Thematic Bible: Reproves


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For then he would have undergone a number of deaths from the time of the making of the world: but now he has come to us at the end of the old order, to put away sin by the offering of himself.





And will give him up to the Gentiles to be made sport of and to be whipped and to be put to death on the cross: and the third day he will come back again from the dead.

But after I am come back from the dead, I will go before you into Galilee.

And while they were coming down from the mountain, he gave them orders not to give word to any man of the things they had seen, till the Son of man had come back from the dead.

But after I have come back from the dead, I will go before you into Galilee.

And Jesus said to them, Send destruction on this Temple and I will put it up again in three days.

And so, by God's help, I am here today, witnessing to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would come about; That the Christ would go through pain, and being the first to come back from the dead, would give light to the people and to the Gentiles.


And the twelve, when they came back, gave him an account of what they had done. And he took them with him and went away from the people to a town named Beth-saida.

And after he had sent the people away, he went up into the mountain by himself for prayer: and when evening was come, he was there by himself.

And Jesus went from there and came to the sea of Galilee; and he went up into the mountain, and took his seat there.

And after six days Jesus takes with him Peter, and James, and John, his brother, and makes them go up with him into a high mountain by themselves.

And when Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples on one side, and said to them,

And he said to them, Come away by yourselves to a quiet place, and take a rest for a time. Because there were a great number coming and going, and they had no time even for food.

And he went away from there to the country of Tyre and Sidon. And he went into a house, desiring that no man might have knowledge of it: and he was not able to keep it secret.

And he went a little distance away from them and, falling on his knees in prayer, he said,



And a blessing will be on him who has no doubts about me.


And he will be for a holy place: but for a stone of falling and a rock of trouble to the two houses of Israel, and to the men of Jerusalem, for a net in which they may be taken.

And they were bitter against him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is nowhere without honour but in his country and among his family.

Why? Because they were not searching for it by faith, but by works. They came up against the stone which was in the way;

And, A stone of falling, a rock of trouble; the word is the cause of their fall, because they go against it, and this was the purpose of God.


But a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having had news of him, came straight away and went down at his feet.

And a leper came and gave him worship, saying, Lord, if it is your pleasure, you have power to make me clean.

While he was saying these things to them, there came a ruler and gave him worship, saying, My daughter is even now dead; but come and put your hand on her, and she will come back to life.

But she came and gave him worship, saying, Help, Lord.

Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, giving him worship and making a request of him.

And one of the rulers of the Synagogue, Jairus by name, came, and seeing him, went down at his feet,



I will give them a prophet from among themselves, like you, and I will put my words in his mouth, and he will say to them whatever I give him orders to say.

For Moses said, The Lord will give you a prophet from among your people, like me; you will give ear to everything which he will say to you.

Because I have given them the words which you gave to me; and they have taken them to heart, and have certain knowledge that I came from you, and they have faith that you sent me.

I have much to say about you and against you: but he who sent me is true and what he has said to me I say to the world.



He who has no love for me does not keep my words; and the word which you are hearing is not my word but the Father's who sent me.



And he saw that there was no man, and was surprised that there was no one to take up their cause: so his arm gave salvation, and he made righteousness his support.

See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will give to David a true Branch, and he will be ruling as king, acting wisely, doing what is right, and judging uprightly in the land.






And we are witnesses of all the things which he did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem; whom they put to death, hanging him on a tree. On the third day God gave him back to life, and let him be seen, Not by all the people, but by witnesses marked out before by God, even by us, who took food and drink with him after he came back from the dead.


Him, when he was given up, by the decision and knowledge of God, you put to death on the cross, by the hands of evil men: But God gave him back to life, having made him free from the pains of death because it was not possible for him to be overcome by it.

But you would have nothing to do with the Holy and Upright One, and made request for a man of blood to be given to you, And put to death the Lord of life; whom God gave back from the dead; of which fact we are witnesses.

And Paul, as he generally did, went in to them, and on three Sabbath days had discussions with them from the holy Writings, Saying to them clearly and openly that Christ had to be put to death and come back to life again; and that this Jesus, whom, he said, I am preaching to you, is the Christ.



So they went, and made safe the place where his body was, putting a stamp on the stone, and the watchmen were with them.

And when he had said this, he let them see his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.

See; my hands and my feet: it is I myself; put your hands on me and make certain; for a spirit has not flesh and bones as you see that I have.


And those who went by said bitter words to him, shaking their heads and saying,

Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see and have belief. And those who were put on crosses with him said evil things against him.

And one of the evil-doers on the cross, with bitter feeling, said to him, Are you not the Christ? Get yourself and us out of this.


He is not here, for he has come to life again, even as he said. Come, see the Lord's resting-place.

And he said to them, Do not be troubled: you are looking for Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been put to death on the cross; he has come back from the dead; he is not here: see, the place where they put him!

He is not here, he has come back to life: have in mind what he said to you when he was still in Galilee, saying,



Then Jesus said, Let her be. Let her keep what she has for the day of my death.



And Jesus said, O generation without faith and false in heart, how long will I have to be with you and put up with you? let your son come here.


And later he was seen by the eleven themselves while they were taking food; and he said sharp words to them because they had no faith and their hearts were hard, and because they had no belief in those who had seen him after he had come back from the dead.


Jesus, answering them, said, Truly I say to you, You come after me, not because you saw signs, but because you were given the bread and had enough.




And when we were going to the place of prayer, we came across a girl with a spirit which gave knowledge of the future, whose masters made great profit from her power. She came after Paul and us, crying out and saying, These men are the servants of the Most High God, who are giving you news of the way of salvation. And this she did on a number of days. But Paul was greatly troubled and, turning, said to the spirit, I give you orders in the name of Jesus Christ, to come out of her. And it came out that very hour.


Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain