Luke 22:52-43

Rachel Workman: ⁵² Then Jesus spoke to the leading priests, the captains of the Temple guard, and the elders who had come for him. “Am I some dangerous revolutionary,” he asked, “that you come with swords and clubs to arrest me? ⁵³ Why didn’t you arrest me in the Temple? I was there every day. But this is your moment, the time when the power of darkness reigns.” Jesus didn't ask this question for himself. He asked it for them. He was extending grace one last time.

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John Burnett:  ⁵² Then Jesus said to the chief priests and officers of the temple and elders who had come against Him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs as you would against a robber? ⁵³ While I was with you daily in the temple, you did not lay hands on Me; but ^[a]this hour and the power of darkness are yours.”  Power corrupts and the Pharisees were willing to kill the King of kings and Lord of lords to maintain their power.  The same power of darkness working in these verses is the same power of darkness working today in our society and around the world.

 Have a great weekend and don’t forget to pray for those who lost everything in Hurricane Michael.

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Tomorrow’s reading for Luke 22:54-57

⁵⁴ So they arrested him and led him to the high priest’s home. And Peter followed at a distance. ⁵⁵ The guards lit a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat around it, and Peter joined them there. ⁵⁶ A servant girl noticed him in the firelight and began staring at him. Finally she said, “This man was one of Jesus’ followers!”

⁵⁷ But Peter denied it. “Woman,” he said, “I don’t even know him!”

⁵⁸ After a while someone else looked at him and said, “You must be one of them!”

“No, man, I’m not!” Peter retorted.