Author: Jon

It’s a scary thought for Peter that Jesus had said If you deny me I will deny you (Matt1033). Yet it does not end here, this is just the turning point for Peter I think. Sure he doesn’t go full zealot until later. But this is a crucial moment in his life, he’s picked to […]

V.31-34 he talks to Simon Peter like a child here. Peter’s not ready yet to go to prison in to death, in Jesus can see that but he has to tell him something give him the courage to do it later. It’s apparent you can see that in a child you tell them this is […]

So next things going on on this passage. V.2 they wanted to kill Jesus, but feared the people. They are leaders with no power or authority. Like modern time politicians, they change their tune every time the masses want x, y or z. The sadly our politicians are supposed to represent the people, but they […]

Again it’s the last couple of verses in this passage that speak to me. Here he is preaching death and destruction and yet (v 38) “early in the morning all the people came to him in the temple to hear him.” The people didn’t shy away when he started preaching scary stuff. Sometimes we need […]

It’s funny that the things he lists as signs of the end times most of America does not experience. Yet it’s always the Americans for claiming Jesus’s returns just around the corner. Don’t misunderstand me, it is just around the corner, but I don’t think it’s going to happen this year next year. But it […]

V.34-38 – Jesus didn’t answer the Sadducees defensively or trying to convince them and make them believe me. He uses their own beliefs as an example, showing that they already believe just didn’t know it. How many of us, myself included would have I said, “you don’t understand, you must convert”. Going straight to the […]

I often wonder how the crowd reacted to Jesus talking like this to the religious leaders. The people obviously respected the religious leaders and many followed Jesus and hung on to every word. So when He said v.8 I’ll tell you if you tell me. Did people act surprised or murmur in agreement? He said […]

Here is the King, fulfilling prophecy, and the so-called religious leaders just scoffed at him. If you love your position over the Lord, your heart of not in the right place. To many pastors even in present day have feel to this exact same weakness. Knowing the future and all of time, it must be […]

It’s always amazing to me how quickly they turned on their own, within days they are praising than cursing Jesus. I hope that I am not that fickle and cannot return by popular opinion. I pray that I will not give into peer pressure when given the opportunity. The video ending with death and silence […]