John Bible Study Week 3

Read 43-45

John 1:43–45 ESV

The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.” Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him of whom Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

What does it mean that Moses and the prophets wrote about Jesus and why is that relevant?

Messianic Prophecies

The Jews knew the writings about the messiah and they were waiting anxiously for Him.

Read 46-51

John 1:46–51 ESV

Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.” Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit!” Nathanael said to him, “How do you know me?” Jesus answered him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.” Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!” Jesus answered him, “Because I said to you, ‘I saw you under the fig tree,’ do you believe? You will see greater things than these.” And he said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”

Why did he ask if anything good could come out of Nazareth?

Nazareth was a small town that was not known for anything

Why do we keep seeing an invitation to just come and see?

We who know Jesus invite others to just see what he is like, because we know that He is everything we need.

Why did Nathanael believe Jesus was the Son of God?

Jesus knew his name and saw him.

Why does Jesus say ‘he will see greater things than these’?

Because he believed.

Read 1-4

John 2:1–4 ESV

On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples. When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet come.”

Jesus is a brave man for calling His mother woman.

Whats happening? What’s the problem?

What does He mean my hour has not yet come?

Read 5-11

John 2:5–11 ESV

His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.” Now there were six stone water jars there for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” And they filled them up to the brim. And he said to them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast.” So they took it. When the master of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine. But you have kept the good wine until now.” This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory. And his disciples believed in him.

Do y’all know this story? What happened here?

What does Jesus turning water into wine mean?

Why did it make the disciples believe and what did they believe?

Read 12-14

John 2:12–14 ESV

After this he went down to Capernaum, with his mother and his brothers and his disciples, and they stayed there for a few days. The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there.

New story. What’s happening?

Read 15-16

John 2:15–16 ESV

And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. And he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables. And he told those who sold the pigeons, “Take these things away; do not make my Father’s house a house of trade.”

What did Jesus do?

Why’d He do that?

Read 17-22

John 2:17–22 ESV

His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will consume me.” So the Jews said to him, “What sign do you show us for doing these things?” Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?” But he was speaking about the temple of his body. When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.

What happened here?

What was Jesus talking about when He said He would destroy the temple and rebuild it in 3 days?

Read 2:23-25

John 2:23–25 ESV

Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he was doing. But Jesus on his part did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people and needed no one to bear witness about man, for he himself knew what was in man.

What’s John saying here?

Jesus did not trust the people because He knew their hearts.

What is John saying in verse 25?

Jesus did not need the testimony of men.