When they heard these words, some of the people said, “This really is the Prophet.” Others said, “This is the Christ.” But some said, “Is the Christ to come from Galilee? Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the offspring of David, and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David was?” SoContinue reading “John 7: 40-52….Why didn’t they check the facts?”
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John 7: 32-39…..A Public Announcement.
The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent officers to arrest him. Jesus then said, “I will be with you a little longer, and then I am going to him who sent me. You will seek me and you will not find me. Where I amContinue reading “John 7: 32-39…..A Public Announcement.”
John 7: 25-32…..What do you think?
Some of the people of Jerusalem therefore said, “Is not this the man whom they seek to kill? And here he is, speaking openly, and they say nothing to him! Can it be that the authorities really know that this is the Christ? But we know where this man comes from, and when the ChristContinue reading “John 7: 25-32…..What do you think?”
John 7: 20-24….What does work consist of?
The crowd answered, “You have a demon! Who is seeking to kill you?” Jesus answered them, “I did one work, and you all marvel at it. Moses gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath. If on the Sabbath a man receivesContinue reading “John 7: 20-24….What does work consist of?”
John 7: 11-20…..Is Jesus suffering from Paranoia?
The Jews were looking for him at the feast, and saying, “Where is he?” And there was much muttering about him among the people. While some said, “He is a good man,” others said, “No, he is leading the people astray.” Yet for fear of the Jews no one spoke openly of him.About the middleContinue reading “John 7: 11-20…..Is Jesus suffering from Paranoia?”
John 7: 1-10….Another Day, Another Feast.
After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He would not go about in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him. Now the Jews’ Feast of Booths was at hand. So his brothers said to him, “Leave here and go to Judea, that your disciples also may see the works you are doing. ForContinue reading “John 7: 1-10….Another Day, Another Feast.”
John 6: 52-59….He repeats and expands
The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinksContinue reading “John 6: 52-59….He repeats and expands”
John 6: 41-51….Not easy to understand.
So the Jews grumbled about him, because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” They said, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?” Jesus answered them, “Do not grumble among yourselves. No oneContinue reading “John 6: 41-51….Not easy to understand.”
Esther 8: 1-6…..Esther pleads for her people.
On that day King Ahasuerus gave to Queen Esther the house of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had told what he was to her. And the king took off his signet ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. And Esther setContinue reading “Esther 8: 1-6…..Esther pleads for her people.”
Esther 7: 4-10…..Consequences.
For we have been sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be killed, and to be annihilated. If we had been sold merely as slaves, men and women, I would have been silent, for our affliction is not to be compared with the loss to the king.” Then King Ahasuerus said to QueenContinue reading “Esther 7: 4-10…..Consequences.”
As I read it! 