Category: John

John 5:47 is about Jesus rebuking the Pharisees for their failure to believe in him despite their devotion to studying the Scriptures, indicating that true belief in God requires recognizing and accepting Jesus as the promised Messiah. 47 But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?” Setting the Scene…

John 6:51-52 is about Jesus proclaiming himself as the living bread that came down from heaven, emphasizing the need to consume his flesh and blood to have eternal life. 51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I…

John 8:33-36 is about how Jesus explains to the Jews that true freedom comes from being released from the bondage of sin through belief in him as the Son of God. 33 They answered him, “We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, ‘You will…

John 9:18 is about the religious leaders questioning the authenticity of the man who was blind but now sees, illustrating their refusal to acknowledge Jesus’ miraculous power and presence among them. 18 The Jews did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight, until they called the parents of the man…

11 After saying these things, he said to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I go to awaken him.” Setting the Scene for John 11:11 In John chapter 11, we find Jesus and his disciples in the town of Bethany, where a close friend of Jesus, Lazarus, has fallen ill. The scene is…

22 You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. Setting the Scene for John 4:22 In John chapter 4, we find Jesus traveling through Samaria on his way to Galilee. Tired from his journey, he stops at a well in the Samaritan town of Sychar…

John 3:22-36 is about the importance of humility and acknowledging Jesus as the Son of God in order to receive eternal life and salvation. 22 After this Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside, and he remained there with them and was baptizing. 23 John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because…

John 5:19-29 is about Jesus explaining his relationship with God the Father, his authority to give life and judgment, and the resurrection of the dead to face either eternal life or condemnation. 19 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only…

John 6:39-40 is about the will of God the Father, who has sent Jesus to fulfill His purpose of raising up believers on the last day through faith in Him. 39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise…