Day 138 John 7:14-36 Yesterday we started John chapter 7 and saw the unbelief of Jesus’ brothers and what the crowds at the Festival of Tabernacles thought of Jesus. We also saw that Jesus went to this festival in secret at first, and now today we see how he decides to reveal himself at this […]
Day 137 John 7:1-13 Yesterday we finished John chapter 6 and today we are going to start John chapter 7. The atmosphere around Jesus has become increasingly tense. Many of his followers had defected at the end of chapter 6, and chapter 7 opens with an account of the unbelief of Jesus’ brothers. Chapter 7 […]
Day 136 John 6:60-71 We have now come to the end of John chapter 6. And in this fourth and final scene described in John chapter 6 we are going to see three different responses to Jesus’ comments: desertion, devotion and deception. On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. […]
Day 135 John 6:41-59 This is the conclusion of this third scene in John chapter 6. And what we see in this conclusion is the people’s reaction to Jesus’ first “I am” statement, which we talked about yesterday. At this the Jews there began to grumble about him because he said, “I am the bread […]
Day 134 John 6:25-40 We ended yesterday’s section of John’s Gospel with the people Jesus had just fed going to Capernaum to search for him. And today we are going to see the first part of what happens when they find Jesus. (Just a brief note on time: all this takes place over the course […]
Day 133 John 6:16-24 Yesterday we saw Jesus feed between 15,000 and 30,000 people and because of this the people wanted to make Jesus their king, their earthly or political king not their heavenly king. We saw that Jesus’ reaction to this was to “withdraw again to a mountain by himself.” And in today’s passage […]
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and […]
Day 132 John 6:1-15 Yesterday we finished John 5 and today we move into John 6. The Passover Festival looms large in the background of John 6. The Jewish Passover Festival commemorated Israel’s exodus from Egypt. The imagery of bread and water and the references to Moses in the chapter suggest that Jesus is greater […]
Day 131 John 5:31-47 Yesterday we saw Jesus make the argument for the equality of the Father and the Son. And in today’s section Jesus continues his argument. The language that is used is reminiscent of a courtroom. Jesus, however, turned the tables on his opponents and took control of the proceedings. According to the […]
Day 130 John 5:16-30 Yesterday we saw Jesus heal a man who had been lame for his whole life and who was waiting in hopeless desperation for someone to come and help him. And at the end of yesterday’s section we saw the religious leaders of Jesus’ day reaction to this miraculous event. For you […]
