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MARK 15:1-15   

‘Wanting to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. He had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified’ (v. 15).

Pilate was caught between a rock and a hard place. The Jewish leaders had brought Jesus to him to have him tried and condemned. It...

MARK 14:1-9   

‘They said to each other, “Why waste the perfume?’

The meeting between Jesus and this woman is so intimate that it made the observers uncomfortable. Mark does not give much detail of what actually happened, whereas Luke in his version tells us how the woman wet Jesus’ f...

LUKE 19:28-44   

‘As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, “Why are you untying the colt?” They replied, “The Lord needs it.”’ (v. 33-34).

How would you have reacted? Imagine you came outside your home and two men are getting ready to drive away in your car, on your bike,...

LUKE 22: 1-6   

‘The high priests and religion scholars were looking for a way to do away with Jesus’ (v. 2 MSG)

  The chief priests and the teachers of the law had made their minds up: Jesus was to be killed. The decision was made after Jesus had raised Lazarus from the dead. Ma...

MARK 12:28-34   

‘You are not far from the kingdom of God’ (v. 34)

The man who met Jesus in this text is identified as one of the ‘teachers of the law’ (v. 28). One translation calls him a ‘legal expert’ (CEB),but the Message translation is probably more helpful when identifying him a...