Here’s an interesting comment. For his disciples were gone away into the city to buy food. John 4:8 That is literally what the Greek text says. Some versions bracket this verse to mean it is a side comment not relevant to the main story. Other …
Bible Gem 32 – Two Parallel Stories or a Side Thought? (John 4:8)
Bible Gem 31 – Jesus Knows Us Inside and Out (John 4:18)
John is a very thematic writer and in this section he develops another of his themes. Water: The Living Water, the water that springs up like a well to eternal life. He matches this later with Bread of Life. Jesus becomes these two things in …
Bible Gem 30 – Avoiding the Samaritans (John 4:9)
Now when Jesus realized that the Pharisees had heard he was making and baptizing more disciples than John— although it was not Jesus who did the baptizing but his disciples—he left Judea and went back to Galilee. Now it was necessary for him to go …
Bible Gem 29 – John Use of Pronouns (John 3:1-12)
There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, “Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou …
Bible Gem 28 – Believing and Knowing (John 2:25-3:1)
Because of the miraculous signs Jesus did in Jerusalem at the Passover celebration, many began to trust in him. But Jesus didn’t trust them, because he knew all about people. No one needed to tell him about human nature, for he knew what was in …
Bible Gem 27 – A Strange Comment (John 2:11)
This miraculous sign at Cana in Galilee was the first time Jesus revealed his glory. And his disciples believed in him. John 2:11 Because of the miraculous signs (plural) Jesus did in Jerusalem at the Passover celebration, many began to trust in Him. John 2:23 …
Bible Gem 26 – One Temple Cleansing Pregnant with Meaning – (John 2:13-25)
My personal opinion is that there was one temple cleansing but John was rearranging the order and positioning his account differently, changing the content to suit his purpose. That is typical of John and his interaction with the other gospels. He has only selected the …
Bible Gem 25 – One Temple Cleansing or Two (John 2:13-25)
Well how do we deal with this seeming discrepancy? Was there one temple cleansing or two? Arguments / Evidence for One Temple Cleansing: John’s Gospel is more “theological” rather than “chronological” in his approach to writing his account of the life and teachings of Jesus …
Bible Gem 24 – A Macro level Harmony of the Temple Cleansing (John 2:13-25)
Don’t worry about the position of the stories in the Gospels just yet. Look at the order in which the each Gospel writer places the related stories: If Mark is the standard (the first) then note how the others use or don’t use his material. …
Bible Gem 23 – Comparing the Gospel Accounts (John 2:13-22)
Allow me to give you some background first. Mark is considered to be the first Gospel of those we have collected in the Bible. Matthew and Luke are then next, followed by John’s Gospel which is last. Notice that there are many passages in Matthew, …