Jun 23, 2022
2SAMUEL 24:
Yesterday we heard David’s final words and the
listing of the 38 mighty warriors who loyally helped David in his
victories. Note that Uriah the Hittite was so poignantly included
at the end of the list. And this 24th chapter seems like a
postscript.
PSALM 119:17-32:
Yesterday’s reading included two of the most
famous verses from this psalm:
9
NLT How can a young person stay pure?
By obeying your word.
11 I have hidden your word in my
heart,
that I might not
sin against you.
JOHN 4:
Yesterday in John 3 we heard the words of John
the Baptist at what I consider his finest hour. That was where he
said, “He (Jesus) must grow greater and greater, and I must become
less and less.” This is a worthy goal for all of us.
NLT Translation
notes:
2Sam.
24:16 But as the [death//0] angel was preparing to destroy
Jerusalem, the LORD relented and said to the [0/death] angel,
“Stop! That is enough!” At that moment the angel of the LORD was by
the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
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John
4:21 Jesus replied, “Believe me, [0//dear woman], the time is
coming when it will no longer matter whether you worship the Father
on this mountain or in Jerusalem.
[I
don’t think there is any good equivalent in English for the Greek
here. One option runs the risk of sounding terribly rude, and this
one runs the risk of misunderstanding the ‘dear’ness of the woman
to Jesus.]
27
Just then his disciples came back. They were shocked to find him
talking to a woman, but none of them had the nerve to ask, “What do
you want with her?” or “Why are you talking to
[him//her]?”
45
Yet [, suprisingly,] the Galileans welcomed him, for they had been
in Jerusalem at the Passover celebration and had seen everything he
did there.
48
Jesus [said//asked], “Will you [people] never believe in me unless
you see miraculous signs and wonders?”
[It is important to show that the Greek is
you-plural here, otherwise Jesus seems overly frustrated with just
the one man.]
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