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In this episode, we finish our study of chapter 19 out of the Book of John; specifically, verses 31-42.  We pick up where we left off in our last episode. In the last episode, Jesus said, "It is finished!" as He was dying on the cross.  Then Jesus bowed His head and freely gave up His spirit. Jesus died for our sins. So, in this episode we look at Jesus' burial.  After His death, Jesus' body was given to a secret disciple, Joseph of Arimathea. He, along with another secret disciple Nicodemus, prepared Jesus' body for burial by wrapping it in 75 pounds of perfumed ointment made from myrrh and aloes. They placed Jesus' body in a stone tomb that had never been used before.  But as we will see in the next episode, Jesus will not remain in the tomb because Jesus will be resurrected from the dead!

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In this episode, we continue our study of chapter 19 out of the Book of John; specifically, verses 16-30.  Jesus is crucified after Pilate gives the order to crucify Him to keep the peace with the Jewish religious leaders and the mob they had gathered.  Jesus was made to carry his own cross, most likely just the horizontal beam, through the city to the Place of the Skull (in Hebrew, Golgotha). There, the vertical post would have already been fixed permanently in the ground.  This made it much faster and easier to place the victim on the "cross."  There, they nailed Jesus to the cross. Two others were crucified with him, one on either side, with Jesus between them. And Pilate posted a sign on the cross that read, "Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews."-which He is. But the Jewish religious leaders didn't like the sign because they didn't consider Jesus their king. So, they asked Pilate to change it, but he wouldn't. We see the Roman soldiers who carried out the crucifixion divide and gamble for Jesus' clothes, as Jesus most likely was crucified naked as most were. After telling John to take care of His mother, Jesus said He was thirty. They gave Him some sour wine to drink, then Jesus said, "It is finished!" Then Jesus bowed His head and freely gave up His spirit. Jesus died for our sins.

You can listen to past and future episodes of this podcast and The God Revelation Podcast and the Holy Spirit Podcast on our website  https://renewyourmindministries.org/, or on any podcast platform such as Amazon Alexa, Audible, Apple/Itunes Podcasts, Spotify, iheart, Google Podcasts, & etc. If you need prayer, you can email us at renewyourmindm@gmail.com, or write us at Renew Your Mind Ministries, P.O. Box 721143, Jackson, MS 39272.

In this episode, we start chapter 19 out of the Book of John; specifically, verses 1-15.  Pilate is still not convinced Jesus is guilty of anything, but to appease the Jewish religious leaders and the mob they have gathered, Pilate has Jesus beaten with a whip that has rocks, bones, and nails at the end of its tails. This whip is used to inflict maximum pain.  The Roman soldiers also put a crown made out of sharp thorns on Jesus' head. The crown pierces Jesus' head. The soldiers also slap Jesus around, which is a sign of contempt and disrespect.  But this is not enough for the Jewish religious leaders and the mob. They demand that Jesus be crucified.  Crucifixion is a sadistic process that is not only agonizing, but also designed to stretch pain and embarrassment into a days-long ordeal.  Pilate wants to keep the peace, so he orders Jesus crucified. 
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In this episode, we finish our look at chapter 18 out of the Book of John. We cover verses 28-40.  After Jesus' arrest, after being questioned by Annas, and after an illegal and mockery of a trial before Caiaphas (the High Priest the Romans recognized), Jesus is taking by the Jewish religious leaders to Pontius Pilate, who was the Roman governor over Jerusalem and the surrounding area, to demand Jesus' execution.  They told Pilate that Jesus declared himself as a king who wanted to overthrow Rome. Pilate and the religious leaders were not on good terms, and Pilate didn't want anything to do with their plot to kill Jesus because he thought the religious leaders' issue with Jesus was related to a dispute over Jewish law, not Roman law.  After questioning Jesus, Pilate truthfully declared that Jesus was "'not guilty of any crime.'"  But when Pilate offered to release Jesus because of the Passover, the religious leaders, and the mob they had put together, demanded that a murder and a real rebel named Barabba be released, and Jesus killed. 

In this episode, we continue our study of chapter 18 of the Book of John; specifically, verses 19-27.  After Jesus is arrested, He is taken to Annas, the High Priest the Jews recognized.  Annas questions Jesus. Jesus is assaulted for no reason.  Fulfilling Jesus' prophecy (John 13:38), Peter continues to deny being a follower of Jesus.   
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In this episode, we start chapter 18 of the Book of John. Jesus and His disciples are just outside of Jerusalem at the Mount of Olives for Passover. Under the cover of darkness, Judas leads Roman soldiers and temple guards to where Jesus was to arrest Him.  Judas knew where Jesus was because he and the other disciples had been there with Jesus during prior Passovers.  Jesus asks them who they were looking for. They say Jesus. Jesus replies, "I AM he." In a demonstration of His power, the men fell back and down when Jesus said, "I AM he," which was a declaration of Him being God.  It also shows that Jesus' arrest was due to Him cooperating (because He had the power to stop it) to fulfill what God the Father sent Him to do; that is, to die for mankind's sin.  Jesus is arrested and taken to one of the Jewish High Priest's homes for a mock trial, which we will cover in the next episode. We learn that John, the author of this book, and Peter fellow Jesus to the High Priest's home.  The gatekeeper to the home, a woman, asks Peter if he was a disciple of Jesus. Peter denies he was Jesus' disciple. The first of the three denials Jesus predicted in John 13:31-38 that Peter would commit. 

You can listen to past and future episodes of this podcast and The God Revelation Podcast and the Holy Spirit Podcast on our website  https://renewyourmindministries.org/, or on any podcast platform such as Amazon Alexa, Audible, Apple/Itunes Podcasts, Spotify, iheart, Google Podcasts, & etc. If you need prayer, you can email us at renewyourmindm@gmail.com, or write us at Renew Your Mind Ministries, P.O. Box 721143, Jackson, MS 39272.