Synonyms: captured, trapped, catch, took, arrested, grabbed, taken, seized, stuck, apprehended, picked up, entangled, nabbed, jammed, abducted, acquired, got, bagged, gotten, netted, cornered, appropriated, tangled, snared, ensnared
Antonyms: free, freed, unconfined, loose, unrestrained, set free, uncuffed, emancipated, enfranchised, released, ambiguous, flaccid, let go, discharged, unbound, uncaged, unchained, unfettered, unleashed, unshackled, untied, avoided, discounted, disregarded, missed
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David Coffin
... . God is full of second chances regardless of any errors made on our end. This part of the good news found in Mark’s gospel. Jesus in Mark’s gospel still has a place for all people who either stayed with the family ties or are have been untied to the family traditions. That is, all who do follow Jesus’ teachings and will as disciples are already part of the kingdom of God. Jesus looked at the crowds all around him, many who are nameless peasants, and people who will never have a book written or movie ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... , or even a prominent rabbi, was allowed to requisition any private property as long as the rights of the owner were preserved. But even had they known that law -- it would not have been an easy thing to go to a strange place, to a strange man, and simply untie his donkey and take it away. That would have been very embarrassing, to have to confront the owner of the donkey. It's not always easy to trust the instructor-- but if we are going to be disciples -- we are going to have to trust Jesus. Some of you ...
3. LENT: The Passion of Christ: "Exalted"
Luke 19:28-40, John 19:14-30
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Billy D. Strayhorn
... , "Go into the village ahead of you, and as you enter it you will find tied there a colt that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here. [31] If anyone asks you, 'Why are you untying it?' just say this, 'The Lord needs it.' " [32] So those who were sent departed and found it as he had told them. [33] As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, "Why are you untying the colt?" [34] They said, "The Lord needs it." [35] Then they brought it to Jesus; and after throwing their cloaks on the colt ...
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King Duncan
... to this world. But there is a second facet to John’s announcement. John also announced that another baptism was coming, a baptism of the Holy Spirit. “After me comes the one more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.” You and I take great comfort in our baptism. To say that we are baptized into the Christian faith is one of the most important things that can ever happen to us. It is ...
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Michael Milton
... drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples and said to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately as you enter it you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it. If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord has need of it and will send it back here immediately.’” And they went away and found a colt tied at a door outside in the street, and they ...
6. All Is New in Christ
John 11:4-6, Philippians 3:4-11
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Richard Gribble
... presence is not so much to raise us from physical death, but to restore hope to all and unchain us from all that holds us back from being the fullness of who we want to be. The words of Jesus at the end of this gospel pericope are powerful indeed: "Untie him and let him go free." Jesus has removed the shackles and chains, the cloth of death from Lazarus. It can be that way for all of us as well! We must let go of the past, cut the ball and chain from our leg that impedes our forward movement ...
7. The Knot: Bound
Genesis 2:4-25
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James Merritt
... the doors, watches the video backwards and walks out a free man. What I would like for us to do today is walk backwards all the way to the beginning of time to the beginning of everything. I believe the secret to tying a knot that will never become untied is to let God tie the knot. Think about it. You don’t go two chapters into the first book of the Bible until you come to the very first marriage in history. Before God created the church, before God created the state, before God created the school, God ...
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King Duncan
... it and bring it here. If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it and will send it back here shortly.’” They went and found a colt outside in the street, tied at a doorway. As they untied it, some people standing there asked, “What are you doing, untying that colt?” They answered as Jesus had told them to, and the people let them let them take the colt. When they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks over it, he sat on it. Many people spread their cloaks ...
9. You Are Gifted
Matthew 2:1-12
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Lori Wagner
... challenge you to take with you a reminder of God’s great gift, the gift of Jesus in your life. Take that ribbon, and untie it, and as you untie that ribbon, you will open your heart to release your giftedness into the world, so that you can be a gift in someone ... . Being a follower of Jesus is not just a pretty package, all wrapped in a tidy bow. To live a gifted life, we need to untie and unwrap that gift, live that gift of Jesus in our hearts, and release that gift into the world so that we can be Jesus ...
10. Jesus' Advance Man
John 1:6-8; 19-28
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King Duncan
... , John the Baptist becomes the man who is not. When the priests and Levites ask him who he is, he replies that “he is not the light. He is not the Christ. He is not Elijah. He is not the final Prophet.” Then he adds, “He is not worthy to untie the true One’s sandals. He is not the one to baptize with the Holy Spirit. “John the Baptist had a kind of reverse résumé,” says Juel. “Typically on a résumé you list all the things that you are, all the things you have done and accomplished. But ...
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King Duncan
... . They came to the villages of Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives. Jesus sent two of his disciples into one of the villages where, he said, near the entrance to the village, they would find “a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it,” he said, “and bring it here. If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it and will send it back here shortly.’” The two disciples did as Jesus instructed. They went into the village and found a colt outside in ...
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Thomas Slavens
... Sunday, as Jesus approached Jerusalem, he sent two of his disciples to a village nearby; there, he told them, they would find a colt upon which no one had ever sat. His instructions were that the colt was to be untied and brought to him. If anyone asked them, “Why are you untying it?” they were to reply, “The Lord has need of it.” (Luke 19:31) The Lord today has need of the lives of people. On this Palm Sunday millions about the world again are proclaiming “Hosanna.” The word “king” means ...
13. On Being Salty
Matthew 5:13-16
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John Jamison
... had to earn this woman's affections, and he came upon the perfect plan to do just that. Uncle Peacock decided he was going to untie his houseboat and float down the river to New Orleans. That sounded like the kind of thing to get a woman's attention, but you ... for the launch had come, and he oozed his way down to the river and his boat. It had been a long party. Uncle Peacock untied his sailing ship, pushed out into the middle of the river, and promptly fell asleep. He was on his way to New Orleans to win ...
14. The Stranger in the Manger
John 1:1-18, John 1:19-28
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Johnny Dean
... says that someone else is the stranger. "I baptize with water," he says, "but among you stands one whom you do not know, the one who is coming after me. I am not worthy to untie the thong of his sandal." Whoa! Wait just a minute there, John! What are you saying? "Among you stands one you do not know, and I'm not fit to untie his shoes?" You must be talking about Jesus, and yet you say we don't KNOW him? What a ridiculous thing to say! Of course, we know Jesus! He's the one in the manger ...
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Larry Powell
... wood (Numbers 15:32), and kindling fire for the purpose of boiling or baking (Numbers 35:3). There were even rules prescribing the kinds of knots which one might tie on the Sabbath: It was unlawful for a camel driver or sailor either to tie or untie a knot. However, a knot which could be untied with one hand was allowed. A pitcher at a spring could be tied to a body-sash, but not with a cord. The amount of food one carried must be less in bulk than a dried fig - only enough honey to anoint a wound; enough ...
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Richard Hoefler
... I tell you that you would see God’s glory if you believed?" So they roll the stone away and Jesus calls out in a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!" And to the amazement of all, the dead man comes forth, still wrapped in grave cloth. Then Jesus speaks, "Untie him. Let him go." The words Jesus spoke must have struck a familiar note in the minds of the Jews who heard about the deed done that day. Moses had cried out, "Let my people go!" And the greatest event of Jewish history happened - the people of God were ...
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King Duncan
... this vantage point Jesus realized that the end of his earthly ministry was soon approaching. "The hour has come," Jesus tells his followers. He instructs two of his disciples to go into a nearby village where they will find a colt that has never been ridden. "Untie it," Jesus tells them, "and bring it." If someone asks why they are taking the colt, they are simply to say, "The Lord needs it." With that assurance the two disciples set out in search of a colt. Imagine their surprise and joy when they find ...
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Mark Trotter
... commandment says, "You shall remember the sabbath day and keep it holy." Jesus healed the woman on the sabbath. The religious leaders objected. They said, "You have broken the sabbath law." Jesus says back to them, "You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the sabbath untie his ox or his ass from the manger and lead it away to water it? And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day." The amazing thing about this passage is ...
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King Duncan
... about me!” The young man had gotten into a lot of trouble before going into the service. He could not stand the thought of facing his family. The story of Lazarus gave him hope and courage to face the consequences back home. He had been “turned loose, untied.” (6) Christ rolled away the stone of his life. That’s what Christ does for us. He gives us the power to start again, to live again. He said to Lazarus, “Lazarus, come out!” Then to those who were present, “Take off the grave clothes and ...
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Richard Gribble
... to follow. The path was to be straight, with every valley filled in, every mountain made low, and the rough road made a plain. John told others about Jesus, the one who was to come, the one who was so powerful that even John was not fit to untie his sandals. John proclaimed a baptism of repentance with water, but Jesus would come with a baptism in the Holy Spirit. John was the one sent by God to point others to Christ. John the Baptist was a great prophet who, like the prophets of earlier generations, spoke ...
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Leonard Sweet
... confident or scared, leading or following, doubting or believing. As two, they also presented a more plausible picture to those who would question them about taking the colt. One man skulking up to untie an animal that was not his own was surely a thief. But two men, engaged in conversation while confidently untying the colt, looked like a mission. When the "bystanders" asked the two disciples exactly what they were doing, as Jesus had foretold they would, the disciples are not only prepared with the answer ...
22. Job Is for Real
Job 1:1, 2:1-10
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Donna Schaper
... . She treats her children cruelly, as if they were not her own. For God deprived her of wisdom and left her with little sense. And yet when she spreads her wings to run, she laughs at the horse and the rider. Or did you give the horse his strength? ... Who unties the wild ass and lets him wander at will? — Job 39:13-19, 5-6a Did you deck the ostrich with wings, with elegant plumes and feathers? She lays her eggs in the dirt and lets them hatch on the ground, forgetting that a foot may crush them or sharp ...
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Leonard Sweet
... to himself and his mission. John’s baptism is “with water” while the coming Messiah’s baptism will be with “the Holy Spirit and fire.” Personally John declares he is not even fit to act as a servant to this one who is coming, “not worthy to untie the thong of his sandals” (v.16). “Methinks thou dost protest too much” comes to mind in the wake of John’s repeated emphases that his role is merely to proclaim the need for preparedness in the face of imminent judgment. John’s image of the ...
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King Duncan
... Bethany at the hill called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples on ahead to a village where, he said, they would find a colt of a donkey which no one had ever ridden. He told them to untie it and bring it to him. If anyone asked, “Why are you untying it?” They were to say, “The Lord needs it.” Some background might be helpful here. We are told that donkeys were valuable. Because many of the people were quite poor, donkeys were often cooperatively owned by several families. This system ...
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Leonard Sweet
... and categorically denies the messianic mantle. Not only is the one who is on his way more “powerful” than John, but the messenger is not even worthy of untying “the thong of his sandals.” Twenty-first century readers hear this disclaimer as John’s putting himself even lower than a slave in respect to the proclaimed one — since untying the master’s sandal was a household slave’s duty. But within Old Testament Levirate marriage traditions, loosening the strap of a sandal was a sign that the ...
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