This is My Body...
26 While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is my body.”
26 While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is my body.”
The writer of that portion of the Gospel according to Matthew which treats of the place in which Jesus was born, implies, as we stated in our last chapter, that he was born in a house. His words are these:
"Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east" to worship him. "And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother."
The writer of the Luke version implies that he was born in a stable, as the following statement will show:
At the birth of Christ Jesus, is the recognition of the divine child, and the presentation of gifts. We are informed in the New Testament novel by Matthew, that guided by a star, the Magi from the east came to where the young child was.
"And when they were come into the house (not stable) they saw the young child, with Mary his mother, and fell down and worshiped him. And when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts, gold, frankincense, and myrrh." Matthew 2:2
Christmas—December the 25th—
is a day which has been set apart by the Christian church on which to celebrate the birth of their Lord and Saviour, Jesus. All the Christians believe it to be the day on which he was born. This is altogether erroneous.
In the distant past the early Christian churches had no uniformity in the period of observing the Nativity; some held the festival in the month of May or April, others in January.
And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.
4 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted[a] by the devil. 2 After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3 The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”
It was the betrothal time (engagement period).
The Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified. John 7:39
And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost. John 20:22
Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. John 20:1
Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb Mark 16:2
14 Now it was the day of Preparation of the Passover (Friday). It was about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, “Behold your King!” John 19:14
16 Then Pilate handed him over to be crucified, and they took Jesus away. John 19:16