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The Gospel According to

JOHNJUST as a coin has two sides, both valid, so Jesus Christ has two natures,

both valid. Luke presents Christ in His humanity as the Son of Man; Johnportrays Him in His deity as the Son of God. John’s purpose is crystal clear: toset forth Christ in His deity in order to spark believing faith in his readers.John’s gospel is topical as well as chronological, and it revolves around sevenmiracles and seven ‘‘I am’’ statements of Christ.

Following an extended eyewitness description of the Upper Room mealand discourse, John records events leading up to the Resurrection, the finalclimactic proof that Jesus is who He claims to be—the Son of God.

The title of the Fourth Gospel follows the same format as the titles of thesynoptic Gospels: Kata Ioannen, ‘‘According to John.’’ As with the others, theword ‘‘Gospel’’ was added later. Ioannes is derived from the Hebrew nameJohanan, ‘‘Yahweh Has Been Gracious.’’

IN the beginning was the Word,and the Word was with God, and

the Word was God. v. 14; Gen. 1:12 He was in the beginning with

God. v. 18; 10:303 All things were made through

Him, and without Him nothing wasmade that was made. Col. 1:164 In Him was life, and the life

was the light of men. 1 John 5:115 And the light shines in the

darkness, and the darkness did notcomprehenda it. 3:19; Gen. 1:3–56 There was a man sent from

God, whose name was John. v. 157 This man came for a witness,

to bear witness of the Light, that allthrough him might believe. v. 298 He was not that Light, but was

sent to bear witness of that Light.9 That was the true Light which

gives light to every man coming intothe world.a Is. 49:610 He was in the world, and the

world was made through Him, andthe world did not know Him. v. 311 He came to His own,a and His

ownb did not receive Him. 19:5–1612 But as many as received Him,

to them He gave the right to becomechildren of God, to those who be-lieve in His name: 1 John 3:113 who were born, not of blood,

nor of the will of the flesh, nor ofthe will of man, but of God. 3:1–814 And the Word became flesh

and dwelt among us, and we beheldHis glory, the glory as of the only

begotten of the Father, full of graceand truth. v. 1; 3:16; 14:6; 18:3715 John bore witness of Him and

cried out, saying, ‘‘This was He ofwhom I said, ‘He who comes afterme is preferred before me, for Hewas before me.’ ’’ vv. 6–8; 3:22–3016 Anda of His fullness we have

all received, and grace for grace.17 For the law was given through

Moses, but grace and truth camethrough Jesus Christ. Ex. 20:118 No one has seen God at any

time. The only begotten Son,a whois in the bosom of the Father, He hasdeclared Him. 14:9; Ex. 33:2019 Now this is the testimony of

John, when the Jews sent priestsand Levites from Jerusalem to askhim, ‘‘Who are you?’’ 5:3320 He confessed, and did not

deny, but confessed, ‘‘I am not theChrist.’’ Luke 3:15, 1621 And they asked him, ‘‘What

then? Are you Elijah?’’ He said, ‘‘Iam not.’’ ‘‘Are you the Prophet?’’And he answered, ‘‘No.’’ Matt. 17:10–1322 Then they said to him, ‘‘Who

are you, that we may give an answerto those who sent us? What do yousay about yourself?’’23 He said: ‘‘I am

1:5 aOr overcome 1:9 aOr That was the true Light

which, coming into the world, gives light to every

man. 1:11 aThat is, His own things or domain bThatis, His own people 1:16 aNU-Text reads For.

1:18 aNU-Text reads only begotten God.

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1221 JOHN 1:50

‘The voice of one crying in thewilderness: Is. 40:3

‘‘Make straight the way of theLORD,’’ ’ a

as the prophet Isaiah said.’’24 Now those who were sent were

from the Pharisees.25 And they asked him, saying,

‘‘Why then do you baptize if you arenot the Christ, nor Elijah, nor theProphet?’’26 John answered them, saying,

‘‘I baptize with water, but therestands One among you whom youdo not know. Luke 3:1627 ‘‘It is He who, coming after me,

is preferred before me, whose san-dal strap I am not worthy to loose.’’28 These things were done in

Bethabaraa beyond the Jordan,where John was baptizing. 4:129 The next day John saw Jesus

coming toward him, and said, ‘‘Be-hold! The Lamb of God who takesaway the sin of the world! 1 Pet. 1:1930 ‘‘This is He of whom I said, ‘Af-

ter me comes a Man who is pre-ferred before me, for He was beforeme.’ v. 131 ‘‘I did not know Him; but that

He should be revealed to Israel,therefore I came baptizing with wa-ter.’’ Mal. 3:1; Matt. 3:632 And John bore witness, saying,

‘‘I saw the Spirit descending fromheaven like a dove, and He re-mained upon Him. Matt. 3:1633 ‘‘I did not know Him, but He

who sent me to baptize with watersaid to me, ‘Upon whom you see theSpirit descending, and remainingon Him, this is He who baptizeswith the Holy Spirit.’ Matt. 3:1134 ‘‘And I have seen and testified

that this is the Son of God.’’ 11:2735 Again, the next day, John stood

with two of his disciples.36 And looking at Jesus as He

walked, he said, ‘‘Behold the Lambof God!’’ v. 29; 19:36; Ex. 12:4637 The two disciples heard him

speak, and they followed Jesus.38 Then Jesus turned, and seeing

them following, said to them,‘‘What do you seek?’’ They said to

Him, ‘‘Rabbi’’ (which is to say, whentranslated, Teacher), ‘‘where areYou staying?’’39 He said to them, ‘‘Come and

see.’’ They came and saw where Hewas staying, and remained withHim that day (now it was about thetenth hour).40 One of the two who heard John

speak, and followed Him, was An-drew, Simon Peter’s brother.41 He first found his own brother

Simon, and said to him, ‘‘We havefound the Messiah’’ (which is trans-lated, the Christ). 4:25; Matt. 4:18, 1942 And he brought him to Jesus.

Now when Jesus looked at him, Hesaid, ‘‘You are Simon the son of Jo-nah.a You shall be called Cephas’’(which is translated, A Stone).43 The following day Jesus

wanted to go to Galilee, and Hefound Philip and said to him, ‘‘Fol-low Me.’’ 6:5, 7; 12:21, 22; 14:844 Now Philip was from Bethsa-

ida, the city of Andrew and Peter.45 Philip found Nathanael and

said to him, ‘‘We have found Him ofwhom Moses in the law, and alsothe prophets, wrote—Jesus of Naza-reth, the son of Joseph.’’46 And Nathanael said to him,

‘‘Can anything good come out ofNazareth?’’ Philip said to him,‘‘Come and see.’’ Matt. 2:2347 Jesus saw Nathanael coming

toward Him, and said of him, ‘‘Be-hold, an Israelite indeed, in whomis no deceit!’’ 1 Pet. 2:1, 2248 Nathanael said to Him, ‘‘How

do You know me?’’ Jesus answeredand said to him, ‘‘Before Philipcalled you, when you were underthe fig tree, I saw you.’’49 Nathanael answered and said

to Him, ‘‘Rabbi, You are the Son ofGod! You are the King of Israel!’’50 Jesus answered and said to

him, ‘‘Because I said to you, ‘I sawyou under the fig tree,’ do you be-lieve? You will see greater thingsthan these.’’ 14:12

1:23 aIsaiah 40:3 1:28 aNU-Text and M-Text readBethany. 1:42 aNU-Text reads John.


1222JOHN 1:51

51 And He said to him, ‘‘Most as-suredly, I say to you, hereaftera youshall see heaven open, and the an-gels of God ascending and descend-ing upon the Son of Man.’’ Gen. 28:12

2On the third day there was awedding in Cana of Galilee, and

the mother of Jesus was there.2 Now both Jesus and His disci-

ples were invited to the wedding.3 And when they ran out of wine,

the mother of Jesus said to Him,‘‘They have no wine.’’4 Jesus said to her, ‘‘Woman,

what does your concern have to dowith Me? My hour has not yetcome.’’ 7:30; 8:20; 12:27; 13:15 His mother said to the ser-

vants, ‘‘Whatever He says to you, doit.’’6 Now there were set there six

waterpots of stone, according to themanner of purification of the Jews,containing twenty or thirty gallonsapiece. Mark 7:37 Jesus said to them, ‘‘Fill the

waterpots with water.’’ And theyfilled them up to the brim.8 And He said to them, ‘‘Draw

some out now, and take it to themaster of the feast.’’ And they tookit.9 When the master of the feast

had tasted the water that was madewine, and did not know where itcame from (but the servants whohad drawn the water knew), themaster of the feast called the bride-groom. 4:4610 And he said to him, ‘‘Every

man at the beginning sets out thegood wine, and when the guestshave well drunk, then the inferior.You have kept the good wine untilnow!’’11 This beginning of signs Jesus

did in Cana of Galilee, and mani-fested His glory; and His disciplesbelieved in Him. 1:14; 4:5412 After this He went down to Ca-

pernaum, He, His mother, Hisbrothers, and His disciples; andthey did not stay there many days.13 Now the Passover of the Jews

was at hand, and Jesus went up toJerusalem. Deut. 16:1–6

14 And He found in the templethose who sold oxen and sheep anddoves, and the money changers do-ing business. Matt. 21:12, 1315 When He had made a whip of

cords, He drove them all out of thetemple, with the sheep and theoxen, and poured out the changers’money and overturned the tables.16 And He said to those who sold

doves, ‘‘Take these things away!Do not make My Father’s house ahouse of merchandise!’’ Luke 2:4917 Then His disciples remem-

bered that it was written, ‘‘Zeal forYour house has eaten a Me up.’’ b

18 So the Jews answered and saidto Him, ‘‘What sign do You show tous, since You do these things?’’19 Jesus answered and said to

them, ‘‘Destroy this temple, and inthree days I will raise it up.’’20 Then the Jews said, ‘‘It has

taken forty-six years to build thistemple, and will You raise it up inthree days?’’ Matt. 26:6121 But He was speaking of the

temple of His body. 20:12, 2022 Therefore, when He had risen

from the dead, His disciples remem-bered that He had said this to them;aand they believed the Scripture andthe word which Jesus had said.23 Now when He was in Jerusa-

lem at the Passover, during thefeast, many believed in His namewhen they saw the signs which Hedid. 3:224 But Jesus did not commit Him-

self to them, because He knew allmen, 21:17; Matt. 9:425 and had no need that anyone

should testify of man, for He knewwhat was in man. 6:64; 16:30

3There was a man of the Phari-sees named Nicodemus, a ruler

of the Jews. 8:50, 51; 19:39–422 This man came to Jesus by

night and said to Him, ‘‘Rabbi, weknow that You are a teacher comefrom God; for no one can do these

1:51 aNU-Text omits hereafter. 2:17 aNU-Text andM-Text read will eat. bPsalm 69:9 2:22 aNU-Text andM-Text omit to them.

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signs that You do unless God is withhim.’’ 2:23; 9:16, 333 Jesus answered and said to

him, ‘‘Most assuredly, I say to you,unless one is born again, he cannotsee the kingdom of God.’’ 1:12, 134 Nicodemus said to Him, ‘‘How

can a man be born when he is old?Can he enter a second time into hismother’s womb and be born?’’5 Jesus answered, ‘‘Most as-

suredly, I say to you, unless one isborn of water and the Spirit, he can-not enter the kingdom of God. 7:386 ‘‘That which is born of the flesh

is flesh, and that which is born ofthe Spirit is spirit. 6:637 ‘‘Do not marvel that I said to

you, ‘You must be born again.’ v. 38 ‘‘The wind blows where it

wishes, and you hear the sound ofit, but cannot tell where it comesfrom and where it goes. So is every-one who is born of the Spirit.’’ v. 69 Nicodemus answered and said

to Him, ‘‘How can these things be?’’10 Jesus answered and said to

him, ‘‘Are you the teacher of Israel,and do not know these things?11 ‘‘Most assuredly, I say to you,

We speak what We know and testifywhat We have seen, and you do notreceive Our witness. Matt. 11:2712 ‘‘If I have told you earthly

things and you do not believe, howwill you believe if I tell you heavenlythings?13 ‘‘No one has ascended to

heaven but He who came downfrom heaven, that is, the Son ofMan who is in heaven.a Eph. 4:914 ‘‘And as Moses lifted up the

serpent in the wilderness, even somust the Son of Man be lifted up,15 ‘‘that whoever believes in Him

should not perish buta have eternallife. v. 36; 6:4716 ‘‘For God so loved the world

that He gave His only begotten Son,that whoever believes in Himshould not perish but have everlast-ing life. 1 John 4:917 ‘‘For God did not send His Son

into the world to condemn theworld, but that the world throughHim might be saved. Luke 9:56

18 ‘‘He who believes in Him is notcondemned; but he who does notbelieve is condemned already, be-cause he has not believed in thename of the only begotten Son ofGod. 5:24; 1 John 5:11, 1219 ‘‘And this is the condemnation,

that the light has come into theworld, and men loved darknessrather than light, because theirdeeds were evil. 1:4, 9–11; 8:4420 ‘‘For everyone practicing evil

hates the light and does not cometo the light, lest his deeds should beexposed. Eph. 5:11, 1321 ‘‘But he who does the truth

comes to the light, that his deedsmay be clearly seen, that they havebeen done in God.’’ 1 Cor. 15:1022 After these things Jesus and

His disciples came into the land ofJudea, and there He remained withthem and baptized. 4:123 Now John also was baptizing

in Aenon near Salim, because therewas much water there. And theycame and were baptized. Matt. 3:5, 624 For John had not yet been

thrown into prison. Luke 3:19, 2025 Then there arose a dispute be-

tween some of John’s disciples andthe Jews about purification.26 And they came to John and

said to him, ‘‘Rabbi, He who waswith you beyond the Jordan, towhom you have testified—behold,He is baptizing, and all are comingto Him!’’ v. 22; 4:127 John answered and said, ‘‘A

man can receive nothing unless ithas been given to him from heaven.28 ‘‘You yourselves bear me wit-

ness, that I said, ‘I am not theChrist,’ but, ‘I have been sent beforeHim.’ 1:2029 ‘‘He who has the bride is the

bridegroom; but the friend of thebridegroom, who stands and hearshim, rejoices greatly because of thebridegroom’s voice. Therefore thisjoy of mine is fulfilled. Rev. 21:930 ‘‘He must increase, but I must

decrease.

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1224JOHN 3:31

31 ‘‘He who comes from above isabove all; he who is of the earth isearthly and speaks of the earth. Hewho comes from heaven is aboveall. v. 13; Matt. 28:1832 ‘‘And what He has seen and

heard, that He testifies; and no onereceives His testimony.33 ‘‘He who has received His testi-

mony has certified that God is true.34 ‘‘For He whom God has sent

speaks the words of God, for Goddoes not give the Spirit by measure.35 ‘‘The Father loves the Son, and

has given all things into His hand.36 ‘‘He who believes in the Son

has everlasting life; and he whodoes not believe the Son shall notsee life, but the wrath of God abideson him.’’ vv. 16–18; 1 John 5:10

4Therefore, when the Lord knewthat the Pharisees had heard

that Jesus made and baptized moredisciples than John 3:22, 262 (though Jesus Himself did not

baptize, but His disciples), 1 Cor. 1:143 He left Judea and departed

again to Galilee.4 But He needed to go through

Samaria.5 So He came to a city of Sa-

maria which is called Sychar, nearthe plot of ground that Jacob gaveto his son Joseph. Gen. 33:19; 48:226 Now Jacob’s well was there.

Jesus therefore, being wearied fromHis journey, sat thus by the well. Itwas about the sixth hour.7 A woman of Samaria came to

draw water. Jesus said to her, ‘‘GiveMe a drink.’’8 For His disciples had gone

away into the city to buy food. v. 329 Then the woman of Samaria

said to Him, ‘‘How is it that You,being a Jew, ask a drink from me, aSamaritan woman?’’ For Jews haveno dealings with Samaritans.10 Jesus answered and said to her,

‘‘If you knew the gift of God, andwho it is who says to you, ‘Give Mea drink,’ you would have asked Him,and He would have given you livingwater.’’ 7:38; Is. 12:3; 44:311 The woman said to Him, ‘‘Sir,

You have nothing to draw with, and

the well is deep. Where then do Youget that living water?12 ‘‘Are You greater than our fa-

ther Jacob, who gave us the well,and drank from it himself, as wellas his sons and his livestock?’’13 Jesus answered and said to her,

‘‘Whoever drinks of this water willthirst again,14 ‘‘but whoever drinks of the wa-

ter that I shall give him will neverthirst. But the water that I shall givehim will become in him a fountainof water springing up into everlast-ing life.’’ 7:37, 3815 The woman said to Him, ‘‘Sir,

give me this water, that I may notthirst, nor come here to draw.’’ 6:3416 Jesus said to her, ‘‘Go, call your

husband, and come here.’’17 The woman answered and

said, ‘‘I have no husband.’’ Jesussaid to her, ‘‘You have well said, ‘Ihave no husband,’18 ‘‘for you have had five hus-

bands, and the one whom you nowhave is not your husband; in thatyou spoke truly.’’19 The woman said to Him, ‘‘Sir, I

perceive that You are a prophet.20 ‘‘Our fathers worshiped on this

mountain, and you Jews say that inJerusalem is the place where oneought to worship.’’ Deut. 12:5, 1121 Jesus said to her, ‘‘Woman, be-

lieve Me, the hour is coming whenyou will neither on this mountain,nor in Jerusalem, worship the Fa-ther.22 ‘‘You worship what you do not

know; we know what we worship,for salvation is of the Jews. Rom. 9:523 ‘‘But the hour is coming, and

now is, when the true worshiperswill worship the Father in spirit andtruth; for the Father is seeking suchto worship Him.24 ‘‘God is Spirit, and those who

worship Him must worship in spiritand truth.’’ 2 Cor. 3:1725 The woman said to Him, ‘‘I

know that Messiah is coming’’ (whois called Christ). ‘‘When He comes,He will tell us all things.’’ 1:4126 Jesus said to her, ‘‘I who speak

to you am He.’’ Matt. 26:63, 64


1225 JOHN 5:2

27 And at this point His disciplescame, and they marveled that Hetalked with a woman; yet no onesaid, ‘‘What do You seek?’’ or, ‘‘Whyare You talking with her?’’28 The woman then left her water-

pot, went her way into the city, andsaid to the men,29 ‘‘Come, see a Man who told me

all things that I ever did. Could thisbe the Christ?’’ v. 2530 Then they went out of the city

and came to Him.31 In the meantime His disciples

urged Him, saying, ‘‘Rabbi, eat.’’32 But He said to them, ‘‘I have

food to eat of which you do notknow.’’ v. 833 Therefore the disciples said to

one another, ‘‘Has anyone broughtHim anything to eat?’’34 Jesus said to them, ‘‘My food is

to do the will of Him who sent Me,and to finish His work. 6:3835 ‘‘Do you not say, ‘There are still

four months and then comes theharvest’? Behold, I say to you, liftup your eyes and look at the fields,for they are already white for har-vest! Matt. 9:37, 3836 ‘‘And he who reaps receives

wages, and gathers fruit for eternallife, that both he who sows and hewho reaps may rejoice together.37 ‘‘For in this the saying is true:

‘One sows and another reaps.’38 ‘‘I sent you to reap that for

which you have not labored; othershave labored, and you have enteredinto their labors.’’39 And many of the Samaritans

of that city believed in Him becauseof the word of the woman who testi-fied, ‘‘He told me all that I ever did.’’40 So when the Samaritans had

come to Him, they urged Him tostay with them; and He stayed theretwo days.41 And many more believed be-

cause of His own word. Luke 4:3242 Then they said to the woman,

‘‘Now we believe, not because ofwhat you said, for we ourselveshave heard Him and we know thatthis is indeed the Christ,a the Saviorof the world.’’ 1 John 4:14

43 Now after the two days He de-parted from there and went to Gal-ilee.44 For Jesus Himself testified that

a prophet has no honor in his owncountry. Matt. 13:5745 So when He came to Galilee,

the Galileans received Him, havingseen all the things He did in Jerusa-lem at the feast; for they also hadgone to the feast. 2:13, 23; 3:246 So Jesus came again to Cana

of Galilee where He had made thewater wine. And there was a certainnobleman whose son was sick atCapernaum. 2:1–1147 When he heard that Jesus had

come out of Judea into Galilee, hewent to Him and implored Him tocome down and heal his son, for hewas at the point of death.48 Then Jesus said to him, ‘‘Un-

less you people see signs and won-ders, you will by no means believe.’’49 The nobleman said to Him,

‘‘Sir, come down before my childdies!’’50 Jesus said to him, ‘‘Go your

way; your son lives.’’ So the manbelieved the word that Jesus spoketo him, and he went his way.51 And as he was now going

down, his servants met him and toldhim, saying, ‘‘Your son lives!’’52 Then he inquired of them the

hour when he got better. And theysaid to him, ‘‘Yesterday at the sev-enth hour the fever left him.’’53 So the father knew that it was

at the same hour in which Jesus saidto him, ‘‘Your son lives.’’ And hehimself believed, and his wholehousehold. Matt. 9:5–1354 This again is the second sign

Jesus did when He had come out ofJudea into Galilee. 2:11

5After this there was a feast ofthe Jews, and Jesus went up to

Jerusalem. 2:13; Deut. 16:162 Now there is in Jerusalem by

the Sheep Gate a pool, which iscalled in Hebrew, Bethesda,a havingfive porches. Neh. 3:1, 32; 12:39

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1226JOHN 5:3

3 In these lay a great multitude ofsick people, blind, lame, paralyzed,waiting for the moving of the water.4 For an angel went down at a

certain time into the pool andstirred up the water; then whoeverstepped in first, after the stirring ofthe water, was made well of what-ever disease he had.a v. 75 Now a certain man was there

who had an infirmity thirty-eightyears.6 When Jesus saw him lying

there, and knew that he already hadbeen in that condition a long time,He said to him, ‘‘Do you want to bemade well?’’7 The sick man answered Him,

‘‘Sir, I have no man to put me intothe pool when the water is stirredup; but while I am coming, anothersteps down before me.’’ vv. 3, 48 Jesus said to him, ‘‘Rise, take

up your bed and walk.’’ Matt. 9:69 And immediately the man was

made well, took up his bed, andwalked. And that day was the Sab-bath. 9:1410 The Jews therefore said to him

who was cured, ‘‘It is the Sabbath;it is not lawful for you to carry yourbed.’’ 9:16; Matt. 12:1011 He answered them, ‘‘He who

made me well said to me, ‘Take upyour bed and walk.’ ’’12 Then they asked him, ‘‘Who is

the Man who said to you, ‘Take upyour bed and walk’?’’13 But the one who was healed

did not know who it was, for Jesushad withdrawn, a multitude beingin that place. Luke 13:14; 22:5114 Afterward Jesus found him in

the temple, and said to him, ‘‘See,you have been made well. Sin nomore, lest a worse thing come uponyou.’’ 8:1115 The man departed and told the

Jews that it was Jesus who hadmade him well.16 For this reason the Jews perse-

cuted Jesus, and sought to kill Him,a

because He had done these thingson the Sabbath. 8:37; 10:3917 But Jesus answered them, ‘‘My

Father has been working until now,and I have been working.’’ 9:418 Therefore the Jews sought all

the more to kill Him, because Henot only broke the Sabbath, but alsosaid that God was His Father, mak-ing Himself equal with God. 10:3019 Then Jesus answered and said

to them, ‘‘Most assuredly, I say toyou, the Son can do nothing of Him-self, but what He sees the Father do;for whatever He does, the Son alsodoes in like manner. v. 30; 6:3820 ‘‘For the Father loves the Son,

and shows Him all things that HeHimself does; and He will showHim greater works than these, thatyou may marvel. Matt. 3:17; 11:2721 ‘‘For as the Father raises the

dead and gives life to them, even sothe Son gives life to whom He will.22 ‘‘For the Father judges no one,

but has committed all judgment tothe Son, Acts 17:31; 2 Tim. 4:123 ‘‘that all should honor the Son

just as they honor the Father. Hewho does not honor the Son doesnot honor the Father who sent Him.24 ‘‘Most assuredly, I say to you,

he who hears My word and believesin Him who sent Me has everlastinglife, and shall not come into judg-ment, but has passed from deathinto life. 3:16–18; Rom. 8:125 ‘‘Most assuredly, I say to you,

the hour is coming, and now is,when the dead will hear the voiceof the Son of God; and those whohear will live. Eph. 2:1, 5; Col. 2:1326 ‘‘For as the Father has life in

Himself, so He has granted the Sonto have life in Himself, 1 Cor. 15:4527 ‘‘and has given Him authority

to execute judgment also, becauseHe is the Son of Man. Dan. 7:13, 1428 ‘‘Do not marvel at this; for the

hour is coming in which all who arein the graves will hear His voice29 ‘‘and come forth—those who

have done good, to the resurrectionof life, and those who have done

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1227 JOHN 6:13

evil, to the resurrection of condem-nation. Dan. 12:2; Rev. 20:11–1530 ‘‘I can of Myself do nothing. As

I hear, I judge; and My judgment isrighteous, because I do not seek Myown will but the will of the Fatherwho sent Me. v. 19; Matt. 26:3931 ‘‘If I bear witness of Myself, My

witness is not true. 8:1432 ‘‘There is another who bears

witness of Me, and I know that thewitness which He witnesses of Meis true. 1 John 5:633 ‘‘You have sent to John, and he

has borne witness to the truth.34 ‘‘Yet I do not receive testimony

from man, but I say these things thatyou may be saved.35 ‘‘He was the burning and shin-

ing lamp, and you were willing for atime to rejoice in his light. Matt. 5:1436 ‘‘But I have a greater witness

than John’s; for the works which theFather has given Me to finish—thevery works that I do—bear witnessof Me, that the Father has sent Me.37 ‘‘And the Father Himself, who

sent Me, has testified of Me. Youhave neither heard His voice at anytime, nor seen His form. 1 John 4:1238 ‘‘But you do not have His word

abiding in you, because whom Hesent, Him you do not believe.39 ‘‘You search the Scriptures, for

in them you think you have eternallife; and these are they which testifyof Me. Is. 8:20; 34:16; Luke 24:2740 ‘‘But you are not willing to

come to Me that you may have life.41 ‘‘I do not receive honor from

men. 1 Thess. 2:642 ‘‘But I know you, that you do

not have the love of God in you.43 ‘‘I have come in My Father’s

name, and you do not receive Me; ifanother comes in his own name,him you will receive. 1:1244 ‘‘How can you believe, who re-

ceive honor from one another, anddo not seek the honor that comesfrom the only God? 12:4345 ‘‘Do not think that I shall ac-

cuse you to the Father; there is onewho accuses you—Moses, in whomyou trust. Rom. 2:1246 ‘‘For if you believed Moses, you

would believe Me; for he wroteabout Me. Deut. 18:15, 1847 ‘‘But if you do not believe his

writings, how will you believe Mywords?’’ Luke 16:29, 31

6After these things Jesus wentover the Sea of Galilee, which is

the Sea of Tiberias. v. 23; 21:12 Then a great multitude fol-

lowed Him, because they saw Hissigns which He performed on thosewho were diseased. Matt. 4:23; 8:163 And Jesus went up on the

mountain, and there He sat with Hisdisciples.4 Now the Passover, a feast of the

Jews, was near. Lev. 23:55 Then Jesus lifted up His eyes,

and seeing a great multitude com-ing toward Him, He said to Philip,‘‘Where shall we buy bread, thatthese may eat?’’ Matt. 14:14–216 But this He said to test him, for

He Himself knew what He woulddo.7 Philip answered Him, ‘‘Two

hundred denarii worth of bread isnot sufficient for them, that everyone of them may have a little.’’8 One of His disciples, Andrew,

Simon Peter’s brother, said to Him,9 ‘‘There is a lad here who has

five barley loaves and two smallfish, but what are they among somany?’’ 2 Kin. 4:4310 Then Jesus said, ‘‘Make the

people sit down.’’ Now there wasmuch grass in the place. So the mensat down, in number about fivethousand.11 And Jesus took the loaves, and

when He had given thanks He dis-tributed them to the disciples, andthe disciplesa to those sitting down;and likewise of the fish, as much asthey wanted. Luke 22:1912 So when they were filled, He

said to His disciples, ‘‘Gather up thefragments that remain, so that noth-ing is lost.’’13 Therefore they gathered them

up, and filled twelve baskets withthe fragments of the five barley

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loaves which were left over by thosewho had eaten.14 Then those men, when they

had seen the sign that Jesus did,said, ‘‘This is truly the Prophet whois to come into the world.’’ 1:2115 Therefore when Jesus per-

ceived that they were about to comeand take Him by force to make Himking, He departed again to themountain by Himself alone. 18:3616 Now when evening came, His

disciples went down to the sea,17 got into the boat, and went over

the sea toward Capernaum. And itwas already dark, and Jesus had notcome to them. Matt. 14:22–3418 Then the sea arose because a

great wind was blowing.19 So when they had rowed about

three or four miles,a they saw Jesuswalking on the sea and drawingnear the boat; and they were afraid.20 But He said to them, ‘‘It is I; do

not be afraid.’’ Is. 43:1, 221 Then they willingly received

Him into the boat, and immediatelythe boat was at the land where theywere going.22 On the following day, when the

people who were standing on theother side of the sea saw that therewas no other boat there, except thatone which His disciples had en-tered,a and that Jesus had not en-tered the boat with His disciples, butHis disciples had gone awayalone—23 however, other boats came

from Tiberias, near the place wherethey ate bread after the Lord hadgiven thanks—24 when the people therefore saw

that Jesus was not there, nor Hisdisciples, they also got into boatsand came to Capernaum, seekingJesus. Mark 1:37; Luke 4:4225 And when they found Him on

the other side of the sea, they saidto Him, ‘‘Rabbi, when did You comehere?’’26 Jesus answered them and said,

‘‘Most assuredly, I say to you, youseek Me, not because you saw thesigns, but because you ate of theloaves and were filled.

27 ‘‘Do not labor for the food whichperishes, but for the food which en-dures to everlasting life, which theSon of Man will give you, becauseGod the Father has set His seal onHim.’’ 4:1428 Then they said to Him, ‘‘What

shall we do, that we may work theworks of God?’’29 Jesus answered and said to

them, ‘‘This is the work of God, thatyou believe in Him whom He sent.’’30 Therefore they said to Him,

‘‘What sign will You perform then,that we may see it and believe You?What work will You do? Matt. 12:3831 ‘‘Our fathers ate the manna in

the desert; as it is written, ‘He gavethem bread from heaven to eat.’ ’’a32 Then Jesus said to them, ‘‘Most

assuredly, I say to you, Moses didnot give you the bread from heaven,but My Father gives you the truebread from heaven. 3:13–1833 ‘‘For the bread of God is He

who comes down from heaven andgives life to the world.’’34 Then they said to Him, ‘‘Lord,

give us this bread always.’’ 4:1535 And Jesus said to them, ‘‘I am

the bread of life. He who comes toMe shall never hunger, and he whobelieves in Me shall never thirst.36 ‘‘But I said to you that you have

seen Me and yet do not believe.37 ‘‘All that the Father gives Me

will come to Me, and the one whocomes to Me I will by no means castout. v. 25; 10:28, 29; 1 John 2:1938 ‘‘For I have come down from

heaven, not to do My own will, butthe will of Him who sent Me. 4:3439 ‘‘This is the will of the Father

who sent Me, that of all He hasgiven Me I should lose nothing, butshould raise it up at the last day. v. 2740 ‘‘And this is the will of Him

who sent Me, that everyone whosees the Son and believes in Himmay have everlasting life; and I willraise him up at the last day.’’ 4:14

6:19 aLiterally twenty-five or thirty stadia

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41 The Jews then complainedabout Him, because He said, ‘‘I amthe bread which came down fromheaven.’’ vv. 33, 3542 And they said, ‘‘Is not this

Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose fa-ther and mother we know? How isit then that He says, ‘I have comedown from heaven’?’’ Matt. 13:5543 Jesus therefore answered and

said to them, ‘‘Do not murmuramong yourselves.44 ‘‘No one can come to Me unless

the Father who sent Me draws him;and I will raise him up at the lastday. Phil. 1:29; 1 Thess. 2:13, 1445 ‘‘It is written in the prophets,

‘And they shall all be taught byGod.’ a Therefore everyone who hasheard and learnedb from the Fathercomes to Me. Is. 54:1346 ‘‘Not that anyone has seen the

Father, except He who is from God;He has seen the Father. 1:847 ‘‘Most assuredly, I say to you,

he who believes in Mea has everlast-ing life. 3:16, 1848 ‘‘I am the bread of life. v. 3549 ‘‘Your fathers ate the manna in

the wilderness, and are dead.50 ‘‘This is the bread which comes

down from heaven, that one mayeat of it and not die. vv. 51, 5851 ‘‘I am the living bread which

came down from heaven. If anyoneeats of this bread, he will live for-ever; and the bread that I shall giveis My flesh, which I shall give forthe life of the world.’’ vv. 35, 4852 The Jews therefore quarreled

among themselves, saying, ‘‘Howcan this Man give us His flesh toeat?’’ 7:43; 9:16; 10:1953 Then Jesus said to them, ‘‘Most

assuredly, I say to you, unless youeat the flesh of the Son of Man anddrink His blood, you have no life inyou. Matt. 26:2654 ‘‘Whoever eats My flesh and

drinks My blood has eternal life,and I will raise him up at the lastday. vv. 27, 40; 4:1455 ‘‘For My flesh is food indeed,a

and My blood is drink indeed.56 ‘‘He who eats My flesh and

drinks My blood abides in Me, andI in him. 1 John 3:24; 4:15, 1657 ‘‘As the living Father sent Me,

and I live because of the Father, sohe who feeds on Me will live be-cause of Me.58 ‘‘This is the bread which came

down from heaven—not as your fa-thers ate the manna, and are dead.He who eats this bread will live for-ever.’’ vv. 49–51; Ex. 16:31–3559 These things He said in the

synagogue as He taught in Caper-naum.60 Therefore many of His disci-

ples, when they heard this, said,‘‘This is a hard saying; who can un-derstand it?’’ v. 6661 When Jesus knew in Himself

that His disciples complained aboutthis, He said to them, ‘‘Does this of-fend you?62 ‘‘What then if you should see

the Son of Man ascend where Hewas before? Acts 1:9; 2:32, 3363 ‘‘It is the Spirit who gives life;

the flesh profits nothing. The wordsthat I speak to you are spirit, and theyare life. v. 68; 14:24; 2 Cor. 3:664 ‘‘But there are some of you

who do not believe.’’ For Jesus knewfrom the beginning who they werewho did not believe, and who wouldbetray Him. v. 36; 2:24, 25; 13:1165 And He said, ‘‘Therefore I have

said to you that no one can come toMe unless it has been granted tohim by My Father.’’ vv. 37, 44, 4566 From that time many of His

disciples went back and walkedwith Him no more.67 Then Jesus said to the twelve,

‘‘Do you also want to go away?’’68 But Simon Peter answered

Him, ‘‘Lord, to whom shall we go?You have the words of eternal life.69 ‘‘Also we have come to believe

and know that You are the Christ,the Son of the living God.’’a Matt. 16:1670 Jesus answered them, ‘‘Did I

6:45 aIsaiah 54:13 bM-Text reads hears and has

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not choose you, the twelve, and oneof you is a devil?’’ 13:27; 17:1271 He spoke of Judas Iscariot, the

son of Simon, for it was he whowould betray Him, being one of thetwelve. 18:2, 3

7After these things Jesus walkedin Galilee; for He did not want to

walk in Judea, because the Jewsa

sought to kill Him. vv. 19, 25; 5:182 Now the Jews’ Feast of Taber-

nacles was at hand. Lev. 23:343 His brothers therefore said to

Him, ‘‘Depart from here and go intoJudea, that Your disciples also maysee the works that You are doing.4 ‘‘For no one does anything in

secret while he himself seeks to beknown openly. If You do thesethings, show Yourself to the world.’’5 For even His brothers did not

believe in Him. Ps. 69:86 Then Jesus said to them, ‘‘My

time has not yet come, but your timeis always ready.7 ‘‘The world cannot hate you,

but it hates Me because I testify ofit that its works are evil. 15:198 ‘‘You go up to this feast. I am

not yeta going up to this feast, forMy time has not yet fully come.’’9 When He had said these things

to them, He remained in Galilee.10 But when His brothers had

gone up, then He also went up tothe feast, not openly, but as it werein secret.11 Then the Jews sought Him at

the feast, and said, ‘‘Where is He?’’12 And there was much complain-

ing among the people concerningHim. Some said, ‘‘He is good’’;others said, ‘‘No, on the contrary,He deceives the people.’’ 9:16; 10:1913 However, no one spoke openly

of Him for fear of the Jews. 9:2214 Now about the middle of the

feast Jesus went up into the templeand taught. Mark 6:3415 And the Jews marveled, say-

ing, ‘‘How does this Man know let-ters, having never studied?’’16 Jesusa answered them and

said, ‘‘My doctrine is not Mine, butHis who sent Me. 3:1117 ‘‘If anyone wills to do His will,

he shall know concerning the doc-trine, whether it is from God orwhether I speak on My own au-thority.18 ‘‘He who speaks from himself

seeks his own glory; but He whoseeks the glory of the One who sentHim is true, and no unrighteousnessis in Him. v. 50; 2 Cor. 5:2119 ‘‘Did not Moses give you the

law, yet none of you keeps the law?Why do you seek to kill Me?’’20 The people answered and said,

‘‘You have a demon. Who is seekingto kill You?’’ 8:48, 5221 Jesus answered and said to

them, ‘‘I did one work, and you allmarvel.22 ‘‘Moses therefore gave you cir-

cumcision (not that it is from Moses,but from the fathers), and you cir-cumcise a man on the Sabbath.23 ‘‘If a man receives circumci-

sion on the Sabbath, so that the lawof Moses should not be broken, areyou angry with Me because I madea man completely well on the Sab-bath? 5:8, 9, 16; Lev. 12:2, 324 ‘‘Do not judge according to ap-

pearance, but judge with righteousjudgment.’’ Prov. 24:2325 Now some of them from Jeru-

salem said, ‘‘Is this not He whomthey seek to kill?26 ‘‘But look! He speaks boldly,

and they say nothing to Him. Do therulers know indeed that this is trulya

the Christ? v. 4827 ‘‘However, we know where this

Man is from; but when the Christcomes, no one knows where He isfrom.’’ Matt. 2:4–6, 2328 Then Jesus cried out, as He

taught in the temple, saying, ‘‘Youboth know Me, and you knowwhere I am from; and I have notcome of Myself, but He who sentMe is true, whom you do not know.29 ‘‘Buta I know Him, for I am

from Him, and He sent Me.’’ 6:3330 Therefore they sought to take

7:1 a That is, the ruling authorities 7:8 aNU-Textomits yet. 7:16 aNU-Text and M-Text read So Jesus.

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Him; but no one laid a hand on Him,because His hour had not yet come.31 And many of the people be-

lieved in Him, and said, ‘‘When theChrist comes, will He do more signsthan these which this Man hasdone?’’ Matt. 12:22, 2332 The Pharisees heard the crowd

murmuring these things concerningHim, and the Pharisees and thechief priests sent officers to takeHim.33 Then Jesus said to them,a ‘‘I

shall be with you a little whilelonger, and then I go to Him whosent Me. 13:33; Luke 24:5134 ‘‘You will seek Me and not find

Me, and where I am you cannotcome.’’ Hos. 5:635 Then the Jews said among

themselves, ‘‘Where does He intendto go that we shall not find Him?Does He intend to go to the Disper-sion among the Greeks and teachthe Greeks?36 ‘‘What is this thing that He

said, ‘You will seek Me and not findMe, and where I am you cannotcome’?’’37 On the last day, that great day

of the feast, Jesus stood and criedout, saying, ‘‘If anyone thirsts, lethim come to Me and drink. Is. 55:138 ‘‘He who believes in Me, as the

Scripture has said, out of his heartwill flow rivers of living water.’’39 But this He spoke concerning

the Spirit, whom those believinga inHim would receive; for the Holyb

Spirit was not yet given, becauseJesus was not yet glorified. 3:540 Therefore manya from the

crowd, when they heard this saying,said, ‘‘Truly this is the Prophet.’’ 1:2141 Others said, ‘‘This is the

Christ.’’ But some said, ‘‘Will theChrist come out of Galilee? 4:4242 ‘‘Has not the Scripture said

that the Christ comes from the seedof David and from the town of Beth-lehem, where David was?’’ Mic. 5:243 So there was a division among

the people because of Him. v. 1244 Now some of them wanted to

take Him, but no one laid hands onHim. v. 30

45 Then the officers came to thechief priests and Pharisees, whosaid to them, ‘‘Why have you notbrought Him?’’ v. 3246 The officers answered, ‘‘No

man ever spoke like this Man!’’47 Then the Pharisees answered

them, ‘‘Are you also deceived?48 ‘‘Have any of the rulers or the

Pharisees believed in Him?49 ‘‘But this crowd that does not

know the law is accursed.’’50 Nicodemus (he who came to

Jesus by night,a being one of them)said to them, 3:1, 2; 19:3951 ‘‘Does our law judge a man be-

fore it hears him and knows whathe is doing?’’ Deut. 1:16, 17; 19:1552 They answered and said to

him, ‘‘Are you also from Galilee?Search and look, for no prophet hasarisena out of Galilee.’’ 2 Kin. 14:2553 And everyone went to his own

house.a

8But Jesus went to the Mount ofOlives.

2 Now earlya in the morning Hecame again into the temple, and allthe people came to Him; and He satdown and taught them.3 Then the scribes and Pharisees

brought to Him a woman caught inadultery. And when they had set herin the midst,4 they said to Him, ‘‘Teacher, this

woman was caughta in adultery, inthe very act. Ex. 20:145 ‘‘Now Moses, in the law, com-

mandeda us that such should bestoned.b But what do You say?’’c6 This they said, testing Him,

that they might have something ofwhich to accuse Him. But Jesusstooped down and wrote on the

7:33 aNU-Text and M-Text omit to them.

7:39 aNU-Text reads who believed. bNU-Text omitsHoly. 7:40 aNU-Text reads some. 7:50 aNU-Textreads before. 7:52 aNU-Text reads is to rise.

7:53 a The words And everyone through sin no more

(8:11) are bracketed by NU-Text as not original. Theyare present in over 900 manuscripts. 8:2 aM-Textreads very early. 8:4 aM-Text reads we found this

woman. 8:5 aM-Text reads in our law Moses

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ground with His finger, as thoughHe did not hear.a Matt. 22:157 So when they continued ask-

ing Him, He raised Himself upa andsaid to them, ‘‘He who is without sinamong you, let him throw a stone ather first.’’ Deut. 17:78 And again He stooped down

and wrote on the ground.9 Then those who heard it, being

convicted by their conscience,a

went out one by one, beginning withthe oldest even to the last. AndJesus was left alone, and the womanstanding in the midst. Rom. 2:2210 When Jesus had raised Him-

self up and saw no one but thewoman, He said to her,a ‘‘Woman,where are those accusers of yours?b

Has no one condemned you?’’11 She said, ‘‘No one, Lord.’’ And

Jesus said to her, ‘‘Neither do I con-demn you; go anda sin no more.’’ 5:1412 Then Jesus spoke to them

again, saying, ‘‘I am the light of theworld. He who follows Me shall notwalk in darkness, but have the lightof life.’’ 1:4; 9:5; Is. 9:213 The Pharisees therefore said to

Him, ‘‘You bear witness of Yourself;Your witness is not true.’’ 5:3114 Jesus answered and said to

them, ‘‘Even if I bear witness of My-self, My witness is true, for I knowwhere I came from and where I amgoing; but you do not know whereI come from and where I am going.15 ‘‘You judge according to the

flesh; I judge no one. 3:1716 ‘‘And yet if I do judge, My judg-

ment is true; for I am not alone, butI am with the Father who sent Me.17 ‘‘It is also written in your law

that the testimony of two men istrue. Deut. 17:618 ‘‘I am One who bears witness

of Myself, and the Father who sentMe bears witness of Me.’’ 5:3719 Then they said to Him, ‘‘Where

is Your Father?’’ Jesus answered,‘‘You know neither Me nor My Fa-ther. If you had known Me, youwould have known My Father also.’’20 These words Jesus spoke in the

treasury, as He taught in the temple;

and no one laid hands on Him, forHis hour had not yet come.21 Then Jesus said to them again,

‘‘I am going away, and you will seekMe, and will die in your sin. WhereI go you cannot come.’’ 7:3422 So the Jews said, ‘‘Will He kill

Himself, because He says, ‘Where Igo you cannot come’?’’23 And He said to them, ‘‘You are

from beneath; I am from above. Youare of this world; I am not of thisworld. 3:31; 1 John 4:524 ‘‘Therefore I said to you that

you will die in your sins; for if youdo not believe that I am He, you willdie in your sins.’’ v. 2125 Then they said to Him, ‘‘Who

are You?’’ And Jesus said to them,‘‘Just what I have been saying to youfrom the beginning. 4:2626 ‘‘I have many things to say and

to judge concerning you, but Hewho sent Me is true; and I speak tothe world those things which Iheard from Him.’’ 3:32; 7:2827 They did not understand that

He spoke to them of the Father.28 Then Jesus said to them,

‘‘When you lift up the Son of Man,then you will know that I am He,and that I do nothing of Myself; butas My Father taught Me, I speakthese things. 3:14; Rom. 1:429 ‘‘And He who sent Me is with

Me. The Father has not left Mealone, for I always do those thingsthat please Him.’’ v. 16; 14:1030 As He spoke these words,

many believed in Him. 2:23, 2431 Then Jesus said to those Jews

who believed Him, ‘‘If you abide inMy word, you are My disciples in-deed. 14:15, 2332 ‘‘And you shall know the truth,

and the truth shall make you free.’’33 They answered Him, ‘‘We are

Abraham’s descendants, and havenever been in bondage to anyone.

8:6 aNU-Text and M-Text omit as though He did not

hear. 8:7 aM-Text reads He looked up. 8:9 aNU-Textand M-Text omit being convicted by their conscience.

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How can You say, ‘You will be madefree’?’’ Matt. 3:934 Jesus answered them, ‘‘Most

assuredly, I say to you, whoever com-mits sin is a slave of sin. Rom. 6:635 ‘‘And a slave does not abide in

the house forever, but a son abidesforever. Gal. 4:3036 ‘‘Therefore if the Son makes

you free, you shall be free indeed.37 ‘‘I know that you are Abra-

ham’s descendants, but you seek tokill Me, because My word has noplace in you. 7:1938 ‘‘I speak what I have seen with

My Father, and you do what youhave seen witha your father.’’ 5:1939 They answered and said to

Him, ‘‘Abraham is our father.’’ Jesussaid to them, ‘‘If you were Abra-ham’s children, you would do theworks of Abraham. Matt. 3:940 ‘‘But now you seek to kill Me,

a Man who has told you the truthwhich I heard from God. Abrahamdid not do this. vv. 26, 3741 ‘‘You do the deeds of your fa-

ther.’’ Then they said to Him, ‘‘Wewere not born of fornication; wehave one Father—God.’’ Is. 63:1642 Jesus said to them, ‘‘If God

were your Father, you would loveMe, for I proceeded forth and camefrom God; nor have I come of My-self, but He sent Me. 1 John 5:143 ‘‘Why do you not understand

My speech? Because you are notable to listen to My word. 7:1744 ‘‘You are of your father the

devil, and the desires of your fatheryou want to do. He was a murdererfrom the beginning, and does notstand in the truth, because there isno truth in him. When he speaks alie, he speaks from his own re-sources, for he is a liar and the fa-ther of it. 1 John 2:16, 17; 3:8–10, 1545 ‘‘But because I tell the truth,

you do not believe Me.46 ‘‘Which of you convicts Me of

sin? And if I tell the truth, why doyou not believe Me?47 ‘‘He who is of God hears God’s

words; therefore you do not hear,because you are not of God.’’ 10:2648 Then the Jews answered and

said to Him, ‘‘Do we not say rightlythat You are a Samaritan and havea demon?’’ 7:20; 10:2049 Jesus answered, ‘‘I do not have

a demon; but I honor My Father, andyou dishonor Me. 5:4450 ‘‘And I do not seek My own

glory; there is One who seeks andjudges. 5:41; 7:1851 ‘‘Most assuredly, I say to you,

if anyone keeps My word he shallnever see death.’’ 5:24; 11:25, 2652 Then the Jews said to Him,

‘‘Now we know that You have a de-mon! Abraham is dead, and theprophets; and You say, ‘If anyonekeeps My word he shall never tastedeath.’ Heb. 11:1353 ‘‘Are You greater than our fa-

ther Abraham, who is dead? Andthe prophets are dead. Who do Youmake Yourself out to be?’’ 19:754 Jesus answered, ‘‘If I honor

Myself, My honor is nothing. It isMy Father who honors Me, ofwhom you say that He is youra God.55 ‘‘Yet you have not known Him,

but I know Him. And if I say, ‘I donot know Him,’ I shall be a liar likeyou; but I do know Him and keepHis word. 7:28, 29; 15:1056 ‘‘Your father Abraham rejoiced

to see My day, and he saw it andwas glad.’’ Luke 10:24; Heb. 11:1357 Then the Jews said to Him,

‘‘You are not yet fifty years old, andhave You seen Abraham?’’58 Jesus said to them, ‘‘Most as-

suredly, I say to you, before Abra-ham was, I AM.’’ Ex. 3:1459 Then they took up stones to

throw at Him; but Jesus hid Himselfand went out of the temple,a goingthrough the midst of them, and sopassed by. 10:31; 11:8; Luke 4:30

9Now as Jesus passed by, He sawa man who was blind from birth.

2 And His disciples asked Him,saying, ‘‘Rabbi, who sinned, thisman or his parents, that he wasborn blind?’’ Luke 13:2; Acts 28:43 Jesus answered, ‘‘Neither this

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man nor his parents sinned, but thatthe works of God should be re-vealed in him. 11:44 ‘‘Ia must work the works of

Him who sent Me while it is day;the night is coming when no onecan work.5 ‘‘As long as I am in the world,

I am the light of the world.’’ 8:126 When He had said these

things, He spat on the ground andmade clay with the saliva; and Heanointed the eyes of the blind manwith the clay. Mark 7:33; 8:237 And He said to him, ‘‘Go, wash

in the pool of Siloam’’ (which istranslated, Sent). So he went andwashed, and came back seeing.8 Therefore the neighbors and

those who previously had seen thathe was blinda said, ‘‘Is not this hewho sat and begged?’’9 Some said, ‘‘This is he.’’ Others

said, ‘‘He is like him.’’a He said, ‘‘Iam he.’’10 Therefore they said to him,

‘‘How were your eyes opened?’’11 He answered and said, ‘‘A Man

called Jesus made clay andanointed my eyes and said to me,‘Go to the pool of a Siloam andwash.’ So I went and washed, and Ireceived sight.’’ vv. 6, 712 Then they said to him, ‘‘Where

is He?’’ He said, ‘‘I do not know.’’13 They brought him who for-

merly was blind to the Pharisees.14 Now it was a Sabbath when

Jesus made the clay and opened hiseyes. 5:9, 10, 1615 Then the Pharisees also asked

him again how he had received hissight. He said to them, ‘‘He put clayon my eyes, and I washed, and Isee.’’ vv. 6, 716 Therefore some of the Phari-

sees said, ‘‘This Man is not fromGod, because He does not keep theSabbath.’’ Others said, ‘‘How can aman who is a sinner do such signs?’’And there was a division amongthem. v. 33; 3:2; 7:12, 43; 10:1917 They said to the blind man

again, ‘‘What do you say about Himbecause He opened your eyes?’’ Hesaid, ‘‘He is a prophet.’’ 4:19; 6:14

18 But the Jews did not believeconcerning him, that he had beenblind and received his sight, untilthey called the parents of him whohad received his sight.19 And they asked them, saying,

‘‘Is this your son, who you say wasborn blind? How then does he nowsee?’’20 His parents answered them

and said, ‘‘We know that this is ourson, and that he was born blind;21 ‘‘but by what means he now

sees we do not know, or whoopened his eyes we do not know. Heis of age; ask him. He will speak forhimself.’’22 His parents said these things

because they feared the Jews, forthe Jews had agreed already that ifanyone confessed that He wasChrist, he would be put out of thesynagogue. v. 34; 7:13; 16:223 Therefore his parents said, ‘‘He

is of age; ask him.’’24 So they again called the man

who was blind, and said to him,‘‘Give God the glory! We know thatthis Man is a sinner.’’ v. 16; Josh. 7:1925 He answered and said,

‘‘Whether He is a sinner or not I donot know. One thing I know: thatthough I was blind, now I see.’’26 Then they said to him again,

‘‘What did He do to you? How didHe open your eyes?’’27 He answered them, ‘‘I told you

already, and you did not listen. Whydo you want to hear it again? Doyou also want to become His disci-ples?’’ v. 1128 Then they reviled him and said,

‘‘You are His disciple, but we areMoses’ disciples.29 ‘‘We know that God spoke to

Moses; as for this fellow, we do notknow where He is from.’’ 7:2730 The man answered and said to

them, ‘‘Why, this is a marvelousthing, that you do not know whereHe is from; yet He has opened myeyes! 3:10

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31 ‘‘Now we know that God doesnot hear sinners; but if anyone is aworshiper of God and does His will,He hears him. Zech. 7:1332 ‘‘Since the world began it has

been unheard of that anyoneopened the eyes of one who wasborn blind.33 ‘‘If this Man were not from

God, He could do nothing.’’ v. 16; 3:234 They answered and said to

him, ‘‘You were completely born insins, and are you teaching us?’’ Andthey cast him out. v. 2; Ps. 51:535 Jesus heard that they had cast

him out; and when He had foundhim, He said to him, ‘‘Do you be-lieve in the Son of God?’’a 1:7; 10:3636 He answered and said, ‘‘Who

is He, Lord, that I may believe inHim?’’37 And Jesus said to him, ‘‘You

have both seen Him and it is He whois talking with you.’’ 4:2638 Then he said, ‘‘Lord, I believe!’’

And he worshiped Him. Matt. 8:239 And Jesus said, ‘‘For judgment

I have come into this world, thatthose who do not see may see, andthat those who see may be madeblind.’’ 12:39, 40; Mark 8:1840 Then some of the Pharisees

who were with Him heard thesewords, and said to Him, ‘‘Are weblind also?’’ Rom. 2:1941 Jesus said to them, ‘‘If you

were blind, you would have no sin;but now you say, ‘We see.’ Thereforeyour sin remains. 15:22, 24; 19:11

10‘‘Most assuredly, I say to you,he who does not enter the

sheepfold by the door, but climbs upsome other way, the same is a thiefand a robber.2 ‘‘But he who enters by the door

is the shepherd of the sheep. v. 113 ‘‘To him the doorkeeper opens,

and the sheep hear his voice; andhe calls his own sheep by name andleads them out. v. 16; 20:164 ‘‘And when he brings out his

own sheep, he goes before them;and the sheep follow him, for theyknow his voice.5 ‘‘Yet they will by no means fol-

low a stranger, but will flee from

him, for they do not know the voiceof strangers.’’ 2 Cor. 11:13–156 Jesus used this illustration, but

they did not understand the thingswhich He spoke to them.7 Then Jesus said to them again,

‘‘Most assuredly, I say to you, I amthe door of the sheep. v. 18 ‘‘All who ever came before Mea

are thieves and robbers, but thesheep did not hear them.9 ‘‘I am the door. If anyone enters

by Me, he will be saved, and will goin and out and find pasture. 14:610 ‘‘The thief does not come ex-

cept to steal, and to kill, and to de-stroy. I have come that they mayhave life, and that they may have itmore abundantly. 1:4; Col. 3:1–311 ‘‘I am the good shepherd. The

good shepherd gives His life for thesheep. vv. 2, 14; 3:16; Is. 40:1112 ‘‘But a hireling, he who is not

the shepherd, one who does notown the sheep, sees the wolf comingand leaves the sheep and flees; andthe wolf catches the sheep and scat-ters them. Zech. 11:16, 1713 ‘‘The hireling flees because he

is a hireling and does not care aboutthe sheep.14 ‘‘I am the good shepherd; and

I know My sheep, and am knownby My own. vv. 2, 11; 2 Tim. 2:1915 ‘‘As the Father knows Me, even

so I know the Father; and I lay downMy life for the sheep. 15:1316 ‘‘And other sheep I have which

are not of this fold; them also I mustbring, and they will hear My voice;and there will be one flock and oneshepherd. Is. 42:6; Eph. 2:13–1817 ‘‘Therefore My Father loves

Me, because I lay down My life thatI may take it again. 5:20; Heb. 2:918 ‘‘No one takes it from Me, but

I lay it down of Myself. I have powerto lay it down, and I have power totake it again. This command I havereceived from My Father.’’ 2:1919 Therefore there was a division

again among the Jews because ofthese sayings. 7:43; 9:16

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20 And many of them said, ‘‘Hehas a demon and is mad. Why doyou listen to Him?’’ 7:2021 Others said, ‘‘These are not the

words of one who has a demon. Cana demon open the eyes of theblind?’’ 9:6, 7; Ex. 4:1122 Now it was the Feast of Dedica-

tion in Jerusalem, and it was winter.23 And Jesus walked in the tem-

ple, in Solomon’s porch. Acts 3:1124 Then the Jews surrounded

Him and said to Him, ‘‘How long doYou keep us in doubt? If You are theChrist, tell us plainly.’’25 Jesus answered them, ‘‘I told

you, and you do not believe. Theworks that I do in My Father’s name,they bear witness of Me. v. 3826 ‘‘But you do not believe, be-

cause you are not of My sheep, as Isaid to you.a vv. 14–1627 ‘‘My sheep hear My voice, and

I know them, and they follow Me.28 ‘‘And I give them eternal life,

and they shall never perish; neithershall anyone snatch them out of Myhand. 3:15, 16; 1 John 2:2529 ‘‘My Father, who has given

them to Me, is greater than all; andno one is able to snatch them out ofMy Father’s hand. 17:2, 6, 1230 ‘‘I and My Father are one.’’ 14:931 Then the Jews took up stones

again to stone Him. 8:5932 Jesus answered them, ‘‘Many

good works I have shown you fromMy Father. For which of thoseworks do you stone Me?’’33 The Jews answered Him, say-

ing, ‘‘For a good work we do notstone You, but for blasphemy, andbecause You, being a Man, makeYourself God.’’ 5:18; Matt. 9:334 Jesus answered them, ‘‘Is it not

written in your law, ‘I said, ‘‘You aregods’’ ’?a Ps. 82:635 ‘‘If He called them gods, to

whom the word of God came (andthe Scripture cannot be broken),36 ‘‘do you say of Him whom the

Father sanctified and sent into theworld, ‘You are blaspheming,’ be-cause I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?37 ‘‘If I do not do the works of My

Father, do not believe Me; v. 25

38 ‘‘but if I do, though you do notbelieve Me, believe the works, thatyou may know and believea that theFather is in Me, and I in Him.’’39 Therefore they sought again to

seize Him, but He escaped out oftheir hand. 7:30, 44; Luke 4:28–3040 And He went away again be-

yond the Jordan to the place whereJohn was baptizing at first, andthere He stayed. 1:2841 Then many came to Him and

said, ‘‘John performed no sign, butall the things that John spoke aboutthis Man were true.’’ 1:29, 3642 And many believed in Him

there. 2:23–25; 8:30; 11:45

11Now a certain man was sick,Lazarus of Bethany, the town

of Mary and her sister Martha. 12:12 It was that Mary who anointed

the Lord with fragrant oil and wipedHis feet with her hair, whosebrother Lazarus was sick. 12:33 Therefore the sisters sent to

Him, saying, ‘‘Lord, behold, hewhom You love is sick.’’4 When Jesus heard that, He

said, ‘‘This sickness is not untodeath, but for the glory of God, thatthe Son of God may be glorifiedthrough it.’’ vv. 11, 145 Now Jesus loved Martha and

her sister and Lazarus.6 So, when He heard that he was

sick, He stayed two more days inthe place where He was. 10:407 Then after this He said to the

disciples, ‘‘Let us go to Judeaagain.’’8 The disciples said to Him,

‘‘Rabbi, lately the Jews sought tostone You, and are You going thereagain?’’ 8:599 Jesus answered, ‘‘Are there not

twelve hours in the day? If anyonewalks in the day, he does not stum-ble, because he sees the light of thisworld. 9:4; 12:35; Is. 9:210 ‘‘But if one walks in the night,

he stumbles, because the light is notin him.’’ 12:35; Eph. 5:13, 1411 These things He said, and after

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that He said to them, ‘‘Our friendLazarus sleeps, but I go that I maywake him up.’’ Matt. 9:24; Acts 7:6012 Then His disciples said, ‘‘Lord,

if he sleeps he will get well.’’13 However, Jesus spoke of his

death, but they thought that He wasspeaking about taking rest in sleep.14 Then Jesus said to them

plainly, ‘‘Lazarus is dead. vv. 4, 1115 ‘‘And I am glad for your sakes

that I was not there, that you maybelieve. Nevertheless let us go tohim.’’16 Then Thomas, who is called

the Twin, said to his fellow disciples,‘‘Let us also go, that we may diewith Him.’’ 14:5; 20:24–2917 So when Jesus came, He found

that he had already been in thetomb four days.18 Now Bethany was near Jerusa-

lem, about two milesa away.19 And many of the Jews had

joined the women around Marthaand Mary, to comfort them concern-ing their brother.20 Then Martha, as soon as she

heard that Jesus was coming, wentand met Him, but Mary was sittingin the house.21 Now Martha said to Jesus,

‘‘Lord, if You had been here, mybrother would not have died.22 ‘‘But even now I know that

whatever You ask of God, God willgive You.’’ v. 44; 9:3123 Jesus said to her, ‘‘Your brother

will rise again.’’24 Martha said to Him, ‘‘I know

that he will rise again in the resur-rection at the last day.’’ 5:29; Dan. 12:225 Jesus said to her, ‘‘I am the res-

urrection and the life. He who be-lieves in Me, though he may die, heshall live. 5:21; 6:39, 40, 4426 ‘‘And whoever lives and be-

lieves in Me shall never die. Do youbelieve this?’’ 3:14–16; 5:2427 She said to Him, ‘‘Yes, Lord, I

believe that You are the Christ, theSon of God, who is to come into theworld.’’ 1:41, 49; 4:25, 26; 6:6928 And when she had said these

things, she went her way and se-cretly called Mary her sister, saying,

‘‘The Teacher has come and is call-ing for you.’’29 As soon as she heard that, she

arose quickly and came to Him.30 Now Jesus had not yet come

into the town, but wasa in the placewhere Martha met Him.31 Then the Jews who were with

her in the house, and comfortingher, when they saw that Mary roseup quickly and went out, followedher, saying, ‘‘She is going to thetomb to weep there.’’a vv. 19, 3332 Then, when Mary came where

Jesus was, and saw Him, she felldown at His feet, saying to Him,‘‘Lord, if You had been here, mybrother would not have died.’’ v. 2133 Therefore, when Jesus saw her

weeping, and the Jews who camewith her weeping, He groaned in thespirit and was troubled. Matt. 26:3834 And He said, ‘‘Where have you

laid him?’’ They said to Him, ‘‘Lord,come and see.’’35 Jesus wept. Luke 19:4136 Then the Jews said, ‘‘See how

He loved him!’’ v. 537 And some of them said, ‘‘Could

not this Man, who opened the eyesof the blind, also have kept this manfrom dying?’’ 9:6, 738 Then Jesus, again groaning in

Himself, came to the tomb. It was acave, and a stone lay against it. v. 3339 Jesus said, ‘‘Take away the

stone.’’ Martha, the sister of himwho was dead, said to Him, ‘‘Lord,by this time there is a stench, for hehas been dead four days.’’40 Jesus said to her, ‘‘Did I not say

to you that if you would believe youwould see the glory of God?’’ v. 2641 Then they took away the stone

from the place where the dead manwas lying.a And Jesus lifted up Hiseyes and said, ‘‘Father, I thank Youthat You have heard Me. Matt. 11:2542 ‘‘And I know that You always

hear Me, but because of the people

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who are standing by I said this, thatthey may believe that You sent Me.’’43 Now when He had said these

things, He cried with a loud voice,‘‘Lazarus, come forth!’’ 5:28, 2944 And he who had died came out

bound hand and foot with grave-clothes, and his face was wrappedwith a cloth. Jesus said to them,‘‘Loose him, and let him go.’’ 19:4045 Then many of the Jews who

had come to Mary, and had seen thethings Jesus did, believed in Him.46 But some of them went away

to the Pharisees and told them thethings Jesus did. 5:1547 Then the chief priests and the

Pharisees gathered a council andsaid, ‘‘What shall we do? For thisMan works many signs. 3:2; Ps. 2:248 ‘‘If we let Him alone like this,

everyone will believe in Him, andthe Romans will come and takeaway both our place and nation.’’49 And one of them, Caiaphas, be-

ing high priest that year, said tothem, ‘‘You know nothing at all,50 ‘‘nor do you consider that it is

expedient for usa that one manshould die for the people, and notthat the whole nation should per-ish.’’ 18:1451 Now this he did not say on his

own authority; but being high priestthat year he prophesied that Jesuswould die for the nation, Matt. 1:2152 and not for that nation only,

but also that He would gather to-gether in one the children of Godwho were scattered abroad. 10:1653 Then, from that day on, they

plotted to put Him to death. Matt. 26:454 Therefore Jesus no longer

walked openly among the Jews, butwent from there into the countrynear the wilderness, to a city calledEphraim, and there remained withHis disciples. 4:1, 3; 7:155 And the Passover of the Jews

was near, and many went from thecountry up to Jerusalem before thePassover, to purify themselves.56 Then they sought Jesus, and

spoke among themselves as theystood in the temple, ‘‘What do you

think—that He will not come to thefeast?’’ 7:1157 Now both the chief priests and

the Pharisees had given a com-mand, that if anyone knew whereHe was, he should report it, thatthey might seize Him. Matt. 26:14–16

12Then, six days before thePassover, Jesus came to Beth-

any, where Lazarus was who hadbeen dead,a whom He had raisedfrom the dead. 11:1, 43, 442 There they made Him a supper;

and Martha served, but Lazaruswas one of those who sat at the tablewith Him. Mark 14:3; Luke 10:38–413 Then Mary took a pound of

very costly oil of spikenard,anointed the feet of Jesus, andwiped His feet with her hair. Andthe house was filled with the fra-grance of the oil. 11:2; Matt. 26:74 But one of His disciples, Judas

Iscariot, Simon’s son, who wouldbetray Him, said, 13:265 ‘‘Why was this fragrant oil not

sold for three hundred denariia andgiven to the poor?’’6 This he said, not that he cared

for the poor, but because he was athief, and had the money box; andhe used to take what was put in it.7 But Jesus said, ‘‘Let her alone;

she has kepta this for the day of Myburial. 19:39, 408 ‘‘For the poor you have with

you always, but Me you do not havealways.’’ Mark 14:79 Now a great many of the Jews

knew that He was there; and theycame, not for Jesus’ sake only, butthat they might also see Lazarus,whom He had raised from the dead.10 But the chief priests plotted to

put Lazarus to death also, Luke 16:3111 because on account of him

many of the Jews went away andbelieved in Jesus. v. 18; 11:4512 The next day a great multitude

that had come to the feast, whenthey heard that Jesus was comingto Jerusalem, Matt. 21:4–9

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13 took branches of palm treesand went out to meet Him, and criedout: Ps. 118:26

‘‘Hosanna!‘Blessed is He who comes in

the name of the LORD!’ a

The King of Israel!’’

14 Then Jesus, when He hadfound a young donkey, sat on it; asit is written: Zech. 9:9

15‘‘Fear not, daughter of Zion;Behold, your King is coming,Sitting on a donkey’s colt.’’ a

16 His disciples did not under-stand these things at first; but whenJesus was glorified, then they re-membered that these things werewritten about Him and that theyhad done these things to Him. 14:2617 Therefore the people, who

were with Him when He called Laz-arus out of his tomb and raised himfrom the dead, bore witness.18 For this reason the people also

met Him, because they heard thatHe had done this sign. v. 1119 The Pharisees therefore said

among themselves, ‘‘You see thatyou are accomplishing nothing.Look, the world has gone afterHim!’’ 11:53, 5720 Now there were certain Greeks

among those who came up to wor-ship at the feast.21 Then they came to Philip, who

was from Bethsaida of Galilee, andasked him, saying, ‘‘Sir, we wish tosee Jesus.’’ 1:43; 14:822 Philip came and told Andrew,

and in turn Andrew and Philip toldJesus. 1:40–4223 But Jesus answered them, say-

ing, ‘‘The hour has come that theSon of Man should be glorified. 8:2024 ‘‘Most assuredly, I say to you,

unless a grain of wheat falls into theground and dies, it remains alone;but if it dies, it produces much grain.25 ‘‘He who loves his life will lose

it, and he who hates his life in thisworld will keep it for eternal life.26 ‘‘If anyone serves Me, let him

follow Me; and where I am, thereMy servant will be also. If anyoneserves Me, him My Father willhonor. Matt. 16:2427 ‘‘Now My soul is troubled, and

what shall I say? ‘Father, save Mefrom this hour’? But for this purposeI came to this hour. 11:3328 ‘‘Father, glorify Your name.’’

Then a voice came from heaven,saying, ‘‘I have both glorified it andwill glorify it again.’’ Matt. 3:1729 Therefore the people who

stood by and heard it said that ithad thundered. Others said, ‘‘An an-gel has spoken to Him.’’30 Jesus answered and said, ‘‘This

voice did not come because of Me,but for your sake. 11:4231 ‘‘Now is the judgment of this

world; now the ruler of this worldwill be cast out. 2 Cor. 4:432 ‘‘And I, if I am lifted up from

the earth, will draw all peoples toMyself.’’ 3:14; 8:28; Rom. 5:1833 This He said, signifying by

what death He would die. 18:3234 The people answered Him,

‘‘We have heard from the law thatthe Christ remains forever; and howcan You say, ‘The Son of Man mustbe lifted up’? Who is this Son ofMan?’’ v. 32; 3:14; 8:2835 Then Jesus said to them, ‘‘A lit-

tle while longer the light is with you.Walk while you have the light, lestdarkness overtake you; he whowalks in darkness does not knowwhere he is going. 1 John 2:9–1136 ‘‘While you have the light, be-

lieve in the light, that you may be-come sons of light.’’ These thingsJesus spoke, and departed, and washidden from them. 8:59; Luke 16:837 But although He had done so

many signs before them, they didnot believe in Him, 11:4738 that the word of Isaiah the

prophet might be fulfilled, which hespoke: Is. 53:1

‘‘Lord, who has believed ourreport?

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And to whom has the arm ofthe LORD been revealed?’’ a

39 Therefore they could not be-lieve, because Isaiah said again:

40‘‘He has blinded their eyes andhardened their hearts,

Lest they should see withtheir eyes, Is. 6:10

Lest they should understandwith their hearts and turn,

So that I should heal them.’’ a

41 These things Isaiah said whena

he saw His glory and spoke of Him.42 Nevertheless even among the

rulers many believed in Him, but be-cause of the Pharisees they did notconfess Him, lest they should be putout of the synagogue; 7:13; 9:2243 for they loved the praise of men

more than the praise of God. 5:4144 Then Jesus cried out and said,

‘‘He who believes in Me, believesnot in Me but in Him who sent Me.45 ‘‘And he who sees Me sees Him

who sent Me. 14:946 ‘‘I have come as a light into the

world, that whoever believes in Meshould not abide in darkness. 8:1247 ‘‘And if anyone hears My

words and does not believe,a I donot judge him; for I did not cometo judge the world but to save theworld. 3:1748 ‘‘He who rejects Me, and does

not receive My words, has thatwhich judges him—the word that Ihave spoken will judge him in thelast day. Luke 10:1649 ‘‘For I have not spoken on My

own authority; but the Father whosent Me gave Me a command, whatI should say and what I shouldspeak. 8:38; Deut. 18:1850 ‘‘And I know that His com-

mand is everlasting life. Therefore,whatever I speak, just as the Fatherhas told Me, so I speak.’’ 5:19; 8:28

13Now before the Feast of thePassover, when Jesus knew

that His hour had come that Heshould depart from this world to theFather, having loved His own who

were in the world, He loved them tothe end. v. 23; 15:9; 17:12 And supper being ended,a the

devil having already put it into theheart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son,to betray Him, Luke 22:33 Jesus, knowing that the Father

had given all things into His hands,and that He had come from God andwas going to God, 5:20–23; 17:24 rose from supper and laid aside

His garments, took a towel andgirded Himself. Luke 22:275 After that, He poured water

into a basin and began to wash thedisciples’ feet, and to wipe themwith the towel with which He wasgirded.6 Then He came to Simon Peter.

And Peter said to Him, ‘‘Lord, areYou washing my feet?’’ Matt. 3:147 Jesus answered and said to

him, ‘‘What I am doing you do notunderstand now, but you will knowafter this.’’ v. 19; 12:16; 16:128 Peter said to Him, ‘‘You shall

never wash my feet!’’ Jesus an-swered him, ‘‘If I do not wash you,you have no part with Me.’’ 1 Cor. 6:119 Simon Peter said to Him,

‘‘Lord, not my feet only, but also myhands and my head!’’10 Jesus said to him, ‘‘He who is

bathed needs only to wash his feet,but is completely clean; and you areclean, but not all of you.’’ 15:311 For He knew who would betray

Him; therefore He said, ‘‘You arenot all clean.’’ vv. 2, 3012 So when He had washed their

feet, taken His garments, and satdown again, He said to them, ‘‘Doyou know what I have done to you?13 ‘‘You call Me Teacher and

Lord, and you say well, for so I am.14 ‘‘If I then, your Lord and

Teacher, have washed your feet, youalso ought to wash one another’sfeet.15 ‘‘For I have given you an exam-

ple, that you should do as I havedone to you. 1 Pet. 2:21–24

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16 ‘‘Most assuredly, I say to you,a servant is not greater than hismaster; nor is he who is sent greaterthan he who sent him. Matt. 10:2417 ‘‘If you know these things,

blessed are you if you do them.18 ‘‘I do not speak concerning all

of you. I know whom I have chosen;but that the Scripture may be ful-filled, ‘He who eats bread with Me a

has lifted up his heel against Me.’ b

19 ‘‘Now I tell you before it comes,that when it does come to pass, youmay believe that I am He. 14:2920 ‘‘Most assuredly, I say to you,

he who receives whomever I sendreceives Me; and he who receivesMe receives Him who sent Me.’’21 When Jesus had said these

things, He was troubled in spirit,and testified and said, ‘‘Most as-suredly, I say to you, one of you willbetray Me.’’ 12:27; Luke 22:2122 Then the disciples looked at

one another, perplexed aboutwhom He spoke. 19:26; 20:223 Now there was leaning on

Jesus’ bosom one of His disciples,whom Jesus loved.24 Simon Peter therefore mo-

tioned to him to ask who it was ofwhom He spoke.25 Then, leaning backa on Jesus’

breast, he said to Him, ‘‘Lord, whois it?’’26 Jesus answered, ‘‘It is he to

whom I shall give a piece of breadwhen I have dipped it.’’ And havingdipped the bread, He gave it to Ju-das Iscariot, the son of Simon. 6:7027 Now after the piece of bread,

Satan entered him. Then Jesus saidto him, ‘‘What you do, do quickly.’’28 But no one at the table knew

for what reason He said this to him.29 For some thought, because Ju-

das had the money box, that Jesushad said to him, ‘‘Buy those thingswe need for the feast,’’ or that heshould give something to the poor.30 Having received the piece of

bread, he then went out immedi-ately. And it was night. 11:9, 1031 So, when he had gone out,

Jesus said, ‘‘Now the Son of Man

is glorified, and God is glorified inHim. 12:23; Acts 3:1332 ‘‘If God is glorified in Him, God

will also glorify Him in Himself, andglorify Him immediately. 12:2333 ‘‘Little children, I shall be with

you a little while longer. You willseek Me; and as I said to the Jews,‘Where I am going, you cannotcome,’ so now I say to you. 7:34; 8:2134 ‘‘A new commandment I give

to you, that you love one another;as I have loved you, that you alsolove one another. 1 John 2:735 ‘‘By this all will know that you

are My disciples, if you have lovefor one another.’’ 1 John 2:536 Simon Peter said to Him,

‘‘Lord, where are You going?’’ Jesusanswered him, ‘‘Where I am goingyou cannot follow Me now, but youshall follow Me afterward.’’ 14:2–537 Peter said to Him, ‘‘Lord, why

can I not follow You now? I will laydown my life for Your sake.’’38 Jesus answered him, ‘‘Will you

lay down your life for My sake?Most assuredly, I say to you, therooster shall not crow till you havedenied Me three times. 18:17, 25–27

14‘‘Let not your heart be trou-bled; you believe in God, be-

lieve also in Me. v. 27; 16:22, 242 ‘‘In My Father’s house are

many mansions;a if it were not so, Iwould have told you. I go to preparea place for you.b 13:33, 363 ‘‘And if I go and prepare a place

for you, I will come again and re-ceive you to Myself; that where Iam, there you may be also. 12:264 ‘‘And where I go you know, and

the way you know.’’ 13:33, 365 Thomas said to Him, ‘‘Lord, we

do not know where You are going,and how can we know the way?’’6 Jesus said to him, ‘‘I am the

way, the truth, and the life. No one

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comes to the Father except throughMe. Acts 4:12; 1 Tim. 2:157 ‘‘If you had known Me, you

would have known My Father also;and from now on you know Himand have seen Him.’’ 8:198 Philip said to Him, ‘‘Lord, show

us the Father, and it is sufficient forus.’’9 Jesus said to him, ‘‘Have I been

with you so long, and yet you havenot known Me, Philip? He who hasseen Me has seen the Father; so howcan you say, ‘Show us the Father’?10 ‘‘Do you not believe that I am

in the Father, and the Father in Me?The words that I speak to you I donot speak on My own authority; butthe Father who dwells in Me doesthe works. vv. 11, 20; 5:19; 10:3811 ‘‘Believe Me that I am in the

Father and the Father in Me, or elsebelieve Me for the sake of the worksthemselves. 5:36; 10:3812 ‘‘Most assuredly, I say to you,

he who believes in Me, the worksthat I do he will do also; and greaterworks than these he will do, be-cause I go to My Father. Matt. 10:113 ‘‘And whatever you ask in My

name, that I will do, that the Fathermay be glorified in the Son. 13:3114 ‘‘If you aska anything in My

name, I will do it. 1 John 5:14, 1515 ‘‘If you love Me, keepa My com-

mandments. 1 John 5:316 ‘‘And I will pray the Father, and

He will give you another Helper,that He may abide with you for-ever— 15:26; 20:22; Acts 2:417 ‘‘the Spirit of truth, whom the

world cannot receive, because itneither sees Him nor knows Him;but you know Him, for He dwellswith you and will be in you. 16:1318 ‘‘I will not leave you orphans; I

will come to you. vv. 3, 2819 ‘‘A little while longer and the

world will see Me no more, but youwill see Me. Because I live, you willlive also. 16:16, 22; Rom. 5:1020 ‘‘At that day you will know that

I am in My Father, and you in Me,and I in you. v. 11; 10:38; 17:2121 ‘‘He who has My command-

ments and keeps them, it is he who

loves Me. And he who loves Me willbe loved by My Father, and I willlove him and manifest Myself tohim.’’ 1 John 2:522 Judas (not Iscariot) said to

Him, ‘‘Lord, how is it that You willmanifest Yourself to us, and not tothe world?’’23 Jesus answered and said to

him, ‘‘If anyone loves Me, he willkeep My word; and My Father willlove him, and We will come to himand make Our home with him. v. 1524 ‘‘He who does not love Me does

not keep My words; and the wordwhich you hear is not Mine but theFather’s who sent Me. 5:1925 ‘‘These things I have spoken to

you while being present with you.26 ‘‘But the Helper, the Holy

Spirit, whom the Father will sendin My name, He will teach you allthings, and bring to your remem-brance all things that I said to you.27 ‘‘Peace I leave with you, My

peace I give to you; not as the worldgives do I give to you. Let not yourheart be troubled, neither let it beafraid. v. 1; Phil. 4:728 ‘‘You have heard Me say to you,

‘I am going away and coming backto you.’ If you loved Me, you wouldrejoice because I said,a ‘I am goingto the Father,’ for My Father isgreater than I. vv. 3, 18; Phil. 2:629 ‘‘And now I have told you be-

fore it comes, that when it doescome to pass, you may believe. 13:1930 ‘‘I will no longer talk much

with you, for the ruler of this worldis coming, and he has nothing inMe. 12:3131 ‘‘But that the world may know

that I love the Father, and as theFather gave Me commandment, soI do. Arise, let us go from here.

15‘‘I am the true vine, and MyFather is the vinedresser. v. 5

2 ‘‘Every branch in Me that doesnot bear fruit He takes away;a andevery branch that bears fruit Heprunes, that it may bear more fruit.

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3 ‘‘You are already clean be-cause of the word which I have spo-ken to you. 13:10; 17:174 ‘‘Abide in Me, and I in you. As

the branch cannot bear fruit of it-self, unless it abides in the vine, nei-ther can you, unless you abide inMe. 17:23; Eph. 3:175 ‘‘I am the vine, you are the

branches. He who abides in Me, andI in him, bears much fruit; for with-out Me you can do nothing. v. 16 ‘‘If anyone does not abide in

Me, he is cast out as a branch andis withered; and they gather themand throw them into the fire, andthey are burned. Matt. 3:107 ‘‘If you abide in Me, and My

words abide in you, you willa askwhat you desire, and it shall be donefor you. 14:13; 16:23; 1 John 2:148 ‘‘By this My Father is glorified,

that you bear much fruit; so you willbe My disciples. 8:31; Matt. 5:169 ‘‘As the Father loved Me, I also

have loved you; abide in My love.10 ‘‘If you keep My command-

ments, you will abide in My love,just as I have kept My Father’s com-mandments and abide in His love.11 ‘‘These things I have spoken to

you, that My joy may remain in you,and that your joy may be full.12 ‘‘This is My commandment,

that you love one another as I haveloved you. 1 John 3:1113 ‘‘Greater love has no one than

this, than to lay down one’s life forhis friends. 1 John 3:1614 ‘‘You are My friends if you do

whatever I command you. 14:1515 ‘‘No longer do I call you ser-

vants, for a servant does not knowwhat his master is doing; but I havecalled you friends, for all things thatI heard from My Father I have madeknown to you. 13:1616 ‘‘You did not choose Me, but I

chose you and appointed you thatyou should go and bear fruit, andthat your fruit should remain, thatwhatever you ask the Father in Myname He may give you. 6:7017 ‘‘These things I command you,

that you love one another. v. 1218 ‘‘If the world hates you, you

know that it hated Me before ithated you. 1 John 3:1319 ‘‘If you were of the world, the

world would love its own. Yet be-cause you are not of the world, butI chose you out of the world, there-fore the world hates you. 17:1420 ‘‘Remember the word that I

said to you, ‘A servant is not greaterthan his master.’ If they persecutedMe, they will also persecute you. Ifthey kept My word, they will keepyours also. 13:16; Ezek. 3:721 ‘‘But all these things they will

do to you for My name’s sake, be-cause they do not know Him whosent Me. 16:2; Matt. 10:2222 ‘‘If I had not come and spoken

to them, they would have no sin, butnow they have no excuse for theirsin. v. 24; 9:41; James 4:1723 ‘‘He who hates Me hates My

Father also. 1 John 2:2324 ‘‘If I had not done among them

the works which no one else did, theywould have no sin; but now theyhave seen and also hated both Meand My Father. 3:2; 14:925 ‘‘But this happened that the

word might be fulfilled which iswritten in their law, ‘They hated Mewithout a cause.’ a Ps. 69:426 ‘‘But when the Helper comes,

whom I shall send to you from theFather, the Spirit of truth who pro-ceeds from the Father, He will tes-tify of Me. 14:16, 1727 ‘‘And you also will bear wit-

ness, because you have been withMe from the beginning. Luke 24:48

16‘‘These things I have spokento you, that you should not be

made to stumble. Matt. 11:62 ‘‘They will put you out of the

synagogues; yes, the time is comingthat whoever kills you will thinkthat he offers God service. 9:223 ‘‘And these things they will do

to youa because they have notknown the Father nor Me. 8:19, 15:214 ‘‘But these things I have told

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you, that when thea time comes, youmay remember that I told you ofthem. And these things I did not sayto you at the beginning, because Iwas with you.5 ‘‘But now I go away to Him

who sent Me, and none of you asksMe, ‘Where are You going?’ 7:336 ‘‘But because I have said these

things to you, sorrow has filled yourheart. vv. 20, 227 ‘‘Nevertheless I tell you the

truth. It is to your advantage that Igo away; for if I do not go away, theHelper will not come to you; but if Idepart, I will send Him to you. 15:268 ‘‘And when He has come, He

will convict the world of sin, and ofrighteousness, and of judgment:9 ‘‘of sin, because they do not be-

lieve in Me; Acts 2:2210 ‘‘of righteousness, because I go

to My Father and you see Me nomore; 5:32; Acts 2:3211 ‘‘of judgment, because the

ruler of this world is judged. 12:3112 ‘‘I still have many things to say

to you, but you cannot bear themnow. Acts 4:3313 ‘‘However, when He, the Spirit

of truth, has come, He will guideyou into all truth; for He will notspeak on His own authority, butwhatever He hears He will speak;and He will tell you things to come.14 ‘‘He will glorify Me, for He will

take of what is Mine and declare itto you. 15:2615 ‘‘All things that the Father has

are Mine. Therefore I said that Hewill take of Mine and declare it toyou.a Matt. 11:2716 ‘‘A little while, and you will not

see Me; and again a little while, andyou will see Me, because I go to theFather.’’ 7:33; 12:35; 13:317 Then some of His disciples said

among themselves, ‘‘What is thisthat He says to us, ‘A little while,and you will not see Me; and againa little while, and you will see Me’;and, ‘because I go to the Father’?’’18 They said therefore, ‘‘What is

this that He says, ‘A little while’? Wedo not know what He is saying.’’19 Now Jesus knew that they de-

sired to ask Him, and He said tothem, ‘‘Are you inquiring amongyourselves about what I said, ‘A lit-tle while, and you will not see Me;and again a little while, and you willsee Me’?20 ‘‘Most assuredly, I say to you

that you will weep and lament, butthe world will rejoice; and you willbe sorrowful, but your sorrow willbe turned into joy. Luke 24:32, 4121 ‘‘A woman, when she is in la-

bor, has sorrow because her hourhas come; but as soon as she hasgiven birth to the child, she nolonger remembers the anguish, forjoy that a human being has beenborn into the world. Is. 13:8; 26:1722 ‘‘Therefore you now have sor-

row; but I will see you again andyour heart will rejoice, and your joyno one will take from you. 1 Pet. 1:823 ‘‘And in that day you will ask

Me nothing. Most assuredly, I say toyou, whatever you ask the Father inMy name He will give you. Matt. 7:724 ‘‘Until now you have asked

nothing in My name. Ask, and youwill receive, that your joy may befull. 14:13, 14; 15:11; 17:1325 ‘‘These things I have spoken to

you in figurative language; but thetime is coming when I will no longerspeak to you in figurative language,but I will tell you plainly about theFather. 7:1326 ‘‘In that day you will ask in My

name, and I do not say to you that Ishall pray the Father for you; 17:927 ‘‘for the Father Himself loves

you, because you have loved Me,and have believed that I came forthfrom God. 3:13; 14:21, 2328 ‘‘I came forth from the Father

and have come into the world.Again, I leave the world and go tothe Father.’’ vv. 5, 10, 17; 13:1, 329 His disciples said to Him, ‘‘See,

now You are speaking plainly, andusing no figure of speech! v. 2530 ‘‘Now we are sure that You

know all things, and have no need

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that anyone should question You.By this we believe that You cameforth from God.’’ 17:8; 21:1731 Jesus answered them, ‘‘Do you

now believe?32 ‘‘Indeed the hour is coming,

yes, has now come, that you will bescattered, each to his own, and willleave Me alone. And yet I am notalone, because the Father is withMe. 8:29; Matt. 26:31, 5633 ‘‘These things I have spoken to

you, that in Me you may have peace.In the world you willa have tribula-tion; but be of good cheer, I haveovercome the world.’’ 1 John 4:4; 5:4

17Jesus spoke these words,lifted up His eyes to heaven,

and said: ‘‘Father, the hour hascome. Glorify Your Son, that YourSon also may glorify You, 8:20; 12:232 ‘‘as You have given Him au-

thority over all flesh, that Heshoulda give eternal life to as manyas You have given Him. 3:353 ‘‘And this is eternal life, that

they may know You, the only trueGod, and Jesus Christ whom Youhave sent. 3:34; 1 John 5:204 ‘‘I have glorified You on the

earth. I have finished the workwhich You have given Me to do.5 ‘‘And now, O Father, glorify Me

together with Yourself, with theglory which I had with You beforethe world was. 1:1, 14, 18; Phil. 2:66 ‘‘I have manifested Your name

to the men whom You have givenMe out of the world. They wereYours, You gave them to Me, andthey have kept Your word. Ps. 22:227 ‘‘Now they have known that all

things which You have given Me arefrom You.8 ‘‘For I have given to them the

words which You have given Me;and they have received them, andhave known surely that I came forthfrom You; and they have believedthat You sent Me. 8:42; Deut. 18:189 ‘‘I pray for them. I do not pray

for the world but for those whomYou have given Me, for they areYours. 1 John 5:1910 ‘‘And all Mine are Yours, and

Yours are Mine, and I am glorifiedin them. 16:1511 ‘‘Now I am no longer in the

world, but these are in the world,and I come to You. Holy Father,keep through Your name thosewhom You have given Me,a that theymay be one as We are. 10:30; 13:112 ‘‘While I was with them in the

world,a I kept them in Your name.Those whom You gave Me I havekept;b and none of them is lost ex-cept the son of perdition, that theScripture might be fulfilled. 6:7013 ‘‘But now I come to You, and

these things I speak in the world,that they may have My joy fulfilledin themselves.14 ‘‘I have given them Your word;

and the world has hated them be-cause they are not of the world, justas I am not of the world. 8:23; 15:1915 ‘‘I do not pray that You should

take them out of the world, but thatYou should keep them from the evilone. 1 John 5:1816 ‘‘They are not of the world, just

as I am not of the world. 12:3517 ‘‘Sanctify them by Your truth.

Your word is truth. Eph. 5:2618 ‘‘As You sent Me into the world,

I also have sent them into the world.19 ‘‘And for their sakes I sanctify

Myself, that they also may be sancti-fied by the truth. Heb. 10:1020 ‘‘I do not pray for these alone,

but also for those who willa believein Me through their word;21 ‘‘that they all may be one, as

You, Father, are in Me, and I in You;that they also may be one in Us, thatthe world may believe that You sentMe. 10:38; Gal. 3:2822 ‘‘And the glory which You gave

Me I have given them, that they maybe one just as We are one: 1:1423 ‘‘I in them, and You in Me; that

they may be made perfect in one,and that the world may know that

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them through Your name which You have given Me.

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You have sent Me, and have lovedthem as You have loved Me. 3:1624 ‘‘Father, I desire that they also

whom You gave Me may be with Mewhere I am, that they may beholdMy glory which You have given Me;for You loved Me before the founda-tion of the world. 1:1425 ‘‘O righteous Father! The world

has not known You, but I haveknown You; and these have knownthat You sent Me. 15:2126 ‘‘And I have declared to them

Your name, and will declare it, thatthe love with which You loved Memay be in them, and I in them.’’ 15:9

18When Jesus had spoken thesewords, He went out with His

disciples over the Brook Kidron,where there was a garden, whichHe and His disciples entered.2 And Judas, who betrayed Him,

also knew the place; for Jesus oftenmet there with His disciples. 13:303 Then Judas, having received a

detachment of troops, and officersfrom the chief priests and Phari-sees, came there with lanterns,torches, and weapons. Luke 22:47–534 Jesus therefore, knowing all

things that would come upon Him,went forward and said to them,‘‘Whom are you seeking?’’ 6:645 They answered Him, ‘‘Jesus of

Nazareth.’’ Jesus said to them, ‘‘I amHe.’’ And Judas, who betrayed Him,also stood with them. 13:306 Now when He said to them, ‘‘I

am He,’’ they drew back and fell tothe ground. Ex. 3:147 Then He asked them again,

‘‘Whom are you seeking?’’ And theysaid, ‘‘Jesus of Nazareth.’’ vv. 4, 58 Jesus answered, ‘‘I have told

you that I am He. Therefore, if youseek Me, let these go their way,’’9 that the saying might be ful-

filled which He spoke, ‘‘Of thosewhom You gave Me I have lostnone.’’ 17:1210 Then Simon Peter, having a

sword, drew it and struck the highpriest’s servant, and cut off his rightear. The servant’s name was Mal-chus. Luke 22:50, 5111 So Jesus said to Peter, ‘‘Put

your sword into the sheath. Shall Inot drink the cup which My Fatherhas given Me?’’ Luke 22:4212 Then the detachment of troops

and the captain and the officers ofthe Jews arrested Jesus and boundHim.13 And they led Him away to An-

nas first, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas who was highpriest that year. Luke 3:214 Now it was Caiaphas who ad-

vised the Jews that it was expedientthat one man should die for the peo-ple. 11:5015 And Simon Peter followed

Jesus, and so did anothera disciple.Now that disciple was known to thehigh priest, and went with Jesusinto the courtyard of the high priest.16 But Peter stood at the door out-

side. Then the other disciple, whowas known to the high priest, wentout and spoke to her who kept thedoor, and brought Peter in.17 Then the servant girl who kept

the door said to Peter, ‘‘You are notalso one of this Man’s disciples, areyou?’’ He said, ‘‘I am not.’’18 Now the servants and officers

who had made a fire of coals stoodthere, for it was cold, and theywarmed themselves. And Peterstood with them and warmed him-self.19 The high priest then asked

Jesus about His disciples and Hisdoctrine. v. 1320 Jesus answered him, ‘‘I spoke

openly to the world. I always taughtin synagogues and in the temple,where the Jews always meet,a andin secret I have said nothing. 8:2621 ‘‘Why do you ask Me? Ask

those who have heard Me what Isaid to them. Indeed they knowwhat I said.’’ Mark 12:3722 And when He had said these

things, one of the officers who stoodby struck Jesus with the palm of hishand, saying, ‘‘Do You answer thehigh priest like that?’’ Acts 23:2, 423 Jesus answered him, ‘‘If I have

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spoken evil, bear witness of the evil;but if well, why do you strike Me?’’24 Then Annas sent Him bound to

Caiaphas the high priest. v. 1325 Now Simon Peter stood and

warmed himself. Therefore theysaid to him, ‘‘You are not also one ofHis disciples, are you?’’ He denied itand said, ‘‘I am not!’’26 One of the servants of the high

priest, a relative of him whose earPeter cut off, said, ‘‘Did I not see youin the garden with Him?’’27 Peter then denied again; and

immediately a rooster crowed. 13:3828 Then they led Jesus from Caia-

phas to the Praetorium, and it wasearly morning. But they themselvesdid not go into the Praetorium, lestthey should be defiled, but that theymight eat the Passover. Mark 15:129 Pilate then went out to them

and said, ‘‘What accusation do youbring against this Man?’’ Mark 15:2–530 They answered and said to

him, ‘‘If He were not an evildoer, wewould not have delivered Him up toyou.’’31 Then Pilate said to them, ‘‘You

take Him and judge Him accordingto your law.’’ Therefore the Jewssaid to him, ‘‘It is not lawful for usto put anyone to death,’’32 that the saying of Jesus might

be fulfilled which He spoke, signify-ing by what death He would die.33 Then Pilate entered the Praeto-

rium again, called Jesus, and saidto Him, ‘‘Are You the King of theJews?’’ 19:19; Matt. 2:234 Jesus answered him, ‘‘Are you

speaking for yourself about this, ordid others tell you this concerningMe?’’35 Pilate answered, ‘‘Am I a Jew?

Your own nation and the chiefpriests have delivered You to me.What have You done?’’ v. 28; 11:5036 Jesus answered, ‘‘My kingdom

is not of this world. If My kingdomwere of this world, My servantswould fight, so that I should not bedelivered to the Jews; but now Mykingdom is not from here.’’ Dan. 2:4437 Pilate therefore said to Him,

‘‘Are You a king then?’’ Jesus an-

swered, ‘‘You say rightly that I am aking. For this cause I was born, andfor this cause I have come into theworld, that I should bear witness tothe truth. Everyone who is of thetruth hears My voice.’’ 10:2738 Pilate said to Him, ‘‘What is

truth?’’ And when he had said this,he went out again to the Jews, andsaid to them, ‘‘I find no fault in Himat all. 19:4, 639 ‘‘But you have a custom that I

should release someone to you atthe Passover. Do you therefore wantme to release to you the King of theJews?’’ v. 33; 19:19; Matt. 2:240 Then they all cried again, say-

ing, ‘‘Not this Man, but Barabbas!’’Now Barabbas was a robber.

19So then Pilate took Jesus andscourged Him. Matt. 27:26

2 And the soldiers twisted acrown of thorns and put it on Hishead, and they put on Him a purplerobe.3 Then they said,a ‘‘Hail, King of

the Jews!’’ And they struck Himwith their hands. v. 19; 18:334 Pilate then went out again, and

said to them, ‘‘Behold, I am bringingHim out to you, that you may knowthat I find no fault in Him.’’ 18:385 Then Jesus came out, wearing

the crown of thorns and the purplerobe. And Pilate said to them, ‘‘Be-hold the Man!’’6 Therefore, when the chief

priests and officers saw Him, theycried out, saying, ‘‘Crucify Him, cru-cify Him!’’ Pilate said to them, ‘‘Youtake Him and crucify Him, for I findno fault in Him.’’ v. 4; 18:387 The Jews answered him, ‘‘We

have a law, and according to oura

law He ought to die, because Hemade Himself the Son of God.’’ 5:188 Therefore, when Pilate heard

that saying, he was the more afraid,9 and went again into the Praeto-

rium, and said to Jesus, ‘‘Where areYou from?’’ But Jesus gave him noanswer. Is. 53:710 Then Pilate said to Him, ‘‘Are

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You not speaking to me? Do You notknow that I have power to crucifyYou, and power to release You?’’11 Jesus answered, ‘‘You could

have no power at all against Me un-less it had been given you fromabove. Therefore the one who deliv-ered Me to you has the greater sin.’’12 From then on Pilate sought to

release Him, but the Jews cried out,saying, ‘‘If you let this Man go, youare not Caesar’s friend. Whoevermakes himself a king speaksagainst Caesar.’’ Luke 23:213 When Pilate therefore heard

that saying, he brought Jesus outand sat down in the judgment seatin a place that is called The Pave-ment, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha.14 Now it was the Preparation

Day of the Passover, and about thesixth hour. And he said to the Jews,‘‘Behold your King!’’ Matt. 27:6215 But they cried out, ‘‘Away with

Him, away with Him! Crucify Him!’’Pilate said to them, ‘‘Shall I crucifyyour King?’’ The chief priests an-swered, ‘‘We have no king but Cae-sar!’’ 18:3316 Then he delivered Him to them

to be crucified. So they took Jesusand led Him away.a Luke 23:2417 And He, bearing His cross,

went out to a place called the Placeof a Skull, which is called in He-brew, Golgotha, Luke 23:3318 where they crucified Him, and

two others with Him, one on eitherside, and Jesus in the center. Is. 53:1219 Now Pilate wrote a title and put

it on the cross. And the writing was:

JESUS OF NAZARETH,THE KING OF THE JEWS.

20 Then many of the Jews readthis title, for the place where Jesuswas crucified was near the city; andit was written in Hebrew, Greek,and Latin.21 Therefore the chief priests of

the Jews said to Pilate, ‘‘Do notwrite, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but,‘He said, ‘‘I am the King of theJews.’’ ’ ’’

22 Pilate answered, ‘‘What I havewritten, I have written.’’23 Then the soldiers, when they

had crucified Jesus, took His gar-ments and made four parts, to eachsoldier a part, and also the tunic.Now the tunic was without seam,woven from the top in one piece.24 They said therefore among

themselves, ‘‘Let us not tear it, butcast lots for it, whose it shall be,’’that the Scripture might be fulfilledwhich says: Ps. 22:18

‘‘They divided My garmentsamong them,

And for My clothing they castlots.’’ a

Therefore the soldiers did thesethings.25 Now there stood by the cross of

Jesus His mother, and His mother’ssister, Mary the wife of Clopas, andMary Magdalene. Mark 15:4026 When Jesus therefore saw His

mother, and the disciple whom Heloved standing by, He said to Hismother, ‘‘Woman, behold yourson!’’27 Then He said to the disciple,

‘‘Behold your mother!’’ And fromthat hour that disciple took her tohis own home. 7:528 After this, Jesus, knowinga that

all things were now accomplished,that the Scripture might be fulfilled,said, ‘‘I thirst!’’ Ps. 22:1529 Now a vessel full of sour wine

was sitting there; and they filled asponge with sour wine, put it onhyssop, and put it to His mouth.30 So when Jesus had received

the sour wine, He said, ‘‘It is fin-ished!’’ And bowing His head, Hegave up His spirit. 17:431 Therefore, because it was the

Preparation Day, that the bodiesshould not remain on the cross onthe Sabbath (for that Sabbath wasa high day), the Jews asked Pilatethat their legs might be broken, andthat they might be taken away.

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32 Then the soldiers came andbroke the legs of the first and of theother who was crucified with Him.33 But when they came to Jesus

and saw that He was already dead,they did not break His legs.34 But one of the soldiers pierced

His side with a spear, and immedi-ately blood and water came out.35 And he who has seen has testi-

fied, and his testimony is true; andhe knows that he is telling the truth,so that you may believe. 20:3136 For these things were done that

the Scripture should be fulfilled,‘‘Not one of His bones shall be bro-ken.’’ a Ex. 12:46; Num. 9:1237 And again another Scripture

says, ‘‘They shall look on Himwhom they pierced.’’ a Zech. 12:1038 After this, Joseph of Arima-

thea, being a disciple of Jesus, butsecretly, for fear of the Jews, askedPilate that he might take away thebody of Jesus; and Pilate gave himpermission. So he came and tookthe body of Jesus. Matt. 27:57–6139 And Nicodemus, who at first

came to Jesus by night, also came,bringing a mixture of myrrh and al-oes, about a hundred pounds. 3:140 Then they took the body of

Jesus, and bound it in strips of linenwith the spices, as the custom of theJews is to bury. 20:5–741 Now in the place where He was

crucified there was a garden, and inthe garden a new tomb in which noone had yet been laid.42 So there they laid Jesus, be-

cause of the Jews’ Preparation Day,for the tomb was nearby. vv. 14, 31

20Now on the first day of theweek Mary Magdalene went

to the tomb early, while it was stilldark, and saw that the stone hadbeen taken away from the tomb.2 Then she ran and came to Si-

mon Peter, and to the other disciple,whom Jesus loved, and said tothem, ‘‘They have taken away theLord out of the tomb, and we do notknow where they have laid Him.’’3 Peter therefore went out, and

the other disciple, and were goingto the tomb. Luke 24:12

4 So they both ran together, andthe other disciple outran Peter andcame to the tomb first.5 And he, stooping down and

looking in, saw the linen cloths ly-ing there; yet he did not go in. 19:406 Then Simon Peter came, fol-

lowing him, and went into the tomb;and he saw the linen cloths lyingthere,7 and the handkerchief that had

been around His head, not lyingwith the linen cloths, but folded to-gether in a place by itself. 11:448 Then the other disciple, who

came to the tomb first, went in also;and he saw and believed. v. 299 For as yet they did not know

the Scripture, that He must riseagain from the dead. Ps. 16:1010 Then the disciples went away

again to their own homes.11 But Mary stood outside by the

tomb weeping, and as she weptshe stooped down and looked intothe tomb. Mark 16:512 And she saw two angels in

white sitting, one at the head andthe other at the feet, where the bodyof Jesus had lain.13 Then they said to her, ‘‘Woman,

why are you weeping?’’ She said tothem, ‘‘Because they have takenaway my Lord, and I do not knowwhere they have laid Him.’’14 Now when she had said this,

she turned around and saw Jesusstanding there, and did not knowthat it was Jesus. 21:4; Matt. 28:915 Jesus said to her, ‘‘Woman,

why are you weeping? Whom areyou seeking?’’ She, supposing Himto be the gardener, said to Him, ‘‘Sir,if You have carried Him away, tellme where You have laid Him, and Iwill take Him away.’’16 Jesus said to her, ‘‘Mary!’’ She

turned and said to Him,a ‘‘Rab-boni!’’ (which is to say, Teacher).17 Jesus said to her, ‘‘Do not cling

to Me, for I have not yet ascendedto My Father; but go to My brethren

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and say to them, ‘I am ascendingto My Father and your Father, andto My God and your God.’ ’’ Matt. 28:918 Mary Magdalene came and

told the disciples that she had seenthe Lord,a and that He had spokenthese things to her. Luke 24:10, 2319 Then, the same day at evening,

being the first day of the week,when the doors were shut where thedisciples were assembled,a for fearof the Jews, Jesus came and stoodin the midst, and said to them,‘‘Peace be with you.’’ 9:22; 19:3820 When He had said this, He

showed them His hands and Hisside. Then the disciples were gladwhen they saw the Lord. 16:20, 2221 So Jesus said to them again,

‘‘Peace to you! As the Father hassent Me, I also send you.’’ 17:18, 1922 And when He had said this, He

breathed on them, and said to them,‘‘Receive the Holy Spirit.23 ‘‘If you forgive the sins of any,

they are forgiven them; if you retainthe sins of any, they are retained.’’24 Now Thomas, called the Twin,

one of the twelve, was not with themwhen Jesus came. 11:16; 14:525 The other disciples therefore

said to him, ‘‘We have seen theLord.’’ So he said to them, ‘‘UnlessI see in His hands the print of thenails, and put my finger into theprint of the nails, and put my handinto His side, I will not believe.’’26 And after eight days His disci-

ples were again inside, and Thomaswith them. Jesus came, the doorsbeing shut, and stood in the midst,and said, ‘‘Peace to you!’’ v. 1927 Then He said to Thomas,

‘‘Reach your finger here, and lookat My hands; and reach your handhere, and put it into My side. Do notbe unbelieving, but believing.’’28 And Thomas answered and

said to Him, ‘‘My Lord and myGod!’’ 1:1; 10:30; 14:929 Jesus said to him, ‘‘Thomas,a

because you have seen Me, youhave believed. Blessed are thosewho have not seen and yet have be-lieved.’’ v. 8; 1 Pet. 1:830 And truly Jesus did many other

signs in the presence of His disci-ples, which are not written in thisbook; 2:11; 3:2; 21:2531 but these are written that you

may believe that Jesus is the Christ,the Son of God, and that believingyou may have life in His name. 1:41

21After these things Jesusshowed Himself again to the

disciples at the Sea of Tiberias, andin this way He showed Himself:2 Simon Peter, Thomas called

the Twin, Nathanael of Cana in Gal-ilee, the sons of Zebedee, and twoothers of His disciples were to-gether. 1:45–51; 20:24; Matt. 4:213 Simon Peter said to them, ‘‘I

am going fishing.’’ They said to him,‘‘We are going with you also.’’ Theywent out and immediatelya got intothe boat, and that night they caughtnothing. Matt. 4:18, 194 But when the morning had

now come, Jesus stood on the shore;yet the disciples did not know thatit was Jesus. 20:145 Then Jesus said to them, ‘‘Chil-

dren, have you any food?’’ They an-swered Him, ‘‘No.’’ Luke 24:416 And He said to them, ‘‘Cast the

net on the right side of the boat, andyou will find some.’’ So they cast,and now they were not able to drawit in because of the multitude of fish.7 Therefore that disciple whom

Jesus loved said to Peter, ‘‘It is theLord!’’ Now when Simon Peterheard that it was the Lord, he puton his outer garment (for he hadremoved it), and plunged into thesea. Luke 5:1–118 But the other disciples came in

the little boat (for they were not farfrom land, but about two hundredcubits), dragging the net with fish.9 Then, as soon as they had

come to land, they saw a fire ofcoals there, and fish laid on it, andbread. 18:1810 Jesus said to them, ‘‘Bring

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some of the fish which you have justcaught.’’ 6:911 Simon Peter went up and

dragged the net to land, full of largefish, one hundred and fifty-three;and although there were so many,the net was not broken.12 Jesus said to them, ‘‘Come and

eat breakfast.’’ Yet none of the disci-ples dared ask Him, ‘‘Who areYou?’’—knowing that it was theLord. v. 413 Jesus then came and took the

bread and gave it to them, and like-wise the fish. 6:1114 This is now the third time Jesus

showed Himself to His disciples af-ter He was raised from the dead.15 So when they had eaten break-

fast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, ‘‘Si-mon, son of Jonah,a do you love Memore than these?’’ He said to Him,‘‘Yes, Lord; You know that I loveYou.’’ He said to him, ‘‘Feed Mylambs.’’ 18:15–18, 25–2716 He said to him again a second

time, ‘‘Simon, son of Jonah,a do youlove Me?’’ He said to Him, ‘‘Yes,Lord; You know that I love You.’’ Hesaid to him, ‘‘Tend My sheep.’’17 He said to him the third time,

‘‘Simon, son of Jonah,a do you loveMe?’’ Peter was grieved because Hesaid to him the third time, ‘‘Do youlove Me?’’ And he said to Him,‘‘Lord, You know all things; Youknow that I love You.’’ Jesus said tohim, ‘‘Feed My sheep. 2:24, 25; 16:3018 ‘‘Most assuredly, I say to you,

when you were younger, you girded

THE ACTSof the Apostles

JESUS’ last recorded words on earth are a supplement to the Great Commis-sion: ‘‘You shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and

Samaria, and to the end of the earth’’ (1:8). The Book of Acts, written by Luke,is the story of the men and women who took that commission seriously andbegan to spread the news of a risen Savior to the most remote corners of theknown world.

Each section of the book (1—7; 8—12; 13—28) focuses on a particular

yourself and walked where youwished; but when you are old, youwill stretch out your hands, and an-other will gird you and carry youwhere you do not wish.’’ Acts 12:3, 419 This He spoke, signifying by

what death he would glorify God.And when He had spoken this, Hesaid to him, ‘‘Follow Me.’’ Matt. 4:1920 Then Peter, turning around,

saw the disciple whom Jesus lovedfollowing, who also had leaned onHis breast at the supper, and said,‘‘Lord, who is the one who betraysYou?’’ 13:23–2521 Peter, seeing him, said to Jesus,

‘‘But Lord, what about this man?’’22 Jesus said to him, ‘‘If I will that

he remain till I come, what is thatto you? You follow Me.’’ 1 Thess. 4:1623 Then this saying went out

among the brethren that this disci-ple would not die. Yet Jesus did notsay to him that he would not die,but, ‘‘If I will that he remain till Icome, what is that to you?’’ v. 2224 This is the disciple who testi-

fies of these things, and wrote thesethings; and we know that his testi-mony is true. 19:3525 And there are also many other

things that Jesus did, which if theywere written one by one, I supposethat even the world itself could notcontain the books that would bewritten. Amen. 20:30

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