Oops of the Day  

Jesus asked John to take care of his mother after his death just because his father had died.

John 19:27 & 25  –  Matthew 27:56  –  Mark 15:40  –  Matthew 13:55  –  Mark 6:3

Fact of the Day

No!  There was more to it than that.  Jesus had four half-brothers, but they did not believe who Jesus was, meaning they also did not believe their own mother.  But John did believe.  Besides, it was a natural  place to go since John’s mother was Mary’s sister. 

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Oops of the Day  

A dozen or so priests and temple soldiers went to arrest Jesus in Gethsemane.

John 18:3

Fact of the Day

No!  A cohort of Romans soldiers was with them.  A cohort was between 300 & 600 soldiers.

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When Jesus formed clay for the eyes of the man born blind, he told him to wash in the Pool of Siloam.  He walked a few steps and did so.

John 8:59  –  John 9:1 & 7

Fact of the Day

No!  Archaeologists show that he had to stumble his way 1/3 mile to get to that pool.

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Surprise of the Day  

If Jesus created everything in the world including human beings, do you think he could create eyeballs?

John 1:1-4  –  John 1:14  –  John 9:6

Fact of the Day

Man was made of clay.  The man born blind was healed when Jesus made mud and put it onto the man’s “eyes”.  When he formed the clay for the man’s eyes, was he making eyeballs for him?  Anophthalmia is a disease where a person is born without eyeballs.  About 1 in every 5,200 babies is born with this.

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Oops of the Day  

“The Prodigal Son” – The older brother should have forgiven his prodigal lazy brother who finally came home.

Luke 15:11-14  –  Luke 15:22-25  –  Luke 15:30-32

Fact of the Day

No! It was much more than that. It was jealousy, greed, and a desire for all or nothing. As the oldest son, he was going to inherit their father’s entire estate (note v. 31), yet he resented one little party given to his brother. And, his father thought his youngest was dead; the older one acted as though he wished his brother was dead.

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Oops of the Day  

Joseph, Jesus’ step-father, died while Jesus was still a child.

Luke 4:14-22  –  John 6:42  –  John 19:25-27

Fact of the Day

No!  When he returned to Nazareth as an adult and preached there, the people said, “IS (present tense) this not Joseph’s son”  His step-father apparently died between then and the crucifixion.

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Oops of the Day  

Jesus first went to the temple when he was 12 and had celebrated his bar-mitzva.

Luke 2:31-42  –  Matthew 2:19-23

Fact of the Day

No! Bar-Mitzva was first recorded in history in the 13th century in France.  Jesus’ parents went to the temple every year. The likely reason they took Jesus at age twelve was that cruel King ARCHELAUS was so mean (he had killed 3000 in the temple when Jesus was 11), he was banished to Gaul by Caesar. THEN, it was safe to take Jesus to Jerusalem.

“²² But when Joseph heard that ARCHELAUS was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee, ²³ and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth.”

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Surprise of the Day  

Who was Anna the Prophetess?

Fact of the Day

When baby Jesus was presented at the temple by his parents,  Prophetess Anna was AGE 84 or more and had lived at the temple all but 7 of her adult years.  She lived through these attacks on the temple and Jerusalem:

BC 63 – Pompey besieged Jerusalem and entered the temple.

BC 54 – Crassus looted the temple of all its gold.

BC 40 – When Herod was made King, Jerusalem closed its gates, so he had to attack.

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Oops of the Day  

The angel chorus sang about Jesus’ birth to the shepherds.

Luke 3:13  –  Revelation 5:9-12  –  Revelaion14:3  –  Revelation 15:3  –  Revelation 16:5

Fact of the Day

No!  Angels do not sing.  A multitude of the heavenly host (angels)  praised God “saying” glory to God. Later seven angels “said” the song of Moses and the Lamb. The third angel “said “the Lamb was righteous. 

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Oops of the Day  

The shepherds the angels appeared to the night of Jesus’ birth were humble but respected men.

Luke 2:8-20  –  Genesis 46:33-34

Fact of the Day

No!  Shepherds were despised.    The Jewish Talmud forbade shepherds from being witnesses.  They were not allowed in the temple.  Further, no help was to be given to heathens or shepherds.  True, David rose from being a shepherd to a king, but this shows his strength in rising above his circumstances.  And Jesus?  Jesus dared to be the lowest of the low so he could show us how to be the highest of the high.

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