1.After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi2:1 Traditionally wise men from the east came to Jerusalem 2.and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”3.When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. 4.When he had called together all the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Messiah was to be born. 5.“In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:6.“ ‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;
for out of you will come a ruler
who will shepherd my people Israel.’2:6 Micah 5:2,4”7.Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. 8.He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him.”9.After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. 10.When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. 11.On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. 12.And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.
28.Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.” 29.A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus’ lips. 30.When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.31.Now it was the day of Preparation, and the next day was to be a special Sabbath. Because the Jewish leaders did not want the bodies left on the crosses during the Sabbath, they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken down. 32.The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and then those of the other. 33.But when they came to Jesus and found that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. 34.Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus’ side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water. 35.The man who saw it has given testimony, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, and he testifies so that you also may believe. 36.These things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of his bones will be broken,”19:36 Exodus 12:46; Num. 9:12; Psalm 34:20 37.and, as another scripture says, “They will look on the one they have pierced.”19:37 Zech. 12:1038.Later, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Now Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because he feared the Jewish leaders. With Pilate’s permission, he came and took the body away. 39.He was accompanied by Nicodemus, the man who earlier had visited Jesus at night. Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.19:39 Or about 34 kilograms 40.Taking Jesus’ body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in strips of linen. This was in accordance with Jewish burial customs. 41.At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid. 42.Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.
4.Surely he took up our pain
and bore our suffering,
yet we considered him punished by God,
stricken by him, and afflicted.5.But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on him,
and by his wounds we are healed.6.We all, like sheep, have gone astray,
each of us has turned to our own way;
and the Lord has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.
34.Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus’ side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water.
13.Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope. 14.For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. 15.According to the Lord’s word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. 16.For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17.After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. 18.Therefore encourage one another with these words.
1.Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,”21:1 Isaiah 65:17 for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. 2.I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. 3.And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. 4.‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’21:4 Isaiah 25:8 or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”5.He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”
