For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
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For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing .
Jhn 12:1 Jesus, therefore, six days before the Passover, came to Bethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.
Jhn 12:2 So they made Him a supper there, and Martha was serving; but Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with Him.
Jhn 12:3 Mary then took a pound of very costly perfume of pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped His feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
Jhn 12:4 But Judas Iscariot, one of His disciples, who was intending to betray Him, said,
Jhn 12:5 "Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and given to poor people?"
Jhn 12:6 Now he said this, not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief, and as he had the money box, he used to pilfer what was put into it.
Jhn 12:7 Therefore Jesus said, "Let her alone, so that she may keep it for the day of My burial.
Jhn 12:8 "For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me."
Jhn 12:9 The large crowd of the Jews then learned that He was there; and they came, not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might also see Lazarus, whom He raised from the dead.
Jhn 12:10 But the chief priests planned to put Lazarus to death also;
Jhn 12:11 because on account of him many of the Jews were going away and were believing in Jesus.
Jhn 12:12 On the next day the large crowd who had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
Jhn 12:13 took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet Him, and began to shout, "Hosanna! BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD, even the King of Israel."
Jhn 12:14 Jesus, finding a young donkey, sat on it; as it is written,
Jhn 12:15 "FEAR NOT, DAUGHTER OF ZION; BEHOLD, YOUR KING IS COMING, SEATED ON A DONKEY'S COLT."
Jhn 12:16 These things His disciples did not understand at the first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of Him, and that they had done these things to Him.
Jhn 12:17 So the people, who were with Him when He called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead, continued to testify about Him.
Jhn 12:18 For this reason also the people went and met Him, because they heard that He had performed this sign.
Jhn 12:19 So the Pharisees said to one another, "You see that you are not doing any good; look, the world has gone after Him."
Jhn 12:20 Now there were some Greeks among those who were going up to worship at the feast;
Jhn 12:21 these then came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and began to ask him, saying, "Sir, we wish to see Jesus."
Jhn 12:22 Philip came and told Andrew; Andrew and Philip came and told Jesus.
Jhn 12:23 And Jesus answered them, saying, "The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.
Jhn 12:24 "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
Jhn 12:25 "He who loves his life loses it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it to life eternal.
Jhn 12:26 "If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also; if anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.
Jhn 12:27 "Now My soul has become troubled; and what shall I say, 'Father, save Me from this hour'? But for this purpose I came to this hour.
Jhn 12:28 "Father, glorify Your name." Then a voice came out of heaven: "I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again."
Jhn 12:29 So the crowd of people who stood by and heard it were saying that it had thundered; others were saying, "An angel has spoken to Him."
Jhn 12:30 Jesus answered and said, "This voice has not come for My sake, but for your sakes.
Jhn 12:31 "Now judgment is upon this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out.
Jhn 12:32 "And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to Myself."
Jhn 12:33 But He was saying this to indicate the kind of death by which He was to die.
Jhn 12:34 The crowd then answered Him, "We have heard out of the Law that [fn]the Christ is to remain forever; and how can You say, 'The Son of Man must be lifted up'? Who is this Son of Man?"
Jhn 12:35 So Jesus said to them, "For a little while longer the Light is among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you; he who walks in the darkness does not know where he goes.
Jhn 12:36 "While you have the Light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of Light." These things Jesus spoke, and He went away and hid Himself from them.
Jhn 12:37 But though He had performed so many signs before them, yet they were not believing in Him.
Jhn 12:38 This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet which he spoke: "LORD, WHO HAS BELIEVED OUR REPORT? AND TO WHOM HAS THE ARM OF THE LORD BEEN REVEALED?"
Jhn 12:39 For this reason they could not believe, for Isaiah said again,
Jhn 12:40 "HE HAS BLINDED THEIR EYES AND HE HARDENED THEIR HEART, SO THAT THEY WOULD NOT SEE WITH THEIR EYES AND PERCEIVE WITH THEIR HEART, AND BE CONVERTED AND I HEAL THEM."
Jhn 12:41 These things Isaiah said because he saw His glory, and he spoke of Him.
Jhn 12:42 Nevertheless many even of the rulers believed in Him, but because of the Pharisees they were not confessing Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue;
Jhn 12:43 for they loved the approval of men rather than the approval of God.
Jhn 12:44 And Jesus cried out and said, "He who believes in Me, does not believe in Me but in Him who sent Me.
Jhn 12:45 "He who sees Me sees the One who sent Me.
Jhn 12:46 "I have come as Light into the world, so that everyone who believes in Me will not remain in darkness.
Jhn 12:47 "If anyone hears My sayings and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world.
Jhn 12:48 "He who rejects Me and does not receive My sayings, has one who judges him; the word I spoke is what will judge him at the last day.
Jhn 12:49 "For I did not speak on My own initiative, but the Father Himself who sent Me has given Me a commandment as to what to say and what to speak.
Jhn 12:50 "I know that His commandment is eternal life; therefore the things I speak, I speak just as the Father has told Me."
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Jhn 13:1 Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus knowing that His hour had come that He would depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.
Jhn 13:2 During supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray Him,
Jhn 13:3 Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come forth from God and was going back to God,
Jhn 13:4 got up from supper, and laid aside His garments; and taking a towel, He girded Himself.
Jhn 13:5 Then He poured water into the basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded.
Jhn 13:6 So He came to Simon Peter. He said to Him, "Lord, do You wash my feet?"
Jhn 13:7 Jesus answered and said to him, "What I do you do not realize now, but you will understand hereafter."
Jhn 13:8 Peter said to Him, "Never shall You wash my feet!" Jesus answered him, "If I do not wash you, you have no part with Me."
Jhn 13:9 Simon Peter said to Him, "Lord, then wash not only my feet, but also my hands and my head."
Jhn 13:10 Jesus said to him, "He who has bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean; and you are clean, but not all of you."
Jhn 13:11 For He knew the one who was betraying Him; for this reason He said, "Not all of you are clean."
Jhn 13:12 So when He had washed their feet, and taken His garments and reclined at the table again, He said to them, "Do you know what I have done to you?
Jhn 13:13 "You call Me Teacher and Lord; and you are right, for so I am.
Jhn 13:14 "If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet.
Jhn 13:15 "For I gave you an example that you also should do as I did to you.
Jhn 13:16 "Truly, truly, I say to you, a slave is not greater than his master, nor is one who is sent greater than the one who sent him.
Jhn 13:17 "If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.
Jhn 13:18 "I do not speak of all of you. I know the ones I have chosen; but it is that the Scripture may be fulfilled, 'HE WHO EATS MY BREAD HAS LIFTED UP HIS HEEL AGAINST ME.'
Jhn 13:19 "From now on I am telling you before it comes to pass, so that when it does occur, you may believe that I am He.
Jhn 13:20 "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who receives whomever I send receives Me; and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me."
Jhn 13:21 When Jesus had said this, He became troubled in spirit, and testified and said, "Truly, truly, I say to you, that one of you will betray Me."
Jhn 13:22 The disciples began looking at one another, at a loss to know of which one He was speaking.
Jhn 13:23 There was reclining on Jesus' bosom one of His disciples, whom Jesus loved.
Jhn 13:24 So Simon Peter gestured to him, and said to him, "Tell us who it is of whom He is speaking."
Jhn 13:25 He, leaning back thus on Jesus' bosom, said to Him, "Lord, who is it?"
Jhn 13:26 Jesus then answered, "That is the one for whom I shall dip the morsel and give it to him." So when He had dipped the morsel, He took and gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.
Jhn 13:27 After the morsel, Satan then entered into him. Therefore Jesus said to him, "What you do, do quickly."
Jhn 13:28 Now no one of those reclining at the table knew for what purpose He had said this to him.
Jhn 13:29 For some were supposing, because Judas had the money box, that Jesus was saying to him, "Buy the things we have need of for the feast"; or else, that he should give something to the poor.
Jhn 13:30 So after receiving the morsel he went out immediately; and it was night.
Jhn 13:31 Therefore when he had gone out, Jesus said, "Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in Him;
Jhn 13:32 if God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify Him in Himself, and will glorify Him immediately.
Jhn 13:33 "Little children, I am with you a little while longer. You will seek Me; and as I said to the Jews, now I also say to you, 'Where I am going, you cannot come.'
Jhn 13:34 "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
Jhn 13:35 "By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another."
Jhn 13:36 Simon Peter said to Him, "Lord, where are You going?" Jesus answered, "Where I go, you cannot follow Me now; but you will follow later."
Jhn 13:37 Peter said to Him, "Lord, why can I not follow You right now? I will lay down my life for You."
Jhn 13:38 Jesus answered, "Will you lay down your life for Me? Truly, truly, I say to you, a rooster will not crow until you deny Me three times.
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Jhn 14:1 "Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me.
Jhn 14:2 "In My Father's house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.
Jhn 14:3 "If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also.
Jhn 14:4 "And you know the way where I am going."
Jhn 14:5 Thomas said to Him, "Lord, we do not know where You are going, how do we know the way?"
Jhn 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.
Jhn 14:7 "If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; from now on you know Him, and have seen Him."
Jhn 14:8 Philip said to Him, "Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us."
Jhn 14:9 Jesus said to him, "Have I been so long with you, and yet you have not come to know Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; how can you say, 'Show us the Father'?
Jhn 14:10 "Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on My own initiative, but the Father abiding in Me does His works.
Jhn 14:11 "Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me; otherwise believe because of the works themselves.
Jhn 14:12 "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do; because I go to the Father.
Jhn 14:13 "Whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
Jhn 14:14 "If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it.
Jhn 14:15 "If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
Jhn 14:16 "I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever;
Jhn 14:17 that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you.
Jhn 14:18 "I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
Jhn 14:19 " After a little while the world will no longer see Me, but you will see Me; because I live, you will live also.
Jhn 14:20 "In that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you.
Jhn 14:21 "He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will disclose Myself to him."
Jhn 14:22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, "Lord, what then has happened that You are going to disclose Yourself to us and not to the world?"
Jhn 14:23 Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our abode with him.
Jhn 14:24 "He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father's who sent Me.
Jhn 14:25 "These things I have spoken to you while abiding with you.
Jhn 14:26 "But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.
Jhn 14:27 "Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.
Jhn 14:28 "You heard that I said to you, 'I go away, and I will come to you.' If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced because I go to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.
Jhn 14:29 "Now I have told you before it happens, so that when it happens, you may believe.
Jhn 14:30 "I will not speak much more with you, for the ruler of the world is coming, and he has nothing in Me;
Jhn 14:31 but so that the world may know that I love the Father, I do exactly as the Father commanded Me. Get up, let us go from here.
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Jhn 15:1 "I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.
Jhn 15:2 "Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it so that it may bear more fruit.
Jhn 15:3 "You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.
Jhn 15:4 "Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me.
Jhn 15:5 "I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.
Jhn 15:6 "If anyone does not abide in Me, he is thrown away as a branch and dries up; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire and they are burned.
Jhn 15:7 "If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
Jhn 15:8 "My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be My disciples.
Jhn 15:9 "Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you; abide in My love.
Jhn 15:10 "If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love; just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love.
Jhn 15:11 "These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full.
Jhn 15:12 "This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you.
Jhn 15:13 "Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.
Jhn 15:14 "You are My friends if you do what I command you.
Jhn 15:15 "No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you.
Jhn 15:16 "You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you.
Jhn 15:17 "This I command you, that you love one another.
Jhn 15:18 "If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you.
Jhn 15:19 "If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you.
Jhn 15:20 "Remember the word that I said to you, 'A slave is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they kept My word, they will keep yours also.
Jhn 15:21 "But all these things they will do to you for My name's sake, because they do not know the One who sent Me.
Jhn 15:22 "If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.
Jhn 15:23 "He who hates Me hates My Father also.
Jhn 15:24 "If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would not have sin; but now they have both seen and hated Me and My Father as well.
Jhn 15:25 "But they have done this to fulfill the word that is written in their Law, 'THEY HATED ME WITHOUT A CAUSE.'
Jhn 15:26 "When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, that is the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify about Me,
Jhn 15:27 and you will testify also, because you have been with Me from the beginning.
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Jhn 16:1 "These things I have spoken to you so that you may be kept from stumbling.
Jhn 16:2 " They will make you outcasts from the synagogue, but an hour is coming for everyone who kills you to think that he is offering service to God.
Jhn 16:3 "These things they will do because they have not known the Father or Me.
Jhn 16:4 "But these things I have spoken to you, so that when their hour comes, you may remember that I told you of them. These things I did not say to you at the beginning, because I was with you.
Jhn 16:5 "But now I am going to Him who sent Me; and none of you asks Me, 'Where are You going?'
Jhn 16:6 "But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.
Jhn 16:7 "But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.
Jhn 16:8 "And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment;
Jhn 16:9 concerning sin, because they do not believe in Me;
Jhn 16:10 and concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father and you no longer see Me;
Jhn 16:11 and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged.
Jhn 16:12 "I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.
Jhn 16:13 "But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come.
Jhn 16:14 "He will glorify Me, for He will take of Mine and will disclose it to you.
Jhn 16:15 "All things that the Father has are Mine; therefore I said that He takes of Mine and will disclose it to you.
Jhn 16:16 "A little while, and you will no longer see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me."
Jhn 16:17 Some of His disciples then said to one another, "What is this thing He is telling us, 'A little while, and you will not see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me'; and, 'because I go to the Father'?"
Jhn 16:18 So they were saying, "What is this that He says, 'A little while'? We do not know what He is talking about."
Jhn 16:19 Jesus knew that they wished to question Him, and He said to them, "Are you deliberating together about this, that I said, 'A little while, and you will not see Me, and again a little while, and you will see Me'?
Jhn 16:20 "Truly, truly, I say to you, that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will grieve, but your grief will be turned into joy.
Jhn 16:21 "Whenever a woman is in labor she has pain, because her hour has come; but when she gives birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish because of the joy that a child has been born into the world.
Jhn 16:22 "Therefore you too have grief now; but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.
Jhn 16:23 "In that day you will not question Me about anything. Truly, truly, I say to you, if you ask the Father for anything in My name, He will give it to you.
Jhn 16:24 "Until now you have asked for nothing in My name; ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be made full.
Jhn 16:25 "These things I have spoken to you in [fn]figurative language; an hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in [fn]figurative language, but will tell you plainly of the Father.
Jhn 16:26 "In that day you will ask in My name, and I do not say to you that I will request of the Father on your behalf;
Jhn 16:27 for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came forth from the Father.
Jhn 16:28 "I came forth from the Father and have come into the world; I am leaving the world again and going to the Father."
Jhn 16:29 His disciples said, "Lo, now You are speaking plainly and are not using a figure of speech.
Jhn 16:30 "Now we know that You know all things, and have no need for anyone to question You; by this we believe that You came from God."
Jhn 16:31 Jesus answered them, "Do you now believe?
Jhn 16:32 "Behold, an hour is coming, and has already come, for you to be scattered, each to his own home, and to leave Me alone; and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.
Jhn 16:33 "These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world."
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Jhn 17:1 Jesus spoke these things; and lifting up His eyes to heaven, He said, "Father, the hour has come; glorify Your Son, that the Son may glorify You,
Jhn 17:2 even as You gave Him authority over all flesh, that to all whom You have given Him, He may give eternal life.
Jhn 17:3 "This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
Jhn 17:4 "I glorified You on the earth, having accomplished the work which You have given Me to do.
Jhn 17:5 "Now, Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.
Jhn 17:6 "I have manifested Your name to the men whom You gave Me out of the world; they were Yours and You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.
Jhn 17:7 "Now they have come to know that everything You have given Me is from You;
Jhn 17:8 for the words which You gave Me I have given to them; and they received them and truly understood that I came forth from You, and they believed that You sent Me.
Jhn 17:9 "I ask on their behalf; I do not ask on behalf of the world, but of those whom You have given Me; for they are Yours;
Jhn 17:10 and all things that are Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine; and I have been glorified in them.
Jhn 17:11 "I am no longer in the world; and yet they themselves are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, that they may be one even as We are.
Jhn 17:12 "While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name which You have given Me; and I guarded them and not one of them perished but the [fn]son of perdition, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.
Jhn 17:13 "But now I come to You; and these things I speak in the world so that they may have My joy made full in themselves.
Jhn 17:14 "I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Jhn 17:15 "I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the evil one.
Jhn 17:16 "They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Jhn 17:17 "Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.
Jhn 17:18 "As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.
Jhn 17:19 "For their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.
Jhn 17:20 "I do not ask on behalf of these alone, but for those also who believe in Me through their word;
Jhn 17:21 that they may all be one; even as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.
Jhn 17:22 "The glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, just as We are one;
Jhn 17:23 I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and loved them, even as You have loved Me.
Jhn 17:24 "Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me, for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
Jhn 17:25 "O righteous Father, although the world has not known You, yet I have known You; and these have known that You sent Me;
Jhn 17:26 and I have made Your name known to them, and will make it known, so that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them."
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Jhn 18:1 When Jesus had spoken these words, He went forth with His disciples over the ravine of the Kidron, where there was a garden, in which He entered with His disciples.
Jhn 18:2 Now Judas also, who was betraying Him, knew the place, for Jesus had often met there with His disciples.
Jhn 18:3 Judas then, having received the Roman cohort and officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, came there with lanterns and torches and weapons.
Jhn 18:4 So Jesus, knowing all the things that were coming upon Him, went forth and said to them, "Whom do you seek?"
Jhn 18:5 They answered Him, "Jesus the Nazarene." He said to them, "I am He." And Judas also, who was betraying Him, was standing with them.
Jhn 18:6 So when He said to them, "I am He," they drew back and fell to the ground.
Jhn 18:7 Therefore He again asked them, "Whom do you seek?" And they said, "Jesus the Nazarene."
Jhn 18:8 Jesus answered, "I told you that I am He; so if you seek Me, let these go their way,"
Jhn 18:9 to fulfill the word which He spoke, "Of those whom You have given Me I lost not one."
Jhn 18:10 Simon Peter then, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's slave, and cut off his right ear; and the slave's name was Malchus.
Jhn 18:11 So Jesus said to Peter, "Put the sword into the sheath; the cup which the Father has given Me, shall I not drink it?"
Jhn 18:12 So the Roman cohort and the commander and the officers of the Jews, arrested Jesus and bound Him,
Jhn 18:13 and led Him to Annas first; for he was father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.
Jhn 18:14 Now Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that it was expedient for one man to die on behalf of the people.
Jhn 18:15 Simon Peter was following Jesus, and so was another disciple. Now that disciple was known to the high priest, and entered with Jesus into the court of the high priest,
Jhn 18:16 but Peter was standing at the door outside. So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the doorkeeper, and brought Peter in.
Jhn 18:17 Then the slave-girl who kept the door said to Peter, "You are not also one of this man's disciples, are you?" He said, "I am not."
Jhn 18:18 Now the slaves and the officers were standing there, having made a charcoal fire, for it was cold and they were warming themselves; and Peter was also with them, standing and warming himself.
Jhn 18:19 The high priest then questioned Jesus about His disciples, and about His teaching.
Jhn 18:20 Jesus answered him, "I have spoken openly to the world; I always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where all the Jews come together; and I spoke nothing in secret.
Jhn 18:21 "Why do you question Me? Question those who have heard what I spoke to them; they know what I said."
Jhn 18:22 When He had said this, one of the officers standing nearby struck Jesus, saying, "Is that the way You answer the high priest?"
Jhn 18:23 Jesus answered him, "If I have spoken wrongly, testify of the wrong; but if rightly, why do you strike Me?"
Jhn 18:24 So Annas sent Him bound to Caiaphas the high priest.
Jhn 18:25 Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. So they said to him, "You are not also one of His disciples, are you?" He denied it, and said, "I am not."
Jhn 18:26 One of the slaves of the high priest, being a relative of the one whose ear Peter cut off, said, "Did I not see you in the garden with Him?"
Jhn 18:27 Peter then denied it again, and immediately a rooster crowed.
Jhn 18:28 Then they led Jesus from Caiaphas into the Praetorium, and it was early; and they themselves did not enter into the Praetorium so that they would not be defiled, but might eat the Passover.
Jhn 18:29 Therefore Pilate went out to them and said, "What accusation do you bring against this Man?"
Jhn 18:30 They answered and said to him, "If this Man were not an evildoer, we would not have delivered Him to you."
Jhn 18:31 So Pilate said to them, "Take Him yourselves, and judge Him according to your law." The Jews said to him, "We are not permitted to put anyone to death,"
Jhn 18:32 to fulfill the word of Jesus which He spoke, signifying by what kind of death He was about to die.
Jhn 18:33 Therefore Pilate entered again into the Praetorium, and summoned Jesus and said to Him, "Are You the King of the Jews?"
Jhn 18:34 Jesus answered, "Are you saying this on your own initiative, or did others tell you about Me?"
Jhn 18:35 Pilate answered, "I am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests delivered You to me; what have You done?"
Jhn 18:36 Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, then My servants would be fighting so that I would not be handed over to the Jews; but as it is, My kingdom is not of this realm."
Jhn 18:37 Therefore Pilate said to Him, "So You are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say correctly that I am a king. For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice."
Jhn 18:38 Pilate said to Him, "What is truth?" And when he had said this, he went out again to the Jews and said to them, "I find no guilt in Him.
Jhn 18:39 "But you have a custom that I release someone for you at the Passover; do you wish then that I release for you the King of the Jews?"
Jhn 18:40 So they cried out again, saying, "Not this Man, but Barabbas." Now Barabbas was a robber.
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Jhn 19:1 Pilate then took Jesus and scourged Him.
Jhn 19:2 And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on His head, and put a purple robe on Him;
Jhn 19:3 and they began to come up to Him and say, "Hail, King of the Jews!" and to give Him slaps in the face.
Jhn 19:4 Pilate came out again and said to them, "Behold, I am bringing Him out to you so that you may know that I find no guilt in Him."
Jhn 19:5 Jesus then came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, "Behold, the Man!"
Jhn 19:6 So when the chief priests and the officers saw Him, they cried out saying, "Crucify, crucify!" Pilate said to them, "Take Him yourselves and crucify Him, for I find no guilt in Him."
Jhn 19:7 The Jews answered him, "We have a law, and by that law He ought to die because He made Himself out to be the Son of God."
Jhn 19:8 Therefore when Pilate heard this statement, he was even more afraid;
Jhn 19:9 and he entered into the Praetorium again and said to Jesus, "Where are You from?" But Jesus gave him no answer.
Jhn 19:10 So Pilate said to Him, "You do not speak to me? Do You not know that I have authority to release You, and I have authority to crucify You?"
Jhn 19:11 Jesus answered, "You would have no authority over Me, unless it had been given you from above; for this reason he who delivered Me to you has the greater sin."
Jhn 19:12 As a result of this Pilate made efforts to release Him, but the Jews cried out saying, "If you release this Man, you are no friend of Caesar; everyone who makes himself out to be a king opposes Caesar."
Jhn 19:13 Therefore when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called The Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha.
Jhn 19:14 Now it was the day of preparation for the Passover; it was about the sixth hour. And he said to the Jews, "Behold, your King!"
Jhn 19:15 So they cried out, "Away with Him, away with Him, crucify Him!" Pilate said to them, "Shall I crucify your King?" The chief priests answered, "We have no king but Caesar."
Jhn 19:16 So he then handed Him over to them to be crucified.
Jhn 19:17 They took Jesus, therefore, and He went out, bearing His own cross, to the place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha.
Jhn 19:18 There they crucified Him, and with Him two other men, one on either side, and Jesus in between.
Jhn 19:19 Pilate also wrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It was written, "JESUS THE NAZARENE, THE KING OF THE JEWS."
Jhn 19:20 Therefore many of the Jews read this inscription, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, Latin and in Greek.
Jhn 19:21 So the chief priests of the Jews were saying to Pilate, "Do not write, 'The King of the Jews'; but that He said, 'I am King of the Jews.'"
Jhn 19:22 Pilate answered, "What I have written I have written."
Jhn 19:23 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His outer garments and made four parts, a part to every soldier and also the tunic; now the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece.
Jhn 19:24 So they said to one another, "Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it, to decide whose it shall be"; this was to fulfill the Scripture: "THEY DIVIDED MY OUTER GARMENTS AMONG THEM, AND FOR MY CLOTHING THEY CAST LOTS."
Jhn 19:25 Therefore the soldiers did these things. But standing by the cross of Jesus were His mother, and His mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.
Jhn 19:26 When Jesus then saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to His mother, "Woman, behold, your son!"
Jhn 19:27 Then He said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother!" From that hour the disciple took her into his own household.
Jhn 19:28 After this, Jesus, knowing that all things had already been accomplished, to fulfill the Scripture, said, "I am thirsty."
Jhn 19:29 A jar full of sour wine was standing there; so they put a sponge full of the sour wine upon a branch of hyssop and brought it up to His mouth.
Jhn 19:30 Therefore when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, "It is finished!" And He bowed His head and gave up His spirit.
Jhn 19:31 Then the Jews, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
Jhn 19:32 So the soldiers came, and broke the legs of the first man and of the other who was crucified with Him;
Jhn 19:33 but coming to Jesus, when they saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs.
Jhn 19:34 But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out.
Jhn 19:35 And he who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true; and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe.
Jhn 19:36 For these things came to pass to fulfill the Scripture, "NOT A BONE OF HIM SHALL BE [fn]BROKEN."
Jhn 19:37 And again another Scripture says, "THEY SHALL LOOK ON HIM WHOM THEY PIERCED."
Jhn 19:38 After these things Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but a secret one for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus; and Pilate granted permission. So he came and took away His body.
Jhn 19:39 Nicodemus, who had first come to Him by night, also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds weight.
Jhn 19:40 So they took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen wrappings with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews.
Jhn 19:41 Now in the place where He was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid.
Jhn 19:42 Therefore because of the Jewish day of preparation, since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.
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Jhn 20:1 Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came early to the tomb, while it was still dark, and saw the stone already taken away from the tomb.
Jhn 20:2 So she ran and came to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and said to them, "They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid Him."
Jhn 20:3 So Peter and the other disciple went forth, and they were going to the tomb.
Jhn 20:4 The two were running together; and the other disciple ran ahead faster than Peter and came to the tomb first;
Jhn 20:5 and stooping and looking in, he saw the linen wrappings lying there; but he did not go in.
Jhn 20:6 And so Simon Peter also came, following him, and entered the tomb; and he saw the linen wrappings lying there,
Jhn 20:7 and the face-cloth which had been on His head, not lying with the linen wrappings, but rolled up in a place by itself.
Jhn 20:8 So the other disciple who had first come to the tomb then also entered, and he saw and believed.
Jhn 20:9 For as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that He must rise again from the dead.
Jhn 20:10 So the disciples went away again to their own homes.
Jhn 20:11 But Mary was standing outside the tomb weeping; and so, as she wept, she stooped and looked into the tomb;
Jhn 20:12 and she saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had been lying.
Jhn 20:13 And they said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She said to them, "Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid Him."
Jhn 20:14 When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, and did not know that it was Jesus.
Jhn 20:15 Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?" Supposing Him to be the gardener, she said to Him, "Sir, if you have carried Him away, tell me where you have laid Him, and I will take Him away."
Jhn 20:16 Jesus said to her, "Mary!" She turned and said to Him in Hebrew, "Rabboni!" (which means, Teacher).
Jhn 20:17 Jesus said to her, "Stop clinging to Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, 'I ascend to My Father and your Father, and My God and your God.'"
Jhn 20:18 Mary Magdalen came, announcing to the disciples, "I have seen the Lord," and that He had said these things to her.
Jhn 20:19 So when it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, " Peace be with you."
Jhn 20:20 And when He had said this, He showed them both His hands and His side. The disciples then rejoiced when they saw the Lord.
Jhn 20:21 So Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you; as the Father has sent Me, I also send you."
Jhn 20:22 And when He had said this, He breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit.
Jhn 20:23 "If you forgive the sins of any, their sins have been forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they have been retained."
Jhn 20:24 But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.
Jhn 20:25 So the other disciples were saying to him, "We have seen the Lord!" But he said to them, "Unless I see in His hands the imprint of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe."
Jhn 20:26 After eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors having been shut, and stood in their midst and said, "Peace be with you."
Jhn 20:27 Then He said to Thomas, "Reach here with your finger, and see My hands; and reach here your hand and put it into My side; and do not be unbelieving, but believing."
Jhn 20:28 Thomas answered and said to Him, "My Lord and my God!"
Jhn 20:29 Jesus said to him, "Because you have seen Me, have you believed? Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed."
Jhn 20:30 Therefore many other signs Jesus also performed in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book;
Jhn 20:31 but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name.
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This is holy week, and I believe it's a good time to bring this back up to the top for all to read.
The picture you see here has a special meaning to me, as I had a personal experience recently with the Lord, therefore, let me share this picture, to let you know what is on my heart.
God loves each and everyone of you, and the Lord proved it by sending Jesus to die on the cross for our sins. Thanks be to God for Jesus! Amen!
In Jesus' Love,
Valerie
Jhn 12:1 Jesus, therefore, six days before the Passover, came to Bethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.
Jhn 12:2 So they made Him a supper there, and Martha was serving; but Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with Him.
Jhn 12:3 Mary then took a pound of very costly perfume of pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped His feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
Jhn 12:4 But Judas Iscariot, one of His disciples, who was intending to betray Him, said,
Jhn 12:5 "Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and given to poor people?"
Jhn 12:6 Now he said this, not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief, and as he had the money box, he used to pilfer what was put into it.
Jhn 12:7 Therefore Jesus said, "Let her alone, so that she may keep it for the day of My burial.
Jhn 12:8 "For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me."
Jhn 12:9 The large crowd of the Jews then learned that He was there; and they came, not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might also see Lazarus, whom He raised from the dead.
Jhn 12:10 But the chief priests planned to put Lazarus to death also;
Jhn 12:11 because on account of him many of the Jews were going away and were believing in Jesus.
Jhn 12:12 On the next day the large crowd who had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
Jhn 12:13 took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet Him, and began to shout, "Hosanna! BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD, even the King of Israel."
Jhn 12:14 Jesus, finding a young donkey, sat on it; as it is written,
Jhn 12:15 "FEAR NOT, DAUGHTER OF ZION; BEHOLD, YOUR KING IS COMING, SEATED ON A DONKEY'S COLT."
Jhn 12:16 These things His disciples did not understand at the first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of Him, and that they had done these things to Him.
Jhn 12:17 So the people, who were with Him when He called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead, continued to testify about Him.
Jhn 12:18 For this reason also the people went and met Him, because they heard that He had performed this sign.
Jhn 12:19 So the Pharisees said to one another, "You see that you are not doing any good; look, the world has gone after Him."
Jhn 12:20 Now there were some Greeks among those who were going up to worship at the feast;
Jhn 12:21 these then came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and began to ask him, saying, "Sir, we wish to see Jesus."
Jhn 12:22 Philip came and told Andrew; Andrew and Philip came and told Jesus.
Jhn 12:23 And Jesus answered them, saying, "The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.
Jhn 12:24 "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
Jhn 12:25 "He who loves his life loses it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it to life eternal.
Jhn 12:26 "If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also; if anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.
Jhn 12:27 "Now My soul has become troubled; and what shall I say, 'Father, save Me from this hour'? But for this purpose I came to this hour.
Jhn 12:28 "Father, glorify Your name." Then a voice came out of heaven: "I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again."
Jhn 12:29 So the crowd of people who stood by and heard it were saying that it had thundered; others were saying, "An angel has spoken to Him."
Jhn 12:30 Jesus answered and said, "This voice has not come for My sake, but for your sakes.
Jhn 12:31 "Now judgment is upon this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out.
Jhn 12:32 "And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to Myself."
Jhn 12:33 But He was saying this to indicate the kind of death by which He was to die.
Jhn 12:34 The crowd then answered Him, "We have heard out of the Law that [fn]the Christ is to remain forever; and how can You say, 'The Son of Man must be lifted up'? Who is this Son of Man?"
Jhn 12:35 So Jesus said to them, "For a little while longer the Light is among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you; he who walks in the darkness does not know where he goes.
Jhn 12:36 "While you have the Light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of Light." These things Jesus spoke, and He went away and hid Himself from them.
Jhn 12:37 But though He had performed so many signs before them, yet they were not believing in Him.
Jhn 12:38 This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet which he spoke: "LORD, WHO HAS BELIEVED OUR REPORT? AND TO WHOM HAS THE ARM OF THE LORD BEEN REVEALED?"
Jhn 12:39 For this reason they could not believe, for Isaiah said again,
Jhn 12:40 "HE HAS BLINDED THEIR EYES AND HE HARDENED THEIR HEART, SO THAT THEY WOULD NOT SEE WITH THEIR EYES AND PERCEIVE WITH THEIR HEART, AND BE CONVERTED AND I HEAL THEM."
Jhn 12:41 These things Isaiah said because he saw His glory, and he spoke of Him.
Jhn 12:42 Nevertheless many even of the rulers believed in Him, but because of the Pharisees they were not confessing Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue;
Jhn 12:43 for they loved the approval of men rather than the approval of God.
Jhn 12:44 And Jesus cried out and said, "He who believes in Me, does not believe in Me but in Him who sent Me.
Jhn 12:45 "He who sees Me sees the One who sent Me.
Jhn 12:46 "I have come as Light into the world, so that everyone who believes in Me will not remain in darkness.
Jhn 12:47 "If anyone hears My sayings and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world.
Jhn 12:48 "He who rejects Me and does not receive My sayings, has one who judges him; the word I spoke is what will judge him at the last day.
Jhn 12:49 "For I did not speak on My own initiative, but the Father Himself who sent Me has given Me a commandment as to what to say and what to speak.
Jhn 12:50 "I know that His commandment is eternal life; therefore the things I speak, I speak just as the Father has told Me."
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Easter Bible Verses
John 11:25-26
Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. (NIV)
Romans 1:4-5
And Jesus Christ our Lord was shown to be the Son of God when God powerfully raised him from the dead by means of the Holy Spirit. Through Christ, God has given us the privilege and authority to tell Gentiles everywhere what God has done for them, so that they will believe and obey him, bringing glory to his name. (NLT)
Romans 6:8-11
Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God. In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. (NIV)
Philippians 3:10-12
I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead. Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. (NIV)
1 Peter 1:3
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead... (NIV)
Matthew 27:50-53
And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit. At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook and the rocks split. The tombs broke open and the bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. They came out of the tombs, and after Jesus' resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many people. (NIV)
Matthew 28:1-10
After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.
The angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his disciples: 'He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.' Now I have told you."
So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples. Suddenly Jesus met them. "Greetings," he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him. Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me." (NIV)
Mark 16:1-8
When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus' body. Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb and they asked each other, "Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?"
But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away. As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.
"Don't be alarmed," he said. "You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter, 'He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.' "
Trembling and bewildered, the women went out and fled from the tomb. They said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid. (NIV)
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Jhn 19:1 Pilate then took Jesus and scourged Him.
Jhn 19:2 And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on His head, and put a purple robe on Him;
Jhn 19:3 and they began to come up to Him and say, "Hail, King of the Jews!" and to give Him slaps in the face.
Jhn 19:4 Pilate came out again and said to them, "Behold, I am bringing Him out to you so that you may know that I find no guilt in Him."
Jhn 19:5 Jesus then came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, "Behold, the Man!"
Jhn 19:6 So when the chief priests and the officers saw Him, they cried out saying, "Crucify, crucify!" Pilate said to them, "Take Him yourselves and crucify Him, for I find no guilt in Him."
Jhn 19:7 The Jews answered him, "We have a law, and by that law He ought to die because He made Himself out to be the Son of God."
Jhn 19:8 Therefore when Pilate heard this statement, he was even more afraid;
Jhn 19:9 and he entered into the Praetorium again and said to Jesus, "Where are You from?" But Jesus gave him no answer.
Jhn 19:10 So Pilate said to Him, "You do not speak to me? Do You not know that I have authority to release You, and I have authority to crucify You?"
Jhn 19:11 Jesus answered, "You would have no authority over Me, unless it had been given you from above; for this reason he who delivered Me to you has the greater sin."
Jhn 19:12 As a result of this Pilate made efforts to release Him, but the Jews cried out saying, "If you release this Man, you are no friend of Caesar; everyone who makes himself out to be a king opposes Caesar."
Jhn 19:13 Therefore when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called The Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha.
Jhn 19:14 Now it was the day of preparation for the Passover; it was about the sixth hour. And he said to the Jews, "Behold, your King!"
Jhn 19:15 So they cried out, "Away with Him, away with Him, crucify Him!" Pilate said to them, "Shall I crucify your King?" The chief priests answered, "We have no king but Caesar."
Jhn 19:16 So he then handed Him over to them to be crucified.
Jhn 19:17 They took Jesus, therefore, and He went out, bearing His own cross, to the place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha.
Jhn 19:18 There they crucified Him, and with Him two other men, one on either side, and Jesus in between.
Jhn 19:19 Pilate also wrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It was written, "JESUS THE NAZARENE, THE KING OF THE JEWS."
Jhn 19:20 Therefore many of the Jews read this inscription, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, Latin and in Greek.
Jhn 19:21 So the chief priests of the Jews were saying to Pilate, "Do not write, 'The King of the Jews'; but that He said, 'I am King of the Jews.'"
Jhn 19:22 Pilate answered, "What I have written I have written."
Jhn 19:23 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His outer garments and made four parts, a part to every soldier and also the tunic; now the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece.
Jhn 19:24 So they said to one another, "Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it, to decide whose it shall be"; this was to fulfill the Scripture: "THEY DIVIDED MY OUTER GARMENTS AMONG THEM, AND FOR MY CLOTHING THEY CAST LOTS."
Jhn 19:25 Therefore the soldiers did these things. But standing by the cross of Jesus were His mother, and His mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.
Jhn 19:26 When Jesus then saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to His mother, "Woman, behold, your son!"
Jhn 19:27 Then He said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother!" From that hour the disciple took her into his own household.
Jhn 19:28 After this, Jesus, knowing that all things had already been accomplished, to fulfill the Scripture, said, "I am thirsty."
Jhn 19:29 A jar full of sour wine was standing there; so they put a sponge full of the sour wine upon a branch of hyssop and brought it up to His mouth.
Jhn 19:30 Therefore when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, "It is finished!" And He bowed His head and gave up His spirit.
Jhn 19:31 Then the Jews, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
Jhn 19:32 So the soldiers came, and broke the legs of the first man and of the other who was crucified with Him;
Jhn 19:33 but coming to Jesus, when they saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs.
Jhn 19:34 But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out.
Jhn 19:35 And he who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true; and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe.
Jhn 19:36 For these things came to pass to fulfill the Scripture, "NOT A BONE OF HIM SHALL BE BROKEN."
Jhn 19:37 And again another Scripture says, "THEY SHALL LOOK ON HIM WHOM THEY PIERCED."
Jhn 19:38 After these things Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but a secret one for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus; and Pilate granted permission. So he came and took away His body.
Jhn 19:39 Nicodemus, who had first come to Him by night, also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds weight.
Jhn 19:40 So they took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen wrappings with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews.
Jhn 19:41 Now in the place where He was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid.
Jhn 19:42 Therefore because of the Jewish day of preparation, since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.
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1: The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it
was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from
the sepulchre.
2: Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other
disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away
the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him.
3: Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulchre.
4: So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre.
5: And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in.
6: Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie,
7: And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.
8: Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed.
9: For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.
10: Then the disciples went away again unto their own home.
11: But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre,
12: And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.
13: And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto
them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they
have laid him.
14: And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.
15: Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou?
She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou
have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take
him away.
16: Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master.
17: Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my
Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my
Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
18: Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken these things unto her.
19: Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when
the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the
Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be
unto you.
20: And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord.
21: Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.
22: And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:
23: Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
24: But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.
25: The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord.
But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the
nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my
hand into his side, I will not believe.
26: And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas
with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the
midst, and said, Peace be unto you.
27: Then saith he to Thomas, reach hither thy finger, and behold my
hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be
not faithless, but believing.
28: And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.
29: Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast
believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.
30: And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book:
31: But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the
Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through
his name.
Happy Ressurection Sunday aka Easter and a very blessed day to all
Celebrate the Ressurection of our Lord Jesus with gratitude, and abundant thankfulness. For God sent His only begotten Son to die in our place, so that we could enjoy the present and future companionship of Jesus God's Son, for eternity in a place Jesus prepared for us. Soon Jesus will return to catch us up in the Rapture Flight to Heaven. Maranatha!
It was time to bump this up to the top once again for 2015.
Just in case the Rapture happens beforehand, I wanted to wish you all a blessed day. My hope is that everyone will spend more time in reading scripture during this week. These are some of the most important scripture for us, Christians, especially, of the day our lives were changed forevermore. Our Lord's willing sacrifice for sinners reconciled us to God through our Precious Lord. Jesus suffered, died, & rose again. HE'S ALIVE!!! HE'S COMING SOON!!!
Easter Sunday April 5th, we will celebrate in remembrance of the Ressurection of our Lord Jesus again this year, perhaps even in Heaven. Of course, if that is God's timing for the Ressurection of the dead in Christ, and we who are alive and in Christ, will be caught up together with the dead to meet Jesus in the Clouds; Marantaha!
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A lmighty
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T eacher
E mmanuel
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It's not what you call the day of the Lord's Ressurection, (Ressurection Sunday, or Easter Sunday) It's who you celebrate and follow as a faithful disciple. A follower of Jesus of Nazareth, one and only begotten Son of God.
It was time to bump this up to the top once again for 2017.
Just in case the Rapture happens beforehand, I wanted to take this opportunity, to wish you all a blessed day. My hope is that everyone will spend more time in reading scripture during this holy week coming up. These are some of the most important scripture for us, Christians, especially, of the day our lives were changed forevermore. Our Lord's willing sacrifice for sinners reconciled us to God through our Precious Lord. Jesus suffered, died, & rose again. HE'S ALIVE!!! HE'S COMING SOON!!!
Easter Sunday April 16th, 2017 we will celebrate in remembrance of the Ressurection of our Lord Jesus again this year, perhaps even in Heaven. Of course, if that is God's timing for the Ressurection of the dead in Christ, along with, we who are alive and in Christ, will be caught up together with the dead to meet Jesus in the Clouds; Maranatha.
Starting a few days earlier; this year our first born Granddaughter Arianna will turn 12 years old on April 9th, 2017; Palm Sunday. We hold to gather together to celebrate her day, and celebrate the remembrance of the joyous entrance of Jesus, that very day, before his crucifixion.
Then Resurrection/Easter Sunday, we celebrate the resurrection of our Lord. Thanks be to God, we always will also celebrate this day with a reminder that our little dog daisy joined our family, exactly one year ago on that very day; this Easter April 16,2017.
God Bless,
Matanatha!
Valerie
Jhn 12:1 Jesus, therefore, six days before the Passover, came to Bethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.
Jhn 12:2 So they made Him a supper there, and Martha was serving; but Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with Him.
Jhn 12:3 Mary then took a pound of very costly perfume of pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped His feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
Jhn 12:4 But Judas Iscariot, one of His disciples, who was intending to betray Him, said,
Jhn 12:5 "Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and given to poor people?"
Jhn 12:6 Now he said this, not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief, and as he had the money box, he used to pilfer what was put into it.
Jhn 12:7 Therefore Jesus said, "Let her alone, so that she may keep it for the day of My burial.
Jhn 12:8 "For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me."
Jhn 12:9 The large crowd of the Jews then learned that He was there; and they came, not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might also see Lazarus, whom He raised from the dead.
Jhn 12:10 But the chief priests planned to put Lazarus to death also;
Jhn 12:11 because on account of him many of the Jews were going away and were believing in Jesus.
Jhn 12:12 On the next day the large crowd who had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
Jhn 12:13 took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet Him, and began to shout, "Hosanna! BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD, even the King of Israel."
Jhn 12:14 Jesus, finding a young donkey, sat on it; as it is written,
Jhn 12:15 "FEAR NOT, DAUGHTER OF ZION; BEHOLD, YOUR KING IS COMING, SEATED ON A DONKEY'S COLT."
Jhn 12:16 These things His disciples did not understand at the first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of Him, and that they had done these things to Him.
Jhn 12:17 So the people, who were with Him when He called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead, continued to testify about Him.
Jhn 12:18 For this reason also the people went and met Him, because they heard that He had performed this sign.
Jhn 12:19 So the Pharisees said to one another, "You see that you are not doing any good; look, the world has gone after Him."
Jhn 12:20 Now there were some Greeks among those who were going up to worship at the feast;
Jhn 12:21 these then came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and began to ask him, saying, "Sir, we wish to see Jesus."
Jhn 12:22 Philip came and told Andrew; Andrew and Philip came and told Jesus.
Jhn 12:23 And Jesus answered them, saying, "The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.
Jhn 12:24 "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
Jhn 12:25 "He who loves his life loses it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it to life eternal.
Jhn 12:26 "If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also; if anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.
Jhn 12:27 "Now My soul has become troubled; and what shall I say, 'Father, save Me from this hour'? But for this purpose I came to this hour.
Jhn 12:28 "Father, glorify Your name." Then a voice came out of heaven: "I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again."
Jhn 12:29 So the crowd of people who stood by and heard it were saying that it had thundered; others were saying, "An angel has spoken to Him."
Jhn 12:30 Jesus answered and said, "This voice has not come for My sake, but for your sakes.
Jhn 12:31 "Now judgment is upon this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out.
Jhn 12:32 "And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to Myself."
Jhn 12:33 But He was saying this to indicate the kind of death by which He was to die.
Jhn 12:34 The crowd then answered Him, "We have heard out of the Law that [fn]the Christ is to remain forever; and how can You say, 'The Son of Man must be lifted up'? Who is this Son of Man?"
Jhn 12:35 So Jesus said to them, "For a little while longer the Light is among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you; he who walks in the darkness does not know where he goes.
Jhn 12:36 "While you have the Light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of Light." These things Jesus spoke, and He went away and hid Himself from them.
Jhn 12:37 But though He had performed so many signs before them, yet they were not believing in Him.
Jhn 12:38 This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet which he spoke: "LORD, WHO HAS BELIEVED OUR REPORT? AND TO WHOM HAS THE ARM OF THE LORD BEEN REVEALED?"
Jhn 12:39 For this reason they could not believe, for Isaiah said again,
Jhn 12:40 "HE HAS BLINDED THEIR EYES AND HE HARDENED THEIR HEART, SO THAT THEY WOULD NOT SEE WITH THEIR EYES AND PERCEIVE WITH THEIR HEART, AND BE CONVERTED AND I HEAL THEM."
Jhn 12:41 These things Isaiah said because he saw His glory, and he spoke of Him.
Jhn 12:42 Nevertheless many even of the rulers believed in Him, but because of the Pharisees they were not confessing Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue;
Jhn 12:43 for they loved the approval of men rather than the approval of God.
Jhn 12:44 And Jesus cried out and said, "He who believes in Me, does not believe in Me but in Him who sent Me.
Jhn 12:45 "He who sees Me sees the One who sent Me.
Jhn 12:46 "I have come as Light into the world, so that everyone who believes in Me will not remain in darkness.
Jhn 12:47 "If anyone hears My sayings and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world.
Jhn 12:48 "He who rejects Me and does not receive My sayings, has one who judges him; the word I spoke is what will judge him at the last day.
Jhn 12:49 "For I did not speak on My own initiative, but the Father Himself who sent Me has given Me a commandment as to what to say and what to speak.
Jhn 12:50 "I know that His commandment is eternal life; therefore the things I speak, I speak just as the Father has told Me."
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Jhn 13:1 Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus knowing that His hour had come that He would depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.
Jhn 13:2 During supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray Him,
Jhn 13:3 Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come forth from God and was going back to God,
Jhn 13:4 got up from supper, and laid aside His garments; and taking a towel, He girded Himself.
Jhn 13:5 Then He poured water into the basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded.
Jhn 13:6 So He came to Simon Peter. He said to Him, "Lord, do You wash my feet?"
Jhn 13:7 Jesus answered and said to him, "What I do you do not realize now, but you will understand hereafter."
Jhn 13:8 Peter said to Him, "Never shall You wash my feet!" Jesus answered him, "If I do not wash you, you have no part with Me."
Jhn 13:9 Simon Peter said to Him, "Lord, then wash not only my feet, but also my hands and my head."
Jhn 13:10 Jesus said to him, "He who has bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean; and you are clean, but not all of you."
Jhn 13:11 For He knew the one who was betraying Him; for this reason He said, "Not all of you are clean."
Jhn 13:12 So when He had washed their feet, and taken His garments and reclined at the table again, He said to them, "Do you know what I have done to you?
Jhn 13:13 "You call Me Teacher and Lord; and you are right, for so I am.
Jhn 13:14 "If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet.
Jhn 13:15 "For I gave you an example that you also should do as I did to you.
Jhn 13:16 "Truly, truly, I say to you, a slave is not greater than his master, nor is one who is sent greater than the one who sent him.
Jhn 13:17 "If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.
Jhn 13:18 "I do not speak of all of you. I know the ones I have chosen; but it is that the Scripture may be fulfilled, 'HE WHO EATS MY BREAD HAS LIFTED UP HIS HEEL AGAINST ME.'
Jhn 13:19 "From now on I am telling you before it comes to pass, so that when it does occur, you may believe that I am He.
Jhn 13:20 "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who receives whomever I send receives Me; and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me."
Jhn 13:21 When Jesus had said this, He became troubled in spirit, and testified and said, "Truly, truly, I say to you, that one of you will betray Me."
Jhn 13:22 The disciples began looking at one another, at a loss to know of which one He was speaking.
Jhn 13:23 There was reclining on Jesus' bosom one of His disciples, whom Jesus loved.
Jhn 13:24 So Simon Peter gestured to him, and said to him, "Tell us who it is of whom He is speaking."
Jhn 13:25 He, leaning back thus on Jesus' bosom, said to Him, "Lord, who is it?"
Jhn 13:26 Jesus then answered, "That is the one for whom I shall dip the morsel and give it to him." So when He had dipped the morsel, He took and gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.
Jhn 13:27 After the morsel, Satan then entered into him. Therefore Jesus said to him, "What you do, do quickly."
Jhn 13:28 Now no one of those reclining at the table knew for what purpose He had said this to him.
Jhn 13:29 For some were supposing, because Judas had the money box, that Jesus was saying to him, "Buy the things we have need of for the feast"; or else, that he should give something to the poor.
Jhn 13:30 So after receiving the morsel he went out immediately; and it was night.
Jhn 13:31 Therefore when he had gone out, Jesus said, "Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in Him;
Jhn 13:32 if God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify Him in Himself, and will glorify Him immediately.
Jhn 13:33 "Little children, I am with you a little while longer. You will seek Me; and as I said to the Jews, now I also say to you, 'Where I am going, you cannot come.'
Jhn 13:34 "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
Jhn 13:35 "By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another."
Jhn 13:36 Simon Peter said to Him, "Lord, where are You going?" Jesus answered, "Where I go, you cannot follow Me now; but you will follow later."
Jhn 13:37 Peter said to Him, "Lord, why can I not follow You right now? I will lay down my life for You."
Jhn 13:38 Jesus answered, "Will you lay down your life for Me? Truly, truly, I say to you, a rooster will not crow until you deny Me three times.
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Jhn 14:1 "Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me.
Jhn 14:2 "In My Father's house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.
Jhn 14:3 "If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also.
Jhn 14:4 "And you know the way where I am going."
Jhn 14:5 Thomas said to Him, "Lord, we do not know where You are going, how do we know the way?"
Jhn 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.
Jhn 14:7 "If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; from now on you know Him, and have seen Him."
Jhn 14:8 Philip said to Him, "Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us."
Jhn 14:9 Jesus said to him, "Have I been so long with you, and yet you have not come to know Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; how can you say, 'Show us the Father'?
Jhn 14:10 "Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on My own initiative, but the Father abiding in Me does His works.
Jhn 14:11 "Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me; otherwise believe because of the works themselves.
Jhn 14:12 "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do; because I go to the Father.
Jhn 14:13 "Whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
Jhn 14:14 "If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it.
Jhn 14:15 "If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
Jhn 14:16 "I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever;
Jhn 14:17 that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you.
Jhn 14:18 "I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
Jhn 14:19 " After a little while the world will no longer see Me, but you will see Me; because I live, you will live also.
Jhn 14:20 "In that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you.
Jhn 14:21 "He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will disclose Myself to him."
Jhn 14:22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, "Lord, what then has happened that You are going to disclose Yourself to us and not to the world?"
Jhn 14:23 Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our abode with him.
Jhn 14:24 "He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father's who sent Me.
Jhn 14:25 "These things I have spoken to you while abiding with you.
Jhn 14:26 "But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.
Jhn 14:27 "Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.
Jhn 14:28 "You heard that I said to you, 'I go away, and I will come to you.' If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced because I go to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.
Jhn 14:29 "Now I have told you before it happens, so that when it happens, you may believe.
Jhn 14:30 "I will not speak much more with you, for the ruler of the world is coming, and he has nothing in Me;
Jhn 14:31 but so that the world may know that I love the Father, I do exactly as the Father commanded Me. Get up, let us go from here.
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Jhn 15:1 "I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.
Jhn 15:2 "Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it so that it may bear more fruit.
Jhn 15:3 "You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.
Jhn 15:4 "Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me.
Jhn 15:5 "I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.
Jhn 15:6 "If anyone does not abide in Me, he is thrown away as a branch and dries up; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire and they are burned.
Jhn 15:7 "If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
Jhn 15:8 "My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be My disciples.
Jhn 15:9 "Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you; abide in My love.
Jhn 15:10 "If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love; just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love.
Jhn 15:11 "These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full.
Jhn 15:12 "This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you.
Jhn 15:13 "Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.
Jhn 15:14 "You are My friends if you do what I command you.
Jhn 15:15 "No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you.
Jhn 15:16 "You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you.
Jhn 15:17 "This I command you, that you love one another.
Jhn 15:18 "If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you.
Jhn 15:19 "If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you.
Jhn 15:20 "Remember the word that I said to you, 'A slave is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they kept My word, they will keep yours also.
Jhn 15:21 "But all these things they will do to you for My name's sake, because they do not know the One who sent Me.
Jhn 15:22 "If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.
Jhn 15:23 "He who hates Me hates My Father also.
Jhn 15:24 "If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would not have sin; but now they have both seen and hated Me and My Father as well.
Jhn 15:25 "But they have done this to fulfill the word that is written in their Law, 'THEY HATED ME WITHOUT A CAUSE.'
Jhn 15:26 "When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, that is the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify about Me,
Jhn 15:27 and you will testify also, because you have been with Me from the beginning.
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Time to bump up the readings for this Holy Week in the year of 2018.
Thanks be to God for sending Jesus, and paying the price in full for our sins, with painful death on the cross..
Thanks be to God for raising Jesus from the dead, with a great promise of salvation through His only begotten Son.
Thanks be to God for the ascension of Jesus to heaven, to prepare a place for us, so that we may abide with Him.
Thanks be to God for the imminent Rapture, and the coming of Lord Jesus in the clouds, to take His bride home.
Thanks be to God for each and every day, the Lord has bestowed on each on of us, for life is a gift from God.
Celebrate, the birth, life, death, Resurrection, Ascension of Jesus, and give thanks to God for Jesus.
Jesus is coming, and eternal life with the Lord, will never cease to amaze us.
Maranatha!
Valerie
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My King – He Has Risen! – He’s Alive!
Prophecy Update Videos
Published on Mar 27, 2018
My King – He Has Risen – He’s Alive
He has risen!
The very purpose of Easter is to remind us, no matter what we face today, what we’ve been through, or what uncertainties tomorrow may hold, Christ is our Hope. He conquered death, He makes all things new.
The King of Kings, and Lord of Lords - He has risen!
He has risen indeed!
He breathes new life, so that we can live…free.
You can try to bury Power, but it won’t stay there. You can try to bury Truth, but it is not dead. You can try to bury Love, but it cannot be contained.
God’s not dead. And we’re not alone. Not ever.
He lives!
May we allow that truth to soak in deep as we read these reminders from God’s Word…
He Has Risen!
“As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed. "Don't be alarmed," he said. "You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. But go, tell his disciples…'” Mark 16:5-7
“He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: ‘The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.'” Luke 24:6-7
“He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.” Matt. 28:6
“Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live,” John 11:25
“And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power.” 1 Cor. 6:14
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He Has Risen
Prophecy Update Videos
Published on Mar 27, 2018
He has risen!
The very purpose of Easter is to remind us, no matter what we face today, what we’ve been through, or what uncertainties tomorrow may hold, Christ is our Hope. He conquered death, He makes all things new.
Dear Brothers & Sisters in Christ Jesus,
Time to remember what our Lord Jesus did for us and be forever thankful for God's saving grace. We, could spend eternity with the Lord if we accept His sacrifice of laying His life down willing, for our sins & taking it up again at the Resurrection . Jesus is our blessed hope. The crucifixion, death and especially the Resurrection, along with the promise at the Lord's Ascension, we are told, that Jesus has gone to prepare a place for us. Jesus also promise that the Lord would return and will take us there. Praise God, God is good, and keeps His promises.
This year Resurrection/Easter Sunday falls on April 21, 2019, which also happens to fall on our Son Paul's and Daughter-in-Law Gloria's 18th Wedding Anniversary. Then we have the awesome "Sky blue color 21" I saw while in prayer and came to pass, on "Good Friday" April 21st 2000.
Good Friday April 21st, 2000 reconciliation for our marriage and family, which took place 19 years ago now.
Jesus died for us on the cross so that we could be reconciled to God the Father, as family. Good Friday this years lands on April 19,2019, "on the 19th, and our reconciliation was 19 years ago..interesting.
Resurrection/Easter Sunday April 21st, 2019 has to do with "resurrection", could this be our resurrection/Rapture, date, or a SIGN of the Rapture between April 18, 19, 20, 21?
Remember the Rapture will take place "when we least expect it too happen"...surely many if not most, are not expecting it to happen during the Lord's Resurrection timeline. Then again, God does work in mysterious ways and God the Father's ways are always much higher than our very own.
Perhaps, April 21st, 2019 could be the Resurrection of the "dead in Christ" first, and then we the "Living in Christ would join them on "Ascension Day" May 30th, 2019?
Next year Ascension day is on May 21, 2020...interesting
Wouldn't it be awesome, if the "Rapture" took place anytime between now and "Resurrection" Sunday April 21st or the latest May 30th 2019 Ascension Day? I'm still hoping and watching every day, even on days when many think not.
Look up our redemption draws near!!!
Maranatha,
Valerie
Miracles at the Crucifixion of Christ
Genesis Apologetics
Published on Nov 22, 2017
The Bible records five miraculous events occurred at the Crucifixion of Christ: 3 hours of darkness, an earthquake, the temple veil tearing in half, graves opening and the dead being raised to life, and the conversion of the Roman Centurion and his guards.
Time to bump this up to the top; We must remember, what Jesus has done for us. Time to reflect and spend time with the Lord, in prayer and God's Holy Word, the Bible.
God is still on the throne and in control; therefore, let us keep our eyes on Jesus. Worry for nothing, be not afraid, God is with us; therefore, we can be well assured God has not forgotten us.
Read and be blessed.
God Bless!
Valerie