{"id":340,"date":"2017-04-22T16:27:27","date_gmt":"2017-04-22T16:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lawsonbbs.net\/lectionary\/?page_id=340"},"modified":"2017-04-24T19:54:22","modified_gmt":"2017-04-24T19:54:22","slug":"a-39","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.lawsonbbs.net\/lectionary\/year-a\/easter\/a-39","title":{"rendered":"A 39 &#8211; 2nd Sunday of Easter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"printReady\" align=\"left\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.livingweb.com\/lectionary\/abc\/38\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Easter Evening<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.livingweb.com\/lectionary\/a\/37\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Easter Day (Resurrection of the Lord)<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lawsonbbs.net\/lectionary\/?page_id=377\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3rd Sunday of Easter<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">April 23, 2017<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000099; font-size: small;\"><b>My Lord and My God<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">&#8220;And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><br \/>\nReceive ye the Holy Ghost:<\/span>&#8221;<br \/>\n<i>John 20:22<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #990000; font-size: small;\">Readings<\/span><\/h4>\n<table width=\"83%\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#000080\"><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#000080\"><center><b><span style=\"color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Helvetica;\">Common<\/span><\/b><\/center><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#000080\"><center><b><span style=\"color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, Helvetica;\">Catholic<\/span><\/b><\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#FFFFE6\">\n<td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#F4FAFF\"><b><span style=\"color: #000080; font-family: Arial, Helvetica;\">First Reading<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#F4FAFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica; font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bible.gospelcom.net\/bible?version=KJV&amp;passage=Acts+2:14,22-32\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Acts 2:14a, 22-32<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#F4FAFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica; font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bible.gospelcom.net\/bible?version=KJV&amp;passage=Acts+2:42-47&amp;mode=paragraph\" target=\"_new\">Acts 2:42-47<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#E1FFE1\">\n<td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#EAF4FF\"><b><span style=\"color: #000080; font-family: Arial, Helvetica;\">Psalm<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#EAF4FF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica; font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bible.gospelcom.net\/bible?version=KJV&amp;passage=Psalm+16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Psalm 16<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#EAF4FF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica; font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bible.gospelcom.net\/bible?version=KJV&amp;passage=Psalms+118:2-4%2C13-15%2C22-24\" target=\"_new\">Psalms 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#DDFFFF\">\n<td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#F4FAFF\"><b><span style=\"color: #000080; font-family: Arial, Helvetica;\">Second Reading<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#F4FAFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica; font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bible.gospelcom.net\/bible?version=KJV&amp;passage=1+Peter+1:3-9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1 Peter 1:3-9<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#F4FAFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica; font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bible.gospelcom.net\/bible?version=KJV&amp;passage=1Peter+1:3-9&amp;mode=paragraph\" target=\"_new\">First Peter 1:3-9<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#FFEAFF\">\n<td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#EAF4FF\"><b><span style=\"color: #000080; font-family: Arial, Helvetica;\">Gospel<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#EAF4FF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica; font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bible.gospelcom.net\/bible?version=KJV&amp;passage=John+20:19-31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John 20:19-31<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#EAF4FF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica; font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bible.gospelcom.net\/bible?version=KJV&amp;passage=John+20:19-31&amp;mode=paragraph\" target=\"_new\">John 20:19-31<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"422\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.lawsonbbs.net\/lectionary\/sermons\/hands-1044882_960_720-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lawsonbbs.net\/lectionary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/hands-1044882_960_720-1.jpg?fit=960%2C653\" data-orig-size=\"960,653\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"hands-1044882_960_720\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lawsonbbs.net\/lectionary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/hands-1044882_960_720-1.jpg?fit=840%2C571\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-422\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.lawsonbbs.net\/lectionary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/hands-1044882_960_720-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 85vw, 150px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.lawsonbbs.net\/lectionary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/hands-1044882_960_720-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.lawsonbbs.net\/lectionary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/hands-1044882_960_720-1.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.lawsonbbs.net\/lectionary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/hands-1044882_960_720-1.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150 450w\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-attachment-id=\"422\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.lawsonbbs.net\/lectionary\/?attachment_id=422\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.lawsonbbs.net\/lectionary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/hands-1044882_960_720-1.jpg?fit=960%2C653\" data-orig-size=\"960,653\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"hands-1044882_960_720\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.lawsonbbs.net\/lectionary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/hands-1044882_960_720-1.jpg?fit=300%2C204\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.lawsonbbs.net\/lectionary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/hands-1044882_960_720-1.jpg?fit=840%2C571\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0John 20:19-31 \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0BwONC6ly3cDWb2x2VEt6cG9uZ1k\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Receive Ye the Holy Ghost<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #990000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Quotes<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Seeing him is no guarantee of believing.\u00a0 Even disciples had to come to faith when they saw him;\u00a0 so those who have not seen him can still have the blessedness of faith through believing the testimony of the first witnesses.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><i><span style=\"color: #660000;\">&#8211; Reginald H. Fuller, <u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.livingweb.com\/library\/projects\/citations\/Preaching_the_Lectionary.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Preaching the Lectionary<\/a><\/u>, p. 427<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">No modern critic could possibly be more &#8220;scientific&#8221; than Thomas.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><i><span style=\"color: #660000;\">&#8211; Henry H. Halley, <u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.livingweb.com\/library\/projects\/citations\/Halley_Bible_Handbook.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Halley&#8217;s Bible Handbook<\/a><\/u>, p. 554<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For the confirmation of our faith, he has instituted an ordinance on purpose to keep his death in remembrance, though it was an ignominious, shameful death, and one would think should rather have been forgotten, and no more said of it;\u00a0 yet, because it was such an evidence of his love as would be an encouragement to our faith, he appoints the memorial of it to be celebrated.\u00a0 And in that ordinance wherein we show the Lord&#8217;s death we are called, as it were, to put our finger into the print of the nails.\u00a0 Reach hither thy hand to him, who reacheth forth his helping, inviting, giving hand to thee.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><i><span style=\"color: #660000;\">&#8211; Matthew Henry, <u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.livingweb.com\/library\/projects\/citations\/Matthew_Henry_Commentary.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Commentary<\/a><\/u>, Vol. 5, p. 1222<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>The vision becomes concrete in the experience and acceptance of grace and of empowerment for redemptive mission, and finally by incorporation through faith in his glorification through suffering.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><i><span style=\"color: #660000;\">&#8211; Massey H. Shepherd, Jr., <u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.livingweb.com\/library\/projects\/citations\/0-687-19299-4.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Interpreter&#8217;s One-Volume Commentary<\/a><\/u>: John, p. 727<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Henceforth, a living faith must ever be a personal faith, standing in the power of a Spirit-given demonstration to the conscience and consciousness, and ever centered on Christ.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><i><span style=\"color: #660000;\">&#8211; Herbert Lockyer, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.livingweb.com\/library\/projects\/citations\/All_the_Apostles.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">All the Apostles of the Bible<\/a>, p. 183<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Any religious system or philosophy failing to bear those nail-prints is to be rejected.\u00a0 Those Calvary marks are a sure sign of authenticiy.\u00a0 Further, as the Lord&#8217;s &#8220;sent ones,&#8221; it is essential for us to bear those marks.\u00a0 When the godless around &#8220;se the print of the nails&#8221; in our life and living, they cease to be &#8220;faithless&#8221; and become believers, and with uspass into a radiant confidence and joy.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><i><span style=\"color: #660000;\">&#8211; Herbert Lockyer, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.livingweb.com\/library\/projects\/citations\/All_the_Apostles.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">All the Apostles of the Bible<\/a>, p. 183<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The narrative leads up to this crowning confession, which witnesses to a faith that rises above the necessity of being shown tangible proofs of the passion. Jesus declares that sensuous evidence is an insufficient ground of faith.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><i><span style=\"color: #660000;\">&#8211; A.J. Macleod, <u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.livingweb.com\/library\/projects\/citations\/0-8028-2281-9.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Bible Commentary, Revised<\/a><\/u>:\u00a0 John (1970), p. 896<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This statement of Jesus is for those whose faith rests on the report of others.\u00a0 Such faith is of a nobler order than Thomas&#8217;s.\u00a0 It is the kind of faith which has sustained the Christian church to the present time.\u00a0 Ultimately true faith must always be independent of sight.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><i><span style=\"color: #660000;\">&#8211; Donald Guthrie, <u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.livingweb.com\/library\/projects\/citations\/0-8028-2281-9.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Bible Commentary, Revised<\/a><\/u>:\u00a0 Luke (1970), p. 967<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Thomas wanted what everybody must have:\u00a0 Thomas wanted personal contact.\u00a0 Thomas wanted what we need, namely personal touch&#8230; Sometimes we have personal ontact with God without that contact assuming what may be called a theological form.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><i><span style=\"color: #660000;\">&#8211; Joseph Parker, <u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.livingweb.com\/library\/projects\/citations\/220_7PAR.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People&#8217;s Bible<\/a><\/u>, Vol. 22, p.446ff<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>The word seen here implies the evidence not only of sight but of either or all the senses&#8230;. The hearts and souls that rightly will to accept it, must do it by a faith that is above sight and above sense&#8230; God will judge whether the not-able is an honest inability to believe when there is the spirit of faith, or whether it be a not-willing, deceiving the obstinate unbeliever into the false opinion that he is not able to believe.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><i><span style=\"color: #660000;\">&#8211; D.D. Whedon, <u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.livingweb.com\/library\/projects\/citations\/whedon.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Commentary on the Gospels<\/a><\/u>, Vol. Luke-John, p. 414<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Those who have never seen the Christ can believe in him, for they can touch his very body from which his blood outpoured.\u00a0 It is not fanciful to see here a reference to the Eucharist, and also to the very material love of Christian believers one for another and for the whole world, for all men who bear the marks of suffering for whom Christ suffered.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><i>&#8211; Massey H. Shepherd, Jr.,\u00a0 <u>Interpreter&#8217;s One-Volume Commentary<\/u>, p.727<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>The word seen here implies the evidence not only of sight but of either or all the senses&#8230;. The hearts and souls that rightly will to accept it, must do it by a faith that is above sight and above sense&#8230; God will judge whether the not-able is an honest inability to believe when there is the spirit of faith, or whether it be a not-willing, deceiving the obstinate unbeliever into the false opinion that he is not able to believe. <i>&#8211; D.D. Whedon, <u>Commentary<\/u>, p.414<\/i><\/li>\n<li>The second appearance, resolving the doubt of Thomas, is peculiar to John and represents a manifest concern of the subapostolic age &#8212; how is it possible to believe in the risen Lord if one has not seen him?\u00a0 The answer is that even to see him is no guarantee of faith (consider Thomas).\u00a0 Even the disciples had to make the leap of faith when they saw him.\u00a0 It is therefore possible for those who have not seen him to make that same leap.\u00a0 This does not mean that seeing the Lord was not necessary for the original witnesses.\u00a0 They had to see him precisely in order that they might become witnesses, and through their witness enable those who had not seen him to believe.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><i><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211; Reginald H. Fuller, <u>Preaching the Lectionary<\/u>, p.258<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This statement of Jesus is for those whose faith rests on the report of others.\u00a0 Such faith is of a nobler order than Thomas&#8217;s.\u00a0 It is the kind of faith which has sustained the Christian church to the present time.\u00a0 Ultimately true faith must always be independent of sight.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211; <i>Donald Guthrie, <u>New Bible Commentary: Revised<\/u>, p. 967<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The narrative leads up to this crowning confession, which witnesses to a faith that rises above the necessity of being shown tangible proofs of the passion. Jesus declares that sensuous evidence is an insufficient ground of faith.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><i><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211; A.J. Macleod, <u>New Bible Commentary<\/u>, p. 896<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It is a greater instance of the power of divine grace.\u00a0 The less sensible the evidence is the more does the work of faith appear to be the Lord&#8217;s doing.\u00a0 Peter is blessed in his faith, because flesh and blood have not revealed it to him (Matthew 16:17).\u00a0 <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>&#8211; Matthew Henry, <u>Commentary<\/u>, p.1223<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Henceforth, a living faith must ever be a personal faith, standing in the power of a Spirit-given demonstration to the conscience and consciousness, and ever centered on Christ.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><i><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211; Herbert Lockyer, <u>All the Apostles of the Bible<\/u>, p.183<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Any religious system or philosophy failing to bear those nail-prints is to be rejected.\u00a0 Those Calvary marks are a sure sign of authenticiy.\u00a0 Further, as the Lord&#8217;s &#8220;sent ones,&#8221; it is essential for us to bear those marks.\u00a0 When the godless around &#8220;se the print of the nails&#8221; in our life and living, they cease to be &#8220;faithless&#8221; and become believers, and with uspass into a radiant confidence and joy. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>&#8211; Herbert Lockyer, <u>All the Apostles of the Bible<\/u>, p.183<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;When this scared, frightened band of the apostles which was just about to throw away everything in order to flee in despair to Galilee; when these peasants, shepherds, and fishermen, who betrayed and denied their master and then failed him miserably, suddenly could be changed overnight into a confident mission society, convinced of salvation and able to work with much more success after Easter than before Easter, then no vision or hallucination is sufficient to explain such a revolutionary transformation.&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><i>[&#8220;The Resurrection of Jesus: A Jewish Perspective,&#8221; Page 125, as quoted by Brian Stoffregen in Gospel Notes for Next Sunday, Number 3756.]<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Thou hast believed (pepisteukas). Perfect active indicative. Probably interrogative, but &#8220;it was sight, not touch that convinced Thomas&#8221; (Bernard). And yet (kai). Clear use of kai in the adversative sense. Thomas made a noble confession, but he missed the highest form of faith without the evidence of the senses. Peter (1Pe 1:8) uses language that seems like a reminiscence of the words of Jesus to Thomas which Peter heard.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><i><span style=\"color: #660000;\">&#8211; Robertson&#8217;s Word Pictures, John 20:29<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>True faith depends upon the mouth of God, and not upon the eyes of the flesh.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><i><span style=\"color: #660000;\">&#8211; Geneva Study Bible of 1599, John 20:29<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>From this we learn that to believe in Jesus, on the testimony of his apostles, will put a man into the possession of the very same blessedness which they themselves enjoyed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><i><span style=\"color: #660000;\">&#8211; Clarke, Adam, Adam Clarke&#8217;s Commentary, John 20:29<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Those who should be convinced by the testimony of the apostles, and by the influences of the Spirit. They would evince stronger faith. All faith is of things not seen; and God blesses those most who most implicitly rely on his word.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><i><span style=\"color: #660000;\">&#8211; Barnes, Albert, New Testament Commentary, John 20:29<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>The richest blessing falls to the share of those simple minds who believe the word of God, even when surrounded with difficulty and unsupported by signs and evidences.\u00a0 The more childlike the faith the happier the heart.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><i><span style=\"color: #660000;\">&#8211; Spurgeon, C.H., Spurgeon&#8217;s Devotional Commentary, John 20:29<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>By how much our faith stands in less need of the external evidence of sense, the stronger our faith is, and the more acceptable it is, provided what we believe be revealed in the word of God.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><i><span style=\"color: #660000;\">&#8211; Burkitt, William, Notes on the New Testament, John 20:29<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table width=\"95%\">\n<caption>\u00a0<\/caption>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #990000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Word Study \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">John 20:29<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bible.crosswalk.com\/Commentaries\/RobertsonsWordPictures\/rwp.cgi?book=joh&amp;chapter=020&amp;verse=029\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Robertson&#8217;s Word Pictures<\/a><i> (Crosswalk)<\/i><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bible.crosswalk.com\/OnlineStudyBible\/bible.cgi?word=joh+20:29&amp;version=str&amp;st=1&amp;sd=1&amp;new=1&amp;showtools=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Strong&#8217;s Concordance<\/a><i> (Crosswalk)<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Believe<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bennetyee.org\/http_webster.cgi?believer&amp;method=exact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hypertext Webster\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesaurus.com\/cgi-bin\/htsearch?config=roget&amp;words=believe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roget&#8217;s Thesaurus<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bible.crosswalk.com\/Lexicons\/Greek\/grk.cgi?number=4100&amp;version=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pisteuo<\/a> &#8211; KJV Greek Lexicon<b>\u00a0<\/b><i> (Crosswalk)<\/i><\/li>\n<li>PISTEUO,\n<ul>\n<li>to believe, to be persuaded of,<\/li>\n<li>and hence to place confidence in, to trust<\/li>\n<li>signifies reliance upon, not mere credence<\/li>\n<li>See also, commit, intrust, trust<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span style=\"color: #660000;\">&#8211; W.E. Vine., <a href=\"http:\/\/www.livingweb.com\/library\/projects\/citations\/Vine_Expository_Dictionary.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Expository Dictionary<\/a>, p. 109<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #990000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Hymns<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"TOP\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica;\">This is the Day the Lord Hath Made\u00a0\u00a0 A version of Psalm 118 by Isaac Wats.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica;\">When in the Night I Meditate\u00a0\u00a0 The 19212 Psalter version of Pslam 16. The tune is widely used and should be familiar (1562).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica;\">Rejoice, the Lord is King!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica;\">All Hail the Power of Jesus&#8217; Name\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica;\">O Sons and Daughters, Let us Sing!\u00a0\u00a0 The Presybyterian Hymnal (No. 117) has an alternative set of stanzas to this Easter hymn explicitly for the Sunday after Easter<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica;\">Because You Live, O Christ\u00a0\u00a0 Words by Shirley Erena Murray to 17th Century Dutch tune.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica;\">Christ is Alive\u00a0\u00a0 Words by Brian Wren. Familiar tune, &#8220;Truro.&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica;\">Crown Him With Many Crowns<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica;\">\u00a0I&#8217;ve Found a Friend<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica;\">Pass Me Not<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica;\">Breathe On Me<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyberhymnal.org\/htm\/o\/n\/onlybelv.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Only Believe<\/a><i> (Daniel Paul Rader)<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyberhymnal.org\/htm\/c\/o\/comesbso.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Only Trust Him<\/a>\u00a0<b>\u00a0<\/b><i> (John Hart Stockton)<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyberhymnal.org\/htm\/a\/r\/aruwashd.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Are You Washed<\/a>\u00a0<b>\u00a0<\/b><i> (Elisha Albright Hoffman)<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyberhymnal.org\/htm\/r\/o\/rockages.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rock of Ages<\/a><b>\u00a0<\/b><i> (Augustus Montague Toplady)<\/i><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyberhymnal.org\/htm\/a\/m\/amazgrac.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amazing Grace<\/a><b>\u00a0<\/b><i> (John Newton)<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><a target=\"_blank\" name=\"Sermons, Outlines, &amp; Commentaries\"><\/a><span style=\"color: #990000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Sermons, Outlines, &amp; Commentaries<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><i><span style=\"color: #990000;\"><a href=\"mailto:Lanora Wright - LivingWeb Lectionary Topic Librarian &lt;lwright@livingweb.com&gt;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lanora Wright<\/a>, Lectionary Topic Librarian<\/span><\/i><br \/>\n<b><i><span style=\"color: #990000;\">See also:<\/span><\/i><\/b><br \/>\n<i><span style=\"color: #990000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.livingweb.com\/lectionary\/weekly.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Weekly Lectionary Resources<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.livingweb.com\/library\/220_7_index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">220.7 &#8211; Bible Commentaries<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.livingweb.com\/library\/251.htm\" target=\"_self\">251 &#8211; Homiletics<\/a>;\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.livingweb.com\/library\/252.htm\" target=\"_self\">252 &#8211; Sermon Texts<\/a>;<\/span><\/i><br \/>\nSee <a href=\"http:\/\/www.livingweb.com\/lectionary\/b\/39\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">B39<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.livingweb.com\/lectionary\/c\/39\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">C39<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" name=\"Commentary\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>Doubt Less<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">&#8220;Blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.&#8221;\u00a0 &#8211; John 20:29b<\/p>\n<table width=\"60%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.livingweb.com\/lectionary\/a\/39\/clear.gif?resize=10%2C10\" width=\"10\" height=\"10\" \/><br \/>\nOur\u00a0 first belief that Jesus is alive is based largely on the testimony of other people, whose witness we trust.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.livingweb.com\/lectionary\/a\/39\/clear.gif?resize=10%2C10\" width=\"10\" height=\"10\" \/><br \/>\n1.\u00a0 Doubts about the resurrection are not wholly unreasonable.<br \/>\n2.\u00a0 We are blessed because our faith has come without material proof through the loving testimony of people we trust.<br \/>\n3.\u00a0 Prevenient grace:\u00a0 God supplies what is necessary to enable faith.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.livingweb.com\/lectionary\/a\/39\/clear.gif?resize=10%2C10\" width=\"10\" height=\"10\" \/><br \/>\nHaving trusted the testimony of someone else who knows Jesus, we enter into our own saving relationship with God, and become witnesses to other people of our own experiences in Christ.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" name=\"Quotes\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table width=\"95%\">\n<caption>\u00a0<\/caption>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #990000;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Commentary Texts\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #990000;\">Gospel Reading<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><center><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ccel.org\/c\/calvin\/comment3\/comm_index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Calvin<\/a><span style=\"color: #990000;\"><b> | <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.godrules.net\/index.html?http:\/\/www.godrules.net\/library\/clarke\/clarke.htm&amp;2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Clarke<\/a><b> | <\/b><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/bible.crosswalk.com\/Commentaries\/DarbysSynopsisofNewTestament\/dby.cgi?book=joh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Darby<\/a><b><span style=\"color: #990000;\"> | <\/span><\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/bible.crosswalk.com\/Commentaries\/GenevaStudyBible\/gen.cgi?book=joh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Geneva<\/a><b><span style=\"color: #990000;\"> | <\/span><\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/bible.crosswalk.com\/Commentaries\/GillsExpositionoftheBible\/gil.cgi?book=joh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gill<\/a><b><span style=\"color: #990000;\"> | <\/span><\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.godrules.net\/index.html?http:\/\/www.godrules.net\/library\/henry\/henry.htm&amp;2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Henry<\/a><b><span style=\"color: #990000;\"> | <\/span><\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/bible.crosswalk.com\/Commentaries\/JamiesonFaussetBrown\/jfb.cgi?book=joh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jamieson<\/a><b><span style=\"color: #990000;\"> | <\/span><\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ccel.org\/j\/johnson_bw\/pnt\/PNT04.HTM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Johnson<\/a><span style=\"color: #990000;\"><b> | <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ccel.org\/m\/mcgarvey\/ffg\/FFG000.HTM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">McGarvey<\/a><b> | <\/b><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/bible.crosswalk.com\/Commentaries\/RobertsonsWordPictures\/rwp.cgi?book=joh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Robertson<\/a><b><span style=\"color: #990000;\"> | <\/span><\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.godrules.net\/index.html?http:\/\/www.godrules.net\/library\/wesley\/wesley.htm&amp;2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wesley<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.livingweb.com\/lectionary\/a\/39\/clear.gif?resize=5%2C5\" width=\"5\" height=\"5\" \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica;\"><b><span style=\"color: #990000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kencollins.com\/zIndex.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Collins<\/a> | <\/span><\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bibletexts.org\/verses\/v-joh.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cramer<\/a><b><span style=\"color: #990000;\"> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvarychapel.com\/cheyenne\/Library\/43-John\/John.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daniel<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.khouse.org\/blueletter\/Comm\/david_guzik\/sg\/Jhn_1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Guzik<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.threeleaf.com\/pages\/commentary\/default.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marsh<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ideal.net.au\/~robertsj\/newtest.html#John\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roberts<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.khouse.org\/blueletter\/Comm\/chuck_smith\/sg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Smith<\/a> |<\/span><\/b><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica;\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spurgeon.org\/index\/r_joh.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spurgeon<\/a><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.livingweb.com\/lectionary\/a\/39\/clear.gif?resize=5%2C5\" width=\"5\" height=\"5\" \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica;\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blueletterbible.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blue Letter<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ccel.org\/wwsb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">World Wide<\/a> &#8211; <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblenotes.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Notes<\/a><span style=\"color: #990000;\"> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.godrules.net\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GodRules<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/bible.crosswalk.com\/Commentaries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Crosswalk<\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica;\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.livingweb.com\/library\/220_7_index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">220.7 &#8211; Bible Commentaries<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/center><span style=\"color: #990000;\">More Commentary Readings<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ccel.org\/c\/calvin\/comment2\/john10-21.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Calvin, John<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblestudytools.net\/Commentaries\/DarbysSynopsisofNewTestament\/dby.cgi?book=joh&amp;chapter=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Darby, John N.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblestudytools.net\/Commentaries\/GenevaStudyBible\/gen.cgi?book=joh&amp;chapter=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Geneva Study Bible, 1599<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblestudytools.net\/Commentaries\/GillsExpositionoftheBible\/gil.cgi?book=joh&amp;chapter=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gill, John<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblestudytools.net\/Commentaries\/MatthewHenryComplete\/mhc-com.cgi?book=joh&amp;chapter=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Henry, Matthew<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblestudytools.net\/Commentaries\/JamiesonFaussetBrown\/jfb.cgi?book=joh&amp;chapter=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jamieson-Fausset-Brown<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblestudytools.net\/Commentaries\/PeoplesNewTestament\/pnt.cgi?book=joh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Johnson, B.W.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblestudytools.net\/Commentaries\/RobertsonsWordPictures\/rwp.cgi?book=joh&amp;chapter=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Robertson, A.T.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblestudytools.net\/Commentaries\/WesleysExplanatoryNotes\/wes.cgi?book=joh&amp;chapter=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wesley, John<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<form action=\"http:\/\/www.blueletterbible.org\/cgi-bin\/tools\/get_verses.pl\" method=\"GET\" target=\"_blank\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table border=\"\" width=\"340\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"CENTER\" bgcolor=\"#39398C\"><b><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Book<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td align=\"CENTER\" bgcolor=\"#39398C\"><b><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Chapter<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"4\" align=\"CENTER\" bgcolor=\"#39398C\"><b><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Verse Range<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><select name=\"Book\"><option value=\"Gen\">Genesis\u00a0<\/option><option value=\"Exd\">Exodus\u00a0<\/option><option value=\"Lev\">Leviticus\u00a0<\/option><option value=\"Num\">Numbers\u00a0<\/option><option value=\"Deu\">Deuteronomy\u00a0<\/option><option value=\"Jos\">Joshua\u00a0<\/option><option value=\"Jdg\">Judges\u00a0<\/option><option value=\"Rth\">Ruth\u00a0<\/option><option value=\"1Sa\">1 Samuel\u00a0<\/option><option value=\"2Sa\">2 Samuel\u00a0<\/option><option value=\"1Ki\">1 Kings\u00a0<\/option><option value=\"2Ki\">2 Kings\u00a0<\/option><option value=\"1Ch\">1 Chronicles\u00a0<\/option><option value=\"2Ch\">2 Chronicles\u00a0<\/option><option value=\"Ezr\">Ezra\u00a0<\/option><option value=\"Neh\">Nehemiah\u00a0<\/option><option value=\"Est\">Esther\u00a0<\/option><option value=\"Job\">Job\u00a0<\/option><option value=\"Psa\">Psalms\u00a0<\/option><option value=\"Pro\">Proverbs\u00a0<\/option><option 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