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 52 – Believe to Eternal Life (John 6:26)
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 …
Bible Gem 48 – Time Out by the Sea of Galilee (John 6:1)
Sea of Galilee is elsewhere called “the sea of Tiberias” (Joh_21:1; Joh_6:1); “the lake of Gennesaret” (Luk_5:1); “the sea” (Joh_6:16, etc.), and “the lake” (Luk_5:1, etc.). The Old Testament names were “sea of Chinnereth” (ים־כּנּרת, yam kinneretȟ: Num_34:11; Deu_3:17; Jos_13:27; Jos_19:35), and “sea of Chinneroth” …
Bible Gem 47: This is live
This is live folks. When I conceived of the Bible Gems, the concept was to do it fresh and live. I have kept myself ahead of “you” by just a day or so. Deliberately so that I have a buffer if I have busy days …
Bible Gem 46 – The Feeding of the 5000 – John’s Changes (John 6:1-71)
Here are my findings: These are John’s specific changes or additions. This will help us to understand where he is going and what he wants to say. The other parts which are the same as the other writers we don’t need to focus on right …
Bible Gem 45 – The Feeding of the 5000 (John 6:1-13)
Bible Study Tip: Learn to compare and study the detail in the gospel accounts. Mark is the first Gospel written, then Matthew and Luke, who makes his thorough and ordered account. These are known as the synoptic gospels because they are often in sync or …
Bible Gem 44 – Truly truly, I have witnesses (John 5:18-19)
So the Jewish leaders tried all the harder to find a way to kill Him. For He not only broke the Sabbath, He called God His Father, thereby making Himself equal with God. So Jesus explained (himself) / answered . . . John 5:18-19 What …
Bible Gem 43 – The Pool at Bethesda (John 5:1-13)
Let’s take a moment to investigate behind the text. Bethesda is the name of a series of pools in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem, on the path of the Beth Zeta Valley. Since the 4th century it has also been called the Sheep Pool, but …