Narrative Lectionary

Psalm 23
Commentary on Acts 17:16-31

Likely if you have read critical commentaries on this passage before reading this essay, you [...]

Psalm 23
Commentary on Acts 16:16-34

In Jesus’ first sermon, according to Luke, he reads from Isaiah announcing that he has [...]

Psalm 23
Commentary on Acts 9:1-19a

There is no story in Acts more important than Saul/Paul’s call, his encounter with the [...]

Psalm 23
Commentary on John 20:19-31

Maybe you have had this experience: one of your friends comes back from seeing a [...]

Psalm 23
Commentary on John 20:1-18

Christ is risen, and Mary is weeping: John’s account of the disciples’ discovery of the [...]

Psalm 23
Commentary on John 19:31-42

Our four Gospels each offer a unique portrait of Jesus. Perhaps their most stable agreement [...]

Psalm 23
Commentary on John 19:23-30

John’s passion narrative presents Jesus as the Son of God and Son of Man who [...]

Psalm 23
Commentary on John 12:12-27; 19:16b-22

Christian tradition has long identified Jesus’ willing acceptance of the [...]

Psalm 23
Commentary on John 19:1-16a

This week’s text continues Jesus’ trial before Pilate. The first three scenes, covered in last [...]

Psalm 23
Commentary on John 18:28-40

The narrative lectionary gives us two weeks to consider Jesus’ interaction with Pilate in John [...]