9  Go on up to a high mountain,     O Zion, herald of good news; lift up your voice with strength,     O Jerusalem, herald of good...

1   Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. 2  Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,     and cry to her that her warfare is ended,     that her...

Jesus knew the Old Testament well. He knew the story of God’s people taken into physical exile in Babylon and their need for a savior to...

8  “Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until...

1 Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him.  2  And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man...

[Some of the earliest manuscripts do not include 16:9–20.] 9  [[Now when he rose early on the first day of the week,  he appeared first...

[The New Testament never describes the resurrection. It tells us the tomb was empty and that the disciples saw the risen Lord.]   1  ...

42  And when evening had come, since it was  the day of Preparation   [Friday] , that is, the day before the Sabbath,  43  Joseph of...

33  And when the sixth hour  had come [12 noon] , there was darkness   [a mark of God’s displeasure] over the whole land until the ninth...

[Although not sanctioned under Jewish law, crucifixion was a common sight in Palestine from the first century BC on. It was a Roman...