John 21:15-25 - Today we conclude our time in the book of John. We have by no means mined all the treasure that is to be found in this narrative of the life of Yeshua, but we have gotten some wonderful nuggets. I hope this journey has inspired you to dig for your own hidden … Continue reading John 21:15-25 – Peter revisited
John 21:1-14 - Unlike some of the other gospels, John doesn't speak of all the times Yeshua appeared to people after his resurrection. He doesn't give us a narrative of Yeshua's ascension to heaven. What he does do is tell us about one last miracle that Yeshua performs as he is commissioning the men who … Continue reading John 21:1-14 – Work for the Lord
Though we already read John 19 yesterday, I cannot skip over this section of verses. We have already seen that John's narrative reveals a lot about how Yeshua interacted with women, and that in turn gives us a framework to know how G-d interacts with us as women. He revealed his deity to the Samaritan … Continue reading John 19:25-27 – A new family
As John presents the facts leading up to Yeshua's death in chapter 19, he is methodical in presenting the connections between the events and prophecy. We see him explicitly mention prophetic fulfillment in several verses (John 19:24, 28, 36, 37), but another thing John is deliberate about doing in his account is pointing out the … Continue reading John 19 -Passover lamb and Messiah
John 16 - Once again, Yeshua's disciples are bombarded with his talk of going and coming, the Helper, the Father, telling them they will fall away and be put out of the synagogue - all these things that seemed so cryptic to them at the time. Yeshua even says to them, "I have said these … Continue reading John 16 – Peace and joy
As Yeshua is ending his last meal with his disciples, he leaves them with his last words of comfort and reassurance of who he is, where he is going, and what he will do. (John 14) These words, that make so much sense to us in hindsight, were incredibly cryptic to the men who sat … Continue reading John 14 – Yeshua’s peace
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