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Midterm Flashcards

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Who is Jesus in chapter 1?

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God The Son of God The Son of Man The Messiah The King of Israel The Logos

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Who is Jesus in chapters 2-4?

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The Gift from God The Living Water The Healer The Savior of the World From above and above all

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Who is Jesus in chapters 5-8?

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The Restored Temple and Source of the River of Life The Lord of the Sabbath and the Ultimate Rest for Believers The Way through the Stormy Sea Approved by the testimony of the Father, the Scriptures, and the Baptist. The Bread of Life from Heaven “I AM”

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Who is Jesus in chapters 9-12?

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The Giver of Sight to the Blind The Good Shepherd Worthy of Worship One with the Father The Savior-King The Door for the Sheep The Resurrection and the Life

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What do you need to know about 1:1-18?

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It’s a hymn. Key subjects: deity of Christ, forerunner of Christ, the Word made flesh Three ways logos could be interpreted – a message carrying intellectual reasoning (Greek), God spoke the word at creation (Hebrew), wisdom literature/poetry. John was presenting what Jesus did as a new creation.

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What do you need to know about 1:19-34 (the testimony of the baptist)?

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The Jews had baptism before Christianity, it was a part of their cleansing ritual. Theories of the lamb: Apocalyptic warrior lamb, The passover lamb, Reference to the ram caught in the thicket, The suffering servant

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What do you need to know about 2:1-11 (Turning of water into wine)?

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A wedding banquet lasted 7 days. Responsibility of host to provide wine, huge shame if they ran out. Jesus and Mary are probably relatives. Mary knew she couldn’t boss Jesus around, her statement was a statement of faith. First sign Jesus performed. This sign was Jesus saying he’s fulfilling the inadequate system of legalism and replacing it with a new covenant ratified by his blood.

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What do you need to know about 2:12-25 (The Cleansing of the House of God)?

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Time of passover. City would be swelling with people Jesus wasn’t angry because of the selling, but the fact that it was set up in the court of the Gentiles. Jesus’ actions + John’s interpretation = Jesus is the Temple

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What do you need to know about 3:1-21 (The Encounter with Nicodemus)?

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Nicodemus was a Pharisee; probably part of the Sanhedrin. He came to Jesus humbly. He came to Jesus at night. Key word: “again” above or again Nicodemus misunderstood Jesus Gk word: monogenes - one and only

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What do you need to know about 4:1-42 (The Samaritan Woman)?

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Jesus didn’t have to geographically pass through Samaria. The theme was Jacob’s well. What Jesus did was inappropriate This passage isn’t about worship. Worship is a detour the conversation takes. This occurred at mid-day.

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What do you need to know about 5:1-30 (The Healing at the Pool)?

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Pool of Bethesda Resting was the point of this miracle

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What do you need to know about 6:16-24 (Jesus Walks on Water)?

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This is recreating the story of Moses in Exodus; it is Jesus making an “I am greater than Moses” statement

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What do you need to know about 6:60-71 (Many Disciples Abandoned Jesus)?

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This was Jesus intentionally losing people; He didn’t want people who were following for the wrong reasons

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What do you need to know about chapter 7 (Teaching at the Feast of Tabernacles)?

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Background behind the teaching: 1. God’s original purpose in Eden 2. Zion: Eden reestablished 3. Eschatalogical river 4. Jesus’ claims in John - Jesus is once again claiming that he is Temple.

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What do you need to know about 7:53-8:11?

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Absent from the earliest and most reliable manuscripts Doesn’t use the same writing style as John/ doesn’t fit with the context of surrounding text.

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What do you need to know about 8:12-59 (Like Father, Like Son)?

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During the Festival of Lights, a major motif in this passage is Jesus being misunderstood. Jesus claims to be the light of the world Correcting wrong belief

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What do you need to know about chapter 9 (The Healing of the Blind Man)?

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A kind of creation account Key Johannine Motifs: 1. Jesus is the light = creation motif 2. Jesus recreates man with clay = creation motif 3. Jesus fulfills Sabbath = fulfillment motif 4. Jewish persecution = polemic motif 5. Jesus is from God = divinity motif 6. Jesus is worthy of worship

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What do you need to know about 10:1-21 (The Good Shepherd)?

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Scriptural background Ex 34 & 37 Jesus = Shepherd; Us = the sheep Analogy 1 - Sheep know their shepherds voice Analogy 2 - Jesus is the door for the sheep The first analogy represents the legal law system vs. the second analogy which represents freedom within the confines of a shepherd-Christ

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What do you need to know about 10:22-42 (The unbelief of the Jews)?

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Jesus made the claim “I am the Father”

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What do you need to know about 11:1-46 (Lazarus’ death and resurrection)?

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Bethany is less than a mile away from Jerusalem Jesus waited to heal him till after the fourth day to counter the Jewish belief that you were dead after 4 days. The process of Lazarus’ resurrection = the process of sanctification

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What do you need to know about 12:1-11 (The burial anointing of Jesus)?

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nard = a plant that grows in the mountainous regions of India; red and very potent smelling. It was common for people to be greeted with anointing when they came to someones house Everything Mary did was customary - Anointing, washing feet, and using her hair; it wasn’t what she did that got peoples attention, it was how she did it.

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What do you need to know about 12:12-19 (The triumphal entry)?

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Huge crowd because of Passover Palm branches are associated with Fest of Tabernacles and are also a symbol of Jewish independence Hosanna means ‘save us’ An all-encompassing concept for the Jews Jesus riding on a donkey suggests that he is ushering in peace.

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What do you need to know about 1:35-50 (The first disciples of Jesus?

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Lamb of God – first title called by others

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What are the symbols in the wedding account in chapter 2?

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wedding = covenant 6 stone water pots 6 = man (man’s frail efforts) water pots = legalism, the law (the idea that you can make yourself clean enough for God) water = the natural/physical world, the life of the Spirit filling of the pots = Jesus fulfilling Wine = joy, celebration, blood (the blood of Christ), the last days

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What reasons were the things Jesus did at the well inappropriate?

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Talking to a woman Talking to her at a well Talking to a Samaritan Talking with her about theology Drinking out of her jar

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What are the 7 sign of John?

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  1. Wine/Water 2. Healing the Son 3. Lame Man 4. Feeding of the 5,000 5. Walking 0n Water 6. Blind Man 7. Lazarus

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