King James Version Bible (KJV) With Apocrypha PDF

Jesus declares his divinity. No one, he tells Nicodemus, has yet ascended into heaven. Only Jesus knows heaven. Even while he is on earth as man, he is in heaven as God. Once Jesus has died and has risen from the dead, and then through the Ascension, then Jesus will be in heaven as man also. This is to be our gateway to heaven. Moses set the bronze serpent on the pole to cure those people who had been bitten by poisonous snakes in the wilderness (Numbers 21: 8-9). Jesus compares this to the crucifixion he must undergo [ … ]

Writing to the Philippians in the early second century, Saint Polycarp consciously places himself in continuity with Saint Paul, who had both preached in their city (Acts 16) and written to them decades earlier. His humility is striking: he openly acknowledges that he cannot rival the ‘wisdom of the blessed and glorious Paul’, yet he exhorts the faithful to live according to the same gospel Paul proclaimed. In this way, Polycarp embodies the role of a bishop as both guardian of apostolic teaching and shepherd of souls [ … ]

Psalm 23 is often referred to as the ‘Shepherd’s Psalm’ and is cherished for its profound comfort and reassurance in times of uncertainty and distress [ … ]