Opened Scriptures Bible Studies

  The Plot to Kill Jesus Luke 22:1  Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover.  Luk 22:2  And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.  Judas to Betray Jesus Luk 22:3  Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve.  Luk 22:4  And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them.  Luk 22:5  And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money.  Luk 22:6  And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray him unto them in the absence of the multitude.  The Passover with the Disciples Luk 22:7  Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed.  Luk 22:8  And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat.  Luk 22:9  And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare?  Lu...

The Plot to Kill Jesus Mark 14:1  After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.  Mar 14:2  But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people.  Jesus Anointed at Bethany Mar 14:3  And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.  Mar 14:4  And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?  Mar 14:5  For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.  Mar 14:6  And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.  Mar 14:7  For ye have the poor with you a...

  Today, I am giving us Matthew's account of the week of Jesus' Passion.  I suggest reading slowly through these texts and letting all the events that transpired, sink into our hearts.  This is Matthew's Holy Spirit guided, eyewitness account of Christ's sufferings, death, burial, and resurrection.  The theme is that Jesus suffered for us, He died for us, and He rose from the dead for us.  Jesus died because the wages of sin is death, and He died in our place, as God's perfect Lamb.  I also suggest reading Isaiah 53 as this is a prophecy about Christ's sufferings, followed by His glory. Judas to Betray Jesus Mat 26:14  Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,  Mat 26:15  And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.  Mat 26:16  And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.  The Passover with the Di...