Study Desk

This time, he didn't say anything, but went back and prayed a third time, sayin' the exact same thing.

But if I did this, how would the things that must be done be fulfilled?"

But all of this must happen this way in order to fulfill what the great cowboys who rode for my Dad long ago had said would happen." Jesus watched as every one of his cowboys jumped on their horses and loped away in fear.

But Jesus kept his mouth closed.The head honcho said, "I dare you to answer this one question, so help you God. Are you the Christ, the Boss's Son?"

But Jesus didn't answer. He didn't say one word about any of the charges. His silence baffled Pilate.

But the head honchos of the church lobbied the crowd and persuaded them to release the bandito and have Jesus strung up.

"Why? What in the world has this man done to deserve this?" asked Pilate. But they got all slobber-mouthed and yelled, "Crucify him!"

They offered Jesus a drink of wine mixed with a narcotic, but he spit it out as soon as he tasted it.

We want you to post some deputies at his grave to keep Jesus's cowboys from stealin' the body and claimin' that he come back to life. Jesus deceived many good and honest folks while he was alive, but if they pull this off, it will be worse than the first trick."

But he ain't here! He has ridden back from the dead just like he said he would. Y'all come take a look and see that I ain't pullin' your leg.

So the two ladies ran away from the grave. They were afraid, but at the same time they were plumb happy. They ran as fast as they could toward where the cowboys were camped.

When they saw him, they took a knee before him and worshiped him, but even then, some of them had doubts.

John was a different sort of fellow. He wore a vest of camel hair with a stout leather belt holding his jeans up. He didn't waste no time with fancy vittles, but just ate locusts and wild honey.

I dunk y'all in water, but he's gonna dunk you in the Holy Spirit."

Jesus was out there for more'n forty days with nothing to eat and Satan tried to take him out time and again. Jesus spent all those nights surrounded by all sorts of predators, but God sent angels to take care of him.

But Jesus shushed him with a look and without raising his voice he said, "Be quiet and come out."

People stood there with their mouths hanging wide open and they turned to each other and said, "Did you see that? This cowboy is teaching us something new. He not only knows what he's doing, but even the evil spirits jump when he says to."

But Jesus gave him a stern warning before he let him go,

But that fellow couldn't keep quiet about the great thing Jesus had done for him. Word spread around so quickly that Jesus couldn't even come into town because of the mobs of people that came to him. Because of this, he camped way out where it was hard to find him, but people still came to find him from all parts of the region.

So many people gathered at the house Jesus was at that there was no longer any room to stand, not even by the door. But Jesus preached the good news to all who were there and could hear him.