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Short answer: no.
Long answer: While the Greek lacks the definite article on theos in the clause under discussion, that doesn't mean the English should be translated with an indefinite article. Greek and English do not enjoy a one-to-one relationship between their words. There are times in Greek when the article is present but not translated into English. ...
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It does not appear to be a very good translation of this word.
1473 (εγώ) is the personal pronoun, "I", so it tells us that Jesus was talking about Himself.
1510.2.1 (ειμι) is the real core of the question. 1510 is the infinitive "to be, exist". The following numbers (".2.1") tell you more about the nuances of meaning - tense, voice, etc. Some ...
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Actually, after researching this more, there are multiple possible translations of this
1. Christian Baptism
C. H. Dodd reflects this interpretation when he asserts that
“the instructed Christian reader would immediately recognize a reference to Baptism, as the sacrament through which the Spirit was given to believers, and by which they were initiated ...
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First, to recap, Jesus had just made some pretty huge claims, culminating in the one you quoted in v30. They Jews were incensed by this, and about to stone him for blasphemy, when he went with the "not guilty" plea, and used this quote from Psalm 82 as his defense.
His argument is this: If God himself (speaking through the Psalmist) can refer to another as ...
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The footnote exists because textual variants exist (different manuscripts have different words). Although "son" and "god" seem different, μονογενὴς θεός (the only God) and ὁ μονογενὴς υἱός (the only son) are actually not far off. In fact, in some of the manuscripts, they are contracted such that only one letter distinguishes them. We cannot be certain which ...
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"Born of water" does not stand alone here, but rather inseparably collocated with "and spirit". Just as "raining cats and dogs" refers to one rain, or "this item is our bread and butter" refers to one mainstay item, "water and the spirit" refers to one birth.
In other words, we are not to take this is "first you must be born of water and then of spirit"; ...
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Short Answer: There is strong evidence from Scripture that they actually received the Spirit at Pentecost, and that what we see in John 20:22 was Jesus giving them a visual illustration and command in preparation for that event.
The Controversy
For reference, here is the statement in question:
He breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy ...
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The latest argument in Evangelical theological circles is that we should not consider this part of the canon.
The ESV Study Bible is a bible published in the last few years and all of the scholarship and notes comes from a wide swath of Evangelical theologians and academics. Its study note on this passage provides a good summary of this view:
7:53–8:11 ...
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The fourth evangelist must have known the basic literary structure of Mark's Gospel: Starting with John the Baptist, baptism of Christ, the call of the disciples (Joh 1:35-51) and ending with Passion and Resurrection of Christ.1
Some more compositional analogies:
Feeding of the crowd: Mk 6:30-44, Mk 8:1-9, Joh 6:5-13
Jesus on the lake: Mk 6:45-52, Mk ...
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A few points to make here.
As you noted, the Greek here is a bit slightly ambiguous and could go either way. For the purpose of your question, we are assuming a particular reading, so I will avoid that discussion here.
But let's back up a bit, and see the whole quote:
On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone ...
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This is a big question and I think it will help to refactor it into some related questions:
What did Jesus see as his mission?
From the passages you cited and the fact that Jesus spent most of his time teaching Jews, it's not a stretch to say that Jesus saw his mission as limited to Israel. Now Jesus did go into the region of the Decapolis, which began as ...
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This is the historical record regarding The Temple and the Samaritans from the Bible.
Moses instructed the Israelites that there should be only one place of worship.
Deuteronomy 12:8-11 (NIV)
You are not to do as we do here today, everyone doing as they see fit, since you have not yet reached the resting place and the inheritance the Lord your God ...
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The first chapter of the Gospel of John seems to contrast with the rest of the book, in style and purpose.
John 1:1-18 is different from the rest of the book in the way that a preface is different than the rest of any book. On the other hand, it also has cohesion with the rest of the book the way that a preface has cohesion with the rest of any book. ...
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This answer is supplementary to Frank Luke's, and supports it.
When someone makes a claim about an ancient language's grammar, it always helps me to believe it and internalize it when I can see parallel usages that illustrate the truth of the claim. Thus, I am glad that Frank Luke offered several examples.
I have another which is perhaps even more to the ...
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Genesis reference
The W. Hall Harris commentary on the issues says this:
The use of the verb ejnefuvshsen to describe the action of Jesus here recalls Gen 2:7 in the LXX, where “the LORD God formed man out of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.” This time, however, it is Jesus who is ...
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It's hard to imagine that anyone familiar with Christian practice could read the words in 52-58 especially and not think of the Lord's Supper. That said, it seems best to understand this passage not as primarily referring to the sacrament itself, but as primarily referring to that to which the Eucharist also points.
In support of this view, Carson in his ...
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Does Jesus refer to aliens here? Is this a prediction that eventually we will take the Gospel to other planets?
It is unlikely that extraterrestrials as we generally imagine them are specifically referred to here. Indeed, in at least one other place when God defines who his sheep are, he specifically states they are men (Ezekiel 34:31; ESV quoted):
And ...
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The last we hear of Joseph is in Luke 2, during the Jerusalem passover trip when Jesus was 12. The consensus is that Joseph was long since dead by the time of Jesus' ministry. It would have probably been a good time after the Jerusalem trip, because Jesus had a number of brothers and sisters (Mark 6:3). The fact that Mary was part of Jesus' retinue is a ...
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This is supplemental to @LanceRobert's answer (if Joseph was not dead, these points do not avail much).
Remember how much older than John Mary would have been. It has traditionally been held that John was a rather young disciple (note for example that he outruns flamboyant Peter; also a late date for the book of Revelation supports this idea if you ...
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As has already been pointed out, the progression is
Jesus ἀγαπᾷς ἀγαπάω Verb Second Present Active Indicative Singular
Peter φιλῶ φιλέω Verb First Present Active Indicative Singular
Jesus ἀγαπᾷς ἀγαπάω Verb Second Present Active Indicative Singular
Peter φιλῶ φιλέω Verb First Present Active Indicative Singular
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It seems to me that 'sent' is a wordplay here that reminds the reader that Jesus is sent by the Father and that the blind man was sent by Jesus. It also seems significant that the water in this pool was used for Sukkot (the Feast of Tabernacles).
Daniel Wallace, in his commentary on the NET translation, notes:
The pool’s name in Hebrew is shiloah from ...
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A survey of the uses of these words in Johannine literature will be conducted.
ἀγάπη (agape): "The quality of warm regard for and interest in another, esteem, affection, regard, love (without limitation to very intimate relationships, and very seldom in general Greek of sexual attraction)."1 This word appears in the noun form 30 times in 25 verses of ...
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One thing we might note is the familiarity with parts of the Synoptic tradition which the author assumes of his reader. For instance, in John 1:40, the author introduces Andrew as Simon Peter's brother before having introduced Simon Peter. In 2:1f the author speaks of Jesus' mother, never introducing her as Mary. And in John 11:1-2 Lazarus is introduced as ...
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I intended this to be in the "comments" section in response to Ray's comment ("The assumption that "water" is "flesh" and "spirit" is "spirit" lacks support"), but I exceeded the allotted 500+ characters.
Ray makes a good point in regards to Nico should have known. Could it be that Jesus' remark Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you do not understand ...
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There is not Old Testament verse that speaks of living water flowing from within a person. However, we can see this imagery throughout the Old Testament.
Imagery
This passage is a prophecy of Zechariah which is talking about God destroying the enemies of Israel.
Zechariah 14:8 (NASB)
And in that day living waters will flow out of Jerusalem, half ...
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To answer the question, we must first determine what genre the gospel of John actually is. Unlike the synoptic gospels, John doesn't seem overly concerned with chronology. It doesn't seem be a Greek-style biography or history. Instead, commentators often speculate John to be a series of discourses or a thematically-arraigned work compiled over many years. ...
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This is a great question, and you're not the first person to have it.
Today, the phrase "born again" can have any one of a host of meanings. It can have meaning in the secular world, such as a "born again" politician who changes political parties, or in the religious world, where "born again Christian" is sometimes used to differentiate one from a ...
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The greek is "βηθανιαν οπου ην λαζαρος" - which just means "Bethany, where Lazarus was".
As for the location of the dinner, the fact that Martha (Lazarus' sister) was serving suggests that it was at her house - which might have also been Lazarus' house.
The argument that Lazarus is the beloved disciple is interesting (particularly since he appears after ...
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The gospel of John only gives a few clues to the identity of the beloved disciple.
John 13:23 indicates that this disciple was seated next to Jesus at the Last Supper.
John 19:27 indicates that he took care of Jesus' mother after the crucifixion.
John 20:2 indicates that he went with Peter to see the empty tomb.
John 21:7 indicates that he was present when ...
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D. A. Carson's commentary on John (generally considered to be the best available commentary on this book of the Bible) explains the following: (See p. 220-222)
Different Canon...
The Samaritans limited the canon to the Pentateuch. As a result, they accepted Deuteronomy 12:5 as authoritative...
But you shall seek the Lord at the place which the Lord ...
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