Participants: Kelly Mowrer
Series Code: HWAL
Program Code: HWAL000389
00:16 Hi and welcome to His words are life.
00:19 Thank you for joining me today and before we start to read 00:23 let's go to God in prayer. 00:25 Dear Heavenly Father, and dear Jesus, thank you so very much 00:30 for what we are about to read today - the words and the story 00:34 of your hours leading up to your death and that death was for us. 00:40 You came so that we could be with you - we could never have 00:45 made it otherwise and we just thank you for that and we can't 00:49 tell you thank you enough but may these words somehow take 00:53 root in our lives by the power of your Holy Spirit and may we 00:57 show to the world how much we love you by the way we treat 01:01 each other and by the things we do to serve each other. 01:04 Please be with us now as we read - we love you so much. 01:07 Amen. 01:09 Again, I am reading from the Gospel of John, the King James 01:12 version - we are in chapter 18. 01:15 When we left off Jesus had gone to the garden of Gesthemane, 01:19 and there Judas and the angry mob had come to Him, seeking 01:23 Him and we will begin now in verse 8. 01:29 Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he: if therefore ye 01:34 seek me, let these go their way. 01:37 That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, of 01:40 them which thou gavest me have I lost none. 01:45 Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high 01:48 priest's servant and cut off his right ear. 01:52 The servant's name was Malchus. 01:54 Then said Jesus unto Peter, put up thy sword into the sheath: 01:59 the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it? 02:05 Then the band and the captain and the officers of the Jews 02:08 took Jesus and bound him, and led him away to Annas first, 02:11 for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high 02:13 priest that same year. 02:15 Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was 02:20 expedient that one man should die for the people. 02:24 And Simon Peter followed Jesus and so did another disciple: 02:28 that disciple was known unto the high priest, and went in with 02:31 Jesus into the palace of the high priest. 02:35 But Peter stood at the door without. Then went out that 02:38 other disciple, which was known unto the high priest, and spake 02:41 unto her that kept the door and brought in Peter. 02:46 Then saith the damsel that kept the door unto Peter, Art not 02:50 thou also one of this man's disciples? He saith, I am not. 02:56 And the servants and officers stood there, who had made a fire 02:58 of coals, for it was cold: and they warmed themselves: and 03:02 Peter stood with them, and warmed himself. 03:04 The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of 03:07 his doctrine. 03:10 Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever 03:13 taught in the synogogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews 03:16 always resort, and in secret have I said nothing. 03:21 Why asketh thou me? Ask them which heard me, what I have said 03:24 unto them, behold, they know what I said. 03:31 And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by 03:35 struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou 03:39 the high priest so? 03:40 Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the 03:45 evil: but if well, why smitest thou me? 03:50 Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest. 03:55 And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. They said therefore 03:59 unto him, art not thou one of his disciples? He denied it and 04:05 said, I am not. 04:07 One of the servants of the high priest, being his kinsman whose 04:11 ear Peter cut off, saith did not I see thee in the garden with 04:14 him? Peter then denied again and immediately the cock crew. 04:21 Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of 04:23 judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not unto 04:26 the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they 04:30 might eat the passover. 04:32 Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bring 04:35 ye against this man? 04:38 They answered and said unto him, if he were not a malefactor, we 04:41 would not have delivered him up unto thee. 04:43 Then said Pilate unto them, take he him, and judge him according 04:48 to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful 04:52 for us to put any man to death. 04:55 That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled which he spake, 04:59 signifying what death he should die. 05:02 Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again and called 05:04 Jesus, and said unto him, art thou the King of the Jews? 05:09 Jesus answered him, sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did 05:13 others tell it thee of me? 05:16 Pilate answered, am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief 05:20 priests have delivered thee unto me: what has thou done? 05:24 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my 05:28 kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, 05:31 that I should not be delivered to the Jews, but now is my 05:35 kingdom not from hence. 05:39 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? 05:43 Jesus answered, thou sayest that I am a king. To this end 05:46 was I born, and for this cause came I unto the world, 05:49 that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is 05:53 of the truth, heareth my voice. 05:56 Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said 06:00 this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I 06:02 find in him no fault at all. 06:07 But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at 06:10 the passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King 06:13 of the Jews? 06:15 Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but 06:18 Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber. 06:23 We are reading from the Gospel of John, Chapter 19. 06:28 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus and scourged him. 06:31 And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns and put it on his head 06:35 and they put on him a purple robe, And said Hail, King of the 06:39 Jews, and they smote him with their hands. 06:43 Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, 06:46 Behold I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find 06:49 no fault in him. 06:52 And then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, 06:56 and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man! 07:00 When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried 07:05 out saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, 07:10 take ye him and crucify him: for I find no fault in him. 07:16 The Jews answered him, we have a law, and by our law he ought to 07:19 die because he made himself the Son of God. 07:23 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid; 07:28 And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, 07:31 Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer. 07:36 Then saith Pilate unto him, speakest thou not unto me? 07:39 Knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have 07:43 power to release thee? 07:46 Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, 07:52 except it were given thee from above: therefore he that 07:55 delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin. 08:01 And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the 08:03 Jews cried out saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not 08:06 Caesar's friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh 08:09 against Caesar. 08:11 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, 08:15 and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called 08:18 the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha. 08:23 And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the 08:26 sixth hour, and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King! 08:33 But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. 08:37 Pilate saith unto them, shall I crucify your King? 08:40 The chief priests answered we have no king but Caesar. 08:44 Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. 08:47 And they took Jesus, and led him away. 08:52 And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the 08:57 place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew, Golgotha. 09:04 Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either 09:07 side one, and Jesus in the midst. 09:10 And Pilate wrote a title, and put in on the cross. 09:13 And the writing was JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. 09:20 This title then read many of Jews for the place where Jesus 09:23 was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in 09:26 Hebrew, in Greek and Latin. 09:30 Then said the chief priest of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, 09:33 The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am the King of 09:36 the Jews. 09:39 Pilate answered, What I have written, I have written. 09:44 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his 09:48 garments and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and 09:52 also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the 09:56 top throughout. 09:58 They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, 10:03 but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture 10:06 might be fulfilled, which saith, they parted my raiment among 10:10 them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things 10:14 therefore the soldiers did. 10:17 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his 10:20 mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. 10:26 When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple 10:29 standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, 10:32 Woman, behold thy son! 10:34 Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! 10:40 And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home. 10:44 After this Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished 10:49 that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst. 10:54 Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled the 10:56 sponge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to 10:59 his mouth. 11:01 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, 11:04 It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. 11:11 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the 11:14 bodies should not remain upon the cross on the Sabbath day, 11:17 for that Sabbath day was an high day, besought Pilate that 11:20 their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. 11:25 Then came the soldiers, and break the legs of the first, and 11:28 of the other which was crucified with him. 11:31 But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already 11:35 they break not his legs. 11:38 But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and 11:42 forthwith came there out blood and water. 11:47 And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: 11:50 and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe. 11:55 For these things were done, that the scriptures should be 11:57 fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken. 12:01 And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him 12:03 whom they pierced. 12:06 And after this, Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of 12:09 Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that 12:13 he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave 12:19 He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus. 12:22 And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus 12:27 by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a 12:30 hundred pound weight. 12:33 Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen 12:35 clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. 12:41 Now in the place where he was crucified, there was a garden; 12:45 and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man 12:48 yet laid. 12:50 There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation 12:53 day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand. 12:59 We are reading from the Gospel of John, Chapter 20. 13:03 The first day of the week coming Mary Magdalene early, when it 13:07 was yet dark, unto the sepulchre and seeth the stone taken away 13:11 from the sepulchre. 13:13 Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter and to the other 13:16 disciple whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, they have taken 13:19 away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where 13:22 they have laid him. 13:24 Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came 13:27 to the sepulchre. 13:29 So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun 13:31 Peter and came first to the sepulchre. 13:37 And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen 13:39 clothes lying; yet went he not in. 13:44 Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the 13:46 sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie, 13:49 And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the 13:52 linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself. 13:55 Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to 13:59 the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed. 14:03 For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise 14:05 again from the dead. 14:08 Then the disciples went away again unto their home. 14:12 But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she 14:17 wept, she stooped down to look int the sepulchre, 14:20 And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, 14:23 and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. 14:27 Thank you for joining with me today to read these words of God 14:31 Till next time may he continue to keep you in his care. |
Revised 2014-12-17