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Synoptic
Same view
3 ______ gospels
Synoptic
Authorship of John?
Deliberately anonymous, to show that the true author was the Holy Spirit. Johns name was added later.
John son of who?
Zebedee
Jesus is what in John?
Bold, assertive, combative
Prologue is found in John…
1:1-18
Prologue is
In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God and the word was God…
First five books of the Bible are called the what
Pentatute
What makes Johns stories unique?
The one on one conversations and situations
What’s rare in John? What’s abundant in John?
Parables. Allegories.
No account of what in John
Jesus’s birth, Jesus’s baptism, Jesus’s temptation, the last supper, gethsemane, Jesus’s ascension, any healing of demonized people
What does John try to do differently in his book
Tries to impart knowledge the other gospels don’t have. He also has firsthand experience, he was there-eyewitness.
In John, Jesus visits where a lot
Jerusalem
Jesus’s ministry had an impact more on where than where
Judea and Jerusalem then galilee
Only __ days recorded in John out of __ days
29 out of 1000 (3 years)
Purpose of John is found in John ___
20:30-31
Purpose of John
That we may believe in the Son of God, that we may have life in His name.
John is seen as transition between…
“Old” and “new” generation of christians
Last living disciple is
John
In John, Jesus does not have to do what to heal but can do what instead?
Doesn’t have to touch but can’t do it from the distance
Jesus is ultimate _______
Revelation of God
Father is seen through
Jesus
Jesus replaces
All revelations
Salvation is
Life, now and fulfilled at his coming
End is
Here-now and drawing nigh
Ministry of Holy Spirit is
The important gift for the “new” generation
Jesus is son of who and who
Of God and man
Prologue does what?
Sets tone and introduces major themes (Jesus is present, unique son, author of life)
John reaches 3 people’s:
Christian’s, Jews, and Greeks
Reaches Christians how
Hymns
Reaches Jews how
Chiastic structure (< middle most important)
Reaches Greeks how
The term: the “Word” to describe Christ
John 3:30
“He must be more and I less”
John the Baptist fades into obscurity after
Jesus’s baptism
John the baptists crowd still comes; reference is
Acts 18:24-26, Acts 19:1
Older theology is viewed as
More reliable and better
Jewish tradition = two messiahs
Levi (Priest) and Judah (King)
Purpose of Jesus’s baptism is
To reveal His identity to Israel as the messiah.
True Israelites are those who
Believe in Jesus
Chapters 2-4 are about
Replacement
Everything old is replaced by
Jesus
As a result of the miracle of wine the disciples
Believes
Wedding at Cana is end of what
Calling of the disciples
Jesus might of been the reason of lacking of wine because
He brought the 12 disciples
Jesus cleansing the temple causes
Animosity and pointed to Him being the messsiah
3 temptations
Food (because he can), jump off cliff (proof of messiah), bow down
Selling and money exchange happened at
The court of the gentiles
John 2:17
Reveal bigger picture, illicit feelings/emotions
Small phrase can have bigger picture
Zeal for your house is found in
John 2:17 also Psalm 69:6
Cryptic messages in John shows awareness of
Lords supper by wedding at Cana (wine/blood), cleansing of temple (bread/body)
Rabbi’s taught 7 things hidden from human knowledge for only God to know:
Day of death, day of consolation, depths of judgement, ones reward, kingdom of David restored, guilty of Rome destroyed, and others thoughts
(DCJRKGT)
Knows what’s going on inside people
Peters heart, Nathaniel, mother…
Johns dynamic reveals
Character of Jesus, what Jesus is like therefore what God is like.
Three layers of faith
Shallow, saving, deeper/lasting
Shallow faith
Based on miracle
Saving faith
Disciples see Jesus turn water into wine
Deeper lasting faith
Earth and resurrection of Jesus and outpouring of Holy Spirit
Miracle aren’t
All cure for faith
Miracle could hinder rather than
Help
Nicodemus means
Leader of the people in Greek
Nick was best could offer because
Pharisee (took scripture and faith serious), member of Sanhedrin
“Came by night” could mean
Specific event (10 pm), period of time (during or through), quantities use of time (pointing to higher meaning)
Did Nic ultimately decide to follow Jesus?
John 7:40-52 (defends Jesus at cross)
John 19:30-42 (spices)
Water has double meaning
Physical birth and baptism
Extra water at birth meant
The leftover of the baby
Nic probably was not baptized because
Only gentiles were baptized
Change doesn’t happen by people but by
Workings of Holy Spirit
John 3:16
Jesus is both divine and human
One and only is applied to only two people
Issac (intended to bless all other nations) and Jesus
Jesus was the 2nd Adam meaning
He had no inclination to sin and was perfect
Look at the cross like the snake is found
Numbers 21:4-9
Both Cross and snake
Both were provided by God, remedy like disease, stumbling block to human reason, and conspicuously displayed
Faith used by Paul was a
Noun
Faith by John used as a
Verb
Theme of chapter 4 is
Living water (life, Holy Spirit), true worship (not where but who), and gospel is for everyone (Nic vs woman at well)
Jacobs well ____ ft from shechem
250
Shechem is between
Mount Gerizim and mount Ebal
Mount Gerizim became
Mount of blessing
Shechem was place of worship for
1000 years
Meetings at wells also were
Issac, Jacob, and Moses
Woman at we’ll had __ husbands
5 (11 Kings 17:24-33)
Chapter 5 emphasis
Life giving word of God, Jesus is replacement for Jewish feasts
Outlandish remarks of Jesus:
Equal with God, able to give eternal life, source of life, author of judgement
Bethesda meaning
House of mercy
“Jews” in John meant
The leaders
Healing provokes
First demonstration of open and active hostility against Jesus
Gods work on the sabbath
Birth, death, sunshine, rain, flowing of rivers
Two sources were required to make something factual Jesus gave 4:
John the Baptist, His works, His Father, and the scriptures
Judgement happens three places:
The cross, preaching of the gospel, and end of days
Philip and Andrew speak to Jesus in this story (12 baskets) because
They were from that area
Allusion to the Lords supper
Every meal becomes a sacrament for those who walk with Jesus
Crowd and disciples wanted to make Jesus
King
Disciples leave because
Jesus tells the to (Luke 9:10-17, Matthew 14:13-24, Mark 6:30-45)
The 5000 wanted
Manna
Feast of tabernacles commemorated
The exodus- where God provided water and light
2 reasons people stayed in tents
Wandering in wilderness and not permanent resident here
Pitcher of water and juice poured into pipes of temp and joined flowing to kidron valley signifying
Gods blessings and sustenance
Jesus is tempted to be king 6:15, bread 6:30-31, and show off at the temple 7:2-3
Tempted by human agents
Two bible verse on adultry
Leviticus 20:10 and Deuteronomy 22:22
Fear
Jesus is with us so we have no fear
Self
Hold ourselves back
Others
What others think of us
Sin
Addictive power of sin
Real issue of judgement
What do you think of Jesus?
Accept means
Everything
Reject means
Loss
Syntax of prologue is
Cyastic structure
Jesus reveals Himself to
Martha, woman at the well, and the blind man
Theme of John is
His word is as good as His touch
Over arching question
What will you do with this Jesus?
Servant who lost his ear-his name
Malchus