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He said to them, But whom say that I am? Peter answering said, The Christ of God.
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.
Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?
from Luke 9:20
They answered him, Are you also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee arises no prophet.
from John 7:41 · a strong link
And Nathanael said to him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip said to him, Come and see.
from John 7:52
Come, see a man, who told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?
from John 1:46
The woman said to him, I know that Messiah comes, which is called Christ: when he has come, he will tell us all things.
from John 4:29
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As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
from I Corinthians 8:4
But now has he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
from I Timothy 2:5
By so much was Jesus made a guarantor of a better covenant.
from Hebrews 8:6 · a strong link
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for an adulteress.
from Hebrews 7:22
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By this we perceive the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. To him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
from I John 3:16 · a strong link
Look, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.
from Revelation of John 1:5 · a strong link
And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
from Isaiah 55:4
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But the anointing which you have received of him remains in you, and you need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teaches you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it has taught you, you shall remain in him.
But the Helper, which is the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatever I have said to you.
from I John 2:27 · a strong link
And do not grieve the holy Spirit of God, by whom you are sealed to the day of redemption.
from John 14:26
Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:
from Ephesians 4:30 · a strong link
How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
from Psalms 95:10
Blessed is the man that walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful.
from Proverbs 1:22
To deliver you from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaks perverse things;
from Psalms 1:1 · a strong link
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And God has set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, varieties of tongues.
Obey your leaders, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
from I Corinthians 12:28 · a strong link
Likewise, you younger, submit yourselves to the elder. Yes, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resists the proud, and gives grace to the humble.
from Hebrews 13:17
Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
from I Peter 5:5 · a strong link
One that rules well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
from Ephesians 5:21
For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he has spoken of him.
from I Timothy 3:4
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I know also, my God, that you try the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy your people, who are present here, to offer willingly to you.
I the LORD search the heart, I try the inmost thoughts, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
from I Chronicles 29:17 · a strong link
But, O LORD of hosts, that judge righteously, that try the inmost thoughts and the heart, let me see your vengeance on them: for to you have I revealed my cause.
from Jeremiah 17:10 · a strong link
O LORD, you know: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in your patience: know that for your sake I have suffered rebuke.
from Jeremiah 11:20
But, O LORD of hosts, that try the righteous, and see the inmost thoughts and the heart, let me see your vengeance on them: for to you have I opened my cause.
from Jeremiah 15:15
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Clean out therefore the old leaven, so that you may be a new lump, as you are unleavened. For even Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us:
The place of the Scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb mute before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:
from I Corinthians 5:7
You have given us like sheep appointed for food; and have scattered us among the pagans.
from Acts 8:32
And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and you shall be left few in number among the pagans, where the LORD shall lead you.
from Psalms 44:11
That is the whole thread.
Every verse the cross-references reach from Luke 9:20 along this chain. Today’s own vigil is laid separately.
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