Mark 15:43

Behold, there are some who are last who will be first, and there are some who are first who will be last.”

Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh.

But many who are first will be last; and the last first.”

They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.

I have hoped for your salvation, Yahweh. I have done your commandments.

I have longed for your salvation, Yahweh. Your law is my delight.

Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.

Behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him.

Coming up at that very hour, she gave thanks to the Lord, and spoke of him to all those who were looking for redemption in Jerusalem.

Yet no one spoke openly of him for fear of the Jews.

Simon Peter followed Jesus, as did another disciple. Now that disciple was known to the high priest, and entered in with Jesus into the court of the high priest;

Now the servants and the officers were standing there, having made a fire of coals, for it was cold. They were warming themselves. Peter was with them, standing and warming himself.

forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved, to fill up their sins always. But wrath has come on them to the uttermost.

Moses said to the people, “Don’t be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of Yahweh, which he will work for you today; for you will never again see the Egyptians whom you have seen today.

The wicked is brought down in his calamity, but in death, the righteous has a refuge.

It shall be said in that day, “Behold, this is our God! We have waited for him, and he will save us! This is Yahweh! We have waited for him. We will be glad and rejoice in his salvation!”

For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, nor has the eye seen a God besides you, who works for him who waits for him.

But as for me, I will look to Yahweh. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.

For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won’t prove false. Though it takes time, wait for it; because it will surely come. It won’t delay.

As Peter was in the courtyard below, one of the maids of the high priest came,

For I tell you that none of those men who were invited will taste of my supper.’ ”

(he had not consented to their counsel and deed), from Arimathaea, a city of the Jews, who was also waiting for God’s Kingdom:

Now, Lord, look at their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your word with all boldness,

But the disbelieving Jews stirred up and embittered the souls of the Gentiles against the brothers.

But some Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there, and having persuaded the multitudes, they stoned Paul, and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.

Some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and not a few of the chief women.

preaching God’s Kingdom, and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness, without hindrance.

I have been in travels often, perils of rivers, perils of robbers, perils from my countrymen, perils from the Gentiles, perils in the city, perils in the wilderness, perils in the sea, perils among false brothers;

that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us.

These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and embraced them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

I waited patiently for Yahweh. He turned to me, and heard my cry.

I will wait for Yahweh, who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

“Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God.

They came into the house and saw the young child with Mary, his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Opening their treasures, they offered to him gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

“Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in by it.

Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas.

When he found out from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.

“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people;

But we were hoping that it was he who would redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things happened.

But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.

Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under the sky.

Now when the synagogue broke up, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas; who, speaking to them, urged them to continue in the grace of God.

But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with jealousy, and contradicted the things which were spoken by Paul, and blasphemed.

But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul at Beroea also, they came there likewise, agitating the multitudes.

When the seven days were almost completed, the Jews from Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the multitude and laid hands on him,

Whom he predestined, those he also called. Whom he called, those he also justified. Whom he justified, those he also glorified.

Now thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift!

and in nothing frightened by the adversaries, which is for them a proof of destruction, but to you of salvation, and that from God.

For this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that when you received from us the word of the message of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which also works in you who believe.

persecutions, and sufferings: those things that happened to me at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. I endured those persecutions. The Lord delivered me out of them all.

I have waited for your salvation, Yahweh.

When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle, went out, and stood in the entrance of the cave. Behold, a voice came to him, and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him.

I wait for Yahweh. My soul waits. I hope in his word.

Therefore Yahweh will wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy on you, for Yahweh is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.

But many will be last who are first; and first who are last.

So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen.”

When evening had come, a rich man from Arimathaea, named Joseph, who himself was also Jesus’ disciple came.

Watch and pray, that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Peter had followed him from a distance, until he came into the court of the high priest. He was sitting with the officers, and warming himself in the light of the fire.

After these things, Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked of Pilate that he might take away Jesus’ body. Pilate gave him permission. He came therefore and took away his body.

But the Jews stirred up the devout and prominent women and the chief men of the city, and stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and threw them out of their borders.

Many of them therefore believed; also of the prominent Greek women, and not a few men.

For the creation waits with eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.

For we, through the Spirit, by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.

You were running well! Who interfered with you that you should not obey the truth?

and that most of the brothers in the Lord, being confident through my bonds, are more abundantly bold to speak the word of God without fear.

Let’s fear therefore, lest perhaps anyone of you should seem to have come short of a promise of entering into his rest.