Monday, June 22, 2015
Chronological New Testament Study Day 33
Luke 18:15-43; Luke 19
15 People were also bringing babies to Jesus to have him
touch them. When the disciples saw this, they rebuked them. 16 But
Jesus called the children to him and said, "Let the little children come
to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as
these. 17 I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive
the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it." 18 A
certain ruler asked him, "Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal
life?" 19 "Why do you call me good?" Jesus
answered. "No one is good--except God alone. 20 You know
the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not
give false testimony, honor your father and mother.' " 21"All
these I have kept since I was a boy," he said. 22 When
Jesus heard this, he said to him, "You still lack one thing. Sell
everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven.
Then come, follow me." 23 When he heard this, he became
very sad, because he was a man of great wealth.24 Jesus looked at
him and said, "How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of
God! 25 Indeed, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye
of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."26 Those
who heard this asked, "Who then can be saved?" 27 Jesus
replied, "What is impossible with men is possible with God." 28 Peter
said to him, "We have left all we had to follow you!" 29 "I
tell you the truth," Jesus said to them, "no one who has left home or
wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of
God 30 will fail to receive many times as much in this age
and, in the age to come, eternal life." 31 Jesus took the
Twelve aside and told them, "We are going up to Jerusalem, and everything
that is written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled. 32 He
will be handed over to the Gentiles. They will mock him, insult him, spit on
him, flog him and kill him. 33 On the third day he will rise
again." 34 The disciples did not understand any of this.
Its meaning was hidden from them, and they did not know what he was talking
about. 35 As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting
by the roadside begging. 36 When he heard the crowd going by,
he asked what was happening. 37 They told him, "Jesus of
Nazareth is passing by." 38 He called out, "Jesus,
Son of David, have mercy on me!" 39 Those who led the way
rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, "Son of
David, have mercy on me!" 40 Jesus stopped and ordered
the man to be brought to him. When he came near, Jesus asked him, 41 "What
do you want me to do for you?" "Lord, I want to see," he
replied. 42 Jesus said to him, "Receive your sight; your
faith has healed you." 43Immediately he received his sight and
followed Jesus, praising God. When all the people saw it, they also praised
God.
1 Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. 2 A
man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was
wealthy. 3 He wanted to see who Jesus was, but being a short
man he could not, because of the crowd. 4 So he ran ahead and
climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way. 5 When
Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, come
down immediately. I must stay at your house today." 6 So
he came down at once and welcomed him gladly. 7 All the people
saw this and began to mutter, "He has gone to be the guest of a 'sinner.'
" 8 But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord,
"Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and
if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the
amount." 9 Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has
come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. 10 For
the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost." 11 While
they were listening to this, he went on to tell them a parable, because he was
near Jerusalem and the people thought that the kingdom of God was going to
appear at once. 12 He said: "A man of noble birth went to
a distant country to have himself appointed king and then to return. 13 So
he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas. 'Put this money to
work,' he said, 'until I come back.' 14 "But his subjects
hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, 'We don't want this man to be
our king.' 15"He was made king, however, and returned home.
Then he sent for the servants to whom he had given the money, in order to find
out what they had gained with it. 16 "The first one came
and said, 'Sir, your mina has earned ten more.' 17 " 'Well
done, my good servant!' his master replied. 'Because you have been trustworthy
in a very small matter, take charge of ten cities.' 18 "The
second came and said, 'Sir, your mina has earned five more.' 19 "His
master answered, 'You take charge of five cities.' 20 "Then
another servant came and said, 'Sir, here is your mina; I have kept it laid
away in a piece of cloth. 21 I was afraid of you, because you
are a hard man. You take out what you did not put in and reap what you did not
sow.' 22 "His master replied, 'I will judge you by your
own words, you wicked servant! You knew, did you, that I am a hard man, taking
out what I did not put in, and reaping what I did not sow?23 Why
then didn't you put my money on deposit, so that when I came back, I could have
collected it with interest?' 24 "Then he said to those
standing by, 'Take his mina away from him and give it to the one who has ten
minas.' 25 " 'Sir,' they said, 'he already has
ten!' 26 "He replied, 'I tell you that to everyone who
has, more will be given, but as for the one who has nothing, even what he has
will be taken away. 27 But those enemies of mine who did not
want me to be king over them--bring them here and kill them in front of me.'
" 28 After Jesus had said this, he went on ahead, going
up to Jerusalem.29 As he approached Bethphage and Bethany at the
hill called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, saying to
them, 30 "Go to the village ahead of you, and as you
enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie
it and bring it here. 31 If anyone asks you, 'Why are you
untying it?' tell him, 'The Lord needs it.' " 32 Those
who were sent ahead went and found it just as he had told them. 33 As
they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, "Why are you untying
the colt?" 34 They replied, "The Lord needs
it." 35 They brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks on
the colt and put Jesus on it. 36 As he went along, people
spread their cloaks on the road. 37 When he came near the
place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of
disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they
had seen: 38 "Blessed is the king who comes in the name
of the Lord!" "Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!" 39 Some
of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, "Teacher, rebuke your
disciples!" 40 "I tell you," he replied,
"if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out." 41 As
he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it 42and
said, "If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you
peace--but now it is hidden from your eyes. 43 The days will
come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and
encircle you and hem you in on every side. 44 They will dash
you to the ground, you and the children within your walls. They will not leave
one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of God's coming to
you." 45 Then he entered the temple area and began
driving out those who were selling. 46 "It is
written," he said to them, " 'My house will be a house of prayer';
but you have made it 'a den of robbers.' " 47 Every day
he was teaching at the temple. But the chief priests, the teachers of the law
and the leaders among the people were trying to kill him. 48 Yet
they could not find any way to do it, because all the people hung on his words.
Revelation 14
Revelation 14 (New International Version, ©2010)
Revelation 14
The Lamb and the 144,000
1 Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads. 2 And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of rushing waters and like a loud peal of thunder. The sound I heard was like that of harpists playing their harps. 3 And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth. 4 These are those who did not defile themselves with women, for they remained virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were purchased from among mankind and offered as firstfruits to God and the Lamb. 5 No lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless.
The Three Angels
6 Then I saw another angel flying in midair, and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth—to every nation, tribe, language and people. 7 He said in a loud voice, "Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs of water."
8 A second angel followed and said, "'Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great,'[a] which made all the nations drink the maddening wine of her adulteries."
9 A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice: "If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives its mark on their forehead or on their hand, 10 they, too, will drink the wine of God's fury, which has been poured full strength into the cup of his wrath. They will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. 11 And the smoke of their torment will rise for ever and ever. There will be no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name." 12 This calls for patient endurance on the part of the people of God who keep his commands and remain faithful to Jesus.
13 Then I heard a voice from heaven say, "Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on." "Yes," says the Spirit, "they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them."
Harvesting the Earth and Trampling the Winepress
14 I looked, and there before me was a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was one like a son of man[b] with a crown of gold on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. 15 Then another angel came out of the temple and called in a loud voice to him who was sitting on the cloud, "Take your sickle and reap, because the time to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is ripe." 16 So he who was seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.
17 Another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle. 18 Still another angel, who had charge of the fire, came from the altar and called in a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, "Take your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the earth's vine, because its grapes are ripe." 19 The angel swung his sickle on the earth, gathered its grapes and threw them into the great winepress of God's wrath. 20 They were trampled in the winepress outside the city, and blood flowed out of the press, rising as high as the horses' bridles for a distance of 1,600 stadia.
Revelation 14
The Lamb and the 144,000
1 Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads. 2 And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of rushing waters and like a loud peal of thunder. The sound I heard was like that of harpists playing their harps. 3 And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth. 4 These are those who did not defile themselves with women, for they remained virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were purchased from among mankind and offered as firstfruits to God and the Lamb. 5 No lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless.
The Three Angels
6 Then I saw another angel flying in midair, and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth—to every nation, tribe, language and people. 7 He said in a loud voice, "Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs of water."
8 A second angel followed and said, "'Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great,'[a] which made all the nations drink the maddening wine of her adulteries."
9 A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice: "If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives its mark on their forehead or on their hand, 10 they, too, will drink the wine of God's fury, which has been poured full strength into the cup of his wrath. They will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. 11 And the smoke of their torment will rise for ever and ever. There will be no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name." 12 This calls for patient endurance on the part of the people of God who keep his commands and remain faithful to Jesus.
13 Then I heard a voice from heaven say, "Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on." "Yes," says the Spirit, "they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them."
Harvesting the Earth and Trampling the Winepress
14 I looked, and there before me was a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was one like a son of man[b] with a crown of gold on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. 15 Then another angel came out of the temple and called in a loud voice to him who was sitting on the cloud, "Take your sickle and reap, because the time to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is ripe." 16 So he who was seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.
17 Another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle. 18 Still another angel, who had charge of the fire, came from the altar and called in a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, "Take your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the earth's vine, because its grapes are ripe." 19 The angel swung his sickle on the earth, gathered its grapes and threw them into the great winepress of God's wrath. 20 They were trampled in the winepress outside the city, and blood flowed out of the press, rising as high as the horses' bridles for a distance of 1,600 stadia.
Acts 28
Acts 28 (New International Version)
Acts 28
Paul Ashore on Malta
1 Once safely on shore, we found out that the island was called Malta. 2 The islanders showed us unusual kindness. They built a fire and welcomed us all because it was raining and cold. 3 Paul gathered a pile of brushwood and, as he put it on the fire, a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself on his hand. 4 When the islanders saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said to each other, "This man must be a murderer; for though he escaped from the sea, the goddess Justice has not allowed him to live." 5 But Paul shook the snake off into the fire and suffered no ill effects. 6 The people expected him to swell up or suddenly fall dead; but after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.
7 There was an estate nearby that belonged to Publius, the chief official of the island. He welcomed us to his home and showed us generous hospitality for three days. 8 His father was sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him and, after prayer, placed his hands on him and healed him. 9 When this had happened, the rest of the sick on the island came and were cured. 10 They honored us in many ways; and when we were ready to sail, they furnished us with the supplies we needed.
Paul's Arrival at Rome
11 After three months we put out to sea in a ship that had wintered in the island—it was an Alexandrian ship with the figurehead of the twin gods Castor and Pollux. 12 We put in at Syracuse and stayed there three days. 13 From there we set sail and arrived at Rhegium. The next day the south wind came up, and on the following day we reached Puteoli. 14 There we found some brothers and sisters who invited us to spend a week with them. And so we came to Rome. 15 The brothers and sisters there had heard that we were coming, and they traveled as far as the Forum of Appius and the Three Taverns to meet us. At the sight of these people Paul thanked God and was encouraged. 16 When we got to Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself, with a soldier to guard him.
Paul Preaches at Rome Under Guard
17 Three days later he called together the local Jewish leaders. When they had assembled, Paul said to them: "My brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or against the customs of our ancestors, I was arrested in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans. 18 They examined me and wanted to release me, because I was not guilty of any crime deserving death. 19 The Jews objected, so I was compelled to make an appeal to Caesar. I certainly did not intend to bring any charge against my own people. 20 For this reason I have asked to see you and talk with you. It is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain."
21 They replied, "We have not received any letters from Judea concerning you, and none of our people who have come from there has reported or said anything bad about you. 22 But we want to hear what your views are, for we know that people everywhere are talking against this sect."
23 They arranged to meet Paul on a certain day, and came in even larger numbers to the place where he was staying. He witnessed to them from morning till evening, explaining about the kingdom of God, and from the Law of Moses and from the Prophets he tried to persuade them about Jesus. 24 Some were convinced by what he said, but others would not believe. 25 They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: "The Holy Spirit spoke the truth to your ancestors when he said through Isaiah the prophet:
26 "'Go to this people and say,
"You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving."
27 For this people's heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts
and turn, and I would heal them.'[a]
28 "Therefore I want you to know that God's salvation has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen!" [29] [b]
30 For two whole years Paul stayed there in his own rented house and welcomed all who came to see him. 31 He proclaimed the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ—with all boldness and without hindrance!
Acts 28
Paul Ashore on Malta
1 Once safely on shore, we found out that the island was called Malta. 2 The islanders showed us unusual kindness. They built a fire and welcomed us all because it was raining and cold. 3 Paul gathered a pile of brushwood and, as he put it on the fire, a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself on his hand. 4 When the islanders saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said to each other, "This man must be a murderer; for though he escaped from the sea, the goddess Justice has not allowed him to live." 5 But Paul shook the snake off into the fire and suffered no ill effects. 6 The people expected him to swell up or suddenly fall dead; but after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.
7 There was an estate nearby that belonged to Publius, the chief official of the island. He welcomed us to his home and showed us generous hospitality for three days. 8 His father was sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him and, after prayer, placed his hands on him and healed him. 9 When this had happened, the rest of the sick on the island came and were cured. 10 They honored us in many ways; and when we were ready to sail, they furnished us with the supplies we needed.
Paul's Arrival at Rome
11 After three months we put out to sea in a ship that had wintered in the island—it was an Alexandrian ship with the figurehead of the twin gods Castor and Pollux. 12 We put in at Syracuse and stayed there three days. 13 From there we set sail and arrived at Rhegium. The next day the south wind came up, and on the following day we reached Puteoli. 14 There we found some brothers and sisters who invited us to spend a week with them. And so we came to Rome. 15 The brothers and sisters there had heard that we were coming, and they traveled as far as the Forum of Appius and the Three Taverns to meet us. At the sight of these people Paul thanked God and was encouraged. 16 When we got to Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself, with a soldier to guard him.
Paul Preaches at Rome Under Guard
17 Three days later he called together the local Jewish leaders. When they had assembled, Paul said to them: "My brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or against the customs of our ancestors, I was arrested in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans. 18 They examined me and wanted to release me, because I was not guilty of any crime deserving death. 19 The Jews objected, so I was compelled to make an appeal to Caesar. I certainly did not intend to bring any charge against my own people. 20 For this reason I have asked to see you and talk with you. It is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain."
21 They replied, "We have not received any letters from Judea concerning you, and none of our people who have come from there has reported or said anything bad about you. 22 But we want to hear what your views are, for we know that people everywhere are talking against this sect."
23 They arranged to meet Paul on a certain day, and came in even larger numbers to the place where he was staying. He witnessed to them from morning till evening, explaining about the kingdom of God, and from the Law of Moses and from the Prophets he tried to persuade them about Jesus. 24 Some were convinced by what he said, but others would not believe. 25 They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: "The Holy Spirit spoke the truth to your ancestors when he said through Isaiah the prophet:
26 "'Go to this people and say,
"You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving."
27 For this people's heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts
and turn, and I would heal them.'[a]
28 "Therefore I want you to know that God's salvation has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen!" [29] [b]
30 For two whole years Paul stayed there in his own rented house and welcomed all who came to see him. 31 He proclaimed the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ—with all boldness and without hindrance!
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