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They said, "Why do you look for the living among the dead?"

  They said, "Why do you look for the living among the dead?"   Luke 24:1 – 5: "On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. In their fright, the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, 'Why do you look for the living [ton z ō nta — from the root *za ō *] among the dead [ton nekr ō n]?'" Romans 6:2: "What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live [za ō ] in it any longer?" Dying on the cross with Jesus means dying to sin — it is the death of the "old self." Romans 6:6: "For we know that our old self ...
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"You will be with Me in Paradise."

  "You will be with Me in Paradise."   Luke 23:39 – 43: "One of the criminals (*kakourgon*) who hung there hurled insults at Him: 'Aren ’ t You the Christ? Save Yourself and us!' But the other criminal rebuked him, saying, 'Don ’ t you fear God, since you are under the same condemnation (*krimati*)? We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.' Then he said, 'Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom.' Jesus answered him, 'Truly I tell you, today (*semeron*) you will be with Me in Paradise.'" Regarding the crucifixion of Jesus, Matthew 27:44 states, "In the same way, the robbers (*lestai*) who were crucified with Him also heaped insults on Him." Mark 15:31 – 32 records, "In the same way, the chief priests and the teachers of the law mocked Him among themselves. 'He saved others,' they said, 'but He can ’ t save Himself! Let this Christ...
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Weep for Yourselves and for Your Children

  Weep for Yourselves and for Your Children   Luke 23:28 – 31: "Jesus turned and said to them, 'Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep for yourselves and for your children. For the time will come when you will say, "Blessed are the childless women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!" Then "they will say to the mountains, 'Fall on us!' and to the hills, 'Cover us!'" For if people do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?'" This passage is recorded only in the Gospel of Luke among the four Gospels. Jesus told the women, "Do not weep for me; weep for yourselves and for your children." As the Son of God and the Messiah who came to save the world, Jesus was walking the path of the cross — a path of glory — to fulfill the mission given to Him by the Father who sent Him. He was destined to rise again three days after His burial. The issue, therefore, was not...
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The scripture that says, "He was counted among the lawless," must be fulfilled in Me.

  The scripture that says, "He was counted among the lawless," must be fulfilled in Me.   Luke 22:36 – 38: "He said to them, 'But now, let the one who has a moneybag take it, and likewise a knapsack. And let the one who has no sword sell his cloak and buy one. For I tell you that this Scripture must be fulfilled in Me: "And He was counted among the lawless." For what is written about Me is reaching its fulfillment.' They said, 'Lord, look, here are two swords.' And He said to them, 'It is enough.'" This is a reference to Isaiah 53:12: "Therefore I will give Him a portion among the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He poured out His life unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors. For He bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors." The fall of Israel, the destruction of the Temple, and the subsequent exile in Babylon forced Israel into a period of deep refl...
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