The next morning ¹  Jesus ²  departed and went to a deserted place. Yet ³  the crowds were seeking him, and they came to him and tried to keep him from leaving them.

Woe to you experts in religious law! You have taken away ¹  the key to knowledge! You did not go in yourselves, and you hindered ²  those who were going in.”

But the centurion, ¹  wanting to save Paul’s life, ²  prevented them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land, ³ 

The ¹  remnant of Benjamin must be preserved. An entire Israelite tribe should not be wiped out. ² 

Azariah the priest and eighty other brave priests of the Lord followed him in.

If he comes by ¹  and confines ²  you ³  and convenes a court, ⁴  then who can prevent ⁵  him?

My heart ¹  is in turmoil ²  unceasingly; ³  the days of my affliction confront me.

Take heed, do not turn to evil, for because of this you have been tested ¹  by affliction.

(Who has confronted ¹  me that I should repay? ²  Everything under heaven belongs to me!) ³ 

As for me, I cry out to you, O Lord; in the morning my prayer confronts you.

Let’s enter his presence ¹  with thanksgiving! Let’s shout out to him in celebration! ² 

I am up before dawn crying for help. I find hope in your word.

My eyes anticipate the nighttime hours, so that I can meditate on your word.

Bring out some water for the thirsty. You who live in the land of Tema, bring some food for the fugitives.

However, Ahikam son of Shaphan ¹  used his influence to keep Jeremiah from being handed over and executed by the people. ² 

Then Jeremiah told Baruch, “I am no longer allowed to go ¹  into the Lord’s temple.

Now the soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners ¹  so that none of them would escape by swimming away. ² 

But you know it was because of a physical illness that I first proclaimed the gospel to you,

We must go out to him, then, outside the camp, bearing the abuse he experienced. ¹ 

Then he will not exalt himself above his fellow citizens or turn from the commandments to the right or left, and he and his descendants will enjoy many years ruling over his kingdom ¹  in Israel.