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But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.
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.
But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.
from Matthew 21:46
And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
from Matthew 21:26
But what went you out to see? A prophet? yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet.
from Matthew 14:5
And you, child, shall be called the prophet of the Highest: for you shall go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
from Matthew 11:9 · a strong link
Look, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom you seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom you delight in: look, he shall come, says the LORD of hosts.
from Luke 1:76 · a strong link
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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.
Thus says the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
from I Corinthians 8:4
I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to carved images.
from Isaiah 44:6 · a strong link
I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no savior.
from Isaiah 42:8
For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior: I gave Egypt for your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for you.
from Isaiah 43:11
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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.
But God commends his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
from I John 3:16 · a strong link
Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
from Romans 5:8 · a strong link
As the Father knows me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
from John 15:13 · a strong link
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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 you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things.
from I John 2:27 · a strong link
How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
from I John 2:20
Labor not for the food which perishes, but for that food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of man shall give to you: for him has God the Father sealed.
from Acts 10:38
This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eats of this bread shall live for ever.
from John 6:27
Truly, truly, I say to you, He that believes on me has eternal life.
from John 6:58
He that believes on the Son has eternal life: and he that believes not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God remains on him.
from John 6:47 · 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.
And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
from I Corinthians 12:28 · a strong link
How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
from Ephesians 4:11
And he said to them, Go into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
from Romans 10:14 · a strong link
But I say, Have they not heard? Yes truly, their sound went into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.
from Mark 16:15
Which has come to you, as it is in all the world; and brings forth fruit, as it does also in you, since the day you heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:
from Romans 10:18
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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.
But the LORD said to Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD sees not as man sees; for man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.
from I Chronicles 29:17
Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that fears the LORD, she shall be praised.
from I Samuel 16:7 · a strong link
For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls away:
from Proverbs 31:30 · a strong link
But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
from I Peter 1:24 · a strong link
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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 next day John saw Jesus coming to him, and said, Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.
from I Corinthians 5:7
Therefore in all things it befitted him to be made like to his brothers, so that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
from John 1:29
For such a high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
from Hebrews 2:17
That is the whole thread.
Every verse the cross-references reach from Matthew 21:46 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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