Day 47 of 47 going through John's gospel - more info at https://www.severnvineyard.org/time-space-jesus

What could happen if you take time and make space with Jesus today? This ten-minute podcast is part reading, part music, and part silence, all designed to help you create a space to picture and feel the scene with Jesus in it. You can use this space in lots of ways, including meditation, prayer, re-reading the passage or thinking about what it means for you today.

Today's reflection: How does it feel to be with Jesus today? What do you hope he can do with you?

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Afterwards, Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias. He revealed himself like this. Simon Peter, Thomas (called Didymus, “the twin”), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two more of his disciples were together. Simon Peter said to them, “I’m going fishing.”

They said to him, “We’ll come with you.” They went out and got into the boat. That night, they caught nothing. But as daybreak came, Jesus stood on the shore; although the disciples didn’t know that it was Jesus. So Jesus said to them, “Hey kids, have you got any fish?”

They answered him, “No.”

He said to them, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.”

So they cast it, and now they weren’t able to haul it in because of the huge numbers of fish. Then the disciple Jesus loved said to Peter, “It’s the Lord!”

When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his coat (for he only had his underwear on), and launched himself straight into the sea. But as they weren’t too far from land, about 100 metres away, the other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish. So when they got out onto the land, they saw a charcoal fire there, with fish cooking on it, and bread. Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish you have just caught.”

Simon Peter went up, and hauled the net in to land, full of 153 great fish. Even though there were so many, the net was not torn.

Jesus said to them, “Come and have breakfast!”

None of the disciples dared ask him, “Who are you?” knowing that it was the Lord.

Then Jesus came, took the bread and gave it to them, and did the same with the fish. This was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to his disciples after he had risen from the dead. So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me selflessly, more than these?”

He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you like a friend.”

He said to him, “Feed my lambs.” He asked him a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me selflessly?”

He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you like a friend.”

He said to him, “Tend my sheep.” He asked him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me like a friend?”

Peter was grieved because he asked him the third time, “Do you love me like a friend?” He said to him, “Lord, you know everything. You know that I love you like a friend.”

Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep. Truly, truly I tell you, when you were young, you dressed yourself, tied your belt and walked wherever you wanted. But when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will tie your belt and carry you where you don’t want to go.”

Now he said this to show by what kind of death Peter would glorify God. After saying this, Jesus said to him, “Follow me.”

Then Peter, turning around, saw a disciple following. It was the one Jesus loved, the one who had also leaned into Jesus at the supper and asked, “Lord, who is going to betray you?” Seeing him, Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, what about this man?”

Jesus said to him, “If I want him to stay until I come, what is that to you? You follow me.” So word spread among the brothers that this disciple would not die. But Jesus didn’t say to him that he would not die, but, “If I want him...

Day 46 of 47 going through John's gospel - more info at https://www.severnvineyard.org/time-space-jesus

What could happen if you take time and make space with Jesus today? This ten-minute podcast is part reading, part music, and part silence, all designed to help you create a space to picture and feel the scene with Jesus in it. You can use this space in lots of ways, including meditation, prayer, re-reading the passage or thinking about what it means for you today.

Today's reflection: When you haven’t been certain about faith in Jesus, what have you asked for in reassurance? Have you ever received any you can thank him for, or do you need to ask again today?

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When it was evening that same day, the first day of the week, and where the disciples were together behind closed doors, for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.”

When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples were filled with joy when they saw the Lord. So Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, I am also sending you.” When he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit! If you forgive and release anyone’s sins, they are forgiven and released from them. If you retain any, they are retained.”

But Thomas, one of the twelve, the one called Didymus, “the twin”, wasn’t with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples kept telling him, “We have seen the Lord!”

But he said to them, “Unless I see the nail stamps in his hands, and put my finger in where they made their marks, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.”

After eight days, his disciples were inside again and Thomas was with them. The doors were closed, but Jesus came and stood among them, and said, “Peace be with you.” Then he said to Thomas, “Bring your finger here, and see my hands. And bring your hand here, and put it into my side. Don’t be an unbeliever, but a believer.”

Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!”

Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and still believed.”

Jesus performed many other miraculous signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book; but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing and trusting, you may have life in his name.

Day 45 of 47 going through John's gospel - more info at https://www.severnvineyard.org/time-space-jesus

What could happen if you take time and make space with Jesus today? This ten-minute podcast is part reading, part music, and part silence, all designed to help you create a space to picture and feel the scene with Jesus in it. You can use this space in lots of ways, including meditation, prayer, re-reading the passage or thinking about what it means for you today.

Today's reflection: Imagine Jesus appearing to you. How do you feel?

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Now on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the entrance. So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!”

So Peter and the other disciple went out to go to the tomb. They both ran, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and got to the tomb first. Stooping down and looking in, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he didn’t go in. Then Simon Peter came along behind him and entered the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying there, and the face cloth that had been on Jesus’ head, not lying with the linen cloths, but rolled up in a place by itself. So then the other disciple who had got to the tomb first also went in, and he saw and believed. They had not yet understood from Scripture that Jesus must rise from the dead.

Then the disciples went back to their own homes. But Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she cried, she stooped down and looked into the tomb, and she saw two angels in white sitting there, one at the head and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had been. They asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?”

She said to them, “Because they have taken away my Lord, and I don’t know where they have put him.” When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, though she didn’t know that it was Jesus.

Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who are you looking for?”

Thinking that he must be the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him off, tell me where you have put him, and I will take him away.”

Jesus said to her, “Mary.”

She turned and said to him in Hebrew, “Rabboni!” which means, “Teacher!”

Jesus said to her, “Don’t hold onto me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”

Mary Magdalene went to the disciples bringing the news, “I have seen the Lord,” and she told them what he had said to her.

Day 44 of 47 going through John's gospel - more info at https://www.severnvineyard.org/time-space-jesus

What could happen if you take time and make space with Jesus today? This ten-minute podcast is part reading, part music, and part silence, all designed to help you create a space to picture and feel the scene with Jesus in it. You can use this space in lots of ways, including meditation, prayer, re-reading the passage or thinking about what it means for you today.

Today's reflection: What has Jesus done here? How many reasons for Jesus’ death have you encountered, and how are they meaningful to you?

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After this, knowing that everything was now finished and done, Jesus fulfilled Scripture by saying, “I am so thirsty.” Now a jar full of sour wine was there, so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop stalk, and brought it to his lips. When Jesus got this, he said, “It is finished!” Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

As it was the Preparation Day for the Sabbath, and the next day was a special Sabbath, the Jewish leaders did not want bodies remaining on crosses, so they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken away. So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man and the other who was crucified with him; but when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they didn’t break his legs. Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus’ side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out. The man who saw this has testified, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, so that you too may believe. For these things happened to fulfil the Scripture, “No bone of his will be broken.” And as another Scripture says, “They will look on the one they have pierced.”

After these things, Joseph of Arimathaea asked Pilate for permission to take away Jesus’ body. Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jewish leaders. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and took the body away. Nicodemus, the one who at first came to Jesus by night, also brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes weighing a talent, about thirty kilograms. So they took Jesus’ body, and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the Jewish burial custom. Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden. In the garden was a new tomb in which no-one had ever been laid. So, because it was the Jewish Preparation Day, and the tomb was near, they laid Jesus there.

Day 43 of 47 going through John's gospel - more info at https://www.severnvineyard.org/time-space-jesus

What could happen if you take time and make space with Jesus today? This ten-minute podcast is part reading, part music, and part silence, all designed to help you create a space to picture and feel the scene with Jesus in it. You can use this space in lots of ways, including meditation, prayer, re-reading the passage or thinking about what it means for you today.

Today's reflection: What does it mean to you that Jesus submitted to this, despite being a king?

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So they took Jesus and led him away. He went out, bearing his own cross, to what is called “The place of the skull”, or in Hebrew, “Golgotha”, where they crucified him, with two others, one on either side, with Jesus in the middle. Pilate also wrote a sign and put it on the cross. It was inscribed, “JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

Many of the Jews read this sign, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and the sign was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek. So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Don’t write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but, ‘he said, “I am the King of the Jews.”’”

Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.”

When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and divided them into four parts, a part for each soldier. They also took the tunic, which was seamless, woven through completely from the top. Then they said to one another, “Let’s not tear it, but cast lots for it to decide whose it will be.” This fulfilled the Scripture which says,

“They divided my clothes among them.

They cast lots for my clothing.”

So this is what the soldiers did.

But standing by Jesus’ cross were his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple he loved standing there, he said to his mother, “Woman, this is your son!” Then he said to the disciple, “Here is your mother!” And from that time, the disciple took her into his own home.

Day 42 of 47 going through John's gospel - more info at https://www.severnvineyard.org/time-space-jesus

What could happen if you take time and make space with Jesus today? This ten-minute podcast is part reading, part music, and part silence, all designed to help you create a space to picture and feel the scene with Jesus in it. You can use this space in lots of ways, including meditation, prayer, re-reading the passage or thinking about what it means for you today.

Today's reflection: Who did the Jewish leaders really want to be their ultimate authority? What about you? What happens if that authority clashes with something you really want, though?

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So then Pilate took Jesus and flogged him. The soldiers twisted thorns into a crown and put it on his head, and dressed him in a purple garment. They kept saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and they kept slapping him in the face.

Then Pilate went out again, and said to the Jews, “Look, I am bringing him out to you, so that you may know that I find no basis for a charge against him.”

Jesus then came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple garment. Pilate said to them, “Here is the man!”

When the chief priests and the officers saw him, they shouted, “Crucify! Crucify!”

Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves and crucify him, for I find no basis for a charge against him.”

The Jews answered him, “We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.”

Now when Pilate heard these words, he grew fearful. He went into the Praetorium again, and said to Jesus, “Where are you from?” But Jesus gave him no answer. So Pilate said to him, “Are you not speaking to me? Don’t you know that I have the power to release you and I have the power to crucify you?”

Jesus answered, “You would have no power at all against me, unless it were given to you from above. So the one who delivered me to you has the greater sin.”

At this, Pilate was seeking to release him, but the Jews cried out, saying, “If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar! Every self-made king rebels against Caesar!”

When Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat on the throne of judgment at a place called “The Spread of Stones”, in Hebrew, “Gabbatha.” Now it was the Day of Preparation for the Passover, at about midday. He said to the Jews, “Here is your King!”

They cried out, “Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!”

Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?”

The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar!”

So then he handed him to them to be crucified.

Day 41 of 47 going through John's gospel - more info at https://www.severnvineyard.org/time-space-jesus

What could happen if you take time and make space with Jesus today? This ten-minute podcast is part reading, part music, and part silence, all designed to help you create a space to picture and feel the scene with Jesus in it. You can use this space in lots of ways, including meditation, prayer, re-reading the passage or thinking about what it means for you today.

Today's reflection: What does it mean to you that Jesus is a leader whose purpose is to bear witness to the truth?

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Then the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching.

Jesus answered him, “I have spoken openly to the world. I always taught in the synagogues and in the temple, where the Jews always meet. I said nothing in secret. Why question me? Ask those who have heard me what I said to them. Look, they know what I said.”

When he had said this, one of the officers present slapped Jesus with his hand, saying, “Is that how you answer the high priest?”

Jesus answered him, “If I have spoken wrongly, make a statement about what was wrong; but if I have spoken correctly, why did you strike me?”

Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas, the high priest.

Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. So they said to him, “You aren’t also one of his disciples, are you?”

He denied it and said, “I am not.”

One of the servants of the high priest, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, said, “Didn’t I see you in the garden with him?”

Peter denied it again, and immediately a rooster crowed.

Then the Jewish leaders took Jesus from Caiaphas to the Praetorium, the Roman Governor’s palace. It was early, and they didn’t enter the Praetorium themselves, to avoid becoming ceremonially unclean – they wanted to be able to eat the Passover. So Pilate went out to them and said, “What charge are you bringing against this man?”

They answered him, “If this man weren’t an evildoer, we wouldn’t have delivered him to you.”

So Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves, and judge him according to your law.”

The Jews said to him, “It is illegal for us to put anyone to death,” This fulfilled the word of Jesus, which he spoke, signifying the kind of death he was about to die.

So Pilate went back into the Praetorium, called Jesus, and said to him, “Are you the King of the Jews?”

Jesus answered him, “Do you say this by yourself, or did others tell you about me?”

Pilate answered, “I’m not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests delivered you to me. What have you done?”

Jesus answered, “My Kingdom is not of this world. If my Kingdom were of this world, then my servants would fight, that I wouldn’t be delivered to the Jews. But now my Kingdom is from a different place.”

So Pilate said to him, “You are a king then?”

Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. I was born for this, and came into the world for this, to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.”

Pilate said to him, “What is truth?”

After saying this, he went out again to the Jews, and said to them, “I find no basis for a charge against him. But you have a custom that I should release someone to you at the Passover. So, do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”

Then they all shouted back, “Not this man, but Barabbas!” Now Barabbas was an insurrectionist.

Day 40 of 47 going through John's gospel - more info at https://www.severnvineyard.org/time-space-jesus

What could happen if you take time and make space with Jesus today? This ten-minute podcast is part reading, part music, and part silence, all designed to help you create a space to picture and feel the scene with Jesus in it. You can use this space in lots of ways, including meditation, prayer, re-reading the passage or thinking about what it means for you today.

Today's reflection: How important is the difference between Jesus’ “I am” and Peter’s “I am not”? When someone asks if you identify as someone defined by Jesus, how do you answer?

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When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples across the ravine of the Kidron, where there was a garden, and he and his disciples went into it. Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place, for Jesus often met there with his disciples. So after procuring a body of soldiers and officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, Judas went in with lanterns, torches, and weapons. Then Jesus, knowing everything that was about to happen to him, went out and said to them, “Who are you looking for?”

They answered him, “Jesus of Nazareth?”

Jesus said to them, “I am.”

Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them. When Jesus said to them, “I am,” they drew back and fell to the ground.

So again he asked them, “Who are you looking for?”

They said, “Jesus of Nazareth?”

Jesus answered, “I told you - I am. So if you are looking for me, let these ones go.” This was to fulfil the word he had spoken, “Of those you have given me, I have lost none.”

Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it, struck the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus. So Jesus said to Peter, “Put the sword away. Shall I not drink the cup which the Father has given me?”

So the body of soldiers, the commanding officer, and the officers of the Jews seized Jesus and bound him, and led him first to Annas, the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest that year. It was Caiaphas who advised the Jews that it would be good for one man to die for the people.

Simon Peter followed Jesus, as did another disciple. Now that disciple was known to the high priest, and entered with Jesus into the high priest’s courtyard, but Peter was standing at the door outside. So the other disciple, the one known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the doorkeeper, and brought Peter in. Then the maid who kept the door said to Peter, “Are you also one of this man’s disciples?”

He said, “I am not.”

Now the servants and the officers had made a coal fire, for it was cold, and they stood there warming themselves. Peter was now with them, standing and warming himself.