Thursday, January 19, 2012 - David's son Absalom dies

4:45 a.m. Prayer/Devotion

5:40 a.m. Cardio w/ Ms Tanya Banks

Reading June 1 - One Year Bible

2 Samuel 18:1-19:10; John 20:1-31; Psalm 119:153-176; Proverbs 16:14-15

2 Samuel 18-19:10

New Living Translation (NLT)

2 Samuel 18

Absalom’s Defeat and Death

 ¹ David now mustered the men who were with him and appointed generals and captains^[a] to lead them. ² He sent the troops out in three groups, placing one group under Joab, one under Joab’s brother Abishai son of Zeruiah, and one under Ittai, the man from Gath. The king told his troops, “I am going out with you.”  ³ But his men objected strongly. “You must not go,” they urged. “If we have to turn and run—and even if half of us die—it will make no difference to Absalom’s troops; they will be looking only for you. You are worth 10,000 of us,^[b] and it is better that you stay here in the town and send help if we need it.”
 ⁴ “If you think that’s the best plan, I’ll do it,” the king answered. So he stood alongside the gate of the town as all the troops marched out in groups of hundreds and of thousands.
 ⁵ And the king gave this command to Joab, Abishai, and Ittai: “For my sake, deal gently with young Absalom.” And all the troops heard the king give this order to his commanders.
 ⁶ So the battle began in the forest of Ephraim, ⁷ and the Israelite troops were beaten back by David’s men. There was a great slaughter that day, and 20,000 men laid down their lives. ⁸ The battle raged all across the countryside, and more men died because of the forest than were killed by the sword.
 ⁹ During the battle, Absalom happened to come upon some of David’s men. He tried to escape on his mule, but as he rode beneath the thick branches of a great tree, his hair^[c] got caught in the tree. His mule kept going and left him dangling in the air. ¹⁰ One of David’s men saw what had happened and told Joab, “I saw Absalom dangling from a great tree.”
 ¹¹ “What?” Joab demanded. “You saw him there and didn’t kill him? I would have rewarded you with ten pieces of silver^[d] and a hero’s belt!”
 ¹² “I would not kill the king’s son for even a thousand pieces of silver,^[e]” the man replied to Joab. “We all heard the king say to you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘For my sake, please spare young Absalom.’ ¹³ And if I had betrayed the king by killing his son—and the king would certainly find out who did it—you yourself would be the first to abandon me.”
 ¹⁴ “Enough of this nonsense,” Joab said. Then he took three daggers and plunged them into Absalom’s heart as he dangled, still alive, in the great tree. ¹⁵ Ten of Joab’s young armor bearers then surrounded Absalom and killed him.
 ¹⁶ Then Joab blew the ram’s horn, and his men returned from chasing the army of Israel. ¹⁷ They threw Absalom’s body into a deep pit in the forest and piled a great heap of stones over it. And all Israel fled to their homes.
 ¹⁸ During his lifetime, Absalom had built a monument to himself in the King’s Valley, for he said, “I have no son to carry on my name.” He named the monument after himself, and it is known as Absalom’s Monument to this day.

David Mourns Absalom’s Death

 ¹⁹ Then Zadok’s son Ahimaaz said, “Let me run to the king with the good news that the LORD has rescued him from his enemies.”  ²⁰ “No,” Joab told him, “it wouldn’t be good news to the king that his son is dead. You can be my messenger another time, but not today.”
 ²¹ Then Joab said to a man from Ethiopia,^[f] “Go tell the king what you have seen.” The man bowed and ran off.
 ²² But Ahimaaz continued to plead with Joab, “Whatever happens, please let me go, too.”
   “Why should you go, my son?” Joab replied. “There will be no reward for your news.”
 ²³ “Yes, but let me go anyway,” he begged.
   Joab finally said, “All right, go ahead.” So Ahimaaz took the less demanding route by way of the plain and ran to Mahanaim ahead of the Ethiopian.
 ²⁴ While David was sitting between the inner and outer gates of the town, the watchman climbed to the roof of the gateway by the wall. As he looked, he saw a lone man running toward them. ²⁵ He shouted the news down to David, and the king replied, “If he is alone, he has news.”
   As the messenger came closer, ²⁶ the watchman saw another man running toward them. He shouted down, “Here comes another one!”
   The king replied, “He also will have news.”
 ²⁷ “The first man runs like Ahimaaz son of Zadok,” the watchman said.
   “He is a good man and comes with good news,” the king replied.
 ²⁸ Then Ahimaaz cried out to the king, “Everything is all right!” He bowed before the king with his face to the ground and said, “Praise to the LORD your God, who has handed over the rebels who dared to stand against my lord the king.”
 ²⁹ “What about young Absalom?” the king demanded. “Is he all right?”
   Ahimaaz replied, “When Joab told me to come, there was a lot of commotion. But I didn’t know what was happening.”
 ³⁰ “Wait here,” the king told him. So Ahimaaz stepped aside.
 ³¹ Then the man from Ethiopia arrived and said, “I have good news for my lord the king. Today the LORD has rescued you from all those who rebelled against you.”
 ³² “What about young Absalom?” the king demanded. “Is he all right?”
   And the Ethiopian replied, “May all of your enemies, my lord the king, both now and in the future, share the fate of that young man!”
 ^{33 [g]}The king was overcome with emotion. He went up to the room over the gateway and burst into tears. And as he went, he cried, “O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you! O Absalom, my son, my son.”

2 Samuel 19

Joab Rebukes the King

 ^{1 [h]}Word soon reached Joab that the king was weeping and mourning for Absalom. ² As all the people heard of the king’s deep grief for his son, the joy of that day’s victory was turned into deep sadness. ³ They crept back into the town that day as though they were ashamed and had deserted in battle. ⁴ The king covered his face with his hands and kept on crying, “O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!”  ⁵ Then Joab went to the king’s room and said to him, “We saved your life today and the lives of your sons, your daughters, and your wives and concubines. Yet you act like this, making us feel ashamed of ourselves. ⁶ You seem to love those who hate you and hate those who love you. You have made it clear today that your commanders and troops mean nothing to you. It seems that if Absalom had lived and all of us had died, you would be pleased. ⁷ Now go out there and congratulate your troops, for I swear by the LORD that if you don’t go out, not a single one of them will remain here tonight. Then you will be worse off than ever before.”
 ⁸ So the king went out and took his seat at the town gate, and as the news spread throughout the town that he was there, everyone went to him.
   Meanwhile, the Israelites who had supported Absalom fled to their homes. ⁹ And throughout all the tribes of Israel there was much discussion and argument going on. The people were saying, “The king rescued us from our enemies and saved us from the Philistines, but Absalom chased him out of the country. ¹⁰ Now Absalom, whom we anointed to rule over us, is dead. Why not ask David to come back and be our king again?”

Footnotes:

1. 2 Samuel 18:1 Hebrew appointed commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds.
2. 2 Samuel 18:3 As in two Hebrew manuscripts and some Greek and Latin manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts read Now there are 10,000 like us.
3. 2 Samuel 18:9 Hebrew his head.
4. 2 Samuel 18:11 Hebrew 10 shekels of silver, about 4 ounces or 114 grams in weight.
5. 2 Samuel 18:12 Hebrew 1,000 shekels, about 25 pounds or 11.4 kilograms in weight.
6. 2 Samuel 18:21 Hebrew from Cush; similarly in 18:23, 31, 32.
7. 2 Samuel 18:33 Verse 18:33 is numbered 19:1 in Hebrew text.
8. 2 Samuel 19:1 Verses 19:1-43 are numbered 19:2-44 in Hebrew text.

John 20:1-31

New Living Translation (NLT)

John 20

The Resurrection

 ¹ Early on Sunday morning,^[a] while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance. ² She ran and found Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. She said, “They have taken the Lord’s body out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!”  ³ Peter and the other disciple started out for the tomb. ⁴ They were both running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. ⁵ He stooped and looked in and saw the linen wrappings lying there, but he didn’t go in. ⁶ Then Simon Peter arrived and went inside. He also noticed the linen wrappings lying there, ⁷ while the cloth that had covered Jesus’ head was folded up and lying apart from the other wrappings. ⁸ Then the disciple who had reached the tomb first also went in, and he saw and believed— ⁹ for until then they still hadn’t understood the Scriptures that said Jesus must rise from the dead. ¹⁰ Then they went home.

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

 ¹¹ Mary was standing outside the tomb crying, and as she wept, she stooped and looked in. ¹² She saw two white-robed angels, one sitting at the head and the other at the foot of the place where the body of Jesus had been lying. ¹³ “Dear woman, why are you crying?” the angels asked her.    “Because they have taken away my Lord,” she replied, “and I don’t know where they have put him.”
 ¹⁴ She turned to leave and saw someone standing there. It was Jesus, but she didn’t recognize him. ¹⁵ “Dear woman, why are you crying?” Jesus asked her. “Who are you looking for?”
   She thought he was the gardener. “Sir,” she said, “if you have taken him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will go and get him.”
 ¹⁶ “Mary!” Jesus said.
   She turned to him and cried out, “Rabboni!” (which is Hebrew for “Teacher”).
 ¹⁷ “Don’t cling to me,” Jesus said, “for I haven’t yet ascended to the Father. But go find my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”
 ¹⁸ Mary Magdalene found the disciples and told them, “I have seen the Lord!” Then she gave them his message.

Jesus Appears to His Disciples

 ¹⁹ That Sunday evening^[b] the disciples were meeting behind locked doors because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders. Suddenly, Jesus was standing there among them! “Peace be with you,” he said. ²⁰ As he spoke, he showed them the wounds in his hands and his side. They were filled with joy when they saw the Lord! ²¹ Again he said, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I am sending you.” ²² Then he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. ²³ If you forgive anyone’s sins, they are forgiven. If you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”

Jesus Appears to Thomas

 ²⁴ One of the twelve disciples, Thomas (nicknamed the Twin),^[c] was not with the others when Jesus came. ²⁵ They told him, “We have seen the Lord!”    But he replied, “I won’t believe it unless I see the nail wounds in his hands, put my fingers into them, and place my hand into the wound in his side.”
 ²⁶ Eight days later the disciples were together again, and this time Thomas was with them. The doors were locked; but suddenly, as before, Jesus was standing among them. “Peace be with you,” he said. ²⁷ Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and look at my hands. Put your hand into the wound in my side. Don’t be faithless any longer. Believe!”
 ²⁸ “My Lord and my God!” Thomas exclaimed.
 ²⁹ Then Jesus told him, “You believe because you have seen me. Blessed are those who believe without seeing me.”

Purpose of the Book

 ³⁰ The disciples saw Jesus do many other miraculous signs in addition to the ones recorded in this book. ³¹ But these are written so that you may continue to believe^[d] that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing in him you will have life by the power of his name.

Footnotes:

1. John 20:1 Greek On the first day of the week.
2. John 20:19 Greek In the evening of that day, the first day of the week.
3. John 20:24 Greek Thomas, who was called Didymus.
4. John 20:31 Some manuscripts read that you may believe.

Psalm 119:153-176

New Living Translation (NLT)

   Resh
 ¹⁵³ Look upon my suffering and rescue me,
      for I have not forgotten your instructions.
 ¹⁵⁴ Argue my case; take my side!
      Protect my life as you promised.
 ¹⁵⁵ The wicked are far from rescue,
      for they do not bother with your decrees.
 ¹⁵⁶ LORD, how great is your mercy;
      let me be revived by following your regulations.
 ¹⁵⁷ Many persecute and trouble me,
      yet I have not swerved from your laws.
 ¹⁵⁸ Seeing these traitors makes me sick at heart,
      because they care nothing for your word.
 ¹⁵⁹ See how I love your commandments, LORD.
      Give back my life because of your unfailing love.
 ¹⁶⁰ The very essence of your words is truth;
      all your just regulations will stand forever.
   Shin
 ¹⁶¹ Powerful people harass me without cause,
      but my heart trembles only at your word.
 ¹⁶² I rejoice in your word
      like one who discovers a great treasure.
 ¹⁶³ I hate and abhor all falsehood,
      but I love your instructions.
 ¹⁶⁴ I will praise you seven times a day
      because all your regulations are just.
 ¹⁶⁵ Those who love your instructions have great peace
      and do not stumble.
 ¹⁶⁶ I long for your rescue, LORD,
      so I have obeyed your commands.
 ¹⁶⁷ I have obeyed your laws,
      for I love them very much.
 ¹⁶⁸ Yes, I obey your commandments and laws
      because you know everything I do.
   Taw
 ¹⁶⁹ O LORD, listen to my cry;
      give me the discerning mind you promised.
 ¹⁷⁰ Listen to my prayer;
      rescue me as you promised.
 ¹⁷¹ Let praise flow from my lips,
      for you have taught me your decrees.
 ¹⁷² Let my tongue sing about your word,
      for all your commands are right.
 ¹⁷³ Give me a helping hand,
      for I have chosen to follow your commandments.
 ¹⁷⁴ O LORD, I have longed for your rescue,
      and your instructions are my delight.
 ¹⁷⁵ Let me live so I can praise you,
      and may your regulations help me.
 ¹⁷⁶ I have wandered away like a lost sheep;
      come and find me,
      for I have not forgotten your commands.

Proverbs 16:14-15

New Living Translation (NLT)

 ¹⁴ The anger of the king is a deadly threat;
      the wise will try to appease it.
 ¹⁵ When the king smiles, there is life;
      his favor refreshes like a spring rain.

Wednesday, January 18, 2012 - Hushai warns David to Escape

4:45 a.m. Prayer /Devotion

5:30 a.m. Cardio/Weights @ gym

2 Samuel 17:1-29; John 19:23-42; Psalm 119:129-152; Proverbs 16:12-13

2 Samuel 17:1-29

New Living Translation (NLT)

2 Samuel 17

 ¹ Now Ahithophel urged Absalom, “Let me choose 12,000 men to start out after David tonight. ² I will catch up with him while he is weary and discouraged. He and his troops will panic, and everyone will run away. Then I will kill only the king, ³ and I will bring all the people back to you as a bride returns to her husband. After all, it is only one man’s life that you seek.^[a] Then you will be at peace with all the people.” ⁴ This plan seemed good to Absalom and to all the elders of Israel.

Hushai Counters Ahithophel’s Advice

 ⁵ But then Absalom said, “Bring in Hushai the Arkite. Let’s see what he thinks about this.” ⁶ When Hushai arrived, Absalom told him what Ahithophel had said. Then he asked, “What is your opinion? Should we follow Ahithophel’s advice? If not, what do you suggest?”  ⁷ “Well,” Hushai replied to Absalom, “this time Ahithophel has made a mistake. ⁸ You know your father and his men; they are mighty warriors. Right now they are as enraged as a mother bear who has been robbed of her cubs. And remember that your father is an experienced man of war. He won’t be spending the night among the troops. ⁹ He has probably already hidden in some pit or cave. And when he comes out and attacks and a few of your men fall, there will be panic among your troops, and the word will spread that Absalom’s men are being slaughtered. ¹⁰ Then even the bravest soldiers, though they have the heart of a lion, will be paralyzed with fear. For all Israel knows what a mighty warrior your father is and how courageous his men are.
 ¹¹ “I recommend that you mobilize the entire army of Israel, bringing them from as far away as Dan in the north and Beersheba in the south. That way you will have an army as numerous as the sand on the seashore. And I advise that you personally lead the troops. ¹² When we find David, we’ll fall on him like dew that falls on the ground. Then neither he nor any of his men will be left alive. ¹³ And if David were to escape into some town, you will have all Israel there at your command. Then we can take ropes and drag the walls of the town into the nearest valley until every stone is torn down.”
 ¹⁴ Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “Hushai’s advice is better than Ahithophel’s.” For the LORD had determined to defeat the counsel of Ahithophel, which really was the better plan, so that he could bring disaster on Absalom!

Hushai Warns David to Escape

 ¹⁵ Hushai told Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, what Ahithophel had said to Absalom and the elders of Israel and what he himself had advised instead. ¹⁶ “Quick!” he told them. “Find David and urge him not to stay at the shallows of the Jordan River^[b] tonight. He must go across at once into the wilderness beyond. Otherwise he will die and his entire army with him.”  ¹⁷ Jonathan and Ahimaaz had been staying at En-rogel so as not to be seen entering and leaving the city. Arrangements had been made for a servant girl to bring them the message they were to take to King David. ¹⁸ But a boy spotted them at En-rogel, and he told Absalom about it. So they quickly escaped to Bahurim, where a man hid them down inside a well in his courtyard. ¹⁹ The man’s wife put a cloth over the top of the well and scattered grain on it to dry in the sun; so no one suspected they were there.
 ²⁰ When Absalom’s men arrived, they asked her, “Have you seen Ahimaaz and Jonathan?”
   The woman replied, “They were here, but they crossed over the brook.” Absalom’s men looked for them without success and returned to Jerusalem.
 ²¹ Then the two men crawled out of the well and hurried on to King David. “Quick!” they told him, “cross the Jordan tonight!” And they told him how Ahithophel had advised that he be captured and killed. ²² So David and all the people with him went across the Jordan River during the night, and they were all on the other bank before dawn.
 ²³ When Ahithophel realized that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey, went to his hometown, set his affairs in order, and hanged himself. He died there and was buried in the family tomb.
 ²⁴ David soon arrived at Mahanaim. By now, Absalom had mobilized the entire army of Israel and was leading his troops across the Jordan River. ²⁵ Absalom had appointed Amasa as commander of his army, replacing Joab, who had been commander under David. (Amasa was Joab’s cousin. His father was Jether,^[c] an Ishmaelite.^[d] His mother, Abigail daughter of Nahash, was the sister of Joab’s mother, Zeruiah.) ²⁶ Absalom and the Israelite army set up camp in the land of Gilead.
 ²⁷ When David arrived at Mahanaim, he was warmly greeted by Shobi son of Nahash, who came from Rabbah of the Ammonites, and by Makir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and by Barzillai of Gilead from Rogelim. ²⁸ They brought sleeping mats, cooking pots, serving bowls, wheat and barley, flour and roasted grain, beans, lentils, ²⁹ honey, butter, sheep, goats, and cheese for David and those who were with him. For they said, “You must all be very hungry and tired and thirsty after your long march through the wilderness.”

Footnotes:

1. 2 Samuel 17:3 As in Greek version; Hebrew reads like the return of all is the man whom you seek.
2. 2 Samuel 17:16 Hebrew at the crossing points of the wilderness.
3. 2 Samuel 17:25 Hebrew Ithra, a variant spelling of Jether.
4. 2 Samuel 17:25 As in some Greek manuscripts (see also 1 Chr 2:17); Hebrew reads an Israelite.

John 19:23-42

New Living Translation (NLT)

 ²³ When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they divided his clothes among the four of them. They also took his robe, but it was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom. ²⁴ So they said, “Rather than tearing it apart, let’s throw dice^[a] for it.” This fulfilled the Scripture that says, “They divided my garments among themselves and threw dice for my clothing.”^[b] So that is what they did.
 ²⁵ Standing near the cross were Jesus’ mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary (the wife of Clopas), and Mary Magdalene. ²⁶ When Jesus saw his mother standing there beside the disciple he loved, he said to her, “Dear woman, here is your son.” ²⁷ And he said to this disciple, “Here is your mother.” And from then on this disciple took her into his home.

The Death of Jesus

 ²⁸ Jesus knew that his mission was now finished, and to fulfill Scripture he said, “I am thirsty.”^{[c] 29} A jar of sour wine was sitting there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put it on a hyssop branch, and held it up to his lips. ³⁰ When Jesus had tasted it, he said, “It is finished!” Then he bowed his head and released his spirit.  ³¹ It was the day of preparation, and the Jewish leaders didn’t want the bodies hanging there the next day, which was the Sabbath (and a very special Sabbath, because it was the Passover). So they asked Pilate to hasten their deaths by ordering that their legs be broken. Then their bodies could be taken down. ³² So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the two men crucified with Jesus. ³³ But when they came to Jesus, they saw that he was already dead, so they didn’t break his legs. ³⁴ One of the soldiers, however, pierced his side with a spear, and immediately blood and water flowed out. ³⁵ (This report is from an eyewitness giving an accurate account. He speaks the truth so that you also can believe.^[d]) ³⁶ These things happened in fulfillment of the Scriptures that say, “Not one of his bones will be broken,”^{[e] 37} and “They will look on the one they pierced.”^[f]

The Burial of Jesus

 ³⁸ Afterward Joseph of Arimathea, who had been a secret disciple of Jesus (because he feared the Jewish leaders), asked Pilate for permission to take down Jesus’ body. When Pilate gave permission, Joseph came and took the body away. ³⁹ With him came Nicodemus, the man who had come to Jesus at night. He brought about seventy-five pounds^[g] of perfumed ointment made from myrrh and aloes. ⁴⁰ Following Jewish burial custom, they wrapped Jesus’ body with the spices in long sheets of linen cloth. ⁴¹ The place of crucifixion was near a garden, where there was a new tomb, never used before. ⁴² And so, because it was the day of preparation for the Jewish Passover^[h] and since the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus there.

Footnotes:

1. John 19:24 Greek cast lots.
2. John 19:24 Ps 22:18.
3. John 19:28 See Pss 22:15; 69:21.
4. John 19:35 Some manuscripts read can continue to believe.
5. John 19:36 Exod 12:46; Num 9:12; Ps 34:20.
6. John 19:37 Zech 12:10.
7. John 19:39 Greek 100 litras [32.7 kilograms].
8. John 19:42 Greek because of the Jewish day of preparation.

Psalm 119:129-152

New Living Translation (NLT)

   Pe
 ¹²⁹ Your laws are wonderful.
      No wonder I obey them!
 ¹³⁰ The teaching of your word gives light,
      so even the simple can understand.
 ¹³¹ I pant with expectation,
      longing for your commands.
 ¹³² Come and show me your mercy,
      as you do for all who love your name.
 ¹³³ Guide my steps by your word,
      so I will not be overcome by evil.
 ¹³⁴ Ransom me from the oppression of evil people;
      then I can obey your commandments.
 ¹³⁵ Look upon me with love;
      teach me your decrees.
 ¹³⁶ Rivers of tears gush from my eyes
      because people disobey your instructions.
   Tsadhe
 ¹³⁷ O LORD, you are righteous,
      and your regulations are fair.
 ¹³⁸ Your laws are perfect
      and completely trustworthy.
 ¹³⁹ I am overwhelmed with indignation,
      for my enemies have disregarded your words.
 ¹⁴⁰ Your promises have been thoroughly tested;
      that is why I love them so much.
 ¹⁴¹ I am insignificant and despised,
      but I don’t forget your commandments.
 ¹⁴² Your justice is eternal,
      and your instructions are perfectly true.
 ¹⁴³ As pressure and stress bear down on me,
      I find joy in your commands.
 ¹⁴⁴ Your laws are always right;
      help me to understand them so I may live.
   Qoph
 ¹⁴⁵ I pray with all my heart; answer me, LORD!
      I will obey your decrees.
 ¹⁴⁶ I cry out to you; rescue me,
      that I may obey your laws.
 ¹⁴⁷ I rise early, before the sun is up;
      I cry out for help and put my hope in your words.
 ¹⁴⁸ I stay awake through the night,
      thinking about your promise.
 ¹⁴⁹ In your faithful love, O LORD, hear my cry;
      let me be revived by following your regulations.
 ¹⁵⁰ Lawless people are coming to attack me;
      they live far from your instructions.
 ¹⁵¹ But you are near, O LORD,
      and all your commands are true.
 ¹⁵² I have known from my earliest days
      that your laws will last forever.

Proverbs 16:12-13

New Living Translation (NLT)

 ¹² A king detests wrongdoing,
      for his rule is built on justice.
 ¹³ The king is pleased with words from righteous lips;
      he loves those who speak honestly.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012 - David's son want to kill him..

4:50 a.m. Prayer/Devotion

5:30 a.m. Cardio / Weights (Upper body)

2 Samuel 15:23-16:23;John 18:25-19:22;Psalm 119:113-128; Proverbs 16:10-11

2 Samuel 15:23-16:23

New Living Translation (NLT)

 ²³ Everyone cried loudly as the king and his followers passed by. They crossed the Kidron Valley and then went out toward the wilderness.
 ²⁴ Zadok and all the Levites also came along, carrying the Ark of the Covenant of God. They set down the Ark of God, and Abiathar offered sacrifices^[a] until everyone had passed out of the city.
 ²⁵ Then the king instructed Zadok to take the Ark of God back into the city. “If the LORD sees fit,” David said, “he will bring me back to see the Ark and the Tabernacle^[b] again. ²⁶ But if he is through with me, then let him do what seems best to him.”
 ²⁷ The king also told Zadok the priest, “Look,^[c] here is my plan. You and Abiathar^[d] should return quietly to the city with your son Ahimaaz and Abiathar’s son Jonathan. ²⁸ I will stop at the shallows of the Jordan River^[e] and wait there for a report from you.” ²⁹ So Zadok and Abiathar took the Ark of God back to the city and stayed there.
 ³⁰ David walked up the road to the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went. His head was covered and his feet were bare as a sign of mourning. And the people who were with him covered their heads and wept as they climbed the hill. ³¹ When someone told David that his adviser Ahithophel was now backing Absalom, David prayed, “O LORD, let Ahithophel give Absalom foolish advice!”
 ³² When David reached the summit of the Mount of Olives where people worshiped God, Hushai the Arkite was waiting there for him. Hushai had torn his clothing and put dirt on his head as a sign of mourning. ³³ But David told him, “If you go with me, you will only be a burden. ³⁴ Return to Jerusalem and tell Absalom, ‘I will now be your adviser, O king, just as I was your father’s adviser in the past.’ Then you can frustrate and counter Ahithophel’s advice. ³⁵ Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, will be there. Tell them about the plans being made in the king’s palace, ³⁶ and they will send their sons Ahimaaz and Jonathan to tell me what is going on.”
 ³⁷ So David’s friend Hushai returned to Jerusalem, getting there just as Absalom arrived.

2 Samuel 16

David and Ziba

 ¹ When David had gone a little beyond the summit of the Mount of Olives, Ziba, the servant of Mephibosheth,^[f] was waiting there for him. He had two donkeys loaded with 200 loaves of bread, 100 clusters of raisins, 100 bunches of summer fruit, and a wineskin full of wine.  ² “What are these for?” the king asked Ziba.
   Ziba replied, “The donkeys are for the king’s people to ride on, and the bread and summer fruit are for the young men to eat. The wine is for those who become exhausted in the wilderness.”
 ³ “And where is Mephibosheth, Saul’s grandson?” the king asked him.
   “He stayed in Jerusalem,” Ziba replied. “He said, ‘Today I will get back the kingdom of my grandfather Saul.’”
 ⁴ “In that case,” the king told Ziba, “I give you everything Mephibosheth owns.”
   “I bow before you,” Ziba replied. “May I always be pleasing to you, my lord the king.”

Shimei Curses David

 ⁵ As King David came to Bahurim, a man came out of the village cursing them. It was Shimei son of Gera, from the same clan as Saul’s family. ⁶ He threw stones at the king and the king’s officers and all the mighty warriors who surrounded him. ⁷ “Get out of here, you murderer, you scoundrel!” he shouted at David. ⁸ “The LORD is paying you back for all the bloodshed in Saul’s clan. You stole his throne, and now the LORD has given it to your son Absalom. At last you will taste some of your own medicine, for you are a murderer!”  ⁹ “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king?” Abishai son of Zeruiah demanded. “Let me go over and cut off his head!”
 ¹⁰ “No!” the king said. “Who asked your opinion, you sons of Zeruiah! If the LORD has told him to curse me, who are you to stop him?”
 ¹¹ Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “My own son is trying to kill me. Doesn’t this relative of Saul^[g] have even more reason to do so? Leave him alone and let him curse, for the LORD has told him to do it. ¹² And perhaps the LORD will see that I am being wronged and will bless me because of these curses today.” ¹³ So David and his men continued down the road, and Shimei kept pace with them on a nearby hillside, cursing as he went and throwing stones at David and tossing dust into the air.
 ¹⁴ The king and all who were with him grew weary along the way, so they rested when they reached the Jordan River.^[h]

Ahithophel Advises Absalom

 ¹⁵ Meanwhile, Absalom and all the army of Israel arrived at Jerusalem, accompanied by Ahithophel. ¹⁶ When David’s friend Hushai the Arkite arrived, he went immediately to see Absalom. “Long live the king!” he exclaimed. “Long live the king!”  ¹⁷ “Is this the way you treat your friend David?” Absalom asked him. “Why aren’t you with him?”
 ¹⁸ “I’m here because I belong to the man who is chosen by the LORD and by all the men of Israel,” Hushai replied. ¹⁹ “And anyway, why shouldn’t I serve you? Just as I was your father’s adviser, now I will be your adviser!”
 ²⁰ Then Absalom turned to Ahithophel and asked him, “What should I do next?”
 ²¹ Ahithophel told him, “Go and sleep with your father’s concubines, for he has left them here to look after the palace. Then all Israel will know that you have insulted your father beyond hope of reconciliation, and they will throw their support to you.” ²² So they set up a tent on the palace roof where everyone could see it, and Absalom went in and had sex with his father’s concubines.
 ²³ Absalom followed Ahithophel’s advice, just as David had done. For every word Ahithophel spoke seemed as wise as though it had come directly from the mouth of God.

Footnotes:

1. 2 Samuel 15:24 Or Abiathar went up.
2. 2 Samuel 15:25 Hebrew and his dwelling place.
3. 2 Samuel 15:27 As in Greek version; Hebrew reads Are you a seer? or Do you see?
4. 2 Samuel 15:27 Hebrew lacks and Abiathar; compare 15:29.
5. 2 Samuel 15:28 Hebrew at the crossing points of the wilderness.
6. 2 Samuel 16:1 Mephibosheth is another name for Merib-baal.
7. 2 Samuel 16:11 Hebrew this Benjaminite.
8. 2 Samuel 16:14 As in Greek version (see also 17:16); Hebrew reads when they reached their 
   destination

John 18:25-19:22

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Peter’s Second and Third Denials

 ²⁵ Meanwhile, as Simon Peter was standing by the fire warming himself, they asked him again, “You’re not one of his disciples, are you?”    He denied it, saying, “No, I am not.”
 ²⁶ But one of the household slaves of the high priest, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, “Didn’t I see you out there in the olive grove with Jesus?” ²⁷ Again Peter denied it. And immediately a rooster crowed.

Jesus’ Trial before Pilate

 ²⁸ Jesus’ trial before Caiaphas ended in the early hours of the morning. Then he was taken to the headquarters of the Roman governor.^[a] His accusers didn’t go inside because it would defile them, and they wouldn’t be allowed to celebrate the Passover. ²⁹ So Pilate, the governor, went out to them and asked, “What is your charge against this man?”  ³⁰ “We wouldn’t have handed him over to you if he weren’t a criminal!” they retorted.
 ³¹ “Then take him away and judge him by your own law,” Pilate told them.
   “Only the Romans are permitted to execute someone,” the Jewish leaders replied. ³² (This fulfilled Jesus’ prediction about the way he would die.^[b])
 ³³ Then Pilate went back into his headquarters and called for Jesus to be brought to him. “Are you the king of the Jews?” he asked him.
 ³⁴ Jesus replied, “Is this your own question, or did others tell you about me?”
 ³⁵ “Am I a Jew?” Pilate retorted. “Your own people and their leading priests brought you to me for trial. Why? What have you done?”
 ³⁶ Jesus answered, “My Kingdom is not an earthly kingdom. If it were, my followers would fight to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish leaders. But my Kingdom is not of this world.”
 ³⁷ Pilate said, “So you are a king?”
   Jesus responded, “You say I am a king. Actually, I was born and came into the world to testify to the truth. All who love the truth recognize that what I say is true.”
 ³⁸ “What is truth?” Pilate asked. Then he went out again to the people and told them, “He is not guilty of any crime. ³⁹ But you have a custom of asking me to release one prisoner each year at Passover. Would you like me to release this ‘King of the Jews’?”
 ⁴⁰ But they shouted back, “No! Not this man. We want Barabbas!” (Barabbas was a revolutionary.)

John 19

Jesus Sentenced to Death

 ¹ Then Pilate had Jesus flogged with a lead-tipped whip. ² The soldiers wove a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they put a purple robe on him. ³ “Hail! King of the Jews!” they mocked, as they slapped him across the face.  ⁴ Pilate went outside again and said to the people, “I am going to bring him out to you now, but understand clearly that I find him not guilty.” ⁵ Then Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate said, “Look, here is the man!”
 ⁶ When they saw him, the leading priests and Temple guards began shouting, “Crucify him! Crucify him!”
   “Take him yourselves and crucify him,” Pilate said. “I find him not guilty.”
 ⁷ The Jewish leaders replied, “By our law he ought to die because he called himself the Son of God.”
 ⁸ When Pilate heard this, he was more frightened than ever. ⁹ He took Jesus back into the headquarters^[c] again and asked him, “Where are you from?” But Jesus gave no answer. ¹⁰ “Why don’t you talk to me?” Pilate demanded. “Don’t you realize that I have the power to release you or crucify you?”
 ¹¹ Then Jesus said, “You would have no power over me at all unless it were given to you from above. So the one who handed me over to you has the greater sin.”
 ¹² Then Pilate tried to release him, but the Jewish leaders shouted, “If you release this man, you are no ‘friend of Caesar.’^[d] Anyone who declares himself a king is a rebel against Caesar.”
 ¹³ When they said this, Pilate brought Jesus out to them again. Then Pilate sat down on the judgment seat on the platform that is called the Stone Pavement (in Hebrew, Gabbatha). ¹⁴ It was now about noon on the day of preparation for the Passover. And Pilate said to the people,^[e] “Look, here is your king!”
 ¹⁵ “Away with him,” they yelled. “Away with him! Crucify him!”
   “What? Crucify your king?” Pilate asked.
   “We have no king but Caesar,” the leading priests shouted back.
 ¹⁶ Then Pilate turned Jesus over to them to be crucified.

The Crucifixion

    So they took Jesus away. ¹⁷ Carrying the cross by himself, he went to the place called Place of the Skull (in Hebrew, Golgotha). ¹⁸ There they nailed him to the cross. Two others were crucified with him, one on either side, with Jesus between them. ¹⁹ And Pilate posted a sign on the cross that read, “Jesus of Nazareth,^[f] the King of the Jews.” ²⁰ The place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the sign was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek, so that many people could read it.  ²¹ Then the leading priests objected and said to Pilate, “Change it from ‘The King of the Jews’ to ‘He said, I am King of the Jews.’”
 ²² Pilate replied, “No, what I have written, I have written.”

Footnotes:

1. John 18:28 Greek to the Praetorium; also in 18:33.
2. John 18:32 See John 12:32-33.
3. John 19:9 Greek the Praetorium.
4. John 19:12 “Friend of Caesar” is a technical term that refers to an ally of the emperor.
5. John 19:14 Greek Jewish people; also in 19:20.
6. John 19:19 Or Jesus the Nazarene.

Psalm 119:113-128

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   Samekh
 ¹¹³ I hate those with divided loyalties,
      but I love your instructions.
 ¹¹⁴ You are my refuge and my shield;
      your word is my source of hope.
 ¹¹⁵ Get out of my life, you evil-minded people,
      for I intend to obey the commands of my God.
 ¹¹⁶ LORD, sustain me as you promised, that I may live!
      Do not let my hope be crushed.
 ¹¹⁷ Sustain me, and I will be rescued;
      then I will meditate continually on your decrees.
 ¹¹⁸ But you have rejected all who stray from your decrees.
      They are only fooling themselves.
 ¹¹⁹ You skim off the wicked of the earth like scum;
      no wonder I love to obey your laws!
 ¹²⁰ I tremble in fear of you;
      I stand in awe of your regulations.
   Ayin
 ¹²¹ Don’t leave me to the mercy of my enemies,
      for I have done what is just and right.
 ¹²² Please guarantee a blessing for me.
      Don’t let the arrogant oppress me!
 ¹²³ My eyes strain to see your rescue,
      to see the truth of your promise fulfilled.
 ¹²⁴ I am your servant; deal with me in unfailing love,
      and teach me your decrees.
 ¹²⁵ Give discernment to me, your servant;
      then I will understand your laws.
 ¹²⁶ LORD, it is time for you to act,
      for these evil people have violated your instructions.
 ¹²⁷ Truly, I love your commands
      more than gold, even the finest gold.
 ¹²⁸ Each of your commandments is right.
      That is why I hate every false way.

Proverbs 16:10-11

New Living Translation (NLT)

 ¹⁰ The king speaks with divine wisdom;
      he must never judge unfairly.
 ¹¹ The LORD demands accurate scales and balances;
      he sets the standards for fairness.

Monday, January 16, 2011 - We can make our plans but God determined our steps

5:00 a.m. Prayer/Devotion

5:45 pm. LifeTime - Weights (Upper/Lower body)

2 Samuel 14:1-15:22; John 18:1-24; Psalm 119:97-112; Proverbs 16:8-9

2 Samuel 14-15:22

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2 Samuel 14

Joab Arranges for Absalom’s Return

 ¹ Joab realized how much the king longed to see Absalom. ² So he sent for a woman from Tekoa who had a reputation for great wisdom. He said to her, “Pretend you are in mourning; wear mourning clothes and don’t put on lotions.^[a] Act like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for a long time. ³ Then go to the king and tell him the story I am about to tell you.” Then Joab told her what to say.  ⁴ When the woman from Tekoa approached the king, she bowed with her face to the ground in deep respect and cried out, “O king! Help me!”
 ⁵ “What’s the trouble?” the king asked.
   “Alas, I am a widow!” she replied. “My husband is dead. ⁶ My two sons had a fight out in the field. And since no one was there to stop it, one of them was killed. ⁷ Now the rest of the family is demanding, ‘Let us have your son. We will execute him for murdering his brother. He doesn’t deserve to inherit his family’s property.’ They want to extinguish the only coal I have left, and my husband’s name and family will disappear from the face of the earth.”
 ⁸ “Leave it to me,” the king told her. “Go home, and I’ll see to it that no one touches him.”
 ⁹ “Oh, thank you, my lord the king,” the woman from Tekoa replied. “If you are criticized for helping me, let the blame fall on me and on my father’s house, and let the king and his throne be innocent.”
 ¹⁰ “If anyone objects,” the king said, “bring him to me. I can assure you he will never complain again!”
 ¹¹ Then she said, “Please swear to me by the LORD your God that you won’t let anyone take vengeance against my son. I want no more bloodshed.”
   “As surely as the LORD lives,” he replied, “not a hair on your son’s head will be disturbed!”
 ¹² “Please allow me to ask one more thing of my lord the king,” she said.
   “Go ahead and speak,” he responded.
 ¹³ She replied, “Why don’t you do as much for the people of God as you have promised to do for me? You have convicted yourself in making this decision, because you have refused to bring home your own banished son. ¹⁴ All of us must die eventually. Our lives are like water spilled out on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. But God does not just sweep life away; instead, he devises ways to bring us back when we have been separated from him.
 ¹⁵ “I have come to plead with my lord the king because people have threatened me. I said to myself, ‘Perhaps the king will listen to me ¹⁶ and rescue us from those who would cut us off from the inheritance^[b] God has given us. ¹⁷ Yes, my lord the king will give us peace of mind again.’ I know that you are like an angel of God in discerning good from evil. May the LORD your God be with you.”
 ¹⁸ “I must know one thing,” the king replied, “and tell me the truth.”
   “Yes, my lord the king,” she responded.
 ¹⁹ “Did Joab put you up to this?”
   And the woman replied, “My lord the king, how can I deny it? Nobody can hide anything from you. Yes, Joab sent me and told me what to say. ²⁰ He did it to place the matter before you in a different light. But you are as wise as an angel of God, and you understand everything that happens among us!”
 ²¹ So the king sent for Joab and told him, “All right, go and bring back the young man Absalom.”
 ²² Joab bowed with his face to the ground in deep respect and said, “At last I know that I have gained your approval, my lord the king, for you have granted me this request!”
 ²³ Then Joab went to Geshur and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem. ²⁴ But the king gave this order: “Absalom may go to his own house, but he must never come into my presence.” So Absalom did not see the king.

Absalom Reconciled to David

 ²⁵ Now Absalom was praised as the most handsome man in all Israel. He was flawless from head to foot. ²⁶ He cut his hair only once a year, and then only because it was so heavy. When he weighed it out, it came to five pounds!^{[c] 27} He had three sons and one daughter. His daughter’s name was Tamar, and she was very beautiful.  ²⁸ Absalom lived in Jerusalem for two years, but he never got to see the king. ²⁹ Then Absalom sent for Joab to ask him to intercede for him, but Joab refused to come. Absalom sent for him a second time, but again Joab refused to come. ³⁰ So Absalom said to his servants, “Go and set fire to Joab’s barley field, the field next to mine.” So they set his field on fire, as Absalom had commanded.
 ³¹ Then Joab came to Absalom at his house and demanded, “Why did your servants set my field on fire?”
 ³² And Absalom replied, “Because I wanted you to ask the king why he brought me back from Geshur if he didn’t intend to see me. I might as well have stayed there. Let me see the king; if he finds me guilty of anything, then let him kill me.”
 ³³ So Joab told the king what Absalom had said. Then at last David summoned Absalom, who came and bowed low before the king, and the king kissed him.

2 Samuel 15

Absalom’s Rebellion

 ¹ After this, Absalom bought a chariot and horses, and he hired fifty bodyguards to run ahead of him. ² He got up early every morning and went out to the gate of the city. When people brought a case to the king for judgment, Absalom would ask where in Israel they were from, and they would tell him their tribe. ³ Then Absalom would say, “You’ve really got a strong case here! It’s too bad the king doesn’t have anyone to hear it. ⁴ I wish I were the judge. Then everyone could bring their cases to me for judgment, and I would give them justice!”  ⁵ When people tried to bow before him, Absalom wouldn’t let them. Instead, he took them by the hand and kissed them. ⁶ Absalom did this with everyone who came to the king for judgment, and so he stole the hearts of all the people of Israel.
 ⁷ After four years,^[d] Absalom said to the king, “Let me go to Hebron to offer a sacrifice to the LORD and fulfill a vow I made to him. ⁸ For while your servant was at Geshur in Aram, I promised to sacrifice to the LORD in Hebron^[e] if he would bring me back to Jerusalem.”
 ⁹ “All right,” the king told him. “Go and fulfill your vow.”
   So Absalom went to Hebron. ¹⁰ But while he was there, he sent secret messengers to all the tribes of Israel to stir up a rebellion against the king. “As soon as you hear the ram’s horn,” his message read, “you are to say, ‘Absalom has been crowned king in Hebron.’” ¹¹ He took 200 men from Jerusalem with him as guests, but they knew nothing of his intentions. ¹² While Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel, one of David’s counselors who lived in Giloh. Soon many others also joined Absalom, and the conspiracy gained momentum.

David Escapes from Jerusalem

 ¹³ A messenger soon arrived in Jerusalem to tell David, “All Israel has joined Absalom in a conspiracy against you!”  ¹⁴ “Then we must flee at once, or it will be too late!” David urged his men. “Hurry! If we get out of the city before Absalom arrives, both we and the city of Jerusalem will be spared from disaster.”
 ¹⁵ “We are with you,” his advisers replied. “Do what you think is best.”
 ¹⁶ So the king and all his household set out at once. He left no one behind except ten of his concubines to look after the palace. ¹⁷ The king and all his people set out on foot, pausing at the last house ¹⁸ to let all the king’s men move past to lead the way. There were 600 men from Gath who had come with David, along with the king’s bodyguard.^[f]
 19 Then the king turned and said to Ittai, a leader of the men from Gath, “Why are you coming with us? Go on back to King Absalom, for you are a guest in Israel, a foreigner in exile. ²⁰ You arrived only recently, and should I force you today to wander with us? I don’t even know where we will go. Go on back and take your kinsmen with you, and may the LORD show you his unfailing love and faithfulness.^[g]”
 ²¹ But Ittai said to the king, “I vow by the LORD and by your own life that I will go wherever my lord the king goes, no matter what happens—whether it means life or death.”
 ²² David replied, “All right, come with us.” So Ittai and all his men and their families went along.

Footnotes:

1. 2 Samuel 14:2 Hebrew don’t anoint yourself with oil.
2. 2 Samuel 14:16 Or the property; or the people.
3. 2 Samuel 14:26 Hebrew 200 shekels [2.3 kilograms] by the royal standard.
4. 2 Samuel 15:7 As in Greek and Syriac versions; Hebrew reads forty years.
5. 2 Samuel 15:8 As in some Greek manuscripts; Hebrew lacks in Hebron.
6. 2 Samuel 15:18 Hebrew the Kerethites and Pelethites.
7. 2 Samuel 15:20 As in Greek version; Hebrew reads and may unfailing love and faithfulness go with you.

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John 18:1-24

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John 18

Jesus Is Betrayed and Arrested

 ¹ After saying these things, Jesus crossed the Kidron Valley with his disciples and entered a grove of olive trees. ² Judas, the betrayer, knew this place, because Jesus had often gone there with his disciples. ³ The leading priests and Pharisees had given Judas a contingent of Roman soldiers and Temple guards to accompany him. Now with blazing torches, lanterns, and weapons, they arrived at the olive grove.  ⁴ Jesus fully realized all that was going to happen to him, so he stepped forward to meet them. “Who are you looking for?” he asked.
 ⁵ “Jesus the Nazarene,”^[a] they replied.
   “I AM he,”^[b] Jesus said. (Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them.) ⁶ As Jesus said “I AM he,” they all drew back and fell to the ground! ⁷ Once more he asked them, “Who are you looking for?”
   And again they replied, “Jesus the Nazarene.”
 ⁸ “I told you that I AM he,” Jesus said. “And since I am the one you want, let these others go.” ⁹ He did this to fulfill his own statement: “I did not lose a single one of those you have given me.”^[c]
 10 Then Simon Peter drew a sword and slashed off the right ear of Malchus, the high priest’s slave. ¹¹ But Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword back into its sheath. Shall I not drink from the cup of suffering the Father has given me?”

Jesus at the High Priest’s House

 ¹² So the soldiers, their commanding officer, and the Temple guards arrested Jesus and tied him up. ¹³ First they took him to Annas, the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest at that time.^{[d] 14} Caiaphas was the one who had told the other Jewish leaders, “It’s better that one man should die for the people.”

Peter’s First Denial

 ¹⁵ Simon Peter followed Jesus, as did another of the disciples. That other disciple was acquainted with the high priest, so he was allowed to enter the high priest’s courtyard with Jesus. ¹⁶ Peter had to stay outside the gate. Then the disciple who knew the high priest spoke to the woman watching at the gate, and she let Peter in. ¹⁷ The woman asked Peter, “You’re not one of that man’s disciples, are you?”    “No,” he said, “I am not.”
 ¹⁸ Because it was cold, the household servants and the guards had made a charcoal fire. They stood around it, warming themselves, and Peter stood with them, warming himself.

The High Priest Questions Jesus

 ¹⁹ Inside, the high priest began asking Jesus about his followers and what he had been teaching them. ²⁰ Jesus replied, “Everyone knows what I teach. I have preached regularly in the synagogues and the Temple, where the people^[e] gather. I have not spoken in secret. ²¹ Why are you asking me this question? Ask those who heard me. They know what I said.”  ²² Then one of the Temple guards standing nearby slapped Jesus across the face. “Is that the way to answer the high priest?” he demanded.
 ²³ Jesus replied, “If I said anything wrong, you must prove it. But if I’m speaking the truth, why are you beating me?”
 ²⁴ Then Annas bound Jesus and sent him to Caiaphas, the high priest.

Footnotes:

1. John 18:5 Or Jesus of Nazareth; also in 18:7.
2. John 18:5 Or “The ‘I AM’ is here”; or “I am the LORD”; Greek reads I am; also in 18:6, 8. See Exod 3:14.
3. John 18:9 See John 6:39 and 17:12.
4. John 18:13 Greek that year.
5. John 18:20 Greek Jewish people; also in 18:38.

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Psalm 119:97-112

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   Mem
 ⁹⁷ Oh, how I love your instructions!
      I think about them all day long.
 ⁹⁸ Your commands make me wiser than my enemies,
      for they are my constant guide.
 ⁹⁹ Yes, I have more insight than my teachers,
      for I am always thinking of your laws.
 ¹⁰⁰ I am even wiser than my elders,
      for I have kept your commandments.
 ¹⁰¹ I have refused to walk on any evil path,
      so that I may remain obedient to your word.
 ¹⁰² I haven’t turned away from your regulations,
      for you have taught me well.
 ¹⁰³ How sweet your words taste to me;
      they are sweeter than honey.
 ¹⁰⁴ Your commandments give me understanding;
      no wonder I hate every false way of life.
   Nun
 ¹⁰⁵ Your word is a lamp to guide my feet
      and a light for my path.
 ¹⁰⁶ I’ve promised it once, and I’ll promise it again:
      I will obey your righteous regulations.
 ¹⁰⁷ I have suffered much, O LORD;
      restore my life again as you promised.
 ¹⁰⁸ LORD, accept my offering of praise,
      and teach me your regulations.
 ¹⁰⁹ My life constantly hangs in the balance,
      but I will not stop obeying your instructions.
 ¹¹⁰ The wicked have set their traps for me,
      but I will not turn from your commandments.
 ¹¹¹ Your laws are my treasure;
      they are my heart’s delight.
 ¹¹² I am determined to keep your decrees
      to the very end.

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Proverbs 16:8-9

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 ⁸ Better to have little, with godliness,
      than to be rich and dishonest.
 ⁹ We can make our plans,
      but the LORD determines our steps.