Friday 22nd March - John 18:1-24
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When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples over the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, into which he and his disciples entered. Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place, for Jesus often met there with his disciples. Judas then, having taken a detachment of soldiers and officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons. Jesus therefore, knowing all the things that were happening to him, went out, and said to them, “Who are you looking for?”
They answered him, “Jesus of Nazareth.”
Jesus said to them, “I am he.”
Judas also, who betrayed him, was standing with them. When therefore he said to them, “I am he,” they went backward, and fell to the ground.
Again therefore he asked them, “Who are you looking for?”
They said, “Jesus of Nazareth.”
Jesus answered, “I told you that I am he. If therefore you seek me, let these go their way,” that the word might be fulfilled which he spoke, “Of those whom you have given me, I have lost none.”
Simon Peter therefore, having a sword, drew it, struck the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus. Jesus therefore said to Peter, “Put the sword into its sheath. The cup which the Father has given me, shall I not surely drink it?”
So the detachment, the commanding officer, and the officers of the Jews seized Jesus and bound him, and led him to Annas first, for he was father-in-law to Caiaphas, who was high priest that year. Now it was Caiaphas who advised the Jews that it was expedient that one man should perish for the people. Simon Peter followed Jesus, as did another disciple. Now that disciple was known to the high priest, and entered in with Jesus into the court of the high priest; but Peter was standing at the door outside. So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to her who kept the door, and brought in Peter. Then the maid who kept the door said to Peter, “Are you also one of this man’s disciples?”
He said, “I am not.” Now the servants and the officers were standing there, having made a fire of coals, for it was cold. They were warming themselves. Peter was with them, standing and warming himself. The high priest therefore asked Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching. Jesus answered him, “I spoke openly to the world. I always taught in synagogues, and in the temple, where the Jews always meet. I said nothing in secret. Why do you ask me? Ask those who have heard me what I said to them. Behold, they know the things which I said.”
When he had said this, one of the officers standing by slapped Jesus with his hand, saying, “Do you answer the high priest like that?”
Jesus answered him, “If I have spoken evil, testify of the evil; but if well, why do you beat me?”
Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas, the high priest.
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Saturday 30th March - John 21:15-25
So when they had eaten their breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Jonah, do
you love me more than these?”
He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you.”
He said to him, “Feed my lambs.” He said to him again a second time, “Simon, son of
Jonah, do you love me?”
He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you.”
He said to him, “Tend my sheep.” He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do
you have affection for me?”
Peter was grieved because he asked him the third time, “Do you have affection for me?” He
said to him, “Lord, you know everything. You know that I have affection for you.”
Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep. Most certainly I tell you, when you were young, you
dressed yourself and walked where you wanted to. But when you are old, you will stretch
out your hands, and another will dress you and carry you where you don’t want to go.”
Now he said this, signifying by what kind of death he would glorify God. When he had said
this, he said to him, “Follow me.”
Then Peter, turning around, saw a disciple following. This was the disciple whom Jesus
loved, the one who had also leaned on Jesus’ breast at the supper and asked, “Lord, who is
going to betray you?” Peter seeing him, said to Jesus, “Lord, what about this man?”
Jesus said to him, “If I desire that he stay until I come, what is that to you? You follow me.”
This saying therefore went out among the brothers, that this disciple wouldn’t die. Yet Jesus
didn’t say to him that he wouldn’t die, but, “If I desire that he stay until I come, what is
that to you?” This is the disciple who testifies about these things, and wrote these things.
We know that his witness is true. There are also many other things which Jesus did, which
if they would all be written, I suppose that even the world itself wouldn’t have room for the
books that would be written.
Friday 29th March - John 21:1-14
After these things, Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias. He
revealed himself this way. Simon Peter, Thomas called Didymus, Nathanael of Cana in
Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were together. Simon Peter
said to them, “I’m going fishing.”
They told him, “We are also coming with you.” They immediately went out, and entered
into the boat. That night, they caught nothing. But when day had already come, Jesus stood
on the beach, yet the disciples didn’t know that it was Jesus. Jesus therefore said to them,
“Children, have you anything to eat?”
They answered him, “No.”
He said to them, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.”
They cast it therefore, and now they weren’t able to draw it in for the multitude of fish.
That disciple therefore whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It’s the Lord!”
So when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he wrapped his coat around himself (for
he was naked), and threw himself into the sea. But the other disciples came in the little boat
(for they were not far from the land, but about two hundred cubits away), dragging the net
full of fish. So when they got out on the land, they saw a fire of coals there, with fish and
bread laid on it. Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish which you have just caught.”
Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land, full of one hundred fifty-three great fish.
Even though there were so many, the net wasn’t torn.
Jesus said to them, “Come and eat breakfast!”
None of the disciples dared inquire of him, “Who are you?” knowing that it was the Lord.
Then Jesus came and took the bread, gave it to them, and the fish likewise. This is now the
third time that Jesus was revealed to his disciples after he had risen from the dead.
Thursday 28th March - John 20:19-30
When therefore it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors
were locked where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood
in the middle, and said to them, “Peace be to you.”
When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples therefore were
glad when they saw the Lord. Jesus therefore said to them again, “Peace be to you. As the
Father has sent me, even so I send you.” When he had said this, he breathed on them, and
said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit! If you forgive anyone’s sins, they have been forgiven
them. If you retain anyone’s sins, they have been retained.”
But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, wasn’t with them when Jesus came. The
other disciples therefore said to him, “We have seen the Lord!”
But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails, put my finger into the
print of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.”
After eight days again his disciples were inside and Thomas was with them. Jesus came, the
doors being locked, and stood in the middle, and said, “Peace be to you.” Then he said to
Thomas, “Reach here your finger, and see my hands. Reach here your hand, and put it into
my side. Don’t be unbelieving, but believing.”
Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!”
Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have
not seen, and have believed.”
Therefore Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written
in this book;
Wednesday 27th March - John 20:1-18
Now on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene went early, while it was still dark, to the
tomb, and saw the stone taken away from the tomb. Therefore she ran and came to Simon
Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken away
the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have laid him!”
Therefore Peter and the other disciple went out, and they went toward the tomb. They
both ran together. The other disciple outran Peter, and came to the tomb first. Stooping
and looking in, he saw the linen cloths lying, yet he didn’t enter in. Then Simon Peter came,
following him, and entered into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying, and the cloth that
had been on his head, not lying with the linen cloths, but rolled up in a place by itself. So
then the other disciple who came first to the tomb also entered in, and he saw and believed.
For as yet they didn’t know the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead. So the disciples
went away again to their own homes.
But Mary was standing outside at the tomb weeping. So as she wept, she stooped and
looked into the tomb, and she saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head, and one at
the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. They asked her, “Woman, why are you weeping?”
She said to them, “Because they have taken away my Lord, and I don’t know where they
have laid him.” When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing, and
didn’t know that it was Jesus.
Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?”
She, supposing him to be the gardener, said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell
me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.”
Jesus said to her, “Mary.”
She turned and said to him, “Rabboni!” which is to say, “Teacher!”
Jesus said to her, “Don’t hold me, for I haven’t yet ascended to my Father; but go to my
brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your
God.’”
Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had
said these things to her.