At one time, Judas truly believed in Jesus. But, after three years, he turned on Jesus.
Mark 14:10-11 – John 6:64
No! Judas never believed.
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(Right now, we are reading Shadow of Death in my Easter Series.)
A woman anointed Jesus with precious oil worth a year’s wages. That’s a lot of money just to put hairdressing on him in that dry climate.
Mark 14:3 & 5 – Exodus 30:22-30 – Psalm 23: 5 – Revelation 5:10
No! Mary did pay probably an average year’s wages for that oil. But why? This was a way for her to make Jesus her Messiah, her anointed one, her priest and king.
And, while we’re at it, when Jesus, our Good Shepherd, anoints our heads with oil, he is also making us priests and kings.
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(Right now, we are reading Promise Keeper and Shadow of Death.)
How much was one mite worth?
Mark 12:42
The poor widow gave God all that she had left – one mite. The mite she gave to God was worth 1/64th of a day’s wages.
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The Samaritan woman at the well had lived with five men not her husband and the current one was not. And she was an outcast since she went to the well at noon (Jewish time) or 5:00 PM (Roman time) and everyone always got their day’s supply of water in the morning.
John 4:15-18 – John 4:39-42
No! This woman had gone through the agony of being widowed five times! Could you? True, her sixth was not her husband, but she had been married to the others and lost them probably in tragedies of diseases and accidents and maybe even war.
She was respected in the city. When she told them about Jesus, she influenced the whole city to stop what they were doing, go down to Jesus and hear him.
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