Luke 22J.B. Phillips New Testament (PHILLIPS) 22 1-2 Now as the feast of unleavened bread, called the Passover, was approaching, fear of the people made the chief priests and scribes try desperately to find a way of getting rid of Jesus. 3-6 Then the Enemy entered the mind of Judas Iscariot, who was one […]

LUKE 21 5 As some people were remarking about the Temple, how beautiful its stonework and memorial decorations were, he said, 6 “The time is coming when what you see here will be totally destroyed — not a single stone will be left standing!” 7 They asked him, “Rabbi, if this is so, when will […]

This week I’m picking passages from Luke’s account of Jesus’ final days. LUKE 20 The Torah-teachers and the head priests would have seized him at that very moment, because they knew that he had aimed this parable at them, but they were afraid of the people. 20 So they kept a close watch on the […]

Today, the Monday of Holy Week, the blog jumps to Luke’s narrative of Jesus arrest and death, beginning with the entry into Jerusalem LUKE. 19 After saying this, Yeshua went on and began the ascent to Yerushalayim. 29 As he approached Beit-Pagei and Beit-Anyah, by the Mount of Olives, he sent two disciples 30 instructing […]

LUKE 10 On their way Yeshua and his disciples came to a village where a woman named Marta welcomed him into her home. 39 She had a sister called Miryam who also sat at the Lord’s feet and heard what he had to say. 40 But Marta was busy with all the work to be […]

LUKE 10 The seventy came back jubilant. “Lord,” they said, “with your power, even the demons submit to us!” 18 Yeshua said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. 19 Remember, I have given you authority; so you can trample down snakes and scorpions, indeed, all the Enemy’s forces; and you will […]

Jesus and Mo. As can be seen below this problem exists for followers of Jesus as well. LUKE 10 10 After this, the Lord appointed seventy other disciples and sent them on ahead in pairs to every town and place where he himself was about to go. 2 He said to them, “To be sure, […]

LUKE 9 1 As the time approached for him to be taken up, he resolutely turned his face towards Yerushalayim. 52 He sent messengers ahead of him, who went and entered a village in Samaria to make preparations for him. 53 However, the people there would not let him stay, because his destination was Yerushalayim. 54 When the disciples Ya‘akov […]