Thoughts on the Bible and Life
The following passage in John 7 has baffled me for a long time. 37 On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. 38 Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.”[c] 39 By this he meant the … Read more
Among the four Gospels, only John mentions “the disciple whom Jesus loved.” But does he clearly identify him? In his award-winning book, Jesus and the Eyewitnesses, Richard Bauckham makes eye-opening claims about the beloved disciple and back them up with strong support. I will incorporate his insights below. John 13 The first explicit reference to … Read more
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” Those are the opening words of John’s Gospel. According to that statement, the Word existed prior to everything that was created. And John continues by asserting that through the Word “all things were made” (v. 3). The Word, … Read more