Three Healings – Mark 5
Read the Passage: Mark 5 Requests (5:1–34) Mark 5 narrates three separate miracles of Jesus, which are the ninth, tenth, and eleventh miracles of Christ that Mark records. Note that […]
Healing of a Paralytic – Mark 2:1–12
Read the Passage: Mark 2:1-12 Faith of the Paralytic (2:1–5) As this chapter begins we find Jesus in Capernaum, where He had taken up temporary residence, likely in Peter’s home […]
Saul Consults a Medium – 1 Samuel 28
Read the Passage: 1 Samuel 28 Consultation of a Medium (28:3–11) At 1 Sam. 25:1 it was reported, “Samuel died; and the Israelites gathered together and lamented for him, and […]
Ministry in Ephesus – Acts 19
Read the Passage: Acts 19 Ministry (19:1–10) Acts 18:23 records the beginning of Paul’s third missionary journey, which occurred between AD 53–57, and entailed Paul re-visiting many of the cities […]
Perils of Ministry – Acts 14
Read the Passage: Acts 14 Opposition (14:1–7) Acts 13 records the beginnings of Paul’s first missionary journey, which occurred in 48 AD. This journey took Paul and Barnabas first to […]
Gospel Progress – Acts 5:12–42
Read the Passage: Acts 5:12-42 Ministry and Arrest (5:12–21) Acts 5:12–16 records that God was pleased to facilitate many signs and wonders among the people during the early days of […]
Peter’s Ministry – Acts 3
Read the Passage: Acts 3 Healing the Lame (3:1–10) Acts 3 records the first specific ministry events of the newly formed church. As a testimony to the Jewish nature of […]
Belshazzar’s Pride – Daniel 5
Read the Passage: Daniel 5 God’s Revelation (5:1–12) Since the book of Daniel is only twelve chapters long, yet covers 70–80 years of time, the chronology between chapters can be […]
The Triumphal Entry – Matthew 21:1–22
Read the Passage: Matthew 21:1-22 Arrival of Jesus (21:1–11) The triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem is one a few narratives that is recorded in all four Gospels. At Matt. […]
Teaching and Miracles – Matthew 15
Read the Passage: Matthew 15:1-39 Tradition (15:1–20) This passage begins with the scribes and Pharisees accusing Jesus of allowing His disciples to “transgress the tradition of the elders” (Matt. 15:2), […]
The Ministry of Jesus – Matthew 14
Read the Passage: Matthew 14 Mourning (14:1–12) Earlier, in Matt. 4:12, we saw that John the Baptist had been imprisoned. In Matt. 11:2–6 we saw how John was questioning whether […]
Jesus’ Identity – Matthew 11
Read the Passage: Matthew 11 Dialog with John (11:1–15) In Matt. 4:12 we read that John the Baptist had been put in prison. The details of this imprisonment, as well […]
Miracles, Questions, and Teachings – Matthew 9
Read the Passage: Matthew 9 Miracles (9:1–9, 18–34) In Matt. 9:1–8 we read of Jesus meeting a man so severely paralyzed that friends must carry him to Jesus. Interestingly, without […]
Jesus’ Miracles – Matthew 8
Read the Passage: Matthew 8 A Leper is Cleansed (8:1–4) As we’ve noted previously, in an attempt to draw parallelism with the Pentateuch, Matthew structures his Gospel around five discourse/narrative […]
