Tuesday 26th March - John 19:28-42
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After this, Jesus, seeing that all things were now finished, that the Scripture might be
fulfilled, said, “I am thirsty.” Now a vessel full of vinegar was set there; so they put a sponge
full of the vinegar on hyssop, and held it at his mouth. When Jesus therefore had received
the vinegar, he said, “It is finished.” Then he bowed his head, and gave up his spirit.
Therefore the Jews, because it was the Preparation Day, so that the bodies wouldn’t remain
on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a special one), asked of Pilate that their
legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. Therefore the soldiers came, and
broke the legs of the first, and of the other who was crucified with him; but when they came
to Jesus, and saw that he was already dead, they didn’t break his legs. However one of the
soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out. He who
has seen has testified, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, that you
may believe. For these things happened that the Scripture might be fulfilled, “A bone of
him will not be broken.”Again another Scripture says, “They will look on him whom they
pierced.”
After these things, Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of
the Jews, asked of Pilate that he might take away Jesus’ body. Pilate gave him permission.
He came therefore and took away his body. Nicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by night,
also came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred Roman pounds. So they
took Jesus’ body, and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to
bury. Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden. In the garden was a new
tomb in which no man had ever yet been laid. Then because of the Jews’ Preparation Day
(for the tomb was near at hand) they laid Jesus there.
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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.