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Day 1  RECEIVE   Luke 23:11-12     11 Then Herod and his soldiers began mocking and ridiculing Jesus. Finally, they put a royal robe on him and sent him back to Pilate. 12 (Herod and Pilate, who had been enemies before, became friends that day.)     So sad that Herod himself as well as his soldiers began “mocking and ridiculing Jesus.” The Messiah could have wiped out all of them with just a spoken word, but He allowed all of this to go on because He wanted to complete the

Day 1  RECEIVE   Luke 23:23-25     23 But the mob shouted louder and louder, demanding that Jesus be crucified, and their voices prevailed. 24 So Pilate sentenced Jesus to die as they demanded. 25 As they had requested, he released Barabbas, the man in prison for insurrection and murder. But he turned Jesus over to them to do as they wished.     Even though Pilate could find no fault in Jesus, the voices of the shouting mob grew in intensity. This caused Pilate to agree wi

Day 1    RECEIVE   Luke 23:35-38     35 The crowd watched and the leaders scoffed. “He saved others,” they said, “let him save himself if he is really God’s Messiah, the Chosen One.” 36 The soldiers mocked him, too, by offering him a drink of sour wine. 37 They called out to him, “If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!” 38 A sign was fastened above him with these words: “This is the King of the Jews.”     The religious unbelievers and soldiers ridiculed Jesus. Th

Day 1  RECEIVE   Luke 23:50-51     50 Now there was a good and righteous man named Joseph. He was a member of the Jewish high council, 51 but he had not agreed with the decision and actions of the other religious leaders. He was from the town of Arimathea in Judea, and he was waiting for the Kingdom of God to come.      Joseph of Arimathea was on the Jewish Supreme Court, known as the Sanhedrin. Although he had disagreed with the other religious leaders he apparently did no

Day 1  RECEIVE   Luke 24:8-10     8 Then they remembered that he had said this. 9 So they rushed back from the tomb to tell his eleven disciples—and everyone else—what had happened. 10 It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and several other women who told the apostles what had happened.      The women were reminded of what Jesus had told them in Galilee about Him being betrayed, crucified and rising again on the third day. Then they remembered what He ha

Day 1  RECEIVE   Luke 24:22-24     22 “Then some women from our group of his followers were at his tomb early this morning, and they came back with an amazing report. 23 They said his body was missing, and they had seen angels who told them Jesus is alive! 24 Some of our men ran out to see, and sure enough, his body was gone, just as the women had said.”     The two followers of Jesus walking on the road to Emmaus did not realize it was Jesus walking with them. They contin

Day 1  RECEIVE   Luke 24:38-40     38 “Why are you frightened?” he asked. “Why are your hearts filled with doubt? 39 Look at my hands. Look at my feet. You can see that it’s really me. Touch me and make sure that I am not a ghost, because ghosts don’t have bodies, as you see that I do.” 40 As he spoke, he showed them his hands and his feet.     When Jesus suddenly stood in the midst of those to whom His two followers were telling about Him, they were startled and frightene