by TheRestlessPilgrim | Feb 11, 2019 | Blog, Reflections From Matthew
Matthew 27:59-60 “When Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and laid it in his new tomb which he had hewn out of the rock…” I don’t think Joseph expected Jesus to rise again. I don’t think Joseph had planned to temporarily bury Jesus in his...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Feb 10, 2019 | Blog, Reflections From Matthew
Matthew 27:57-58 “…there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus. This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given to him.” While we need women of devotion in the...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Feb 9, 2019 | Blog, Reflections From Matthew
Matthew 27:56 “among whom were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee’s sons.” Although women are not a majority among the clergy or church leadership, they form a significant majority of those who love Jesus very dearly. At the...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Feb 8, 2019 | Blog, Reflections From Matthew
Matthew 27:50-51 “And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit. Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom…” All for me. Jesus did all this just for me. The agony was unbearable. He bore our sins in His body, and...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Feb 7, 2019 | Blog, Reflections From Matthew
Matthew 27:46 “And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, ‘Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?’ that is, ‘My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?’ ” Different scholars have sought to give theological meaning and scholarly insights into the purpose...
