After the crucifixion, a wealthy Jewish leader named Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate if he could have Jesus’ body to bury it. Surely Joseph grasped the huge risk in requesting Rome’s permission to pr...  Read More

“But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.”
Isaiah 53:5 KJVWhat did the prophet Isai...  Read More

Read Luke 22:54-62 before beginning devotion.If Peter was getting ahead of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane in John 18, he certainly was not in today’s scripture. Jesus had just been arrested and wa...  Read More

 As chapter 13 of the book of John begins, we find Jesus knelt before his disciples washing and cleansing their feet; arguably the lowliest task given in that time period. Jesus’ act of humility actua...  Read More

Hosanna! John 12:13 gives us a visual description of Day 2 that we can put into action in our own lives. “So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, “Hosanna! Blessed is...  Read More

It was “six days before the Passover,” and Jesus knew He would soon lay down His life as “the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world” (John 1:29).He would spend much of His time that final we...  Read More