Study Desk

When Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad, because he had heard about Jesus and had wanted to meet him for a long time. He was hoping to see Jesus work a miracle.

Also, Herod found nothing wrong with him; he sent him back to us. Look, he has done nothing for which he should die.

(Barabbas was a man who was in prison for his part in a riot in the city and for murder.)

He set free the man who was in jail for rioting and murder, and he handed Jesus over to them to do with him as they wished.

A large crowd of people was following Jesus, including some women who were sad and crying for him.

But Jesus turned and said to them, "Women of Jerusalem, don't cry for me. Cry for yourselves and for your children.

We are punished justly, getting what we deserve for what we did. But this man has done nothing wrong."

But he had not agreed to the other leaders' plans and actions against Jesus. He was from the town of Arimathea and was waiting for the kingdom of God to come.

Joseph went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus.

The women were very afraid and bowed their heads to the ground. The men said to them, "Why are you looking for a living person in this place for the dead?

John told them in the words of the prophet Isaiah: "I am the voice of one calling out in the desert: ‘Make the road straight for the Lord.'" Isaiah 40:3

When Jesus turned and saw them following him, he asked, "What are you looking for?" They said, "Rabbi, where are you staying?" ("Rabbi" means "Teacher.")

After this, Jesus went to the town of Capernaum with his mother, brothers, and followers. They stayed there for just a few days.

When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover Feast, Jesus went to Jerusalem.

Then he said to those who were selling pigeons, "Take these things out of here! Don't make my Father's house a place for buying and selling!"

When this happened, the followers remembered what was written in the Scriptures: "My strong love for your Temple completely controls me."

When Jesus was in Jerusalem for the Passover Feast, many people believed in him because they saw the miracles he did.

You yourselves heard me say, ‘I am not the Christ, but I am the one sent to prepare the way for him.'

The woman said, "I am surprised that you ask me for a drink, since you are a Jewish man and I am a Samaritan woman." (Jewish people are not friends with Samaritans.)

Jesus said, "If you only knew the free gift of God and who it is that is asking you for water, you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water."