In the King James Version the verse reads "Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest," a reading based upon the Textus Receptus of the New Testament which implies that Jesus had been sent to Caiaphas before the examination. On the other hand, the Revised Version (...
10 Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s servant, cutting off his right ear. (The servant’s name was Malchus.) 11 Jesus commanded Peter, “Put your sword away! Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given me?” 12 Then the d...
Jesus Presented in the Temple - When the time came for the purification rites required by the Law of Moses, Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to
God in Isaiah 49:22-23 speaks of bringing his people home, saying:“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “See, I will beckon to the nations, I will lift up my banner to the peoples; they will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their hips. Kings will be y...
The next verse is even more scary; “I, the LORD, search the heart, I test the mind, even to give to each man according to his ways, according to the results of his deeds.” (Jeremiah 17:10 NASB) But thank God, He’s in the business of changing hearts! “Moreover, I will giv...
Everything, everything, everything’s a miracle.… This morning outside I stood and saw a little red-winged bird Shining like a burning bush, singing like a scripture verse: It made me want to bow my head … ‘causeeverythingis holy now. ...
These stories MEANT SOMETHING to me—I was TAUGHT the story about Jesus being offered all this power, but him turning it down to be a servant. I was TAUGHT the story of a people who desperately wanted a king, holding a sword, riding on a horse… But God deciding to show up as a ...
But “the thing” which had come upon Job, “the thing” which he greatly feared, was God, as we are told in the very first verse of the book (Job 1:1). I find no fault in that. Indeed, it is a serious fault in anyone not to fear God, as both David and Paul taught (Ps....
6. Joshua 5:13 And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?
Jesus wasn’t shy about telling others the truth, but He always did it in a way that showed He cared for them. In the verse above, Jesus shared several truths to the woman at the well, none more important than revealing He was the Messiah that she was waiting for. As a result, the...