Questions tagged [john]
The fourth Gospel in the Christian New Testament that is attributed to John the son of Zebedee.
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What is the meaning of "you have a demon" and why did the audience claim that Jesus had one?
John 7:20 - The people answered and said, “You have a demon. Who is seeking to kill You?”
This seems rather odd given the context.
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What does καὶ περισσὸν ἔχωσιν (Jn 10:10) imply about the life Jesus came to give? Does He imply both 'life' eternal and temporal in varying degrees?
John 10:10b:
I have come that they may have Life, and may have it in abundance (Weymouth NT).
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Is there significance to there being “twelve” baskets of leftovers in the Jewish region and “seven” in the gentile?
John 6:1-14 (The western side of the Sea of Galilee is predominantly a Jewish region)
After these things Jesus went over the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias. 2 Then a great multitude ...
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What are the implications, if any, if Ἀλφαῖος and Κλωπᾶς are indeed the same individual?
In John 19:25, it is written,
25 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus His mother, and His mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas (Κλωπᾶ),1 and Mary Magdalene. NKJV
ΚΕʹ εἱστήκεισαν δὲ παρὰ τῷ ...
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What was Jesus' mission in saying that He was 'in the Father' according to John 14:10 in the Bible?
2 Corinthians 5:19 King James Version
To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of ...
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What is the two-sided seven sealed scroll?
I’m seeing numerous answers regarding this, but not one of them includes Isaiah 28/29.
What is on the seven-sealed two-sided scroll?
What if not His own Word, would be in God’s Right Hand?
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Divide the 3 Gospels by Year
Divide the 3 Gospels by Year of Jesus Ministry
How would you divide the 3 Gospels by year of Jesus ministry?
Gospel of John can be divided between Passover years
year 1 (chapters 1-5) year 2 (...
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What are the arguments for Jesus' statement at John 8:58, "before Abraham genesthai (was? becomes?), ego eimi (I am (he?))" not being about the past?
Jesus's statement at John 8:58 is
Ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, πρὶν Ἀβραὰμ γενέσθαι ἐγὼ εἰμί.
"Truly truly I say to you, before Abraham genesthai (was? becomes?), ego eimi
(I am, I am he?)."
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How do we understand these words of Jesus from John 6:57 “…I live because of the Father…”?
John 6:57: As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats Me, he also will live because of Me.
What does he mean by live?
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What might be the symbolic significance of the "fig tree" in John 1:48-50?
John spills a bit of ink describing a seemingly pointless detail about a Jew climbing up a fig tree and Philip calling him from below his fig tree:
[Jhn 1:48-50 KJV] (48) Nathanael saith unto him, ...
