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And Jesus asked him, saying, What is your name? And he said, Legion: because many demons were entered into him.
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.
Do you think that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?
from Luke 8:30
And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, please, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire around Elisha.
from Matthew 26:53 · a strong link
And the armies in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
from II Kings 6:17
And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
from Revelation of John 19:14 · a strong link
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Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent you, and believe the gospel.
from Acts 20:21
And as you go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
from Mark 1:15
From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
from Matthew 10:7
Likewise, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repents.
from Matthew 4:17
For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dies, says the Lord GOD: therefore turn yourselves, and live you.
from Luke 15:10
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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 that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
from Acts 13:38 · a strong link
And I will bless them that bless you, and curse him that curses you: and in you shall all families of the earth be blessed.
from Luke 24:47
Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
from Genesis 12:3 · a strong link
And I will make your seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give to your seed all these countries; and in your seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
from Genesis 18:18
You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, And in your seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
from Genesis 26:4
For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all that are in the distance, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
from Acts 3:25 · a strong link
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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
Looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, in which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
from II Peter 3:7 · a strong link
And the mountains shall be cast under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.
from II Peter 3:12 · 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,
By stretching forth your hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of your holy child Jesus.
from Acts 4:27 · a strong link
Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.
from Acts 4:30
And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have you done this?
from Acts 3:6
And he said, Who made you a prince and a judge over us? intend you to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.
from Acts 4:7
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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.
But they rebelled, and troubled his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.
from Acts 7:51
When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
from Isaiah 63:10
Because all those men who have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not listened to my voice;
from Psalms 95:9 · a strong link
And your father has deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
from Numbers 14:22
And it happened, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came, they said to us ten times, From all places from which you shall return to us they will be upon you.
from Genesis 31:7
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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
And he was withdrawn from them about a stone’s cast, and kneeled down, and prayed,
from Acts 7:60
And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him.
from Luke 22:41
Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears to him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
from Mark 14:35
That is the whole thread.
Every verse the cross-references reach from Luke 8:30 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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