John: words of Jesus

Question 1

John1:38

Jesus turned around and saw they were following him and asked,

Answer 1

“What do you want?”

Question 2

John1:38-39

They responded, “Rabbi (which means, Master Teacher) where are you staying?” Jesus answered,

Answer 2

“Come and discover for yourselves.”

So they went with him and saw where he was staying, and since it was late in the afternoon, they spent the rest of the day with Jesus.

Question 3

John1:42

Then Andrew brought Simon to meet Jesus. When he gazed upon Andrew’s brother, he prophesied to him,

Answer 3

“ You are Simon and your father’s name is John. But from now on, everyone will call you Cephas”

(which means, Peter the Rock)

Question 4

John1:43

The next day, Jesus decided to go to Galilee, where he found Philip. Jesus said to him,

Answer 4

“Come and follow me.”

Question 5

John1:46-47

Nathanael sneered, “Nazareth! What good thing could ever come from Nazareth?” Philip answered, “Come and let’s find out!”
When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said,

Answer 5

“Here comes a true son of Israel—an honest man with no hidden motive!”

Question 6

John1:48

Nathanael was stunned and said, “But you’ve never met me—how do you know anything about me?”
Jesus answered,

Answer 6

“Nathanael, right before Philip came to you, I saw you sitting under the shade of a fig tree.”

Nathanael blurted out, “Teacher, you are truly the Son of God and the King of Israel!”

Question 7

John1:49-51

Nathanael blurted out, “Teacher, you are truly the Son of God and the King of Israel!”
50Jesus answered,

Answer 7

“Do you believe simply because I told you I saw you sitting under a fig tree? You will experience even more impressive things than that! 51I prophesy to you eternal truth: From now on, you all will see an open heaven and gaze upon the Son of Man like a stairway reaching into the sky with the messengers of God climbing up and down upon him!”

Question 8

John2:1-4

Now on the third day, Jesus’ mother went to a wedding feast in the Galilean village of Cana. Jesus and his disciples were all invited to the banquet, but with so many guests, they ran out of wine. And when Mary realized it, she came to Jesus and asked, “They have no wine; can’t you do something about it?” Jesus replied,

Answer 8

“My dear one, don’t you understand that if I do this, it will change nothing for you, but it will change everything for me! My hour of unveiling my power has not yet come.”

Question 9

John2:5-11

Mary then went to the servers and told them, “Whatever Jesus tells you, do it!”
6Nearby stood six stone water pots meant to be used for the Jewish washing rituals. Each one could hold about twenty gallons or more. 7Jesus came to the servers and instructed them,

Answer 9

“Fill the pots with water, right up to the very brim.” 8Then he said, “Now fill your pitchers and take them to the master of ceremonies.”

9And when they poured out their pitchers for the master of ceremonies to sample, the water had become wine! When he tasted the water that had become wine, the master of ceremonies was impressed with its quality. (Although he didn’t know where the wine had come from, only the servers knew.) He called the bridegroom over 10and said to him, “Every host serves his best wine first, until everyone has had a cup or two, then he serves the cheaper wine. But you, my friend, you’ve reserved the most exquisite wine until now!” 11This miracle in Cana was the first of the many extraordinary miracles Jesus performed in Galilee that revealed his glory, and his disciples believed in him.

Question 10

5 unique miracles in John’s Gospel

Answer 10

1. turned water to best wine for a wedding feast (John2)
2. healing the rich man’s son (John 4)
3. healing the crippled man at Bethesda (John 5)
4. healing the blind man (John 9)
5. raising Lazarus from the dead (John 11)

Question 11

John Chapters 1 “The Book of _______”
2–12 could rightly be called “The Book of ______”
and chs. 13–21 “The Book of ______”

Answer 11

John Chapters 1 “The Book of Introduction of I AM”
John Chapters 2–12 “The Book of Signs,”
John Chapters 13–21 “The Book of Glories.”

Question 12

John2:13-17

13When the time was close for the Jewish Passover to begin, Jesus walked to Jerusalem. As he went into the temple courtyard, he noticed it was filled with merchants selling oxen, lambs, and doves for exorbitant prices, while others were overcharging as they exchanged currency behind their counters. 15So Jesus found some cords and made them into a whip. Then he drove out every one of them and their animals from the courtyard of the temple, and he kicked over their tables filled with money, scattering it everywhere! 16And he told the merchants,

Answer 12

“Get these things out of here! Don’t you dare commercialize my Father’s house!”

17That’s when his disciples remembered the Scripture: “I am consumed with a fiery passion to keep your house pure!”

Question 13

John2:18-22

18Then the Jewish religious leaders challenged Jesus, “What authority do you have to do this sort of thing and what supernatural sign will you show us to prove it?”
19Jesus answered,

Answer 13

“Destroy this temple, and I will raise it up again in three days.”

20Then the Jewish leaders sneered at Jesus’ answer, “This temple took forty-six years to build, and you mean to tell us that you will raise it up in three days?” 21But they failed to understand that Jesus was speaking of the “temple” of his body. 22The disciples remembered his prophecy after Jesus rose from the dead, and believed both the Scripture and what Jesus had said.

Question 14

John2:23-25

23While Jesus was at the Passover Feast, the number of his followers began to grow, and many gave their allegiance to him because of all the miraculous signs they had seen him doing!

Answer 14

24But Jesus did not yet entrust himself to them, because he knew how fickle human hearts can be. 25He needed no one to tell him about human nature, for he fully understood what man was capable of doing.

Question 15

John3:1-3

1Now there was a prominent religious leader among the Jews named Nicodemus, who was part of the sect called the Pharisees. 2One night he discreetly came to Jesus and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one performs the miracle signs that you do, unless God’s power is with him.”
3Jesus answered,

Answer 15

“Nicodemus, listen to this eternal truth: Before a person can even perceive God’s kingdom, they must first experience a rebirth.”

Question 16

John3:4-8

4Nicodemus said, “Rebirth? How can a gray-headed man be reborn? It’s impossible for anyone to go back into the womb a second time and be reborn!”
5Jesus answered,

Answer 16

“I speak an eternal truth: Unless you are born of water and the Spirit, you will never enter God’s kingdom. 6For the natural realm only gives birth to things that are natural, but the spiritual realm gives birth to supernatural life!

7“You shouldn’t be amazed by my statement, ‘You all must be born from above!’ 8For the Spirit-Wind blows as it chooses. You can hear its sound, but you don’t know where it came from or where it’s going. So it is the same with those who are Spirit-born!”

Question 17

John3:9-13

9Nicodemus replied, “I don’t understand; what do you mean? How does this happen?”
10Jesus answered,

Answer 17

“Nicodemus, aren’t you the respected teacher in Israel, and yet you don’t understand this revelation? 11I speak eternal truths about things I know, things I’ve seen and experienced—and still you don’t accept what I reveal. 12If you’re unable to believe what I’ve told you about the natural realm, what will you do when I begin to unveil the heavenly realm? 13No one has risen into the heavenly realm except the Son of Man who also exists in heaven.”

14“And just as Moses in the desert lifted up the brass replica of a venomous snake on a pole for all the people to see and be healed, so the Son of Man is ready to be lifted up, 15so that those who truly believe in him will not perish but be given eternal life.

16For here is the way God loved the world—he gave his only, unique Son as a gift. So now everyone who believes in him will never perish but experience everlasting life. 17“God did not send his Son into the world to judge and condemn the world, but to be its Savior and rescue it! 18So now there is no longer any condemnation for those who believe in him,

but the unbeliever already lives under condemnation because they do not believe in the name of the only Son of God. 19And here is the basis for their judgment: The Light of God has now come into the world, but the people loved darkness more than the Light, because they want the darkness to conceal their evil.

20So the wicked hate the Light and try to hide from it, for the Light fully exposes their lives. 21But those who love the truth will come into the Light, for the Light will reveal that it was God who produced their fruitful works.”

Question 18

John4:4-8

4and he had to pass through Samaria. 5Jesus arrived at the Samaritan village of Sychar, near the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6-8Wearied by his long journey, he sat on the edge of Jacob’s well, and sent his disciples into the village to buy food, for it was already afternoon. Soon a Samaritan woman came to draw water. Jesus said to her,

Answer 18

“Give me a drink.”

Question 19

John4:9-10

9She replied, “Why would a Jewish man ask a Samaritan woman for a drink of water?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.) 10Jesus replied,

Answer 19

“If you only knew who I am and the gift that God wants to give you, you’d ask me for a drink, and I would give you living water.”

Question 20

John4:11-14

11The woman replied, “But sir, ou don’t even have a bucket, and the well is very deep. So where do you find this ‘living water’? 12Do you really think that you are greater than our ancestor Jacob who dug this well and drank from it himself, along with his children and livestock?”
13Jesus answered,

Answer 20

“If you drink from Jacob’s well, you’ll be thirsty again, 14but if anyone drinks the living water I give them, they will never be thirsty again. For when you drink the water I give you, it becomes a gushing fountain of the Holy Spirit, flooding you with endless life!”

Question 21

John4:15-16

15The woman replied, “Let me drink that water so I’ll never be thirsty again and won’t have to come back here to draw water.”
16Jesus said,

Answer 21

“Go get your husband and bring him back here.”

Question 22

John4:17-18

17“But I’m not married,” the woman answered.

Answer 22

“That’s true,” Jesus said, 18“for you’ve been married five times, and now you’re living with a man who is not your husband. You have told the truth.”

Question 23

John4:19-24

19The woman changed the subject. “You must be a prophet! 20So tell me this: Why do our fathers worship God on this nearby mountain, but your people teach that Jerusalem is the place where we must worship. Who is right?”
Jesus responded,

Answer 23

21“Believe me, dear woman, the time has come when you will worship the Father neither on a mountain nor in Jerusalem, but in your heart. 22Your people don’t really know the One they worship, but we Jews worship out of our experience, for it’s from the Jews that salvation is available. 23-24From now on, worshiping the Father will not be a matter of the right place but with a right heart. For God is a Spirit, and he longs to have sincere worshipers who adore him in the realm of the Spirit and in truth.”

Question 24

John4:25-26

25The woman said, “This is all so confusing, but I do know that the Anointed One is coming—the true Messiah. And when he comes, he will tell us everything we need to know.”
26Jesus said to her,

Answer 24

“You don’t have to wait any longer, the Anointed One is here speaking with you—I am the One you’re looking for.”

Question 25

John4:31-32

31Then the disciples began to insist that Jesus eat some of the food they brought back with them, saying, “Teacher, you must eat something.” 32But Jesus told them,

Answer 25

“I have eaten a meal you don’t know about.”

Question 26

John4:33-34

33Puzzled by this, the disciples began to discuss it among themselves, “Did someone already bring him food?”
34To clarify, Jesus spoke up and said,

Answer 26

“My food is to do the will of him who sent me and bring it to completion.”

Question 27

John4:35-38

35As the crowds emerged from the village, Jesus said to his disciples,

Answer 27

“Why would you say, ‘The harvest is another four months away’? Look at all the people coming—now is harvest time! Their hearts are like vast fields of ripened grain—ready for a harvest. 36Everyone who reaps these souls for eternal life will receive a reward. Both those who plant spiritual seeds and those who reap the spiritual harvest will celebrate together with great joy!

37And this confirms the saying, ‘One sows the seed and another reaps the harvest.’ 38I have sent you out to harvest a field that you haven’t planted, where many others have labored long and hard before you. And now you are privileged to profit from their labors and reap the harvest.”

Question 28

John4:46-48

46-47Jesus entered the village of Cana of Galilee where he had transformed water into wine. He met there a governmental official from Capernaum whose son was very sick and dying. When he heard that Jesus had left Judea and was staying in Cana of Galilee, he decided to make the journey to Cana. When he found Jesus, he begged him, “You must come with me to Capernaum and heal my son!” 48So Jesus said to him,

Answer 28

“You all never believe unless you see signs and wonders.”

The Samaritans believed without seeing miracles. See John 20:29.

Question 29

John4:49-54

49But the man continued to plead, “Come with me to Capernaum before my little boy dies!”
50Jesus looked him in the eyes and said,

Answer 29

“Go back home now. I promise you, your son will live.”

The man believed in his heart the words of Jesus and set off for home. 51When he was still a distance from Capernaum, his servants met him on the road and told him the good news, “Your son is healed! He’s alive!”
52Overjoyed, the father asked his servants, “When did my son begin to recover?”
“Yesterday,” they said, “at one in the afternoon. All at once his fever broke—and now he’s well!”
53Then the father immediately realized that it was at that very same hour that Jesus spoke the words to him, “Your son will live.” From that day forward, the man, his servants, and all his family believed. 54Healing the official’s son was Jesus’ second extraordinary miracle in Galilee after returning from Judea.

Question 30

John5:3-6

3Hundreds of sick people were lying under the covered porches—the paralyzed, the blind, and the crippled—all of them waiting for their healing. 4For an angel of God periodically descended into the pool to stir the waters, and the first one who stepped into the pool after the waters swirled would instantly be healed. 5Among the many sick people lying there was a man who had been disabled for thirty-eight years. 6When Jesus saw him lying there, he knew that the man had been crippled for a long time. Jesus said to him,

Answer 30

“Do you truly long to be well?”

Question 31

John5:7-9

there’s no way I can get healed, for I have no one to lower me into the water when the angel comes. As soon as I try to crawl to the edge of the pool, someone else jumps in ahead of me.”
8Jesus said to him,

Answer 31

“Stand up! Pick up your sleeping mat and you will walk!”

9Immediately he stood up—he was healed! So he rolled up his mat and walked again! Now Jesus worked this miracle on the Sabbath.

Question 32

John5:12-14

12“What man?” they asked him. “Who was this man who ordered you to carry something on a Sabbath?” 13But the healed man couldn’t give them an answer, for he didn’t yet know who it was, since Jesus had already slipped away into the crowd.
14A short time later, Jesus found the man at the temple and said to him,

Answer 32

“Look at you now! You’re healed! Walk away from your sin so that nothing worse will happen to you.”

Question 33

John5:15-17

15Then the man went to the Jewish leaders to inform them, “It was Jesus who healed me!” 16From that day forward the Jewish leaders began to persecute Jesus because of the things he did on the Sabbath. 17Jesus answered his critics by saying,

Answer 33

“Every day my Father is at work, and I will be, too!”

Question 34

John5:18-

18This infuriated them and made them all the more eager to devise a plan to kill him. For not only did he break their Sabbath rules, but he also called God “my Father,” which made him equal to God. 19So Jesus said,

Answer 34

speak to you eternal truth. The Son is unable to do anything from himself or through his own initiative. I only do the works that I see the Father doing, for the Son does the same works as his Father.
20“Because the Father loves his Son so much, he always reveals to him everything that he is about to do. And you will all be amazed when he shows him even greater works than what you’ve seen so far! 21For just as the Father has power to raise the dead, the Son will also raise the dead and give life to whomever he wants.
22“The Father judges no one, for he has given to the Son all the authority to judge. 23Therefore, the honor that belongs to the Father he will now share with his Son. So if you refuse to honor the Son, you are refusing to honor the Father who sent him.
24“I speak to you an eternal truth: if you embrace my message and believe in the One who sent me, you will never face condemnation. In me, you have already passed from the realm of death into eternal life!”

25“I speak to you an eternal truth: Soon the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who listen will arise with life! 26For as the Father is the source of life, so he has given the Son the power to impart life. 27The Father has transferred to the Son the authority to judge, because he is the Son of Man.
28“Don’t be amazed when I tell you these things, for there is a day coming when everyone who has ever died will hear my voice calling them back to life, 29and they will come out of their graves! Those who have done what is good will experience a resurrection to eternal life. And those who have practiced evil will taste the resurrection of judgment!
30“Nothing I do is from my own initiative. As I hear the judgment passed by my Father, I execute those judgments. And my judgments will be perfect, because I seek only to fulfill the desires of my Father who sent me. 31If I were to make claims about myself, you would have reasons to doubt.32But there is another who bears witness on my behalf, and I know that what he testifies of me is true.”

33“You have sent messengers to John, and what he testified about me is true. 34I have no need to be validated by men, but I’m explaining these things so that you will believe and be saved.
35“John was a blazing, shining torch, and for a short time, you basked in his light with great joy. 36But I can provide more substantial proof of who I am that exceeds John’s testimony—my miracles! These works which the Father destined for me to complete—they prove that the Father has sent me! 37And my Father himself, who gave me this mission, has also testified that I am his Son. But you have never heard his voice nor seen his form, 38nor does his Word truly live inside of you, for you refuse to believe in me or to embrace me as God’s messenger.
39“You are busy analyzing the Scriptures, poring over them hoping to gain eternal life. Everything you read points to me, 40yet you still refuse to come to me so I can give you the life you’re looking for—eternal life! 41“I do not accept the honor that comes from men, 42for I know what kind of people you really are, and I can see that the love of God has found no home in you. 43I have come to represent my Father, yet you refuse to embrace me in faith. If someone comes in their own name and with their own agenda, you readily accept him. 44Of course you’re unable to believe in me. For you live to enjoy the praises of others and not the praise that comes from the one true God. 45“I will not accuse you before the Father. The one who will incriminate you is Moses, the very one you claim to obey, the one in whom you trust! 46If you really believed what Moses has written, then you would embrace me, for Moses wrote about me! 47But since you do not believe what he wrote, no wonder you don’t believe what I say.”

Question 35

John6:5-6

5As Jesus sat down, he looked out and saw the massive crowd of people scrambling up the hill, for they wanted to be near him. So he turned to Philip and said,

Answer 35

Where will we buy enough food to feed all these people?”

6Now Jesus already knew what he was about to do, but he said this to stretch Philip’s faith.

Question 36

John6:8-10

8But just then, Andrew, Peter’s brother, spoke up and said, 9“Look! Here’s a young person with five barley loaves and two small fish . . . but how far would that go with this huge crowd?”

Answer 36

10“Have everyone sit down,”

Jesus said to his disciples. So on the vast grassy slope, more than five thousand hungry people sat down.

Question 37

John6:11-13

11Jesus then took the barley loaves and the fish and gave thanks to God. He then gave it to the disciples to distribute to the people. Miraculously, the food multiplied, with everyone eating as much as they wanted! 12When everyone was satisfied, Jesus told his disciples,

Answer 37

Now go back and gather up the pieces left over so that nothing will be wasted.”

13The disciples filled up twelve baskets of fragments, a basket of leftovers for each disciple.

Question 38

John6:19-21

19The disciples had rowed about halfway across the lake when all of a sudden they caught sight of Jesus walking on top of the waves, coming toward them. The disciples panicked, 20but Jesus called out to them,

Answer 38

“Don’t be afraid. You know who I am.”

21They were relieved to take him in, and the moment Jesus stepped into the boat, they were instantly transported to the other side!

Question 39

John6:24-27

24So when the people saw on the shoreline a number of small boats from Tiberias and realized Jesus and the disciples weren’t there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum to search for him.
25When they finally found him, they asked him, “Teacher, how did you get here?” 26Jesus replied,

Answer 39

“Let me make this very clear, you came looking for me because I fed you by a miracle, not because you believe in me. 27Why would you strive for food that is perishable and not be passionate to seek the food of eternal life, which never spoils? I, the Son of Man, am ready to give you what matters most, for God the Father has destined me for this purpose.”

Question 40

John6:28-29

28They replied, “So what should we do if we want to do God’s work?”
29Jesus answered,

Answer 40

“The work you can do for God starts with believing in the One he has sent.”

Question 41

John6:30-32

30-31They replied, “Show us a miracle so we can see it, and then we’ll believe in you. Moses took care of our ancestors who were fed by the miracle of manna every day in the desert, just like the Scripture says, ‘He fed them with bread from heaven.’ What sign will you perform for us?”

Answer 41

32“The truth is,” Jesus said, “Moses didn’t give you the bread of heaven. It’s my Father who offers bread that comes as a dramatic sign from heaven. The bread of God is the One who came out of heaven to give his life to feed the world.”

Question 42

John6:34-40

34“Then please, sir, give us this bread every day,” they replied.
35Jesus said to them,

Answer 42

“I am the Bread of Life. Come every day to me and you will never be hungry. Believe in me and you will never be thirsty. 36Yet I’ve told you that even though you’ve seen me, you still don’t believe in me. 37But everyone my Father has given to me, they will come. And all who come to me, I will embrace and will never turn them away. 38And I have come out of heaven not for my own desires, but for the satisfaction of my Father who sent me. 39My Father who sent me has determined that I will not lose even one of those he has given to me, and I will raise them up in the last day. 40For the longing of my Father is that everyone who embraces the Son and believes in him will experience eternal life and I will raise them up in the last day!”

Question 43

John6:41

41When the Jews who were hostile to Jesus heard him say,

Answer 43

“I am the Bread that came down from heaven,”

Question 44

John6:42-51

42“How can he say these things about himself? We know him, and we know his parents. How dare he say, ‘I have come down from heaven?’ ”
43Jesus responded,

Answer 44

“Stop your grumbling! 44The only way people come to me is by the Father who sent me—he pulls on their hearts to embrace me. And those who are drawn to me, I will certainly raise them up in the last day.”

45Jesus continued, “It has been written by the prophets, ‘They will all be taught by God himself.’ If you are really listening to the Father and learning directly from him, you will come to me. 46For I am the only One who has come from the Father’s side, and I have seen the Father!
47“I speak to you living truth: Unite your heart to me and believe—and you will experience eternal life! 48I am the true Bread of Life.

49Your ancestors ate manna in the desert and died. 50But standing here before you is the true Bread that comes out of heaven, and when you eat this Bread you will never die. 51I alone am this living Bread that has come to you from heaven. Eat this Bread and you will live forever. The living Bread I give you is my body, which I will offer as a sacrifice so that all may live.”

Question 45

John6:52-59

52These words of Jesus sparked an angry outburst among the Jews. They protested, saying, “Does this man expect us to eat his body?”
53Jesus replied to them,

Answer 45

“Listen to this eternal truth: Unless you eat the body of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you will not have eternal life. 54Eternal life comes to the one who eats my body and drinks my blood, and I will raise him up in the last day. 55For my body is real food for your spirit and my blood is real drink. 56The one who eats my body and drinks my blood lives in me and I live in him. 57The Father of life sent me, and he is my life. In the same way, the one who feeds upon me, I will become his life. 58I am not like the bread your ancestors ate and later died. I am the living Bread that comes from heaven. Eat this Bread and you will live forever!”

59Jesus preached this sermon in the synagogue in Capernaum.

Question 46

John6:60-63

60And when many of Jesus’ followers heard these things, it caused a stir. “That’s disgusting!” they said. “How could anybody accept it?” 61Without anyone telling him, Jesus knew they were outraged and told them,

Answer 46

“Are you offended over my teaching? 62What will you do when you see the Son of Man ascending into the realm from where he came? 63“The Holy Spirit is the one who gives life, that which is of the natural realm is of no help. The words I speak to you are Spirit and life. But there are still some of you who won’t believe.”

Question 47

John6:64-65

64In fact, Jesus already knew from the beginning who the skeptics were and who his traitor would be. 65He went on to say,

Answer 47

“This is why I told you that no one embraces me unless the Father has given you to me.”

Question 48

John6:66-67

66And so from that time on many of the disciples turned their backs on Jesus and refused to be associated with him. 67So Jesus said to his twelve,

Answer 48

“And you—do you also want to leave?”

Question 49

John6:68-

68Peter spoke up and said, “But Lord, where would we go? No one but you gives us the revelation of eternal life. 69We’re fully convinced that you are the Anointed One, the Son of the Living God, and we believe in you!”
70Then Jesus shocked them with these words:

Answer 49

“I have hand-picked you to be my twelve, knowing that one of you is the devil.”

71Jesus was referring to Judas Iscariot, son of Simon, for he knew that Judas, one of his chosen disciples, was getting ready to betray him.

Question 50

John7:2-8

2Now the annual Feast of Tabernacles was approaching. 3So Jesus’ brothers came to advise him, saying, “Why don’t you leave the countryside villages and go to Judea where the crowds are, so that your followers can see your miracles? 4No one can see what you’re doing here in the backwoods of Galilee. How do you expect to be successful and famous if you do all these things in secret? Now is your time—go to Jerusalem, come out of hiding, and show the world who you are!” 5His brothers were pushing him, even though they didn’t yet believe in him as the Savior. 6Jesus responded,

Answer 50

“My time of being unveiled hasn’t yet come, but any time is a suitable opportunity for you to gain man’s approval. 7The world can’t hate you, but it does me, for I am exposing their evil deeds. 8You can go ahead and celebrate the feast without me—my appointed time has not yet come.”

Question 51

John7:14-19

14Not until the feast was half over did Jesus finally appear in the temple courts and begin to teach. 15The Jewish leaders were astonished by what he taught and said, “How did this man acquire such knowledge? He wasn’t trained in our schools—who taught him?”
16So Jesus responded,

Answer 51

“I don’t teach my own ideas, but the truth revealed to me by the One who sent me. 17If you want to test my teachings and discover where I received them, first be passionate to do God’s will, and then you will be able to discern if my teachings are from the heart of God or from my own opinions. 18Charlatans praise themselves and seek honor from men, but my Father sent me to speak truth on his behalf. And I have no false motive, because I seek only the glory of God. 19Moses has given you the law, but not one of you is faithful to keep it. So if you are all law-breakers, why then would you seek to kill me?”

Question 52

John7:20-24

20Then some in the crowd shouted out, “You must be out of your mind! Who’s trying to kill you?”
21Jesus replied,

Answer 52

“I only had to do one miracle, and all of you marvel! 22Yet isn’t it true that Moses and your forefathers ordered you to circumcise your sons even if the eighth day fell on a Sabbath? 23So if you cut away part of a man on the Sabbath and that doesn’t break the Jewish law, 7:23 Or “Torah.” Jesus was saying, “Who are you to judge me when you don’t practice what you preach?” why then would you be indignant with me for making a man completely healed on the Sabbath? 24Stop judging based on the superficial. First you must embrace the standards of mercy and truth.”

Question 53

John7:24-30

25Then some of the residents of Jerusalem spoke up and said, “Isn’t this the one they’re trying to kill? 26So why is he here speaking publicly and not one of the Jewish leaders is doing anything about it? Are they starting to think that he’s the Anointed One? 27But how could he be, since we know this man is from Galilee, but no one will know where the true Messiah comes from, he’ll just appear out of nowhere.” 28Knowing all of this, Jesus one day preached boldly in the temple courts,

Answer 53

“So, you think you know me and where I come from? But you don’t know the One who sent me—the Father who is always faithful. I have not come simply on my own initiative. 29The Father has sent me here, and I know all about him, for I have come from his presence.”

30His words caused many to want to arrest him, but no man was able to lay a hand on him, for it wasn’t yet his appointed time.

Question 54

John7:32-34

32So when the Pharisees heard these rumors circulating about Jesus, they went with the leading priests and the temple guards to arrest him.
33Then Jesus said,

Answer 54

“My days to be with you are numbered. Then I will return to the One who sent me. 34And you will search for me and not be able to find me. For where I am, you cannot come.”

Question 55

John7:37-39

37Then on the most important day of the feast, the last day, Jesus stood and shouted out to the crowds—

Answer 55

“All you thirsty ones, come to me! Come to me and drink! 38Believe in me so that rivers of living water will burst out from within you, flowing from your innermost being, just like the Scripture says!”

39Jesus was prophesying about the Holy Spirit that believers were being prepared to receive. But the Holy Spirit had not yet been poured out upon them, because Jesus had not yet been unveiled in his full splendor.

Question 56

John8:3-7

3Then in the middle of his teaching, the religious scholars and the Pharisees broke through the crowd and brought a woman who had been caught in the act of committing adultery and made her stand in the middle of everyone.
4Then they said to Jesus, “Teacher, we caught this woman in the very act of adultery. 5Doesn’t Moses’ law command us to stone to death a woman like this? Tell us, what do you say we should do with her?” 6They were only testing Jesus because they hoped to trap him with his own words and accuse him of breaking the laws of Moses.
But Jesus didn’t answer them. Instead he simply bent down and wrote in the dust with his finger. 7Angry, they kept insisting that he answer their question, so Jesus stood up and looked at them and said,

Answer 56

“Let’s have the man who has never had a sinful desire throw the first stone at her.”

Question 57

John8:8-11

8And then he bent over again and wrote some more words in the dust. 9Upon hearing that, her accusers slowly left the crowd one at a time, beginning with the oldest to the youngest, with a convicted conscience. 10Until finally, Jesus was left alone with the woman still standing there in front of him. So he stood back up and said to her,

Answer 57

“Dear woman, where are your accusers? Is there no one here to condemn you?”

11Looking around, she replied, “I see no one, Lord.”

Jesus said, “Then I certainly don’t condemn you either. Go, and from now on, be free from a life of sin.”

Question 58

John8:10-12

“Dear woman, where are your accusers? Is there no one here to condemn you?”

11Looking around, she replied, “I see no one, Lord.”

Jesus said, “Then I certainly don’t condemn you either. Go, and from now on, be free from a life of sin.”
12Then Jesus said,

Answer 58

“I am light to the world, and those who embrace me will experience life-giving light, and they will never walk in darkness.”

Question 59

John8:13-18

13The Pharisees were immediately offended and said, “You’re just boasting about yourself! Since we only have your word on this, it makes your testimony invalid!”
14Jesus responded,

Answer 59

“Just because I am the one making these claims doesn’t mean they’re invalid. For I absolutely know who I am, where I’ve come from, and where I’m going. But you Pharisees have no idea about what I’m saying. 15For you’ve set yourselves up as judges of others based on outward appearances, but I certainly never judge others in that way. 16For I discern the truth. And I am not alone in my judgments, for my Father and I have the same understanding in all things, and he has sent me to you.
17“Isn’t it written in the law of Moses that the testimony of two men is trustworthy? 18Then what I say about who I am is true, for I am not alone in my testimony—my Father is the other witness, and we testify together of the truth.”

Question 60

John8:18-20

18Then what I say about who I am is true, for I am not alone in my testimony—my Father is the other witness, and we testify together of the truth.”
19Then they asked, “Just who is this ‘Father’ of yours? Where is he?”
Jesus answered,

Answer 60

“You wouldn’t ask that question if you knew who I am, or my Father. For if you knew me, you would recognize my Father too.”

20(Jesus taught all these things while standing in the treasure room of the temple. And no one dared to arrest him, for it wasn’t yet his time to surrender to men.)

Question 61

John8:21

21One day Jesus said again,

Answer 61

“I am about to leave you. You will want to find me, but you will still die in your sins. You won’t be able to come where I am going.”

Question 62

John8:22-24

22This so confused the Jewish leaders that they began to say, “Is he planning to commit suicide? What’s he talking about—‘You won’t be able to come where I am going’?”
23Jesus spoke up and said,

Answer 62

“You are all from the earth; I am from above. I am not from this world like you are. 24That’s why I’ve told you that you will all die in your sins if you fail to believe that I AM who I AM.”

Question 63

John8:25-26

25So they asked him plainly, “Who are you?”

Answer 63

“I am the One I’ve always claimed to be.” Jesus replied.

26“And I still have many more things to pronounce in judgment about you. For I will testify to the world of the truths that I have heard from my Father, and the Father who sent me is trustworthy.”

Question 64

John8:27-30

27(Even after all of this, they still didn’t realize that he was speaking about his heavenly Father.)

Answer 64

28“You will know me as ‘I AM’ after you have lifted me up from the earth as the Son of Man. Then you will realize that I do nothing on my own initiative, but I only speak the truth that the Father has revealed to me. 29I am his messenger and he is always with me, for I only do that which delights his heart.”

30These words caused many respected Jews to believe in him.

Question 65

John8:31-32

31Jesus said to those Jews who believed in him,

Answer 65

“When you continue to embrace all that I teach, you prove that you are my true followers. 32For if you embrace the truth, it will release true freedom into your lives.”

Question 66

John8:33-38

33Surprised by this, they said, “But we’re the descendants of Abraham and we’re already free. We’ve never been in bondage to anyone. How could you say that we will be released into more freedom?”

Answer 66

34“I speak eternal truth,” Jesus said. “When you sin you are not free. You’ve become a slave in bondage to your sin. 35And slaves have no permanent standing in a family, like a son does, for a son is a part of the family forever. 36So if the Son sets you free from sin, then become a true son and be unquestionably free! 37Even though you are descendants of Abraham, you desire to kill me because the message I bring has not found a home in your hearts. 38Yet the truths I speak I’ve seen and received in my Father’s presence. But you are doing what you’ve learned from your father!”

Question 67

John8:39-41

39“What do you mean?” they replied. “Abraham is our father!”
Jesus said,

Answer 67

“If you are really Abraham’s sons, then you would follow in the steps of Abraham. 40I’ve only told you the truth that I’ve heard in my Father’s presence, but now you are wanting me dead—is that how Abraham acted? 41No, you people are doing what your father has taught you!”

Question 68

John8:41-47

Indignant, they responded, “What are you talking about? We only have one Father, God himself! We’re not illegitimate!”
42Jesus said,

Answer 68

“Then if God were really your father, you would love me, for I’ve come from his presence. I didn’t come here on my own, but God sent me to you. 43Why don’t you understand what I say? You don’t understand because your hearts are closed to my message!
44“You are the offspring of your father, the devil, and you serve your father very well, passionately carrying out his desires. He’s been a murderer right from the start! He never stood with the truth, for he’s full of nothing but lies—lying is his native tongue. He is a master of deception and the father of lies! 45But I am the true Prince who speaks nothing but the truth, yet you refuse to believe and you want nothing to do with me. 46Can you name one sin that I’ve committed? Then if I am telling you only the truth, why don’t you believe me? 47If you really knew God, you would listen, receive, and respond with faith to his words. But since you don’t listen and respond to what he says, it proves you don’t belong to him and you have no room for him in your hearts.”

Question 69

John8:48-51

48“See! We were right all along!” some of the Jewish leaders shouted. “You’re nothing but a demon-possessed Samaritan!” 8:48 They are obviously scorning Jesus by calling him “a demon-possessed Samaritan.” The Jews despised their northern cousins, the Samaritans, for their ancestors had come from Assyria and occupied Israel’s lands. The three major groups in Israel at that time were Judeans (Jews), Galileans, and Samaritans. The Jerusalem Jews saw themselves as superior and more faithful to the God of the Hebrews than their northern neighbors. Jesus was a Galilean, having come from Nazareth. But Nazareth was part of the northern region looked down upon by the Jews. The Aramaic can be translated “You’re a crazy Samaritan.”
49Jesus replied,

Answer 69

“It is not a demon that would cause me to honor my Father. I live my life for his honor, even though you insult me for it. 50I never have a need to seek my own glory, for the Father will do that for me, and he will judge those who do not. 51I speak to you this eternal truth: whoever cherishes my words and keeps them will never experience death.”

Question 70

John8:52-56

52This prompted the Jewish leaders to say, “Now we know for sure that you’re demon possessed! You just said that those who keep watch over your words will never experience death, but Abraham and all the prophets have died! 53Do you think you’re greater than our father Abraham and all the prophets? You are so delusional about yourself that you make yourself greater than you are!”
54Jesus answered them,

Answer 70

“If I were to tell you how great I am, it would mean nothing. But my Father is the One who will prove it and will glorify me. Isn’t he the One you claim is your God? 55But in reality, you’ve never embraced him as your own. I know him, and I would be a liar, like yourselves, if I told you anything less than that. I have fully embraced him, and I treasure his every word. 56And not only that, Abraham, your ancestor, was overjoyed when he received the revelation of my coming to earth. Yes, he foresaw me coming and was filled with delight!”

Question 71

John8:57-59

57But many of the Jewish leaders doubted him and said, “What are you talking about? You’re not even fifty years old yet. You talk like you’ve seen Abraham!”
58Jesus said to them,

Answer 71

“I give you this eternal truth: I have existed long before Abraham was born, for I AM!”

59When they heard this, they picked up rocks to stone him, but Jesus concealed himself as he passed through the crowd and went away from there.

Question 72

John9:1-5

1Afterward, as Jesus walked down the street, he noticed a man blind from birth. 2His disciples asked him, “Teacher, whose sin caused this guy’s blindness, his own, or the sin of his parents?”
3Jesus answered,

Answer 72

“Neither. It happened to him so that you could watch him experience God’s miracle. 4While I am with you, it is daytime and we must do the works of God who sent me while the light shines. For there is coming a dark night when no one will be able to work. 5As long as I am with you my life is the light that pierces the world’s darkness.”

Question 73

John9:6-7

6Then Jesus spat on the ground and made some clay with his saliva. Then he anointed the blind man’s eyes with the clay. 7And he said to the blind man,

Answer 73

“Now go and wash the clay from your eyes in the ritual pool of Siloam.”

So he went and washed his face and as he came back, he could see for the first time in his life!

Question 74

John9:34-39

34Some of the Jewish leaders were enraged and said, “Just who do you think you are to lecture us! You were born a blind, filthy sinner!” So they threw the man out in the street.
35When Jesus learned they had thrown him out, he went to find him and said to him,

Answer 74

“Do you believe in the Son of God?”

36The man whose blind eyes were healed answered, “Who is he, Master? Tell me so that I can place all my faith in him.”

37Jesus replied,
“You’re looking right at him. He’s speaking with you. It’s me, the one in front of you now.”

38Then the man threw himself at his feet and worshiped Jesus and said, “Lord, I believe in you!”

39And Jesus said,
“I have come to judge those who think they see and make them blind. And for those who are blind, I have come to make them see.”

Question 75

John9:39-41

39And Jesus said, “I have come to judge those who think they see and make them blind. And for those who are blind, I have come to make them see.”
40Some of the Pharisees were standing nearby and overheard these words. They interrupted Jesus and said, “You mean to tell us that we are blind?”
41Jesus told them,

Answer 75

“If you would acknowledge your blindness, then your sin would be removed. But now that you claim to see, your sin remains with you!”

Question 76

John10:1-5

1Jesus said to the Pharisees,

Answer 76

“Listen to this eternal truth: The person who sneaks over the wall to enter into the sheep pen, rather than coming through the gate, reveals himself as a thief coming to steal. 2But the true Shepherd walks right up to the gate, 3and because the gatekeeper knows who he is, he opens the gate to let him in. 10:3 In this parable the gatekeeper would represent John the Baptizer who recognized Jesus as the Shepherd. John opened the gate for him to be introduced to Israel at Jesus’ baptism. And the sheep recognize the voice of the true Shepherd, for he calls his own by name and leads them out, for they belong to him. 4And when he has brought out all his sheep, he walks ahead of them and they will follow him, for they are familiar with his voice. 5But they will run away from strangers and never follow them because they know it’s the voice of a stranger.”

Question 77

John10:6-18

6Jesus told the Pharisees this parable even though they didn’t understand a word of what he meant. 7So Jesus went over it again,

Answer 77

“I speak to you eternal truth: I am the Gate for the flock. 8All those who broke in before me are thieves who came to steal, but the sheep never listened to them. 9I am the Gateway. To enter through me is to experience life, freedom, and satisfaction. 10A thief has only one thing in mind—he wants to steal, slaughter, and destroy. But I have come to give you everything in abundance, more than you expect —life in its fullness until you overflow! 11I am the Good Shepherd who lays down my life as a sacrifice for the sheep. 12-13But the worker who serves only for wages is not a real shepherd. Because he has no heart for the sheep he will run away and abandon them when he sees the wolf coming. And then the wolf mauls the sheep, drags them off, and scatters them. 14“I alone am the Good Shepherd, and I know those whose hearts are mine, for they recognize me and know me, 15just as my Father knows my heart and I know my Father’s heart. I am ready to give my life for the sheep.
16“And I have other sheep that I will gather which are not of this Jewish flock. And I, their shepherd, must lead them too, and they will follow me and listen to my voice. And I will join them all into one flock with one shepherd. 17“The Father has an intense love for me because I freely give my own life—to raise it up again. 18I surrender my own life, and no one has the power to take my life from me. I have the authority to lay it down and the power to take it back again. This is the destiny my Father has set before me.”

19This teaching set off another heated controversy among the Jewish leaders. 20Many of them said, “This man is a demon-possessed lunatic! Why would anyone listen to a word he says?” 21But then there were others who weren’t so sure: “His teaching is full of insight. These are not the ravings of a madman! How could a demonized man give sight to one born blind?”

Question 78

John10:22-30

Jesus walked into the temple area under Solomon’s covered walkway 24when the Jewish leaders encircled him and said, “How much longer will you keep us in suspense? Tell us the truth and clarify this for us once and for all. Are you really the Messiah, the Anointed One?”
25Jesus answered them,

Answer 78

“I have told you the truth already and you did not believe me. The proof of who I am is revealed by all the miracles that I do in the name of my Father. 26Yet, you stubbornly refuse to follow me, because you are not my sheep. As I’ve told you before: 27My own sheep will hear my voice and I know each one, and they will follow me. 28I give to them the gift of eternal life and they will never be lost and no one has the power to snatch them out of my hands. 29My Father, who has given them to me as his gift, is the mightiest of all, and no one has the power to snatch them from my Father’s care. 30The Father and I are one.”

Question 79

John10:30-32

30The Father and I are one.”
31When they heard this, the Jewish leaders were so enraged that they picked up rocks to stone him to death. 32But Jesus said,

Answer 79

“My Father has empowered me to work many miracles and acts of mercy among you. So which one of them do you want to stone me for?”

Question 80

John10:33-39

33The Jewish leaders responded, “We’re not stoning you for anything good you did—it’s because of your blasphemy! You’re just a son of Adam, but you’ve claimed to be God!”
34Jesus answered,

Answer 80

“Isn’t it written in your Scriptures that God said, ‘You are gods?’ The Scriptures cannot be denied or found to be in error. 35So if those who have the message of the Scriptures are said to be ‘gods,’ then why would you accuse me of blasphemy? 36For I have been uniquely chosen by God and he is the one who sent me to you. How then could it be blasphemy for me to say, ‘I am the Son of God!’ 37If I’m not doing the beautiful works that my Father sent me to do, then don’t believe me. 38But if you see me doing the beautiful works of God upon the earth, then you should at least believe the evidence of the miracles, even if you don’t believe my words! Then you would come to experience me and be convinced that I am in the Father and the Father is in me.”

39Once again they attempted to seize him, but he escaped miraculously from their clutches.

Question 81

John11:1-7

1-2In the village of Bethany there was a man named Lazarus, and his sisters, Mary and Martha. Mary was the one who would anoint Jesus’ feet with costly perfume and dry his feet with her long hair. One day Lazarus became very sick to the point of death. 3So his sisters sent a message to Jesus, “Lord, our brother Lazarus, the one you love, is very sick. Please come!”
4When he heard this, he said,

Answer 81

“This sickness will not end in death for Lazarus, but will bring glory and praise to God. This will reveal the greatness of the Son of God by what takes place.”

5-6Now even though Jesus loved Mary, Martha, and Lazarus, he remained where he was for two more days. 7Finally, on the third day, he said to his disciples,

“Come. It’s time to go to Bethany.”

Question 82

John11:7-11

7Finally, on the third day, he said to his disciples,

“Come. It’s time to go to Bethany.”

8“But Teacher,” they said to him, “do you really want to go back there? It was just a short time ago the people of Judea were going to stone you!”

9-10Jesus replied,

Answer 82

“Are there not twelve hours of daylight in every day? You can go through a day without the fear of stumbling when you walk in the One who gives light to the world. But you will stumble when the light is not in you, for you’ll be walking in the dark.”

11Then Jesus added,

Lazarus, our friend, has just fallen asleep. It’s time that I go and awaken him.”

Question 83

John11:11-15

11Then Jesus added,

Lazarus, our friend, has just fallen asleep. It’s time that I go and awaken him.”

12When they heard this, the disciples replied, “Lord, if he has just fallen asleep, then he’ll get better.” 13Jesus was speaking about Lazarus’ death, but the disciples presumed he was talking about natural sleep.
14Then Jesus made it plain to them,

Answer 83

“Lazarus is dead. 15And for your sake, I’m glad I wasn’t there, because now you have another opportunity to see who I am so that you will learn to trust in me. Come, let’s go and see him.”

16So Thomas, nicknamed the Twin, remarked to the other disciples, “Let’s go so that we can die with him.”

Question 84

John11:17-26

17-18Now when they arrived at Bethany, which was only about two miles from Jerusalem, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. 19Many friends of Mary and Martha had come from the region to console them over the loss of their brother. 20And when Martha heard that Jesus was approaching the village, she went out to meet him, but Mary stayed in the house.
21Martha said to Jesus, “My Lord, if only you had come sooner, my brother wouldn’t have died. 22But I know that if you were to ask God for anything, he would do it for you.”
23Jesus told her,

Answer 84

“Your brother will rise and live.”

24She replied, “Yes, I know he will rise with everyone else on resurrection day.”

25“Martha,” Jesus said, “You don’t have to wait until then. I am the Resurrection, and I am Life Eternal. Anyone who clings to me in faith, even though he dies, will live forever. 26And the one who lives by believing in me will never die. 11:26 This is very emphatic in the Greek, “never die forever!” Do you believe this?”

27Then Martha replied, “Yes, Lord, I do! I’ve always believed that you are the Anointed One, the Son of God who has come into the world for us!” 28Then she left and hurried off to her sister, Mary, and called her aside from all the mourners and whispered to her, “The Master is here and he’s asking for you.”

Question 85

John11:32-36

32When Mary finally found Jesus outside the village, she fell at his feet in tears and said, “Lord, if only you had been here, my brother would not have died.”
33When Jesus looked at Mary and saw her weeping at his feet, and all her friends who were with her grieving, he shuddered with emotion and was deeply moved with tenderness and compassion. 34He said to them,

Answer 85

“Where did you bury him?”

“Lord, come with us and we’ll show you,” they replied.

35Then tears streamed down Jesus’ face.
36Seeing Jesus weep caused many of the mourners to say, “Look how much he loved Lazarus.”

Question 86

John11:35-40

35Then tears streamed down Jesus’ face.
36Seeing Jesus weep caused many of the mourners to say, “Look how much he loved Lazarus.”
37Yet others said, “Isn’t this the One who opens blind eyes? Why didn’t he do something to keep Lazarus from dying?”
38Then Jesus, with intense emotions, came to the tomb—a cave with a stone placed over its entrance. 39Jesus told them,

Answer 86

“Roll away the stone.”

Then Martha said, “But Lord, it’s been four days since he died—by now his body is already decomposing!”
40Jesus looked at her and said,

“Didn’t I tell you that if you will believe in me, you will see God unveil his power?”

Question 87

John11:40-44

40Jesus looked at her and said,

“Didn’t I tell you that if you will believe in me, you will see God unveil his power?”

41So they rolled away the heavy stone. Jesus gazed into heaven and said,

Answer 87

“Father, thank you that you have heard my prayer, 42for you listen to every word I speak. Now, so that these who stand here with me will believe that you have sent me to the earth as your messenger, I will use the power you have given me.”

43Then with a loud voice Jesus shouted with authority:

“Lazarus! Come out of the tomb!”

44Then in front of everyone, Lazarus, who had died four days earlier, slowly hobbled out—he still had grave clothes tightly wrapped around his hands and feet and covering his face! Jesus said to them,

“Unwrap him and let him loose.”

45From that day forward many of those who had come to visit Mary believed in him, for they had seen with their own eyes this amazing miracle! 46But a few went back to inform the Pharisees about what Jesus had done.

Question 88

John11:40-44

1Six days before the Passover began, Jesus went back to Bethany, the town where he raised Lazarus from the dead. 2They had prepared a supper for Jesus. Martha served, and Lazarus and Mary were among those at the table. 3Mary picked up an alabaster jar filled with nearly a liter of extremely rare and costly perfume—the purest extract of nard, and she anointed Jesus’ feet. Then she wiped them dry with her long hair. And the fragrance of the costly oil filled the house. 4But Judas the locksmith, Simon’s son, the betrayer, spoke up and said, 5“What a waste! We could have sold this perfume for a fortune and given the money to the poor!”
6(In fact, Judas had no heart for the poor. He only said this because he was a thief and in charge of the money case. He would steal money whenever he wanted from the funds given to support Jesus’ ministry.)
7Jesus said to Judas,

Answer 88

“Leave her alone! She has saved it for the time of my burial. 8You’ll always have the poor with you; but you won’t always have me.”

Question 89

John12:20-29

20Now there were a number of foreigners from among the nations who were worshipers at the feast. 21They went to Philip (who came from the village of Bethsaida in Galilee) and they asked him, “Would you take us to see Jesus? We want to see him.” 22So Philip went to find Andrew, and then they both went to inform Jesus. 23He replied to them,

Answer 89

“Now is the time for the Son of Man to be glorified. 24Let me make this clear: A single grain of wheat will never be more than a single grain of wheat unless it drops into the ground and dies. Because then it sprouts and produces a great harvest of wheat—all because one grain died. 25“The person who loves his life and pampers himself will miss true life! But the one who detaches his life from this world and abandons himself to me, will find true life and enjoy it forever! 26If you want to be my disciple, follow me and you will go where I am going. And if you truly follow me as my disciple, the Father will shower his favor upon your life.
27“Even though I am torn within, and my soul is in turmoil, I will not ask the Father to rescue me from this hour of trial. For I have come to fulfill my purpose —to offer myself to God. 28So, Father, bring glory to your name!

Then suddenly a booming voice was heard from the sky,
“I have glorified my name! And I will glorify it through you again!”
29The audible voice of God startled the crowd standing nearby. Some thought it was only thunder, yet others said, “An angel just spoke to him!”

Question 90

John12:29-33

29The audible voice of God startled the crowd standing nearby. Some thought it was only thunder, yet others said, “An angel just spoke to him!”

30Then Jesus told them,

Answer 90

“The voice you heard was not for my benefit, but for yours—to help you believe. 31From this moment on, everything in this world is about to change, for the ruler of this dark world will be overthrown. 32And I will do this when I am lifted up off the ground and when I draw the hearts of people to gather them to me.”

33He said this to indicate that he would die by being lifted up on the cross.

Question 91

John12:33-36

33He said this to indicate that he would die by being lifted up on the cross. 34People from the crowd spoke up and said, “Die? How could the Anointed One die? The Word of God says that the Anointed One will live with us forever, but you just said that the Son of Man must be lifted up from the earth. And who is this Son of Man anyway?”
35Jesus replied,

Answer 91

“You will have the light shining with you for only a little while longer. While you still have me, walk in the light, so that the darkness doesn’t overtake you. For when you walk in the dark you have no idea where you’re going. 36So believe and cling to the light while I am with you, so that you will become children of light.”

After saying this, Jesus then entered into the crowd and hid himself from them.

Question 92

John12:39-50

39And the people were not able to believe, for Isaiah also prophesied:
40God has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts to the truth. So with their eyes and hearts closed they cannot understand the truth nor turn to me so that I could instantly cleanse and heal them. 41Isaiah said these things because he had seen and experienced the splendor of Jesus and prophesied about him. 42Yet there were many Jewish leaders who believed in Jesus, but because they feared the Pharisees they kept it secret, so they wouldn’t be ostracized by the assembly of the Jews. 43For they loved the glory that men could give them rather than the glory that came from God! 44Jesus shouted out passionately,

Answer 92

“To believe in me is to also believe in God who sent me. 45For when you look at me you are seeing the One who sent me. 46I have come as a light to shine in this dark world so that all who trust in me will no longer wander in darkness. 47If you hear my words and refuse to follow them, I do not judge you. For I have not come to judge you but to save you. 48If you reject me and refuse to follow my words, you already have a judge. The message of truth I have given you will rise up to judge you at the Day of Judgment. 49For I’m not speaking as someone who is self-appointed, but I speak by the authority of the Father himself who sent me, and who instructed me what to say. 50And I know that the Father’s commands result in eternal life, and that’s why I speak the very words I’ve heard him speak.”

Question 93

John13:3-10

3Now Jesus was fully aware that the Father had placed all things under his control, for he had come from God and was about to go back to be with him. 4So he got up from the meal and took off his outer robe, and took a towel and wrapped it around his waist. 5Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ dirty feet and dry them with his towel. 6But when Jesus got to Simon Peter, he objected and said, “I can’t let you wash my dirty feet—you’re my Lord!”
7Jesus replied,

Answer 93

“You don’t understand yet the meaning of what I’m doing, but soon it will be clear to you.”

8Peter looked at Jesus and said, “You’ll never wash my dirty feet—never!”

“But Peter, if you don’t allow me to wash your feet,” Jesus responded, “then you will not be able to share life with me.”

9So Peter said, “Lord, in that case, don’t just wash my feet, wash my hands and my head too!”

10Jesus said to him,
“You are already clean. You’ve been washed completely and you just need your feet to be cleansed—but that can’t be said of all of you.”

For Jesus knew which one was about to betray him, 11and that’s why he told them that not all of them were clean.

Question 94

John13:12-20

12After washing their feet, he put his robe on and returned to his place at the table.

Answer 94

“Do you understand what I just did?” Jesus said. 13“You’ve called me your teacher and lord, and you’re right, for that’s who I am. 14-15So if I’m your teacher and lord and have just washed your dirty feet, then you should follow the example that I’ve set for you and wash one another’s dirty feet. Now do for each other what I have just done for you. 16I speak to you timeless truth: a servant is not superior to his master, and an apostle is never greater than the one who sent him. 17So now put into practice what I have done for you, and you will experience a life of happiness enriched with untold blessings!”

18“I don’t refer to all of you when I tell you these things, for I know the ones I’ve chosen—to fulfill the Scripture that says, ‘The one who shared supper with me treacherously betrays me.’ 19I am telling you this now, before it happens, so that when the prophecy comes to pass you will be convinced that I AM. 20“Listen to this timeless truth: whoever receives the messenger I send receives me, and the one who receives me receives the Father who sent me.”

Question 95

John13:21

21Then Jesus was moved deeply in his spirit. Looking at his disciples, he announced,

Answer 95

“I tell you the truth—one of you is about to betray me.”

Question 96

John13:22-26

22Eyeing each other, his disciples puzzled over which one of them could do such a thing. 23The disciple that Jesus dearly loved was at the right of him at the table and was leaning his head on Jesus. 24Peter gestured to this disciple to ask Jesus who it was he was referring to. 25Then the dearly loved disciple leaned into Jesus’ chest and whispered, “Master, who is it?”

Answer 96

26“The one I give this piece of bread to after I’ve dipped it in the bowl,”

Jesus replied. Then he dipped the piece of bread into the bowl and handed it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.

Question 97

John13:27-30

27And when Judas ate the piece of bread, Satan entered him. Then Jesus looked at Judas and said,

Answer 97

“What you are planning to do, go do it now.”

28None of those around the table realized what was happening. 29Some thought that Judas, their trusted treasurer, was being told to go buy what was needed for the Passover celebration, or perhaps to go give something to the poor. 30So Judas left quickly and went out into the dark night to betray Jesus.

Question 98

John13:31-35

31After Judas left the room, Jesus said,

Answer 98

“The time has come for the glory of God to surround the Son of Man, and God will be greatly glorified through what happens to me. 32And very soon God will unveil the glory of the Son of Man. 33“My dear friends, I only have a brief time left to be with you. And then you will search and long for me. But I tell you what I told the Jewish leaders: you’ll not be able to come where I am. 34“So I give you now a new commandment: Love each other just as much as I have loved you. 35For when you demonstrate the same love I have for you by loving one another, everyone will know that you’re my true followers.”

Question 99

John13:36-38

36Peter interjected, “But, Master, where are you going?”
Jesus replied,

Answer 99

“Where I am going you won’t be able to follow, but one day you will follow me there.”

37Peter said, “What do you mean I’m not able to follow you now? I would sacrifice my life to die for you!”

38Jesus answered,
“Would you really lay down your life for me, Peter? Here’s the absolute truth: Before the rooster crows in the morning, you will say three times that you don’t even know me!”

Question 100

John13:38-14:4

38Jesus answered,
“Would you really lay down your life for me, Peter? Here’s the absolute truth: Before the rooster crows in the morning, you will say three times that you don’t even know me!”

Answer 100

1“Don’t worry or surrender to your fear. For you’ve believed in God, now trust and believe in me also. 2My Father’s house has many dwelling places. If it were otherwise, I would tell you plainly, because I go to prepare a place for you. 3And when everything is ready, I will come back and take you to myself so that you will be where I am. 4And you already know the way to the place where I’m going.”

Question 101

John14:5-7
5Thomas said to him, “Master, we don’t know where you’re going, so how could we know the way there?”
6Jesus explained,

Answer 101

“I am the Way, I am the Truth, and I am the Life. No one comes next to the Father except through union with me. To know me is to know my Father too. 7And from now on you will realize that you have seen him and experienced him.”

Question 102

John14:8-14
8Philip spoke up, “Lord, show us the Father, and that will be all that we need!”
9Jesus replied,

Answer 102

“Philip, I’ve been with you all this time and you still don’t know who I am? How could you ask me to show you the Father, for anyone who has looked at me has seen the Father. 10Don’t you believe that the Father is living in me and that I am living in the Father? Even my words are not my own but come from my Father, for he lives in me and performs his miracles of power through me. 11Believe that I live as one with my Father and that my Father lives as one with me—or at least, believe because of the mighty miracles I have done.
12“I tell you this timeless truth: The person who follows me in faith, believing in me, will do the same mighty miracles that I do—even greater miracles than these because I go to be with my Father! 13For I will do whatever you ask me to do when you ask me in my name. And that is how the Son will show what the Father is really like and bring glory to him. 14Ask me anything in my name, and I will do it for you!”

Question 103

John14:22-31

22Then one of the disciples named Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, “Lord, why is it you will only reveal your identity to us and not to everyone?”
23Jesus replied,

Answer 103

“Loving me empowers you to obey my word. And my Father will love you so deeply that we will come to you and make you our dwelling place. 24But those who don’t love me will not obey my words. The Father did not send me to speak my own revelation, but the words of my Father. 25I am telling you this while I am still with you. 26But when the Father sends the Spirit of Holiness, the One like me who sets you free, he will teach you all things in my name. And he will inspire you to remember every word that I’ve told you.

27“I leave the gift of peace with you—my peace. Not the kind of fragile peace given by the world, but my perfect peace. Don’t yield to fear or be troubled in your hearts—instead, be courageous! 28“Remember what I’ve told you, that I must go away, but I promise to come back to you. So if you truly love me, you will be glad for me, since I’m returning to my Father, who is greater than I. 29So when all of these things happen, you will still trust and cling to me. 30I won’t speak with you much longer, for the ruler of this dark world is coming. But he has no power over me, for he has nothing to use against me. 31I am doing exactly what the Father destined for me to accomplish, so that the world will discover how much I love my Father. Now come with me.”

Question 104

John15:1-17

Jesus the Living Vine

Answer 104

1“I am a true sprouting vine, and the farmer who tends the vine is my Father. 2He cares for the branches connected to me by lifting and propping up the fruitless branches and pruning every fruitful branch to yield a greater harvest. 3The words I have spoken over you have already cleansed you. 4So you must remain in life-union with me, for I remain in life-union with you. For as a branch severed from the vine will not bear fruit, so your life will be fruitless unless you live your life intimately joined to mine.
5“I am the sprouting vine and you’re my branches. As you live in union with me as your source, fruitfulness will stream from within you—but when you live separated from me you are powerless. 6If a person is separated from me, he is discarded; such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire to be burned. 7But if you live in life-union with me and if my words live powerfully within you—then you can ask whatever you desire and it will be done. 8When your lives bear abundant fruit, you demonstrate that you are my mature disciples who glorify my Father!
9“I love each of you with the same love that the Father loves me. You must continually let my love nourish your hearts. 10If you keep my commands, you will live in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands, for I continually live nourished and empowered by his love. 11My purpose for telling you these things is so that the joy that I experience will fill your hearts with overflowing gladness!
12“So this is my command: Love each other deeply, as much as I have loved you. 13For the greatest love of all is a love that sacrifices all. And this great love is demonstrated when a person sacrifices his life for his friends.
14“You show that you are my intimate friends when you obey all that I command you. 15I have never called you ‘servants,’ because a master doesn’t confide in his servants, and servants don’t always understand what the master is doing. But I call you my most intimate and cherished friends, for I reveal to you everything that I’ve heard from my Father. 16You didn’t choose me, but I’ve chosen and commissioned you to go into the world to bear fruit. And your fruit will last, because whatever you ask of my Father, for my sake, he will give it to you! 17So this is my parting command: Love one another deeply!”

Question 105

John15:18-27

True Disciples Can Expect Persecution

Answer 105

18“Just remember, when the unbelieving world hates you, they first hated me. 19If you were to give your allegiance to the world, they would love and welcome you as one of their own. But because you won’t align yourself with the values of this world, they will hate you. I have chosen you and taken you out of the world to be mine. 20So remember what I taught you, that a servant isn’t superior to his master. And since they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. And if they obey my teachings, they will also obey yours. 21They will treat you this way because you are mine, and they don’t know the One who sent me.
22“If I had not come and spoken these things to the unbelieving world, they would not feel the guilt of their sin, but now their sin is left uncovered. 23If anyone hates me, they hate my Father also. 24If I had not performed miracles in their presence like no one else has done, they would not feel the guilt of their sins. But now, they have seen and hated both me and my Father. 25And all of this has happened to fulfill what is written in their Scriptures: They hated me for no reason. 26“And I will send you the Divine Encourager from the very presence of my Father. He will come to you, the Spirit of Truth, emanating from the Father, and he will speak to you about me. 27And you will tell everyone the truth about me, for you have walked with me from the start.”

Question 106

John14:15-21

Jesus Prophesies about the Holy Spirit

Answer 106

15“Loving me empowers you to obey my commands. 16-17And I will ask the Father and he will give you another Savior, the Holy Spirit of Truth, who will be to you a friend just like me—and he will never leave you. The world won’t receive him because they can’t see him or know him. But you know him intimately because he remains with you and will live inside you. 18“I promise that I will never leave you helpless or abandon you as orphans—I will come back to you! 19Soon I will leave this world and they will see me no longer, but you will see me, because I will live again, and you will come alive too. 20So when that day comes, you will know that I am living in the Father and that you are one with me, for I will be living in you. 21Those who truly love me are those who obey my commands. Whoever passionately loves me will be passionately loved by my Father. And I will passionately love him in return and will reveal myself to him.”

Question 107

John16:1-16

Jesus Warns His Disciples

Answer 107

1“I have told you this so that you would not surrender to confusion or doubt. 2For you will be excommunicated from the synagogues, and a time is coming when you will be put to death by misguided ones who will presume to be doing God a great service by putting you to death. 3And they will do these things because they don’t know anything about the Father or me. 4I’m telling you this now so that when their time comes you will remember that I foretold it. I didn’t tell you this in the beginning because I was still with you. 5But now that I’m about to leave you and go back to join the One who sent me, you need to be told. Yet, not one of you are asking me where I’m going. 6Instead your hearts are filled with sadness because I’ve told you these things. 7But here’s the truth: It’s to your advantage that I go away, for if I don’t go away the Divine Encourager will not be released to you. But after I depart, I will send him to you. 8And when he comes, he will expose sin and prove that the world is wrong about God’s righteousness and his judgments.
9“ ‘Sin,’ because they refuse to believe in who I am.
10“God’s ‘righteousness,’ because I’m going back to join the Father and you’ll see me no longer.
11“And ‘judgment’ because the ruler of this dark world has already received his sentence. 12“There is so much more I would like to say to you, but it’s more than you can grasp at this moment. 13But when the truth-giving Spirit comes, he will unveil the reality of every truth within you. He won’t speak on his own, but only what he hears from the Father, and he will reveal prophetically to you what is to come. 14He will glorify me on the earth, for he will receive from me what is mine and reveal it to you. 15Everything that belongs to the Father belongs to me—that’s why I say that the Divine Encourager will receive what is mine and reveal it to you. 16Soon you won’t see me any longer, but then, after a little while, you will see me in a new way.”

Question 108

John16:17-28

17Some of the disciples asked each other, “What does he mean, ‘Soon you won’t see me,’ and, ‘A little while after that and you will see me in a new way’? And what does he mean, ‘Because I’m going to my Father’?” 18So they kept on repeating, “What’s the meaning of ‘a little while’? We have no clue what he’s talking about!”
19Jesus knew what they were thinking, and it was obvious that they were anxious to ask him what he had meant, so he spoke up and said,

Answer 108

20“Let me make it quite clear: You will weep and be overcome with grief over what happens to me. The unbelieving world will be happy, while you will be filled with sorrow. But know this, your sadness will turn into joy when you see me again! 21Just like a woman giving birth experiences intense labor pains in delivering her baby, yet after the child is born she quickly forgets what she went through because of the overwhelming joy of knowing that a new baby has been born into the world.
22“So will you also pass through a time of intense sorrow when I am taken from you, but you will see me again! And then your hearts will burst with joy, with no one being able to take it from you! 23For here is eternal truth: When that time comes you won’t need to ask me for anything, but instead you will go directly to the Father and ask him for anything you desire and he will give it to you, because of your relationship with me. 24Until now you’ve not been bold enough to ask the Father for a single thing in my name, but now you can ask, and keep on asking him! And you can be sure that you’ll receive what you ask for, and your joy will have no limits!
25“I have spoken to you using figurative language, but the time is coming when I will no longer teach you with veiled speech, but I will teach you about the Father with your eyes unveiled. 26And I will not need to ask the Father on your behalf, for you’ll ask him directly because of your new relationship with me. 27For the Father tenderly loves you, because you love me and believe that I’ve come from God. 28I came to you sent from the Father’s presence, and I entered into the created world, and now I will leave this world and return to the Father’s side.”

Question 109

John16:29-33

29His disciples said, “At last you’re speaking to us clearly and not using veiled speech and metaphors! 30Now we understand that you know everything there is to know, and we don’t need to question you further. And everything you’ve taught us convinces us that you have come directly from God!”
31Jesus replied,

Answer 109

“Now you finally believe in me. 32And the time has come when you will all be scattered, and each one of you will go your own way, leaving me alone! Yet I am never alone, for the Father is always with me. 33And everything I’ve taught you is so that the peace which is in me will be in you and will give you great confidence as you rest in me. For in this unbelieving world you will experience trouble and sorrows, but you must be courageous, for I have conquered the world!”

Question 110

John17:1-5

1This is what Jesus prayed as he looked up into heaven,

Answer 110

“Father, the time has come.
Unveil the glorious splendor of your Son so that I will magnify your glory!
2You have already given me authority over all people so that I may give
the gift of eternal life to all those that you have given to me.
3Eternal life means to know and experience you
as the only true God, and to know and experience Jesus Christ,
as the Son whom you have sent.
4I have glorified you on the earth
by faithfully doing everything you’ve told me to do.
5So my Father, restore me back to the glory
that we shared together when we were face-to-face
before the universe was created.”

Question 111

John17:6-19

Jesus Prays for His Disciples

Answer 111

6“Father, I have manifested who you really are
and I have revealed you to the men and women
that you gave to me. They were yours, and you gave them to me,
and they have fastened your Word firmly to their hearts.
7And now at last they know that everything I have is a gift from you,
8And the very words you gave to me to speak
I have passed on to them.
They have received your words
and carry them in their hearts.
They are convinced that I have come from your presence,
and they have fully believed that you sent me to represent you.
9So with deep love, I pray for my disciples.
I’m not asking on behalf of the unbelieving world, but for those who belong to you,
those you have given me.
10For all who belong to me now belong to you.
And all who belong to you now belong to me as well,
and my glory is revealed through their surrendered lives. 11“Holy Father, I am about to leave this world to return and be with you,
but my disciples will remain here.
Holy Father, each one that you have given me,
keep them in your name so that they will be united
as one, even as we are one.
12While I was with these that you have given me, I was guarding them and keeping them in your name.
Not one of them is lost,
except the one that was destined to be lost, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.
13“But now I am returning to you so Father,
I pray that they will experience
and enter into my joyous delight in you so that it is fulfilled in them and overflows.
14I have given them your message
and that is why the unbelieving world hates them.
For their allegiance is no longer to this world
because I am not of this world.
15I am not asking that you remove them from the world,
but I ask that you guard their hearts from evil, 16For they no longer belong to this world any more than I do.
17“Your Word is truth! So make them holy by the truth.
18I have commissioned them to represent me
just as you commissioned me to represent you.
19And now I dedicate myself to them as a holy sacrifice
so that they will live as fully dedicated to God
and be made holy by your truth.”

Question 112

John17:20-26

Jesus Prays for You

Answer 112

20“And I ask not only for these disciples,
but also for all those who will one day
believe in me through their message.
21I pray for them all to be joined together as one even as you and I, Father, are joined together as one.
I pray for them to become one with us so that the world will recognize that you sent me.
22For the very glory you have given to me I have given them
so that they will be joined together as one
and experience the same unity that we enjoy. 23You live fully in me and now I live fully in them
so that they will experience perfect unity, and the world will be convinced that you have sent me,
for they will see that you love each one of them
with the same passionate love that you have for me.
24“Father, I ask that you allow everyone that you have given to me
to be with me where I am! Then they will see my full glory—
the very splendor you have placed upon me
because you have loved me even before the beginning of time.
25“You are my righteous Father, but the unbelieving world has never known you
in the perfect way that I know you!
And all those who believe in me also know that you have sent me!
26I have revealed to them who you are and I will continue to make you even more real to them,
so that they may experience the same endless love
that you have for me,
for your love will now live in them, even as I live in them!”

Question 113

John18:3-6

3The Pharisees and the leading priests had given Judas a large detachment of Roman soldiers and temple police to seize Jesus. Judas guided them to the garden, all of them carrying torches and lanterns and armed with swords and spears.
4Jesus, knowing full well what was about to happen, went out to the garden entrance to meet them. Stepping forward, he asked,

Answer 113

“Who are you looking for?”

5“Jesus of Nazareth,”

they replied. (Now Judas, the traitor, was among them.)
He replied,

“I am he.”

6And the moment Jesus spoke the words, “I am he,” the mob fell backward to the ground!

Question 114

John18:6-9

6And the moment Jesus spoke the words, “I am he,” the mob fell backward to the ground! 7So once more, Jesus asked them,

Answer 114

“Who are you looking for?”

As they stood up, they answered, “Jesus of Nazareth.”

8Jesus replied,
“I told you that I am the one you’re looking for, so if you want me, let these men go home.”

9He said this to fulfill the prophecy he had spoken,

“Father, not one of those you have given me has been lost.”

Question 115

John18:9-11

9He said this to fulfill the prophecy he had spoken, “Father, not one of those you have given me has been lost.”
10Suddenly, Peter took out his sword and struck the high priest’s servant, slashing off his right ear! The servant’s name was Malchus. 11Jesus ordered Peter,

Answer 115

“Put your sword away! Do you really think I will avoid the suffering which my Father has assigned to me?”

Question 116

John18:19-22

19The high priest interrogated Jesus concerning his disciples and his teachings.
20Jesus answered Annas’ questions by saying,

Answer 116

“I have said nothing in secret. At all times I have taught openly and publicly in a synagogue, in the temple courts, and wherever the people assemble. 21Why would you ask me for evidence to condemn me? Ask those who have heard what I’ve taught. They can tell you.”

22Just then one of the guards standing near Jesus punched him in the face with his fist and said, “How dare you answer the high priest like that!”

Question 117

John18:22-24

22Just then one of the guards standing near Jesus punched him in the face with his fist and said, “How dare you answer the high priest like that!”

23Jesus replied,

Answer 117

“If my words are evil, then prove it. But if I haven’t broken any laws, then why would you hit me?”

24Then Annas sent Jesus, still tied up, across the way to the high priest Caiaphas.

Question 118

John18:33-35

33Upon hearing this, Pilate went back inside his palace and summoned Jesus. Looking him over, Pilate asked him, “Are you really the king of the Jews?”
34Jesus replied,

Answer 118

“Are you asking because you really want to know, or are you only asking this because others have said it about me?”

35Pilate responded, “Only a Jew would care about this; do I look like a Jew? It’s your own people and your religious leaders that have handed you over to me. So tell me, Jesus, what have you done wrong?”

Question 119

John18:35-38

35Pilate responded, “Only a Jew would care about this; do I look like a Jew? It’s your own people and your religious leaders that have handed you over to me. So tell me, Jesus, what have you done wrong?” 36Jesus looked at Pilate and said,

Answer 119

“The royal power of my kingdom realm doesn’t come from this world. If it did, then my followers would be fighting to the end to defend me from the Jewish leaders. My kingdom realm authority is not from this realm.”

37Then Pilate responded, “Oh, so then you are a king?”

“You are right.” Jesus said, “I was born a King, and I have come into this world to prove what truth really is. And everyone who loves the truth will receive my words.”

38Pilate looked at Jesus and said, “What is truth?”

As silence filled the room, Pilate went back out to where the Jewish leaders were waiting and said to them, “He’s not guilty. I couldn’t even find one fault with him.

Question 120

John19:8-12

8Then Pilate was greatly alarmed when he heard that Jesus claimed to be the Son of God! 9So he took Jesus back inside and said to him, “Where have you come from?” But once again, silence filled the room. 10Perplexed, Pilate said, “Are you going to play deaf? Don’t you know that I have the power to grant you your freedom or nail you to a tree?”
11Jesus answered,

Answer 120

“You would have no power over me at all, unless it was given to you from above. This is why the one who betrayed me is guilty of an even greater sin.”

12From then on Pilate tried to find a way out of the situation and to set him free, but the Jewish authorities shouted him down: “If you let this man go, you’re no friend of Caesar! Anyone who declares himself a king is an enemy of the emperor!”

Question 121

John19:25-27

25Mary, Jesus’ mother, was standing next to his cross, along with Mary’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.
26So when Jesus looked down and saw the disciple he loved standing with her, he said,

Answer 121

“Mother, look—John will be a son to you.”

27Then he said,
“John, look—she will be a mother to you!”

From that day on, John accepted Mary into his home as one of his own family.

Question 122

John19:28-30

28Jesus knew that his mission was accomplished, and to fulfill the Scripture, Jesus said:

Answer 122

“I am thirsty.”

29A jar of sour wine was sitting nearby, so they soaked a sponge with it and put it on the stalk of hyssop and raised it to his lips. 30When he had sipped the sour wine, he said,

“It is finished, my bride!”

Then he bowed his head and surrendered his spirit to God.

Question 123

John20:12-18

12she saw two angels in dazzling white robes, sitting where Jesus’ body had been laid—one at the head and one at the feet! 13“Dear woman, why are you crying?” they asked.
Mary answered, “They have taken away my Lord, and I don’t know where they’ve laid him.”
14Then she turned around to leave, and there was Jesus standing in front of her, but she didn’t realize that it was him!
15He said to her,

Answer 123

“Dear woman, why are you crying? Who are you looking for?”

Mary answered, thinking he was only the gardener, “Sir, if you have taken his body somewhere else, tell me, and I will go and . . .”

16“Mary,” Jesus interrupted her.

Turning to face him, she said, “Rabboni!” (Aramaic for “My teacher!”)

17Jesus cautioned her, “Mary, don’t cling to me, for I haven’t yet ascended to God, my Father. And he’s not only my Father and God, but now he’s your Father and your God! Now go to my brothers and tell them what I’ve told you, that I am ascending to my Father—and your Father, to my God—and your God!”

18Then Mary Magdalene left to inform the disciples of her encounter with Jesus. “I have seen the Lord!” she told them. And she gave them his message.

Question 124

John20:19-23

19That evening, the disciples gathered together, and because they were afraid of reprisals from the Jewish leaders, they had locked the doors. But suddenly Jesus appeared among them and said,

Answer 124

“Peace to you!”

20Then he showed them the wounds of his hands and his side—they were overjoyed to see the Lord with their own eyes!

21Jesus repeated his greeting,
“Peace to you!”

And he told them,
“Just as the Father has sent me, I’m now sending you.”

22Then, taking a deep breath, he blew on them and said,
“Receive the Holy Spirit.

23I send you to preach the forgiveness of sins—and people’s sins will be forgiven. But if you don’t proclaim the forgiveness of their sins, they will remain guilty.”

Question 125

John20:24-31

24One of the twelve wasn’t present when Jesus appeared to them—it was Thomas, whose nickname was “the Twin.” 25So the disciples informed him, “We have seen the Lord with our own eyes!”
Still unconvinced, Thomas replied, “There’s no way I’m going to believe this unless I personally see the wounds of the nails in his hands, touch them with my finger, and put my hand into the wound of his side where he was pierced!”
26Then eight days later, Thomas and all the others were in the house together. And even though all the doors were locked, Jesus suddenly stood before them!

Answer 125

“Peace to you,” he said.
27Then, looking into Thomas’ eyes, he said, “Put your finger here in the wounds of my hands. Here—put your hand into my wounded side and see for yourself. Thomas, don’t give in to your doubts any longer, just believe!”

28Then the words spilled out of his heart—“You are my Lord, and you are my God!”

29Jesus responded,
“Thomas, now that you’ve seen me, you believe. But there are those who have never seen me with their eyes but have believed in me with their hearts, and they will be blessed even more!”

30Jesus went on to do many more miraculous signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not even included in this book. 31But all that is recorded here is so that you will fully believe that Jesus is the Anointed One, the Son of God, and that through your faith in him you will experience eternal life by the power of his name!

Question 126

John21:2-7

2It happened one day while Peter, Thomas (the Twin), Nathanael (from Cana in Galilee), Jacob, John, and two other disciples were all together. 3Peter told them, “I’m going fishing.” And they all replied, “We’ll go with you.” So they went out and fished through the night, but caught nothing.
4Then at dawn, Jesus was standing there on the shore, but the disciples didn’t realize that it was him! 5He called out to them, saying,

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“Hey guys! Did you catch any fish?”

“Not a thing,” they replied.

6Jesus shouted to them,
“Throw your net over the starboard side, and you’ll catch some!”

And so they did as he said, and they caught so many fish they couldn’t even pull in the net!
7Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It’s the Lord!”

Question 127

John21:8-12

8The other disciples then brought the boat to shore, dragging their catch of fish. They weren’t far from land, only about a hundred meters. 9And when they got to shore, they noticed a charcoal fire with some roasted fish and bread. 10Then Jesus said,

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“Bring some of the fish you just caught.”

11So Peter waded into the water and helped pull the net to shore. It was full of many large fish, exactly one hundred and fifty-three, but even with so many fish, the net was not torn.

12“Come, let’s have some breakfast,”

Jesus said to them.
And not one of the disciples needed to ask who it was, because every one of them knew it was the Lord.

Question 128

John21:15-17

15After they had breakfast, Jesus said to Peter,

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“Simon, son of Jonah, do you burn with love for me more than these?”

Peter answered, “Yes, Lord! You know that I have great affection for you!”

“Then take care of my lambs,” Jesus said.

16Jesus repeated his question the second time,
“Simon, son of Jonah, do you burn with love for me?”

Peter answered, “Yes, my Lord! You know that I have great affection for you!”

“Then take care of my sheep,” Jesus said.17Then Jesus asked him again, “Peter, son of Jonah, do you have great affection for me?”

Peter was saddened by being asked the third time and said, “My Lord, you know everything. You know that I burn with love for you!”

Jesus replied, “Then feed my lambs!”

Question 129

John21:17-19

17Then Jesus asked him again, “Peter, son of Jonah, do you have great affection for me?”

Peter was saddened by being asked the third time and said, “My Lord, you know everything. You know that I burn with love for you!”

Jesus replied, “Then feed my lambs!”

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18Peter, listen, when you were younger you made your own choices and you went where you pleased. But one day when you are old, others will tie you up and escort you where you would not choose to go—and you will spread out your arms.”

19(Jesus said this to Peter as a prophecy of what kind of death he would die, for the glory of God.) And then he said,

“Peter, follow me!”

Question 130

John21:19-23

19(Jesus said this to Peter as a prophecy of what kind of death he would die, for the glory of God.) And then he said, “Peter, follow me!” 20Then Peter turned and saw that the disciple whom Jesus loved was following them. (This was the disciple who sat close to Jesus at the Last Supper and had asked him, “Lord, who is the one that will betray you?”) 21So when Peter saw him, he asked Jesus, “What’s going to happen to him?”
22Jesus replied,

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“If I decide to let him live until I return, what concern is that of yours? You must still keep on following me!”

23So the rumor started to circulate among the believers that this disciple wasn’t going to die. But Jesus never said that, he only said,

“If I let him live until I return, what concern is that of yours?”