Date Reading(s) Verses 01-Jul Acts 1:1-26 26 02-Jul Acts 2:1-47 47 03-Jul Acts 3:1-26 26 04-Jul Acts 4:1-37 37 05-Jul Acts 5:1-42 42 06-Jul Acts 6:1-15 15 07-Jul Acts 7:1-38 38 08-Jul Acts 7:39-60 22 09-Jul Acts 8:1-40 40 10-Jul Acts 9:1-19 19 11-Jul Acts 9:20-43 24 12-Jul Acts 10:1-23 23 13-Jul Acts 10:24-48 25 …
Author Archives: Fred
June 30 / John 21:1-25
John 21:1-25 This “love” interaction between Jesus and Peter in verses 15 to 17 is confusing on first read – and on many additional reads – unless you know the Greek behind the word “love”. In the first two questions that Jesus poses to Peter He uses the word “agape” for “love”; in His third …
June 29 / Luke 24:36-53
Luke 24:36-53 Today’s reading is a continuation of the Road to Emmaus, with the two disciples having reported to the eleven about their meeting with Jesus. Luke’s account of Jesus’ appearance in the Upper Room is consistent with John 20:19-23, except that John reports that Thomas had not been present – John then follows up …
June 28 / John 20:11-31
John 20:11-31 Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name. (vv. 30-31) For the past …
June 27 / Luke 24:13-35
I hope you’ll read through my comments from 2019 in the links below. This “Road to Emmaus” event is one of my favorite Scripture stories! But their eyes were kept from recognizing Him. (v. 16) I wonder at what Jesus looked like in His resurrected body. We will read tomorrow about Mary Magdalene also not recognizing …
June 26 / Luke 24:1-12, John 20:1-10
Luke 24:1-12 and John 20:1-10 Matthew and Mark have one angel at the tomb, Luke reports two “men…in dazzling apparel”, while John has no mention of angels. Different accounts arising from different people reporting to the gospel writers – except for John who was (supposedly) reporting first-hand… What to make of that? Draw your own …
June 25 / Mark 16:1-20
Mark 16:1-20 Carol and I are out in Maryland for the next many days with our daughter, Nancy, and her family (including two grandkids), so my early-morning posts will probably be set aside for the next week or so. Two years ago we spread these twenty resurrection verses from Mark’s gospel over five readings; check …
June 24 / Matt. 28:1-20
Matthew 28:1-20 Two years ago we had 32 days of Jesus’ Passion and 18 days of His Resurrection. This year we have 18 days of His Passion and 7 days of His Resurrection. I will forever treasure our 2019 walk through the gospels! Somehow I had always imagined that the guards had already gone to …
June 23 / Luke 23:50-56, John 19:38-42
Luke 23:50-56 and John 19:38-42 Today we end Jesus’ Passion with His burial. John, alone, tells us of Nicodemus joining Joseph of Arimathea in placing Jesus’ body in the tomb. This is the third account of Nicodemus in John’s gospel. We all know of his long discourse with Jesus back in chapter 3, but he …
June 22 / Mark 15:21-47
Mark 15:21-47 With more than a dozen days of postings on Jesus’ crucifixion and burial this year and in 2019 it’s hard for me to find something new to say. Even today I find that yesterday I posted on Joseph of Arimathea some of the same things I covered in 2019. But I am always …