Saturday, February 28, 2026

Mark 14:21 Judas

"The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him. But woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been born."
 
Matthew 27:3-10  
    When Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders. "I have sinned," he said, "for I have betrayed innocent blood."
    "What is that to us?" they replied, "That's your responsibility."
    So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.
    The chief priests picked up the coins and said, "It is against the law to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money." So they decided to use the money to buy the potter's field as a burial place for foreigners. That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day. Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: "They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on him by the people of Israel, and they used them to buy the potter's field, as the Lord commanded me."
  [see Jeremiah 32:6-9, Zechariah 11:12-13]
Acts 1:15-20  
    In those days Peter stood up among the believers (a group numbering about a hundred and twenty) and said, "Brothers and sisters, the Scripture had to be fulfilled in which the Holy Spirit spoke long ago through David concerning Judas, who served as a guide for those who arrested Jesus. He was one of our number and shared in our ministry."
    (With the payment he received for his wickedness, Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong, his body burst open and all his intestines spilled out. Everyone in Jerusalem heard about this so they called that field in their language Akeldama, that is Field of Blood.)
    "For," said Peter, "It is written in the Book of Psalms:
    " 'May his place be deserted;
        let there be no one to dwell in it,' "  [Psalm 69:25]
and,
    " 'May another take his place of leadership.' "  [Psalm 109:8]
 
[see all Acts 1] 
  
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Friday, February 27, 2026

Mark 15:16-19

    The soldiers led Jesus away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium) and called together the whole company of soldiers. They put a purple robe on him, then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on him. And they began to call out to him, "Hail, king of the Jews!" Again and again they struck him on the head with a staff and spit on him. Falling on their knees, they paid homage to him. 
 
Matthew 27:27-30  
    Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company of soldiers around him. They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand. Then they knelt in front of him and mocked him. "Hail, king of the Jews!" they said. They spit on him, and took the staff and struck him on the head again and again.
John 19:1-3  
    Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged. The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They clothed him in a purple robe and went up to him again and again, saying, "Hail, king of the Jews!" And they slapped him in the face.  [see John 19-1-26]
Isaiah 53:3  
He was despised and rejected by mankind,
    a man of suffering and familiar with pain.
Like one from whom people hide their faces
    he was despised and we held him in low esteem.
Matthew 16:21  
    From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.  [see all Matthew 16] 
 
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Thursday, February 26, 2026

Mark 15:12-15

     "What shall I do, then, with Jesus who is called the Messiah?" Pilate asked.
    "Crucify him!" they all shouted.
    "Why? What crime has he committed?" asked Pilate. 
    But they shouted all the louder, "Crucify him!"
    Wanting to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. He had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified.   
 
Matthew 27:22-26  
    "What shall I do, then, with Jesus who is called the Messiah?" Pilate asked.
    They all answered, "Crucify him!"
    "Why? What crime has he committed?" asked Pilate.
    But they shouted all the louder, "Crucify him!"
    When Pilate saw he was getting nowhere, but that instead an uproar was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd. "I am innocent of this man's blood," he said. "It is your responsibility!"
    All the people answered, "His blood is on us and on our children!"
    Then he released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified.
Luke 23:20-25  
    Wanting to release Jesus, Pilate appealed to them again. But they kept shouting, "Crucify him! Crucify him!"
    For the third time he spoke to them, "Why? What crime has this man committed? I have found in him no grounds for the death penalty. Therefore I will have him punished and then release him."
    But with loud shouts they insistently demanded that he be crucified, and their shouts prevailed. So Pilate decided to grant them their demand. He released the man who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, the one they asked for, and surrendered Jesus to their will.
Acts 3:14  
"You disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you."  (see all Acts 3)        
 
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Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Mark 15:6-11

    Now it was the custom at the festival to release a prisoner whom the people requested. A man called Barabbas was in prison with the insurrectionists who had committed murder in the uprising. The crowd came up and asked Pilate to do for them what he usually did.
    "Do you want me to release to you the king of the Jews?" asked Pilate, knowing it was out of self-interest that the chief priests had handed Jesus over to him. But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have Pilate release Barabbas instead. 
 
Now it was the custom at the festival to release a prisoner whom the people requested. A man called Barabbas was in prison with the insurrectionists who had committed murder in the uprising. The crowd came up and asked Pilate to do for them what he usually did.
Matthew 27:15-16  
    Now it was the governor's custom at the festival to release a prisoner chosen by the crowd. At that time they had a well-known prisoner whose name was Jesus Barabbas.
John 18:39a  
"But it is your custom for me to release to you one prisoner at the time of the Passover."
 
"Do you want me to release to you the king of the Jews?" asked Pilate, knowing it was out of self-interest that the chief priests had handed Jesus over to him.  
Matthew 27:17-18  
So when the crowd had gathered, Pilate asked them, "Which one do you want me to release to you: Jesus Barabbas, or Jesus who is called the Messiah?" For he knew it was out of self-interest that they had handed Jesus over to him.  
[see Matthew 27:15-19]
John 18:39b  
"Do you want me to release 'the king of the Jews'?"
 
But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have Pilate release Barabbas instead.  
Matthew 27:20  
    But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus executed.
Luke 23:18-19 
     But the whole crowd shouted, "Away with this man! Release Barabbas to us!" (Barabbas had been thrown into prison for an insurrection in the city, and for murder.)  [see Luke 23:13-19]
John 18:40  
    They shouted back, "No, not him! Give us Barabbas!" Now Barabbas had taken part in an uprising. 
 
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Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Mark 15:1-5 Part 3 of 3

    Very early in the morning, the chief priests, with the elders, the teachers of the law and the whole Sanhedrin, made their plans. So they bound Jesus, led him away and handed him over to Pilate.
    "Are you the king of the Jews?" asked Pilate.
    "You have said so," Jesus replied. 
    The chief priests accused him of many things. So again Pilate asked him, "Aren't you going to answer? See how many things they are accusing you of."
    But Jesus still made no reply, and Pilate was amazed. 
 
So again Pilate asked him, "Aren't you going to answer? See how many things they are accusing you of." But Jesus still made no reply, and Pilate was amazed.
Isaiah 53:7  
He was oppressed and afflicted,
    yet he did not open his mouth;
he was led like a lamb to the slaughter,
    and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
    he did not open his mouth.
Matthew 27:12-14  
    When he was accused by the chief priests and the elders, he gave no answer. Then Pilate asked him, "Don't you hear the testimony they are bringing against you?" But Jesus made no reply, not even a single charge--to the great amazement of the governor.
Luke 23:8-9  
    When Herod saw Jesus, he was greatly pleased, because for a long time he had been wanting to see him. From what he had heard about him, he hoped to see him perform a sign of some sort. He plied him with many questions, but Jesus gave him no answer. 
John 18:33-36  
    Pilate then went back inside the palace, summoned Jesus and asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?"
    "Is that your own idea," Jesus asked, "or did others talk to you about me?"
    "Am I a Jew?" Pilate replied. "Your own people and chief priests handed you over to me. What is it you have done?"
    Jesus said, "My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jewish leaders. But now my kingdom is from another place."  
(see John 18:28-40) 
 
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Monday, February 23, 2026

Mark 15:1-5 Part 2 of 3

    Very early in the morning, the chief priests, with the elders, the teachers of the law and the whole Sanhedrin, made their plans. So they bound Jesus, led him away and handed him over to Pilate.
    "Are you the king of the Jews?" asked Pilate.
    "You have said so," Jesus replied. 
    The chief priests accused him of many things. So again Pilate asked him, "Aren't you going to answer? See how many things they are accusing you of."
    But Jesus still made no reply, and Pilate was amazed. 
 
"Are you the king of the Jews?" asked Pilate. "You have said so," Jesus replied. 
Matthew 2:1-2  
    After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him."
(see all Matthew 2) 
Jeremiah 23:5  
    "The days are coming," declares the LORD,
        "when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch,
    a King who will reign wisely
        and do what is just and right in the land."  
        (see Jeremiah 23:1-8)
John 1:49  
    Then Nathanael declared, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the king of Israel."  (see John 1:43-51)
Matthew 27:11  
    Meanwhile Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" 
    "You have said so," Jesus replied.
Luke 23:3  
    So Pilate asked Jesus, "Are you the king of the Jews?"
    "You have said so," Jesus replied.
 
The chief priests accused him of many things.  
Luke 23:2  
And they began to accuse him, saying, "We have found this man subverting our nation. He opposes payment of taxes to Caesar and claims to be Messiah, a king." 
John 18:30-32  
    "If he were not a criminal," they replied, "we would not have handed him over to you."
    Pilate said, "Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law."
    "But we have no right to execute anyone," they objected. This took place to fulfill what Jesus had said about the kind of death he was going to die. 
 
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Sunday, February 22, 2026

Mark 15:1-5 Part 1 of 3

    Very early in the morning, the chief priests, with the elders, the teachers of the law and the whole Sanhedrin, made their plans. So they bound Jesus, led him away and handed him over to Pilate.
    "Are you the king of the Jews?" asked Pilate.
    "You have said so," Jesus replied. 
    The chief priests accused him of many things. So again Pilate asked him, "Aren't you going to answer? See how many things they are accusing you of."
    But Jesus still made no reply, and Pilate was amazed. 
 
Very early in the morning, the chief priests, with the elders, the teachers of the law and the whole Sanhedrin, made their plans. So they bound Jesus, led him away and handed him over to Pilate.
Matthew 27:1-2  
    Early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people made their plans how to have Jesus executed. So they bound him, led him away and handed him over to Pilate the governor. 
Luke 23:1-2  
    Then the whole assembly rose and led him off to Pilate. And they began to accuse him, saying, "We have found this man subverting our nation. He opposes payment of taxes to Caesar and claims to be Messiah, a king."
John 18:28-29  
    Then the Jewish leaders took Jesus from Caiaphas to the palace of the Roman governor. By now it was early morning, and to avoid ceremonial uncleanness they did not enter the palace, because they wanted to be able to eat the Passover. So Pilate came out to them and asked, "What charges are you bringing against this man?"
Acts 3:13  
"The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus. You handed him over to be killed, and you disowned him before Pilate, though he had decided to let him go."  (see all Acts 3)
Acts 2:22-23  
    "Fellow Israelites, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know. This man was handed over to you by God's deliberate plan and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men, put him to death by nailing him to the cross."  (see all Acts 2) 
 
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