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Holy Saturday

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Whispering Fear

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Allan Bevere
Apr 03, 2021
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John 19:38-42

Some things are done carefully and secretly out of fear. In our reading from John we are told that Joseph of Arimathea was a secret follower of Jesus "for fear of the Jews." ("Jews" here refers to the religious leadership in Jerusalem, not the Jewish people in general. Joseph himself was a Jew.) And yet, in our reading Joseph takes a step o…

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