Questions tagged [john]
The fourth Gospel in the Christian New Testament that is attributed to John the son of Zebedee.
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Are the words "beginning" and "word" mentioned in 1John 2:7 the same as those found in John 1:1?
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word
was God; John 1:1 (YLT)
Brethren, a new command I write not to you, but an old command, that
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What is the spiritual meaning of the fish fragments not being gathered in John 6:13?
John 6:13 KJV
Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.
It is said the ...
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How coming to the Bread for life relates to the Father's giving, in John 6
How does Jesus, in John 6, answer this question: “If someone has come, for life, to Jesus the Bread of life, (a) did he come as a result of the Father giving him to Jesus, or (b) did the Father give ...
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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 is the Seal God places on the foreheads of the 144,000 in Revelation 7? Sealed by the Holy Spirit or the word Emet (Truth)?
I am trying to determine exactly what the Seal placed on the 144,000 by God was. I have heard two directions and I want to see what everyone else might say. The word Truth or Emet would be in John's ...
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Is John 17:22 an allusion to Genesis 2:24?
[John 17:21-23 KJV]
(21) That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. (22) And the glory ...
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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, ...
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