July 2025

“And Peter remembered the statement that Jesus had made: “Before a rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” And he went out and wept bitterly” (Matthew 26:75). What can…

“A little later the bystanders came up and said to Peter, “You really are one of them as well, since even the way you talk gives you away.”  Then he…

“When he had gone out to the gateway, another slave woman saw him and said to those who were there, “This man was with Jesus of Nazareth.”  And again he…

“Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and a slave woman came to him and said, “You too were with Jesus the Galilean.”  But he denied it before them…

“Then they spit in His face and beat Him with their fists; and others slapped Him, and said, “Prophesy to us, You Christ; who is the one who hit You?”…

“Then the high priest tore his robes and said, “He has blasphemed! What further need do we have of witnesses? See, you have now heard the blasphemy; what do you…

“Jesus said to him, “You have said it yourself. But I tell you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of power,…

“The high priest stood up and said to Him, “Do You offer no answer for what these men are testifying against You?”  But Jesus kept silent. And the high priest…

“They did not find any, even though many false witnesses came forward. But later on two came forward, and said, “This man stated, ‘I am able to destroy the temple…

“Now the chief priests and the entire Council kept trying to obtain false testimony against Jesus, so that they might put Him to death” (Matthew 26:59). This world wants what…