Study Desk

So when they arrest you and hand you over, don’t worry beforehand what you will say, but say whatever is given to you at that time, for it isn’t you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.

“Not during the festival,” they said, “so that there won’t be a riot among the people.”

And when they heard this, they were glad and promised to give him money. So he started looking for a good opportunity to betray him.

On the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrifice the Passover lamb, his disciples asked him, “Where do you want us to go and prepare the Passover so that you may eat it?”

So he sent two of his disciples and told them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him.

So the disciples went out, entered the city, and found it just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

So when he came, immediately he went up to Jesus and said, “Rabbi!” and kissed him.

So Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?”

But Jesus still did not answer, and so Pilate was amazed.

But the chief priests stirred up the crowd so that he would release Barabbas to them instead.

[So the Scripture was fulfilled that says: And He was counted among outlaws. ]

Let the Messiah, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see and believe.” Even those who were crucified with him taunted him.

When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they could go and anoint him.

So the Lord Jesus, after speaking to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.

so that you may know the certainty of the things about which you have been instructed.

Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah, amazed that he stayed so long in the sanctuary.

So they motioned to his father to find out what he wanted him to be called.

So everyone went to be registered, each to his own town.

So he took him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

So he took him to Jerusalem, had him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here.