Thus the heavens and the earth and all their array were completed. Since on the seventh day God was finished with the work he had been doing, he rested on the seventh day from all the work he had undertaken. So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested…[read more]
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was a formless void, there was darkness over the deep, and God’s spirit hovered over the waters. . . . Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth vegetation: every kind of plant that bears seed and every kind of fruit tree…[read more]
You see, Herod was afraid of John. He also realized that John was a just and holy man, and even protected him. When he heard him speak he was very perplexed, yet he enjoyed listening to him. Mark 6: 20 In their commentary on this passage, John R. Donohue and Daniel J. Harrington point out…[read more]
Since all the children share the same blood and flesh, he too shared equally in it, so that by his death he could take away all the power of the devil, who had power over death, and set free all those who had been held in slavery all their lives by the fear of death.…[read more]
Jesus went over to her and, taking her by the hand, raised her up, and the fever left her. She then took care of their needs. . . . Very early the next morning, before dawn, he got up and left the house. He then departed for a deserted place, and there spent time in…[read more]
At that moment in their synagogue was a person with an unclean spirit; he screamed and shouted: “What do we have in common, Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to wipe us out? I know you for what you are—the holy one of God.” Mark 1: 23-4 In their commentary on Mark’s gospel, John R.…[read more]
Then Jesus appeared: he came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John. John tried to dissuade him. “It is I who need baptism from you” he said “and yet you come to me!” But Jesus replied, “Leave it like this for the time being; it is fitting that we should, in this…[read more]
Everybody who believes in the Son of God has this testimony inside him. . . . This is the testimony: God has given us eternal life and this life is in his Son; anyone who has the Son has life, anyone who does not have the Son does not have life. 1 John 5: 10-12…[read more]
Nathanael asked Jesus, “Where did you get to know me?” Jesus answered, “I saw you under the fig tree before Philip called you.” Nathanael replied, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!” Jesus answered, “Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree?…[read more]
Jesus turned round, saw them following and said, “What do you want?” They answered, Rabbi,” —which means Teacher—“where do you live?” “Come and see” he replied; so they went and saw where he lived, and stayed with him the rest of that day. it was about the tenth hour. John 1: 38-8 The call of…[read more]
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