Feb 24, 2024
LEVITICUS 7:
Yesterday we heard about sin and guilt
offerings and about the ordination offering for priests. In today’s
reading, it sounds to me that for repayment offerings (repayment
being a sin which would usually be intentional), the person
offering the sacrifice would not be entitled to receive any of the
meat.
PSALM 13:
David starts by crying out “How long?” and ends
with a note of praise. We can be thankful for his difficult
experiences which give us these Psalms.
LUKE 9b:
Yesterday we heard of Jesus sending out his
disciples, and afterward the feeding of the 5,000. Peter rightly
declared what position Jesus was filling. Jesus predicted his
death. He said that some standing there would not die before seeing
the Kingdom of God, and perhaps he meant his three disciples who
saw the transfiguration, because His kingship was clearly
foreshadowed there.
NLT Translation notes:
Luk.
9:18 One day Jesus left the crowds to pray alone. Only his
disciples were with him, and he asked them,
“[According to the crowds, whose position am I
ministering in?”/ /According to what the people are saying, whose
position am I apparently filling?”//Who do people say I
am?”]
[In English, the answer to “Who do people say I
am?” would be “Jesus”— his name. This is a case where one has to
use more words than the original to capture the same
intent.]
19
“Well,” they replied, “some say the position of John
the Baptist, some say [taking Elijah's place//Elijah], and others say you are one of the other ancient prophets risen from the dead.”
20 Then he asked them,
“But [whose place do you say I am filling?”//who do
you say I am?”]
21 Jesus warned his disciples not to tell
anyone [about this//who he was].
22 “[I,
the//The] Son of Man must
suffer many terrible things,”he said.
“[I/He] will be rejected by the elders, the leading
priests, and the teachers of religious law.
[I/He] will be
killed, but on the third day [I/he]
will be raised from the
dead.”
23
Then he said to the crowd, “[PET Everyone who
wants to follow Me has to leave his own self interests and follow
Me every day, thinking like this, I will keep following the Lord
even to the point of death— even death by
crucifixion!’//If any of
you wants to be my follower, you must turn from your selfish ways,
take up your cross daily, and follow me.]
44
“Listen to me and remember what I say. [I, the Son
of Man am//The Son of Man is] going to be betrayed into the hands of
[my/his] enemies.”
58
But Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens to live in, and birds have
nests, but [I,/0] the Son of Man, has no place even to lay
[my/his] head.”
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