“These are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name.” John 20:31 This is the theme verse for John’s gospel and originally the final verse of the book. It was probably later, after John’s original writing, that Ch. […]
Perhaps we’re getting tired of hearing this, but in Jesus’ last moments, like in the whole of His passion week, Jesus is in complete control. He has orchestrated the events of His own death because He is fully obedient to the Father’s will, and the Father’s will is that He die for the people, die […]
This section of John’s gospel is the center of a literary device called a “chiasm”. This is a large “V” in the text that looks like this… A – B – C – D – C’ – B’ – A’ Verses A and A’ are parallels or even restatements of each other. The same goes […]
Yesterday we mentioned that nearly every character in John’s Passion narrative will state or imply that Jesus is King of the Jews. From the Roman guards in the garden of Gethsemane, to the servant who lost an ear there, player after player in this drama acknowledges that Jesus is God and King of the Jews. […]
Today, we begin the Passion narrative of the Gospel of John. Not every gospel records Jesus’ birth, and few of the miracles are in all four. But the last week of Jesus’ life, the Passion narrative, is clearly and consistently found in every gospel narrative and beyond. Yet John’s presentation of His last days takes […]