Lesson 17 & 18 Flashcards
What does the beginning of John’s Gospel echo?
The creation account in the Book of Genesis
What does logos mean in John’s Gospel?
Knowledge, understanding, study, the intermediary between God and man, that which moves the universe in motion, word
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John left us their Gospels as a substitute for what?
The physical presence of the eyewitnesses
Name three (3) recurring themes throughout John’s Gospel
a) Light / darkness (blindness)
b) Living / dead
c) “His own”
In antiquity, what did it mean to be “in the bosom of” someone?
To be so close to someone that you knew them inside out
What is the function of the Son?
To explain, interpret, or make known the Father
John’s Gospel speaks on two different levels. List each, and provide an example
a) Literal
b) Symbolic
c) Nicodemus (“born again”), woman at the well (“living water”)
In leaving behind his grave clothes, what was Jesus indicating?
His resurrection was forever and death had no hold on him
What does John declare and interpret correctly?
What is invisible to everyone else
Finish this sentence:
Just as Jesus reveals the invisible God, so John ___________________
Reveals the now-invisible Jesus
What was “sitting under a fig tree” an idiom for?
Studying Torah
What is the fig tree often used to signify?
Israel itself
Upon which two (2) biblical figures did angels ascend and descend?
a) Jacob
b) Jesus
Who symbolically forms the staircase between heaven and earth?
Jesus’ line (“the sons of God”)
What was the bridegroom’s responsibility at the wedding feast?
To provide the wine for the wedding ceremony and to make sure it didn’t run out
Why didn’t Jesus want to perform the miracle of turning water into wine?
As soon as He began performing signs, the rest of the signs would ultimately lead to Calvary (His “hour”)
Unlike every other bridegroom, Jesus provides the good wine last. What is this a symbolic reference to?
The outpouring of the Holy Spirit (everything good happens at the end)
When John refers to the Jews, to what is he specifically referring?
The world at large that is informed by the devil and is against Jesus
In John 3:3, what two (2) meanings can the Greek word ἄνωθεν(anothen) have?
a) Again
b) From above
Finish this sentence:
Just as it is impossible for a foetus to understand what life is like outside the womb, so it is impossible for _______________________
Those who are not born of the Spirit to conceive the reality of the kingdom of heaven
The scene in John 4 (Jesus sitting on a well) is a fulfilment of which OT prophecy?
The Temple sitting upon the living waters (Ezekiel 47)
