Persecution

  • My Daily Thoughts—John 11:53-57

    John 11:53-57 (WEL) So, from that day, they followed the counsel to kill him. 54 As a result, Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews but went from there to a place near the wilderness to a city called Ephraim, and he stayed there with his disciples. 55 The Jews’ Passover was approaching,…

  • My Daily Thoughts—John 11:47-52

    John 11:47-52 (WEL) Then the chief priests and Pharisees assembled the Council and said, “What are we going to do, for this man does many miracles? 48 “If we let him alone, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and remove our place and nation.” 49 One of them, Caiaphas, who…

  • My Daily Thoughts—John 10:31-34

    John 10:31-34 (WEL) Therefore, the Jews again picked up rocks to stone him. 32 Jesus started speaking to them, “I have shown you many good works from my Father, for which one of those works are you stoning me?” 33 The Jews answered, saying, “We are not going to stone you because of a…

  • My Daily Thoughts—John 10:22-25

    John 10:22-25 (WEL) Now in Jerusalem, the Feast of Dedication [Hanukkah] began. It was winter. 23 And Jesus was walking on Solomon’s Portico in the Temple. 24 Then the Jews surrounded him and said to him, “How long are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, plainly tell us.”…

  • My Daily Thoughts—John 9:35-41

    John 9:35-41 (WEL) Jesus heard that they had banished him out. Finding him, he said to him, “Do you believe in the Son of God?” 36 He answered and said, “Who is he, sir, that I can believe in him?” 37 Jesus said to him, “You have seen him, and he is the one…

  • My Daily Thoughts—John 9:24-34

    John 9:24-34 (WEL) Then again, they called for the man who had been blind and said, “Give God the praise. We know that this man is a sinner.” 25 He answered and said, “I don’t know if he is a sinner. I do know that I was blind, and now I see.” 26 So…

  • My Daily Thoughts—John 9:18-23

    John 9:18-23 (WEL) Now the Jews did not believe the things about him who had been blind and received sight until they called the parents of him who had received his sight. 19 They asked them, saying, “Is this your son, whom you claim was born blind? How then can he now see?” 20…

  • My Daily Thoughts—John 9:13-17

    John 9:13-17 (WEL) They brought him, who used to be blind, to the Pharisees. 14 Now, it was the Sabbath day when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes. 15 So the Pharisees asked him again how he had received his sight. “He put clay on my eyes, I washed, and I see,”…

  • My Daily Thoughts—John 8:51-59

    John 8:51-59 (WEL) “Very truly, I say to you, ‘If any obeys my word, he will never see death forever.’” 52 Then the Jews said to him, “Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham is dead as well as the prophets, and you say, ‘If any obeys my word, he will never…

  • My Daily Thoughts—John 8:46-50

    John 8:46-50 (WEL) “Which of you finds me guilty of sin? If I tell the truth, why don’t you believe me? 47 “The one who is of God hears God’s words. The reason you don’t hear it is because you are not of God.” 48 Then the Jews answered and said to him, “We…