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and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught a significant number of people. Now it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called Christians.
and you have been filled in him, who is the head over every ruler and authority.
And whatever you do in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
So then, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; what is old has passed away -- look, what is new has come!
For if we are out of our minds, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you.
so we who are many are one body in Christ, and individually we are members who belong to one another.
For to me, living is Christ and dying is gain.
But I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ.
Consequently faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the preached word of Christ.
Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ.
For Christ is the end of the law, with the result that there is righteousness for everyone who believes.
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever!
Others are busy with their own concerns, not those of Jesus Christ.
We are coworkers belonging to God. You are God's field, God's building.
For just as in one body we have many members, and not all the members serve the same function,
I am able to do all things through the one who strengthens me.
because of your participation in the gospel from the first day until now.
Now you are Christ's body, and each of you is a member of it.
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is God's power for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
for he refuted the Jews vigorously in public debate, demonstrating from the scriptures that the Christ was Jesus.
There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
for God is not characterized by disorder but by peace. As in all the churches of the saints,
who was appointed the Son-of-God-in-power according to the Holy Spirit by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord.
For I did not receive it or learn it from any human source; instead I received it by a revelation of Jesus Christ.
For no one can lay any foundation other than what is being laid, which is Jesus Christ.
Then if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or 'There he is!' do not believe him.
Jesus answered them, "You are deceived, because you don't know the scriptures or the power of God.
So, brothers and sisters, I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but instead as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ.
For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to advise him? But we have the mind of Christ.
For many live, about whom I have often told you, and now, with tears, I tell you that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ.
for you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was fully God.
Jesus replied, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Every scripture is inspired by God and useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
My aim is to know him, to experience the power of his resurrection, to share in his sufferings, and to be like him in his death,
yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we live, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we live.
To those free from the law I became like one free from the law (though I am not free from God's law but under the law of Christ) to gain those free from the law.
Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ so that -- whether I come and see you or whether I remain absent -- I should hear that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind, by contending side by side for the faith of the gospel,
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Afflictions » Resignation in trials, examples of » Christ
He said, "Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Take this cup away from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will."
But Jesus said to Peter, "Put your sword back into its sheath! Am I not to drink the cup that the Father has given me?"
Apostles » Called by » Christ
Jesus called his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits so they could cast them out and heal every kind of disease and sickness.
Now Jesus went up the mountain and called for those he wanted, and they came to him.
But I do not consider my life worth anything to myself, so that I may finish my task and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news of God's grace.
Through him we have received grace and our apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles on behalf of his name.
Bread » Figurative » Christ
Then Jesus told them, "I tell you the solemn truth, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but my Father is giving you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world." So they said to him, "Sir, give us this bread all the time!" read more.
Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. The one who comes to me will never go hungry, and the one who believes in me will never be thirsty.
Candlestick » Illustrative of » Christ
Then Jesus spoke out again, "I am the light of the world. The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
For a tent was prepared, the outer one, which contained the lampstand, the table, and the presentation of the loaves; this is called the holy place.
He asked me, "What do you see?" I replied, "I see a menorah of pure gold with a receptacle at the top and seven lamps, with fourteen pipes going to the lamps.
Christ » Divinity » Example of
Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, partners in a heavenly calling, take note of Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess,
Now I, Paul, appeal to you personally by the meekness and gentleness of Christ (I who am meek when present among you, but am full of courage toward you when away!) --
Take my yoke on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.
Christ » Promises of » Prophet
I will raise up a prophet like you for them from among their fellow Israelites. I will put my words in his mouth and he will speak to them whatever I command.
They wanted to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowds, because the crowds regarded him as a prophet.
Others said, "He is Elijah." Others said, "He is a prophet, like one of the prophets from the past."
Fear seized them all, and they began to glorify God, saying, "A great prophet has appeared among us!" and "God has come to help his people!"
Christ » Heal persecution of » Testimony of the apostles
And we all agree, our religion contains amazing revelation: He was revealed in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among Gentiles, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation,
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was fully God. The Word was with God in the beginning.
who was appointed the Son-of-God-in-power according to the Holy Spirit by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Christ » Words of characteristics of » Works of
We must perform the deeds of the one who sent me as long as it is daytime. Night is coming when no one can work.
Now King Herod heard this, for Jesus' name had become known. Some were saying, "John the baptizer has been raised from the dead, and because of this, miraculous powers are at work in him."
Now when John heard in prison about the deeds Christ had done, he sent his disciples to ask a question:
Then Jesus began to criticize openly the cities in which he had done many of his miracles, because they did not repent.
Then he came to his hometown and began to teach the people in their synagogue. They were astonished and said, "Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?
Christ » Appearing to his disciples other references to cures by » Mission of
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come so that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
just as the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
Jesus said,] "For judgment I have come into this world, so that those who do not see may gain their sight, and the ones who see may become blind."
"Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have not come to abolish these things but to fulfill them.
Christ » Filial » Obedience to
As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth. "Follow me," he said to him. And he got up and followed him.
They left their nets immediately and followed him.
"Everyone who hears these words of mine and does them is like a wise man who built his house on rock.
So the disciples did as Jesus had instructed them, and they prepared the Passover.
Christ » He had the common experiences of humanity » Son of david
Then one of the elders said to me, "Stop weeping! Look, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has conquered; thus he can open the scroll and its seven seals."
A Canaanite woman from that area came and cried out, "Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is horribly demon-possessed!"
This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
All the crowds were amazed and said, "Could this one be the Son of David?"
The crowds that went ahead of him and those following kept shouting, "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!"
Christ » Slandered » Son of david
Then one of the elders said to me, "Stop weeping! Look, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has conquered; thus he can open the scroll and its seven seals."
A Canaanite woman from that area came and cried out, "Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is horribly demon-possessed!"
This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
All the crowds were amazed and said, "Could this one be the Son of David?"
The crowds that went ahead of him and those following kept shouting, "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!"
Christ » His foreknowledge » His pre-eminence
But now Jesus has obtained a superior ministry, since the covenant that he mediates is also better and is enacted on better promises.
saying: "Write in a book what you see and send it to the seven churches -- to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea."
"I baptize you with water, for repentance, but the one coming after me is more powerful than I am -- I am not worthy to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
The one who comes from above is superior to all. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks about earthly things. The one who comes from heaven is superior to all.
Christ » Precious » Preeminence of
But now Jesus has obtained a superior ministry, since the covenant that he mediates is also better and is enacted on better promises.
saying: "Write in a book what you see and send it to the seven churches -- to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea."
"I baptize you with water, for repentance, but the one coming after me is more powerful than I am -- I am not worthy to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
The one who comes from above is superior to all. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks about earthly things. The one who comes from heaven is superior to all.
Christ » For select reading » Angels wait upon
And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet blast, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
"When the Son of Man comes in his glory and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne.
and to you who are being afflicted to give rest together with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels.
He continued, "I tell all of you the solemn truth -- you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man."
Christ » Reproves » Sacrifice of
Because Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, to bring you to God, by being put to death in the flesh but by being made alive in the spirit.
and from Jesus Christ -- the faithful witness, the firstborn from among the dead, the ruler over the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and has set us free from our sins at the cost of his own blood
No one has greater love than this -- that one lays down his life for his friends.
and live in love, just as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.
who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from this present evil age according to the will of our God and Father,
Christ » Victor » The presence of the victorious Christ gives assurance of
I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble and suffering, but take courage -- I have conquered the world."
So I will assign him a portion with the multitudes, he will divide the spoils of victory with the powerful, because he willingly submitted to death and was numbered with the rebels, when he lifted up the sin of many and intervened on behalf of the rebels."
He will not break a bruised reed or extinguish a smoldering wick, until he brings justice to victory.
Then comes the end, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father, when he has brought to an end all rule and all authority and power.
I will grant the one who conquers permission to sit with me on my throne, just as I too conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.
Christ » Morning star » Mystery of
Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that had been kept secret for long ages,
And we all agree, our religion contains amazing revelation: He was revealed in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among Gentiles, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.
My goal is that their hearts, having been knit together in love, may be encouraged, and that they may have all the riches that assurance brings in their understanding of the knowledge of the mystery of God, namely, Christ,
Instead we speak the wisdom of God, hidden in a mystery, that God determined before the ages for our glory.
He did this when he revealed to us the secret of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth in Christ,
Christ » Appears, after his resurrection » Ascension of
Jesus replied, "Do not touch me, for I have not yet ascended to my Father. Go to my brothers and tell them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"
For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with hands -- the representation of the true sanctuary -- but into heaven itself, and he appears now in God's presence for us.
who went into heaven and is at the right hand of God with angels and authorities and powers subject to him.
Christ » Received » Redeemer
As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and that as the last he will stand upon the earth.
This is what the Lord says, your protector, the Holy One of Israel: "For your sake I send to Babylon and make them all fugitives, turning the Babylonians' joyful shouts into mourning songs.
Don't be afraid, despised insignificant Jacob, men of Israel. I am helping you," says the Lord, your protector, the Holy One of Israel.
Christ » Denial of » General references to
For if anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels."
Who is the liar but the person who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This one is the antichrist: the person who denies the Father and the Son.
But you rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a man who was a murderer be released to you.
Jesus said to him, "I tell you the truth, on this night, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times."
They profess to know God but with their deeds they deny him, since they are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.
Christ » Joy of » Judge
He commanded us to preach to the people and to warn them that he is the one appointed by God as judge of the living and the dead.
I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus, who is going to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom:
So then, do not judge anything before the time. Wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the motives of hearts. Then each will receive recognition from God.
All the nations will be assembled before him, and he will separate people one from another like a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
Furthermore, the Father does not judge anyone, but has assigned all judgment to the Son,
Christ » Divinity » Christ's Dominion » Exaltation » Heavenly places
who went into heaven and is at the right hand of God with angels and authorities and powers subject to him.
You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness. So God, your God, has anointed you over your companions with the oil of rejoicing."
Therefore let all the house of Israel know beyond a doubt that God has made this Jesus whom you crucified both Lord and Christ."
After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.
Christ » Faith in, great » Faithful
Therefore he had to be made like his brothers and sisters in every respect, so that he could become a merciful and faithful high priest in things relating to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.
and from Jesus Christ -- the faithful witness, the firstborn from among the dead, the ruler over the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and has set us free from our sins at the cost of his own blood
But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.
And let us hold unwaveringly to the hope that we confess, for the one who made the promise is trustworthy.
Christ » Received » Redemption through
and he entered once for all into the most holy place not by the blood of goats and calves but by his own blood, and so he himself secured eternal redemption.
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us (because it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree")
They were singing a new song: "You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals because you were killed, and at the cost of your own blood you have purchased for God persons from every tribe, language, people, and nation.
He gave himself for us to set us free from every kind of lawlessness and to purify for himself a people who are truly his, who are eager to do good.
But they are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
Christ » Name, works done in » Mighty when used in prayer and service
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that remains, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.
She continued to do this for many days. But Paul became greatly annoyed, and turned and said to the spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!" And it came out of her at once.
And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
and repentance for the forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
At that time you will ask in my name, and I do not say that I will ask the Father on your behalf.
Christ » For select reading » Appearance, personal of
"While I was watching, thrones were set up, and the Ancient of Days took his seat. His attire was white like snow; the hair of his head was like lamb's wool. His throne was ablaze with fire and its wheels were all aflame.
You are the most handsome of all men! You speak in an impressive and fitting manner! For this reason God grants you continual blessings.
His mouth is very sweet; he is totally desirable. This is my beloved! This is my companion, O maidens of Jerusalem!
(just as many were horrified by the sight of you) he was so disfigured he no longer looked like a man;
He sprouted up like a twig before God, like a root out of parched soil; he had no stately form or majesty that might catch our attention, no special appearance that we should want to follow him.
Christ » Name, wonderful » Mighty when used in prayer and service
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that remains, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.
She continued to do this for many days. But Paul became greatly annoyed, and turned and said to the spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!" And it came out of her at once.
And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
and repentance for the forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
At that time you will ask in my name, and I do not say that I will ask the Father on your behalf.
Christ » Divinity » Kingdom of
They will make war with the Lamb, but the Lamb will conquer them, because he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those accompanying the Lamb are the called, chosen, and faithful."
I tell you the truth, there are some standing here who will not experience death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom."
that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come in your kingdom."
Jesus replied, "My kingdom is not from this world. If my kingdom were from this world, my servants would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish authorities. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here."
Christ » His foreknowledge » His lordship
God is faithful, by whom you were called into fellowship with his son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Therefore let all the house of Israel know beyond a doubt that God has made this Jesus whom you crucified both Lord and Christ."
God exalted him to his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.
Then he said to them, "The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath."
Christ » Lord » His lordship
God is faithful, by whom you were called into fellowship with his son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Therefore let all the house of Israel know beyond a doubt that God has made this Jesus whom you crucified both Lord and Christ."
God exalted him to his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.
Then he said to them, "The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath."
Christ » Saviour » Came to earth to be
So he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world should be saved through him.
This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance: "Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners" -- and I am the worst of them!
Christ » Star » Substitution of, for sinners
Because Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, to bring you to God, by being put to death in the flesh but by being made alive in the spirit.
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us (because it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree")
but we see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by God's grace he would experience death on behalf of everyone.
God made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in him we would become the righteousness of God.
Christ » Compassion of » Condescension of
For this is what the high and exalted one says, the one who rules forever, whose name is holy: "I dwell in an exalted and holy place, but also with the discouraged and humiliated, in order to cheer up the humiliated and to encourage the discouraged.
He bends down to look at the sky and the earth.
Though the Lord is exalted, he takes note of the lowly, and recognizes the proud from far away.
When the Pharisees saw this they said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"
Christ » Parables of found in one gospel only, (chapter specified) » Plots against
But the Pharisees went out and plotted against him, as to how they could assassinate him.
When it was early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people plotted against Jesus to execute him.
But they were filled with mindless rage and began debating with one another what they would do to Jesus.
Jesus was teaching daily in the temple courts. The chief priests and the experts in the law and the prominent leaders among the people were seeking to assassinate him,
Christ » Slandered » Snares laid for
Now when the Pharisees and Sadducees came to test Jesus, they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
Then some Pharisees came to him in order to test him. They asked, "Is it lawful to divorce a wife for any cause?"
Then the Pharisees came and began to argue with Jesus, asking for a sign from heaven to test him.
Then some Pharisees came, and to test him they asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"
Christ » Devotions of » Select readings
Abraham approached and said, "Will you sweep away the godly along with the wicked? What if there are fifty godly people in the city? Will you really wipe it out and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty godly people who are in it? Far be it from you to do such a thing -- to kill the godly with the wicked, treating the godly and the wicked alike! Far be it from you! Will not the judge of the whole earth do what is right?" read more.
So the Lord replied, "If I find in the city of Sodom fifty godly people, I will spare the whole place for their sake." Then Abraham asked, "Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord (although I am but dust and ashes), what if there are five less than the fifty godly people? Will you destroy the whole city because five are lacking?" He replied, "I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there." Abraham spoke to him again, "What if forty are found there?" He replied, "I will not do it for the sake of the forty." Then Abraham said, "May the Lord not be angry so that I may speak! What if thirty are found there?" He replied, "I will not do it if I find thirty there." Abraham said, "Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, what if only twenty are found there?" He replied, "I will not destroy it for the sake of the twenty." Finally Abraham said, "May the Lord not be angry so that I may speak just once more. What if ten are found there?" He replied, "I will not destroy it for the sake of the ten."
So Jacob was left alone. Then a man wrestled with him until daybreak. When the man saw that he could not defeat Jacob, he struck the socket of his hip so the socket of Jacob's hip was dislocated while he wrestled with him. Then the man said, "Let me go, for the dawn is breaking." "I will not let you go," Jacob replied, "unless you bless me." read more.
The man asked him, "What is your name?" He answered, "Jacob." "No longer will your name be Jacob," the man told him, "but Israel, because you have fought with God and with men and have prevailed." Then Jacob asked, "Please tell me your name." "Why do you ask my name?" the man replied. Then he blessed Jacob there. So Jacob named the place Peniel, explaining, "Certainly I have seen God face to face and have survived."
King David went in, sat before the Lord, and said, "Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you should have brought me to this point? And you didn't stop there, O Lord God! You have also spoken about the future of your servant's family. Is this your usual way of dealing with men, O Lord God? What more can David say to you? You have given your servant special recognition, O Lord God! read more.
For the sake of your promise and according to your purpose you have done this great thing in order to reveal it to your servant. Therefore you are great, O Lord God, for there is none like you! There is no God besides you! What we have heard is true! Who is like your people, Israel, a unique nation on the earth? Their God went to claim a nation for himself and to make a name for himself! You did great and awesome acts for your land, before your people whom you delivered for yourself from the Egyptian empire and its gods. You made Israel your very own people for all time. You, O Lord, became their God. So now, O Lord God, make this promise you have made about your servant and his family a permanent reality. Do as you promised, so you may gain lasting fame, as people say, 'The Lord of hosts is God over Israel!' The dynasty of your servant David will be established before you, for you, O Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, have told your servant, 'I will build you a dynastic house.' That is why your servant has had the courage to pray this prayer to you. Now, O sovereign Lord, you are the true God! May your words prove to be true! You have made this good promise to your servant! Now be willing to bless your servant's dynasty so that it may stand permanently before you, for you, O sovereign Lord, have spoken. By your blessing may your servant's dynasty be blessed on into the future!"
Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the entire assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward the sky. He prayed: "O Lord, God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven above or on earth below! You maintain covenantal loyalty to your servants who obey you with sincerity. You have kept your word to your servant, my father David; this very day you have fulfilled what you promised. read more.
Now, O Lord, God of Israel, keep the promise you made to your servant, my father David, when you said, 'You will never fail to have a successor ruling before me on the throne of Israel, provided that your descendants watch their step and serve me as you have done.' Now, O God of Israel, may the promise you made to your servant, my father David, be realized. "God does not really live on the earth! Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built! But respond favorably to your servant's prayer and his request for help, O Lord my God. Answer the desperate prayer your servant is presenting to you today. Night and day may you watch over this temple, the place where you promised you would live. May you answer your servant's prayer for this place. Respond to the request of your servant and your people Israel for this place. Hear from inside your heavenly dwelling place and respond favorably. "When someone is accused of sinning against his neighbor and the latter pronounces a curse on the alleged offender before your altar in this temple, be willing to forgive the accused if the accusation is false. Listen from heaven and make a just decision about your servants' claims. Condemn the guilty party, declare the other innocent, and give both of them what they deserve. "The time will come when your people Israel are defeated by an enemy because they sinned against you. If they come back to you, renew their allegiance to you, and pray for your help in this temple, then listen from heaven, forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them back to the land you gave to their ancestors. "The time will come when the skies are shut up tightly and no rain falls because your people sinned against you. When they direct their prayers toward this place, renew their allegiance to you, and turn away from their sin because you punish them, then listen from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Certainly you will then teach them the right way to live and send rain on your land that you have given your people to possess. "The time will come when the land suffers from a famine, a plague, blight and disease, or a locust invasion, or when their enemy lays siege to the cities of the land, or when some other type of plague or epidemic occurs. When all your people Israel pray and ask for help, as they acknowledge their pain and spread out their hands toward this temple, then listen from your heavenly dwelling place, forgive their sin, and act favorably toward each one based on your evaluation of his motives. (Indeed you are the only one who can correctly evaluate the motives of all people.) Then they will obey you throughout their lifetimes as they live on the land you gave to our ancestors. "Foreigners, who do not belong to your people Israel, will come from a distant land because of your reputation. When they hear about your great reputation and your ability to accomplish mighty deeds, they will come and direct their prayers toward this temple. Then listen from your heavenly dwelling place and answer all the prayers of the foreigners. Then all the nations of the earth will acknowledge your reputation, obey you like your people Israel do, and recognize that this temple I built belongs to you. "When you direct your people to march out and fight their enemies, and they direct their prayers to the Lord toward his chosen city and this temple I built for your honor, then listen from heaven to their prayers for help and vindicate them. "The time will come when your people will sin against you (for there is no one who is sinless!) and you will be angry with them and deliver them over to their enemies, who will take them as prisoners to their own land, whether far away or close by. When your people come to their senses in the land where they are held prisoner, they will repent and beg for your mercy in the land of their imprisonment, admitting, 'We have sinned and gone astray; we have done evil.' When they return to you with all their heart and being in the land where they are held prisoner, and direct their prayers to you toward the land you gave to their ancestors, your chosen city, and the temple I built for your honor, then listen from your heavenly dwelling place to their prayers for help and vindicate them. Forgive all the rebellious acts of your sinful people and cause their captors to have mercy on them. After all, they are your people and your special possession whom you brought out of Egypt, from the middle of the iron-smelting furnace. "May you be attentive to your servant's and your people Israel's requests for help and may you respond to all their prayers to you. After all, you picked them out of all the nations of the earth to be your special possession, just as you, O sovereign Lord, announced through your servant Moses when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt." When Solomon finished presenting all these prayers and requests to the Lord, he got up from before the altar of the Lord where he had kneeled and spread out his hands toward the sky. When he stood up, he pronounced a blessing over the entire assembly of Israel, saying in a loud voice: "The Lord is worthy of praise because he has made Israel his people secure just as he promised! Not one of all the faithful promises he made through his servant Moses is left unfulfilled! May the Lord our God be with us, as he was with our ancestors. May he not abandon us or leave us. May he make us submissive, so we can follow all his instructions and obey the commandments, rules, and regulations he commanded our ancestors. May the Lord our God be constantly aware of these requests of mine I have presented to him, so that he might vindicate his servant and his people Israel as the need arises. Then all the nations of the earth will recognize that the Lord is the only genuine God. May you demonstrate wholehearted devotion to the Lord our God by following his rules and obeying his commandments, as you are presently doing."
Now Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he stopped, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples." So he said to them, "When you pray, say: Father, may your name be honored; may your kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread, read more.
and forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And do not lead us into temptation." Then he said to them, "Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, because a friend of mine has stopped here while on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him.' Then he will reply from inside, 'Do not bother me. The door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. I cannot get up and give you anything.' I tell you, even though the man inside will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of the first man's sheer persistence he will get up and give him whatever he needs. "So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. What father among you, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish? Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? If you then, although you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"
Christ » Appears, after his resurrection » Brethren of
Isn't this the carpenter's son? Isn't his mother named Mary? And aren't his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?
While Jesus was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and brothers came and stood outside, asking to speak to him.
Then Jesus' mother and his brothers came. Standing outside, they sent word to him, to summon him.
After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother and brothers and his disciples, and they stayed there a few days.
So Jesus' brothers advised him, "Leave here and go to Judea so your disciples may see your miracles that you are performing.
Christ » Power of » Prayers of
Abraham approached and said, "Will you sweep away the godly along with the wicked? What if there are fifty godly people in the city? Will you really wipe it out and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty godly people who are in it? Far be it from you to do such a thing -- to kill the godly with the wicked, treating the godly and the wicked alike! Far be it from you! Will not the judge of the whole earth do what is right?" read more.
So the Lord replied, "If I find in the city of Sodom fifty godly people, I will spare the whole place for their sake." Then Abraham asked, "Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord (although I am but dust and ashes), what if there are five less than the fifty godly people? Will you destroy the whole city because five are lacking?" He replied, "I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there." Abraham spoke to him again, "What if forty are found there?" He replied, "I will not do it for the sake of the forty." Then Abraham said, "May the Lord not be angry so that I may speak! What if thirty are found there?" He replied, "I will not do it if I find thirty there." Abraham said, "Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, what if only twenty are found there?" He replied, "I will not destroy it for the sake of the twenty." Finally Abraham said, "May the Lord not be angry so that I may speak just once more. What if ten are found there?" He replied, "I will not destroy it for the sake of the ten."
So Jacob was left alone. Then a man wrestled with him until daybreak. When the man saw that he could not defeat Jacob, he struck the socket of his hip so the socket of Jacob's hip was dislocated while he wrestled with him. Then the man said, "Let me go, for the dawn is breaking." "I will not let you go," Jacob replied, "unless you bless me." read more.
The man asked him, "What is your name?" He answered, "Jacob." "No longer will your name be Jacob," the man told him, "but Israel, because you have fought with God and with men and have prevailed." Then Jacob asked, "Please tell me your name." "Why do you ask my name?" the man replied. Then he blessed Jacob there. So Jacob named the place Peniel, explaining, "Certainly I have seen God face to face and have survived."
King David went in, sat before the Lord, and said, "Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you should have brought me to this point? And you didn't stop there, O Lord God! You have also spoken about the future of your servant's family. Is this your usual way of dealing with men, O Lord God? What more can David say to you? You have given your servant special recognition, O Lord God! read more.
For the sake of your promise and according to your purpose you have done this great thing in order to reveal it to your servant. Therefore you are great, O Lord God, for there is none like you! There is no God besides you! What we have heard is true! Who is like your people, Israel, a unique nation on the earth? Their God went to claim a nation for himself and to make a name for himself! You did great and awesome acts for your land, before your people whom you delivered for yourself from the Egyptian empire and its gods. You made Israel your very own people for all time. You, O Lord, became their God. So now, O Lord God, make this promise you have made about your servant and his family a permanent reality. Do as you promised, so you may gain lasting fame, as people say, 'The Lord of hosts is God over Israel!' The dynasty of your servant David will be established before you, for you, O Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, have told your servant, 'I will build you a dynastic house.' That is why your servant has had the courage to pray this prayer to you. Now, O sovereign Lord, you are the true God! May your words prove to be true! You have made this good promise to your servant! Now be willing to bless your servant's dynasty so that it may stand permanently before you, for you, O sovereign Lord, have spoken. By your blessing may your servant's dynasty be blessed on into the future!"
Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the entire assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward the sky. He prayed: "O Lord, God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven above or on earth below! You maintain covenantal loyalty to your servants who obey you with sincerity. You have kept your word to your servant, my father David; this very day you have fulfilled what you promised. read more.
Now, O Lord, God of Israel, keep the promise you made to your servant, my father David, when you said, 'You will never fail to have a successor ruling before me on the throne of Israel, provided that your descendants watch their step and serve me as you have done.' Now, O God of Israel, may the promise you made to your servant, my father David, be realized. "God does not really live on the earth! Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built! But respond favorably to your servant's prayer and his request for help, O Lord my God. Answer the desperate prayer your servant is presenting to you today. Night and day may you watch over this temple, the place where you promised you would live. May you answer your servant's prayer for this place. Respond to the request of your servant and your people Israel for this place. Hear from inside your heavenly dwelling place and respond favorably. "When someone is accused of sinning against his neighbor and the latter pronounces a curse on the alleged offender before your altar in this temple, be willing to forgive the accused if the accusation is false. Listen from heaven and make a just decision about your servants' claims. Condemn the guilty party, declare the other innocent, and give both of them what they deserve. "The time will come when your people Israel are defeated by an enemy because they sinned against you. If they come back to you, renew their allegiance to you, and pray for your help in this temple, then listen from heaven, forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them back to the land you gave to their ancestors. "The time will come when the skies are shut up tightly and no rain falls because your people sinned against you. When they direct their prayers toward this place, renew their allegiance to you, and turn away from their sin because you punish them, then listen from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Certainly you will then teach them the right way to live and send rain on your land that you have given your people to possess. "The time will come when the land suffers from a famine, a plague, blight and disease, or a locust invasion, or when their enemy lays siege to the cities of the land, or when some other type of plague or epidemic occurs. When all your people Israel pray and ask for help, as they acknowledge their pain and spread out their hands toward this temple, then listen from your heavenly dwelling place, forgive their sin, and act favorably toward each one based on your evaluation of his motives. (Indeed you are the only one who can correctly evaluate the motives of all people.) Then they will obey you throughout their lifetimes as they live on the land you gave to our ancestors. "Foreigners, who do not belong to your people Israel, will come from a distant land because of your reputation. When they hear about your great reputation and your ability to accomplish mighty deeds, they will come and direct their prayers toward this temple. Then listen from your heavenly dwelling place and answer all the prayers of the foreigners. Then all the nations of the earth will acknowledge your reputation, obey you like your people Israel do, and recognize that this temple I built belongs to you. "When you direct your people to march out and fight their enemies, and they direct their prayers to the Lord toward his chosen city and this temple I built for your honor, then listen from heaven to their prayers for help and vindicate them. "The time will come when your people will sin against you (for there is no one who is sinless!) and you will be angry with them and deliver them over to their enemies, who will take them as prisoners to their own land, whether far away or close by. When your people come to their senses in the land where they are held prisoner, they will repent and beg for your mercy in the land of their imprisonment, admitting, 'We have sinned and gone astray; we have done evil.' When they return to you with all their heart and being in the land where they are held prisoner, and direct their prayers to you toward the land you gave to their ancestors, your chosen city, and the temple I built for your honor, then listen from your heavenly dwelling place to their prayers for help and vindicate them. Forgive all the rebellious acts of your sinful people and cause their captors to have mercy on them. After all, they are your people and your special possession whom you brought out of Egypt, from the middle of the iron-smelting furnace. "May you be attentive to your servant's and your people Israel's requests for help and may you respond to all their prayers to you. After all, you picked them out of all the nations of the earth to be your special possession, just as you, O sovereign Lord, announced through your servant Moses when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt." When Solomon finished presenting all these prayers and requests to the Lord, he got up from before the altar of the Lord where he had kneeled and spread out his hands toward the sky. When he stood up, he pronounced a blessing over the entire assembly of Israel, saying in a loud voice: "The Lord is worthy of praise because he has made Israel his people secure just as he promised! Not one of all the faithful promises he made through his servant Moses is left unfulfilled! May the Lord our God be with us, as he was with our ancestors. May he not abandon us or leave us. May he make us submissive, so we can follow all his instructions and obey the commandments, rules, and regulations he commanded our ancestors. May the Lord our God be constantly aware of these requests of mine I have presented to him, so that he might vindicate his servant and his people Israel as the need arises. Then all the nations of the earth will recognize that the Lord is the only genuine God. May you demonstrate wholehearted devotion to the Lord our God by following his rules and obeying his commandments, as you are presently doing."
Now Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he stopped, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples." So he said to them, "When you pray, say: Father, may your name be honored; may your kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread, read more.
and forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And do not lead us into temptation." Then he said to them, "Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, because a friend of mine has stopped here while on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him.' Then he will reply from inside, 'Do not bother me. The door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. I cannot get up and give you anything.' I tell you, even though the man inside will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of the first man's sheer persistence he will get up and give him whatever he needs. "So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. What father among you, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish? Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? If you then, although you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"
Christ » Faith in, great » Faultfinding against
But the Pharisees and the experts in the law were complaining, "This man welcomes sinners and eats with them."
When the Pharisees saw this they said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"
But when the Pharisees saw this they said to him, "Look, your disciples are doing what is against the law to do on the Sabbath."
"Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don't wash their hands when they eat."
Christ » In presence of » Joy in Christ's presence
And Jesus said to him, "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise."
If anyone wants to serve me, he must follow me, and where I am, my servant will be too. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
And if I go and make ready a place for you, I will come again and take you to be with me, so that where I am you may be too.
"Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, so that they can see my glory that you gave me because you loved me before the creation of the world.
Thus we are full of courage and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
Christ » Reproves » Resurrection of
You will not abandon me to Sheol; you will not allow your faithful follower to see the Pit.
From that time on Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.
and will turn him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged severely and crucified. Yet on the third day, he will be raised."
As they were coming down from the mountain, he gave them orders not to tell anyone what they had seen until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead.
Christ » Preaching to be concerning » Christ the theme of
angry because they were teaching the people and announcing in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.
So Philip started speaking, and beginning with this scripture proclaimed the good news about Jesus to him.
and immediately he began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, saying, "This man is the Son of God."
You know the message he sent to the people of Israel, proclaiming the good news of peace through Jesus Christ (he is Lord of all) --
Christ » Sufferings of » Teacher
When the feast was half over, Jesus went up to the temple courts and began to teach.
Jesus went throughout all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of disease and sickness among the people.
As Jesus came ashore he saw the large crowd and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he taught them many things.
Christ » Reproves » Retirement sought by
When the apostles returned, they told Jesus everything they had done. Then he took them with him and they withdrew privately to a town called Bethsaida.
And after he sent the crowds away, he went up the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone.
When he left there, Jesus went along the Sea of Galilee. Then he went up a mountain, where he sat down.
Six days later Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, and led them privately up a high mountain.
As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve aside privately and said to them on the way,
Christ » Eternal » Divinity » pre-existence
As for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, seemingly insignificant among the clans of Judah -- from you a king will emerge who will rule over Israel on my behalf, one whose origins are in the distant past.
"Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, so that they can see my glory that you gave me because you loved me before the creation of the world.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was fully God.
Jesus said to them, "I tell you the solemn truth, before Abraham came into existence, I am!"
Christ » Touched by others » Unknown by men
John answered them, "I baptize with water. Among you stands one whom you do not recognize,
Jesus replied, "Have I been with you for so long, and you have not known me, Philip? The person who has seen me has seen the Father! How can you say, 'Show us the Father'?
He was in the world, and the world was created by him, but the world did not recognize him.
Jesus answered her, "If you had known the gift of God and who it is who said to you, 'Give me some water to drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water."
Then they began asking him, "Who is your father?" Jesus answered, "You do not know either me or my Father. If you knew me you would know my Father too."
Christ » Love to » To Christ, the blessings of
"Lord," Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, "what has happened that you are going to reveal yourself to us and not to the world?" Jesus replied, "If anyone loves me, he will obey my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and take up residence with him.
"If you love me, you will obey my commandments. Then I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you forever --
For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.
Hold to the standard of sound words that you heard from me and do so with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
Christ » Appears, after his resurrection » Commands of
He commanded us to preach to the people and to warn them that he is the one appointed by God as judge of the living and the dead.
teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age."
Now this is his commandment: that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he gave us the commandment.
The person who has my commandments and obeys them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will reveal myself to him."
"I give you a new commandment -- to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.
Christ » He had the common experiences of humanity » Humiliation of
They intended to bury him with criminals, but he ended up in a rich man's tomb, because he had committed no violent deeds, nor had he spoken deceitfully.
And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was rich, he became poor for your sakes, so that you by his poverty could become rich.
For I tell you that this scripture must be fulfilled in me, 'And he was counted with the transgressors.' For what is written about me is being fulfilled."
Christ » Reproves » Rock of offence
Isn't this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And aren't his sisters here with us?" And so they took offense at him.
but we preach about a crucified Christ, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles.
He will become a sanctuary, but a stone that makes a person trip, and a rock that makes one stumble -- to the two houses of Israel. He will become a trap and a snare to the residents of Jerusalem.
And so they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own house."
Christ » Love to » Man of sorrows
When he had said these things, Jesus was greatly distressed in spirit, and testified, "I tell you the solemn truth, one of you will betray me."
He was despised and rejected by people, one who experienced pain and was acquainted with illness; people hid their faces from him; he was despised, and we considered him insignificant.
Sighing deeply in his spirit he said, "Why does this generation look for a sign? I tell you the truth, no sign will be given to this generation."
Christ » Dying with surrendered life » Characteristics of
We know that our old man was crucified with him so that the body of sin would no longer dominate us, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.
I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So the life I now live in the body, I live because of the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
If you have died with Christ to the elemental spirits of the world, why do you submit to them as though you lived in the world?
As it is written, "For your sake we encounter death all day long; we were considered as sheep to be slaughtered."
For we who are alive are constantly being handed over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our mortal body.
Christ » His foreknowledge » Foretells his departure
Then Jesus said, "I will be with you for only a little while longer, and then I am going to the one who sent me.
You heard me say to you, 'I am going away and I am coming back to you.' If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am.
But now I am going to the one who sent me, and not one of you is asking me, 'Where are you going?'
I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them safe in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are one.
Children, I am still with you for a little while. You will look for me, and just as I said to the Jewish religious leaders, 'Where I am going you cannot come,' now I tell you the same.
Christ » Appears, after his resurrection » Comforts
I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble and suffering, but take courage -- I have conquered the world."
"Do not let your hearts be distressed. You believe in God; believe also in me.
But when Jesus turned and saw her he said, "Have courage, daughter! Your faith has made you well." And the woman was healed from that hour.
Christ » Mediator » Messenger
We must perform the deeds of the one who sent me as long as it is daytime. Night is coming when no one can work.
For I have come down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of the one who sent me.
Jesus replied, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come from God and am now here. I have not come on my own initiative, but he sent me.
Christ » His foreknowledge » Predicts his own sufferings
Wasn't it necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and enter into his glory?"
For I tell you that this scripture must be fulfilled in me, 'And he was counted with the transgressors.' For what is written about me is being fulfilled."
Then Jesus began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
saying, "The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law, and be killed, and on the third day be raised."
Christ » Sufferings of » Predicts his own sufferings
Wasn't it necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and enter into his glory?"
For I tell you that this scripture must be fulfilled in me, 'And he was counted with the transgressors.' For what is written about me is being fulfilled."
Then Jesus began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
saying, "The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law, and be killed, and on the third day be raised."
Christ » Name, wonderful » General references to
As a result God exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow -- in heaven and on earth and under the earth -- and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.
For a child has been born to us, a son has been given to us. He shoulders responsibility and is called: Extraordinary Strategist, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
He has a name written on his clothing and on his thigh: "King of kings and Lord of lords."
Thus he became so far better than the angels as he has inherited a name superior to theirs.
Christ » Mediator » Meekness of
"Tell the people of Zion, 'Look, your king is coming to you, unassuming and seated on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.'"
Now I, Paul, appeal to you personally by the meekness and gentleness of Christ (I who am meek when present among you, but am full of courage toward you when away!) --
Take my yoke on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
He was treated harshly and afflicted, but he did not even open his mouth. Like a lamb led to the slaughtering block, like a sheep silent before her shearers, he did not even open his mouth.
Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back in its place! For all who take hold of the sword will die by the sword.
Christ » Witness, a » To the truth
and from Jesus Christ -- the faithful witness, the firstborn from among the dead, the ruler over the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and has set us free from our sins at the cost of his own blood
I charge you before God who gives life to all things and Christ Jesus who made his good confession before Pontius Pilate,
Then Pilate said, "So you are a king!" Jesus replied, "You say that I am a king. For this reason I was born, and for this reason I came into the world -- to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice."
I tell you the solemn truth, we speak about what we know and testify about what we have seen, but you people do not accept our testimony.
Christ » Reproves » Reverence for
Instead, a woman whose young daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him and came and fell at his feet.
And a leper approached, and bowed low before him, saying, "Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean."
As he was saying these things, a ruler came, bowed low before him, and said, "My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her and she will live."
Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, and kneeling down she asked him for a favor.
Christ » Opinions concerning » Oracle of God
I will raise up a prophet like you for them from among their fellow Israelites. I will put my words in his mouth and he will speak to them whatever I command.
Moses said, 'The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must obey him in everything he tells you.
because I have given them the words you have given me. They accepted them and really understand that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me.
I have many things to say and to judge about you, but the Father who sent me is truthful, and the things I have heard from him I speak to the world."
For I have not spoken from my own authority, but the Father himself who sent me has commanded me what I should say and what I should speak.
Christ » Reproves » Revelation of
I will raise up a prophet like you for them from among their fellow Israelites. I will put my words in his mouth and he will speak to them whatever I command.
Moses said, 'The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must obey him in everything he tells you.
because I have given them the words you have given me. They accepted them and really understand that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me.
I have many things to say and to judge about you, but the Father who sent me is truthful, and the things I have heard from him I speak to the world."
For I have not spoken from my own authority, but the Father himself who sent me has commanded me what I should say and what I should speak.
Christ » Appears, after his resurrection » Branch
At that time the crops given by the Lord will bring admiration and honor; the produce of the land will be a source of pride and delight to those who remain in Israel.
A shoot will grow out of Jesse's root stock, a bud will sprout from his roots.
"I, the Lord, promise that a new time will certainly come when I will raise up for them a righteous branch, a descendant of David. He will rule over them with wisdom and understanding and will do what is just and right in the land.
In those days and at that time I will raise up for them a righteous descendant of David. "'He will do what is just and right in the land.
Listen now, Joshua the high priest, both you and your colleagues who are sitting before you, all of you are a symbol that I am about to introduce my servant, the Branch.
Christ » Saviour » Seven last sayings of
And Jesus said to him, "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise."
[But Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they don't know what they are doing."] Then they threw dice to divide his clothes.
He then said to his disciple, "Look, here is your mother!" From that very time the disciple took her into his own home.
At about three o'clock Jesus shouted with a loud voice, "Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?" that is, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
After this Jesus, realizing that by this time everything was completed, said (in order to fulfill the scripture), "I am thirsty!"
Christ » Humility of » Identified with believers
And the king will answer them, 'I tell you the truth, just as you did it for one of the least of these brothers or sisters of mine, you did it for me.'
"Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.
"The one who listens to you listens to me, and the one who rejects you rejects me, and the one who rejects me rejects the one who sent me."
He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?"
Christ » Divine names ascribed to Christ » Beloved son
He delivered us from the power of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of the Son he loves,
"Here is my servant whom I have chosen, the one I love, in whom I take great delight. I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations.
While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, "This is my one dear Son, in whom I take great delight. Listen to him!"
to the praise of the glory of his grace that he has freely bestowed on us in his dearly loved Son.
Christ » Slandered » Son, beloved
He delivered us from the power of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of the Son he loves,
"Here is my servant whom I have chosen, the one I love, in whom I take great delight. I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations.
While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, "This is my one dear Son, in whom I take great delight. Listen to him!"
to the praise of the glory of his grace that he has freely bestowed on us in his dearly loved Son.
Christ » Reproves » Righteousness of
You love justice and hate evil. For this reason God, your God has anointed you with the oil of joy, elevating you above your companions.
He sees there is no advocate; he is shocked that no one intervenes. So he takes matters into his own hands; his desire for justice drives him on.