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And as soon as he knew that he belonged to Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem at that time.
The Vigil
Today’s scroll, one verse at a time — each linked to the last by the cross-references rather than by any model of you. The same vigil for everyone, and a different one tomorrow.
The same day there came some of the Pharisees, saying to him, Get you out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill you.
from Luke 23:7
For they all made us afraid, saying, They will be discouraged from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen me.
from Luke 13:31
In the day when I cried you answered me, and strengthened me with strength in my soul.
from Nehemiah 6:9 · a strong link
And it shall happen, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
from Psalms 138:3
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Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
from Acts 20:21
Repent you therefore, and be converted, so that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
from Matthew 4:17
And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.
from Acts 3:19
In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea,
from Luke 1:16
And the children of the Kenite, Moses’ father-in-law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lies in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.
from Matthew 3:1
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Be it known to you therefore, men and brothers, that through this man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins:
And all things are of God, who has reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and has given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
from Acts 13:38
And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things to himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
from II Corinthians 5:18
Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
from Colossians 1:20
Let not mercy and truth forsake you: bind them about your neck; write them upon the tablet of your heart:
from Psalms 85:10
The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is carved upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;
from Proverbs 3:3
Bind them upon your fingers, write them upon the tablet of your heart.
from Jeremiah 17:1
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Because he has appointed a day, in which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he has ordained; of which he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.
But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved to fire for the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
from Acts 17:31
The Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust to the day of judgment to be punished:
from II Peter 3:7
The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry.
from II Peter 2:9 · a strong link
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For truly against your holy child Jesus, whom you have anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.
from Acts 4:27 · a strong link
I give you charge in the sight of God, who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession;
from Matthew 27:2
For as the Father raises up the dead, and gives them life; even so the Son gives life to whom he will.
from I Timothy 6:13
Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believes in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
from John 5:21 · a strong link
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You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you do always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do you.
Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, you men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
from Acts 7:51
Circumcise therefore your heart, and be no more stiff-necked.
from Jeremiah 4:4 · a strong link
Understand therefore, that the LORD your God gives you not this good land to possess it for your righteousness; for you are a stiff-necked people.
from Deuteronomy 10:16
Furthermore the LORD spoke to me, saying, I have seen this people, and indeed, it is a stiff-necked people:
from Deuteronomy 9:6
For I know your rebellion, and your stiff neck: look, while I am yet alive with you this day, you have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death?
from Deuteronomy 9:13
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And he said to me, Depart: for I will send you far hence to the Gentiles.
But the Lord said to him, Go your way: for he is a chosen vessel to me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
from Acts 22:21 · a strong link
At my first defense no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.
from Acts 9:15
And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
from II Timothy 4:16 · a strong link
But I do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, concerning them which are asleep, so that you may not grieve, even as others which have no hope.
from Acts 7:60
And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
from I Thessalonians 4:13 · a strong link
The thing that has been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
from II Peter 3:4
That is the whole thread.
Every verse the cross-references reach from Luke 23:7 along this chain. Today’s own vigil is laid separately.
Each verse follows the one before it along the chain a study Bible draws — a century old, public, and compiled by people arguing about Scripture rather than about how long you stay. Every card says which verse it came from and opens the chapter it belongs to. Today’s vigil is the same for every reader and is worked out from the date alone, so there is no account, no counter, and nothing stored in your browser or ours.
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