{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"NL-Day193 2 Kings 13-14; Psalm 129; John 13:12-38","description":"2KINGS 13-14:Yesterday we heard of Athaliah's seven year reign over Judah, of how Joash was saved from being killed, and of Jehoida's successful plot to end Athaliah's reign. Joash turned out to be sorta good, but disappointing at the end of his reign. And it is interesting to note that the people who worked on restoring the temple evidently had more integrity than the priests. PSALM 129:This is another Psalm of Ascent and another nationalistic psalm. In this year\u2019s readings, in just a few days we will begin hearing the parts of Israel\u2019s history where this psalm writer could have received the scars on his back. (I like how the GNT shows that the scars on the back might be taken figuratively for the whole race, instead of personally for just the writer. But one just listening to a reading of this chapter will probably not pick up on that detail.) In our time, this psalm gives us permission to pray that the Lord\u2019s enemies do not prosper. JOHN 13b:John spends several chapters in the upper room, and this is the first. We hear the most complete account here about Judas, and only here do we find the story of Jesus washing the disciple's feet. This is another time where we see Jesus consciously acting out a parable for us. And because of that event, the interchange with Peter is more poignant, although John takes pity on Peter and does not include details of that conversation that are found elsewhere. NLT Translation notes:John 13:2 It was time for supper, and the devil had already prompted Judas[, 0>>\/\/son of Simon Iscariot,] to betray Jesus. [Judas was the son of (a man named) Simon from the village Carioth.]|8 \u201cNo,\u201d Peter protested, \u201cyou will never ever wash my feet!\u201dJesus replied, \u201c[PET: If I don't wash your feet, you're no longer My follower.\/\/\/Unless I wash you, you won\u2019t belong to me.]\u201d12 After washing their feet, he put on his robe again and sat down and asked, \u201cDo you understand what I was [showing you\/\/doing]?17 [You ought to wash each other\u2019s feet.] Now that you know these things, God will bless you for doing them.[Repeating the thing Jesus wants them to do makes the last sentence more understandable. \u201cDoing them\u201d does not mean taking slaves or sending messages.]26 Jesus responded, \u201cIt is the one to whom I give the bread I dip in the bowl.\u201d And when he had dipped it, he gave it to Judas, son of Simon[, the man from Carioth\/\/ Iscariot].31 As soon as Judas left the room, Jesus said, \u201cThe time has come for [Me] the Son of Man to enter into [my\/his] glory, and God will be glorified because of [Me\/him].32 And since [my Father, God,\/God] receives glory because of [Me, his\/the] Son,i he will soon [also] give glory to [Me\/the Son].36 [0\/Simon] Peter asked, \u201cLord, where are you going?\u201dAnd Jesus replied, \u201cYou can\u2019t go with me now, but you will follow me later.\u201d   Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright \u00a9 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. ","author_name":"Daily Bible Reading Phil Fields","author_url":"http:\/\/dailybiblereading.info","html":"