BIBLE READING – Jun 30 - Explorations United (2024)

10 There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band (a centurion of what was known as the Italian Regiment),

²A devout (committed) man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms (donations) to the people, and prayed to God alway (always).

³He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius.

⁴And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy (Your) prayers and thine alms (your donations) are come up for a memorial before God.

⁵And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter:

⁶He lodgeth (lodges) with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee (you) what thou oughtest (you ought/should) to do.

⁷And when the angel which spake unto (spoke to) Cornelius was departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually;

⁸And when he had declared all these things unto them, he sent them to Joppa.

Peter Visits Cornelius

⁹On the morrow (the next day), as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto (near to) the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:

¹⁰And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,

¹¹And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending upon him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:

¹²Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.

¹³And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.

¹⁴But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.

¹⁵And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath (has) cleansed, that call not thou (you) common.

¹⁶This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven.

¹⁷Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius had made enquiry for Simon’s house, and stood before the gate,

¹⁸And called, and asked whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter, were lodged there.

¹⁹While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee (you).

²⁰Arise therefore, and get thee (you) down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them.

²¹Then Peter went down to the men which were sent unto him from Cornelius; and said, Behold, I am he whom ye (you) seek: what is the cause wherefore ye (you) are come?

²²And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth (fears) God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee (you) into his house, and to hear words of thee (you).

²³Then called he them in, and lodged them. And on the morrow (the next day) Peter went away with them, and certain brethren (brothers) from Joppa accompanied him.

OLD TESTAMENT

Job 17
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Job Continues to Defend His Innocence

17My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.

²Are there not mockers with me? and doth (does) not mine (my) eye continue in their provocation?

³Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee (you); who is he that will strike hands with me?

⁴For thou hast hid (you have hidden) their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not (you shall not) exalt them.

⁵He that speaketh (speaks) flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.

⁶He hath (has) made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.

⁷Mine (My) eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.

⁸Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.

⁹The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath (has) clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

¹⁰But as for you all, do ye (you) return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.

¹¹My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.

¹²They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.

¹³If I wait, the grave is mine (my) house: I have made my bed in the darkness.

¹⁴I have said to corruption, Thou art (You are) my father: to the worm, Thou art (You are) my mother, and my sister.

¹⁵And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?

¹⁶They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.

Job 18
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Bildad’s Second Response to Job

18Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

²How long will it be ere ye (you) make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.

³Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight (As if [we are] stupid (senseless) in your eyes)?

⁴He teareth (tears) himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee (you)? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?

⁵ Yea (Yes), the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

⁶The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.

⁷The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

⁸For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.

⁹The gin shall take him by the heel (A snare catches him by the heel), and the robber shall prevail (be proven more powerful) against him.

¹⁰The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

¹¹Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.

¹²His strength shall be hungerbitten (famished), and destruction shall be ready at his side.

¹³It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.

¹⁴His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.

¹⁵It shall dwell (live) in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

¹⁶His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.

¹⁷His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.

¹⁸He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

¹⁹He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.

²⁰They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.

²¹Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.

Job 19
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Job’s Sixth Speech: A Response to Bildad

19Then Job answered and said,

²How long will ye (you) vex (frustrate) my soul, and break me in pieces with words?

³These ten times have ye (you) reproached me: ye (you) are not ashamed that ye (you) make yourselves strange to me.

⁴And be it indeed that I have erred, mine (my) error remaineth (remained) with myself.

⁵If indeed ye (you) will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:

⁶Know now that God hath (has) overthrown me, and hath (has) compassed me with his net.

⁷Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.

⁸He hath (has) fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath (has) set darkness in my paths.

⁹He hath (has) stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.

¹⁰He hath (has) destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hath (has) hath he removed like a tree.

¹¹He hath (has) also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth (counted) me unto him as one of his enemies.

¹²His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.

¹³He hath (has) put my brethren (brothers) far from me, and mine (my) acquaintance are verily estranged from me.

¹⁴My kinsfolk (relatives) have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.

¹⁵They that dwell in mine (my) house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien (a stranger) in their sight.

¹⁶I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.

¹⁷My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children’s sake of mine (my) own body.

¹⁸Yea (Yes), young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.

¹⁹All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.

²⁰My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

²¹Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye (you) my friends; for the hand of God hath (has) touched me.

²²Why do ye (you) persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?

²³Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!

²⁴That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!

²⁵For I know that my redeemer liveth (lives), and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:

²⁶And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:

²⁷Whom I shall see for myself, and mine (my) eyes shall behold (see), and not another; though my reins be consumed within me (My heart faints within me).

²⁸But ye (you) should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?

²⁹Be ye (you) afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye (you) may know there is a judgment.

– End of daily reading for Jun 30 – Day 182

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DIAGRAM

> COMMENCEMENT OF A NEW BOOK (New Testament): Nil

BOOK OVERVIEW (New Testament): Acts (28 Chapters)

Timeline: Between AD 61 and 64.

Author: The apostle Luke.

This book was written by Luke to explain what happened after the resurrection of Jesus. He also explained about Christianity’s growth. Luke was Paul’s travelling companion and a physician of Gentile descent.

Attendees / Participants: Although it was addressed to Theophilus, it is also meant for all followers of Jesus.

> COMMENCEMENT OF A NEW BOOK (Old Testament): Job

BOOK OVERVIEW (Old Testament): Job (42 Chapters) (Original language: Hebrew)

Timeline: Between 2000 -1000 B.C.

Author: The author was not mentioned. Most likely to be Job, Moses, Elihu and Solomon.

Objective / Purpose:-

1. 1. 1. This book was written to assist us in realizing that God is sovereign over Satan and that he cannot bring about our material or bodily devastation without God’s consent.
      2. We are supposed to be strengthened in our faith or even purified or equipped by trials.
      3. God reminds us that He shall reward the good and punish the wicked.

Attendees / Participants: Believers

> TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING TOPICSOVERVIEW:-

NEW TESTAMENT:-

Acts 10:1-23:-
1) Cornelius Calls for Peter
2) Peter Visits Cornelius

OLD TESTAMENT:-

Job 17:-
1) Job Continues to Defend His Innocence

Job 18:-
1) Bildad’s Second Response to Job

Job 19:-
1) Job’s Sixth Speech: A Response to Bildad

> TODAY’S READING TOPICS (New Testament): Acts 10:1-23: 1) Cornelius Calls for Peter 2) Peter Visits Cornelius

> TODAY’S READING TOPICS (Old Testament): Job 17,18,19: 1) Job Continues to Defend His Innocence 2) Bildad’s Second Response to Job 3) Job’s Sixth Speech: A Response to Bildad

FOOTNOTES

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