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And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.
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.
Judas says to him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?
from Luke 6:16
And when they had come in, they went up into an upper room, where remained both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas the brother of James.
from John 14:22 · a strong link
And he will show you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us.
from Acts 1:13
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Then Moses said to Aaron, This is it that the LORD spoke, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come near me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
And say, Thus says the Lord GOD; Look, I am against you, O Sidon; and I will be glorified in the midst of you: and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her.
from Leviticus 10:3
I will accept you with your sweet savor, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries in which you have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the pagans.
from Ezekiel 28:22
And it shall happen in that day, that the LORD shall beat off from the channel of the river to the stream of Egypt, and you shall be gathered one by one, O you children of Israel.
from Ezekiel 20:41
But if you turn to me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out to the farthest part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from there, and will bring them to the place that I have chosen to set my name there.
from Isaiah 27:12
The LORD does build up Jerusalem: he gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
from Nehemiah 1:9
Do good in your good pleasure to Zion: build you the walls of Jerusalem.
from Psalms 147:2
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Now to him that is able to keep you from stumbling, and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me to his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
from Jude 1:24
The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
from II Timothy 4:18
The LORD shall preserve you from all evil: he shall preserve your soul.
from Genesis 48:16
The LORD preserves all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.
from Psalms 121:7 · a strong link
You that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserves the souls of his saints; he delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.
from Psalms 145:20 · a strong link
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Woe to them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.
But I have a few things against you, because you have there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual immorality.
from Jude 1:11
Woe to the world because of offenses! for it must be that offenses come; but woe to that man by whom the offense comes!
The Son of man goes as it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.
from Matthew 18:7
But how then shall the Scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
from Matthew 26:24
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Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
The word which God sent to the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)
from Luke 2:14
These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
from Acts 10:36
For they are the spirits of demons, working miracles, which go forth to the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
from Revelation of John 17:14 · a strong link
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And shall not God give justice to his own elect, which cry day and night to him, though he bear long with them?
Cast not away therefore your confidence, which has great reward.
from Luke 18:7
Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
from Hebrews 10:35
Has in these last days spoken to us by his Son, whom he has appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
from Hebrews 4:14
Therefore God also has highly exalted him, and given him a name above every name:
from Hebrews 1:2
To this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, so that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.
from Philippians 2:9
Looking to Jesus the founder and perfecter of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
from Romans 14:9
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If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
Yes doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them as rubbish, so that I may win Christ,
from Luke 14:26 · a strong link
For I think that God has set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle to the world, and to angels, and to men.
from Philippians 3:8
Partly, while you were made a spectacle both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, while you became companions of them that were so used.
from I Corinthians 4:9 · a strong link
For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God which in Judea are in Christ Jesus: for you also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews:
from Hebrews 10:33
So that we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that you endure:
from I Thessalonians 2:14
That is the whole thread.
Every verse the cross-references reach from Luke 6:16 along this chain. Today’s own vigil is laid separately.
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