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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 37 ——— Don’t Be AngryMatthew 5:21-26 Jesus sent out 70 disciples on a two-month mission. He is teaching and healing, but because all the disciples are away, we don’t have any scripture that tells us exactly what he is doing. So, we are taking this opportunity to review some of his previous teaching. Last…
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Week 35 ——— The Woman Caught in AdulteryJohn 8:1-11 John 7:53-8:11 [[They went each to his own house, but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. Early in the morning, he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them. The scribes and the Pharisees…
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Week 35 ——— Jesus at the Feast of TabernaclesLuke 9:51-62 John 7:1-52 This is week 35 in our 70-week walk through the ministry of Jesus. The Day of Trumpets and the Day of Atonement have passed. On this day in 27 AD, October 13, on the final day of the Feast of Tabernacles, Jesus…
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Week 33 ——— An Important Question in an Unusual PlaceMatthew 16:13-20 Mark 8:27-9:1 Luke 9:18-27 Matthew 16:13-20 Now, when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say…
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Week 32 ——— Another Miraculous FeedingMatthew 15:32-38 Mark 8:1-9 Jesus feeds the 5000(+), and the following day, they want him to feed them again. But he challenges them to think deeper and tells them he is the Bread of Life. They are disappointed in Jesus and unable to understand his teaching about eternal…
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Week 32 ——— The Woman Who Would Not Give UpMatthew 15:22-28 Mark 7:24-30 Several weeks ago, Jesus fed the largest crowd recorded in his ministry (5000 men plus women and children). Last week, he taught on the Bread of Life and spoke for the first time to a crowd plainly of eternal life…
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Week 32 ——— Yom Teruah- the Day of TrumpetsJohn 6:25-65 Jesus had just fed the 5000, dismissed the crowds, and went up on a mountain to pray. He made the disciples get in a boat and go ahead of him, but he caught up to them by walking on the water. But they can’t escape…
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Week 31 ——— Jesus Walks on the WaterMatthew 14:22-33 — Mark 6:45–52 — John 6:16-21 Jesus got the bad news about John’s death. He wanted to go off by himself to grieve but ended up healing and teaching a large crowd and then performing a miracle to feed them. Matthew 14:22-23 Immediately, he made…
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Week 31 ——— Jesus feeds the MultitudeMatthew 14:1-21 — Mark 6:14–44 — Luke 9:7-17 — John 6:1-15 We will talk about the only miracle Jesus did that is found in all four Gospels, one of the most familiar miracles, the feeding of the 5000. But the context is important. Matthew goes to a lot of…
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Week 30 ——— Jesus Sends Out the TwelveMatthew 10:1 – 11:1 — Mark 6:7-13 — Luke 9:1-6 Mark 6:7-13 And he called the twelve and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits. He charged them to take nothing for their journey except a staff—no bread,…
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