The Vigil

from Mark 16:7

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.

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Mark 16:7

But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goes before you into Galilee: there shall you see him, as he said to you.

Mark 14:28

But after that I have risen, I will go before you into Galilee.

from Mark 16:7 · a strong link

Matthew 28:10

Then Jesus said to them, Be not afraid: go tell my brothers that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me.

from Mark 14:28

Isaiah 44:8

Fear not, neither be afraid: have not I told you from that time, and have declared it? you are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yes, there is no God; I know not any.

from John 6:20


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I Corinthians 8:4

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.

Mark 12:29

And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:

from I Corinthians 8:4

James 2:19

You believe that there is one God; you do well: the demons also believe, and tremble.

from Mark 12:29

John 1:14

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we saw his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

from I Timothy 2:5


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I John 3:16

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.

John 10:15

As the Father knows me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.

from I John 3:16

Isaiah 53:4

Surely he has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, struck of God, and afflicted.

from John 10:15

Matthew 8:17

That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, He took our weaknesses, and bore our sicknesses.

from Isaiah 53:4 · a strong link


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I John 2:27

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.

I John 2:20

But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things.

from I John 2:27 · a strong link

Psalms 45:7

You love righteousness, and hate wickedness: therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.

from I John 2:20

Luke 4:18

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

from Psalms 45:7

John 12:46

I have come a light into the world, so that whoever believes on me should not remain in darkness.

from Luke 4:18

John 12:35

Then Jesus said to them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walks in darkness knows not where he goes.

from John 12:46 · a strong link

Ephesians 5:8

For you were once darkness, but now are you light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

from John 12:35 · a strong link


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I Corinthians 12:28

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.

Matthew 10:10

Nor pouch for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet poles: for the workman is worthy of his food.

from Galatians 6:6

Luke 10:7

And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the laborer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.

from Matthew 10:10

I Timothy 5:13

And also they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but gossips also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

from Luke 10:7


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I Chronicles 29:17

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.

II Corinthians 2:17

For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.

from Titus 2:7

II Corinthians 1:12

For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conduct in the world, and more abundantly toward you.

from II Corinthians 2:17


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I Corinthians 5:7

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:

John 1:29

The next day John saw Jesus coming to him, and said, Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.

from John 1:36 · a strong link

Titus 2:14

Who gave himself for us, so that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify to himself a people for his own possession, zealous of good works.

from John 1:29

That is the whole thread.

Every verse the cross-references reach from Mark 16:7 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.

The text is the Lantern Modern Standard. The links are openbible.info’s cross-reference set (CC BY), the same apparatus behind the reader’s Echoes drawer. Read a whole book · Today’s table