Daily Bible Reading 10 June 2024

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June 10

Daily Bible Reading: 2 Chronicles 34-36, John 19:1-22

2 Chronicles 34:33 (NKJV) Thus Josiah removed all the abominations from all the country that belonged to the children of Israel and made all who were present in Israel diligently serve the LORD their God. All his days they did not depart from following the LORD God of their fathers.

2 Chronicles 35:20-22 (NKJV) After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Carchemish by the Euphrates; and Josiah went out against him. But he sent messengers to him, saying, "What have I to do with you, king of Judah? I have not come against you this day, but against the house with which I have war; for God commanded me to make haste. Refrain from meddling with God, who is with me, lest He destroy you." Nevertheless, Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself so that he might fight with him, and did not heed the words of Necho from the mouth of God. So he came to fight in the Valley of Megiddo.

35:21-27. Neco tried his best to dissuade Josiah from this course of action, arguing that God was with him (Neco) in his mission and would destroy Josiah if he did not back off. Neco had indeed received such instructions from the Lord God, but Josiah intervened anyway and despite disguising himself (like Ahab; cf. 18:29) was fatally wounded on the battlefield at Megiddo. For centuries the flat plains of Megiddo have been the scene of many battles. Armageddon (lit., the mountain of Megiddo) will be the scene of Christ's battle at His second coming (Rev. 16:16; cf. Rev. 19).

The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures by Dallas Seminary Faculty.

John 19:1-6 (KJV) Then Pilate therefore took Jesus and scourged him. And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe, and said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands. Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him. Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man! When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.

19:1-3. Third, Pilate... had him flogged. Pilate's action, according to Luke (23:16), was another attempt at compromise. He hoped the crowd would be satisfied with a little blood. Roman flogging was done with a leather whip with bits of metal at the ends. Such flogging often kills a person. The flogging, the mocking crown of thorns and purple robe, the ridiculing in hailing Him King of the Jews, and the physical blows on His face—these were all part of Jesus' deep humiliation as He was identified with human sin as the Servant of the Lord (cf. Isa. 50:6; 52:14-53:6). (Matthew and Mark added that the soldiers spit on Jesus [Matt. 27:30; Mark 15:19].) The thorns on His head are mindful of the curse of thorns caused by human sin (Gen. 3:18).

The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures by Dallas Seminary Faculty.

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