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The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the
son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham became the father of
Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and
his brothers. Judah became the father of Perez and Zerah, whose
mother was Tamar. Perez became the father of Hezron, Hezron the
father of Ram, Ram the father of Amminadab. Amminadab became the
father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon, Salmon the father
of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab. Boaz became the father of Obed,
whose mother was Ruth. Obed became the father of Jesse, Jesse the
father of David the king. David became the father of Solomon,
whose mother had been the wife of Uriah. Solomon became the father
of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Abijah the father of
Asaph. Asaph became the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the
father of Joram, Joram the father of Uzziah. Uzziah became the
father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, Ahaz the father of
Hezekiah. Hezekiah became the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the
father of Amos, Amos the father of Josiah. Josiah became the
father of Jechoniah and his brothers at the time of the Babylonian
exile. After the Babylonian exile, Jechoniah became the father of
Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, Zerubbabel the
father of Abiud. Abiud became the father of Eliakim, Eliakim the
father of Azor, Azor the father of Zadok. Zadok became the father
of Achim, Achim the father of Eliud, Eliud the father of Eleazar.
Eleazar became the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob,
Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary. Of her was born
Jesus who is called the Messiah. Thus the total number of
generations from Abraham to David is fourteen generations; from
David to the Babylonian exile, fourteen generations; from the
Babylonian exile to the Messiah, fourteen generations. [MT
1:1-17]
When Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in
the days of King Herod, behold, magi from the east arrived in
Jerusalem, saying, "Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We
saw his star at its rising and have come to do him homage."
When King Herod heard this, he was greatly troubled, and all
Jerusalem with him. Assembling all the chief priests and the
scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Messiah was
to be born. They said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, for
thus it has been written through the prophet: 'And you, Bethlehem,
land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;
since from you shall come a ruler, who is to shepherd my people
Israel.'" [MT 2:1-6]
When John heard in prison of the works of the
Messiah, he sent his disciples to him with this question,
"Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for
another?" Jesus said to them in reply, "Go and tell John
what you hear and see: the blind regain their sight, the lame
walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and
the poor have the good news proclaimed to them. And blessed is the
one who takes no offense at me." [MT 11:1-6]
When Jesus went into the region of Caesarea
Philippi he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that the
Son of Man is?" They replied, "Some say John the
Baptist, others Elijah, still others Jeremiah or one of the
prophets." He said to them, "But who do you say that I
am?" Simon Peter said in reply, "You are the Messiah,
the Son of the living God." Jesus said to him in reply,
"Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah. For flesh and blood has
not revealed this to you, but my heavenly Father. And so I say to
you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and
the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it. I will
give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on
earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth
shall be loosed in heaven." Then he strictly ordered his
disciples to tell no one that he was the Messiah. [MT 16:13-20]
While the Pharisees were gathered together,
Jesus questioned them, saying, "What is your opinion about
the Messiah? Whose son is he?" They replied,
"David's." He said to them, "How, then, does David,
inspired by the Spirit, call him 'lord,' saying: 'The Lord said to
my lord, "Sit at my right hand until I place your enemies
under your feet"'? If David calls him 'lord,' how can he be
his son?" No one was able to answer him a word, nor from that
day on did anyone dare to ask him any more questions. [MT
22:41-46]
Do not be called 'Master'; you have but one
master, the Messiah. [Taken from MT 23:10]
As he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the
disciples approached him privately and said, "Tell us, when
will this happen, and what sign will there be of your coming, and
of the end of the age?" Jesus said to them in reply,
"See that no one deceives you. For many will come in my name,
saying, 'I am the Messiah,' and they will deceive many. You will
hear of wars and reports of wars; see that you are not alarmed,
for these things must happen, but it will not yet be the end.
Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom;
there will be famines and earthquakes from place to place. All
these are the beginning of the labor pains. Then they will hand
you over to persecution, and they will kill you. You will be hated
by all nations because of my name. And then many will be led into
sin; they will betray and hate one another. Many false prophets
will arise and deceive many; and because of the increase of
evildoing, the love of many will grow cold. But the one who
perseveres to the end will be saved. And this gospel of the
kingdom will be preached throughout the world as a witness to all
nations, and then the end will come." [MT 24:3-14]
"When you see the desolating abomination
spoken of through Daniel the prophet standing in the holy place
(let the reader understand), then those in Judea must flee to the
mountains, a person on the housetop must not go down to get things
out of his house, a person in the field must not return to get his
cloak. Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days.
Pray that your flight not be in winter or on the sabbath, for at
that time there will be great tribulation, such as has not been
since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will be. And
if those days had not been shortened, no one would be saved; but
for the sake of the elect they will be shortened. If anyone says
to you then, 'Look, here is the Messiah!' or, 'There he is!' do
not believe it. False messiahs and false prophets will arise, and
they will perform signs and wonders so great as to deceive, if
that were possible, even the elect. Behold, I have told it to you
beforehand. So if they say to you, 'He is in the desert,' do not
go out there; if they say, 'He is in the inner rooms,' do not
believe it. For just as lightning comes from the east and is seen
as far as the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be."
[Taken from MT 24:15-27]
The chief priests and the entire Sanhedrin kept
trying to obtain false testimony against Jesus in order to put him
to death, but they found none, though many false witnesses came
forward. Finally two came forward who stated, "This man said,
'I can destroy the temple of God and within three days rebuild
it.'" The high priest rose and addressed him, "Have you
no answer? What are these men testifying against you?" But
Jesus was silent. Then the high priest said to him, "I order
you to tell us under oath before the living God whether you are
the Messiah, the Son of God." Jesus said to him in reply,
"You have said so. But I tell you: From now on you will see
'the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Power' and 'coming
on the clouds of heaven.'" Then the high priest tore his
robes and said, "He has blasphemed! What further need have we
of witnesses? You have now heard the blasphemy; what is your
opinion?" They said in reply, "He deserves to die!"
Then they spat in his face and struck him, while some slapped him,
saying, "Prophesy for us, Messiah: who is it that struck you?"
[MT 26:59-68]
Now on the occasion of the feast the governor
was accustomed to release to the crowd one prisoner whom they
wished. And at that time they had a notorious prisoner called
(Jesus) Barabbas. So when they had assembled, Pilate said to them,
"Which one do you want me to release to you, (Jesus) Barabbas,
or Jesus called Messiah?" For he knew that it was out of envy
that they had handed him over. While he was still seated on the
bench, his wife sent him a message, "Have nothing to do with
that righteous man. I suffered much in a dream today because of
him." The chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds
to ask for Barabbas but to destroy Jesus. The governor said to
them in reply, "Which of the two do you want me to release to
you?" They answered, "Barabbas!" Pilate said to
them, "Then what shall I do with Jesus called Messiah?"
They all said, "Let him be crucified!" But he said,
"Why? What evil has he done?" They only shouted the
louder, "Let him be crucified!" When Pilate saw that he
was not succeeding at all, but that a riot was breaking out
instead, he took water and washed his hands in the sight of the
crowd, saying, "I am innocent of this man's blood. Look to it
yourselves." And the whole people said in reply, "His
blood be upon us and upon our children." Then he released
Barabbas to them, but after he had Jesus scourged, he handed him
over to be crucified. [MT 27:15-26]
Now Jesus and his disciples set out for the
villages of Caesarea Philippi. Along the way he asked his
disciples, "Who do people say that I am?" They said in
reply, "John the Baptist, others Elijah, still others one of
the prophets." And he asked them, "But who do you say
that I am?" Peter said to him in reply, "You are the
Messiah." Then he warned them not to tell anyone about him.
[MK 8:27-30]
As Jesus was teaching in the temple area he
said, "How do the scribes claim that the Messiah is the son
of David? David himself, inspired by the Holy Spirit, said: 'The
Lord said to my lord, "Sit at my right hand until I place
your enemies under your feet."' David himself calls him
'lord'; so how is he his son?" (The) great crowd heard this
with delight. [MK 12:35-37]
"When you see the desolating abomination
standing where he should not (let the reader understand), then
those in Judea must flee to the mountains, (and) a person on a
housetop must not go down or enter to get anything out of his
house, and a person in a field must not return to get his cloak.
Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days. Pray that
this does not happen in winter. For those times will have
tribulation such as has not been since the beginning of God's
creation until now, nor ever will be. If the Lord had not
shortened those days, no one would be saved; but for the sake of
the elect whom he chose, he did shorten the days. If anyone says
to you then, 'Look, here is the Messiah! Look, there he is!' do
not believe it. False messiahs and false prophets will arise and
will perform signs and wonders in order to mislead, if that were
possible, the elect. Be watchful! I have told it all to you
beforehand." [MK 13:14-23]
The chief priests and the entire Sanhedrin kept
trying to obtain testimony against Jesus in order to put him to
death, but they found none. Many gave false witness against him,
but their testimony did not agree. Some took the stand and
testified falsely against him, alleging, "We heard him say,
'I will destroy this temple made with hands and within three days
I will build another not made with hands.'" Even so their
testimony did not agree. The high priest rose before the assembly
and questioned Jesus, saying, "Have you no answer? What are
these men testifying against you?" But he was silent and
answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him and said to him,
"Are you the Messiah, the son of the Blessed One?" Then
Jesus answered, "I am; and 'you will see the Son of Man
seated at the right hand of the Power and coming with the clouds
of heaven.'" At that the high priest tore his garments and
said, "What further need have we of witnesses? You have heard
the blasphemy. What do you think?" They all condemned him as
deserving to die. Some began to spit on him. They blindfolded him
and struck him and said to him, "Prophesy!" And the
guards greeted him with blows. [MK 14:55-65]
They brought him to the place of Golgotha (which
is translated Place of the Skull). They gave him wine drugged with
myrrh, but he did not take it. Then they crucified him and divided
his garments by casting lots for them to see what each should
take. It was nine o'clock in the morning when they crucified him.
The inscription of the charge against him read, "The King of
the Jews." With him they crucified two revolutionaries, one
on his right and one on his left.) Those passing by reviled him,
shaking their heads and saying, "Aha! You who would destroy
the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself by coming
down from the cross." Likewise the chief priests, with the
scribes, mocked him among themselves and said, "He saved
others; he cannot save himself. Let the Messiah, the King of
Israel, come down now from the cross that we may see and
believe." Those who were crucified with him also kept abusing
him. At noon darkness came over the whole land until three in the
afternoon. And at three o'clock Jesus cried out in a loud voice,
"Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?" which is translated,
"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" Some of the
bystanders who heard it said, "Look, he is calling
Elijah." One of them ran, soaked a sponge with wine, put it
on a reed, and gave it to him to drink, saying, "Wait, let us
see if Elijah comes to take him down." Jesus gave a loud cry
and breathed his last. The veil of the sanctuary was torn in two
from top to bottom. When the centurion who stood facing him saw
how he breathed his last he said, "Truly this man was the Son
of God!" [MK 15:22-39]
In those days a decree went out from Caesar
Augustus that the whole world should be enrolled. This was the
first enrollment, when Quirinius was governor of Syria. So all
went to be enrolled, each to his own town. And Joseph too went up
from Galilee from the town of Nazareth to Judea, to the city of
David that is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and
family of David, to be enrolled with Mary, his betrothed, who was
with child. While they were there, the time came for her to have
her child, and she gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped
him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger, because there
was no room for them in the inn. Now there were shepherds in that
region living in the fields and keeping the night watch over their
flock. The angel of the Lord appeared to them and the glory of the
Lord shone around them, and they were struck with great fear. The
angel said to them, "Do not be afraid; for behold, I proclaim
to you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For
today in the city of David a savior has been born for you who is
Messiah and Lord. And this will be a sign for you: you will find
an infant wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a
manger." And suddenly there was a multitude of the heavenly
host with the angel, praising God and saying: "Glory to God
in the highest and on earth peace to those on whom his favor
rests." [LK 2:1-14]
Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was
Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, awaiting the
consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. It had
been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see
death before he had seen the Messiah of the Lord. He came in the
Spirit into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child
Jesus to perform the custom of the law in regard to him, he took
him into his arms and blessed God, saying: "Now, Master, you
may let your servant go in peace, according to your word, for my
eyes have seen your salvation, which you prepared in sight of all
the peoples, a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and glory for
your people Israel." The child's father and mother were
amazed at what was said about him; and Simeon blessed them and
said to Mary his mother, "Behold, this child is destined for
the fall and rise of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be
contradicted (and you yourself a sword will pierce) so that the
thoughts of many hearts may be revealed." [LK 2:25-35]
Now the people were filled with expectation, and
all were asking in their hearts whether John might be the Messiah.
John answered them all, saying, "I am baptizing you with
water, but one mightier than I is coming. I am not worthy to
loosen the thongs of his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit
and fire. His winnowing fan is in his hand to clear
his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his barn, but the
chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire." [Taken from LK
3:15-17]
At sunset, all who had people sick with various
diseases brought them to him. He laid his hands on each of them
and cured them. And demons also came out from many, shouting,
"You are the Son of God." But he rebuked them and did
not allow them to speak because they knew that he was the Messiah.
[LK 4:40-41]
Once when Jesus was praying in solitude, and the
disciples were with him, he asked them, "Who do the crowds
say that I am?" They said in reply, "John the Baptist;
others, Elijah; still others, 'One of the ancient prophets has
arisen.'" Then he said to them, "But who do you say that
I am?" Peter said in reply, "The Messiah of God."
He rebuked them and directed them not to tell this to anyone. [LK
9:18-21]
Then he said to them, "How do they claim
that the Messiah is the Son of David? For David himself in the
Book of Psalms says: 'The Lord said to my lord, "Sit at my
right hand till I make your enemies your footstool."' Now if
David calls him 'lord,' how can he be his son?" [LK 20:41-44]
When day came the council of elders of the
people met, both chief priests and scribes, and they brought him
before their Sanhedrin. They said, "If you are the Messiah,
tell us," but he replied to them, "If I tell you, you
will not believe, and if I question, you will not respond. But
from this time on the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand
of the power of God." They all asked, "Are you then the
Son of God?" He replied to them, "You say that I
am." Then they said, "What further need have we for
testimony? We have heard it from his own mouth." [LK
22:66-71]
Then the whole assembly of them arose and
brought him before Pilate. They brought charges against him,
saying, "We found this man misleading our people; he opposes
the payment of taxes to Caesar and maintains that he is the
Messiah, a king." Pilate asked him, "Are you the king of
the Jews?" He said to him in reply, "You say so."
Pilate then addressed the chief priests and the crowds, "I
find this man not guilty." [Taken from LK 23:1-4]
When they came to the place called the Skull,
they crucified him and the criminals there, one on his right, the
other on his left. (Then Jesus said, "Father, forgive them,
they know not what they do.") They divided his garments by
casting lots. The people stood by and watched; the rulers,
meanwhile, sneered at him and said, "He saved others, let him
save himself if he is the chosen one, the Messiah of God."
Even the soldiers jeered at him. As they approached to offer him
wine they called out, "If you are King of the Jews, save
yourself." Above him there was an inscription that read,
"This is the King of the Jews." Now one of the criminals
hanging there reviled Jesus, saying, "Are you not the
Messiah? Save yourself and us." The other, however, rebuking
him, said in reply, "Have you no fear of God, for you are
subject to the same condemnation? And indeed, we have been
condemned justly, for the sentence we received corresponds to our
crimes, but this man has done nothing criminal." Then he
said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your
kingdom." He replied to him, "Amen, I say to you, today
you will be with me in Paradise." It was now about noon and
darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon
because of an eclipse of the sun. Then the veil of the temple was
torn down the middle. Jesus cried out in a loud voice,
"Father, into your hands I commend my spirit"; and when
he had said this he breathed his last. The centurion who witnessed
what had happened glorified God and said, "This man was
innocent beyond doubt." [LK 23:33-47]
And it happened that while they were conversing
and debating, Jesus himself drew near and walked with them, but
their eyes were prevented from recognizing him. He asked them,
"What are you discussing as you walk along?" They
stopped, looking downcast. One of them, named Cleopas, said to him
in reply, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not
know of the things that have taken place there in these
days?" And he replied to them, "What sort of
things?" They said to him, "The things that happened to
Jesus the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word
before God and all the people, how our chief priests and rulers
both handed him over to a sentence of death and crucified him. But
we were hoping that he would be the one to redeem Israel; and
besides all this, it is now the third day since this took place.
Some women from our group, however, have astounded us: they were
at the tomb early in the morning and did not find his body; they
came back and reported that they had indeed seen a vision of
angels who announced that he was alive. Then some of those with us
went to the tomb and found things just as the women had described,
but him they did not see." And he said to them, "Oh, how
foolish you are! How slow of heart to believe all that the
prophets spoke! Was it not necessary that the Messiah should
suffer these things and enter into his glory?" Then beginning
with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them what
referred to him in all the scriptures. [Taken from LK 24:15-27]
He said to them, "These are my words that I
spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written
about me in the law of Moses and in the prophets and psalms must
be fulfilled." Then he opened their minds to understand the
scriptures. And he said to them, "Thus it is written that the
Messiah would suffer and rise from the dead on the third day and
that repentance, for the forgiveness of sins, would be preached in
his name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are
witnesses of these things. And (behold) I am sending the promise
of my Father upon you; but stay in the city until you are clothed
with power from on high." [LK 24:44-49]
And this is the testimony of John. When the Jews
from Jerusalem sent priests and Levites (to him) to ask him,
"Who are you?" he admitted and did not deny it, but
admitted, "I am not the Messiah." So they asked him,
"What are you then? Are you Elijah?" And he said,
"I am not." "Are you the Prophet?" He
answered, "No." So they said to him, "Who are you,
so we can give an answer to those who sent us? What do you have to
say for yourself?" He said: "I am 'the voice of one
crying out in the desert, 'Make straight the way of the
Lord,' as Isaiah the prophet said." Some Pharisees were
also sent. They asked him, "Why then do you baptize if you
are not the Messiah or Elijah or the Prophet?" John answered
them, "I baptize with water; but there is one among you whom
you do not recognize, the one who is coming after me, whose sandal
strap I am not worthy to untie." [JN 1:19-27]
Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of
the two who heard John and followed Jesus. He first found his own
brother Simon and told him, "We have found the Messiah"
(which is translated Anointed). Then he brought him to Jesus.
Jesus looked at him and said, "You are Simon the son of John;
you will be called Kephas" (which is translated Peter).
[Taken from JN 1:40-42]
Now a dispute arose between the disciples of
John and a Jew about ceremonial washings. So they came to John and
said to him, "Rabbi, the one who was with you across the
Jordan, to whom you testified, here he is baptizing and everyone
is coming to him." John answered and said, "No one can
receive anything except what has been given him from heaven. You
yourselves can testify that I said (that) I am not the Messiah,
but that I was sent before him. The one who has the bride is the
bridegroom; the best man, who stands and listens for him, rejoices
greatly at the bridegroom's voice. So this joy of mine has been
made complete. He must increase; I must decrease." [JN
3:25-30]
He had to pass through Samaria. So he came to a
town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of land that Jacob
had given to his son Joseph. Jacob's well was there. Jesus, tired
from his journey, sat down there at the well. It was about noon. A
woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give
me a drink." His disciples had gone into the town to buy
food. The Samaritan woman said to him, "How can you, a Jew,
ask me, a Samaritan woman, for a drink?" (For Jews use
nothing in common with Samaritans.) Jesus answered and said to
her, "If you knew the gift of God and who is saying to you,
'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him and he would have
given you living water." (The woman) said to him, "Sir,
you do not even have a bucket and the cistern is deep; where then
can you get this living water? Are you greater than our father
Jacob, who gave us this cistern and drank from it himself with his
children and his flocks?" Jesus answered and said to her,
"Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again; but
whoever drinks the water I shall give will never thirst; the water
I shall give will become in him a spring of water welling up to
eternal life." The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this
water, so that I may not be thirsty or have to keep coming here to
draw water." Jesus said to her, "Go call your husband
and come back." The woman answered and said to him, "I
do not have a husband." Jesus answered her, "You are
right in saying, 'I do not have a husband.' For you have had five
husbands, and the one you have now is not your husband. What you
have said is true." The woman said to him, "Sir, I can
see that you are a prophet. Our ancestors worshiped on this
mountain; but you people say that the place to worship is in
Jerusalem." Jesus said to her, "Believe me, woman, the
hour is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this
mountain nor in Jerusalem. You people worship what you do not
understand; we worship what we understand, because salvation is
from the Jews. But the hour is coming, and is now here, when true
worshipers will worship the Father in Spirit and truth; and indeed
the Father seeks such people to worship him. God is Spirit, and
those who worship him must worship in Spirit and truth." The
woman said to him, "I know that the Messiah is coming, the
one called the Anointed; when he comes, he will tell us
everything." Jesus said to her, "I am he, the one who is
speaking with you." At that moment his disciples returned,
and were amazed that he was talking with a woman, but still no one
said, "What are you looking for?" or "Why are you
talking with her?" The woman left her water jar and went into
the town and said to the people, "Come see a man who told me
everything I have done. Could he possibly be the Messiah?"
They went out of the town and came to him. [JN 4:4-30]
When the feast was already half over, Jesus went
up into the temple area and began to teach. The Jews were amazed
and said, "How does he know scripture without having
studied?" Jesus answered them and said, "My teaching is
not my own but is from the one who sent me. Whoever chooses to do
his will shall know whether my teaching is from God or whether I
speak on my own. Whoever speaks on his own seeks his own glory,
but whoever seeks the glory of the one who sent him is truthful,
and there is no wrong in him. Did not Moses give you the law? Yet
none of you keeps the law. Why are you trying to kill me?"
The crowd answered, "You are possessed! Who is trying to kill
you?" Jesus answered and said to them, "I performed one
work and all of you are amazed because of it. Moses gave you
circumcision - not that it came from Moses but rather from the
patriarchs - and you circumcise a man on the sabbath. If a man can
receive circumcision on a sabbath so that the law of Moses may not
be broken, are you angry with me because I made a whole person
well on a sabbath? Stop judging by appearances, but judge
justly." So some of the inhabitants of Jerusalem said,
"Is he not the one they are trying to kill? And look, he is
speaking openly and they say nothing to him. Could the authorities
have realized that he is the Messiah? But we know where he is
from. When the Messiah comes, no one will know where he is
from." So Jesus cried out in the temple area as he was
teaching and said, "You know me and also know where I am
from. Yet I did not come on my own, but the one who sent me, whom
you do not know, is true. I know him, because I am from him, and
he sent me." So they tried to arrest him, but no one laid a
hand upon him, because his hour had not yet come. But many of the
crowd began to believe in him, and said, "When the Messiah
comes, will he perform more signs than this man has done?" [JN
7:14-31]
Some in the crowd who heard these words said,
"This is truly the Prophet." Others said, "This is
the Messiah." But others said, "The Messiah will not
come from Galilee, will he? Does not scripture say that the
Messiah will be of David's family and come from Bethlehem, the
village where David lived?" So a division occurred in the
crowd because of him. Some of them even wanted to arrest him, but
no one laid hands on him. [JN 7:40-44]
They brought the one who was once blind to the
Pharisees. Now Jesus had made clay and opened his eyes on a
sabbath. So then the Pharisees also asked him how he was able to
see. He said to them, "He put clay on my eyes, and I washed,
and now I can see." So some of the Pharisees said, "This
man is not from God, because he does not keep the sabbath."
(But) others said, "How can a sinful man do such signs?"
And there was a division among them. So they said to the blind man
again, "What do you have to say about him, since he opened
your eyes?" He said, "He is a prophet." Now the
Jews did not believe that he had been blind and gained his sight
until they summoned the parents of the one who had gained his
sight. They asked them, "Is this your son, who you say was
born blind? How does he now see?" His parents answered and
said, "We know that this is our son and that he was born
blind. We do not know how he sees now, nor do we know who opened
his eyes. Ask him, he is of age; he can speak for him self."
His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews, for
the Jews had already agreed that if anyone acknowledged him as the
Messiah, he would be expelled from the synagogue. For this reason
his parents said, "He is of age; question him." So a
second time they called the man who had been blind and said to
him, "Give God the praise! We know that this man is a
sinner." He replied, "If he is a sinner, I do not know.
One thing I do know is that I was blind and now I see." So
they said to him, "What did he do to you? How did he open
your eyes?" He answered them, "I told you already and
you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want
to become his disciples, too?" They ridiculed him and said,
"You are that man's disciple; we are disciples of Moses! We
know that God spoke to Moses, but we do not know where this one is
from." The man answered and said to them, "This is what
is so amazing, that you do not know where he is from, yet he
opened my eyes. We know that God does not listen to sinners, but
if one is devout and does his will, he listens to him. It is
unheard of that anyone ever opened the eyes of a person born
blind. If this man were not from God, he would not be able to do
anything." [Taken from JN 9:13-33]
The feast of the Dedication was then taking
place in Jerusalem. It was winter. And Jesus walked about in the
temple area on the Portico of Solomon. So the Jews gathered around
him and said to him, "How long are you going to keep us in
suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly." Jesus
answered them, "I told you and you do not believe. The works
I do in my Father's name testify to me. But you do not believe,
because you are not among my sheep. My sheep hear my voice; I know
them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall
never perish. No one can take them out of my hand. My Father, who
has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one can take
them out of the Father's hand. The Father and I are one." The
Jews again picked up rocks to stone him. Jesus answered them,
"I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which
of these are you trying to stone me?" The Jews answered him,
"We are not stoning you for a good work but for blasphemy.
You, a man, are making yourself God." Jesus answered them,
"Is it not written in your law, 'I said, "You are
gods"'? If it calls them gods to whom the word of God came,
and scripture cannot be set aside, can you say that the one whom
the Father has consecrated and sent into the world blasphemes
because I said, 'I am the Son of God'? If I do not perform my
Father's works, do not believe me; but if I perform them, even if
you do not believe me, believe the works, so that you may realize
(and understand) that the Father is in me and I am in the
Father." (Then) they tried again to arrest him; but he
escaped from their power. He went back across the Jordan to the
place where John first baptized, and there he remained. Many came
to him and said, "John performed no sign, but everything John
said about this man was true." And many there began to
believe in him. [JN 10:22-42]
When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet
him; but Mary sat at home. Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if
you had been here, my brother would not have died. (But) even now
I know that whatever you ask of God, God will give you."
Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise." Martha said
to him, "I know he will rise, in the resurrection on the last
day." Jesus told her, "I am the resurrection and the
life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live, and
everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you
believe this?" She said to him, "Yes, Lord. I have come
to believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one who
is coming into the world." When she had said this, she went
and called her sister Mary secretly, saying, "The teacher is
here and is asking for you." As soon as she heard this, she
rose quickly and went to him. For Jesus had not yet come into the
village, but was still where Martha had met him. So when the Jews
who were with her in the house comforting her saw Mary get up
quickly and go out, they followed her, presuming that she was
going to the tomb to weep there. When Mary came to where Jesus was
and saw him, she fell at his feet and said to him, "Lord, if
you had been here, my brother would not have died." When
Jesus saw her weeping and the Jews who had come with her weeping,
he became perturbed and deeply troubled, and said, "Where
have you laid him?" They said to him, "Sir, come and
see." And Jesus wept. So the Jews said, "See how he
loved him." But some of them said, "Could not the one
who opened the eyes of the blind man have done something so that
this man would not have died?" So Jesus, perturbed again,
came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay across it. Jesus
said, "Take away the stone." Martha, the dead man's
sister, said to him, "Lord, by now there will be a stench; he
has been dead for four days." Jesus said to her, "Did I
not tell you that if you believe you will see the glory of
God?" So they took away the stone. And Jesus raised his eyes
and said, "Father, I thank you for hearing me. I know that
you always hear me; but because of the crowd here I have said
this, that they may believe that you sent me." And when he
had said this, he cried out in a loud voice, "Lazarus, come
out!" The dead man came out, tied hand and foot with burial
bands, and his face was wrapped in a cloth. So Jesus said to them,
"Untie him and let him go." [JN 11:20-44]
Now there were some Greeks among those who had
come up to worship at the feast. They came to Philip, who was from
Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, "Sir, we would like to
see Jesus." Philip went and told Andrew; then Andrew and
Philip went and told Jesus. Jesus answered them, "The hour
has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Amen, amen, I say to
you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it
remains just a grain of wheat; but if it dies, it produces much
fruit. Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life
in this world will preserve it for eternal life. Whoever serves me
must follow me, and where I am, there also will my servant be. The
Father will honor whoever serves me. I am troubled now. Yet
what should I say? 'Father, save me from this hour'? But it was
for this purpose that I came to this hour. Father, glorify your
name." Then a voice came from heaven, "I have glorified it and will glorify it again." The crowd there heard it and
said it was thunder; but others said, "An angel has spoken to
him." Jesus answered and said, "This voice did not come
for my sake but for yours. Now is the time of judgment on this
world; now the ruler of this world will be driven out. And when I
am lifted up from the earth, I will draw everyone to myself."
He said this indicating the kind of death he would die. So the
crowd answered him, "We have heard from the law that the
Messiah remains forever. Then how can you say that the Son of Man
must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?" Jesus said to
them, "The light will be among you only a little while. Walk
while you have the light, so that darkness may not overcome you.
Whoever walks in the dark does not know where he is going. While
you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become
children of the light." After he had said this, Jesus left
and hid from them. [JN 12:20-36]
Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence
of (his) disciples that are not written in this book. But these
are written that you may (come to) believe that Jesus is the
Messiah, the Son of God, and that through this belief you may have
life in his name. [JN 20:30-31]
"You who are Israelites, hear these words. Jesus
the Nazorean was a man commended to you by God with mighty deeds,
wonders, and signs, which God worked through him in your midst, as
you yourselves know. This man, delivered up by the set plan and
foreknowledge of God, you killed, using lawless men to crucify
him. But God raised him up, releasing him from the throes of
death, because it was impossible for him to be held by it. For
David says of him: 'I saw the Lord ever before me, with him at my
right hand I shall not be disturbed. Therefore my heart has been
glad and my tongue has exulted; my flesh, too, will dwell in hope,
because you will not abandon my soul to the netherworld, nor will
you suffer your holy one to see corruption. You have made known to
me the paths of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence.'
My brothers, one can confidently say to you about the patriarch
David that he died and was buried, and his tomb is in our midst to
this day. But since he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn
an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants upon his
throne, he foresaw and spoke of the resurrection of the Messiah,
that neither was he abandoned to the netherworld nor did his flesh
see corruption. God raised this Jesus; of this we are all
witnesses. Exalted at the right hand of God, he received the
promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father and poured it forth, as
you (both) see and hear. For David did not go up into heaven, but
he himself said: 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right
hand until I make your enemies your footstool."' Therefore
let the whole house of Israel know for certain that God has made
him both Lord and Messiah, this Jesus whom you crucified."
Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and they
asked Peter and the other apostles, "What are we to do, my
brothers?" Peter (said) to them, "Repent and be
baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the
forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is made to you and to your children
and to all those far off, whomever the Lord our God will
call." He testified with many other arguments, and was
exhorting them, "Save yourselves from this corrupt
generation." Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand persons were added that day. [Taken from
ACTS 2:22-41]
"You denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked
that a murderer be released to you. The author of life you put to
death, but God raised him from the dead; of this we are witnesses.
And by faith in his name, this man, whom you see and know, his
name has made strong, and the faith that comes through it has
given him this perfect health, in the presence of all of you. Now
I know, brothers, that you acted out of ignorance, just as your
leaders did; but God has thus brought to fulfillment what he had
announced beforehand through the mouth of all the prophets, that
his Messiah would suffer. Repent, therefore, and be converted,
that your sins may be wiped away, and that the Lord may grant you
times of refreshment and send you the Messiah already appointed
for you, Jesus, whom heaven must receive until the times of
universal restoration of which God spoke through the mouth of his
holy prophets from of old. For Moses said: 'A prophet like me will
the Lord, your God, raise up for you from among your own kinsmen;
to him you shall listen in all that he may say to you. Everyone
who does not listen to that prophet will be cut off from the
people.' Moreover, all the prophets who spoke, from Samuel and
those afterwards, also announced these days. You are the children
of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your
ancestors when he said to Abraham, 'In your offspring all the
families of the earth shall be blessed.' For you first, God raised
up his servant and sent him to bless you by turning each of you
from your evil ways." [ACTS 3:14-26]
After recalling the apostles, they had them
flogged, ordered them to stop speaking in the name of Jesus, and
dismissed them. So they left the presence of the Sanhedrin,
rejoicing that they had been found worthy to suffer dishonor for
the sake of the name. And all day long, both at the temple and in
their homes, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the
Messiah, Jesus. [ACTS 5:40-42]
Now those who had been scattered went about
preaching the word. Thus Philip went down to (the) city of Samaria
and proclaimed the Messiah to them. With one accord, the crowds
paid attention to what was said by Philip when they heard it and
saw the signs he was doing. For unclean spirits, crying out in a
loud voice, came out of many possessed people, and many paralyzed
and crippled people were cured. There was great joy in that city.
[ACTS 8:4-8]
Now Saul, still breathing murderous threats
against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and
asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, that, if he
should find any men or women who belonged to the Way, he might
bring them back to Jerusalem in chains. On his journey, as he was
nearing Damascus, a light from the sky suddenly flashed around
him. He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him,
"Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?" He said,
"Who are you, sir?" The reply came, "I am Jesus,
whom you are persecuting. Now get up and go into the city and you
will be told what you must do." The men who were traveling
with him stood speechless, for they heard the voice but could see
no one. Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes
he could see nothing; so they led him by the hand and brought him
to Damascus. For three days he was unable to see, and he neither
ate nor drank. There was a disciple in Damascus named Ananias, and
the Lord said to him in a vision, "Ananias." He
answered, "Here I am, Lord." The Lord said to him,
"Get up and go to the street called Straight and ask at the
house of Judas for a man from Tarsus named Saul. He is there
praying, and (in a vision) he has seen a man named Ananias come in
and lay (his) hands on him, that he may regain his sight."
But Ananias replied, "Lord, I have heard from many sources
about this man, what evil things he has done to your holy ones in
Jerusalem. And here he has authority from the chief priests to
imprison all who call upon your name." But the Lord said to
him, "Go, for this man is a chosen instrument of mine to
carry my name before Gentiles, kings, and Israelites, and I will
show him what he will have to suffer for my name." So Ananias
went and entered the house; laying his hands on him, he said,
"Saul, my brother, the Lord has sent me, Jesus who appeared
to you on the way by which you came, that you may regain your
sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit." Immediately things
like scales fell from his eyes and he regained his sight. He got
up and was baptized, and when he had eaten, he recovered his
strength. He stayed some days with the disciples in Damascus, and
he began at once to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, that he is
the Son of God. All who heard him were astounded and said,
"Is not this the man who in Jerusalem ravaged those who call
upon this name, and came here expressly to take them back in
chains to the chief priests?" But Saul grew all the stronger
and confounded (the) Jews who lived in Damascus, proving that this
is the Messiah. [ACTS 9:1-22]
When they took the road through Amphipolis and
Apollonia, they reached Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue
of the Jews. Following his usual custom, Paul joined them, and for
three sabbaths he entered into discussions with them from the
scriptures, expounding and demonstrating that the Messiah had to
suffer and rise from the dead, and that "This is the Messiah,
Jesus, whom I proclaim to you." Some of them were convinced
and joined Paul and Silas; so, too, a great number of Greeks who
were worshipers, and not a few of the prominent women. [ACTS
17:1-4]
When Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia,
Paul began to occupy himself totally with preaching the word,
testifying to the Jews that the Messiah was Jesus. When they
opposed him and reviled him, he shook out his garments and said to
them, "Your blood be on your heads! I am clear of
responsibility. From now on I will go to the Gentiles." [ACTS
18:5-6]
A Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, an
eloquent speaker, arrived in Ephesus. He was an authority on the
scriptures. He had been instructed in the Way of the Lord and,
with ardent spirit, spoke and taught accurately about Jesus,
although he knew only the baptism of John. He began to speak
boldly in the synagogue; but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him,
they took him aside and explained to him the Way (of God) more
accurately. And when he wanted to cross to Achaia, the brothers
encouraged him and wrote to the disciples there to welcome him.
After his arrival he gave great assistance to those who had come
to believe through grace. He vigorously refuted the Jews in
public, establishing from the scriptures that the Messiah is
Jesus. [ACTS 18:24-28]
"And so, King Agrippa, I was not
disobedient to the heavenly vision. On the contrary, first to
those in Damascus and in Jerusalem and throughout the whole
country of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I preached the need to
repent and turn to God, and to do works giving evidence of
repentance. That is why the Jews seized me (when I was) in the
temple and tried to kill me. But I have enjoyed God's help to this
very day, and so I stand here testifying to small and great alike,
saying nothing different from what the prophets and Moses
foretold, that the Messiah must suffer and that, as the first to
rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to our people and
to the Gentiles." [Taken from ACTS 26:19-23]
I speak the truth in Christ, I do not lie; my
conscience joins with the Holy Spirit in bearing me witness that I
have great sorrow and constant anguish in my heart. For I could
wish that I myself were accursed and separated from Christ for the
sake of my brothers, my kin according to the flesh. They are
Israelites; theirs the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the
giving of the law, the worship, and the promises; theirs the
patriarchs, and from them, according to the flesh, is the Messiah.
God who is over all be blessed forever. Amen. But it is not that the word of God has failed. For not all who are of Israel are Israel, nor are they all children of Abraham because they are his descendants; but "It is through Isaac that descendants shall bear your name."
This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as descendants.
[Taken from ROM 9:1-8]
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