Tag: John

John 2 The way John writes it, this marriage in Cana was one Jesus was invited to, not His own marriage as I have heard some people speculate. The speculation was based on the fact that His mother apparently had some authoritative role at the marriage feast but that could at least as easily have…

John 1 I’m not sure if the phrase “the next day” should be taken literally – that the day after John declared to the messengers of the Pharisees that he was not the Messiah but instead one crying in the wilderness “make straight the way of the Lord” Christ came and John declared to his…

John 21It seems interesting to me that many times it seems that John was more spiritually perceptive than Peter while Peter was quick to leap in over his head and act as soon as he had some information and yet it was Peter who was chosen to lead the church. I think part of the…

John 20Mary called the Savior “Rabboni” because she knew that He was resurrected. When Thomas said that he would not believe unless he felt the prints of the nails it was because the others described those things in an attept to convince him of how they knew it was Christ. I think it is interesting…

John 24Why did the Roman soldiers dress Jesus as a king and mock Him? The answer is simply that they were immature – they were spiteful and cruel because they could be and none of their leaders was interested in the men being good in any way so long as they followed orders. Those giving…

John 18John seems to indicate here that Christ entered the garden of Gethsemene after offering the intercessory prayer. Is it possible that this prayer was only a precursor to what he was about to do in the garden? Who was John that the high priest recognized him and allowed him to enter with Jesus and…

John 17I just realized that everything in chapters 15 and 16 was either spoken in Gethsemene or as they walked towards that sacred garden. Now the Savior separates Himself and speaks to His Father as he does the one work we may never even begin to copy.

John 16How did I not remember that Christ told His apostles that people would kill them? (And not only that but believe they were doing God’s work as they did so!) “The Father Loveth you because ye have loved Me.” It is right after He has been telling them of the persecution and rejection they…

John 15There is no hiding of truth here. Christ tells them to abide in Him by keeping His commandments and bringing forth good spiritual fruit. Christ calls them His friends saying that unlike servants, friends know the purpose and intent of the works of their friend so that they are able to assist independently rather…

John 14John recalls specific questions for Christ from many of the apostles. He asked which of them would betray Christ. Peter asked why he could not follow Christ. Thomas asked how they could know the way to follow Him. Philip asked Christ to show the father unto them. And the other Judas asked how Christ…