A Knotty Text Question that has relevance to our study of John Does John 7:53 – 8.11 belong where it is or should it even be in the Bible at all? A good study Bible will footnote this section and tell you most of the …
Bible Gem 58 – A Knotty Textual problem – Summary of the evidence (John 7:53-8:11)
Bible Gem 57 – Time Not Yet Come – John’s continuing refrain (John 7:6)
We closed yesterday with the comparison of Luke and the fact that the sending of the 70 as Jesus is heading to Jerusalem is left out of John. Matthew Henry suggests, Jesus had to send out the 70 before he went off to Jerusalem. Apparently …
Bible Gem 56 – I am not going up to the Temple continued (John 7:6)
How did you go? Did you find some answers? How did you find them? I hope what we have been doing together is giving you some tools for your bible study. Don’t neglect ‘the resources you have in E-sword. I have a number of different …
Bible Gem 55 – Was Jesus Lying? (John 7:6)
This is another verse that attracts attention. In fact the verses around it are curious to say the least. and Jesus’ brothers said to Him, “Leave here and go to Judea, where Your followers can see Your miracles! You can’t become famous if You hide …
Bible Gem 54 – The Thread of Rejection (John 6:41-71)
There is one more little theme in John 6 before we leave and move to chapter 7. – We do need to keep going. (Tania’s group covering Deuteronomy at BSF covered Deuteronomy 1-16 in one sitting.) At that rate we would cover John in two …
Bible Gem 53 – Son of Man and the Seal of Approval (John 6:27)
Don’t forget the last of John’s other big themes is that we believe / know Jesus is the Messiah (the Christ), the Son of God. So note what he includes in this major theme section. At the end of the feeding of the 5000 the …
Bible Gem 52 – Believe to Eternal Life (John 6:26)
Don’t be concerned about perishable things like food. Spend your energy seeking the eternal life that the Son of Man can give you. John 6:27 Notice how John weaves these themes together. And how do you get this eternal life? By believing in Jesus. You …
Bible Gem 51 – I tell You the Truth (John 6:26-54)
Here are more of those Truly truly sayings – but not just one, but four in a short space of a few verses. 6:26, 32, 47 and 53. Man this is laying it on a bit thick isn’t it? Talk about repetition. It is the …
Bible Gem 50 – The Little Hidden Miracle (John 6:14-25)
When the people saw Him do this miraculous sign, they exclaimed, “Surely, He is the Prophet we have been expecting! John 6:14 The segment of Jesus walking on the water is the meat in sandwich between the verse above and this one. Then they were …
Bible Gem 49 – Deciphering the changes (John 6:1-10)
Let’s review those changes. After all it has been a while since we were working on it. John refers to the location generally rather than the specific location of Bethsaida as Luke does. He is not interested in the particular location. There is something behind …