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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – Luke 23:47-49 Truly this was a righteous man
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 23:47-49 47 When the centurion saw what had happened, he began to praise God, saying, “Truly this was a righteous man.” 48 When all the crowds who had gathered to see this spectacle saw what had happened, they beat their breasts as they returned home. Matthew (27:54) tells us that […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 23:44-46 the curtain of the temple was torn down the middle
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 23:44-46 44 It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour, 45 because the sun’s light failed. The Gospels tell us that darkness fell from the sixth until the ninth hour. Since the hours were reckoned from dawn, this corresponds to […]
God’s Word for You – Colossians 3:7-8 rid yourselves of all such things
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU COLOSSIANS 3:7-8 7 Once you walked in these ways, in the life you once lived. 8 But now, you must rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. Is Paul talking to Christians? Of course he is. Let’s look at the […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 23:39-43 today you will be with me in paradise
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 23:39-43 39 One of the criminals hanging there derided him: “Aren’t you the Christ? Save yourself and us!” 40 But the other one rebuked him. “Don’t you fear God,” he said, “since you are under the same sentence? 41 We’re condemned justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 23:38 THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 23:38 38 There was a superscription above him which read: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. This epigraph (Greek ἐπιγραϕὴ) or superscription is a little different in each of the four Gospels. Matthew has: “This is Jesus, the King of the Jews” (Matthew 27:37). Mark has: “The King of […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 23:36-37 They came up and offered him their cheap wine
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 23:36-37 36 The soldiers also mocked him. They came up and offered him their cheap wine 37 and said, “If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself.” Jesus was offered wine to drink three times while on the cross. The first was wine mixed with gall, which he […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 23:35 the rulers made fun of him
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 23:35 35 The people stood by watching. In addition, the rulers made fun of him. They said, “He saved others; let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.” Luke presents two groups in this verse. One is the general crowd of people who undoubtedly […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 23:34 Father, forgive them
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 23:34 I use a capital “E” to remember the order (more or less) of the Seven Words or things Jesus spoke from the cross. The first, middle, and last items were spoken to God (these form the bars of the E-shape). The others were spoken to people around the cross, […]
God’s Word for You – Colossians 3:5-6 sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, and coveting
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU COLOSSIANS 3:5-6 5 Therefore, put to death your earthly parts: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, and coveting (which is idolatry). 6 Because of these, the wrath of God is coming down on those who are disobedient. “Therefore” in verse 5 has confused some readers. It points back to what was […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 23:32-33 they crucified him
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 23:32-33 32 They led out other men with him, two criminals, to be executed. When were these men tried? Were they held in custody until such time as there were enough men to be crucified that it would be worth the trouble to take them out? Luke doesn’t even mention […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 23:27-31 Daughters of Jerusalem
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 23:27-31 27 A large crowd of people followed him, including women who were mourning and wailing for him. 28 Jesus turned and said to them…, It takes no imagination at all to realize that most of the crowd that followed Jesus through the streets and out to Golgotha were the […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 23:26 They placed the cross on him
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 23:26 The Crucifixion 26 As they led him away, they seized a man, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country. They placed the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus. Executions were supposed to happen outside the city (Leviticus 24:14; Numbers 15:35). So we […]