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Category: The 70 Weeks with Jesus Blog
We follow the New Testament from the preaching of John the Baptist through the 70 weeks from the baptism of Jesus until the baptism of the disciples with the Holy Spirit at Pentecost.
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Week 69 — The Decision to Replace JudasActs 1:15-26 Last week, we completed our 70-week study of Jesus’ ministry. We will continue the Bible’s story with the Book of Acts, Luke’s second volume. We have already covered the ascension and the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost in Acts chapters 1 and 2. …
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Week 70 — Shavuot (Pentecost)Acts 2:1-13 We have reached week 70 in our study. We began in January, looking at John the Baptist as the forerunner to Jesus. The 70-week study of Jesus’ ministry started on February 16th, with Jesus’ baptism. We have followed Jesus week by week as he traveled about, teaching, healing, and…
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Week 69 — The AscensionMark 16:15-19, Luke 24:50-53, Acts1:1-11, Hebrews (many passages) Luke 24:50-51 And he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands, he blessed them. While he blessed them, he parted from them and was carried up into heaven. And they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great…
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Week 68 — The Great CommissionMatthew 28:16-20 We are almost to the end of our study, which began last January, going through the four Gospel accounts of Jesus’ ministry week by week. This week, we will discuss Jesus’ final teaching before his ascension. Our scripture is found in Matthew 28. Matthew 28:16-20 “Now the…
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Week 67 — Peter’s Denial and AffirmationJohn 21:1-19 Last week, we talked about Thomas, who is unfortunately remembered as “Doubting Thomas.” We saw how Jesus spoke about the concept of doubt, that questioning is not a problem for Jesus, and mental uncertainty is not a sin. Jesus comes not to punish uncertainty but to resolve…
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Week 66 — “Doubting Thomas”John 20:24-29 John 20:24-29 Now Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger…
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Week 65 — Why They Didn’t UnderstandMark 16:12-14, Luke 24:36-49, John 20:19-23 Last week, we discussed what Jesus did on the day He was resurrected. He met the two disciples who were on their way home to Emmaus. He opened up the scriptures to them and then opened their eyes when he broke bread with…
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Week 64 —The First SupperLuke 24:13-35 Here we are at week 64/70 following the ministry of Jesus week by week. And last week we talked about his final week that ended in his crucifixion and resurrection. In 28 AD, Resurrection Day would have been as late as it could be, May 1. So, putting the…
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Week 63 — Jesus rides in a parade, rearranges furniture, and kills a tree.Matthew 21:18-19 As we follow Jesus’ ministry day by day, in 28 AD, this is the week of Passover, the week between Palm Sunday and the Resurrection. At times over the past year, I had only had one short scripture passage to…
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Week 62 — Will the Real Zacchaeus Stand Up?Luke 19:1-10 The date of Passover and Easter varies every year. In 2025 it falls on April 20th, but in 28 AD, on that first Easter morning, it would have been a bit later, April 28. So on April 20, in Jesus’ day, he had almost…
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