June 12, 2011

Welcome to Listing Your Way Through the Bible, our unique bible study based on making lists as we work through daily readings.

The readings for today are Ezra 1 and 2 and John 19:23-42. Here are some lists for the reader to contemplate while reading.


Ezra 1:

• List what Cyrus king of Persia stated in his proclamation.

• List the inventory of articles of gold and silver that were to be returned to the Temple.

Ezra 2:

• List the main divisions of people who returned to Jerusalem and Judah. There is no need to list names, just general descriptive titles (e.g., temple servants, gatekeepers, etc.).

John 19:23-42

• List how the soldiers divided up Jesus's clothes.

• List the women who were at the crucifixion.

• Draw a vertical line down the center of the page. Label the left column "Jesus's words" and the right column "What happened."

• From the reading, list the words of Jesus and what happened each time.

• List what the soldiers did to determine whether the crucified men had died, and what happened to Jesus.

• List the two men who retrieved Jesus's body and prepared it for burial.