Study Desk

While they were eating, Jesus took some bread and thanked God for it and broke it. Then he gave it to his followers and said, "Take it; this is my body."

Then Jesus took a cup and thanked God for it and gave it to the followers, and they all drank from the cup.

Then Jesus said, "This is my blood which is the new agreement that God makes with his people. This blood is poured out for many.

I tell you the truth, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine again until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God."

But Jesus said nothing; he did not answer. The high priest asked Jesus another question: "Are you the Christ, the Son of the blessed God?"

Jesus answered, "I am. And in the future you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of God, the Powerful One, and coming on clouds in the sky."

You all heard him say these things against God. What do you think?" They all said that Jesus was guilty and should die.

At three o'clock Jesus cried in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani." This means, "My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?"

When the army officer who was standing in front of the cross saw what happened when Jesus died, he said, "This man really was the Son of God!"

Joseph from Arimathea was brave enough to go to Pilate and ask for Jesus' body. Joseph, an important member of the Jewish council, was one of the people who was waiting for the kingdom of God to come.

After the Lord Jesus said these things to his followers, he was carried up into heaven, and he sat at the right side of God.

They have written the same things that we learned from others—the people who saw those things from the beginning and served God by telling people his message.

Zechariah and Elizabeth truly did what God said was good. They did everything the Lord commanded and were without fault in keeping his law.

One day Zechariah was serving as a priest before God, because his group was on duty.

But the angel said to him, "Zechariah, don't be afraid. God has heard your prayer. Your wife, Elizabeth, will give birth to a son, and you will name him John.

He will help many people of Israel return to the Lord their God.

He will go before the Lord in spirit and power like Elijah. He will make peace between parents and their children and will bring those who are not obeying God back to the right way of thinking, to make a people ready for the coming of the Lord."

The angel answered him, "I am Gabriel. I stand before God, who sent me to talk to you and to tell you this good news.

During Elizabeth's sixth month of pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee,

The angel said to her, "Don't be afraid, Mary; God has shown you his grace.