20th of September, 2020 Chris Athavle Ezra9:5-15 5 At the evening sacrifice I arose from my fasting; and having torn my garment and my robe, I fell on my knees and spread out my hands to the Lord my God. 6 And I said: “O my God, I am too ashamed and humiliated to lift […]
6th of September, 2020 Chris Athavle Ezra 8:23-36 23 So we fasted and entreated our God for this, and He answered our prayer. Gifts for the Temple 24 And I separated twelve of the leaders of the priests—Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them— 25 and weighed out to them the silver, the […]
30th of August, 2020 Chris Athavle Ezra 8:15-30 15 Now I gathered them by the river that flows to Ahava, and we camped there three days. And I looked among the people and the priests, and found none of the sons of Levi there. 16 Then I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, […]
23rd of August 2020 Chris Athavle Ezra 8:1-20 8 These are the heads of their fathers’ houses, and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of King Artaxerxes: 2 of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom; of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel; of the sons of David, […]
12th of July 2020 Chris Athavle Mark 1:1-8 1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. 2 As it is written in [a]the Prophets: “Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, Who will prepare Your way before You.” 3 “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the […]
6th of July 2020 Chris Athavle Ezra 7:11-28 11 This is a copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave Ezra the priest, the scribe, expert in the words of the commandments of the Lord, and of His statutes to Israel: 12 [a]Artaxerxes, king of kings, To Ezra the priest, a scribe of the Law […]
28th of June 2020 Chris Athavle Ezra 7 7 Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, 2 the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub, 3 the son of Amariah, the son of […]
21st of June 2020 Chris Athavle Ezra 7:1-10 7 Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, 2 the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub, 3 the son of Amariah, the son of […]
14th of June 2020 Chris Athavle Ezra 6:13-22 13 Then Tattenai, governor of the region beyond the River, Shethar-Boznai, and their companions diligently did according to what King Darius had sent. 14 So the elders of the Jews built, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. […]
31st of May 2020 Chris Athavle Ezra 6:1-15 6 Then King Darius issued a decree, and a search was made in the [a]archives, where the treasures were stored in Babylon. 2 And at [b]Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of Media, a scroll was found, and in it a record was written […]