December 2 / Mark 15:21-32

Mark 15:21-32 Let’s continue to pray for Jim and Marty. “Notice what you notice.” And they offered Him wine mixed with myrrh, but He did not take it. (v. 23) A couple of reflections on this verse, in part because this one verse is translated quite differently in various translations. The NASB has it as …

December 1 / Matt. 27:32-44

Matthew 27:32-44 Let’s continue to pray for Jim and Marty. “Notice what you notice.” December! So much in today’s reading… Let’s begin here: So also the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked him, saying… (v. 41a) I was initially intrigued by how many were mocking Jesus. Matthew reports the passersby, the Jewish leaders, …