May 5 / Matt. 21:12-17, Mark 11:12-19, Luke 19:45-48

Matthew 21:12-17, Mark 11:12-19, and Luke 19:45-48 Yesterday’s pictorial image was well received, so here’s another – a close-up of the Temple. The Chronological Study Bible indicates that the full Temple was 500 yards long and 325 yards wide. Inside that larger Temple was another structure measuring 150 yards by 100 yards. To the lower …

May 3 / Matt. 21:1-11, Mark 11:1-11

Matthew 21:1-11 and Mark 11:1-11 Did you ever finally come to a realization of something that was totally obvious? This whole Palm Sunday scenario… My Study Bible pointed out that with Jesus’ actions in both Matthew and Mark Jesus is being Messianic Himself. He knows that His time has come and He knows that His …

May 2021 Readings

Date Reading(s) Verses 01-May Luke 19:1-27 27 02-May John 12:1-19 19 03-May Matt. 21:1-11, Mark 11:1-11 22 04-May Luke 19:28-44 17 05-May Matt. 21:12-17, Mark 11:12-19, Luke 19:45-48 18 06-May Matt. 21:18-32 15 07-May Mark 11:20-33, Luke 20:1-8 22 08-May Matt. 21:33-46 14 09-May Matt. 22:1-22 22 10-May Mark 12:1-17 17 11-May Luke 20:9-26 18 …

April 30 / Matt. 20:29-34, Mark 10:46-52, Luke 18:35-43

Matthew 20:29-34, Mark 10:46-52, and Luke 18:35-43 And all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God. (Luke 18:43b) Two years ago we read these three passages on three consecutive days, and on the second day, Mark’s version, I commented on the crowd’s reaction to Bartimaeus begging Jesus to be healed. See the …

April 29 / Matt. 20:17-28, Mark 10:32-45, Luke 18:31-34

Matthew 20:17-28, Mark 10:32-45, and Luke 18:31-34 We have some chronological problems with today’s setting. From yesterday’s reading, John 11:54 puts Jesus in a city called Ephraim; scholars put that city some 15 miles north or northwest from Jerusalem. So what is the mother of James and John doing this far south from Capernaum (some …