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This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.
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.
In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak to this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, says the Lord.
from Psalms 81:5
The LORD shall bring a nation against you from afar, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flies; a nation whose tongue you shall not understand;
from I Corinthians 14:21
And say, Thus says the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had various colors, came to Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar:
from Deuteronomy 28:49
It is you, O king, who are grown and become strong: for your greatness is grown, and reaches to heaven, and your dominion to the end of the earth.
from Ezekiel 17:3
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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 the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commands all men everywhere to repent:
from Acts 20:21
And saying, Repent you: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
from Acts 17:30
I tell you, No: but, except you repent, you shall all likewise perish.
from Matthew 3:2
Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, says the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
from Luke 13:5
Now is the end come upon you, and I will send my anger upon you, and will judge you according to your ways, and will recompense upon you all your abominations.
from Ezekiel 18:30
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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
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female: for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
from Genesis 12:3
For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith which works by love.
from Galatians 3:28 · a strong link
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.
from Galatians 5:6
For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:
from Galatians 6:15
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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.
When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
from Acts 17:31
And Jesus said, I am: and you shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
from Matthew 25:31
I saw in the night visions, and one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
from Mark 14:62 · 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
Then some of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.
from Acts 3:6
And if I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges.
from Acts 19:13
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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.
And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
from Acts 7:51
And when they saw him in the distance, even before he came near to them, they conspired against him to slay him.
from Acts 7:9
Then from that day forth they took counsel together to put him to death.
from Genesis 37:18
And the Pharisees went forth, and immediately took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.
from John 11:53
And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.
from Mark 3:6
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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
Then Jesus said, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his apparel, and cast lots.
from Acts 7:60
Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and insolent: but I obtained mercy, because I did it in ignorance in unbelief.
from Luke 23:34 · a strong link
For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice for sins,
from I Timothy 1:13
That is the whole thread.
Every verse the cross-references reach from Psalms 81:5 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