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This daily Bible podcast will take you through the Bible in a year following the Immerse Bible Reading Experience. So grab your family and small group and go through the Bible in a year together with Immerse. Each of the 6 volumes is available online or at your favorite Christian bookstore.
Henry: Welcome To Immerse: The
Daily Bible Reading Experience.
Day 59
some of the governor's soldiers
took Jesus into their headquarters
and called out the entire regiment.
They stripped him and put
a scarlet robe on him.
They wove thorn branches into a crown
and put it on his head, and they placed a
reed stick in his right hand as a scepter.
Then they knelt before him in mockery
and taunted hail king of the Jews, and
they spit on him and grabbed the stick
and struck him on the head with it.
When they were finally tired of
mocking him, they took off the robe
and put his own clothes on him again.
Then they led him away to be
crucified Along the way, they
came across a man named Simon.
Who was from Cyrene, and the soldiers
forced him to carry Jesus cross,
and they went out to a place called
Gatha, which means place of the skull.
The soldiers gave Jesus wine mixed
with bitter gall, but when he had
tasted it, he refused to drink it.
After they had nailed him to the
cross, the soldiers gambled for
his clothes by throwing dice.
Then they sat around and
kept guard as he hung there.
A sign was fastened above Jesus' head
announcing the charge against him.
It read.
This is Jesus the king of the Jews.
Two revolutionaries were crucified with
him, one on his right and one on his left.
The people passing by shouted abuse,
shaking their heads in mockery.
Look at you now.
They yelled at him.
You said you were going to destroy the
temple and rebuild it in three days.
Weldon, if you are the son of God, save
yourself and come down from the cross.
The leading priests, the
teachers of religious law and
the elders also mocked Jesus.
He saved others.
They scoffed, but he can't save himself.
So he is the king of Israel, is he?
Let him come down from the cross
right now, and we will believe in him.
He trusted God, so let God rescue him.
Now if he wants him for, he
said, I am the son of God.
Even the revolutionaries who were
crucified with him ridiculed him in the
same way at noon, darkness fell across
the whole land until three o'clock.
At about three o'clock, Jesus
called out with a loud voice.
Eli Eli Lamas, which means, my God,
my God, why have you abandoned me?
Some of the bystanders
misunderstood and thought he was
calling for the prophet Elijah.
One of them ran and filled a sponge
with sour wine, holding it up to
him on a reeds stick so he could
drink, but the rest said, wait.
Let's see whether Elijah
comes to save him.
Then Jesus shouted out again
and he released his spirit.
At that moment, the curtain and the
sanctuary of the temple was torn in two.
From top to bottom, the earth shook
rocks split apart in tombs opened.
The bodies of many Godly men and women
who had died were raised from the dead.
They left the cemetery after Jesus
resurrection, went into the holy city of
Jerusalem and appeared to many people.
The Roman officer and the other soldiers
at the crucifixion were terrified by the
earthquake and all that had happened.
They said, this man truly was the son
of God and many women who had come
from Galilee with Jesus to care for
him, were watching from a distance.
Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary,
the mother of James and Joseph, and the
mother of James and John, the sons of Zee.
As evening approached Joseph, a rich
man from Arimathea who had become
a follower of Jesus, went to Pilate
and asked for Jesus' body, and Pilate
issued an order to release it to him.
Joseph took the body and wrapped it
in a long sheet of clean linen cloth.
He placed it in his own new tomb,
which had been carved out of the rock.
Then he rolled a great stone
across the entrance and left.
Both Mary Magdalene and the other Mary
were sitting across from the tomb and
watching the next day on the Sabbath.
The leading priests and
Pharisees went to Sea Pilot.
They told him.
Sir, we remember what that deceiver
once said while he was still alive.
After three days, I will rise from
the dead, so we request that you
seal the tomb until the third day.
This will prevent his disciples
from coming and stealing his
body and then telling everyone
he was raised from the dead.
If that happens, we'll be worse
off than we were at first.
Pilate replied.
Take guards and secure
it the best you can.
So they sealed the tomb and
posted guards to protect it.
Early on Sunday morning, as the new
day was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the
other Mary went out to visit the tomb.
Suddenly there was a great
earthquake for an angel of the Lord.
Came down from heaven, rolled
aside the stone, and sat on it.
His face shown like lightning and
his clothing was as white as snow.
The guard shook with fear when they saw
him and they fell into a dead faint.
Then the angel spoke to the women.
Don't be afraid.
He said, I know you are looking
for Jesus who was crucified.
He isn't here.
He is risen from the dead,
just as he said would happen.
Come see where his body was lying.
And now go quickly and tell his disciples
that he has risen from the dead and
he is going ahead of you to Galilee.
You will see him there.
Remember what I have told you?
The women ran quickly from the tomb.
They were very frightened, but also
filled with great joy, and they rushed
to give the disciples the angels message
and as they went, Jesus met them and
greeted them, and they ran to him,
grasped his feet and worshiped him.
Then Jesus said to them, don't be afraid.
Go tell my brothers to leave for
Galilee, and they will see me there.
As the women were on their way, some of
the guards went into the city and told
the leading priests what had happened.
A meeting with the elders was
called, and they decided to
give the soldiers a large bribe.
They told the soldiers, you must say Jesus
disciples came during the night while we
were sleeping, and they stole his body.
If the governor hears about it, well stand
up for you so you won't get in trouble.
So the guards accepted the bribe
and said what they were told to say.
Their story spread widely among the
Jews, and they still tell it today.
Then the 11 disciples left for
Galilee going to the mountain
where Jesus had told them to go.
When they saw him, they worshiped
him, but some of them doubted.
Jesus came and told his
disciples, I have been given all
authority in heaven and on earth.
Therefore, go and make disciples
of all the nations, baptizing
them in the name of the Father
and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Teach these new disciples to
obey all the commands I have
given you, and be sure of this.
I am with you always, even
to the end of the age.
This concludes today's
Immer Reading experience.
Thank you for joining us.