Luke 24:44 Cross References - NSB

⁴⁴ He said: »These are my words that I spoke to you, while I was yet with you. All things must be fulfilled. They are things that are written in the Law of Moses, and the Prophets, and the Psalms, concerning me.«

¹⁵ »And I will put enmity (hostility) (hatred) between you and the woman, and between your offspring (seed) and hers. He will bruise (overwhelm) (crush) you in the head, and you will bruise (overwhelm) (crush) him in the heel.« (Romans 16:20)

¹⁸ King Melchizedek of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was priest of God Most High.

¹⁸ ‘»All the nations will ask me to bless them as I have blessed your descendants. This is because you obeyed my command.’«

¹⁰ »The royal scepter shall not depart from Judah. His descendants will always rule. Nations will bring him tribute and bow in obedience before him. This, until Shiloh comes and all will obey him.

² Jehovah said: »Tell your brother Aaron that he cannot go into the holy place whenever he wants to. If he goes up to the canopy and stands in front of the throne of mercy on the Ark, he will die. This is because I appear in the smoke above the throne of mercy. ³ »This is what Aaron must do in order to come into the holy place: He must take a bull as an offering for sin and a ram as a burnt offering. ⁴ »He must dress in a holy linen robe and wear linen undergarments. He must wear a linen belt and turban. These are holy clothes. He should wash his body and put them on. ⁵ »He will take two male goats from the congregation of Israel as an offering for sin and a ram as a burnt offering. ⁶ »Aaron must sacrifice the bull as his own offering for sin. By doing this, he will pay compensation for wrongdoing and make peace with Jehovah for himself and his family. ⁷ »He must take the two male goats and bring them into Jehovah’s presence at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. ⁸ »I will show Aaron which goat will be sacrificed to me and which one will be sent into the desert to the demon Azazel. ⁹ »After he offers the first goat as a sacrifice for sin, ¹⁰ the other one must be presented to me alive, before he sends it into the desert to take away the sins of the people. ¹¹ »He must offer the bull as a sacrifice to ask forgiveness for your own sins and for the sins of your family. ¹² »He will take an incense burner full of burning coals from the altar in Jehovah’s presence, and two handfuls of finely ground, sweet-smelling incense. He will bring them up to the canopy. ¹³ »He must place the incense on the fire in Jehovah’s presence. The cloud of incense will cover the throne of mercy. This is over the words of God's promise, so that he will not die. ¹⁴ »He will take some of the bull's blood and sprinkle it with his finger on the east side of the throne of mercy. Then he will sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven times in front of the throne of mercy. ¹⁵ »Aaron will slaughter the goat for the people's offering for sin. He will take the blood inside, go up to the canopy, and sprinkle it on the throne of mercy and in front of it, as he did with the bull's blood. ¹⁶ »He will pay compensation for the wrongdoing and make peace with Jehovah for all the sins the Israelites committed against the holy place. These sins happened because the Israelites were unclean and because they committed rebellious acts. He will do the same for the Tent of Meeting that is among an unclean people. ¹⁷ »No one may be in the Tent of Meeting from the time Aaron enters the holy place to do this until he comes out. Aaron will pay compensation for wrongdoing and peace with Jehovah for his own sins, his family's sins, and the sins of the entire assembly of Israel. ¹⁸ »He will go out to the altar in Jehovah’s presence and pay compensation for the wrong and make peace with Jehovah for the sins committed. He will take some of the blood from the bull and some of the goat's blood and put it all around the horns of the altar. ¹⁹ »With his finger he will sprinkle some of the blood on it seven times. Because the Israelites made it unclean, he will cleanse it and declare it holy.

⁸ Jehovah said to Moses: »Make a snake and put it on a pole. Anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.«

²⁵ »If you are innocent, the community must protect you from that relative. They must take you back to the city of refuge you fled to. You must live there until the death of the chief priest who was anointed with the holy oil.

¹⁵ »Jehovah your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your fellow Israelites. Listen to him! ¹⁶ »This is according to all that you asked of Jehovah your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly. You said: Let me not hear again the voice of Jehovah my God. Do not let me see this great fire anymore, or I will die. ¹⁷ »Jehovah said to me: ‘They have spoken well. ¹⁸ »‘I will raise up a prophet from among their countrymen like you. I will put my words in his mouth. He will speak to them all that I command him. ¹⁹ »‘Whoever refuses to listen to the words that the prophet speaks in my name will answer to me.

¹ Why do the nations conspire together and rage? Why do the peoples plot in vain? ² The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against Jehovah and against his Anointed One. ³ They say: »Let us break their chains of control and throw off their oppressive rule.« ⁴ The One who dwells in heaven laughs. Jehovah scoffs at them. ⁵ Then he rebukes them in his anger and terrifies them in his rage (fury). He says: ⁶ »I have installed (anointed) (established) my king on Zion, my holy mountain.« ⁷ I will proclaim the decree of Jehovah: He said to me: »You are my Son. Today I have become your Father. (I have begotten you.) ⁸ »Ask of me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession. ⁹ »You will rule them with an iron scepter. You will dash them to pieces like pottery!« ¹⁰ Listen you kings, be wise (show discernment) and be warned you rulers of the earth. ¹¹ Serve Jehovah with deep respect and rejoice with trembling. ¹² Kiss the Son, lest he be angry and you be destroyed in your way, for his wrath can flare up in a moment. Blessed (happy) are all who take refuge (put trust) in him.

⁹ That is why my heart is glad and I rejoice. My body rests securely. ¹⁰ You do not abandon me to the grave or allow your holy one to decay. ¹¹ You make the path of life known to me. Complete joy is in your presence. It is pleasant to be at your right hand forever.

¹ ([Psalm of David]) My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far away from my deliverance, so far away from the words of my moaning? ² My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer. I cry by night, but I find no rest. ³ Yet you are holy, you who dwell seated on the praises of Israel. ⁴ Our ancestors trusted you. They trusted, and you delivered them. ⁵ They cried to you and were delivered. They trusted you and were never disappointed. ⁶ Yet, I am a worm and not a man. I am scorned by humanity and despised by people. ⁷ All who see me laugh at me. Insults pour from their mouths. They shake their heads and say: ⁸ »Put yourself in Jehovah’s hands. Let Jehovah save him! Let God rescue him since he is pleased with him!« ⁹ You are the one who brought me out of the womb. You made me feel safe at my mother's breasts. ¹⁰ I was placed in your care from birth. From my mother's womb you have been my God. ¹¹ Do not be so far away from me. Trouble is near, and there is no one to help. ¹² Many bulls have surrounded me. Strong bulls from Bashan have encircled me. ¹³ They opened their mouths to attack me like ferocious, roaring lions. ¹⁴ I am poured out like water. All my bones are out of joint. My heart has melted within me like wax (I am weak). ¹⁵ My power is dried up like pieces of broken pottery. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me down in the dust of death. ¹⁶ Dogs have surrounded me. A mob has encircled me. They have pierced my hands and feet. ¹⁷ I can count all my bones. People stare and gloat over me. ¹⁸ They divide my clothes among themselves. They cast lots (throw dice) for my clothing. ¹⁹ Do not stay far off, O Jehovah. Come quickly to assist me, O my strength. ²⁰ Rescue me from the sword, my life from vicious dogs. ²¹ Save me from the mouth of the lion and from the horns of wild oxen. You have answered me. ²² I will tell my people about your name. I will praise you within the congregation. ²³ All who reverence Jehovah, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob honor him! Stand in awe of him, all you descendants of Israel. ²⁴ Jehovah has not despised or been disgusted with the plight of the oppressed one. He has not hidden his face from that person. Jehovah heard when that oppressed person cried out to him for help. ²⁵ My praise comes from you while I am among those assembled for worship. I will fulfill my vows in the presence of those who respect Jehovah. ²⁶ Humble (meek) people will eat until they are full. Those who look to Jehovah will praise him. May your heart live forever. ²⁷ All the ends of the earth will remember and return to Jehovah. All the families from all the nations will worship you. ²⁸ This is because the kingdom belongs to Jehovah and he rules the nations. ²⁹ All prosperous people on earth will eat and worship. All those who go down to the dust will kneel in front of him, even those who are barely alive. ³⁰ There will be descendants who serve him, a generation that will be told about Jehovah. ³¹ They will tell people yet to be born about the righteousness he has performed.

¹ ([Psalm of David]) Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck! ² I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold. I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. ³ I am weary with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail, looking for my God. ⁴ Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who want to destroy me, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. I have to restore what I did not take away. ⁵ O God, you know my foolishness. My sins are not hidden from you. ⁶ Do not let those who wait for you to be shamed through me, Lord Jehovah of Hosts. Do not let those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me, God of Israel. ⁷ Because for your sake, I have borne reproach. Shame has covered my face. ⁸ I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother's children. ⁹ Zeal for your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me. ¹⁰ When I wept and I fasted, that was to my reproach. ¹¹ When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them. ¹² Those who sit in the gate talk about me. I am the song of the drunkards. ¹³ But as for me, my prayer is to you, Jehovah, in an acceptable time. God, in the abundance of your loving kindness, answer me in the truth of your salvation. ¹⁴ Deliver me out of the mire, and do not let me sink. Let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters. ¹⁵ Do not let the floodwaters overwhelm me; neither let the deep swallow me up. Do not let the pit shut its mouth on me. ¹⁶ Answer me, Jehovah, for your loving kindness is good. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, turn to me. ¹⁷ Do not hide your face (turn away) from your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me speedily! ¹⁸ Draw near to me and redeem it. Ransom me because of my enemies. ¹⁹ You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor. My adversaries are all before you. ²⁰ Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; for comforters, but I found none. ²¹ They also gave me gall for my food. In my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink. ²² Let their table before them become a snare. Let it become retribution and a trap. ²³ Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see. Let their backs be continually bent. ²⁴ Pour out your indignation on them. Let the fierceness of your anger overtake them. ²⁵ Let their habitation be desolate and let no one live in their tents. ²⁶ For they persecute him whom you have wounded. They tell of the sorrow of those whom you have hurt. ²⁷ Charge them with crime upon crime. Do not let them come into your righteousness. ²⁸ Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous. ²⁹ I am in pain and distress. O God, Let your salvation protect me. ³⁰ I will praise the name of God with a song. I will magnify him with thanksgiving. ³¹ It will please Jehovah better than an ox of bull that has horns and hoofs. ³² The humble have seen it and are glad. And you, who seek after God, let your heart live. ³³ For Jehovah hears the needy and does not despise his captive people. ³⁴ Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and everything that moves in it! ³⁵ God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah. They shall settle there, and own it. ³⁶ The children also of his servants shall inherit it. Those who love his name shall dwell in it.

¹ ([Prayers of David]) O God, give the king your justice. Give your righteousness to the royal son. ² He will judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice. ³ The mountains shall bring prosperity to the people. The hills bring the fruit of righteousness. ⁴ He will judge the poor of the people. He will save the children of the needy, and will break the oppressor in pieces. ⁵ They will fear you as long as the sun and moon endures, throughout all generations. ⁶ He will come down like rain on the mown grass, like showers that water the earth. ⁷ In his day the righteous will flourish. There will be abundance of peace, until the moon is no more. ⁸ He will have dominion from sea to sea, from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth. ⁹ Those who dwell in the wilderness will bow before him. His enemies shall lick the dust. ¹⁰ The kings of Tarshish and of the isles will bring tribute (presents). The kings of Sheba and Seba will offer gifts. ¹¹ Yes, all kings will bow down before him. All nations will serve him. ¹² When he cries he will deliver the needy and the poor who have no helper. ¹³ He will have pity on the poor and needy. He will save the needy. ¹⁴ He will redeem (rescue) them from oppression and violence. Their blood will be precious in his sight. ¹⁵ He will live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba. Men shall pray for him continually. They shall praise him all day long. ¹⁶ There shall be abundance of grain throughout the land. Its fruit sways like Lebanon. Let it flourish, thriving like the grass of the field. ¹⁷ His name will endure forever. His name will continue as long as the sun shines. May all nations be blessed through him and call him blessed. ¹⁸ Blessed be Jehovah God, the God of Israel, who alone does miracles. ¹⁹ Blessed be to his glorious name forever. May the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen and amen! ²⁰ The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.

⁶ You have not desired sacrifice and meal offering. You have opened my ears. Burnt offering and sin offering you have not required. ⁷ Then I said: »Here I come! In the scroll of the book it is written about me. (Luke 3:21) ⁸ »I am pleased to do your will, O my God; Your Law is within my heart.

¹ ([Sons of Korah]) O Jehovah, God of my salvation I cry out to you day and night. ² Let my prayer come before your presence. Turn your ear to hear my cries. ³ I am filled with troubles, and my life comes closer to the grave. ⁴ I am numbered with those who go into the pit. I am like a man without any strength. ⁵ I am abandoned with the dead, like those who have been killed and lie in graves. I am like those whom you no longer remember, who are cut off from your hand (power) (care). ⁶ You have put me in the bottom of the pit, in deep dark places. ⁷ Your rage lies heavily on me. You afflict me with all your waves. ⁸ You have taken my friends far away from me. You made me disgusting to them. I am shut in, and I cannot get out. ⁹ My eyes grow weak because of my suffering. All day long I call out to you, O Jehovah. I stretch out my hands to you in prayer. ¹⁰ Will you perform miracles for those who are dead? Will the dead rise and give thanks to you? ¹¹ Will anyone tell about your loving kindness in the grave or about your faithfulness after they parish? ¹² Will anyone know about your miracles in that dark place or about your righteousness (mercy) in the place of destruction? ¹³ I cry out to you for help, O Jehovah, and in the morning my prayer will come before you. ¹⁴ Why do you reject me, O Jehovah? Why do you hide your face from me (turn from me)? ¹⁵ Ever since I was young, I have been suffering and near death. I have endured your terrors, and now I am in despair. ¹⁶ Your burning anger has swept over me. Your terrors have destroyed me. ¹⁷ They swirl around me all day long like water. They surround me on all sides. ¹⁸ You have taken my loved ones and friends far away from me. Darkness is my only friend!

⁴ In return for my love, they accuse me, but I pray for them. ⁵ They reward me with evil instead of good and with hatred instead of love. ⁶ Appoint the evil one to oppose him. Let an accuser stand at his right hand. ⁷ When he stands trial, let him be found guilty. Let his prayer be considered sinful. ⁸ Let his days be few in number. Let someone else take his place. ⁹ Let his children become fatherless and his wife a widow. ¹⁰ Let his children wander around and beg. Let them seek help far from their ruined homes. ¹¹ Let a creditor take everything he owns. Let strangers steal what he has worked for. ¹² Let no one be kind to him anymore. Let no one show any pity to his fatherless children. ¹³ Let his descendants be cut off and their family name be wiped out by the next generation. ¹⁴ Let Jehovah remember the guilt of his ancestors and not wipe out his mother's sin. ¹⁵ Let their guilt and sin always remain on record in front of Jehovah. Let Jehovah remove every memory of him from the earth, ¹⁶ for he did not remember to be kind. He drove oppressed, needy, and brokenhearted people to their graves. ¹⁷ He loved to put curses on others, so he, too, was cursed. He did not like to bless others, so he never received a blessing. ¹⁸ He wore cursing as though it were clothing; so cursing entered his body like water and his bones like oil. ¹⁹ Let cursing be his clothing, a belt he always wears. ²⁰ This is how Jehovah rewards those who accuse me, those who say evil things against me.

¹ ([Psalm of David]) Jehovah said to my Lord: »Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.« ² Jehovah will extend your powerful scepter from Zion. He will say: »Rule in the midst of your enemies.« ³ Your people will volunteer in the day of your power. Your young people will come to you in holy splendor like dew from the womb of the dawn (in the early morning). ⁴ Jehovah has taken an oath and will not change his mind: »You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.« ⁵ Jehovah is at your right hand. He will crush kings in the day of his anger. ⁶ He will pass judgment on the nations and fill them with dead bodies. Throughout the earth he will execute their rulers. ⁷ He will drink from the brook along the road. He will hold his head high.

²² The stone that the builders rejected as worthless turned out to be the most important of all.

¹⁴ Therefore Jehovah will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel (God with us).

⁵ Righteousness will be the belt around his loins. Faithfulness will be the belt around His waist. ⁶ The wolf will dwell with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the young lion and the well-fed animal together. A little boy will lead them. ⁷ Also the cow and the bear will graze. Their young will lie down together. And the lion will eat straw like the ox. ⁸ The nursing child will play by the hole of the cobra. The weaned child will put his hand on the viper's den. ⁹ They will not hurt or destroy in my entire holy mountain. This is because the earth will be full of the knowledge of Jehovah just as the waters cover the sea. ¹⁰ Then in that day the nations will search for and turn to the root of Jesse. He will stand as a signal for the peoples. His resting place will be glorious.

¹⁶ Therefore this is what The Sovereign Lord Jehovah says: »Behold, I lay in Zion a stone for a foundation. It is a tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; whoever believes will not act hastily.

⁶ For unto us a child is born. Unto us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. He will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace.

¹ There must go forth a twig out of the stump of Jesse. A branch (sprout) (shoot) (descendant) from his roots will bear fruit. ² The Spirit of Jehovah will rest on him. The spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and strength, the spirit of knowledge and respect for Jehovah will be his. ³ He will delight in the reverence of Jehovah. He will not judge by what his eyes see, nor make a decision by what his ears hear. ⁴ But with righteousness he will judge the poor, and decide with fairness for the afflicted of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth (power of his words), and with the spirit (breath) of his lips he will destroy the wicked.

¹ »Comfort, comfort my people,« says your God. ² »Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her hard service has been completed. Her sin has been paid for and she has received double for all her sins from Jehovah’s hand.« ³ A voice of one calling: »In the wilderness prepare the way for Jehovah. Make straight in the desert a highway for our God. ⁴ »Every valley will be raised up! Every mountain and hill made low. The rough ground will become level and the rugged places a plain.

¹ Listen to this, you islands! Pay attention you people far away. Jehovah chose me long before I was born. He recorded my name while I was in my mother’s womb. ² He made my tongue like a sharp sword. He hid me in the palm of his hand. He made me like a sharpened arrow and hid me in his quiver. ³ He said to me: »You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will show my glory.« ⁴ I said: »I have toiled in vain. I have spent my energy for nothing and vanity. Yet, to be sure, the justice due to me is with Jehovah. My reward is with my God.« ⁵ Jehovah formed me in the womb to be his servant. I am to bring Jacob back to him and gather Israel to him. Jehovah honors me. My God has become my strength. ⁶ He says: »It is a small thing that you are my servant. You will raise up the tribes of Jacob and restore the preserved ones of Israel. I will also make you a light to the nations that my salvation will reach to the end of the earth.« ⁷ Israel’s Holy God and Savior says to the one who is deeply despised, hated by the nations and is the servant of rulers: »Kings will see you released and will rise to show their respect. Princes will also see it and they will bow low to honor you.« ⁸ This is what Jehovah says: »In the time of favor I will answer you. I will appoint you as my promise to the people. You will restore the land. You will make them inherit the desolate inheritance.«

² »Why was no one here when I came? Why was no one here to answer when I called? Am I too weak to reclaim you? Do I not have the power to rescue you? I dry up the sea with my command, and I turn rivers into deserts. Their fish stink because there is no water, and people die of thirst. ³ »I clothe the heavens in darkness and cover them with sackcloth.« ⁴ The Lord Jehovah will teach me what to say, so I will know how to encourage tired people. Morning after morning he will wake me to listen like a student. ⁵ The Lord Jehovah has opened my ears. I will not rebel, nor will I turn away from him. ⁶ I will offer my back to those who whip me. I will offer my cheeks to those who pluck hairs out of my beard. I will not turn my face away from those who humiliate me and spit on me.

¹³ My servant will act wisely. He will be raised, lifted up and highly exalted.

⁵ »The glory of Jehovah will be revealed and together all mankind will see it. For the mouth of Jehovah has spoken!« ⁶ A voice shouts: »Cry out!« And I said: »What shall I cry?« The voice shouts: »All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field. ⁷ »The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of Jehovah blows on them. Surely the people are grass. ⁸ »The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.« ⁹ You bring good news to Zion. Go up on a high mountain. You bring good news to Jerusalem. Lift up your voice with a shout! Lift it up and do not be afraid! Say to the towns of Judah: »Here is your God!« ¹⁰ See the Sovereign Lord Jehovah comes with power. His arm (power) rules for him. See, his reward is with him and his recompense accompanies him. ¹¹ He tends his flock like a shepherd. He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart. He gently leads those that have young.

¹ Here is my servant, whom I have strengthened. Here is the one I have chosen, with whom I am pleased. I have filled him with my Spirit, and he will bring justice to every nation. ² He will not shout or raise his voice or make loud speeches in the streets. ³ He will not break off a bent reed nor extinguish a flickering lamp. He will bring lasting justice to all. ⁴ He will not lose hope or courage. He will establish justice on the earth. Distant lands eagerly wait for his law.

¹ The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord Jehovah is upon me, because Jehovah has anointed me to announce good news to the lowly and meek. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to captives and freedom to prisoners. ² To proclaim the favorable Year of Jehovah and the day of vengeance of our God. To comfort all who mourn, ³ to present a garland, instead of ashes, to those who mourn in Zion, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and the mantle of praise instead of a spirit of fainting. They will be called oaks of righteousness. They are the planting of Jehovah, that he may be glorified.

¹⁴ »‘Jehovah said: ‘The time is coming when I will fulfill the promise that I made to the people of Israel and Judah.

⁵ »The days are coming,« declares Jehovah, »when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch. He will reign as king and act wisely and do justice and righteousness in the land.

²² »‘Someday, I, Jehovah, will cut a tender twig from the top of a cedar tree. I will then plant it on the peak of Israel's tallest mountain, where it will grow strong branches and produce large fruit.

²³ »‘I will place one shepherd over them, my servant David. He will take care of them. He will take care of them and be their shepherd.

⁴⁴ »In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed. Its sovereignty will not be entrusted to another people. It will break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms and it will stand forever!

¹³ »I saw in the night-visions someone like a SON OF MAN came with the clouds of heaven. He came to the Ancient of Days. They brought him near before him.

⁷ »However I will have mercy (compassion) (love) on the house of Judah. I will not save them by bow, or by sword. I will not save them by battle, not by horses, nor by horsemen. However, I will save them by Jehovah their God.« ⁸ Now when she had weaned Loruhamah, Gomer conceived, and gave birth to another son. ⁹ Jehovah said: »Name him Loammi for you are not my people, and I am not your God. ¹⁰ »Yet the number of the children of Israel will be like the grains of the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. It will be said: You are the sons of the living God in the place where it was said you are not my people! ¹¹ »The children of Judah and the children of Israel will be gathered together. They will appoint for themselves one leader, and will leave the land of Jezreel. It will be a great day for Jezreel.«

⁵ Afterward the children of Israel will return and seek Jehovah their God. David their king will come with trembling to Jehovah and to his goodness in the last days.

²⁸ »In the last days I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions! (Ac 2:17; Isa 44:3) ²⁹ »I will also pour out my Spirit upon the male and female servants in those days. (Ac 10:45; Zec 12:10; Eze 36:27) ³⁰ »I will show wonders in the sky and on the earth: blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. ³¹ »The sun will be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible (awesome) Day of Jehovah comes! ³² »It will happen that who ever calls on the name of Jehovah will be saved. There will be those on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem that will escape, even among the survivors whom Jehovah calls.«

¹¹ »In that day I will raise up the fallen tabernacle of David and close up the breaches. I will raise up its ruins and rebuild it as in the days of old.

²⁴ »Seventy weeks (seventy sets of seven time periods) are decreed for your people and your holy city, to finish transgression and to make an end of sin, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy. ²⁵ »Know and discern, that from the utterance of the commandment to restore and to rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One (Messiah), the Leader: there shall be seven weeks, also sixty-two weeks. It shall be built again with a public square and moat, even in terrible times. ²⁶ »And after the sixty-two weeks the anointed one will be cut off (destroyed) (killed) and shall have nothing. The people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end of it shall be by the flood of war and desolations. ²⁷ »He will make a firm covenant with many for one week (time period of seven). In the middle of the week he will cause the sacrifice and the offerings to cease. The one that makes desolate will come upon the wing of abominations. At the end that which is decreed will be poured out upon the one lying desolate.«

¹ »Now you will gather in troops, O daughter of troops! He has attacked us. They will strike the judge of Israel on the cheek with a rod. ² »You Bethlehem Ephrathah who are little to be among the thousands of Judah. Out of you one will come to me who is to be ruler in Israel! His origin is from of old, from everlasting (days of antiquity) (ancient times). ³ »He will give them up, until the time that she who is giving birth delivers. Then the remainder of his brothers will return to the children of Israel. ⁴ »He will stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of Jehovah. They will abide in the majesty of the name of Jehovah his God! Now he will be great to the ends of the earth.

⁷ »I will shake all the nations and make them afraid. The treasures of all the nations will be brought here. I will fill this house with glory. ⁸ »The silver and gold of the world is mine,« said Jehovah of Hosts. ⁹ »The glory of this house will be greater than it was before. I will give my people peace.« Jehovah of Hosts has spoken.

¹² ‘»Say to him: ‘Jehovah of Hosts says, »See here, the man whose name is the Branch (Sprout) (Shoot) (Bud). For he will branch out (sprout) from where he is and he will build the Temple of Jehovah.

⁹ »Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king comes to you! He is righteous having salvation. He is humble, and riding upon an ass, even upon a colt the son of a she ass.

⁸ »And I eliminated the three shepherds in one month. I was tired of them, and they also abhorred me (found me repugnant). ⁹ »Then I said, ‘I will not feed you! If you die go ahead and die. Let those that are left eat each other!« ¹⁰ So I took my staff, Beauty, and broke it in pieces that I might break my covenant that I had made with all the peoples. ¹¹ It was broken in that day. In this way, the poor of the flock listened to me and knew that it was the word of Jehovah. ¹² I said to them, »If it is good in your sight give me my wages, if not forget it.« So they paid me thirty pieces of silver. ¹³ Jehovah said to me, »Throw it to the potter,« the amount they paid me. I took the thirty pieces of silver, and threw them to the potter, in the house of Jehovah.

¹⁰ »I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of kindness and of supplication. They will look to the one whom they pierced; and they will mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son. There will be a bitter lamentation for him, like one who grieves for his first-born.

⁷ »Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow (neighbor) (companion), said Jehovah of Hosts: Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered! I will turn my hand upon (against) the little ones.

⁴ »His feet will stand in that day upon the Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east. The Mount of Olives will be split in half toward the east and toward the west. There will be a very large valley. Half of the mountain will move toward the north, and half of it toward the south.

¹ »Behold, I send my messenger! He will prepare the way before me. Seek Jehovah! He will suddenly come to his Temple along with the messenger of the covenant. He is one you desire, behold, he comes,« said Jehovah of Hosts. ² »Who can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears? He is like a refiner's fire and like laundry soap (the lye of laundrymen). ³ »He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver. He will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will offer to Jehovah offerings in righteousness.

² »The sun of righteousness with it’s healing will shine on you who respect my name and obey me. You will be free and paw the ground like fat calves.« ³ »When I act you will tread down the wicked. They will be like dust under your feet,« Jehovah of Hosts said. ⁴ »You should remember the Law of Moses my servant. I commanded the statutes and ordinances (regulations and judgments) to him at Horeb for all Israel. ⁵ »Behold! I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible Day of Jehovah comes. ⁶ »He will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers and bring them together again before I come and strike the earth with destruction (a curse).«

²² While they were traveling in Galilee, Jesus said to them: »The Son of man will be given up into the hands of men. ²³ »They will put him to death. The third day he will be raised from death.« They were very sad.

²¹ From that time forward Jesus made it clear to his disciples how he would have to go to Jerusalem. He told them he would undergo much at the hands of the authorities, including the chief priests and scribes. He let them know he would be put to death. The third day he would come back from the dead.

¹⁸ »When we get to Jerusalem,« he said, »The Son of man will be handed over to the chief priests and scribes. They will give orders for him to be put to death. ¹⁹ »They will turn him over to the heathen to be made sport of and to be whipped. He will be put to death on the stake. The third day he will come back from the dead.«

⁵⁴ »How then will the scriptures be fulfilled, that it must happen this way?«

⁵⁶ »This has taken place so that the writings of the prophets will come true.« Then all his disciples left him.

³¹ Then he taught them that the Son of man must suffer many things. The elders, chief priests, and the scribes will reject him. He will be killed and after three days he will rise from the dead. ³² Jesus spoke openly about this. Peter took him aside and rebuked him.

³¹ He taught his disciples: »The Son of man will be handed over to men who will put him to death. After three days he will come back from the dead.«

³³ »When we go to Jerusalem the Son of man will be turned over to the chief priests and the scribes. They will condemn him to death and hand him over to the people of the nations. ³⁴ »They will mock him, spit on him, and scourge him. Then they will kill him. After three days he will rise again.«

⁴⁴ »Let these words sink into your ears. The Son of man shall be delivered up into the hands of men.«

³¹ He took the twelve to Jerusalem so that the Son of man will accomplish all the things that are written through the prophets: ³² »He will be delivered up to the people of the nations, and will be mocked, and shamefully treated, and spit upon. ³³ »They will beat and kill him. The third day he will rise.« ³⁴ They did not understand for the meaning was hidden from them. They could not perceive the things he said.

²² The Son of man must suffer many things, he told them. The elders, chief priests and scribes will reject him and kill him. The third day he will be raised up.

²² »These are days of vengeance! All things written will be fulfilled.

³⁷ »I tell you that which is written must be fulfilled in me. He was numbered with transgressors for that which concerns me has fulfillment.«

⁶ »He is not here. He has arisen! Remember how he spoke to you when he was yet in Galilee. ⁷ »He said the Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, be impaled, and the third day rise again.«

²⁶ »Did the Christ need to suffer these things and enter into his glory?« ²⁷ He explained to them all the Scriptures about the things concerning him. He spoke about Moses and all the prophets.

⁴⁶ He said: »It is written that the Christ should suffer, and rise again from the dead the third day.

¹⁴ »As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so the Son of man must also be lifted up.

³⁹ »You search (investigate) (study) the Scriptures because you think that in them you have everlasting life. These Scriptures testify about me.

⁴⁶ »It is a fact! If you believed Moses you would believe me. He wrote about me!

⁴ »I tell you these things so you will remember that I told you when the time comes. I did not tell this from the beginning because I was with you. ⁵ »I go to him that sent me. None of you asks me: Where are you going?

¹⁶ »A little while and you will see me no more and again a little while, and you will see me.« ¹⁷ Some of his disciples said to one another: »What is this he says, a little while, and you see me no more and again a little while and you will see me because I go to the Father?

¹¹ »I am no more in the world but they are in the world. I come to you Holy Father. Keep them in your name, which you have given to me, that they may be one*, even as we are. *(Greek: heis; united in purpose and love) ¹² »While I was with them I kept them in your name, which you have given to me. I guarded them, and not one of them perished, except the son of perdition; that the Scripture might be fulfilled. ¹³ »Now I come to you. I spoke these things in the world, that they may have my joy made full in themselves.

²⁴ They said to one another, Let us not tear the coat. So they cast lots for it. That fulfilled the scripture that said: »They parted my garments among them, and they cast lots for my covering.« ²⁵ His mother stood by the stake of Jesus, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. ²⁶ Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved. He said to his mother, »Woman, look, your son!« ²⁷ Then he said to the disciple, »Look, your mother!« That hour forward the disciple took her to his home. ²⁸ He knew that it was over. In order that the scripture might be accomplished, he said: »I thirst.« ²⁹ A vessel full of vinegar was setting there. They put a sponge full of vinegar upon a hyssop branch and brought it to his mouth. ³⁰ When Jesus received the vinegar, he said, »it is finished.« He bowed his head, and he stopped breathing. ³¹ It was Preparation and the Jews insisted that bodies not remain on the stake on the Sabbath. The day of that Sabbath was a high day. They asked Pilate that the legs be broken and that they might be taken away. ³² The soldiers broke the legs of the two who were impaled with him. ³³ When they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already so they did not break his legs. ³⁴ The soldier with the spear pierced his side and suddenly blood and water came out. ³⁵ He who saw testified and his testimony is true. He knows and he speaks truth that you also may believe. ³⁶ These things came to pass in order that the scripture might be fulfilled: A bone of him shall not be broken. ³⁷ And again another scripture said: They should look on him whom they pierced.

¹⁸ »The things God fulfilled he announced beforehand by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer.

²² »Moses said to the fathers, ‘Jehovah will raise up for your brothers a prophet like me. You must listen to all the things he speaks to you.’ (Deuteronomy 18:18) ²³ »It will happen. Every person who will not listen to the prophet will be destroyed from among the people. ²⁴ »Yes, all the prophets from Samuel and his successors also announced these days.

³⁷ »This is the Moses that said to the children of Israel, your God will raise up a prophet like me from your brothers.

² Paul went in, for it was his custom. He reasoned with them from the Scriptures for three Sabbath days. ³ He explained and proved that Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead. And that Jesus is the Messiah.

²⁹ »When they had fulfilled all that was written about him, they took him down from the stake, and laid him in a tomb. ³⁰ »But God raised him from the dead: ³¹ »Those who came with him from Galilee to Jerusalem saw him. They are his witnesses to the people.

³³ »God has fulfilled this promise to their children by resurrecting Jesus. Just as it is written in the second psalm: You are my Son, today I have become your father. (Psalms 2:7)

³ First of all, I delivered to you what I also received, how Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures. ⁴ He was buried, and he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures.

⁵ Indeed Moses was faithful in His house, as a ministering servant, for a testimony of the things to be spoken afterwards.

¹ Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him.

⁸ The Holy Spirit revealed that the way into the Most Holy Place was not open while the tent was still in use.

¹ The Law is a shadow of the good things to come. It is not the actual things. The continual yearly sacrifices can never make those who worship perfect.

¹¹ searching what time or what manner of time the spirit of Christ that was in them did point to, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that should follow them.

¹⁰ I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me: »Do not do that. I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers. You have the witness from Jesus: worship God! For the witness from Jesus is the spirit (mind-set) of prophecy.«