Daily Bible Reading - April 11th, 2020 | American Bible Society

Daily Bible Reading - April 11th, 2020 | American Bible Society: Matthew 27:57-66: Joseph of Arimathea buries Jesus’s body, and Mary Magdalene and the other Mary keep watch at the tomb. Pilate sends soldiers to guard the tomb as well, in order to prevent Jesus’s disciples from stealing his body and claiming he had been raised from death.

Daily Bible Reading - April 8th, 2020 | American Bible Society

Daily Bible Reading - April 8th, 2020 | American Bible Society: Matthew 26:36-75: Jesus grieves and prays in Gethsemane in preparation for his betrayal and arrest. His disciples fail to keep watch and fall asleep. Jesus is arrested and brought before the chief priests and the Council where he is accused of blasphemy. The chapter concludes with Peter denying that he knows Jesus.

Daily Bible Reading - April 5th, 2020 | American Bible Society

Daily Bible Reading - April 5th, 2020 | American Bible Society: Matthew 21:1-22: Jesus enters Jerusalem, riding on a humble donkey, to the cheers of the crowd.
Then he enters the Temple, drives out the moneychangers, and heals people. In so doing, he angers the religious leaders. Today’s reading concludes with Jesus cursing a fig tree to symbolize God’s wrath against those who oppose Jesus’s teachings. (See Jeremiah 8:12-13 in which a withered fig tree symbolizes God’s judgment.)

Daily Bible Reading - March 29th, 2020 | American Bible Society

Daily Bible Reading - March 29th, 2020 | American Bible Society: Ezra 8:15-36: The book of Ezra is considered a sequel to Chronicles and describes the return of some of the Jewish exiles from Babylon and the restoration of life and worship in Jerusalem. After the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the Temple (586 B.C.), the people were deported to Babylon (2 Chronicles 36:11-21). In 538 B.C., King Cyrus or Persia defeated the Babylonians and allowed the captives to return to their homes near Jerusalem and rebuild the Temple (2 Chronicles 36:22, 23). Ezra, an expert in the Law of God, helps the people reorganize their religious and social life in order to safeguard the spiritual heritage of Israel. Today’s reading is Ezra’s prayer in which he asks the people to fast and to pray for God’s protection as they journey back to Jerusalem.

Daily Bible Reading - March 27th, 2020 | American Bible Society

Daily Bible Reading - March 27th, 2020 | American Bible Society: 2 Chronicles 7:1-10: After Solomon offered his prayer to the LORD (see 2 Chronicles 6:12-42), he dedicated the Temple and offered sacrifices to the LORD. Then Solomon and all the people celebrated the Festival of Shelters.

Daily Bible Reading - March 27th, 2020 | American Bible Society

Daily Bible Reading - March 27th, 2020 | American Bible Society: 2 Chronicles 7:1-10: After Solomon offered his prayer to the LORD (see 2 Chronicles 6:12-42), he dedicated the Temple and offered sacrifices to the LORD. Then Solomon and all the people celebrated the Festival of Shelters.

Daily Bible Reading - March 22nd, 2020 | American Bible Society

Daily Bible Reading - March 22nd, 2020 | American Bible Society: 2 Chronicles 1:1-17: Second Chronicles begins with a description of the rule of King Solomon, David’s son. When God appears to Solomon in a dream, the young king asks God for the wisdom and knowledge to rule his people. God replies with a promise to give him wisdom, knowledge, wealth, and fame.