Matthew tells us that Jesus, who seemed amazingly composed during all the days leading to His arrest and crucifixion, “began to be grieved and distressed” in Gethsemane. Why the sudden change?
Todays Scripture: Matthew 26:33-38
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When Judas saw that Jesus was condemned, he took action to absolve himself of his guilt. But did he repent?
Todays Scripture: Matthew 27:1-5
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Matthew recorded that Judas hung himself, but Luke reported in the book of Acts that Judas fell in his purchased field and died a gruesome death. How can this contradiction be reconciled?
Todays Scripture: Matthew 27:5-10
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Jesus prayed for those who impaled them, and that example is often portrayed as one we should always imitate. There was, however, a special reason that Jesus prayed specifically for them.
Todays Scripture: Matthew 27:38-42
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David takes an excursion to the 22nd Psalm, penned hundreds of years before crucifixion was implemented as a means of capital punishment. It amazingly details Jesus’ sufferings as He died on the cross.
Todays Scripture: Matthew 27:36-37
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Matthew tells us that Jesus refused the wine mixed with gall that was offered to Him just prior to His crucifixion. What is gall? Why the refusal?
Todays Scripture: Matthew 27:33-35
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By telling His sympathizers not to weep for Him but for themselves and their chidden, and by referencing the coming day of God’s great wrath, Jesus gave us some insight into what He was thinking about as He made His way to Golgotha.
Todays Scripture: Matthew 27:32
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Being a very popular prophet, Jesus had no shortage of sympathizers who lined the streets of Jerusalem as He passed their way towards His crucifixion. Amazingly, He told some of those sympathizers not to weep for Him, but to weep for themselves and their children. Why?
Todays Scripture: Matthew 27:32
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Given the right set of circumstances, your neighbors would abuse you just like the Roman soldiers abused Christ. Why is that?
Todays Scripture: Matthew 27:24-31
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Offering the Jews the choice of releasing Jesus or Barabbas, Pilate made one last attempt to save Jesus’ life. But like his other attempts, this one also failed.
Todays Scripture: Matthew 27:15-23
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