Every day Jesus went to the Temple to teach, and each evening He returned to spend the night on the Mount of Olives. The crowds gathered at the Temple early each morning to hear Him. // The Festival of Unleavened Bread, which is also called …
Chapter Breaks Gems
Bible Gem 509 – Tough Love (2 Cor 1:21-2:4)
It is God who enables us, along with you, to stand firm for Christ. He has commissioned us, and He has identified us as His own by placing the Holy Spirit in our hearts as the first instalment that guarantees everything He has promised us. …
Bible Gem 334 – The Pesky Chapter Boundary (1 Cor 3:24-28)
So look at Apollos and me as mere servants of Christ who have been put in charge of explaining God’s mysteries. Now, a person who is put in charge as a manager must be faithful. As for me, it matters very little how I might …
Bible Gem 177 – Don’t let the Chapter Breaks Fool You (Rom 5//6)
You know I have said it before but it is worth saying again. I have been taught that repetition is a good way of emphasising your point. It is certainly the way the Hebrews and the Greeks did it. So just as Paul uses these …
Bible Gem 1470 – Ian’s Version of a Repackaged Acts 5, 6 and 7 (Acts 5:1-7:60)
The End of Chapter 5: The others accepted his advice. They called in the apostles and had them flogged. Then they ordered them never again to speak in the name of Jesus, and they let them go. The apostles left the high council rejoicing that …
Bible Gem 1469 – Repackaging Acts 5, 6 and 7 (Acts 5:1-7:60)
The end of Chapter 5: The others accepted his advice. They called in the apostles and had them flogged. Then they ordered them never again to speak in the name of Jesus, and they let them go. The apostles left the high council rejoicing that …
Bible Gem 1468 – Chapter 6: The Next Segment for our Investigation (Acts 6:1-15)
But as the believers rapidly multiplied, there were rumblings of discontent. The Greek-speaking believers complained about the Hebrew-speaking believers, saying that their widows were being discriminated against in the daily distribution of food. So the Twelve called a meeting of all the believers. They said, …