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BIBLIOGRAPHY AND RESOURCES

Hahn, Scott, Curtis Mitch Mitch, and R D. Walters. Daniel. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2013.

Kurz, William S. Acts of the Apostles. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic, 2013.

REFERENCES

Isaiah 49:6 - “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the preserved of Israel; I will give you as a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”

Promises of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit: Matthew 3:11; Mark 1:8; Luke 3:16; John 1:33; Acts 1:5; Acts 11:16; John 14:15-17, 25-26; 15:26; 16:7-15

2 Kings 2:9-10 - When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, “Ask what I shall do for you, before I am taken from you.” And Elisha said, “I pray you, let me inherit a double share of your spirit.” 10 And he said, “You have asked a hard thing; yet, if you see me as I am being taken from you, it shall be so for you; but if you do not see me, it shall not be so.”

Deuteronomy 34:9 - And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands upon him

Daniel 7:13-14 - And behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him. And to him was given dominion and glory and kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed.

4 Ezra 13:32-36 (extrabiblical Jewish text) -  And the time shall be when these things shall come to pass, and the signs shall happen which I showed you before, and then shall MY Son be revealed, whom you saw as a Man ascending. And when all the people hear His voice, every man shall in their own land leave the warfare they have against one another. And an innumerable multitude shall be gathered together, as you saw, desiring to come and conquer Him by fighting. But He shall stand on top of the mount Zion. And Zion shall come, and shall be shown to all men, being prepared and built, like as you saw the mountain carved without hands.

Leviticus 16:11-14 - “Aaron shall present the bull as a sin offering for himself, and shall make atonement for himself and for his house; he shall kill the bull as a sin offering for himself. 12 And he shall take a censer full of coals of fire from the altar before the LORD, and two handfuls of sweet incense beaten small; and he shall bring it within the veil 13 and put the incense on the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat which is upon the testimony, lest he die; 14 and he shall take some of the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it with his finger on the front of the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat he shall sprinkle the blood with his finger seven times."

Hebrews 9:24-26 - For Christ has entered, not into a sanctuary made with hands, a copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf. 25 Nor was it to offer himself repeatedly, as the high priest enters the Holy Place yearly with blood not his own; 26 for then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the age to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

Catechism of the Catholic Church §662 - “And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself.” The lifting up of Jesus on the cross signifies and announces his lifting up by his Ascension into heaven, and indeed begins it. Jesus Christ, the one priest of the new and eternal Covenant, “entered, not into a sanctuary made by human hands … but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf.” There Christ permanently exercises his priesthood, for he “always lives to make intercession” for “those who draw near to God through him.” As “high priest of the good things to come” he is the center and the principal actor of the liturgy that honors the Father in heaven.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY AND RESOURCES

Martin, Francis, and William M. Wright. The Gospel of John. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic, 2015.

Catechism of the Catholic Church

REFERENCES

Jeremiah 31:31-33 - “Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, 32 not like the covenant which I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant which they broke, though I was their husband, says the LORD. 33 But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put my law within them, and I will write it upon their hearts.

1 John 2:1 - "We have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous"

Zechariah 3:1-2 - Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him. 2 And the LORD said to Satan, “The LORD rebuke you, O Satan! The LORD who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is not this a brand plucked from the fire?”

Catechism of the Catholic Church §1963 - According to Christian tradition, the Law is holy, spiritual, and good, yet still imperfect. Like a tutor it shows what must be done, but does not of itself give the strength, the grace of the Spirit, to fulfill it. Because of sin, which it cannot remove, it remains a law of bondage. According to St. Paul, its special function is to denounce and disclose sin, which constitutes a “law of concupiscence” in the human heart."

Catechism of the Catholic Church §1972 - The New Law is called a law of love because it makes us act out of the love infused by the Holy Spirit, rather than from fear; a law of grace, because it confers the strength of grace to act, by means of faith and the sacraments; a law of freedom, because it sets us free from the ritual and juridical observances of the Old Law, inclines us to act spontaneously by the prompting of charity and, finally, lets us pass from the condition of a servant who “does not know what his master is doing” to that of a friend of Christ.

Catechism of the Catholic Church §1265 - Baptism not only purifies from all sins, but also makes the neophyte “a new creature,” an adopted son of God, who has become a “partaker of the divine nature.”

Catechism of the Catholic Church §1303- Confirmation brings an increase and deepening of baptismal grace: it roots us more deeply in the divine filiation which makes us cry, “Abba! Father!”

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BIBLIOGRAPHY AND RESOURCES

Martin, Francis, and William M. Wright. The Gospel of John. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic, 2015.

Emery, Gilles. The Trinitarian Theology of Saint Thomas Aquinas. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.

Commentary on the Gospel of John by St. Thomas Aquinas

Mass Readings Explained with Brant Pitre

Verbum Bible Software - www.verbum.com

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Matthew 5:8 - “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God."

Exodus 33:18 - "Then Moses said, 'Please let me see your glory!'"

John 1:1 - "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."

Catechism of the Catholic Church §1994  - "Justification is the most excellent work of God’s love made manifest in Christ Jesus and granted by the Holy Spirit. It is the opinion of St. Augustine that 'the justification of the wicked is a greater work than the creation of heaven and earth,' because 'heaven and earth will pass away but the salvation and justification of the elect … will not pass away.' He holds also that the justification of sinners surpasses the creation of the angels in justice, in that it bears witness to a greater mercy."

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Bibliography/Resources

The Gospel of John (Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture Series)

A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23 by Phillip Keller

Verbum Bible Software - www.verbum.com

References

Ezekiel 34 - "1 The word of the LORD came to me: 2 “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say to them, even to the shepherds, Thus says the Lord GOD: Ho, shepherds of Israel who have been feeding yourselves! Should not shepherds feed the sheep? 3 You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the fatlings; but you do not feed the sheep. 4 The weak you have not strengthened, the sick you have not healed, the crippled you have not bound up, the strayed you have not brought back, the lost you have not sought, and with force and harshness you have ruled them. 5 So they were scattered, because there was no shepherd; and they became food for all the wild beasts. [etc, etc]"

Psalm 42:11 - "Why are you downcast, O my soul?"

1 Peter 2:25 - "For you were going astray like sheep, but now you have returned to the shepherd and guardian of your souls."

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Bibliography/Resources

The Gospel of Luke (Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture Series)

Shanks, Hershel. “Emmaus: Where Christ Appeared,” Biblical Archaeology Review 34.2 (2008): 40–42, 44–51.

Verbum Bible Software - www.verbum.com

References

Mark 16:12 - "After this he appeared in another form to two of them, as they were walking into the country."

John 19:25 - "Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene."

Eusebius, Church History  3.11 - "After the martyrdom of James and the conquest of Jerusalem which immediately followed, it is said that those of the apostles and disciples of the Lord that were still living came together from all directions with those that were related to the Lord according to the flesh (for the majority of them also were still alive) to take counsel as to who was worthy to succeed James. They all with one consent pronounced Symeon, the son of Clopas, of whom the Gospel also makes mention; to be worthy of the episcopal throne of that parish. He was a cousin, as they say, of the Saviour. For Hegesippus records that Clopas was a brother of Joseph."

Ibid., 4.22.4 - "And after James the Just had suffered martyrdom, as the Lord had also on the same account, Symeon, the son of the Lord's uncle, Clopas, was appointed the next bishop. All proposed him as second bishop because he was a cousin of the Lord."

Jerome, Letter 108, Par. 8  - "Again resuming her journey, she came to Nicopolis, once called Emmaus, where the Lord became known in the breaking of bread; an action by which He dedicated the house of Cleopas as a church."

Acts 7:22 - "Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was mighty in his words and deeds."

Deuteronomy 18:15 - "The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you"

Luke 9:22 - "“The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.”

Luke 17:25 - "But first he [the Son of Man] must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation."

Acts 3:18 - "What God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ should suffer, he thus fulfilled."

Genesis 3:6-7 - "So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband, and he ate. 7 Then the eyes of both were opened"

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Bibliography/Resources

• The Gospel of John (Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture Series)
• Mass Readings Explained with Dr. Brant Pitre - www.catholicproductions.com
• Verbum Bible Software - www.verbum.com

References

• Genesis 2:7 - "Then the LORD God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being."
• Ezekiel 37:9-10 - "Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, Thus says the Lord GOD: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.” 10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived"
• John 17:20 - "I do not pray for these only, but also for those who believe in me through their word"

The Litany of Trust - https://sistersoflife.org/litany-of-trust/

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Bibliography/Resources

• The Gospel of John (Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture Series)
• Jesus of Nazareth: Holy Week by Pope Benedict XVI
• Mass Readings Explained by Brant Pitre
• Verbum Bible Software - www.verbum.com

References

• Mark 16:1 - "And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him."
• Jesus predicts his resurrection six times in the Gospel of Matthew: Mt 12:40; 16:21; 17:9; 17:23; 20:19
• Psalm 22:22 - "I will tell of thy name to my brethren"
• Hebrews 2:11-12 - "That is why he is not ashamed to call them brethren, 12 saying, “I will proclaim thy name to my brethren, in the midst of the congregation I will praise thee.”
• 1 Corinthians 15:14 - "If Christ had not been raised [...] then your faith is in vain."

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Bibliography/Resources

• The Gospel of John (Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture Series)
• Verbum Bible Software - www.verbum.com

Chiastic Structure of Trial Before Pilate
A - Pilate speaks to Jewish authorities outside
B - Pilate speaks to Jesus inside
C - Pilate speaks to Jewish authorities outside
D - Jesus hailed King (John 19:1-3)
C1 - Pilate speaks to Jewish authorities outside
B1 - Pilate speaks to Jesus inside
A1 - Pilate speaks to Jewish authorities outside (delivers verdict)

References

• Leviticus 24:16 - "He who blasphemes the name of the LORD shall be put to death"
• Antiquities of the Jews by Josephus (3.159) - "Now this vesture was not composed of two pieces, nor was it sewed together upon the shoulders and the sides, but it was one long vestment so woven as to have an aperture for the neck"
• Exodus 28:32 - "It shall have in it an opening for the head, with a woven binding around the opening, like the opening in a garment, that it may not be torn."
• Psalm 22:18 - "They divide my garments among them, and for my raiment they cast lots."
• Psalm 69:21 - "For my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink"
• Zechariah 12:10, 13:1 - "And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of compassion and supplication, so that, when they look on him whom they have pierced [...] On that day there shall be a fountain opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to cleanse them from sin and uncleanness."
• Ezekiel 47:1-2 - "Then he brought me back to the door of the temple; and behold, water was issuing from below the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east); and the water was flowing down from below the south end of the threshold of the temple, south of the altar. 2 Then he brought me out by way of the north gate, and led me round on the outside to the outer gate, that faces toward the east; and the water was coming out on the south side."

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Bibliography/Resources

• The Gospel of John (Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture Series)
• The Temple: Its Ministry and Services by Alfred Edersheim
• Verbum Bible Software - www.verbum.com

References

• Exodus 29:4, 9 - "You shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tent of meeting, and wash them with water [...] Thus you shall ordain Aaron and his sons."
• Exodus 30:18-20 - “You shall also make a laver of bronze, with its base of bronze, for washing. And you shall put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it, 19 with which Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet. 20 When they go into the tent of meeting, or when they come near the altar to minister, to burn an offering by fire to the LORD, they shall wash with water, lest they die."
• Exodus 19:6 - "You shall be to me a kingdom of priests"
• Deuteronomy 10:9 - "Therefore Levi has no portion or inheritance with his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance"
• Jeremiah 31:31-33 - "Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, 32 not like the covenant which I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant which they broke, though I was their husband, says the LORD. 33 But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put my law within them, and I will write it upon their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people."
• Exodus 24:8 - "And Moses took the blood and threw it upon the people, and said, “Behold the blood of the covenant which the LORD has made with you"

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Bibliography/Resources

• The  Gospel of Matthew (Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture)
• Verbum Bible Software - www.verbum.com

References

• 1 Kings 1:32-40 - Solomon rides triumphantly into Jerusalem after his royal anointing
• Zechariah 14: 3-4, 9 - "Then the LORD will go forth and fight against those nations as when he fights on a day of battle. On that day his feet shall stand on the Mount of Olives which lies before Jerusalem on the east. [...] And the LORD will become king over all the earth; on that day the LORD will be one and his name one."
• 2 Samuel 15: 30 - "David went up the ascent of the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went, barefoot and with his head covered; and all the people who were with him covered their heads, and they went up, weeping as they went."
• 2 Samuel 16:1 - "When David had passed a little beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled"
• Zechariah 9:9 - "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Lo, your king comes to you; triumphant and victorious is he, humble and riding on an ass, on a colt the foal of an ass."
• Genesis 49:10 - "The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs; and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples. Binding his foal to the vine and his ass’s colt to the choice vine."
• Mark 11:2 - "'Go into the village opposite you, and immediately as you enter it you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat; untie it and bring it.'"
• 2 Kings 9:13 - "Then in haste every man of them took his garment, and put it under him on the bare steps, and they blew the trumpet, and proclaimed, 'Jehu is king.'"
• Psalm 118:27 - "Bind the festal procession with branches"
• 1 Maccabees 13:51 - "On the twenty-third day of the second month, in the one hundred and seventy-first year, the Jews entered it [the city] with praise and palm branches"
• 2 Maccabees 10:7 - "Bearing ivy-wreathed wands and beautiful branches and also fronds of palm, they offered hymns of thanksgiving to him who had given success to the purifying of his own holy place."

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