Pridie Roxy

When they heard it, they marveled. And they left him and went away.

2 months ago

Pulpit comm: "Rabbinism ruled that the right of coinage appertained to the ruler of a state, and was a proof of de facto government, which it was unlawful to resist. The current coin, which they us...

2 months ago

Pridie Roxy

highlighted Matthew 22:20 ESV

And Jesus said to them, "Whose likeness and inscription is this?"

2 months ago

Pridie Roxy

finished reading Mark 11, John 12 in Chronological Bible Reading Plan:

Now when they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples...

2 months ago

Pridie Roxy

highlighted John 12:50 ESV

And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I say, therefore, I say as the Father has told me."

2 months ago

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highlighted John 12:44-45 ESV

And Jesus cried out and said, "Whoever believes in me, believes not in me but in him who sent me.

2 months ago

Pridie Roxy

wrote a note on John 12:25 ESV

Pulpit Comm: "If life be regarded as an end in itself; if it be treated as complete when rounded with its own individuality; if life shrink from sacrifice, if it "love itself," and will at all haza...

3 months ago

Pridie Roxy

highlighted John 12:25 ESV

Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

3 months ago

Pridie Roxy

finished reading Luke 18:15-43, Luke 19 in Chronological Bible Reading Plan:

Now they were bringing even infants to him that he might touch them. And when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them....

3 months ago

Pridie Roxy

wrote a note on Luke 19:30 ESV

Pulpit Comm: "The account of this transaction is less circumstantial in St. Luke than in the other evangelists. The reference to the prophecy of Zechariah 9:9 is here left out. This prophecy is, ho...

3 months ago

Pridie Roxy

highlighted Luke 19:30 ESV

saying, "Go into the village in front of you, where on entering you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever yet sat. Untie it and bring it here.

3 months ago

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finished reading Matthew 20, Matthew 21 in Chronological Bible Reading Plan:

"For the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard....

4 months ago

Pridie Roxy

wrote a note on Matthew 21:19 ESV

Pulpit Comm: "The complete fulfilment of this promise is no longer in the literal Israel; she is nothing in the world; no one resorts to her for food and refreshment; she has none to offer the wayf...

4 months ago

Pridie Roxy

wrote a note on Matthew 21:19 ESV

Pulpit Comm: "Here was a parable enacted. The Saviour had seen this tree, the Jewish Church; it was one, single, standing conspicuous among all nations as that whereon the Lord had lavished most ca...

4 months ago

Pridie Roxy

wrote a note on Matthew 21:19 ESV

Pulpit Comm: "There is no question here of Christ's omniscience being at fault. He acted as a man would act; he was not deceived himself nor did he deceive the apostles, though they at first misapp...

4 months ago

Pridie Roxy

wrote a note on Matthew 21:19 ESV

Ellicot's commentary: "Here they assume the character of a solemn judgment passed not so much on the tree as on that of which it became the representative. The Jews, in their show of the "leaves" o...

4 months ago

Pridie Roxy

highlighted Matthew 21:19 ESV

And seeing a fig tree by the wayside, he went to it and found nothing on it but only leaves. And he said to it, "May no fruit ever come from you again!" And the fig tree withered at once.

4 months ago

Pridie Roxy

wrote a note on Matthew 21:11 ESV

Pulpit Comm: "On the tenth of this month the Paschal lamb was selected and taken up preparatory to its sacrifice four days after (Exodus 12:3, 6). So the true Paschal Lamb now is escorted to the pl...

4 months ago

Pridie Roxy

highlighted Matthew 21:11 ESV

And the crowds said, "This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee."

4 months ago

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wrote a note on Matthew 21:5 ESV

Pulpit Comm: "Coming as King, he could not walk undistinguished among the crowd; he must ride. But to mount a war horse would denote that he was leader of an army or a worldly potentate; so he ride...

4 months ago

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