Apr 26, 2020
Cana was a small, prosperous town next to Sepphoris—the Roman administrative center of Galilee ruled by Herod Antipas. A couple months earlier, Jesus had attended a wedding in Cana. During the festivities, wine had run out. To facilitate faith in his disciples and to possibly help relatives, Jesus miraculously turned...
Apr 19, 2020
A first century Jewish wedding feast could often last up to a week and it was an honor to be invited. With the wedding guests with him, the groom had picked up his bride at her father’s house in Cana. In a procession, everyone followed him back to his father’s house where he had made a bridal chamber. While everyone...
Apr 12, 2020
Joseph and Nicodemus were rich, powerful, religious leaders. They risked their reputations, jobs, and possibly their lives by taking Jesus from the cross. They washed His bloody body, wrapped Him in linen, put oil and spices on Him, and laid Him in Joseph’s tomb, becoming ritually unclean (John 19:38, 39).
Apr 5, 2020
Because of foreign rule and Daniel’s prophecy about the coming of the Messiah, Jews throughout the 1st century B.C. were looking for their political savior (Dan. 9:25; Artaxerxes, 444 B.C.—483 years to Messiah). Because Jesus had raised Lazarus from the dead a couple weeks earlier, thousands followed him as they...