1.金句反芻: 這血要在你們所住的房屋上作記號;我一見這血,就逾越你們。我擊打埃及地的時候,災殃必不臨到你們身上施行毀滅。你們要記念這日,世世代代守這日為耶和華的節日,作為你們永遠的定例。 But the blood on your doorposts will serve as a sign, marking the houses where you are staying. When I see the blood, I will pass over you. This plague of death will not touch you when I strike the land of Egypt.“This is a day to remember. Each year, from generation to generation, you must celebrate it as a special festival to the Lord. This is a law for all time. (出埃及記 Exodus 12:13-14)
1.金句反芻: 耶穌說了這些話,心裏憂愁,於是明確地說:「我實實在在地告訴你們,你們中間有一個人要出賣我。」 Now Jesus was deeply troubled, and he exclaimed, “I tell you the truth, one of you will betray me!” (約翰福音 John 13:21)
1.金句反芻: 他使我的口如快刀,把我藏在他手蔭之下;又使我成為磨利的箭,把我藏在他箭袋之中。 He made my words of judgment as sharp as a sword. He has hidden me in the shadow of his hand. I am like a sharp arrow in his quiver. (以賽亞書 Isaiah 49:2)
1.金句反芻: 但現在基督已經來到,作了已實現的美事的大祭司,經過那更大更全備的帳幕,不是人手所造,也不是屬於這世界的;他不用山羊和牛犢的血,而是用自己的血,只一次進入至聖所就獲得了永遠的贖罪。 So Christ has now become the High Priest over all the good things that have come. He has entered that greater, more perfect Tabernacle in heaven, which was not made by human hands and is not part of this created world. With his own blood—not the blood of goats and calves—he entered the Most Holy Place once for all time and secured our redemption forever. (希伯來書 Hebrews 9:11-12)
1.金句反芻: 前呼後擁的人羣喊着說:「和散那歸於大衛之子!奉主名來的是應當稱頌的!至高無上的,和散那!」耶穌進了耶路撒冷,全城都驚動了,說:「這是誰?」 Jesus was in the center of the procession, and the people all around him were shouting,“Praise God for the Son of David! Blessings on the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Praise God in highest heaven!” The entire city of Jerusalem was in an uproar as he entered. “Who is this?” they asked. (馬太福音 Matthew 21:9-10)
3.默想與回應(張勝為牧師撰寫): (1)在極度的恐懼裡,常常讓人有許多恐怖的想像,在這裡用「極深的地府(deep within the pit)」來形容。 (2)「當敵人誇耀與嘲笑時,他是多麼地想報復啊」。在聖經的文學中,有不少的「咒詛詩」(Imprecatory Psalms),裡面甚至會用以暴制暴的語言。我們要注意這也是一種「祈禱文」(您沒聽錯,這對有些人來說大概很嚇人),簡單來說是向上帝訴苦,而不是真的自己動用私刑。即將進入聖週,我們也想起我們主耶穌的祈禱:「父啊!赦免他們,因為他們所做的,他們不知道。」(路加福音23:34) (3)在絕望中有出路、在無奈中有新的意義,這是對我們信仰的操練,也是信實的上帝重新彰顯自己的時刻。
1.金句反芻: 因為你們蒙恩,不但得以信服基督,而且要為他受苦。你們的爭戰,就與你們曾在我身上見過、現在所聽到的是一樣的。 For you have been given not only the privilege of trusting in Christ but also the privilege of suffering for him. We are in this struggle together. You have seen my struggle in the past, and you know that I am still in the midst of it. (腓立比書 Phillipians 1:29-30)