Thematic Bible: He had the common experiences of humanity


Thematic Bible



"Stop crying," one of the elders told me. "Look! The Lion from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered. He can open the scroll and its seven seals."

Suddenly, a Canaanite woman from that territory came near and began to shout, "Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely demon-possessed!"


All the crowds were amazed and kept saying, "This man isn't the Son of David, is he?"

Both the crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed him kept shouting, "Hosanna to the Son of David! How blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest heaven!"

Many people sternly told him to be quiet, but he started shouting even louder, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"

While Jesus was teaching in the Temple, he asked, "How can the scribes say that the Messiah is David's son?

But some were saying, "The Messiah doesn't come from Galilee, does he? Doesn't the Scripture say that the Messiah is from David's family and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?"


Meditate on Jesus, the Messiah, who was raised from the dead and is a descendant of David. This is the gospel I tell others.



and she gave birth to her first child, a son. She wrapped him in strips of cloth and laid him in a feeding trough, because there was no place for them in the guest quarters.



Because I tell you, what has been written about me must be fulfilled: "He was counted among the criminals.' Indeed, what is written about me must be fulfilled."

In his humiliation, justice was denied him. Who can describe his descendants? For his life is taken away from the earth."

Instead, poured out in emptiness, a servant's form did he possess, a mortal man becoming. In human form he chose to be, and lived in all humility, death on a cross obeying.


Do you think that I came to bring peace on earth? Not at all, I tell you, but rather division!

And there was a great deal of discussion about him among the crowds. Some were saying, "He is a good man," while others were saying, "No, he is deceiving the crowds!"

So there was a division in the crowd because of him.

Some of the Pharisees began to remark, "This man is not from God because he does not keep the Sabbath." But others were saying, "How can a sinful man perform such signs?" And there was a division among them.

Once again there was a division among the Jews because of what Jesus had been saying.


Taking Peter and the two sons of Zebedee with him, he began to be grieved and troubled.


Look at my hands and my feet, because it's really me. Touch me and look at me, because a ghost doesn't have flesh and bones as you see that I have."






Now as they were sailing, Jesus fell asleep. A violent storm swept over the lake, and they were taking on water and were in great danger.






"Stop crying," one of the elders told me. "Look! The Lion from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered. He can open the scroll and its seven seals."

Suddenly, a Canaanite woman from that territory came near and began to shout, "Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely demon-possessed!"


All the crowds were amazed and kept saying, "This man isn't the Son of David, is he?"

Both the crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed him kept shouting, "Hosanna to the Son of David! How blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest heaven!"

Many people sternly told him to be quiet, but he started shouting even louder, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"

While Jesus was teaching in the Temple, he asked, "How can the scribes say that the Messiah is David's son?

But some were saying, "The Messiah doesn't come from Galilee, does he? Doesn't the Scripture say that the Messiah is from David's family and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?"


Meditate on Jesus, the Messiah, who was raised from the dead and is a descendant of David. This is the gospel I tell others.


Taking Peter and the two sons of Zebedee with him, he began to be grieved and troubled.


Look at my hands and my feet, because it's really me. Touch me and look at me, because a ghost doesn't have flesh and bones as you see that I have."






Now as they were sailing, Jesus fell asleep. A violent storm swept over the lake, and they were taking on water and were in great danger.






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