Crowds Clamor for Yeshua

⁷ Yeshua withdrew to the sea with His disciples, and a large crowd from the Galilee followed. From Judea, ⁸ and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and beyond the Jordan, and around Tyre and Sidon, a great number, hearing all He was doing, came to Him. ⁹ He told His disciples to have a small boat ready for Him because of the crowd, so that they wouldn’t mob Him.

¹⁰ For He had healed many, so that all those afflicted fell down before Him in order to touch Him. ¹¹ And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw Him, would fall down before Him and cry out, “You are Ben-Elohim!” ¹² But Yeshua strictly ordered them not to make Him known.

Appointing the Twelve

¹³ Now He climbs up on the mountain and calls those He Himself wanted, and they came to Him. ¹⁴ He appointed twelve (whom He also named emissaries), so that they might be with Him and He might send them to proclaim the Good News, ¹⁵ and to have power to drive out demons. ¹⁶ And He appointed the Twelve: to Simon He gave the name Peter; ¹⁷ to Jacob and his brother John, the sons of Zebedee, He gave the name Boanerges, which is Sons of Thunder; ¹⁸ and Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, Jacob the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot; ^{[a] 19} and Judah from Kriot, who also betrayed Him.

²² And when the days of their purification were fulfilled,^[a] according to the Torah of Moses, they brought Him to Jerusalem to present to Adonai. ²³ As it is written in the Torah of Adonai, “Every firstborn male that opens the womb shall be called holy to Adonai.” ^{[b] 24} So they offered a sacrifice according to what was said in the Torah of Adonai: “a pair of turtle doves, or two young pigeons.”^[c]

³¹ It was the Day of Preparation, and the next day was a festival Shabbat. So that the bodies should not remain on the execution stake during Shabbat, the Judean leaders asked Pilate to have the legs broken and to have the bodies taken away.

³² So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and then the other who had been executed with Yeshua. ³³ Now when they came to Yeshua and saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs. ³⁴ But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out. ³⁵ He who has seen it has testified, and his testimony is true. He knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe. ³⁶ These things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled, “Not a bone of His shall be broken.” ^{[a] 37} And again another Scripture says, “They shall look on Him whom they have pierced.”^[b]

²⁰ Therefore, when you meet together in the same place, it is not to eat the Lord’s Supper— ²¹ for each one takes his own supper beforehand, and one goes hungry while another gets drunk. ²² What! It is certainly not that you do not have houses, is it? Don’t you have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise God’s community and try to humiliate those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? I don’t praise you for this!

²³ For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you—that the Lord Yeshua, on the night He was betrayed, took matzah; ^{[a] 24} and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said,^[b] “This is My body, which is for you. Do this in memory of Me.” ²⁵ In the same way, He also took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant^[c] in My blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in memory of Me.” ²⁶ For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.

²⁷ Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the Lord’s cup in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord. ²⁸ But a man must examine himself, and then let him eat of the bread and drink from the cup. ²⁹ For the one who eats and drinks without recognizing the body, eats and drinks judgment on himself. ³⁰ For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and quite a few have died. ^{[d] 31} For if we were judging ourselves thoroughly, we wouldn’t be coming under judgment. ³² But when we are judged, we are being disciplined by the Lord so that we might not be condemned along with the world.

³³ So then, my brothers and sisters, when you come together to eat, wait for one another. ³⁴ If anyone is hungry let him eat at home, so that when you meet it doesn’t lead to judgment. And the rest I will put in order when I come.

⁶ Then the seven angels holding the seven trumpets prepared to sound them. ⁷ The first trumpeted,^[a] and there was hail and fire mixed with blood, and they were thrown upon the earth.^[b] A third of the earth burned up, a third of the trees burned up, and all the green grass burned up.

⁸ The second angel trumpeted, and something like a huge mountain^[c] ablaze with fire was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned into blood, ⁹ a third of the creatures living in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.

¹⁰ The third angel trumpeted, and a great star fell from the heavens, burning like a torch. It fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. ¹¹ Now the name of the star is Wormwood; and a third of the waters became wormwood, and many people died from the waters that were made bitter.^[d]

¹² The fourth angel trumpeted, and a third of the sun and a third of the moon and a third of the stars were struck, so that a third of them were darkened.^[e] A third of the day would not shine, as well as a third of the night.

¹³ Then I looked, and I heard an eagle crying out with a loud voice as it flew high in the sky, saying, “Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpets the three angels are about to sound!”

9 Then the fifth angel trumpeted, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth. The key to the bottomless pit was given to him. ² He opened the pit, and smoke rose from the pit like the smoke of a gigantic furnace.^[f] The sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the pit.

³ Then from the smoke came locusts upon the earth, and power was given to them like the scorpions have power over the earth. ^{[g] 4} They were told to do no harm to the grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree, but only the people who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. ^{[h] 5} And they were permitted not to kill them, but to torment them for five months—and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings a person. ⁶ In those days, people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will flee from them.^[i]

⁷ Now the appearance of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle.^[j] On their heads were something like crowns of gold, and their faces were like human faces. ⁸ They had hair like women’s hair, and their teeth were like those of lions. ^{[k] 9} They had chests like iron breastplates; and the noise of their wings was like the noise of many horse-drawn chariots rushing into battle. ^{[l] 10} They have tails like scorpions with stingers; and in their tails is their power to harm people for five months. ¹¹ They have as king over them the angel of the abyss. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he has the name Apollyon.^[m]

¹² The first woe is past. Behold, two woes are still coming after these things.

Seven Bowls of God’s Wrath

16 Then I heard a loud voice from the Temple saying to the seven angels, “Go and pour out on the earth the seven bowls of God’s wrath.” ^{[a] 2} So the first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and foul and painful boils^[b] came upon the people having the mark of the beast and worshiping his image. ³ Next the second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it became blood like that of a corpse; and every living thing in the sea died. ^{[c] 4} Then the third angel poured out his bowl into the rivers and the springs of water, and they became blood. ^{[d] 5} Then I heard the angel of the waters saying,

⁸ The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was permitted to scorch people with fire. ⁹ People were scorched with fierce heat, and they cursed the name of God—the One who has power over these plagues. But they did not repent, to give Him glory.

¹⁰ Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom was plunged into darkness.^[g] People gnawed their tongues in pain ¹¹ and cursed the God of heaven because of their pains and their boils. But they did not repent of their deeds.^[h]

¹² The sixth angel poured out his bowl over the great river Euphrates; and its water was dried up, to prepare the way for the kings from the east. ¹³ Then I saw—coming from the dragon’s mouth and from the beast’s mouth and from the false prophet’s mouth—three unclean spirits like frogs. ^{[i] 14} For they are demonic spirits performing miraculous signs, who go out to the kings of the whole world—to gather them for battle on the great Day of Elohei Tzva’ot.^[j]

¹⁵ “Behold, I am coming like a thief! How fortunate is the one who stays alert and keeps his clothes on, lest he walk around naked and they see his shamefulness.”

¹⁶ Then the spirits gathered the kings to the place called in Hebrew Har-Megiddo.^[k]

¹⁷ The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air. A loud voice came out of the Temple^[l] from the throne, saying, “It is done!” ^{[m] 18} And there were flashes of lightning and rumblings and clashes of thunder and a great earthquake—such as never happened since mankind has been on the earth, so mighty was the quake.^[n]

¹⁹ Then the great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. Babylon the great was remembered before God, to force her to drink the cup of the wine of His furious wrath. ^{[o] 20} Every island fled away, and no mountains were to be found. ²¹ Enormous hail—about a hundred pounds each^[p]—falls from heaven on the people. And the people cursed God because of the plague of hail—so extreme was that plague.^[q]