Good morning. Back to the
garden: He found them sleeping. So, you could not keep watch with Me for one
hour? They did not realize what was about to happen. He had told them, but it
still had not sunk in. If it had, perhaps their adrenaline would have kicked
in, and they would still be awake. Keep watching and praying, that you may not
enter into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. He did the
same thing a second and a third time. Are you still sleeping and taking your
rest? Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is being betrayed into
the hands of sinners. The one who betrays Me is at hand! Judas came with a
great multitude from the chief priests and elders. He had given them a sign –
the one I kiss is He. Judas again calls Him rabbi – not Lord. Friend, do what
you have come for. They lay hands on Jesus. One of them (Peter) draws a sword
and cuts off the ear of the slave of the high priest. We've seen so many movies
about the days of King Arthur, that we assume it's one of those long blades;
but this would've been much shorter. Jesus tells him to put away the sword; for
all those who take up the sword shall perish by the sword. Do you think that I
cannot appeal to My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than 12
legions of angels? How then shall the Scriptures be fulfilled that it must
happen this way? Have you come out against Me like a robber? I used to sit in
the temple teaching and you did not seize Me. All the disciples left Him and
fled. Father thank You that Jesus did not call 10,000 angels to help Him; but
rather went to the cross to die for us! Continue to guide and protect us during
any storm.
When considerable time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous, since even the fast was already over, Paul began to admonish them to not continue, because he perceived that not only would there be a loss of the cargo but also of their lives.
Good morning. When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, they proceeded to deliver Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion. Notice that “we“ returns. Luke has not been mentioned during the entire two years that Paul was at Caesarea. I guess it is safe to assume that he was in the area during this time. We will leave out the names of a bunch of places where they passed. They had sailed for a good many days and began to have trouble with the wind. This was a warning of what was about to happen. When considerable time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous, since even the fast (Day of Atonement) was already over, Paul began to admonish them to not continue, because he perceived that not only would there be a loss of the cargo but also of their lives. The centurion was more persuaded by the pilot and the captain of the ship than by what was being said by Paul. They did not want to get stuck for the winter in the port where they were located. They actually were only g...
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