Category: John
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A Study in Contrasts
John 19:1 “Then Pilate took Jesus and flogged him.” Often the Lord uses similes and metaphors to teach us in His Word. For example, He tells us He’s like a Great Shepherd, a Great Physician, and a protector who wants to shelter His people like a hen gathers her chicks under her wings. However, God also…
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Seeing Him
John 16:16 “after a little while, you will see me.” In the verse above, Jesus is speaking to His apostles just before His trial and death. Of course, in its context, Jesus was telling them that He was soon going to be killed, but that in a little while – just three days – they…
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Victory!
John 20:19-20 “On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, ‘Peace be with you.’ When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw…
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The Great Gulf
John 20:17 “Jesus said to her, ‘Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, “I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.”’” Do we have the slightest comprehension of the great gulf there is between heaven and…
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Holy Recognition
John 20:15-16 “Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?’ Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, ‘Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.’ Jesus said to her, ‘Mary.’ She turned and said to…
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Come and See!
John 20:1-4 “Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them,…
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The Risen One!
John 20:1-2 “Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them,…
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The Timid Ones
John 19:38-42 “After these things Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave him permission. So he came and took away his body. Nicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus by night,…
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Thirst!
John 19:28-30 “After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), ‘I thirst.’ A jar full of sour wine stood there, so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it to his mouth. When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said,…