Rachel Workman: 7 As Jesus was
going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside privately and told
them what was going to happen to him. 18 “Listen,” he said, “we’re
going up to Jerusalem, where the Son of Man[b] will be betrayed to the leading priests and
the teachers of religious law. They will sentence him to die. 19 Then
they will hand him over to the Romans[c] to be mocked, flogged with a whip, and
crucified. But on the third day he will be raised from the dead.” Thank you Jesus for covering me in my sinful state.
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John
Burnett: 17 As Jesus was about to go up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve disciples aside by themselves, and on the way He said to them, 18 “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem; and the Son of Man will be [a]delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn Him to death, 19 and will hand Him over to the Gentiles to mock and scourge and crucify Him, and on the third day He will be raised up.”
He willingly came down off of His throne in Heaven to take my
punishment for the sin He knew that I would commit. His death paid the
price and His resurrection was the receipt showing that His death was
sufficient and that eternal life is only possible through the One who
conquered sin and death. Thank you Jesus for paying the price for my
sin.
Have a wonderful weekend.
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Allen Michaels:17 Now Jesus was going up to Jerusalem. On the way, he took the Twelve aside and said to
them, 18 “We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man
will be delivered over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law.
They will condemn him to death
19 and will hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. On the third day he will be raised to life!”
Jesus predicted his death and resurrection for the third time (see Matthew 16:21 and Matthew 17:22,
23 for the first two times). Somehow the disciples still didn’t
understand what
he meant. Instead of constantly arguing greedily over which one was the
most important, and instead, listening closer to Christ, they may have
“gotten it” the first time.
In
the gospels the disciples always seemed to me to be a bit slow. They
never seemed to fully understand what Christ was saying and teaching.
However, outside the gospel writings they
really seemed to me to be men of faith. I discovered the below
information while searching on the lives of these apostles. The term
apostle came to be used after Ascension of Jesus. When all was said and
done, they ended up dying horrific deaths in the name
of Christ. I don’t know how much of it is 100% true without looking
into it further. But it gives us something to think about.
How the Apostles Died.
1. Matthew: Suffered martyrdom in Ethiopia, Killed by a sword wound
2. Mark: Died in Alexandria, Egypt, after being dragged by Horses through the streets until
he was dead.
3. Luke: Was hanged in Greece as a result of his tremendous Preaching to the lost.
4 John:
Faced martyrdom when he was boiled in huge Basin of boiling oil during a
wave of
persecution In Rome. However, he was miraculously delivered from death.
John was then sentenced to the mines on the prison Island of Patmos.
He
wrote his prophetic Book of Revelation on Patmos. The apostle John was
later freed and returned to serve as Bishop of Edessa in modern Turkey.
He died as an old man, the only apostle
to die peacefully.
5. Peter: He was crucified upside down on an x-shaped cross.
According
to church tradition it was because he told his tormentors that he felt
unworthy to die in the same way that Jesus Christ had died.
6. James: The leader of the church in Jerusalem was thrown over a hundred feet down from
the southeast pinnacle* of the Temple when he refused to deny
his faith in Christ. When they discovered that he survived the fall, his
enemies beat James to death with a fuller's club.
* This was the same pinnacle where Satan had taken Jesus during the Temptation.
7. James the Great: Son of Zebedee, was a fisherman by trade when Jesus Called him to a
lifetime of ministry.
As a strong leader of the church, James was ultimately beheaded at Jerusalem.
The Roman officer who guarded James watched amazed as James defended his faith at his trial.
Later,
the officer walked beside James to the place of execution. Overcome by
conviction, he declared his new faith to the judge and Knelt beside
James to accept beheading as a Christian.
8. Bartholomew: Also known as Nathaniel was a missionary to Asia. He witnessed for our
Lord in present day Turkey.
Bartholomew was martyred for his preaching in Armenia where he was flayed to death by a whip.
9. Andrew:
He was crucified on an x-shaped cross in Petra's, Greece. After being
whipped
severely by seven soldiers they tied his body to the cross with cords
to prolong his agony. His followers reported that, when he was led
toward the cross, Andrew saluted it in these words: 'I have long desired
and expected this happy hour.
The
cross has been consecrated by the body of Christ hanging on it.' He
continued to preach to his tormentors for two days until he expired.
10. Thomas: Was stabbed with a spear in India during one of his missionary trips to establish
the church in the Sub-continent
11. Jude: Was killed with arrows when he refused to deny his faith in Christ.
12. Matthias: The apostle chosen to replace the traitor Judas Iscariot was stoned and then
beheaded.
13. Paul:
Was tortured and then beheaded by the evil Emperor Nero at Rome in A.D.
67. Paul
endured a lengthy imprisonment, which allowed him to write his many
epistles to the churches he had formed throughout the Roman Empire.
These letters, which taught many of the foundational Doctrines of
Christianity, form a large portion of the New Testament.
Perhaps this is a reminder to us that our sufferings here are indeed
minor compared to the intense persecution and cold cruelty faced by the
apostles and disciples during their times For the sake of the Faith. And
ye shall be hated of all men for my name's
sake: But he that endureth to the end shall be saved. Matthew
Faith is not believing that God can; it is knowing that God WILL!
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