21 June 2007

Today's Reading June 21

Good morning
Today's Old Testament reading is from the book of Esther, chapters 1, 2, and 3. This is one of the books of the Bible that most Christians have paid little attention to, though the Jews do: if you've ever come across the Jewish women's group of Hadassah, that is in honor of the actual Jewish name of the woman the Babylonians called Esther. There was a movie last year called ''A Night With the King'' or something like that, which is an account of this and made the story more known to a wider audience. It's worth a second read.

The New Testament reading comes from the Acts, chapter 5, verses 1 through 16. Like everywhere else in the Bible, there is a lot here, beginning with the account of Ananias and Sapphira. It's important, but keeping in the line of yesterday's account , I also like this section.

12 And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch.
13 And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them.
14 And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.)
15 Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.
16 There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one.

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