M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan

The Thousand Years: Satan Is Bound

20 And I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain on his hand. ² And he seized the dragon— the ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan^[a]— and bound him for a thousand^[b] years. ³ And he threw him into the abyss, and shut and sealed it over him in order that he might not deceive the nations anymore until the thousand years are finished. After these things he must be released for a short time.

The Thousand Years: Saints Reign With Christ

⁴ And I saw thrones— and they^[c] sat-down on them, and judgment^[d] was given to them— and the souls of the ones having been beheaded^[e] because of the testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and^[f] they who did not worship the beast nor his image, and did not receive the mark upon the forehead and upon their hand. And they came-to-life^[g] and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. ⁵ The rest of the dead did not come-to-life until the thousand years were finished. This is the first^[h] resurrection. ⁶ Blessed and holy is the one having a part in the first resurrection. The second death does not have authority over these, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with Him for the thousand years.

The End of The Thousand Years: Satan Is Defeated Forever

⁷ And when the thousand years are finished, Satan will be released from his prison. ⁸ And he will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth— Gog and Magog— to gather them together for the battle, whose number is like the sand of the sea. ⁹ And they went-up over the breadth^[i] of the earth, and surrounded^[j] the camp^[k] of the saints and^[l] the city having been loved. And fire came down from heaven and devoured them. ¹⁰ And the devil, the one deceiving them, was thrown into the lake of fire and sulphur— where both^[m] the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented by day and by night forever and ever.

Vision 6: The Great White Throne Judgment

¹¹ And I saw a great white throne, and the One sitting on it, from Whose presence the earth fled, and the heaven, and a place was not found for them. ¹² And I saw the dead^[n]— the great and the small— standing before the throne. And books^[o] were opened. And another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged from the things having been written in the books, according-to^[p] their works. ¹³ And the sea gave the dead in it, and death and Hades gave the dead in them, and they were judged— each one— according-to their works. ¹⁴ And death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death— the lake of fire. ¹⁵ And if anyone was not found having been written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

19 ¹ So at that time Pilate took Jesus and whipped Him. ² And the soldiers, having woven a crown out of thorns, put it on His head. And they clothed Him with a purple garment. ³ And they were coming to Him and saying, “Hail^[a], King of the Jews!” And they were giving Him slaps.

The Jews Shout, Crucify Him, Because He Made Himself To Be God’s Son!

⁴ And Pilate again went outside. And he says to them, “Look— I am bringing Him outside to you in order that you may know that I find no charge in Him”. ⁵ Then Jesus came outside, wearing the crown made-of-thorns and the purple garment. And he says to them, “Behold, the man!” ⁶ Then when they saw Him, the chief priests and the officers shouted, saying, “Crucify, crucify!” Pilate says to them, “You take Him and crucify Him, for I do not find a charge in Him”. ⁷ The Jews responded to him, “We have a law. And according to the law He ought to die, because He made Himself to be God’s Son”.

Pilate Asks Jesus, Where Are You From? Jesus Does Not Answer

⁸ Then when Pilate heard this statement, he became more afraid. ⁹ And he entered into the Praetorium again. And he says to Jesus, “Where are You from?” But Jesus did not give him an answer. ¹⁰ So Pilate says to Him, “You do not speak to me? Do You not know that I have authority to release You, and I have authority to crucify You?” ¹¹ Jesus answered him, “You would not have any authority against^[b] Me unless it^[c] had been given to you from above. For this reason the one having handed Me over to you has a greater sin”.

Pilate Tries To Release Jesus, But The Jewish Leaders Stop Him

¹² From this time^[d], Pilate was seeking to release Him, but the Jews shouted saying, “If you release this One, you are not a friend of Caesar. Everyone making himself the king is speaking-against Caesar”.

Pilate Hesitates Again, But Condemns Jesus

¹³ Therefore Pilate, having heard these words, brought Jesus outside, and sat on a judgment-seat in a place being called ‘The Pavement’ (but in Hebrew, ‘Gabbatha’). ¹⁴ Now it was Preparation^[e] day of the Passover [Feast]^[f]. The hour was about the sixth^[g]. And he says to the Jews, “Look— your King!” ¹⁵ Then those ones shouted, “Take Him away, take Him away, crucify Him!” Pilate says to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We do not have a king except Caesar”. ¹⁶ So at that time he handed Him over to them^[h] in order that He might be crucified.

The King of The Jews Is Crucified

So they took Jesus. ¹⁷ And bearing the cross for Himself, He went out to the place being called “The Place of a Skull” (which is called in Hebrew, “Golgotha”), ¹⁸ where they crucified Him and two others with Him— on this side and on this side, and Jesus in the middle. ¹⁹ And Pilate also wrote a title^[i] and put it on the cross. And it had been written, “Jesus the Nazarene, the King of the Jews”. ²⁰ Therefore many of the Jews read this title, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city. And it had been written in Hebrew, Latin, Greek. ²¹ So the chief priests of the Jews were saying to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King of the Jews’, but that that One said, ‘I am King of the Jews’”. ²² Pilate responded, “What I have written, I have written”.

The Soldiers Take His Garments, Fulfilling Psalm 22

²³ Then the soldiers, when they crucified Jesus, took His garments and made four parts— a part for each soldier— and the tunic^[j]. Now the tunic was seamless, woven from the top through the whole. ²⁴ So they said to one another, “Let us not tear it, but let us cast-lots for it to decide whose it will be”— in order that the Scripture [in Ps 22:18] might be fulfilled, the one saying, “They divided My garments among themselves, and they cast a lot for My clothing”. So indeed, the soldiers did these things.

John Takes Mary Into His Household

²⁵ Now His mother, and the sister of His mother, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary the Magdalene, were standing beside the cross of Jesus. ²⁶ So Jesus, having seen His mother and the disciple^[k] whom He was loving standing near, says to His mother, “Woman, look— your son!” ²⁷ Then He says to the disciple, “Look— your mother!” And from that hour the disciple took her into^[l] his own things.

Jesus Dies

²⁸ After this, Jesus— knowing that all things have already^[m] been finished, in order that the Scripture [in Ps 69:21] might be accomplished— says, “I am thirsty”. ²⁹ A jar full of sour-wine was setting there. So having put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch, they brought it to His mouth. ³⁰ Then when He received the sour wine, Jesus said, “It has been finished!” And having bowed His head, He gave-over^[n] His spirit.

Jesus Is Pierced With a Spear, But a Bone Is Not Broken, Fulfilling The Prophecies

³¹ Then the Jews— because it was Preparation day, in order that the bodies might not remain on the cross during the Sabbath (for the day of that Sabbath was a great^[o] day)— asked Pilate that their legs be broken, and they be taken away. ³² So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first one, and of the other one having been crucified-with Him. ³³ But having come to Jesus, when they saw Him already dead, they did not break His legs. ³⁴ But one of the soldiers stabbed His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out. ³⁵ And the one^[p] having seen it has testified, and his testimony is true. And that one^[q] knows that he is speaking true things, so that you also may believe. ³⁶ For these things took place in order that the Scripture [in Ex 12:46] might be fulfilled: “A bone of His will not be broken”. ³⁷ And again another Scripture [Zech 12:10] says, “They will look at the One Whom they pierced”.

Joseph Lays Jesus In a Tomb

³⁸ Now after these things Joseph from Arimathea— being a disciple of Jesus, but having been hidden^[r] because of the fear of the Jews— asked Pilate in order that he might take away the body of Jesus. And Pilate permitted it. So he came and took away His body. ³⁹ And Nicodemus also came— the one having first come to Him by night— bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds^[s]. ⁴⁰ So they took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen-cloths with the spices, as is the custom for the Jews to prepare-for-burial. ⁴¹ Now there was a garden in the place where He was crucified. And in the garden was a new tomb in which no one yet had been laid. ⁴² So there— because of the Preparation day of the Jews, because the tomb was near— they laid Jesus.