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God’s word brings understanding
Posted in Psalms, tagged God's word, Power of God's word, Psalm 119:130 on April 21, 2024|
Songs of Ascent
Posted in Passover, Psalms, tagged Passover, Pesach, Songs of Ascent, The Hallel on April 14, 2024|
Read Psalm 118:26. The Songs of Ascent, which were sung during the Ascent up to Jerusalem for the feasts which occurred 3 times per year, consist of Psalms 113 to 118, which were definitely sung during Passover season as the pilgrims came up over the Mount of Olives and back down toward the city of Jerusalem. Once they crested the top of the Mount of Olives, they would have seen the splendor of the Temple before them. The songs would have been on everyone’s mind. “Hosanna!” means “O Save!”
- What does Deuteronomy 16:16 say about the requirement of the people to come to the temple in Jerusalem?
- Copy the following portions of Hallel Psalms to give you an idea of what the people would have been singing and thinking about as they entered Jerusalem at this time of year.
Psalm 113:2
Psalm 113:4-6
Psalm 115:9
Psalm 116:1-2
Psalm 116:12-14
Psalm 117
Psalm 118:19-21
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He is King!
Posted in Psalms, tagged Adonai Elyon, God is the King, Psalm 47 on April 14, 2024|
Matthew 28
Posted in Easter, Matthew, tagged Bible Study Matthew 28, Easter Sunday, Empty tomb, Resurrection Sunday on May 18, 2023|
Read Matthew Chapter 28
1. What happened the day after the Sabbath according to Matthew 28:1-4?
2. What did the angel say to the women according to Matthew 28:5-7?
3. Who appeared to the women as they went to tell the disciples what they learned at the tomb according to Matthew 28:9-10? What did He say?
4. What happened with regard to the chief priests and elders in Matthew 28:11-15?
5. Where did the disciples go according to Matthew 28:16? Why?
6. What was their reaction when they saw Jesus according to Matthew 28:17?
7. Review the resurrection in the other gospels and note things that Matthew does not record.
8. Copy Jesus’ statement to them from Matthew 28:18-20. Meditate on this. Record your thoughts and impressions.
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Matthew 27 (Part 2)
Posted in Matthew, tagged Bible Study Crucifixion of Messiah, Bible Study Matthew 27, Matthew 27 on May 11, 2023|
Read Matthew Chapter 27:15 to 65
1. What is Pilate’s question to the chief priests and elders in Matthew 27:22? What is their response?
2. What further question does Pilate ask in Matthew 27:23? What is the response?
3.What does Pilate do in Matthew 27:24? Why?
4. What is the response of the people?
5. What did Pilate do next according to Matthew 27:26? What happened to Jesus?
6. Where was Jesus taken according to Matthew 27:27
7. What was a praetorium? Where was the praetorium located in Jerusalem?
8. What happened to Jesus according to the following verses?
Matthew 27:28
Matthew 27:29
Matthew 27:30
Matthew 27:31
9. What happened as they led Jesus to be crucified according to Matthew 27:32?
Going deeper: What authority existed for the Romans to compel Simon the Cyrene to carry Jesus’ cross.
10. Where did they take Jesus according to Matthew 27:33?
Going deeper: Where was the site of the crucifixion located? Be sure to note the source of your information.
11. What did they give to Jesus according to Matthew 27:34? What was Jesus’ response?
12. What did they do with his clothing according to Matthew 27:35?
13. What do you learn from Psalm 22:18?
14. What were they doing according to Matthew 27:36?
15. What “accusation” was written over Jesus’ head according to Matthew 27:37?
16. In what languages was the inscription written according to John 19:20?
17. What was the reaction of the Chief priests to the inscription according to John 19:21? How does Pilate respond in John 20:22?
18. Who was crucified alongside of Jesus according to Matthew 27:38?
19. What were those who passed by doing according to Matthew 27:39-40?
20. Who else was mocking Jesus according to Matthew 27:41-44? What were they saying?
21. What happened according to Matthew 27:45?
Going deeper: What is the sixth hour? The ninth hour?
22. What does Jesus say according to Matthew 27:46? What does it mean?
23. Copy Psalm 22:1. Meditate on this. Record your thoughts and impressions in light of Matthew 27:46.
24. What did they think Jesus was saying according to Matthew 27:47?
25. What did they do according to Matthew 27:48?
26. What was the response of others in Matthew 27:49?
27. What was Jesus’ last act from the cross according to Matthew 27:50?
28. What happened after that according to Matthew 27:51-53?
29. What was the reaction of the Centurion and those with him according to Matthew 27:54?
30. What do you learn from Matthew 27:55-56?
31. Who came to Pilate in the evening to ask for the body of Jesus according to Matthew 27:57-58?
Going deeper: Who was Joseph of Arimathea?
32. What did Joseph do with Jesus’ body according to Matthew 27:59-60?
33. Who else was there according to Matthew 27:61?
34. What happened the next day according to Matthew 27:62-66?
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Matthew 27 (Part 1)
Posted in Matthew, tagged Bible Study Matthew, Jesus and Pilate, Matthew Chapter 27, Trial of Jesus on March 30, 2023|
Read Matthew Chapter 27
1. What is the time frame of Matthew 27:1?
2. What did the chief priests and elders do according to Matthew 27:1? Why?
3. What do they do to Jesus according to Matthew 27:2?
4. Who is Pilate? Record what you learn about his rule, his reputation and his demise?
Going deeper: Why was it necessary for the Jewish leaders to take Jesus to Pilate?
5. What happens to Judas according to Matthew 27:3?
6. What does Judas tell the chief priests and elders in Matthew 27:4? How do they respond?
7. What does Judas do with the coins according to Matthew 27:5? Where does he go?
8. What is the response of the chief priests according to Matthew 27:6-8?
Going deeper: Where is the traditional site of the potter’s field (field of blood) located in Israel?
9. What do you learn from the following scriptures:
Jeremiah 18:1-19
Jeremiah 32:9-15
Zechariah 11:12-13
10. What do you learn from Matthew 27:9-10?
11. Where is Jesus in Matthew 27:11? Who is the governor?
12. What does the governor ask Jesus according to Matthew 27:11? What is Jesus’ response?
13. What does Pilate say to Jesus in Matthew 27:13-14? What is Jesus’ response? What is Pilate’s reaction?
14. What do you learn from the following verses?
Matthew 27:15
Matthew 27:16
Matthew 27:17
Matthew 27:18
Matthew 27:19
Matthew 27:20
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Matthew 26 (Part 5)
Posted in Matthew, tagged Bible Study in Matthew, Matthew 26, Peter's denial, Trial of Jesus on March 23, 2023|
Read Matthew Chapter 26:57 to the end.
1. What was different about this questioning from the earlier questioning? How do you think that affected Jesus’ decision to answer?
2. What was Jesus response in Matthew 26:64?
3. What was the High Priest’s response in Matthew 26:65? What was the meaning of this response?
4. What do you learn from Leviticus 21:10?
5. What does the High Priest call for from the council in Matthew 26:66? What is the response?
6. What did the council do according to Matthew 26:67-68?
7. Where was Peter according to Matthew 26:69? Who approaches him? What does she ask according to Matthew 26:69?
8. How does He respond in Matthew 26:70?
9. Where does Peter go according to Matthew 26:71? Who approaches him? What does she say about him in Matthew 26:71?
10. What is Peter’s response in Matthew 26:72?
11. What do you learn from Matthew 26:73-74?
12. Copy Matthew 26:75. Meditate on this. Record your thoughts and impressions. Reflect on a time or times when you denied Christ by your words or conduct.
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Matthew 26 (Part 3)
Posted in Matthew, tagged Garden of Gethsemane, In the Garden, Matthew Bible study, Matthew chapter 26, Passion of Christ on March 9, 2023|
1. Where did Jesus and the disciples go after the meal according to Matthew 26:31?
2. Where is the Gethsemane located in relationship to the Temple?
Going deeper: What does “Gethsemane” mean?
3. What does Jesus tell the disciples to do in Matthew 26:36? Why?
4. Who did Jesus take with Him according to Matthew 26:37?
5. What happens to Jesus according to Matthew 26:37?
6. What did Jesus say to them in Matthew 26:38?
7. What did Jesus pray in Matthew 26:39?
8. What did Jesus say to the disciples in Matthew 26:40-41 when He found them sleeping?
9. What does Jesus pray in Matthew 26:42?
10. What does Jesus find in Matthew 26:43?
11. After Jesus prays the third time, what does He say to them when he returns in Matthew 26:45-46?
12. Who comes with the betrayer Judas in Matthew 26:47?
13. What does Jesus do according to Matthew 26:48-49? Why?
14. What does Jesus ask him in Matthew 26:50?
15.What happens in Matthew 26:51?
16. What does Jesus say in Matthew 26:52-54?
17. What does Jesus say to the multitudes in Matthew 26:55-56?
18 What did the disciples do according to Matthew 26:56b?
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Matthew 26 (Part 2)
Posted in Matthew, tagged Bible Study Matthew, Jesus celebrates Passover, Matthew chapter 26 on March 2, 2023|
Read Matthew Chapter 26
1. What is His response in Matthew 26:18?
2. What does Jesus say when they were eating according to Matthew 26:21?
3. What was the response of the disciples in Matthew 26:22?
4. What does Jesus answer in Matthew 26:23-24?
5. What does Judas ask in Matthew 26:25?
6. What is Jesus’ response?
7. What does Jesus do according to Matthew 26:26? What does He say?
Going deeper: What is the blessing that Jesus would have said over the bread?
8. What does Jesus do next according to Matthew 26:27?
9. What does Jesus say in Matthew 26:27-29?
10. What did they do after the meal according to Matthew 26:30?
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Matthew 26 (Part 1)
Posted in Matthew, tagged Alabaster flask of fragrant oil, anointing of Jesus, Bible Study Matthew, Matthew chapter 26 on February 23, 2023|
Read Matthew Chapter 26
1. What does Jesus tell the disciples in Matthew 26:2?
2. What do the chief priests , the scribes, and the elders of the people do according to Matthew 26:3-4?
3. Where did they gather?
4. What feast are they referring to in Matthew 26:5? Why didn’t they want to take him during the feast?
5. Where is Jesus according to Matthew 26:6?
6. Who approaches Jesus according to Matthew 26:7? What did she do?
7. What was the response of the disciples according to Matthew 26:8-9?
8. What does Jesus say to them as a result in Matthew 26:10-13?
9. What do you learn of Judas from Matthew 26:14-15?
10. What do the disciples ask Jesus in Matthew 26:17? Why?
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