Hi, friends. I am Annie F. Downs. Let's read the Gospels. And I want to thank our friends

at crew for sponsoring this month. If you haven't jumped in with us to help crew,

put Bibles in hands today is your day. You guys, you can learn more about the work we

get to do together at give dot crew dot org slash Annie. The link is also in the show notes.

The Gospels are the first four books of the New Testament of the Bible, Matthew, Mark,

Luke and John. These are the stories of Jesus Christ's life on earth, the friendships,

the parables, the sacrifices, the meals, the miracles. Each month, we read all four books.

So we have just finished as of today, our fifth round through the Gospels tomorrow will

be a day off or a day to catch up. And then we'll start a new round on June 1. June

is going to be so fun as we jump into the NRSV. Y'all, it is going to be so fun to get

to read it in that version. So you can get the reading plan and the let's read the Gospels

guidebook. All that is available at anyfdowns.com slash Gospels. So here's how this works.

I'll read three chapters to you today. The last three chapters of the book of John. And

you can listen to read along in your own Bible. And then I'll pray. And that's it. So today

is May 30th, day 30. And I'll be reading John chapters 19 through 21. And for the last

time this month, I am reading from the CSB version. John 19. Then Pilate took Jesus and

had him flagged. The soldiers also twisted together a crown of thorns, put it on his head

and clothed him in a purple robe. And they kept coming up to him and saying, Hale, king

of the Jews, and we're slapping his face. Pilate went outside again and said to them,

Look, I'm bringing him out to you to let you know I find no grounds for charging him.

Then Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them,

here's the man. When the chief priests and the typhal servants saw him, they shouted,

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