Day 63 – November 8, 2026 – Luke 19

There is one little phrase at the end of this chapter that almost feels like a throw away line, but is really important. Before we get to that a reminder that this is the chapter in Luke that contains the story of Palm Sunday and in Luke he goes into the temple right after the donkey ride and cleans out the temple. The last sentence mentions that he was in the temple teaching every day and the religious leaders were looking to kill him. But they were unable to kill Jesus because the poeple were, wait for it, spellbound, by Jesus. Now, that is a powerful word, almost as if Jesus had cast a spell, which is not at all what Scripture is implying. Instead, the implication is that Jesus was so appealing and so convincing that people could not look away.