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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Today’s reading makes it crystal clear that Jesus went to the cross voluntarily and that He could have escaped it had He so decided.
Todays Scripture: Matthew 26:53-56
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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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Standing before the Jewish Sanhedrin, Jesus kept silent before His accusers until the high priest urged Him by the highest authority, who, unknown to Him, was the very one on trial.
Todays Scripture: Matthew 26:57-64
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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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When Jesus quoted from the prophet Daniel before the Sanhedrin, they had no doubts whatsoever that He was claiming to be the Messiah. To them, Jesus was guilty of blasphemy.
Todays Scripture: Matthew 26:64-68
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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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When Peter denied knowing Jesus for the third time, Luke tells us that he was within eyeshot of Jesus, who then looked at Peter but said nothing. Even though Peter proved to be a fair-weather friend, the grace of God was still at work.
Todays Scripture: Matthew 26:58, 69-75
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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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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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