Questions tagged [john]
The fourth Gospel in the Christian New Testament that is attributed to John the son of Zebedee.
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The disciples of John were contemplating a meal when they heard the word "lamb"? [closed]
John 1:35-38 KJV
35 Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples; 36 And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God! 37 And the two disciples heard him speak, ...
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How should the foot washing by Jesus be interpreted?
Jesus provides a teaching to his disciples in John 13:1-17 (ESV).
1 Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having ...
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Revelation: Why might John use word frequency patterns - do they to convey hermeneutic meaning?
Richard Bauckham observes how John uses certain words and phrases either four times, seven times, or two times, along with certain multiples, such as fourteen and twenty-eight. Gregory K. Beale ...
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What are some principles for translating εις in the NT? Particularly, why is εις in John 3:16 normally rendered in and εις in John 3:17 normally into?
John 3:16, 17 ESV
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to ...
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In John 3:2 why does "theou" have no article, but "ho theos" does?
John 3:2 ESV
"This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, 'Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God[theou], for no one can do these signs that you do unless God[ho theos] is with ...
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What does John 1:4 mean?
In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.
(NIV)
In context, the verse appears to be talking about the pre-incarnate Christ (this is in the section that begins "in the ...
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On St. Peter's Sword
John 18:10:
Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it, and struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear. And the name of the servant was Malchus. (Douay-Rheims)
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If Dan, 12:1-3, truly follows on in close proximity to the death of Antiochus IV in Dan, 11:45, then what are we to discern of those now living again?
In Dan,10:21, the angel (most likely Gabriel) starts to tell Daniel about the writing of truth and of his very close association with Michael (the Archangel), in fighting the angelic forces, ...
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John 1:18 -> "begotten" [closed]
I thought Jesus, like the Father, exists in all eternity, even if we know Him as his earthly manifestation as the one who was sinless and rose again from the dead. How is he then "begotten" ...
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Difference between eternal & everlasting life
Looking for help distinguishing between the two. From what I've gathered, eternal life could mean "time-based", i.e. heaven, and everlasting life means "quality" of life here ...
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Isn't reason a better translation of the Logos of John 1 than Word?
John 1:1-3
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing ...
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"Keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me"; What is this Name?
John 17:11-12:
"I am no longer going to be in the world; and yet they themselves are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, ...
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Exegesis - Paraclete as the antichrist or Satan?
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While the Paraclete mentioned in john is of perennial interest to many, to my knowledge, scholarship does not carry out serious discussions on the identity of the Plaraclete. The Early Church ...
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Why does John the Evangelist not mention the Transfiguration?
The Gospels according to Matthew, Mark and Luke narrate the Transfiguration to which three apostles namely, Peter, James and John were the privileged witnesses. But it is quite intriguing why neither ...
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The anointing at Bethany
In all four gospel accounts we can read that Jesus visited Simon the leper's house in Bethany, in Matthew 26:6-13. Beside Matthew in the three other accounts Mark 14:2-9, Luke 7:36-50 & John 11:2, ...
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Were Verses 22-42 of John 10 originally part of a separate Chapter?
We read in John 10:22-24 how the Jews pose a question to Jesus on his mission - whether he is the promised Messiah. In Verse 22 and 23 the Evangelist appears to have prepared a perfect setting for the ...
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Was Stoning Really the Punishment for Adultery (John 8:5)?
John 8:5 - "Now in the law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So
what do you say?”
It turns out that the Law of Moses does not specify stoning as the punishment for adultery as far as I ...
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The geneology of Jesus according to John and Mark
If we focus only in the gospels of Mark and John, do these gospels try to promote the idea that Jesus was a decendant of King David, or they try to promote the idea, that a man do not have to be a ...
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Was Jesus tired due to the stress of the journey, or was he tired from being in routes and among people who weren't his primary focus, the Jews? [closed]
Jacob's well was there, so Jesus, since he was tired from the journey, sat right down beside the well. It was about noon.
Jn. 4:6 NET
But he answered and said to them, I am not sent but to the sheep ...
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Did John 4:27 mean to say " that woman " of the Samaritan lady?
In John 4 we read how Jesus meets the Samaritan woman at the well on his way, and teaches her about the Water of Eternal Life. One curious thing to be seen here is that when the disciples returned ...
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Is Nicodemus antagonistic to Nathaniel? [closed]
"Nathanael answered and said to Him, "Rabbi, You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!"" John 1:49
Nicodemus and the Court of the Jews accept Jesus as Rabbi. John 3:1-...
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Could these passages be viewed as corollary referring to “Logos”? [closed]
John 1:1-3
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that ...
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Did the dialogue with "the Woman at the Well" forecast, by anticipation, Jesus's prophecy about the Destruction of the Temple in Matthew 24?
Startling Statement Within the conversation with the Woman at the Well, Jesus made this astounding statement:
Believe Me, woman, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither in this ...
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According to John 14:16-21, is Jesus the Comforter and Spirit of truth?
It appears that Jesus is speaking in third person because he states that he will send another comforter in v16 and then goes back to first person by saying that he will come to comfort the disciples ...
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Is John 1:1 a direct quotation of some other ancient text?
There were some Greek communities that worship logos as some form of universal rules that govern the universe.
I wonder if John 1:1 is a direct quotation of that?
I think I read that the Pantheists ...
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How to understand John 1:1 in light of Hebrews 7:3?
John 1:1 KJV
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any ...
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John 3:36 whoever does "not believe" or disobeys?
In the (1582) first edition of the Douay Rheims, John 3:36 appears as follows:
In 1899, the (Challoner) Douay Rheims gives for the same verse:
He that believeth in the Son, hath life everlasting; ...
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What did Jesus mean when He said 'I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.'
I am studying what Jesus means when he said that he is the light of the world in John 8:12. Light as I understand it is used in the bible to contrast with darkness. Darkness being the deeds of evil ...
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what is the definition of peace?
John 14:27
New International Version says:
27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you
as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be
afraid.
what does ...
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Who are the thieves and robbers that have come before Jesus? [duplicate]
John 10:8 says
All who have come before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep have not listened to them.
My question is: Who are the ones mentioned in this passage that have come before Jesus ...
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Why does John use a double "Verily, verily," (John 1:53, et al.) when the other Gospel writers use only one?
"Verily I say unto you" is common in Matthew, Mark, and Luke, but John consistently uses the double "Verily, verily (Gk.amen, amen). (3:3, 3:5, 3:11, 5:19, 5:24, 25, 6:26, 32, 47, 53, 8:...
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How should "to whom the word of God came" in John 10:35 be understood?
John 10:35 Literal Standard Version
If He called them gods to whom the word of God came (and the Writing
is not able to be broken),
To whom did the word of God come?
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How to discount this self contradictory statement in the Bible?
Now the main word to focus on here is the term world. God proclaims His love for the world by sending his one and only begotten Son to die for the world so that the world may not perish. You can find ...
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Is πνεῦμα ὁ θεός, "God is Spirit" a multivalent phrase?
In two later New Testament writings we find different explicit statements about God: God is Spirit... (John 4:24); ...God is light... (1 John 1:5); ...God is love (1 John 4:8, 16).
God is Spirit: ...
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Who is "your God" in John 8:54?
For a large part of John 8, Jesus is having a discussion with the Jews about who his Father is and who their Father is.
John 8:54 Authorized KJV
Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is ...
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Is “will of God” inferred or is it just “of God” John 1:13
In John 1:13 does it grammatically follow that they were born by the will of God, even though the word will θεληματος is omitted or is the word will omitted on the grounds that it’s not the will of ...
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Does Capitalism shape modern translations of the Ten Minas?
In Kenneth E. Bailey's book "Jesus through Middle Eastern Eyes" he challenges common renderings of the Parable of the Ten Minas in Luke 19 (also called the Parable of the Pounds):
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How could Nicodemeus anoint Jesus body with spices after the women left, if the stone was already in place?
John 19:38-40 - Afterward, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of
Jesus (but secretly for fear of the Jews), asked Pilate to let him
remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he ...
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Is the event recorded in John 12:1-8 considered to be the same event as Mark 14:3-9?
Both describe a woman anointing Jesus with costly ointment on his head or feet. The place is the same (Bethany), and in John, the woman is identified as the sister of Lazarus. However, there are three ...
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Should John 10:33 say "because that thou, being a man, makest thyself a god"? or make thyself God? [duplicate]
I have come across a theological assertion (in conversation with a Biblical Unitarian) that John 10:33 should be understood thus:
The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but ...
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What does "me apoletai" mean in John 3:16?
John 3:16
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever belives in him should not perish but have eternal life". ESV My emphasis.
ESV: "should not/me apoletai&...
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Did the Jews truly have nothing to do with the Samaritans? (John 4:9)
Note: this question does not deal with WHY the Jews shunned Samaritans. Rather, it questions the extent to which such shunning actually took place in the Biblical and historical records.
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Is John 2:11 speaking of a new beginning or the beginning of the signs?
Only True God asked a question about the meaning of the word ἀρχῇ in John's Gospel outside of the Prologue.
This answer claims all but one of the uses of ἀρχῇ after the Prologue, show "the ...
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Does God share all things with Jesus?
"and what is mine is all yours, and what is yours is mine; and I have been glorified in them. " Bible LXX Pbro. Guillermo jünemann beckchaefer
and all things that are mine are yours and ...
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Does 'disciples' imply apostles in John 20:22?
On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the disciples
had gathered together [...]
John 20:19 (NET)
Can we know from this chapter or verse whether only the elven apostles are present ...
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How can we reconcile the idea that Jesus is the light with the fact that he hid from the crowd?
When Jesus heard what had happened, he withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. Hearing of this, the crowds followed him on foot from the towns. When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had ...
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Concerning John 9:3-4 with reference to John 11:4
John 9:3-4 - Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,
but this happened so that the works of God would be displayed in him.
While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent ...
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When Jesus said "It is finished" (John 19:30) did the High Priest also say it was finished at the end of the Passover slaughter
I’m looking for a historical source on any Jewish sacrificial ritual (e.g., Passover, Day of Atonement) in which the high priest would cry something like, “It is finished.” I’ve seen a number of blogs ...
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Who does the phrase "I am" indicate in Mark 12:26 and John 8:58? What are the arguments if there is contrast?
Mark 12:26 American Standard Version
But as touching the dead, that they are raised; have ye not read in the book of Moses, in the place concerning the Bush, how God spake unto him, saying, I am the ...
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Is Jesus God's apostle? [closed]
We can read in
John 3:17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the
world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
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