In the Farewell Discourse, Jesus prepared His disciples for the formation of a new community. Toward that end, Jesus commanded them to pursue the closest possible union with Himself, to…
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John signified that the final stage of Jesus’ ministry was about to begin as Jesus washed His disciples’ feet just before the Passover Festival. The foot-washing episode anticipated the Passover…
Jesus demonstrated His deity by raising Lazarus from the dead. Despite Jesus’ greatness, the Jewish leadership sought to destroy Him. Taken together, statements from the Psalms, Isaiah, and Ezekiel portrayed…
John arranged his Gospel such that the miracles Jesus performed were a springboard for His messages about His redemptive mission. Jesus’ portrayal of Himself in John 9-10 fulfilled prophesies of…
Each Gospel writer noted that as Jesus’ ministry progressed, the Jewish leadership opposed Him more sharply. The Jewish leadership saw Jesus as their opponent because Jesus presented Himself as the…
References to the Old Testament punctuate Jesus’ miracles and sermons in John 6. Jesus fed the 5,000 (Matt 14:13-21//Mark 6:30-44//Luke 9:10-17) just as the Lord fed Israel with manna in…
References to Old Testament events and individuals in John 4-5 reinforced that Jesus had a distinct perspective on Israel’s history. The Samaritan woman and the Jewish leadership confidently cited the…
In John 3, Jesus referenced the Old Testament to articulate the forthcoming works of God. Jesus told Nicodemus that only those born of the Spirit will enter the kingdom of…
In the first two chapters of his Gospel, John presented Jesus’ ministry within the backdrop of multiple Old Testament themes, allusions, and quotations. (1) In John 1:1-5, John described Jesus’…
John 17
In John 13-16, Jesus informed His disciples of His mission to reveal God and reconcile those the Father had given Him. In His intercessory prayer in John 17, Jesus synthesized…
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