Now Jesus stood before the governor; and the governor asked him, “are you the King of the Jews?” Jesus said to him, “You have said so.” Matthew 27:11 Lord, no matter what You would have said they would have condemned You. There are often times in our lives too when it is better to say […]
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Then was fulfilled what had been spoken by the prophet Jeremiah, saying, “And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of Him on whom a price had been set by some of the sons of Israel, and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord directed.” Matthew 27:9, 10 Thank You […]
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But the chief priests, taking the pieces of silver, said, “It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since they are blood money.” So they took counsel, and bought with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in. Therefore that field has been called the Field of Blood to this day. Matthew 27:6 […]
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And (Judas) throwing down the pieces of silver in the temple, he departed; and he went and hanged himself. Matthew 27:5 Lord, what a sad day. You were condemned. Judas realized what he had done. He couldn’t take living with his mistake and hanged himself. This event leaves me speechless and pondering…… Lord what are […]
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When Judas, His (Jesus) betrayer, saw that He was condemned, he repented and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders, saying, “I have sinned in betraying innocent blood.” They said, “What is that to us? See to it yourself.” Matthew 27:3, 4 Lord, Judas was sorry for what […]
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When morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put Him to death; and they bound Him and led him away and delivered Him to Pilate the governor. Matthew 27:1, 2 Lord You were innocent. You came to earth to die for us. You love us […]
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After a little while the by-standers came up and said to Peter, “Certainly you are also one of them, for your accent betrays you. Then he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, I do not know the man.” And immediately the cock crowed. Matthew 26:73, 74 Lord this was the third […]
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And when he (Peter) went out to the porch, another maid saw him, and said to the by-standers, “This man was with Jesus of Nazareth.” And again he denied it with an oath, “I do not know the man.” Matthew 26:71, 72 Lord this was Peter’s second denial that he knew You. There is one […]
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But he (Peter) denied it (that he was with Jesus) before them all, saying, “I do not know what you mean.” Matthew 26:70 Lord I know this event so well and this was denial # 1 for Peter. There will be two more just as You predicted. Peter didn’t know what was going to happen […]
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