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This may also have something to do with 'leaving mother (and father)" and clinging to the wife "church", as talked about in Genesis 2
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According to the gospel account by John, Jesus was asking for clarification from Pilate through a rhetorical question. That is, Jesus was clarifying with Pilate as to whether or not the indictment was second-hand (i.e., is it that others say that I am a King of the Jews?) versus Pilate himself. In other words, was the indictment because Rome saw Jesus as a ...
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It's best to see Jesus' weeping within the context of John's water motif. Though John doesn't use the word water here, several elements indicate he saw in Jesus' tears the healing water welling up within the Son of Man.
John's Water Motif
Water is an important core symbol within the Gospel of John.
John the Baptist states three times that he baptizes ...
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Context is the key to interpretation. You’ve heard the mantra in real-estate, “location, location, location.” Well in interpretation its, “context, context, context.” The location of a verse matters in its interpretation.
Think of the word “hand,” for instance. What does it mean? Without context “hand” could have quite a few meanings.
the hired hand ...
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The pattern of misunderstanding is charachterized by the following elements: (1) Jesus makes a statement, (2) it is misunderstood and (3) he or the narrator in turn must decipher the meaning of what has been said. The pattern itself suggests its function.
In his book the Anatomy of the Fourth Gospel, R. Alan Culpepper notes that the misunderstandings ...
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I always have been reading this reply of Jesus towards Mary as a perfect pattern for any adult man to follow when it comes to requests from a mother: Emancipatory (no longer under the parent's law), setting apart the spheres of influence (lit: What is yours? And what is mine?), but above all doing what is good and right.
Although clear and decisively ...
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John’s extensive marriage theme begins with none other than the wedding of Cana and Jesus’ encounter with His own mother, the first woman to appear in the gospel.
When the "mother of Jesus" approaches him about the wedding’s lack of wine, she assumes and expects her son to assume a role that in Jewish custom is specifically reserved for the groom and or ...
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The following quote regarding Jesus' reference to His "hour" comes from D. A. Carson's commentary on John (generally considered to be the best available commentary on this book of the Bible): (See p. 171)
"The reason Jesus gives for the distance he maintains between his mother and himself must be viewed in the light of the cross. . . . the word 'time', ...
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The translation of 'THEOS' as 'a god' is not a good choice. On the other side, however, the widely accepted decision not to make any distinction between articulated 'HO THEOS' and unarticulated 'THEOS' apparent in this context is not very good either because it seems not to represent the gospel writer's intention adequately. The Word, HO LOGOS, has ...
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The definite article is left off to highlight a difference. Many times the definite article is left off of the predicate of a sentence.
John 4:24 (ESV)
24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
Jesus is a god. Apart from god Jesus created all things.
Colossians 1:15 (ESV)
15 He is the image of ...
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The Apostle John indicates that "eternal life" was made manifest in the flesh (1 Jn 1:2). This manifestation in the flesh was made possible because of the Holy Spirit (Lk 1:35). Thus eternal life was incarnated in human flesh, who was Jesus the Nazarene. As a person, he thus subsisted not only in mortal life (blood), but also in immortal life (water).
That ...
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I agree with Soldarnal that Jesus is symbolically enacting the temple's coming destruction. But I disagree that his authority was simply from heaven. Jesus claimed to be like Solomon, the "Son of David" and thus the rightful builder of God's house. See my response to Did Jesus have the legal authority to cleanse the temple? for more.
But why did Jesus ...
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It is very likely that there have been questions raised (even among those professing to be followers, think of upcoming views like gnosticism) whether Christ had really died. The separating of blood (cells) from water (serum) within the organs and then separate coming forth indicated He had truly died. The severe injuries even before the nailing of Him had ...
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I agree with you Soldarnal but I think we can get even closer to the scripture John, as the author, wanted us to "search" for "and see."
The issue 7:40-43 and then extending through verse 52 is whether or not Jesus' coming from Galilee prevents him from being the Christ, the Son of David and or (the) prophet. The people ask, "Is the Christ to come from ...
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Water is eternal life, which is bestowed upon us by the Holy Spirit (Jn 6:63). This water "washes" spiritual death away, and so we are cleansed from our spiritual death. The result is new life, because we are no longer spiritually dead, but spiritually alive. In that sense, we are born afresh (or we can say born again).
So, sins are removed with the ...
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Could being born of water and the spirit mean baptism in water and receiving the Holy Spirit? We put away the old life or wash away our sins by accepting Jesus as our saviour and inviting the spirit of God into our life. Then again I could be wrong after all did not Jesus on the cross tell one of the thieves that he would be in heaven at some time? The the ...
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I would suggest two reasons to think they are referring to simply the Scriptures.
First, there is only one other use of the word search (ἐραυνάω) in the Fourth Gospel, which is in John 5:39. There Jesus says:
You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me, yet you refuse to come ...
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