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Things John leaves out of his book that were in the Synoptics
Things John leaves out of his book that were in the Synoptics
Birth of Jesus; Baptism of Jesus; Temptation in the Wilderness; Last Supper; Agony in Gethsemane; Ascension; Demonic confrontations; and Many parables.
Why did John say that God had him write his book
Why did John say that God had him write his book
31 But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
Things only in John (not found in Synoptics)
Things only in John (not found in Synoptics)
Miracles recorded in John
Water into wine John 2:7-8; only in John. Could this pericope be here to show that Jesus was 100% man (Mama said do something. He didn’t want to. She told disciples what to do after He finished doing what she asked. Funny, but some truth there. And from here on, we see Him frequently as 100% God ((while still being 100% man))) This was a miracle involving Jews.
Heals official’s son at Cana John 4:46; only in John. The last time He was in Cana, He showed that He was 100% man when he did as His mother requested even though He didn’t want to do so. This time He shows He’s 100% God when He heals the official’s son while in Cana. This was a miracle involving Gentiles.
The three involving healing
Lame Man is healed John 5:1-16; only in John. Heals on Sabbath. Tells guards “My Father is still working, and I am working also.” This is when the Jews first announce their desire to kill Him.
Jesus heals man who was born blind John 9:1-7; only in John. Again He heals on the Sabbath. “One thing I do know: I was blind, but now I see!”
Lazarus raised from the dead John 11:1-4; only in John. John 11:37 reads “Couldn’t He who opened the blind man’s eyes also have kept this man from dying?” Yes, these are showing that Jesus was 100% man and 100% God. In verse John 11:35 Jesus wept. But now He raised Lazarus. Result: High priest “prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation, and not for the nation only, but also to unite the scattered children of God. So from that day on they plotted to kill Him.” (John 11:51-53)
Second miracle of catching of fish In John 21:1-6; only in John
Feeding of 5,000 John 6:5-14; in all three Synoptics
Jesus walks on water in John 6:17-21; In Matt and Mark.
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John has Jesus saying “I Am,” showing He is God
John has many witnesses who testify that Jesus is the Messiah: many in one alone: John himself, John the Baptist, two disciples (Andrew) who were with John, Peter, Philip, Nathanael.
Jesus as He is shown in the four Gospels
Jesus as He is shown in the four Gospels
Matthew: From Abraham through David thus showing Jesus is the Messiah
Mark: Jesus was from Nazareth; shown as a servant
Luke: From Adam showing Jesus is the Perfect Man
John: From Heaven; Jesus is shown as God.
John writes to combat heresies
John writes to combat heresies
Adoptionism: belief Jesus was born 100% man and was adopted by God as His Son.
Gnosticism: belief that special knowledge is the way to salvation.
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
“I am” vs “Came into being.” Logos always was; therefore eternal. 8 times in Genesis we read “And God said.” That doesn’t appear with the Word, because the Word always was.
Logos can be defined by looking at the root word meaning lay. then “to pick out, gather, pick up.” Hence, to gather words together = to speak.
Beginning on Sunday 1/18/21
This section has a heading of “the Calling of the Twelve” and it begins with John the Baptist where two disciples left the Baptist to join Jesus, but only Andrew is named, but almost every theologian who makes a guess claims it was the Apostle John, the one Jesus loved.
19 This was John’s testimony when the Jews from Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you?” 20 He didn’t deny it but confessed, “I am not the Messiah.” 21 “What then?” they asked him. “Are you Elijah?” “I am not,” he said. “Are you the Prophet?” “No,” he answered. 22 “Who are you, then?” they asked. “We need to give an answer to those who sent us. What can you tell us about yourself?” 23 He said, “I am a voice of one crying out in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord—just as Isaiah the prophet said.” 24 Now they had been sent from the Pharisees. 25 So they asked him, “Why then do you baptize if you aren’t the Messiah, or Elijah, or the Prophet?” 26 “I baptize with water,” John answered them. “Someone stands among you, but you don’t know him. 27 He is the one coming after me, whose sandal strap I’m not worthy to untie.” 28 All this happened in Bethany across the Jordan, where John was baptizing. 29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! 30 This is the one I told you about: ‘After me comes a man who ranks ahead of me, because he existed before me.’ 31 I didn’t know him, but I came baptizing with water so that he might be revealed to Israel.” 32 And John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and he rested on him. 33 I didn’t know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The one you see the Spirit descending and resting on—he is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ 34 I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.” 35 The next day, John was standing with two of his disciples. 36 When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!” 37 The two disciples heard him say this and followed Jesus. 38 When Jesus turned and noticed them following him, he asked them, “What are you looking for?” They said to him, “Rabbi” (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?” 39 “Come and you’ll see,” he replied. So they went and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. It was about four in the afternoon. 40 Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard John and followed him. 41 He first found his own brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated “the Christ”), 42 and he brought Simon to Jesus. When Jesus saw him, he said, “You are Simon, son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which is translated “Peter”). 43 The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. He found Philip and told him, “Follow me.” 44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the hometown of Andrew and Peter. 45 Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the law (and so did the prophets): Jesus the son of Joseph, from Nazareth.” 46 “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Nathanael asked him. “Come and see,” Philip answered. 47 Then Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said about him, “Here truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit.” 48 “How do you know me?” Nathanael asked. “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you,” Jesus answered. 49 “Rabbi,” Nathanael replied, “You are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel!” 50 Jesus responded to him, “Do you believe because I told you I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than this.” 51 Then he said, “Truly I tell you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”
Old Testament References in John
The Book of John has 142 references to the OT.
The first 18 verses have 7;
19-28(Baptist) has 4
Two of these are from Deut 18:15-18 and they
15 “The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own brothers. You must listen to him.
18 I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. I will put my words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.
The most obvious is from Isaiah
3 A voice of one crying out: Prepare the way of the Lord in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.
And then in Mal 3:1 we also got the following:
1 “See, I am going to send my messenger, and he will clear the way before me. Then the Lord you seek will suddenly come to his temple, the Messenger of the covenant you delight in—see, he is coming,” says the Lord of Armies.
And that was followed by Mal 4:5
5 Look, I am going to send you the prophet Elijah before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.
Very quickly, the Apostle John dispels any thought that John the Baptist was the Messiah. He acknowledges that God sent the Baptist:
6 There was a man sent from God whose name was John.
John was not the light
8 He was not the light, but he came to testify about the light.
But he came as a witness Christ
7 He came as a witness to testify about the light, so that all might believe through him.
15 (John testified concerning him and exclaimed, “This was the one of whom I said, ‘The one coming after me ranks ahead of me, because he existed before me.’ ”)
Then John quotes Isaiah 40:3 to clearly state who he is:
23 He said, “I am a voice of one crying out in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord—just as Isaiah the prophet said.”
Why the question about Elijah? They remembered the story of how he left the earth:
11 As they continued walking and talking, a chariot of fire with horses of fire suddenly appeared and separated the two of them. Then Elijah went up into heaven in the whirlwind.
The Baptist denies that he is Elijah in
21 “What then?” they asked him. “Are you Elijah?” “I am not,” he said. “Are you the Prophet?” “No,” he answered.
The following verse that quoted Jesus from Matthew has caused a few questions:
14 And if you’re willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who is to come.
And from
10 So the disciples asked him, “Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?” 11 “Elijah is coming and will restore everything,” he replied. 12 “But I tell you: Elijah has already come, and they didn’t recognize him. On the contrary, they did whatever they pleased to him. In the same way the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands.” 13 Then the disciples understood that he had spoken to them about John the Baptist.
How can John the Baptist say he is not Elijah but Christ say that he was?
what was the reason for John the Baptist to come?
1. fulfill prophecy
2. call the people to repentance
3. draw attention to the Messiah
Why did John Baptize?
Answer: repentance; forgiveness of sins.
Verses 29-34
29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! 30 This is the one I told you about: ‘After me comes a man who ranks ahead of me, because he existed before me.’ 31 I didn’t know him, but I came baptizing with water so that he might be revealed to Israel.” 32 And John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and he rested on him. 33 I didn’t know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The one you see the Spirit descending and resting on—he is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ 34 I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.”
Lamb of God! Exodus gives the meaning of what John is saying
1 The Lord spoke to Moses: 2 “Consecrate every firstborn male to me, the firstborn from every womb among the Israelites, both man and domestic animal; it is mine.” 3 Then Moses said to the people, “Remember this day when you came out of Egypt, out of the place of slavery, for the Lord brought you out of here by the strength of his hand. Nothing leavened may be eaten. 4 Today, in the month of Abib, you are going out. 5 When the Lord brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hethites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which he swore to your ancestors that he would give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, you must carry out this ceremony in this month. 6 For seven days you must eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there is to be a festival to the Lord. 7 Unleavened bread is to be eaten for those seven days. Nothing leavened may be found among you, and no yeast may be found among you in all your territory. 8 On that day explain to your son, ‘This is because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.’ 9 Let it serve as a sign for you on your hand and as a reminder on your forehead, so that the Lord’s instruction may be in your mouth; for the Lord brought you out of Egypt with a strong hand. 10 Keep this statute at its appointed time from year to year.
And Isaiah explains that the coming Messiah would fit that description:
1 Who has believed what we have heard? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? 2 He grew up before him like a young plant and like a root out of dry ground. He didn’t have an impressive form or majesty that we should look at him, no appearance that we should desire him. 3 He was despised and rejected by men, a man of suffering who knew what sickness was. He was like someone people turned away from; he was despised, and we didn’t value him. 4 Yet he himself bore our sicknesses, and he carried our pains; but we in turn regarded him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. 5 But he was pierced because of our rebellion, crushed because of our iniquities; punishment for our peace was on him, and we are healed by his wounds. 6 We all went astray like sheep; we all have turned to our own way; and the Lord has punished him for the iniquity of us all. 7 He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth. Like a lamb led to the slaughter and like a sheep silent before her shearers, he did not open his mouth. 8 He was taken away because of oppression and judgment, and who considered his fate? For he was cut off from the land of the living; he was struck because of my people’s rebellion. 9 He was assigned a grave with the wicked, but he was with a rich man at his death, because he had done no violence and had not spoken deceitfully. 10 Yet the Lord was pleased to crush him severely. When you make him a guilt offering, he will see his seed, he will prolong his days, and by his hand, the Lord’s pleasure will be accomplished. 11 After his anguish, he will see light and be satisfied. By his knowledge, my righteous servant will justify many, and he will carry their iniquities. 12 Therefore I will give him the many as a portion, and he will receive the mighty as spoil, because he willingly submitted to death, and was counted among the rebels; yet he bore the sin of many and interceded for the rebels.
John is saying in this tiny section that Jesus is the true sacrifice, the true sacrificial lamb for the Passover Feast which delivered the Children of Israel from the bondage of slavery. But His death would deliver His true believers from the bondage of sin.
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And in verse 35 we begin with Jesus gathering His disciples and there are 8 more.
The Jeopardy $600 question is who was the first disciple selected, and if you go by the Book of John, the answer is Andrew.
The $800 is who was second: best guess, Apostle John
$1000: who was the 3rd: Simon Peter
But if you go to the Books of Matthew and Mark, we have
Peter, Andrew, James, John.
The point being, those questions will not be on Jeopardy because we don’t know. They didn’t write in chronological order. Anyway, the order is not important; the fact that they were chosen is all that is.
When Jesus meets Nathanael, He says Nathanael has no deceit. This is a reference to Psalms 32:2.
2 How joyful is a person whom the Lord does not charge with iniquity and in whose spirit is no deceit!
In verses 43-51, Jesus uses the term “son of man to describe himself. Some use the following list:
Son of God—Jesus’ divine name
Son of David—Jesus’ Jewish name
Son of Man—the name that ties Jesus to His earthly mission. (This is a quote from Holman’s Concise Bible)
The problem is Ezekiel used the term Son of Man 93 times. It is only used 186 times in the bible. Half the times it is used, it is in Ezekiel. That means that the other 65 books; an average of just ovr book.