover
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 11: 45-54….A plot to kill Jesus.
Many of the Jews therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what he did, believed in him, but some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the council and said, “What are we to do? For this man performsContinue reading “John 11: 45-54….A plot to kill Jesus.”
Exodus 13: 11-16….The customs explained.
“When the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as he swore to you and your fathers, and shall give it to you, you shall set apart to the LORD all that first opens the womb. All the firstborn of your animals that are males shall be the LORD’S. Every firstborn of aContinue reading “Exodus 13: 11-16….The customs explained.”
Exodus 13: 1-10….Two memorials!
1 The LORD said to Moses, 2 “Consecrate to me all the firstborn. Whatever is the first to open the womb among the people of Israel, both of man and of beast, is mine.”3 Then Moses said to the people, “Remember this day in which you came out from Egypt, out of the house ofContinue reading “Exodus 13: 1-10….Two memorials!”
Exodus 12: 43-51….Rules for Remembering this day!
And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the statute of the Passover: no foreigner shall eat of it, but every slave that is bought for money may eat of it after you have circumcised him. No foreigner or hired worker may eat of it. 46 It shall be eaten in one house;Continue reading “Exodus 12: 43-51….Rules for Remembering this day!”
Exodus 12: 34-42….Hurry, Hurry, Hurry.
So the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading bowls being bound up in their cloaks on their shoulders. The people of Israel had also done as Moses told them, for they had asked the Egyptians for silver and gold jewelry and for clothing. And the LORD had given the people favorContinue reading “Exodus 12: 34-42….Hurry, Hurry, Hurry.”
Exodus 12: 29-33….Get away – be gone!
At midnight the LORD struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of the livestock. And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he and all his servants andContinue reading “Exodus 12: 29-33….Get away – be gone!”
Exodus 12: 21-28….They did as they were told!
Then Moses called all the elders of Israel and said to them, “Go and select lambs for yourselves according to your clans, and kill the Passover lamb. Take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and touch the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood thatContinue reading “Exodus 12: 21-28….They did as they were told!”
Exodus 12: 14-20….Instructions for the future annual memorial!
“This day shall be for you a memorial day, and you shall keep it as a feast to the LORD; throughout your generations, as a statute forever, you shall keep it as a feast. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the first day you shall remove leaven out of your houses, for ifContinue reading “Exodus 12: 14-20….Instructions for the future annual memorial!”
As I read it! 