Tag: John

I’ve always assumed that Mary did not recognize Jesus because the sight of him after being crucified was being compensation. I’m certain that not expecting to see Him impeded her recognition but I realized today that she was also crying. Through her tears it would have been hard to recognize anyone. Simon Peter went fishing…

When Pilate said “behold the man” he did not realize that he was presenting the Man against which all other men should measure themselves. I also thought how falling it must have been to the Jewish leaders when Pilate insisted on leaving the inscription “the King of the Jews” over their protests with a dismissive…

It only occurred to me now that Peter had more reason to fear being identified with Jesus than the other disciples because he had cut off the ear of the servant of the high priest. He could have expected to be punished for that if he was identified.

Chapters 14-16 of John seem to have taken place after the last supper and before Gethsemane. These seem to be things that Jesus told his apostles (minus Judas considering the timeline) as he was walking to the Mount of Olives or possibly sitting in the Mount of Olives before he separated himself from all but…

When Jesus went to wash his feet, Simon Peter didn’t want to be washed. Granted that he didn’t understand then what was being offered but that is an example for everyone who wants to return to heaven by virtue of their own virtue. Unless they accept the cleansing offered by Christ they can have no…

I knew that Heavenly Father testified of Christ at His baptism but had not realized that He also audibly bore witness of Christ towards the end of His ministry when Christ was declaring that the purpose of His mission was to fulfill the unpleasant task of being lifted up on the cross and then raised…

I marvel at the faith of Martha and Mary. I had always thought their statements that “if thou hadst been here my brother has not died” were despairing. In reading the entire interchange they each had with Jesus I realized that they were expressing faith in Him. It was not despair that their brother was…

When presented with accusations against Christ that he could not refute, the man born blind chose to hold to the thing he did know (that his sight had been restored) rather than dwell on the things that he didn’t know (whether Jesus was a sinner). We have to stay firm to the things that we…

The people seem divided in their opinions of Christ at this time. In one moment they are declaring Him the promised Messiah and in another they are arguing with Him about their loyalty to Abraham’.

Jesus notes that the people followed him after the feeding of the 5000 not because if the muscles they had seen but because he had fed them. It occurred to me that feeding them was not convincing because unlike healing that people had need of from time to time (and in many cases just once)…