How Pleasant, How Beautiful

Isaiah 52:7 The Passion Translation

“⁷ What a beautiful sight to behold—
    the precious feet of the messenger
    coming over the mountains to announce good news!
    He comes to refresh us with wonderful news,^[a]
    announcing salvation^[b]to Zion and saying,
    “Your Mighty God reigns!”Read full chapter”

Luke 7:11-16 The Passion Translation

Jesus Raises the Dead

“¹¹ Shortly afterward, Jesus left on a journey to the village of Nain,^[a]with a massive crowd of people following him, and his disciples. ¹² As he approached the village, he met a multitude of people in a funeral procession, who were mourning as they carried the body of a young man to the cemetery. The boy was his mother’s only son, and she was a widow. ¹³ When the Lord saw the grieving mother, his heart broke for her.^[b] With great tenderness he said to her, “Please don’t cry.”¹⁴ Then he stepped up to the coffin and touched it. When the pallbearers came to a halt, Jesus spoke directly to the corpse, “Young man, I say to you, arise and live!”

¹⁵ Immediately, the young man moved, sat up, and spoke to those nearby. Jesus presented the son to his mother, alive! ¹⁶ A tremendous sense of holy mystery swept over the crowd. They shouted praises to God, saying, “God himself has blessed us by visiting his people! A great prophet has appeared among us!”Read full chapter”

Footnotes

1. 7:11 Nain means “pleasant.” The Prince of Life was about to enter the gate of the city when death came out. There at the gates where life and death meet, life wins and death is defeated. Just outside of Jerusalem one day, death and life met again, and life won forevermore.
2. 7:13 The Greek word splanchnizomai denotes the deepest level of compassion. There is no greater word in the Greek language to describe the depth of emotion Jesus felt for this widow over the loss of her son. Splanchnizomai is actually the word for “intestines.” Jesus’ emotions fully identified with her grief and he carried her sorrow.

Definition

Nain =meaning “beauty”a village in Galilee located at the north base of Little Hermon

Romans 10:15 The Passion Translation

“¹⁵ And how can the message be proclaimed if messengers have yet to be sent? That’s why the Scriptures say:

How welcome is the arrival^[a]
    of those proclaiming the joyful news of peace
    and of good things to come!Read full chapter”

Be Blessed!

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Hebrews 13:20-21 The Passion Translation

Apostolic Blessing and Conclusion

“²⁰ Now may the God who brought us peace by raising from the dead our Lord Jesus Christ so that he would be the Great Shepherd of his flock; and by the power of the blood of the eternal covenant ²¹ may he work perfection into every part of you giving you all that you need to fulfill your destiny. And may he express through you all that is excellent and pleasing^[a] to him through your life-union with Jesus the Anointed One who is to receive all glory forever! Amen!Read full chapter”