John 1:1–18 (ESV) the Word Became Flesh 1 Ain the Beginning Was Bthe

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John 1:1–18 (ESV)

The Word Became Flesh

1 aIn the beginning was bthe Word, and cthe Word was with God, and dthe Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 eAll things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.

4 fIn him was life,1 and gthe life was the light of men. 5 hThe light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

6 There was a man isent from God, whose name was jJohn. 7He came as a kwitness, to bear witness about the light, lthat all might believe through him. 8 mHe was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light.

a Gen. 1:1; [Col. 1:17; 1 John 1:1; Rev. 1:4, 8, 17; 3:14; 21:6; 22:13] b Rev. 19:13; [Heb. 4:12; 1 John 1:1] c 1 John 1:2; [ch. 17:5] d Phil. 2:6 e ver. 10; Ps. 33:6; 1 Cor. 8:6; Col. 1:16; Heb. 1:2 f ch. 5:26; 11:25; 1 John 1:2; 5:11 1 Or was not any thing made. That which has been made was life in him g ch. 8:12; 9:5; 12:46 h [ch. 3:19] i ver. 33; ch. 3:28; Mal. 3:1 j Matt. 3:1; Mark 1:4; Luke 3:2 k ch. 3:26; 5:33 l Acts 19:4 m ver. 20

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9 nThe true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet othe world did not know him. 11 He came to phis own,2 and qhis own people3 rdid not receive him. 12 But to all who did receive him, swho believed in his name, the gave the right uto become vchildren of God, 13 who wwere born, xnot of blood ynor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

14 And zthe Word abecame flesh and bdwelt among us, cand we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son* from

n Isa. 49:6; 1 John 2:8 o [ch. 16:3; 1 John 3:1] p Matt. 21:38 2 Greek to his own things; that is, to his own domain, or to his own people q ch. 13:1 3 People is implied in Greek r ch. 5:43; [ch. 3:11, 32] s See 1 John 5:13 t 1 John 5:1 u 1 John 3:1; [Matt. 5:45] v [Gal. 3:26]; See ch. 11:52 w James 1:18; [ch. 3:3; 1 Pet. 1:3] x 1 Pet. 1:23 y ch. 3:6 z ver. 1 a Rom. 1:3; 8:3; Gal. 4:4; Phil. 2:7, 8; Col. 1:22; 1 Tim. 3:16; Heb. 2:14; 1 John 4:2; 2 John 7; [ch. 6:51] b Rev. 7:15; 21:3 c ch. 2:11; Luke 9:32; 2 Pet. 1:16, 17; 1 John 1:1; 4:14 * Or only One, or unique One

JOHN: A 12-WEEK EXEGETICAL STUDY SHE SHALL BE CALLED the Father, full of dgrace and etruth. 15 (fJohn bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, g‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.’ ”) 16 For from hhis fullness we have all received, igrace upon grace.4 17 For jthe law was given through Moses; kgrace and truth came through Jesus

Christ. 18 lNo one has ever seen God; mthe only God,5 who is at the Father’s side,6 nhe has made him known. 1

d See ver. 7 e [ch. 14:6] f See ver. 7 g ver. 27, 30; See Matt. 3:11 h Eph. 1:23; 3:19; 4:13; Col. 1:19; 2:9 i [Matt. 25:29] 4 Or grace in place of grace j ch. 7:19; Ex. 20:1 k ver. 14; [Rom. 5:21] l ch. 5:37; 6:46; Ex. 33:20; Col. 1:15; 1 Tim. 6:16; 1 John 4:12, 20; [ch. 12:45] m ver. 14; See ch. 3:16 5 Or the only One, who is God; some manuscripts the only Son 6 Greek in the bosom of the Father n [Matt. 11:27]; See ch. 3:32 1 The Holy Bible: English Standard Version. (2016). (Jn 1:1–18). Wheaton: Standard Bible Society.

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John 1:19–2:11 (ESV)

The Testimony of John the Baptist

19 And this is the otestimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, p“Who are you?” 20 qHe confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.” 21 And they asked him,

“What then? rAre you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you sthe Prophet?” And he answered, “No.” 22 So they said to him, “Who are you? We need to give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”

23 He said, “I am tthe voice of one crying out in the wilderness, ‘Make straight7 the way of the Lord,’ as the prophet Isaiah said.”

24 (Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.) 25 They asked him, u“Then why are you baptizing, if you are

o ch. 3:26 p [ch. 8:25] q ver. 8; ch. 3:28; Acts 13:25; [Luke 3:15] r [Matt. 11:14; 16:14] s See Deut. 18:15, 18 t Cited from Isa. 40:3; See Matt. 3:3 7 Or crying out, ‘In the wilderness make straight u Matt. 3:6; Mark 1:4; Luke 3:3, 7

JOHN: A 12-WEEK EXEGETICAL STUDY SHE SHALL BE CALLED neither the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?” 26 John answered them, v“I baptize with water, but among you stands one you do not know, 27 even whe who comes after me, the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie.”

28 These things took place in Bethany across the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

Behold, the Lamb of God

29 The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, xthe Lamb of God, who ytakes away the sin zof the world! 30 This is he of whom I said, a‘After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he was before me.’ 31 I myself did not know him, but bfor this purpose I came baptizing with water, that he might be revealed to Israel.” 32 And John cbore witness: d“I saw the

v Matt. 3:11; Mark 1:7, 8; Luke 3:16; Acts 1:5; 13:25 w ver. 15, 30 x ver. 36; Ex. 12:3; Isa. 53:7; Acts 8:32; 1 Pet. 1:19; [Gen. 22:8; Rev. 5:6] y 1 John 3:5; [Heb. 10:4, 11] z [ch. 3:16, 17; 4:42; 12:47; 1 John 2:2; 4:14] a ver. 15, 27 b Luke 1:17, 76, 77 c See ver. 7 d Matt. 3:16; Mark 1:10; Luke 3:22

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Spirit descend from heaven like a dove, and eit remained on him. 33 I myself did not know him, but fhe who sent me to baptize gwith water said to me, ‘He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, hthis is he who baptizes gwith the Holy Spirit.’ 34 And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son* of God.”

Jesus Calls the First Disciples

35 The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples, 36 and he looked at Jesus as he walked by and said, “Behold, ithe Lamb of God!” 37 The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus. 38 Jesus turned and saw them following and said to them, j“What are you seeking?” And they said to him, k“Rabbi” (which means Teacher), “where are you staying?” 39 He said to

e [Isa. 11:2; Acts 10:38] f ver. 6; Luke 3:2 g [ch. 3:5] h Matt. 3:11; Mark 1:8; Luke 3:16; Acts 1:5 g [ch. 3:5] * Some manuscripts the Chosen One i See ver. 29 j ch. 18:4, 7; 20:15 k ver. 49; ch. 3:2, 26; 6:25; [ch. 20:16; Mark 10:51]

JOHN: A 12-WEEK EXEGETICAL STUDY SHE SHALL BE CALLED them, “Come and you will see.” So they came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day, for it was about the tenth hour.8 40 lOne of the two who heard John speak and followed Jesus9 was Andrew, Simon

Peter’s brother. 41 He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, “We have found mthe Messiah” (which means Christ). 42 He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of nJohn. You shall be called oCephas” (which means pPeter10).

Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael

43 qThe next day Jesus decided rto go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.” 44 Now sPhilip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.

8 That is, about 4 p.m. l For ver. 40–42, [Matt. 4:18–22; Mark 1:16–20; Luke 5:2–11] 9 Greek him m ch. 4:25 n ch. 21:15–17 o 1 Cor. 1:12; 3:22 p Matt. 16:18 10 Cephas and Peter are from the word for rock in Aramaic and Greek, respectively q [ver. 35; ch. 2:1] r [ver. 28] s ch. 12:21

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45 Philip found tNathanael and said to him, “We have found him of whom uMoses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus vof Nazareth, wthe son of Joseph.”

46 Nathanael said to him, x“Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.” 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him,

“Behold, yan Israelite indeed, zin whom there is no deceit!” 48 Nathanael said to him, “How ado you know me?” Jesus answered him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.”

49 Nathanael answered him, b“Rabbi, cyou are the Son of

God! You are the dKing of Israel!” 50 Jesus answered him,

“Because I said to you, ‘I saw you under the fig tree,’ do you believe? You will see greater things than these.”

t ch. 21:2 u See Luke 16:16; 24:27 v See Matt. 2:23 w ch. 6:42; Luke 3:23 x [ch. 7:41, 52] y Ps. 73:1; Rom. 9:4, 6 z Ps. 32:2; [Zeph. 3:13; Rev. 14:5] a ch. 2:24, 25 b See ver. 38 c [ch. 6:69; 11:27; 20:28] d ch. 12:13; Zeph. 3:15; Matt. 27:11, 42; [Zech. 9:9]

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51 And he said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you,11 you will see eheaven opened, and fthe angels of God ascending and descending on gthe Son of Man.”

The Wedding at Cana

2 On hthe third day there was a wedding at iCana in

Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. 2 Jesus also was invited to the wedding with jhis disciples. 3 When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” 4 And Jesus said to her, k“Woman, lwhat does this have to do with me? mMy hour has not yet come.”

5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”

6 Now there were six stone water jars there nfor the

Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty

11 The Greek for you is plural; twice in this verse e Ezek. 1:1; Matt. 3:16; Luke 3:21 f [Gen. 28:12] g See Dan. 7:13 h [ch. 1:29, 35, 43] i ch. 4:46; 21:2 j ch. 1:40–49 k ch. 19:26 l See 2 Sam. 16:10 m ch. 7:30; 8:20; 13:1 n ch. 3:25; [Mark 7:3, 4]

JOHN: A 12-WEEK EXEGETICAL STUDY SHE SHALL BE CALLED ogallons.1 7 Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” And they filled them up to the brim. 8 And he said to them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast.” So they took it. 9 When the master of the feast tasted pthe water now become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom 10 and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine. But you have kept the good wine until now.”

11 This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested qhis glory. And rhis disciples believed in him. 2

o 2 Chr. 4:5 (Gk.) 1 Greek two or three measures (metrētas); a metrētēs was about 10 gallons or 35 liters p ch. 4:46 q See ch. 1:14 r ver. 2 2 The Holy Bible: English Standard Version. (2016). (Jn 1:19–2:11). Wheaton: Standard Bible Society.

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John 2:12–4:54 (ESV) 12 After this he went down to Capernaum, with his mother and shis brothers2 and his disciples, and they stayed there for a few days.

Jesus Cleanses the Temple

13 tThe Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus uwent up to Jerusalem. 14 vIn the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there. 15 And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. And he poured out the coins of the money- changers and overturned their tables. 16 And he told those who sold the pigeons, “Take these things away; do not make wmy Father’s house a house of trade.” 17 His

s See Matt. 12:46 2 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters t ch. 11:55; See ch. 6:4 u ver. 23; Deut. 16:1–6; Luke 2:41 v For ver. 14–17, [Matt. 21:12, 13; Mark 11:15–17; Luke 19:45, 46, with Mal. 3:1–3] w [ch. 14:2; Luke 2:49]

JOHN: A 12-WEEK EXEGETICAL STUDY SHE SHALL BE CALLED disciples remembered that it was written, x“Zeal for your house will consume me.”

18 So the Jews said to him, y“What sign do you show us for doing these things?” 19 Jesus answered them, z“Destroy this temple, and in three days aI will raise it up.”

20 The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple,3 and will you raise it up in three days?” 21 But he was speaking about bthe temple of his body. 22 When therefore he was raised from the dead, chis disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed dthe

Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.

Jesus Knows What Is in Man

23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name ewhen they saw the signs that

x Cited from Ps. 69:9 y ch. 4:48; 6:30; [Ex. 4:1, 8; 7:9]; See Matt. 12:38 z [Matt. 26:61; 27:40; Mark 14:58; 15:29] a ch. 10:18 3 Or This temple was built forty-six years ago b [ch. 1:14; 1 Cor. 6:19; Col. 2:9] c ch. 12:16; Luke 24:8 d ch. 20:9; Ps. 16:10 e ch. 11:45

JOHN: A 12-WEEK EXEGETICAL STUDY SHE SHALL BE CALLED he was doing. 24 But Jesus fon his part did not entrust himself to them, because ghe knew all people 25 and needed no one to bear witness about man, for ghe himself knew what was in man.

You Must Be Born Again

3 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named hNicodemus, ia ruler of the Jews. 2 This man came to

Jesus1 jby night and said to him, k“Rabbi, lwe know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do munless God is with him.” 3 Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is nborn oagain2 he cannot psee the kingdom of God.”

f [ch. 6:14, 15] g ch. 1:48; 5:42; 16:30; [ch. 6:61, 64]; See Matt. 9:4 g [See ver. 24 above] h ch. 7:50; 19:39 i See Luke 24:20 1 Greek him j [ch. 12:42] k See ch. 1:38 l [ch. 9:29; Matt. 22:16] m Acts 10:38; [ch. 5:36; 9:33; Acts 2:22] n See ch. 1:13 o [2 Cor. 5:17; Gal. 6:15; 1 Pet. 1:3, 23] 2 Or from above; the Greek is purposely ambiguous and can mean both again and from above; also verse 7 p ver. 36

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4 Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” 5 Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born qof water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6 rThat which is born of the flesh is sflesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.3 7 tDo not marvel that I said to you, ‘You4 must be born uagain.’ 8 vThe wind5 blows wwhere it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

9 Nicodemus said to him, x“How can these things be?”

10 Jesus answered him, “Are you the teacher of Israel yand yet you do not understand these things? 11 Truly, truly, I

q [Ezek. 36:25–27; Mark 16:16; Acts 2:38; Eph. 5:26; Titus 3:5; Heb. 10:22] r 1 Cor. 15:50 s ch. 6:63 3 The same Greek word means both wind and spirit t ch. 5:28 4 The Greek for you is plural here u See ver. 3 v [Eccles. 11:5; Ezek. 37:9] 5 The same Greek word means both wind and spirit w 1 Cor. 12:11 x ch. 6:52, 60 y [ch. 9:30]

JOHN: A 12-WEEK EXEGETICAL STUDY SHE SHALL BE CALLED say to you, zwe speak of what we know, and bear witness to what we have seen, but zyou6 do not receive our testimony. 12 If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things? 13 aNo one has bascended into heaven except che who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.7 14 And das

Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the

Son of Man ebe lifted up, 15 that whoever believes fin him gmay have eternal life.8

z See ver. 32 z See ver. 32 6 The Greek for you is plural here; also four times in verse 12 a Prov. 30:4; [Acts 2:34; Eph. 4:9] b [ch. 7:34] c ver. 31; ch. 6:38, 42, 62; 1 Cor. 15:47; [Rom. 10:6] 7 Some manuscripts add who is in heaven d Num. 21:9 e ch. 8:28; 12:32, 34 f [ch. 15:4; 16:33; 1 John 5:12, 20] g ver. 36 8 Some interpreters hold that the quotation ends at verse 15

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For God So Loved the World

16 “For hGod so loved ithe world,9 jthat he gave his only

Son, that whoever believes in him should not kperish but have eternal life. 17 For lGod did not send his Son into the world mto condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. 18 nWhoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not obelieved in the name of the only Son of God. 19 pAnd this is the judgment: qthe light has come into the world, and rpeople loved the darkness rather than the light because stheir works were evil. 20 tFor everyone who does wicked things hates the

h Rom. 5:8; Eph. 2:4; 2 Thess. 2:16; 1 John 3:1; 4:9, 10 i See ch. 1:29 9 Or For this is how God loved the world j Rom. 8:32 k ch. 10:28 l ch. 5:36, 38; 6:29, 57; 7:29; 8:42; 10:36; 11:42; 17:3; 20:21; Rom. 8:3; 1 John 4:9, 10, 14 m ch. 5:45; 8:15; 12:47 n ch. 5:24; [Mark 16:16] o See 1 John 5:13 p [ch. 9:39] q See ch. 1:4, 5, 9 r [Isa. 30:10; Jer. 5:31] s ch. 7:7 t [Job 24:13; Rom. 13:12; Eph. 5:13]

JOHN: A 12-WEEK EXEGETICAL STUDY SHE SHALL BE CALLED light and does not come to the light, ulest his works should be exposed. 21 But whoever vdoes what is true wcomes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.”

John the Baptist Exalts Christ

22 After this Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside, and he remained there with them and xwas baptizing. 23 John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there, and people were coming and being baptized 24 (for yJohn had not yet been put in prison).

25 Now a discussion arose between some of John’s disciples and a Jew over zpurification. 26 And they came to

John and said to him, a“Rabbi, he who was with you across the Jordan, bto whom you bore witness—look, he is

u Eph. 5:11, 13 v 1 John 1:6 w Ps. 139:23, 24 x ver. 26; ch. 4:1, 2 y [ch. 5:35]; See Matt. 4:12 z ch. 2:6 a ver. 2 b See ch. 1:7

JOHN: A 12-WEEK EXEGETICAL STUDY SHE SHALL BE CALLED baptizing, and call are going to him.” 27 John answered, d“A person cannot receive even one thing eunless it is given him ffrom heaven. 28 You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, g‘I am not the Christ, but hI have been sent before him.’ 29 iThe one who has the bride is the bridegroom. jThe friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, krejoices greatly at the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete. 30 lHe must increase, but I must decrease.”10

31 mHe who comes from above nis above all. He who is of the earth belongs to the earth and ospeaks in an earthly way. pHe who comes from heaven nis above all. 32 qHe

c ch. 12:19 d 1 Cor. 4:7; Heb. 5:4 e ch. 6:65; [James 1:17] f See Matt. 21:25 g See ch. 1:20 h Mal. 3:1; Mark 1:2; Luke 1:17; Acts 19:4 i See Matt. 25:1 j Judg. 14:20; Song 5:1 k Matt. 9:15 l Matt. 3:11 10 Some interpreters hold that the quotation continues through verse 36 m ch. 8:23 n Rom. 9:5; Eph. 1:21 o [1 John 4:5] p See ver. 13 n Rom. 9:5; Eph. 1:21 q ver. 11

JOHN: A 12-WEEK EXEGETICAL STUDY SHE SHALL BE CALLED bears witness to what he has seen and heard, ryet no one receives his testimony. 33 Whoever receives his testimony ssets his seal to this, tthat God is true. 34 For he whom uGod has sent utters the words of God, for he gives the

Spirit vwithout measure. 35 wThe Father loves the Son and xhas given all things into his hand. 36 yWhoever believes in the Son has eternal life; zwhoever does not obey the Son shall not asee life, but the wrath of God remains on him.

Jesus and the Woman of Samaria

4 Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and bbaptizing more disciples than

John 2(although Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples), 3 he left Judea and departed cagain for Galilee.

r [ver. 19; ch. 1:11; 5:43; 12:37] s [ch. 6:27; 2 Cor. 1:22; Eph. 1:13; Rev. 7:3–8] t [1 John 5:10] u See ver. 17 v [Ezek. 4:11, 16] w See ch. 5:20 x See Matt. 28:18 y ver. 15, 16; ch. 5:24; 6:40, 47, 54; 1 John 5:12, 13; [ch. 11:25, 26; 20:31]; See Matt. 19:16 z [Rom. 2:8; Eph. 5:6; Col. 3:6] a ver. 3 b ch. 3:22, 26 c ch. 2:11, 12

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4 dAnd he had to pass through Samaria. 5 So he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the field ethat Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6 Jacob’s well was there; so

Jesus, fwearied as he was from his journey, was sitting beside the well. It was about the sixth hour.1

7 A woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, f“Give me a drink.” 8 (For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.) 9 The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?” (gFor Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.) 10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you,

‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you hliving water.” 11 The woman said to him, “Sir, you have nothing to draw water with, and the

d [Luke 13:33] e ver. 12; Gen. 33:19; 48:22; Josh. 24:32 f ch. 19:28; [Matt. 4:2; 8:24; 21:18] 1 That is, about noon f [See ver. 6 above] g Luke 9:53; [ch. 8:48; Ezra 4:3, 10]; See Matt. 10:5 h ch. 7:38; Jer. 2:13; 17:13

JOHN: A 12-WEEK EXEGETICAL STUDY SHE SHALL BE CALLED well is deep. Where do you get that living water? 12 iAre you greater than our father Jacob? jHe gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock.” 13 Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, 14 but kwhoever drinks of the water that I will give him lwill never be thirsty again.2

The water that I will give him will become min him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” 15 The woman said to him, “Sir, ngive me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or have to come here to draw water.”

16 Jesus said to her, “Go, ocall your husband, and come here.” 17 The woman answered him, “I have no husband.”

Jesus said to her, “You are right in saying, ‘I have no husband’; 18 for you have had five husbands, and the one you now have is not your husband. What you have said is

i [ch. 8:53] j ver. 5 k [ch. 6:35, 51, 58; 7:37] l [Isa. 49:10; Rev. 7:16] 2 Greek forever m ch. 7:38 n [ch. 6:34] o ch. 16:8

JOHN: A 12-WEEK EXEGETICAL STUDY SHE SHALL BE CALLED true.” 19 The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive that pyou are qa prophet. 20 rOur fathers worshiped on sthis mountain, but you say that tin Jerusalem is uthe place where people ought to worship.” 21 Jesus said to her, v“Woman, believe me, wthe hour is coming when xneither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the

Father. 22 yYou worship what you do not know; zwe worship what we know, for zsalvation is afrom the Jews.

23 But bthe hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father cin spirit and dtruth, for the Father eis seeking such people to worship him. 24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit

p ch. 9:17; [ch. 6:14] q Luke 7:16, 39; See Matt. 21:11 r Gen. 12:6, 7; 33:18, 20; Deut. 11:29; 27:12; Josh. 8:33 s Judg. 9:7 t See Deut. 12:5 u [ch. 11:48] v ch. 2:4 w ver. 23; ch. 5:25, 28; 16:2, 25, 32 x Zeph. 2:11; Mal. 1:11; 1 Tim. 2:8 y [2 Kgs. 17:28–34; Acts 17:23] z Ps. 147:19, 20; Isa. 2:3; Rom. 3:1, 2; 9:4, 5 z Ps. 147:19, 20; Isa. 2:3; Rom. 3:1, 2; 9:4, 5 a Matt. 2:4, 5; Acts 13:23; Rom. 11:26 b ver. 21 c [Rom. 8:15; Eph. 2:18; 6:18; Phil. 3:3] d Ps. 145:18; [ch. 1:17] e [ch. 6:44]

JOHN: A 12-WEEK EXEGETICAL STUDY SHE SHALL BE CALLED and truth.” 25 The woman said to him, “I know that fMessiah is coming (he who is called Christ). When he comes, ghe will tell us all things.” 26 Jesus said to her, h“I who speak to you am he.”

27 Just then ihis disciples came back. They marveled that he was talking with a woman, but no one said, “What do you seek?” or, “Why are you talking with her?” 28 So the woman left her water jar and went away into town and said to the people, 29 “Come, see a man jwho told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?” 30 They went out of the town and were coming to him.

31 Meanwhile the disciples were urging him, saying, k“Rabbi, eat.” 32 But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.” 33 So the disciples said to one another, l“Has anyone brought him something to

f See ch. 1:41 g Deut. 18:18; [ver. 29] h ch. 9:35–37 i ver. 8 j ver. 17, 18; [ver. 25] k See ch. 1:38 l [ver. 11, 15; ch. 3:4; 6:34, 52]

JOHN: A 12-WEEK EXEGETICAL STUDY SHE SHALL BE CALLED eat?” 34 Jesus said to them, m“My food is nto do the will of him who sent me and oto accomplish his work. 35 Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, then comes the harvest’? Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see that pthe fields are white for harvest. 36 Already the one who reaps is receiving wages and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that qsower and rreaper smay rejoice together.

37 For here the saying holds true, t‘One sows and another reaps.’ 38 I sent you to reap uthat for which you did not labor. Others have labored, vand you have entered into their labor.”

39 Many Samaritans wfrom that town believed in him xbecause of ythe woman’s testimony, “He told me all that

m [Job 23:12] n ch. 5:30; 6:38; 14:31 o ch. 5:36; 17:4 p Matt. 9:37; Luke 10:2; [ver. 25, 30] q [Matt. 13:37; Mark 4:14] r ver. 38 s Isa. 9:3; [Amos 9:13] t [Job 31:8] u Josh. 24:13 v [Acts 8:5–17, 25] w ver. 5, 8 x [ch. 17:20] y ver. 29

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I ever did.” 40 So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them, and he stayed there two days. 41 And many more believed zbecause of his word.

42 They said to the woman, “It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, aand we know that this is indeed bthe Savior cof the world.”

43 After dthe two days he departed for Galilee. 44 (For

Jesus himself had testified ethat a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.) 45 So when he came to Galilee, the

Galileans welcomed him, fhaving seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the feast. For gthey too had gone to the feast.

z ch. 8:30 a [1 John 5:20] b 1 John 4:14; [ch. 3:17; 12:47; 1 Tim. 4:10] c See ch. 1:29 d ver. 40 e See Matt. 13:57 f ch. 2:23; 3:2 g ver. 20

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Jesus Heals an Official’s Son

46 So he came again to hCana in Galilee, iwhere he had made the water wine. And at Capernaum there was an official whose son was ill. 47 When this man heard that

Jesus jhad come from Judea to Galilee, he went to him and asked him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death. 48 So Jesus said to him, k“Unless you3 see signs and wonders you will not believe.” 49 The official said to him, “Sir, come down lbefore my child dies.”

50 Jesus said to him, “Go; your son will live.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went on his way. 51 As he was going down, his servants4 met him and told him that his son was recovering. 52 So he asked them the hour when he began to get better, and they said to him, “Yesterday at the seventh hour5 the fever left

h ch. 2:1 i ch. 2:9 j ver. 3, 54 k ch. 2:18; 6:30; [ch. 20:29] 3 The Greek for you is plural; twice in this verse l [ch. 11:21, 32; Mark 5:35; Luke 8:49] 4 Or bondservants 5 That is, at 1 p.m.

JOHN: A 12-WEEK EXEGETICAL STUDY SHE SHALL BE CALLED him.” 53 The father knew that was the hour when Jesus had said to him, “Your son will live.” And he himself believed, mand all his household. 54 nThis was now the second sign that Jesus did when he had come from Judea to Galilee. 3

m Acts 16:34; 18:8; See Acts 11:14 n [ch. 2:11 with ver. 45, 46] 3 The Holy Bible: English Standard Version. (2016). (Jn 2:12–4:54). Wheaton: Standard Bible Society.

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John 5:1–10:42 (ESV)

The Healing at the Pool on the Sabbath

5 After this there was a ofeast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

2 Now there is in Jerusalem by pthe Sheep Gate a pool, in Aramaic1 called Bethesda,2 which has five roofed colonnades. 3 In these lay a multitude of invalids—blind, lame, and qparalyzed.3 5 One man was there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been there a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to be healed?”

7 The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, and while

I am going another steps down before me.” 8 Jesus said to

o See ch. 6:4 p Neh. 3:1, 32; 12:39 1 Or Hebrew 2 Some manuscripts Bethsaida q Matt. 12:10 3 Some manuscripts insert, wholly or in part, waiting for the moving of the water; 4for an angel of the Lord went down at certain seasons into the pool, and stirred the water: whoever stepped in first after the stirring of the water was healed of whatever disease he had

JOHN: A 12-WEEK EXEGETICAL STUDY SHE SHALL BE CALLED him, r“Get up, take up your bed, and walk.” 9 rAnd at once the man was healed, and he took up his bed and walked.

sNow that day was the Sabbath. 10 So the Jews4 said to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath, and tit is not lawful for you to take up your bed.” 11 But he answered them, “The man who healed me, that man said to me, ‘Take up your bed, and walk.’ ” 12 They asked him,

“Who is the man who said to you, ‘Take up your bed and walk’?” 13 Now the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for uJesus had withdrawn, as there was a crowd in the place. 14 Afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, “See, you are well! vSin no more, wthat nothing worse may happen to you.” 15 The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had

r Matt. 9:6, 7; Mark 2:9, 11, 12; Luke 5:24, 25 r [See ver. 8 above] s ch. 9:14 4 The Greek word Ioudaioi refers specifically here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, who opposed Jesus in that time; also verses 15, 16, 18 t Ex. 20:10; Neh. 13:19; Jer. 17:21, 22; [ch. 7:23; 9:16; Matt. 12:2; Mark 2:24; 3:4; Luke 6:2; 13:14] u [ch. 6:15] v [ch. 8:11] w [Ezra 9:14]

JOHN: A 12-WEEK EXEGETICAL STUDY SHE SHALL BE CALLED healed him. 16 And this was why the Jews xwere persecuting Jesus, ybecause he was doing these things on the Sabbath. 17 But Jesus answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I am working.”

Jesus Is Equal with God

18 This was why the Jews zwere seeking all the more to kill him, abecause not only was he bbreaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God chis own Father, dmaking himself equal with God.

The Authority of the Son

19 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, ethe

Son fcan do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father5 does,

x ch. 15:20; [Acts 9:4, 5] y ch. 7:23; 9:16 z See ch. 7:1 a See ch. 10:33 b ver. 16 c [Rom. 8:32] d Phil. 2:6 e See ver. 30 f [ch. 16:13] 5 Greek he

JOHN: A 12-WEEK EXEGETICAL STUDY SHE SHALL BE CALLED that the Son does likewise. 20 For gthe Father loves the

Son and shows him all that he himself is doing. And hgreater works than these will he show him, so that iyou may marvel. 21 For as the Father jraises the dead and kgives them life, so lalso the Son gives life mto whom he will. 22 nFor the Father judges no one, but ohas given all judgment to the Son, 23 that all may honor the Son, just as they phonor the Father. qWhoever does not honor the

Son does not honor the Father who sent him. 24 Truly, truly, I say to you, rwhoever hears my word and sbelieves him who sent me has eternal life. He tdoes not come into judgment, but uhas passed from death to life.

g ch. 3:35; 10:17; 15:9, 10; 17:23–26; [Matt. 3:17] h [ch. 14:12] i ch. 7:21 j [Deut. 32:39; 2 Cor. 1:9] k Rom. 4:17; 8:11 l [ch. 6:33; 11:25]; See 1 Cor. 15:45 m [Rom. 9:18] n [Acts 17:31] o ver. 27; ch. 9:39; Acts 10:42; [ch. 3:17]; See ch. 17:2 p ch. 8:49 q Luke 10:16; [ch. 15:23; 1 John 2:23] r [ch. 8:51] s ch. 20:31; 1 John 5:9–13; [ch. 3:15, 36; 12:44] t ch. 3:18; [ver. 29] u 1 John 3:14

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25 “Truly, truly, I say to you, van hour is coming, and is now here, when wthe dead will hear xthe voice of the Son of God, and those who hear wwill live. 26 yFor as the Father has life in himself, zso he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. 27 And he ahas given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man. 28 Do not marvel at this, for van hour is coming when ball who are in the tombs will hear his voice 29 and come out, cthose who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

v See ch. 4:21, 23 w See Eph. 2:1, 5 x [ch. 11:43] w See Eph. 2:1, 5 y [ch. 6:57] z See ch. 1:4; 17:2 a ver. 22 v [See ver. 25 above] b ch. 11:24; 1 Cor. 15:52; [ch. 11:44, 45] c See Dan. 12:2

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Witnesses to Jesus

30 d“I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and emy judgment is just, because fI seek not my own will gbut the will of him who sent me. 31 hIf I alone bear witness about myself, my testimony is not true. 32 There is ianother who bears witness about me, and jI know that the testimony that he bears about me is true. 33 kYou sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth. 34 Not that lthe testimony that I receive is from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved. 35 He was a burning and mshining lamp, and nyou were willing to rejoice for a while in his light. 36 But lthe testimony that I have is greater than that of John. For othe works that the Father has given me

d ver. 19; ch. 8:28; 14:10 e ch. 8:16 f ch. 4:34; 6:38; [ch. 7:18; Rom. 15:3] g See Matt. 26:39 h [ch. 8:13, 14, 18, 54; 18:21] i ver. 37 j ch. 7:28, 29 k See ch. 1:7, 19 l 1 John 5:9 m 2 Pet. 1:19 n [Matt. 13:20; 21:26] l [See ver. 34 above] o ch. 10:25, 38; 14:11; 15:24; [ch. 2:23; Matt. 11:4]

JOHN: A 12-WEEK EXEGETICAL STUDY SHE SHALL BE CALLED pto accomplish, the very works that I am doing, qbear witness about me that rthe Father has sent me. 37 And the

Father who sent me shas himself borne witness about me.

His voice you have never heard, this form you have never seen, 38 and uyou do not have his word abiding in you, for you do not believe the one whom he has sent. 39 vYou search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and wit is they that bear witness about me, 40 yet xyou refuse to come to me that you may have life. 41 yI do not receive glory from people. 42 But zI know that you do not have athe love of God within you. 43 I have come bin my Father’s name, and cyou do not receive me. dIf another comes in his own name, you will receive him.

p See ch. 4:34 q [ch. 3:2] r See ch. 3:17 s ch. 8:18; [Matt. 3:17] t See ch. 1:18 u [1 John 2:14; 4:13, 14; 5:10] v [Acts 17:11; 2 Tim. 3:15] w See Luke 24:27 x ver. 43; ch. 3:19; 7:17; [Matt. 23:37; Luke 13:34] y ver. 34; [Matt. 6:1, 2; 1 Thess. 2:6] z See ch. 2:24, 25 a Luke 11:42; See Jude 21 b ch. 10:25; 12:13; 17:12 c ch. 1:11; 3:11, 32 d [Matt. 24:5]

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44 How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and edo not seek the glory that comes from fthe only God? 45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the

Father. There is one who accuses you: Moses, gon whom you have set your hope. 46 For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for hhe wrote of me. 47 But iif you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?”

Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand

6 After this jJesus went away to the other side of kthe Sea of Galilee, which is lthe Sea of Tiberias. 2 And a large crowd was following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing on the sick. 3 Jesus went up on mthe mountain, and there he sat down with his disciples. 4 Now nthe Passover, the ofeast of the Jews, was at hand.

e Rom. 2:29 f ch. 17:3 g [ch. 9:28, 29; Rom. 2:17] h ver. 47; Num. 21:9; Deut. 18:15; Luke 24:27; [ch. 12:41] i [Luke 16:31] j For ver. 1–13, see Matt. 14:13–21; Mark 6:32–44; Luke 9:10–17 k See Matt. 4:18 l ch. 21:1 m ver. 15 n ch. 2:13; 11:55; See Ex. 12 o ch. 5:1; 7:2

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5 pLifting up his eyes, then, and seeing that a large crowd was coming toward him, Jesus said to qPhilip, “Where are we to buy bread, so that these people may eat?” 6 He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he would do.

7 rPhilip answered him, “Two hundred denarii1 worth of bread would not be enough for each of them to get a little.” 8 One of his disciples, sAndrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him, 9 “There is a boy here who has five tbarley loaves and two fish, but twhat are they for so many?” 10 Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” uNow there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, about five thousand in number. 11 Jesus then took the loaves, and vwhen he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated. So also the fish, as much as they wanted. 12 And when they had eaten their fill, he

p Luke 6:20 q ch. 1:44 r [Mark 6:37] 1 A denarius was a day’s wage for a laborer s ch. 1:40, 44 t 2 Kgs. 4:42, 43 t 2 Kgs. 4:42, 43 u [Mark 6:39] v ver. 23; See Matt. 15:36

JOHN: A 12-WEEK EXEGETICAL STUDY SHE SHALL BE CALLED told his disciples, “Gather up the leftover fragments, that nothing may be lost.” 13 So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves left by those who had eaten. 14 When the people saw the sign that he had done, they said, w“This is indeed xthe Prophet ywho is to come into the world!”

15 zPerceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus awithdrew again to bthe mountain by himself.

Jesus Walks on Water

16 When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea, 17 got into a boat, and started across the sea to

Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them. 18 The sea became rough because a strong wind was blowing. 19 When they had rowed about three or four

w See ch. 4:19 x ch. 1:21; 7:40; See Matt. 21:11 y ch. 11:27; See Matt. 11:3 z [ch. 12:12–15] a For ver. 15–21, see Matt. 14:22–33; Mark 6:45–51; [Matt. 8:18] b ver. 3

JOHN: A 12-WEEK EXEGETICAL STUDY SHE SHALL BE CALLED miles,2 they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the boat, and they were frightened. 20 cBut he said to them, “It is I; do not be afraid.” 21 Then they were glad to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land to which they were going.

I Am the Bread of Life

22 On the next day the crowd that remained on the other side of the sea saw that there had been only done boat there, and that Jesus had not entered the boat with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone.

23 Other boats from Tiberias came near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord ehad given thanks. 24 fSo when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats and gwent to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.

2 Greek twenty-five or thirty stadia; a stadion was about 607 feet or 185 meters c [Luke 24:38, 39] d ch. 21:8 e ver. 11 f For ver. 24, 25, [Matt. 14:34–36; Mark 6:53–56] g ver. 17, 59

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25 When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, h“Rabbi, when did you come here?”

26 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, iyou are seeking me, not because you saw jsigns, but because you ate your fill of the loaves. 27 kDo not work for the food that perishes, but for lthe food that endures to eternal life, which mthe Son of Man will give to you. For on nhim God the Father has oset his seal.” 28 Then they said to him,

“What must we do, to be doing pthe works of God?”

29 Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, qthat you believe in him whom rhe has sent.” 30 So they said to him, s“Then what sign do you do, that we may see and believe you? What work do you perform? 31 tOur fathers

h See ch. 1:38 i ver. 24 j ver. 2 k Isa. 55:2 l [ver. 35, 50, 51, 54, 58] m See Dan. 7:13 n [ch. 5:36, 37; 10:36] o [Ezek. 9:4; Rom. 4:11; 1 Cor. 9:2; 2 Tim. 2:19]; See ch. 3:33 p 1 Cor. 15:58; Rev. 2:26 q 1 John 3:23 r See ch. 3:17 s See Matt. 12:38 t ver. 49, 58; Ex. 16:15; Num. 11:7–9

JOHN: A 12-WEEK EXEGETICAL STUDY SHE SHALL BE CALLED ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, u‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ” 32 Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is vhe who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” 34 They said to him, w“Sir, give us this bread always.”

35 Jesus said to them, x“I am the bread of life; ywhoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. 36 But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. 37 zAll that athe Father gives me will come to me, and bwhoever comes to me I will never cast out. 38 For cI have come down from heaven,

u Cited from Neh. 9:15; [Ps. 78:24, 25; 105:40; 1 Cor. 10:3] v ver. 50 w See ch. 4:15, 33 x ver. 41, 48, 51; [ver. 58] y ch. 4:14; 7:37; [ch. 5:40; Matt. 11:28; Rev. 7:16] z ver. 39; ch. 17:2 a ch. 10:29; 17:6, 9, 24 b ch. 10:28; 17:12 c See ch. 3:13

JOHN: A 12-WEEK EXEGETICAL STUDY SHE SHALL BE CALLED not to do dmy own will but dthe will of him ewho sent me.

39 And fthis is the will of him who sent me, gthat I should lose nothing of hall that he has given me, but iraise it up on the last day. 40 For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who jlooks on the Son and kbelieves in him lshould have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”

41 So the Jews grumbled about him, because he said, m“I am the bread that came down from heaven.” 42 They said, n“Is not this Jesus, othe son of Joseph, whose father and mother pwe know? How does he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?” 43 Jesus answered them, “Do not grumble among yourselves. 44 No one can come to me

d See ch. 5:30 d See ch. 5:30 e See ch. 4:34 f ch. 10:28, 29; Matt. 18:14 g ch. 17:12; 18:9 h ver. 37 i ver. 40, 44, 54; [ch. 11:25; 1 Cor. 6:14] j ch. 12:45; 14:17, 19 k ver. 47; ch. 3:15, 16 l ver. 27, 54; ch. 4:14 m ver. 33, 35, 38 n See Matt. 13:55 o See ch. 1:45 p ch. 7:27, 28

JOHN: A 12-WEEK EXEGETICAL STUDY SHE SHALL BE CALLED unless the Father who sent me qdraws him. And rI will raise him up on the last day. 45 It is written in the

Prophets, s‘And they will all be ttaught by God.’ uEveryone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me— 46 vnot that anyone has seen the Father except whe who is from God; he xhas seen the Father. 47 Truly, truly, I say to you, ywhoever believes has eternal life. 48 zI am the bread of life. 49 aYour fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and bthey died. 50 cThis is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it dand not die. 51 I am the living bread ethat came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever.

q ch. 12:32; Jer. 31:3; Hos. 11:4; [ver. 65; ch. 4:23] r ver. 39 s Cited from Isa. 54:13; [Jer. 31:33, 34; Heb. 8:10, 11] t 1 Cor. 2:13; 1 Thess. 4:9; 1 John 2:20 u [ver. 37] v See ch. 1:18 w See ch. 7:29 x [ch. 3:32; 8:38] y See ch. 3:36 z See ver. 35 a See ver. 31 b ver. 58 c ver. 33 d ver. 51, 58 e ch. 3:13

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And the bread that I will give ffor the life of the world is gmy flesh.”

52 The Jews then hdisputed among themselves, saying, i“How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” 53 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of jthe Son of Man and drink his blood, you khave no life in you. 54 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood lhas eternal life, and mI will raise him up on the last day. 55 For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. 56 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood nabides in me, and I in him. 57 As othe living Father psent me, and qI live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me. 58 rThis is the bread

f ver. 57; Luke 22:19 g ver. 53–56; [ch. 1:14] h ch. 9:16; 10:19 i ver. 60; ch. 3:9 j ver. 27 k See ch. 20:31 l See ver. 40 m ver. 39 n ch. 15:4, 5; 1 John 3:24; 4:13, 15, 16 o [ch. 5:26]; See Matt. 16:16 p See ch. 3:17 q ch. 11:25; Rev. 1:18 r ver. 31, 33, 49–51

JOHN: A 12-WEEK EXEGETICAL STUDY SHE SHALL BE CALLED that came down from heaven, not like the bread3 the fathers ate, and died. Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.” 59 Jesus4 said these things in the synagogue, as he taught sat Capernaum.

The Words of Eternal Life

60 tWhen many of his disciples heard it, they said, “This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?” 61 But Jesus, vknowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, “Do you take offense at this?

62 Then what if you were to see wthe Son of Man xascending to ywhere he was before? 63 zIt is the Spirit who gives life; athe flesh is no help at all. bThe words that

I have spoken to you are spirit and life. 64 But cthere are

3 Greek lacks the bread 4 Greek He s ver. 24 t ver. 66; [ver. 64] v [ch. 2:24, 25] w ver. 27 x See Mark 16:19 y [ch. 17:5]; See ch. 3:13 z [1 Cor. 15:45; 2 Cor. 3:6] a ch. 3:6 b ver. 68 c ver. 66

JOHN: A 12-WEEK EXEGETICAL STUDY SHE SHALL BE CALLED some of you who do not believe.” (For Jesus vknew from the beginning who those were who did not believe, and dwho it was who would betray him.) 65 And he said, “This is why I told you ethat no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father.”

66 fAfter this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him. 67 So Jesus said to gthe twelve,

“Do you want to go away as well?” 68 Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have hthe words of eternal life, 69 and iwe have believed, and have come to know, that jyou are kthe Holy One of God.”

70 Jesus answered them, l“Did I not choose you, gthe twelve? And yet one of you is ma devil.” 71 He spoke of

v [See ver. 61 above] d ver. 71; ch. 13:11 e ver. 44, 45; ch. 3:27 f ver. 60, 64 g ver. 70, 71 h Acts 5:20; [ch. 12:50; 17:8] i [ch. 11:27; 1 John 4:16] j See ch. 1:49 k See Mark 1:24 l See ch. 13:18 g [See ver. 67 above] m ch. 13:2, 27; 17:12

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Judas nthe son of Simon Iscariot, for ohe, one of the twelve, was going to betray him.

Jesus at the Feast of Booths

7 After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He would not go about in Judea, because pthe Jews1 were seeking to kill him. 2 Now qthe Jews’ Feast of rBooths was at hand. 3 sSo his brothers2 said to him, “Leave here and go to Judea, that your disciples also may see the works you are doing.

4 For no one works in secret if he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, tshow yourself to the world.” 5 uFor not even vhis brothers believed in him.

6 Jesus said to them, w“My time has not yet come, but your time is always here. 7 The world cannot hate you, but

n ch. 13:26 o ver. 64, 67 p ch. 5:18; 8:37, 40; 11:53 1 Or Judeans; Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time q ch. 5:1; 6:4 r See Lev. 23:34 s ver. 5, 10; See Matt. 12:46 2 Or brothers and sisters; also verses 5, 10 t [ch. 14:22; 18:20] u [Matt. 13:57; Mark 3:21] v ver. 3, 10 w [ver. 8, 30]; See ch. 2:4

JOHN: A 12-WEEK EXEGETICAL STUDY SHE SHALL BE CALLED xit hates me because I testify about it that yits works are evil. 8 You go up to the feast. I am not3 going up to this feast, for zmy time has not yet fully come.” 9 After saying this, he remained in Galilee.

10 But after ahis brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly but in private. 11 bThe Jews cwere looking for him at the feast, and saying, “Where is he?” 12 And there was much dmuttering about him among the people. eWhile some said, “He is a good man,” others said, “No, fhe is leading the people astray.” 13 Yet gfor fear of the Jews no one spoke openly of him.

14 About the middle of the feast Jesus went up hinto the temple and began teaching. 15 The Jews therefore

x ch. 15:18, 24 y ch. 3:19; [Col. 1:21; 1 John 3:12] 3 Some manuscripts add yet z See ch. 2:4 a ver. 3, 5 b ver. 1 c ch. 11:56 d ver. 32 e [ver. 40–43] f ver. 47 g ch. 19:38; 20:19; [ch. 9:22; 12:42] h ver. 28

JOHN: A 12-WEEK EXEGETICAL STUDY SHE SHALL BE CALLED imarveled, saying, “How is it that this man has learning,4 when he has never studied?” 16 So Jesus answered them, j“My teaching is not mine, but his kwho sent me. 17 lIf anyone’s will is to do God’s5 will, mhe will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I nam speaking on my own authority. 18 The one who speaks on his own authority oseeks his own glory; but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and in him there is no falsehood. 19 pHas not Moses given you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. qWhy do you seek to kill me?” 20 The crowd answered, r“You have a demon! Who is seeking to kill you?” 21 Jesus answered them, “I did sone work, and you all marvel at it. 22 tMoses gave you circumcision (not

i [ver. 46; Luke 2:47; 4:22; Acts 4:13] 4 Or this man knows his letters j ch. 8:28; 12:49; 14:10, 24; [ch. 3:34] k See ch. 3:17 l [ch. 8:31, 32; 14:21, 23] 5 Greek his m [ch. 8:43; Ps. 25:9; Dan. 12:10; Phil. 3:15] n See ch. 5:30 o ch. 5:41; 8:50 p ver. 23; See ch. 1:17 q ver. 1 r ch. 8:48, 52; 10:20; [Matt. 11:18; Mark 3:22; Luke 7:33] s ver. 23; ch. 5:2–9 t Lev. 12:3

JOHN: A 12-WEEK EXEGETICAL STUDY SHE SHALL BE CALLED that it is from Moses, but ufrom the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath. 23 If on the Sabbath a man receives circumcision, so that the law of Moses may not be broken, vare you angry with me because on the

Sabbath I made a man’s whole body well? 24 wDo not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.”

Can This Be the Christ?

25 Some of the people of Jerusalem therefore said, “Is not this the man whom xthey seek to kill? 26 And here he is, yspeaking openly, and they say nothing to him! Can it be that zthe authorities really know that this is the Christ?

27 But awe know bwhere this man comes from, and when the Christ appears, cno one will know where he comes from.” 28 So Jesus proclaimed, das he taught in the

u Gen. 17:10 v ch. 5:16; See Matt. 12:2 w ch. 8:15; [Isa. 11:3; 2 Cor. 10:7]; See Deut. 1:16, 17 x ver. 1 y ch. 18:20 z ver. 48 a [ch. 6:42; 8:14, 19; 9:29] b ch. 19:9 c [ver. 42] d ver. 14

JOHN: A 12-WEEK EXEGETICAL STUDY SHE SHALL BE CALLED temple, a“You know me, and you know where I come from. But eI have not come of my own accord. fHe who sent me is true, gand him you do not know. 29 hI know him, for I come ifrom him, and jhe sent me.” 30 kSo they were seeking to arrest him, but lno one laid a hand on him, mbecause his hour had not yet come. 31 Yet nmany of the people believed in him. They said, o“When the Christ appears, will he do more signs than this man has done?”

Officers Sent to Arrest Jesus

32 The Pharisees heard the crowd pmuttering these things about him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent qofficers to arrest him. 33 Jesus then said, r“I will be with

a [See ver. 27 above] e ch. 8:42; [ch. 5:43] f See ch. 8:26 g ch. 8:19; 15:21; [ch. 4:22; 8:55] h ch. 8:55; See Matt. 11:27 i ch. 6:46; 9:16, 33; [ch. 1:14] j See ch. 3:17 k ver. 44; ch. 10:39; [Matt. 21:46] l ch. 8:20 m ver. 6 n ch. 8:30; 10:42; 11:45; 12:11; [ch. 2:23; 12:42; Matt. 21:11] o Matt. 12:23 p ver. 12 q ver. 45, 46 r ch. 12:35; 13:33; 14:19; 16:16–19

JOHN: A 12-WEEK EXEGETICAL STUDY SHE SHALL BE CALLED you a little longer, and then sI am going to him who sent me. 34 tYou will seek me and you will not find me. Where

I am you cannot come.” 35 The Jews said to one another,

“Where does this man intend to go that we will not find him? uDoes he intend to go to vthe Dispersion among wthe

Greeks and teach the Greeks? 36 What does he mean by saying, x‘You will seek me and you will not find me,’ and,

‘Where I am you cannot come’?”

Rivers of Living Water

37 yOn the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, z“If anyone thirsts, let him acome to me and drink. 38 Whoever believes in me, bas6 the

Scripture has said, c‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of

s ch. 16:5 t ch. 8:21; 13:33 u [ch. 8:22] v James 1:1; 1 Pet. 1:1; [Isa. 11:12; Zeph. 3:10] w ch. 12:20 x ver. 34 y Lev. 23:36; Num. 29:35; Neh. 8:18 z Isa. 55:1; See ch. 4:14 a See ch. 6:35 b [Isa. 12:3; Ezek. 47:1] 6 Or let him come to me, and let him who believes in me drink. As c ch. 4:14; [Prov. 18:4]

JOHN: A 12-WEEK EXEGETICAL STUDY SHE SHALL BE CALLED dliving water.’ ” 39 Now ethis he said about the Spirit, fwhom those who believed in him were to receive, gfor as yet the Spirit had not been hgiven, ibecause Jesus was not yet glorified.

Division Among the People

40 When they heard these words, jsome of the people said, “This really is kthe Prophet.” 41 Others said, “This is lthe Christ.” But some said, m“Is the Christ to come from

Galilee? 42 Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes nfrom the offspring of David, and comes ofrom

Bethlehem, the village pwhere David was?” 43 So there

d See ch. 4:10 e Isa. 44:3; [1 Cor. 12:13; Gal. 3:14] f Joel 2:28; Acts 2:16–18; [ch. 1:33; 20:22; Luke 24:49] g Acts 2:4, 33 h ch. 3:34; Luke 11:13 i ch. 14:16, 17; 16:7 j See ver. 31 k ch. 1:21; 6:14; See Matt. 21:11 l ver. 26 m [ver. 52; ch. 1:46] n [Ps. 89:3, 4]; See Matt. 1:1 o Mic. 5:2; Matt. 2:1, 5; Luke 2:4 p 1 Sam. 16:1

JOHN: A 12-WEEK EXEGETICAL STUDY SHE SHALL BE CALLED was qa division among the people over him. 44 rSome of them wanted to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him.

45 sThe officers then came to the chief priests and

Pharisees, who said to them, “Why did you not bring him?” 46 The officers answered, t“No one ever spoke like this man!” 47 The Pharisees answered them, u“Have you also been deceived? 48 vHave any of the authorities or the

Pharisees believed in him? 49 But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed.” 50 wNicodemus, who had gone to him before, and who was one of them, said to them,

51 x“Does our law judge a man without first ygiving him a hearing and learning what he does?” 52 They replied, z“Are you from Galilee too? Search and see that ano prophet arises from Galilee.”

q ch. 9:16; 10:19; [ver. 12] r ver. 30 s ver. 32 t See Matt. 7:29 u ver. 12 v 1 Cor. 1:20, 26; 2:8; [ch. 12:42] w ch. 3:1; 19:39 x Deut. 17:6; 19:15; [Acts 23:3] y Deut. 1:16; Prov. 18:13 z ver. 41 a [2 Kgs. 14:25 with Josh. 19:13]

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[THE EARLIEST MANUSCRIPTS DO NOT INCLUDE 7:53–8:11.]1

The Woman Caught in Adultery

8 53 [[They went each to his own house, 4 1 but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2 bEarly in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and che sat down and taught them. 3 The scribes and the

Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst 4 they said to him,

“Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. 5 Now din the Law, Moses commanded us eto stone such women. So what do you say?” 6 This they said fto test him, gthat they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground. 7 And as they continued to ask him, he

1 Some manuscripts do not include 7:53–8:11; others add the passage here or after 7:36 or after 21:25 or after Luke 21:38, with variations in the text 4 The Holy Bible: English Standard Version. (2016). (Jn 5:1–7:53). Wheaton: Standard Bible Society. b [Luke 21:38] c Matt. 5:1; Luke 4:20 d Lev. 20:10; Deut. 22:22 e Deut. 22:24; Ezek. 16:38, 40 f Matt. 16:1; 19:3; 22:18, 35; Mark 8:11; 10:2; 12:15; Luke 10:25; 11:16 g See Luke 11:54

JOHN: A 12-WEEK EXEGETICAL STUDY SHE SHALL BE CALLED stood up and said to them, h“Let him who is without sin among you ibe the first to throw a stone at her.” 8 And once more he bent down and wrote on the ground. 9 But when they heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. 10 Jesus stood up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” 11 She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, j“Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on ksin no more.” ]]

I Am the Light of the World

12 lAgain Jesus spoke to them, saying, m“I am the light of the world. Whoever nfollows me will not owalk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” 13 So the

h Rom. 2:1, 22 i Deut. 17:7 j ver. 15; [ch. 3:17; Luke 12:14] k ch. 5:14 l ch. 7:37, 38 m [Ps. 36:9; Isa. 42:6; 49:6; Mal. 4:2]; See ch. 1:4, 9 n ch. 12:26; 21:19 o See ch. 12:35

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Pharisees said to him, p“You are bearing witness about yourself; your testimony is not true.” 14 Jesus answered,

“Even if I do bear witness about myself, qmy testimony is true, for I know rwhere I came from and swhere I am going, but tyou do not know where I come from or where

I am going. 15 uYou judge according to the flesh; vI judge no one. 16 Yet even if I do judge, wmy judgment is true, for xit is not I alone who judge, but I and the Father2 who sent me. 17 yIn your Law it is written that the testimony of two people is true. 18 I am the one who bears witness about myself, and zthe Father who sent me bears witness about me.” 19 They said to him therefore, “Where is your

Father?” Jesus answered, a“You know neither me nor my

p ch. 5:31 q [Rev. 3:14] r ch. 13:3; 16:28 s ver. 21; ch. 7:33 t [ch. 7:28; 9:29] u ch. 7:24; 1 Sam. 16:7; [Job 10:4] v ch. 12:47; [ver. 11] w ch. 5:30 x ver. 29; ch. 16:32 2 Some manuscripts he y See Num. 35:30 z ch. 5:37 a ver. 55; ch. 16:3

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Father. bIf you knew me, you would know my Father also.” 20 These words he spoke in cthe treasury, as he taught in the temple; but dno one arrested him, because ehis hour had not yet come.

21 So he said to them again, f“I am going away, and gyou will seek me, and hyou will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.” 22 So the Jews said, i“Will he kill himself, since he says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?” 23 He said to them, j“You are from below; I am from above. kYou are of this world; lI am not of this world.

24 I told you that you mwould die in your sins, for nunless you believe that oI am he you will die in your sins.” 25 So they said to him, p“Who are you?” Jesus said to them,

b ch. 14:7 c See Matt. 27:6 d ch. 7:30 e ch. 7:8 f ch. 14:28; [ch. 14:2, 3; 16:7] g See ch. 7:34 h ver. 24; Ezek. 3:18; 33:8 i [ch. 7:35] j [ver. 44; ch. 3:31] k 1 John 4:5 l ch. 17:14, 16 m ver. 21 n ch. 16:9 o Mark 13:6; Luke 21:8 p [ch. 1:19]

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“Just what I have been telling you from the beginning. 26 I have much to say about you and much to judge, but qhe who sent me is true, and I declare rto the world swhat I have heard from him.” 27 They did not understand that the had been speaking to them about the Father. 28 So

Jesus said to them, “When you have ulifted up the Son of

Man, vthen you will know that wI am he, and that xI do nothing on my own authority, but yspeak just as the

Father taught me. 29 And zhe who sent me is with me. zHe has not left me alone, for aI always do the things that are pleasing to him.” 30 As he was saying these things, bmany believed in him.

q ch. 3:33; 7:28; Rom. 3:4 r [ch. 18:20] s ver. 40; ch. 15:15; [ch. 3:32; Rev. 1:1] t ver. 18, 26 u ch. 3:14; 12:32, 34 v [ch. 16:8–11] w See ver. 24 x See ch. 5:30 y See ch. 7:16 z ver. 16; ch. 16:32; Acts 10:38; See ch. 10:38 z ver. 16; ch. 16:32; Acts 10:38; See ch. 10:38 a ch. 4:34; 5:30; 6:38; [1 John 3:22] b See ch. 7:31

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The Truth Will Set You Free

31 So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, c“If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, 32 and you will dknow the truth, and the truth ewill set you free.”

33 They answered him, f“We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, ‘You will become free’?”

34 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, geveryone who practices sin is a slave3 to sin. 35 hThe slave does not remain in the house forever; ithe son remains forever. 36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. 37 I know that you are offspring of Abraham; yet jyou seek to kill me because my word finds no place in

c ch. 15:7, 8; 2 John 9 d 2 John 1 e ver. 36; Rom. 6:18, 22; 8:2; 1 Cor. 7:22; 2 Cor. 3:17; Gal. 5:1, 13; James 1:25; 2:12; 1 Pet. 2:16 f ver. 37, 39; Matt. 3:9; [Luke 19:9; Rom. 9:7] g Rom. 6:16–20; Titus 3:3; 2 Pet. 2:19 3 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface; also verse 35 h Gen. 21:10; Gal. 4:30 i Luke 15:31 j ver. 40; See ch. 7:1

JOHN: A 12-WEEK EXEGETICAL STUDY SHE SHALL BE CALLED you. 38 kI speak of what I have seen with my Father, and you do what you have heard lfrom your father.”

You Are of Your Father the Devil

39 They answered him, m“Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them, n“If you were Abraham’s children, you would be doing the works Abraham did, 40 but now oyou seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth pthat I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did. 41 You are doing the works your father did.” They said to him, q“We were not born of sexual immorality. We have rone

Father—even God.” 42 Jesus said to them, s“If God were your Father, you would love me, for tI came from God and uI am here. vI came not of my own accord, but whe sent

k ch. 3:32; 5:19; 6:46 l ver. 41, 44 m ver. 33, 56 n [Gal. 3:7, 9] o ver. 37 p ver. 26 q [Hos. 2:4] r Deut. 32:6; Isa. 63:16; 64:8; [ver. 47] s [1 John 5:1] t 1 John 5:20; [Heb. 10:9] u ch. 16:28; 17:8 v ch. 7:28 w See ch. 3:17

JOHN: A 12-WEEK EXEGETICAL STUDY SHE SHALL BE CALLED me. 43 xWhy do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot ybear to hear my word. 44 zYou are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. aHe was a murderer from the beginning, and bdoes not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. cWhen he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies. 45 But because I tell the truth, you do not believe me. 46 Which one of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me? 47 dWhoever is of God hears the words of

God. eThe reason why you do not hear them is that fyou are not of God.”

x ch. 7:17 y Jer. 6:10; [1 Cor. 2:14] z 1 John 3:8, 12; [ver. 23]; See Matt. 13:38 a Gen. 4:8, 9; 1 John 3:12, 15; [Rom. 5:12] b [1 John 2:4] c Gen. 3:4; 2 Cor. 11:3; Rev. 12:9 d [ch. 18:37; 1 John 4:6] e [ch. 10:26] f [ver. 41]

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Before Abraham Was, I Am

48 The Jews answered him, “Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and ghave a demon?” 49 Jesus answered, “I do not have a demon, but hI honor my

Father, and you dishonor me. 50 Yet iI do not seek my own glory; there is One who seeks it, and he is the judge.

51 Truly, truly, jI say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never ksee death.” 52 The Jews said to him, “Now we know that you have a demon! lAbraham died, as did the prophets, yet myou say, ‘If anyone keeps my word, he will never ntaste death.’ 53 oAre you greater than our father

Abraham, who died? And the prophets died! Who do you make yourself out to be?” 54 Jesus answered, p“If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. qIt is my Father who glorifies

g See ch. 7:20 h ch. 5:23; [ch. 7:18] i ver. 54; ch. 5:41 j ch. 5:24; 11:26 k See Luke 2:26 l [Zech. 1:5] m ver. 51 n Matt. 16:28; Heb. 2:9 o [ch. 4:12] p ver. 50 q ch. 13:32; 17:1; Acts 3:13; Heb. 5:5; 2 Pet. 1:17

JOHN: A 12-WEEK EXEGETICAL STUDY SHE SHALL BE CALLED me, rof whom you say, ‘He is our God.’4 55 But syou have not known him. tI know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be ua liar vlike you, but I do know him and I keep his word. 56 wYour father Abraham xrejoiced ythat he would see my day. zHe saw it and was glad.” 57 So the Jews said to him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?”5 58 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, aI am.” 59 So bthey picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.

r ver. 41 4 Some manuscripts your God s ver. 19; ch. 7:28 t ch. 7:29; See Matt. 11:27 u 1 John 1:6 v ver. 44 w ver. 39 x See Matt. 13:17 y Luke 17:22 z [Heb. 11:13] 5 Some manuscripts has Abraham seen you? a See Ex. 3:14 b ch. 10:31

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Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind

9 As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 And his disciples asked him, c“Rabbi, dwho sinned, ethis man or fhis parents, that he was born blind?” 3 Jesus answered,

“It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but gthat the works of God might be displayed in him. 4 We must hwork the works of him who sent me iwhile it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, jI am the light of the world.” 6 Having said these things, khe spit on the ground and made mud with the saliva. lThen he anointed the man’s eyes with the mud

7 and said to him, “Go, wash in mthe pool of Siloam”

(which means Sent). So he went and washed and ncame back seeing.

c See ch. 1:38 d [Luke 13:2, 4] e [ver. 34] f Ex. 20:5 g [ch. 11:4] h See ch. 4:34 i ch. 11:9; 12:35; [Rom. 13:12; Gal. 6:10] j See ch. 1:4, 5, 9; 8:12 k Mark 7:33; 8:23 l See Matt. 9:29 m Luke 13:4 n ch. 11:37

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8 The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar were saying, o“Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?” 9 Some said, “It is he.” Others said, “No, but he is like him.” He kept saying, “I am the man.” 10 So they said to him, “Then how were your eyes opened?” 11 He answered, p“The man called Jesus made mud and anointed my eyes and said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed and received my sight.”

12 They said to him, “Where is he?” He said, “I do not know.”

13 They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind. 14 qNow it was a Sabbath day when

Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes. 15 rSo the

Pharisees again asked him how he had received his sight.

And he said to them, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.” 16 Some of the Pharisees said, “This

o [Acts 3:2, 10] p ver. 6, 7 q ch. 5:9 r ver. 10

JOHN: A 12-WEEK EXEGETICAL STUDY SHE SHALL BE CALLED man is not sfrom God, tfor he does not keep the Sabbath.”

But others said, u“How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” And vthere was a division among them. 17 So they said again to the blind man, “What do you say about him, since he has opened your eyes?” He said, w“He is a prophet.”

18 xThe Jews1 did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight, until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight 19 and asked them, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?” 20 His parents answered, “We know that this is our son and that he was born blind. 21 But how he now sees we do not know, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he is of age. He will speak for himself.”

22 (His parents said these things ybecause they feared the

s See ch. 7:29 t See Matt. 12:2 u ver. 33 v ch. 7:43; 10:19 w See ch. 4:19; 6:14 x ver. 22; [ver. 13] 1 Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time; also verse 22 y See ch. 7:13

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Jews, for zthe Jews had already agreed that if anyone should aconfess Jesus2 to be Christ, bhe was to be put out of the synagogue.) 23 Therefore his parents said, c“He is of age; ask him.”

24 So for the second time they called the man who had been blind and said to him, d“Give glory to God. We know that ethis man is a sinner.” 25 He answered, “Whether he is a sinner I do not know. One thing I do know, that though

I fwas blind, now I see.” 26 They said to him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?” 27 He answered them, g“I have told you already, and you would not listen.

Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become his disciples?” 28 And they reviled him, saying,

“You are his disciple, but hwe are disciples of Moses.

z [ch. 7:45–52] a [Rom. 10:9] 2 Greek him b ch. 12:42; 16:2 c ver. 21 d Josh. 7:19; Jer. 13:16; [1 Sam. 6:5; Isa. 42:12; Acts 12:23] e ver. 16 f ver. 18, 24 g ver. 15 h [ch. 5:45]

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29 We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, iwe do not know where he comes from.” 30 The man answered, “Why, this is jan amazing thing! kYou do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes.

31 We know that lGod does not listen to sinners, but mif anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him. 32 Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a man born blind.

33 nIf this man were not from God, he could do nothing.”

34 They answered him, o“You were born in utter sin, and would you teach us?” And they pcast him out.

35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him he said, “Do you believe in qthe Son of Man?”3

36 He answered, r“And who is he, sir, that I may believe in

i See ch. 8:14 j [ch. 12:37] k [ch. 3:10] l Job 27:9; Ps. 66:18; Prov. 28:9 m Ps. 34:15, 16; 145:19; Prov. 15:20; [James 5:16] n ver. 16; [ch. 1:21; 3:2] o [ver. 2] p [ver. 22] q ch. 10:36 3 Some manuscripts the Son of God r [Rom. 10:14]

JOHN: A 12-WEEK EXEGETICAL STUDY SHE SHALL BE CALLED him?” 37 Jesus said to him, “You have seen him, and sit is he who is speaking to you.” 38 He said, “Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped him. 39 Jesus said, t“For judgment I came into this world, uthat those who do not see may see, and vthose who see may become blind.” 40 Some of the

Pharisees near him heard these things, and said to him, w“Are we also blind?” 41 Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, xyou would have no guilt;4 but now that you say,

‘We see,’ your guilt remains.

I Am the Good Shepherd

10 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. 2 But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls

s ch. 4:26 t See ch. 5:22 u [Matt. 11:25; Luke 4:18] v [Matt. 9:13; 13:13; Mark 4:12; 2 Cor. 2:16] w Rom. 2:19 x ch. 15:22, 24; [ch. 19:11; 1 John 1:8] 4 Greek you would not have sin

JOHN: A 12-WEEK EXEGETICAL STUDY SHE SHALL BE CALLED his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. 5 yA stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” 6 This figure of speech Jesus zused with them, but they adid not understand what he was saying to them.

7 So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, bI am the door of the sheep. 8 All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.

9 I am the door. If anyone enters by me, che will be saved and will go in and out and dfind pasture. 10 The thief comes only to steal and ekill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. 11 fI am the good

y [ver. 12, 13] z ch. 9:40 a See Mark 9:32 b ver. 9; [ch. 14:6; Eph. 2:18] c [ch. 5:34] d Ps. 23:2; Ezek. 34:14 e [Jer. 23:1; Ezek. 34:3] f Isa. 40:11; Ezek. 34:12, 23; 37:24; Zech. 13:7; Heb. 13:20; 1 Pet. 2:25; 5:4; [ch. 21:15–17; Ps. 23; Rev. 7:17]

JOHN: A 12-WEEK EXEGETICAL STUDY SHE SHALL BE CALLED shepherd. The good shepherd glays down his life for the sheep. 12 He who is ha hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and ileaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and jscatters them. 13 He flees because khe is a hired hand and lcares nothing for the sheep. 14 mI am the good shepherd. nI know my own and omy own know me, 15 pjust as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and qI lay down my life for the sheep. 16 And rI have other sheep that are not of this fold. sI must bring them also, and tthey will listen to my voice. So there will be uone flock, vone shepherd. 17 wFor this reason the Father loves me,

g ver. 15, 17; ch. 15:13; 1 John 3:16; [Matt. 20:28; Mark 10:45] h [Ezek. 34:2–6] i Zech. 11:17; 13:7 j [Jer. 23:1–3] k [1 Pet. 5:2] l Zech. 11:16 m See ver. 11 n ver. 27; Nah. 1:7; 2 Tim. 2:19 o ver. 4 p See Matt. 11:27 q See ver. 11 r Isa. 56:8 s [Ezek. 34:11–13; Matt. 8:11, 12; Eph. 2:13–18; 1 Pet. 2:25] t ch. 5:25; 18:37; [Acts 28:28] u [ch. 11:52; 12:32; 17:11, 21, 22] v Ezek. 34:23; 37:24 w Phil. 2:9; See ch. 5:20

JOHN: A 12-WEEK EXEGETICAL STUDY SHE SHALL BE CALLED xbecause yI lay down my life that I may take it up again.

18 zNo one takes it from me, but yI lay it down aof my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and bI have authority to take it up again. cThis charge I have received from my Father.”

19 dThere was again a division among the Jews because of these words. 20 Many of them said, e“He has a demon, and fis insane; why listen to him?” 21 Others said, “These are not the words of one who is oppressed by a demon. gCan a demon open the eyes of the blind?”

I and the Father Are One

22 At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at

Jerusalem. It was winter, 23 and Jesus was walking in the

x Isa. 53:7, 8, 12; Heb. 2:9 y ver. 11 z [Matt. 26:53] y [See ver. 17 above] a [ch. 5:30] b ch. 2:19; [Phil. 2:7] c ch. 12:49; 14:31; 15:10 d ch. 7:43; 9:16 e See ch. 7:20 f [Mark 3:21] g [Ex. 4:11; Ps. 146:8]; See ch. 9:33

JOHN: A 12-WEEK EXEGETICAL STUDY SHE SHALL BE CALLED temple, hin the colonnade of Solomon. 24 So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are ithe Christ, jtell us plainly.”

25 Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. kThe works that I do lin my Father’s name bear witness about me, 26 but myou do not believe because you are not among my sheep. 27 nMy sheep hear my voice, and

I know them, and they follow me. 28 oI give them eternal life, and pthey will never perish, and qno one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, rwho has given them to me,1 sis greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of tthe Father’s hand. 30 uI and the Father are one.”

h Acts 3:11; 5:12 i ch. 1:41 j Matt. 26:63; Luke 22:67 k ver. 38; See ch. 5:36 l See ch. 5:43 m [ch. 8:47] n ver. 14, 16 o [1 John 2:25; 5:11] p ch. 17:12; 18:9 q ch. 6:37 r ch. 6:37; 17:2 1 Some manuscripts What my Father has given to me s [ch. 14:28] t [Deut. 32:39; Isa. 49:2; 51:16] u ch. 17:11, 22; [ch. 5:19; 14:9]

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31 vThe Jews picked up stones again to stone him.

32 Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?” 33 The Jews answered him, “It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but wfor blasphemy, because you, being a man, xmake yourself

God.” 34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in yyour

Law, z‘I said, you are gods’? 35 If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be abroken— 36 do you say of him whom bthe Father consecrated and csent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because dI said, ‘I am the Son of God’? 37 eIf

I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me; 38 but if I do them, feven though you do not

v ch. 8:59 w See Lev. 24:16; Matt. 9:3 x ch. 5:18 y [ch. 12:34; 15:25; 1 Cor. 14:21] z Cited from Ps. 82:6 a [Matt. 5:17, 19] b [ch. 6:27] c See ch. 3:17 d ch. 5:17, 18; [ver. 30] e ch. 15:24 f ver. 25; [ch. 14:11]

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Father.” 39 hAgain they sought to arrest him, but he escaped from their hands.

40 He went away again across the Jordan to the place iwhere John had been baptizing at first, and there he remained. 41 And many came to him. And they said, “John did no sign, but jeverything that John said about this man was true.” 42 And kmany believed in him there. 5

g ch. 14:10, 11, 20; 17:21, 23; [ch. 8:29] h ch. 7:30, 44 i ch. 1:28 j ch. 1:7, 29–34; 3:27–30; 5:33 k See ch. 7:31 5 The Holy Bible: English Standard Version. (2016). (Jn 8–10:42). Wheaton: Standard Bible Society.

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John 11:1–12:19 (ESV)

The Death of Lazarus

11 Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of lMary and her sister Martha. 2 mIt was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill. 3 So the sisters sent to him, saying, “Lord, nhe whom you love is ill.” 4 But when Jesus heard it he said, o“This illness does not lead to death. It is for pthe glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”

5 Now qJesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

6 So, when he heard that Lazarus1 was ill, rhe stayed two days longer in the place where he was. 7 Then after this he said to the disciples, s“Let us go to Judea again.” 8 The

l See Luke 10:38, 39 m ch. 12:3 n ver. 5, 11, 36 o [ver. 11; Matt. 9:24] p ver. 40; [ch. 9:3; 13:31] q ver. 3 1 Greek he; also verse 17 r [ch. 2:4; 7:6, 8] s ch. 10:40

JOHN: A 12-WEEK EXEGETICAL STUDY SHE SHALL BE CALLED disciples said to him, t“Rabbi, uthe Jews were just now seeking to stone you, and are you going there again?”

9 Jesus answered, v“Are there not twelve hours in the day? wIf anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. 10 But xif anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not xin him.” 11 After saying these things, he said to them,

“Our friend Lazarus yhas fallen asleep, but I go to awaken him.” 12 The disciples said to him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.” 13 Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he meant taking rest in sleep. 14 Then Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus has died,

15 and for your sake I am glad that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.” 16 zSo Thomas,

t See ch. 1:38 u ch. 8:59; 10:31 v [Luke 13:33] w See ch. 9:4; 1 John 2:10 x Jer. 13:16 x Jer. 13:16 y See Matt. 27:52 z ch. 14:5; 20:24, 26–28; 21:2; Matt. 10:3; Mark 3:18; Luke 6:15; Acts 1:13

JOHN: A 12-WEEK EXEGETICAL STUDY SHE SHALL BE CALLED called the Twin,2 said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, athat we may die with him.”

I Am the Resurrection and the Life

17 Now when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb bfour days. 18 Bethany was near

Jerusalem, about two miles3 off, 19 and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary cto console them concerning their brother. 20 dSo when Martha heard that

Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary remained seated in the house. 21 Martha said to eJesus,

“Lord, fif you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 But even now I know that whatever you ask from

God, gGod will give you.” 23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” 24 hMartha said to him, “I know

2 Greek Didymus a [ch. 13:37] b ver. 39 3 Greek fifteen stadia; a stadion was about 607 feet or 185 meters c ver. 31; Job 2:11 d [Luke 10:38, 39] e ver. 32 f [ver. 37] g [ver. 42; ch. 9:31] h [ver. 39]

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25 Jesus said to her, j“I am the resurrection and kthe life.4

Whoever believes in me, lthough he die, myet shall he live,

26 and everyone who lives and believes in me nshall never die. Do you believe this?” 27 She said to him, “Yes, Lord; oI believe that pyou are the Christ, the Son of God, qwho is coming into the world.”

Jesus Weeps

28 When she had said this, she went and called her sister Mary, saying in private, r“The Teacher is here and is calling for you.” 29 And when she heard it, she rose quickly and went to him. 30 Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha had met

i ch. 5:29; Luke 14:14; See ch. 6:39 j [ch. 5:21; 6:40, 44; 1 Cor. 15:21] k ch. 14:6; [ch. 6:57; Col. 3:4]; See ch. 1:4 4 Some manuscripts omit and the life l [ch. 12:25] m See ch. 3:36 n ch. 6:50, 51; 8:51 o ch. 6:69; 20:31; 1 John 5:1, 5; [ch. 8:24; 13:19; 1 John 4:16] p Matt. 16:16 q ch. 6:14; See Matt. 11:3 r Matt. 26:18; Mark 14:14; Luke 22:11; See ch. 13:13

JOHN: A 12-WEEK EXEGETICAL STUDY SHE SHALL BE CALLED him. 31 When the Jews swho were with her in the house, consoling her, saw Mary rise quickly and go out, they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there. 32 Now when Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet, saying to him, t“Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”

33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, he uwas deeply moved5 in his spirit and vgreatly troubled. 34 And he said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to him, “Lord, come and see.” 35 wJesus wept. 36 So the Jews said, “See xhow he loved him!” 37 But some of them said, “Could not he ywho opened the eyes of the blind man zalso have kept this man from dying?”

s ver. 19 t ver. 21 u ver. 38; Mark 14:5 (Gk.) 5 Or was indignant; also verse 38 v ch. 12:27; 13:21 w [Luke 19:41] x ver. 3 y ch. 9:6, 7 z [ver. 21, 32]

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Jesus Raises Lazarus

38 Then Jesus, adeeply moved again, came to the tomb.

It was ba cave, and ca stone lay against it. 39 Jesus said,

“Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, “Lord, by this time there will be an odor, for dhe has been dead four days.” 40 Jesus said to her, e“Did I not tell you that if you believed you would see fthe glory of God?” 41 So they took away the stone. And Jesus glifted up his eyes and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. 42 hI knew that you always hear me, but I said this ion account of the people standing around, jthat they may believe that you sent me.” 43 When he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out.” 44 kThe man who had died came out, lhis

a ver. 33 b Isa. 22:16 c ch. 20:1; Matt. 27:60; Mark 15:46; Luke 24:2 d ver. 17 e ver. 25, 26 f ver. 4; [Rom. 6:4] g ch. 17:1 h [ver. 22; Matt. 26:53] i ch. 12:29, 30 j ch. 17:8, 21; See ch. 3:17 k ch. 5:28, 29 l ch. 19:40

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The Plot to Kill Jesus

45 nMany of the Jews therefore, owho had come with

Mary and phad seen what he did, believed in him, 46 but some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what

Jesus had done. 47 So the chief priests and the Pharisees qgathered rthe council and said, s“What are we to do? For this man performs many signs. 48 If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and tthe Romans will come and take away both our uplace and our nation.”

49 But one of them, vCaiaphas, wwho was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all. 50 Nor do you

m [ch. 20:7] n ch. 12:11; [Acts 9:42] o ver. 19 p ch. 2:23 q See Matt. 26:3 r See Matt. 5:22 s ch. 12:19; [Acts 4:16] t [ch. 6:15; 18:36, 37] u Acts 21:28 v See Matt. 26:3 w ver. 51; ch. 18:13

JOHN: A 12-WEEK EXEGETICAL STUDY SHE SHALL BE CALLED understand that xit is better for you that one man should die for the people, not that the whole nation should perish.” 51 He did not say this of his own accord, but ybeing high priest that year zhe prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation, 52 and anot for the nation only, but also bto gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad. 53 So from that day on they cmade plans to put him to death.

54 Jesus therefore dno longer walked openly among the

Jews, but went from there to the region near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim, and there he stayed with the disciples.

55 Now ethe Passover of the Jews was at hand, and fmany went up from the country to Jerusalem before the

x ch. 18:14 y ver. 49 z [Ex. 28:30; Num. 27:21; 1 Sam. 23:9; 30:7; Ezra 2:63; Neh. 7:65] a Isa. 49:6; 1 John 2:2 b See ch. 10:16 c See ch. 7:1 d ch. 7:1, 4 e See ch. 6:4 f Luke 2:42

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Passover gto purify themselves. 56 hThey were looking for6

Jesus and saying to one another as they stood in the temple, “What do you think? That he will not come to the feast at all?” 57 Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where he was, he should let them know, so that they might arrest him.

Mary Anoints Jesus at Bethany

12 Six days before ithe Passover, jJesus therefore came to

Bethany, kwhere Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. 2 So they gave a dinner for him there. lMartha served, and Lazarus was one of those reclining with him at table. 3 mMary therefore took a pound1 of expensive ointment made from pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. The

g 2 Chr. 30:17, 18; [ch. 18:28; Acts 21:24] h See ch. 7:11 6 Greek were seeking for i ver. 12, 20; ch. 11:55 j For ver. 1–8, see Matt. 26:6–11; Mark 14:3–8 k ch. 11:1 l Luke 10:38, 40 m [Luke 7:37, 38] 1 Greek litra; a litra (or Roman pound) was equal to about 11 1/2 ounces or 327 grams

JOHN: A 12-WEEK EXEGETICAL STUDY SHE SHALL BE CALLED house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. 4 But

Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (he who was about to betray him), said, 5 “Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii2 and ngiven to the poor?” 6 He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief, and nhaving charge of the moneybag he used to help himself to what was put into it. 7 Jesus said,

“Leave her alone, so that she may keep it3 for the day of my burial. 8 For the poor you always have with you, but you do not always have me.”

The Plot to Kill Lazarus

9 When the large crowd of the Jews learned that Jesus4 was there, they came, not only on account of him but also to see Lazarus, owhom he had raised from the dead. 10 pSo the chief priests made plans to put Lazarus to death as

2 A denarius was a day’s wage for a laborer n ch. 13:29 n [See ver. 5 above] 3 Or Leave her alone; she intended to keep it 4 Greek he o ch. 11:44 p [Luke 16:31]

JOHN: A 12-WEEK EXEGETICAL STUDY SHE SHALL BE CALLED well, 11 because qon account of him many of the Jews were going away and believing in Jesus.

The Triumphal Entry

12 The next day rthe large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. 13 So they took branches of spalm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, t“Hosanna! Blessed is uhe who comes in the name of the Lord, even vthe King of Israel!” 14 And

Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written,

15 w“Fear not, daughter of Zion;

behold, your king is coming,

sitting on a donkey’s colt!”

q ver. 18; ch. 11:45 r For ver. 12–15, see Matt. 21:4–9; Mark 11:7–10; Luke 19:35–38 s [Rev. 7:9] t Ps. 118:25, 26 u [ch. 5:43] v See ch. 1:49 w Cited from Zech. 9:9

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16 xHis disciples did not understand these things at first, but ywhen Jesus was glorified, then zthey remembered that these things had been written about him and had been done to him. 17 aThe crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to bear witness. 18 The reason why the crowd went to meet him bwas that they heard he had done this sign. 19 So the Pharisees said to one another, c“You see that you are gaining nothing. Look, dthe world has gone after him.” 6

x [ch. 13:7]; See Mark 9:32 y ver. 23; See ch. 7:39 z ch. 2:22 a [Luke 19:37] b ver. 9–11 c ch. 11:47 d [ch. 3:26] 6 The Holy Bible: English Standard Version. (2016). (Jn 11:1–12:19). Wheaton: Standard Bible Society.

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John 12:20–50 (ESV)

Some Greeks Seek Jesus

20 Now eamong those who went up to worship at the feast were some fGreeks. 21 So these came to gPhilip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” 22 Philip went and told hAndrew;

Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. 23 And Jesus answered them, i“The hour has come jfor the Son of Man to be glorified. 24 Truly, truly, I say to you, kunless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. 25 lWhoever loves his life loses it, and mwhoever nhates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 26 If anyone serves me, he must

e [1 Kgs. 8:41–43; Acts 8:27] f Acts 17:4; [Mark 7:26]; See ch. 7:35 g ch. 1:44 h See Mark 13:3 i ch. 17:1; [ver. 27; ch. 13:31, 32; Mark 14:41]; See ch. 2:4 j ver. 16 k 1 Cor. 15:36 l See Matt. 10:39 m [ch. 11:25] n See Luke 14:26

JOHN: A 12-WEEK EXEGETICAL STUDY SHE SHALL BE CALLED ofollow me; and pwhere I am, there will my servant be also. qIf anyone serves me, rthe Father will honor him.

The Son of Man Must Be Lifted Up

27 s“Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say?

‘Father, tsave me from uthis hour’? But vfor this purpose I have come to uthis hour. 28 Father, glorify your name.”

Then wa voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and

I will glorify it again.” 29 The crowd that stood there and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, x“An angel has spoken to him.” 30 Jesus answered, y“This voice has come for your sake, not mine. 31 zNow is the judgment of this world; now will athe ruler of this world bbe cast out.

o ch. 8:12; 21:18 p ch. 14:3; 17:24; [2 Cor. 5:8; 1 Thess. 4:17] q [ch. 14:21, 23; 16:27] r 1 Sam. 2:30; Ps. 91:15 s ch. 11:33; 13:21; [Luke 22:44] t Mark 14:35; [Heb. 5:7] u ver. 23 v [ch. 18:37] u ver. 23 w Matt. 3:17; 17:5; Mark 1:11; 9:7; Luke 3:22; 9:35; 2 Pet. 1:17 x Acts 23:9 y ch. 11:42 z ch. 16:11; [ch. 16:33] a ch. 14:30; 2 Cor. 4:4; Eph. 2:2; 6:12; [Matt. 13:19; Luke 4:6; 1 John 4:4; 5:19] b [Luke 10:18; Col. 2:15; 1 John 3:8]

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32 And I, cwhen I am lifted up from the earth, dwill draw eall people to myself.” 33 He said this fto show by what kind of death he was going to die. 34 So the crowd answered him, “We have heard from the Law that gthe

Christ remains forever. How can you say that hthe Son of

Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?” 35 So

Jesus said to them, i“The light is among you jfor a little while longer. kWalk while you have the light, lest darkness lovertake you. mThe one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. 36 While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become nsons of light.”

The Unbelief of the People

c ch. 3:14; 8:28 d See ch. 6:44 e Rom. 5:18; 8:32; 2 Cor. 5:15; 1 Tim. 2:6; Heb. 2:9; 1 John 2:2 f ch. 18:32 g Ps. 89:4; 110:4; Isa. 9:7; Ezek. 37:25; Luke 1:33 h ver. 32 i ver. 46; See ch. 1:4, 9; 8:12 j See ch. 7:33 k Jer. 13:16; Eph. 5:8 l 1 Thess. 5:4 m Isa. 9:2; 1 John 1:6; 2:11; [ch. 11:10] n See Luke 10:6

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When Jesus had said these things, he departed and hid himself from them. 37 Though he had done so many signs before them, they still did not believe in him, 38 oso that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:

p“Lord, who has believed what he heard from us,

and to whom has the arm of the Lord been

revealed?”

39 Therefore they qcould not believe. For again Isaiah said,

40 r“He has blinded their eyes

and shardened their heart,

lest they see with their eyes,

and understand with their heart, and turn,

and I would heal them.”

o [Matt. 1:22] p Rom. 10:16; Cited from Isa. 53:1 q [ch. 5:44] r [Isa. 6:10]; See Matt. 13:14, 15 s See Mark 6:52

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41 Isaiah said these things because the saw his glory and uspoke of him. 42 Nevertheless, vmany even of the authorities believed in him, but wfor fear of the Pharisees they did not xconfess it, so that they would not be xput out of the synagogue; 43 yfor they loved the glory that comes from man more than the glory that comes from

God.

Jesus Came to Save the World

44 And Jesus cried out and said, z“Whoever believes in me, believes not in me but ain him who sent me. 45 And bwhoever csees me sees him who sent me. 46 dI have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness. 47 If anyone ehears my words

t Isa. 6:1 u [ch. 5:46] v ch. 3:1; [ch. 7:48] w See ch. 7:13 x See ch. 9:22 x See ch. 9:22 y ch. 5:44 z [ch. 13:20]; See Matt. 10:40 a ch. 14:1; [ch. 5:24; 1 Pet. 1:21] b ch. 14:9 c ch. 6:40 d ver. 35, 36; See ch. 1:4, 5, 9; 8:12 e [ch. 3:36]

JOHN: A 12-WEEK EXEGETICAL STUDY SHE SHALL BE CALLED and does not keep them, fI do not judge him; for gI did not come to judge the world but to save the world. 48 hThe one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; ithe word that I have spoken will judge him jon the last day. 49 For kI have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father lwho sent me has himself given me ma commandment—what to say and what to speak. 50 And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I say, therefore, I say as the Father has told me.” 7

f ch. 8:15 g See ch. 3:17; 4:42 h Luke 10:16 i Deut. 18:18, 19 j [Rom. 2:16] k See ch. 5:19, 30 l See ch. 3:17 m ch. 15:10 7 The Holy Bible: English Standard Version. (2016). (Jn 12:20–50). Wheaton: Standard Bible Society.

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John 13:1–17:26 (ESV)

Jesus Washes the Disciples’ Feet

13 Now nbefore othe Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that phis hour had come qto depart out of this world to the Father, rhaving loved shis own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. 2 During supper, when tthe devil had already put it into the heart of Judas

Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him, 3 Jesus, knowing uthat the Father had given all things into his hands, and that vhe had come from God and wwas going back to God, 4 rose from supper. He laid aside his outer garments, and taking a towel, xtied it around his waist. 5 Then he ypoured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to

n ch. 12:1 o See ch. 6:4 p See ch. 12:23 q ver. 3; ch. 16:28 r ver. 34 s ch. 1:11; 17:6, 9–11 t ver. 11, 27; [Acts 5:3]; See ch. 6:70, 71 u See ch. 17:2; Matt. 11:27; Rev. 2:27 v ch. 8:42; 16:28 w See ch. 14:12 x [ch. 21:7; Luke 22:27] y [2 Kgs. 3:11]

JOHN: A 12-WEEK EXEGETICAL STUDY SHE SHALL BE CALLED wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him.

6 He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, do you wash my feet?” 7 zJesus answered him, “What I am doing ayou do not understand now, but afterward you will understand.” 8 bPeter said to him, “You shall never wash my feet.” Jesus answered him, c“If I do not wash you, you have no share with me.” 9 Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!”

10 Jesus said to him, “The one who has bathed does not need to wash, dexcept for his feet,1 but is completely clean. And eyou2 are clean, fbut not every one of you.”

11 gFor he knew who was to betray him; that was why he said, “Not all of you are clean.”

z [ver. 36] a ver. 12; [ch. 12:16; 15:15] b [Matt. 16:22] c [1 Cor. 6:11; Eph. 5:26; Titus 3:5; Heb. 10:22] d See Gen. 18:4 1 Some manuscripts omit except for his feet e ch. 15:3 2 The Greek words for you in this verse are plural f ver. 18 g ver. 2; ch. 6:64; See ch. 2:24, 25

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12 When he had washed their feet and hput on his outer garments and resumed his place, he said to them, i“Do you understand what I have done to you? 13 jYou call me kTeacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am. 14 If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, lyou also ought to wash one another’s feet. 15 For I have given you an example, mthat you also should do just as I have done to you. 16 Truly, truly, I say to you, na servant3 is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. 17 If you know these things, oblessed are you if you do them. 18 pI am not speaking of all of you; I know qwhom I have chosen. But rthe Scripture will be fulfilled,4 s‘He who ate my bread has lifted his heel

h ver. 4 i ver. 7 j Luke 6:46 k Matt. 23:8, 10; 1 Cor. 8:6; 12:3; Phil. 2:11 l 1 Tim. 5:10; [1 Pet. 5:5] m See Matt. 11:29 n ch. 15:20; Matt. 10:24 3 Or bondservant, or slave (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface) o See Luke 11:28; James 1:22 p ver. 10, 11 q ch. 6:70; 15:16, 19; [Mark 3:13; Luke 6:13; Acts 1:2] r [ch. 17:12]; See Matt. 1:22 4 Greek But in order that the Scripture may be fulfilled s Cited from Ps. 41:9; [ver. 26; Matt. 26:23]

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I am he. 20 Truly, truly, I say to you, uwhoever receives the one I send receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.”

One of You Will Betray Me

21 After saying these things, vJesus was troubled in his spirit, and testified, w“Truly, truly, I say to you, xone of you will betray me.” 22 yThe disciples looked at one another, uncertain of whom he spoke. 23 zOne of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was reclining at table aat Jesus’ side,5

24 so Simon Peter motioned to him to ask Jesus6 of whom he was speaking. 25 bSo that disciple, cleaning back against

t ch. 14:29; 16:4 u See Matt. 10:40 v ch. 12:27 w Matt. 26:21; Mark 14:18; Luke 22:21 x Acts 1:17 y Luke 22:23 z ch. 19:26; 20:2; 21:7, 20 a [Luke 16:22 (Gk.)] 5 Greek in the bosom of Jesus 6 Greek lacks Jesus b Mark 4:36 c ch. 21:20 (Gk.)

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Jesus, said to him, “Lord, who is it?” 26 Jesus answered, d“It is he to whom I will give this morsel of bread ewhen I have dipped it.” So when he had dipped the morsel, fhe gave it to Judas, gthe son of Simon Iscariot. 27 Then after he had taken the morsel, hSatan entered into him. Jesus said to him, i“What you are going to do, do quickly.”

28 Now no one at the table knew why he said this to him.

29 Some thought that, jbecause Judas had the moneybag,

Jesus was telling him, “Buy what we need kfor the feast,” or that he should lgive something to the poor. 30 So, after receiving the morsel of bread, he immediately went out. mAnd it was night.

d Matt. 26:23; Mark 14:20 e Ruth 2:14 f [Matt. 26:25] g ch. 6:71 h Luke 22:3; [ver. 2; 1 Cor. 11:27] i [Luke 12:50] j ch. 12:6 k ver. 1 l ch. 12:5 m [1 Sam. 28:8]

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A New Commandment

31 When he had gone out, Jesus said, n“Now is the Son of Man glorified, and oGod is glorified in him. 32 If God is glorified in him, pGod will also glorify him in himself, and qglorify him at once. 33 Little children, ryet a little while I am with you. You will seek me, and just sas I said to the

Jews, so now I also say to you, ‘Where I am going you cannot come.’ 34 tA new commandment uI give to you, vthat you love one another: wjust as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. 35 xBy this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

n See ch. 7:39 o ch. 14:13; 15:8; 17:1, 4; 1 Pet. 4:11 p ch. 17:1, 5 q See ch. 12:23 r See ch. 7:33 s ch. 7:34; 8:21 t 1 John 2:7, 8; 3:11; 2 John 5 u ch. 15:12, 17; 1 John 3:23; 4:21 v Lev. 19:18; Rom. 13:8; Col. 3:14; 1 Thess. 4:9; 1 Tim. 1:5; 1 Pet. 1:22 w ch. 15:12; Eph. 5:2; 1 John 4:10, 11 x [1 John 3:14; 4:20]

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Jesus Foretells Peter’s Denial

36 Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, where are you going?” yJesus answered him, “Where I am going zyou cannot follow me now, abut you will follow afterward.”

37 bPeter said to him, “Lord, why can I not follow you now?

I will lay down my life for you.” 38 Jesus answered, “Will you lay down your life for me? Truly, truly, I say to you, cthe rooster will not crow till you have denied me three times.

I Am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life

14 d“Let not your hearts be troubled. eBelieve in God;1 believe also in me. 2 In fmy Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that gI go

y [ver. 7] z [ch. 7:34; 14:2] a ch. 21:18, 19; 2 Pet. 1:14 b Matt. 26:33–35; Mark 14:29–31; Luke 22:33, 34 c ch. 18:27 d ver. 27; [ch. 16:22, 23; 1 Pet. 3:14] e See ch. 12:44 1 Or You believe in God f [ch. 2:16] g ch. 16:7; [ch. 8:21, 22; 13:33, 36]

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“Lord, kwe do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” 6 Jesus said to him, “I am lthe way, and mthe truth, and nthe life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7 oIf you had known me, you would have pknown my Father also.4 From now on you do know him and qhave seen him.”

8 rPhilip said to him, “Lord, sshow us the Father, and it is enough for us.” 9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you

2 Or In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you h ver. 18, 28; [ch. 21:22, 23] i See ch. 12:26 3 Some manuscripts Where I am going you know, and the way you know j See ch. 11:16 k ch. 13:36 l Heb. 9:8; 10:20; [Eph. 2:18] m ch. 1:14, 17; [1 John 5:20] n See ch. 11:25 o ch. 8:19 p 1 John 2:13, 14 4 Or If you know me, you will know my Father also, or If you have known me, you will know my Father also q [ch. 6:46] r ch. 1:43, 44; 12:21 s [Ex. 33:18]

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Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you vI do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works. 11 Believe me that uI am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else wbelieve on account of the works themselves.

12 “Truly, truly, I say to you, xwhoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I yam going to the Father. 13 zWhatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that athe Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 zIf you ask me5 anything in my name, I will do it.

t ch. 12:45; [ch. 10:30; 15:24; Col. 1:15; Heb. 1:3] u See ch. 10:38 v See ch. 5:19, 20 u [See ver. 10 above] w See ch. 5:36 x [Matt. 17:20; 21:21; Mark 11:23; 16:17] y ver. 28; ch. 16:28; [ch. 7:33; 13:1, 3; 16:5, 10, 17; 17:11, 13; 20:17] z ch. 15:16; 16:23, 24; See Matt. 7:7 a See ch. 13:31 z [See ver. 13 above] 5 Some manuscripts omit me

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Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit

15 b“If you love me, you will ckeep my commandments.

16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another dHelper,6 to be with you forever, 17 even ethe Spirit of truth, fwhom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and gwill be7 in you.

18 “I will not leave you as orphans; hI will come to you.

19 iYet a little while and the world will see me no more, but jyou will see me. kBecause I live, you also will live. 20 lIn that day you will know that mI am in my Father, and nyou in me, and oI in you. 21 pWhoever has my commandments

b ver. 21, 23; ch. 15:10; 1 John 5:3; 2 John 6 c See 1 John 2:3 d ver. 26; ch. 15:26; 16:7 6 Or Advocate, or Counselor; also 14:26; 15:26; 16:7 e ch. 15:26; 16:13; [1 Cor. 2:12–14; 1 John 2:27; 4:6; 5:6] f 1 Cor. 2:14 g Acts 2:4; [1 John 2:27; 2 John 2]; See Rom. 8:9 7 Some manuscripts and is h ver. 3, 28 i See ch. 7:33 j [ch. 12:45; 16:16] k [Rom. 5:10; Eph. 2:5; Rev. 20:4] l ch. 16:23, 26 m ver. 10 n [ch. 15:4–7]; See 1 John 2:28 o ch. 17:21, 23, 26 p [ch. 7:17; 8:31, 32]

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Father’s who sent me.

25 “These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you. 26 But the aHelper, the Holy Spirit, bwhom the

Father will send in my name, che will teach you all things

q ver. 15; 1 John 2:5 r ch. 16:27 s [ch. 12:26] t See ch. 7:4 u Luke 6:16; Acts 1:13 v [Acts 10:40, 41] w See ver. 15, 21 x Rev. 3:20 y [2 Cor. 6:16; 1 John 2:24] z [ver. 10]; See ch. 7:16 a See ver. 16 b [Luke 24:49; Acts 2:33, with ch. 15:26; 16:7] c ch. 16:13; 1 Cor. 2:10; 1 John 2:20, 27

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Not as the world gives do I give to you. gLet not your hearts be troubled, neither hlet them be afraid. 28 iYou heard me say to you, j‘I am going away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I kam going to the Father, for lthe Father is greater than I.

29 And mnow I have told you before it takes place, so that when it does take place you may believe. 30 I will no longer talk much with you, for nthe ruler of this world is coming. oHe has no claim on me, 31 but I do pas the Father has commanded me, qso that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us go from here.

d See ch. 2:22 e ch. 20:19, 21, 26; Luke 24:36 f ch. 16:33; Col. 3:15; [Eph. 2:17; Phil. 4:7] g ver. 1 h 2 Tim. 1:7 i ver. 2–4 j See ch. 8:21 k See ver. 12 l [ch. 10:29; Phil. 2:6] m ch. 13:19; 16:4 n See ch. 12:31 o [ch. 17:14; 18:36; Heb. 4:15] p ch. 12:49, 50; Phil. 2:8; Heb. 5:8 q ch. 17:21, 23

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I Am the True Vine

15 “I am the rtrue vine, and my Father is sthe vinedresser.

2 tEvery branch in me that does not bear fruit uhe takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, vthat it may bear more fruit. 3 Already wyou are clean xbecause of the word that I have spoken to you. 4 yAbide zin me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. 5 I am the vine; ayou are the branches.

Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bbears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not abide in me che is thrown away like a branch and withers; dand the branches are gathered,

r [Jer. 2:21] s [1 Cor. 3:9] t ver. 6; Matt. 3:10; 7:19; [Rom. 11:17; 2 Pet. 1:8] u [Matt. 15:13; Rom. 11:22] v [Matt. 13:12] w ch. 13:10 x ch. 17:17; [ver. 7; Eph. 5:26] y ver. 5–7; 1 John 2:6; [Phil. 1:11; Col. 1:23]; See ch. 6:56 z See ch. 3:15 a Rom. 6:5 b ver. 16; Col. 1:6, 10 c See ver. 2 d Matt. 13:40–42; [Ezek. 15:4]

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9 iAs the Father has loved me, jso have I loved you. Abide in my love. 10 kIf you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as lI have kept mmy Father’s commandments and abide in his love. 11 These things I have spoken to you, nthat my joy may be in you, and that oyour joy may be full.

12 p“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 qGreater love has no one than this, rthat someone lay down his life for his friends.

e See ch. 8:31 f See ch. 14:13 g Isa. 61:3; Matt. 5:16; 2 Cor. 9:13; Phil. 1:11 h ver. 5 i See ch. 5:20 j See ch. 13:34 k [ch. 14:15, 23] l ch. 8:55; 17:4; Phil. 2:8 m See ch. 10:18 n [2 Cor. 2:3] o ch. 3:29; 16:24; 17:13; 1 John 1:4; 2 John 12 p See ch. 13:34 q Rom. 5:7, 8; Eph. 5:2 r See ch. 10:11

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14 You are smy friends tif you do what I command you.

15 uNo longer do I call you servants,1 for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for xall that I have heard from my Father yI have made known to you. 16 You did not choose me, but zI chose you and appointed you that you should go and abear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that bwhatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. 17 These things I command you, cso that you will love one another.

The Hatred of the World

18 d“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. 19 eIf you were of the world, the world

s Luke 12:4 t [ver. 10; Matt. 12:50] u [ver. 20] 1 Or bondservants, or slaves (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface); likewise for servant later in this verse and in verse 20 x ch. 3:32; 8:26, 40; [ch. 16:13] y ch. 17:26; [Gen. 18:17; 1 Cor. 2:16; 13:9, 10] z See ch. 13:18 a [2 John 8] b [ver. 7]; See ch. 14:13 c ver. 12 d ch. 7:7; 1 John 3:13; [ver. 23, 24] e [1 John 4:5]

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f ch. 17:14, 16; [Luke 6:26; Gal. 1:4; James 4:4] g ch. 13:16; Matt. 10:24; [ver. 15] h ch. 16:33; 1 Cor. 4:12; 2 Cor. 4:9; 1 Thess. 2:15; 2 Tim. 3:12 i [Ezek. 3:7]; See ch. 8:51 j ch. 16:3 k Matt. 10:22; 24:9; Rev. 2:3; [Acts 5:41; 1 Pet. 4:14, 16] l See Acts 3:17 m [Matt. 11:22, 24; Luke 12:47, 48]; See ch. 9:41 3 Greek they would not have sin; also verse 24 n See ch. 5:23 o ch. 3:2; 7:31; 9:32; Matt. 9:33; [ch. 10:32, 37] m [See ver. 22 above] p See ch. 14:9

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26 “But swhen the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, the will bear witness about me. 27 And uyou also will bear witness, vbecause you have been with me wfrom the beginning.

16 “I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away. 2 xThey will put you out of the synagogues.

Indeed, ythe hour is coming when zwhoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. 3 And they will do these things abecause they have not known the Father, nor me.

q See ch. 10:34; 12:38 r Cited from Ps. 35:19 or 69:4 s See ch. 14:16, 17, 26 t 1 Cor. 12:3; 1 John 5:7 u ch. 19:35; 21:24; 1 John 1:2; 4:14; [3 John 12]; See Luke 24:48 v See Acts 4:20 w [Luke 1:2; Acts 1:21, 22; 1 John 2:7] x ch. 9:22; 12:42 y See ch. 4:21 z Acts 8:1; 9:1; 26:9–11 a ch. 8:19, 55; 15:21; 17:25

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4 But bI have said these things to you, that when ctheir hour comes you may remember that I told them to you.

The Work of the Holy Spirit

“I did not say these things to you from the beginning, dbecause I was with you. 5 But now eI am going to him who sent me, and fnone of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ 6 But because I have said these things to you, gsorrow has filled your heart. 7 Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for hif I do not go away, ithe Helper will not come to you. But jif kI go, lI will send him to you. 8 mAnd when he comes, he will nconvict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment: 9 concerning sin, obecause they do not believe

b ch. 13:19; 14:29 c See Luke 22:53 d [Matt. 9:15] e See ch. 14:12 f [ch. 13:36; 14:5] g ver. 22; ch. 14:1 h ch. 7:39 i ch. 15:26; [ch. 14:16] j [Acts 2:33] k ch. 14:2 l See ch. 14:26 m [ch. 8:28] n [ch. 8:46] o ch. 8:24; [Acts 2:36, 37; 1 Cor. 12:3]

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Father, and you will see me no longer; 11 rconcerning judgment, because the ruler of this world sis judged.

12 “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 When tthe Spirit of truth comes, uhe will vguide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but wwhatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.

14 He will xglorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you. 15 yAll that the Father has is mine; ztherefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

p [Acts 17:31] q ver. 16, 17, 19 r See ch. 12:31 s [Col. 2:15; Heb. 2:14] t See ch. 14:17 u See ch. 14:26 v Acts 8:31; [ch. 1:17; 14:6; Ps. 25:5] w [ch. 15:15] x See ch. 7:39 y ch. 17:10 z ver. 14

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Your Sorrow Will Turn into Joy

16 a“A little while, and you will see me no longer; and bagain a little while, and you will see me.” 17 So csome of his disciples said to one another, “What is this that he says to us, d‘A little while, and you will not see me, and again a little while, and you will see me’; and, e‘because I am going to the Father’?” 18 So they were saying, “What does he mean by ‘a little while’? fWe do not know what he is talking about.” 19 gJesus knew that they wanted to ask him, so he said to them, “Is this what you are asking yourselves, what I meant by saying, ‘A little while and you will not see me, and again a little while and you will see me’? 20 Truly, truly, I say to you, hyou will weep and lament, but ithe world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful,

a See ch. 7:33 b [ver. 22] c [Mark 9:10, 32] d ver. 16 e ver. 10 f [ch. 14:5] g [ver. 30]; See ch. 2:24, 25 h Matt. 9:15; Mark 16:10; Luke 23:27 i [Rev. 11:10]

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j Jer. 31:13; See Matt. 5:4 k Isa. 26:17; [Ps. 48:6; Isa. 13:8; 1 Thess. 5:3; Rev. 12:2] l ver. 6; [2 Cor. 6:10] m [ver. 16] n Ps. 33:21; Isa. 66:14; Luke 24:52; Acts 2:46; 8:8, 39; 13:52 o ver. 26; ch. 14:20 p ver. 19, 30 q See ch. 14:13 r ch. 15:16; [Eph. 1:3] s See Matt. 7:7 t See ch. 15:11

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I Have Overcome the World

25 “I have said these things to you in figures of speech. uThe hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech but will tell you plainly about the Father.

26 In that day you will ask in my name, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father on your behalf; 27 vfor the

Father himself loves you, because wyou have loved me and xhave believed that I came from God.1 28 yI came from the Father and have come into the world, and now zI am leaving the world and going to the Father.”

29 His disciples said, “Ah, now you are speaking plainly and not ausing figurative speech! 30 Now we know that byou know all things and do not need anyone to question you; this is why we believe that cyou came from God.”

u ver. 2 v [ch. 14:21, 23; 17:23] w ch. 21:15–17; [1 Cor. 16:22] x ver. 30; ch. 17:8 1 Some manuscripts from the Father y ch. 8:14; 13:3 z See ch. 14:12 a ver. 25 b ch. 21:17; See ch. 2:24, 25 c [ver. 27, 28; ch. 3:2]

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31 Jesus answered them, “Do you now believe? 32 Behold, dthe hour is coming, indeed it has come, when eyou will be scattered, each to his own home, and fwill leave me alone. gYet I am not alone, for the Father is with me. 33 I have said these things to you, that hin me you may have peace. iIn the world you will have jtribulation. But ktake heart; lI have overcome the world.”

The High Priestly Prayer

17 When Jesus had spoken these words, mhe lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, nthe hour has come; oglorify your Son that the Son may pglorify you, 2 since qyou have given him authority over all flesh, rto give

d [ch. 4:21, 23] e Matt. 26:31; Mark 14:27 f [Isa. 63:5] g See ch. 8:16, 29 h See ch. 14:27; Col. 3:15 i [ch. 15:18–21] j Rev. 1:9; See Acts 14:22 k ch. 14:1, 27 l [Rom. 8:37; 1 John 4:4; 5:4, 5; Rev. 3:21; 12:11] m ch. 11:41 n [ch. 7:30]; See ch. 12:23 o See ch. 7:39 p ver. 4 q See Matt. 28:18; Rev. 2:26, 27 r ch. 10:28; 1 John 2:25

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6 d“I have manifested your name to the people ewhom you gave me out of the world. fYours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. 7 Now they know that everything fthat you have given me is from you. 8 For I have given them gthe words that you gave me,

s ver. 6, 9, 24; ch. 6:37, 39; 10:29; 18:9; Heb. 2:13 t [1 John 5:20] u Hos. 2:20; 6:3; 2 Pet. 1:2, 3 v ch. 5:44 w 1 Thess. 1:9; 1 John 5:20; [Jer. 10:10] x See ch. 3:17 y ver. 1; See ch. 13:31 z [ch. 19:30; Luke 22:37] a ch. 13:32 b ch. 1:1, 2; [Rev. 3:21] c ver. 24; Prov. 8:23; See ch. 8:58 d ver. 26; Ps. 22:22 e See ver. 2 f ver. 9 f [See ver. 6 above] g ver. 14; ch. 15:15; [ch. 8:26; 12:49]

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h ch. 8:42; 16:27 i ver. 21, 25; ch. 11:42; 16:30 j [ver. 20, 21] k See ver. 2 l ver. 6 m ch. 16:15 n 2 Thess. 1:10 o ch. 13:1 p See ch. 14:12 q [ver. 25] r ver. 12, 15; Jude 1 s [Ex. 23:21; Phil. 2:9; Rev. 19:12] t ver. 21, 22; [ch. 10:16; Rom. 12:5; Gal. 3:28; Eph. 1:10; 4:4] u ch. 10:30 v See ch. 14:25 w 2 Thess. 3:3; Jude 24 x ch. 18:9; [ch. 6:39; 10:28] y 2 Thess. 2:3

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16 kThey are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

17 lSanctify them2 in the truth; myour word is truth. 18 nAs you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the

z Ps. 109:8; Acts 1:16–20; [ch. 13:18] a See ch. 14:12 b See ch. 15:11 c ver. 3 d See ch. 15:19 e ver. 16 f ch. 8:23 g ver. 9 h [1 Cor. 5:10] i ver. 11 j See Matt. 13:19 1 Or from evil k ver. 14 l [1 Thess. 5:23; 2 Thess. 2:13; 1 Pet. 1:22]; See ch. 15:3 2 Greek Set them apart (for holy service to God) m 2 Sam. 7:28; Ps. 119:160 n ch. 20:21; [ch. 4:38; Matt. 10:5]

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20 “I do not rask for these only, but also for those swho will believe in me through their word, 21 tthat they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that uthey also may be in vus, so that the world wmay believe that you have sent me. 22 xThe glory that you have given me yI have given to them, tthat they may be one even as we are one, 23 zI in them and you in me, athat they may become perfectly one, bso that the world may know that you sent me and cloved them even as dyou loved me.

o [Titus 2:14] p ch. 10:36 3 Or I sanctify myself; or I set myself apart (for holy service to God) q [1 Cor. 1:2, 30; 6:11; Heb. 2:11; 10:10] 4 Greek may be set apart (for holy service to God) r ver. 9 s [ch. 4:39; Rom. 10:14; 1 Cor. 3:5] t See ver. 11; [1 Cor. 6:17] u 1 John 1:3; 3:24; 5:20 v ch. 14:23 w See ver. 8 x ver. 24; [ch. 1:14; Luke 9:26] y Rom. 8:30 t [See ver. 21 above] z ver. 26; ch. 14:20; Rom. 8:10; 2 Cor. 13:5 a 1 John 2:5; [Col. 3:14; 1 John 4:12, 17] b ver. 21; ch. 14:31 c ch. 16:27 d ver. 24, 26; See ch. 5:20

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24 Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be ewith me fwhere I am, gto see my glory that you have given me because you loved me hbefore the foundation of the world. 25 iO righteous Father, even though jthe world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me. 26 kI made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love lwith which you have loved me may be in them, and mI in them.” 8

e 2 Tim. 2:11, 12 f See ch. 12:26 g ch. 1:14; 2 Cor. 3:18; [1 John 3:2] h Eph. 1:4; 1 Pet. 1:20; See ver. 5 i Jer. 12:1; [ver. 11; Rev. 16:5]; See 1 John 1:9 j See ch. 8:55; 10:15 k ver. 6; ch. 15:15 l ver. 23; ch. 15:9 m See ver. 23 8 The Holy Bible: English Standard Version. (2016). (Jn 13:1–17:26). Wheaton: Standard Bible Society.

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John 18:1–19:42 (ESV)

Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus

18 When Jesus had spoken these words, nhe went out with his disciples across othe brook Kidron, where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered. 2 Now

Judas, who betrayed him, also knew pthe place, for qJesus often met there with his disciples. 3 rSo Judas, having procured a band of soldiers and some officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, went there with lanterns and torches and weapons. 4 Then Jesus, sknowing all that would happen to him, came forward and said to them, t“Whom do you seek?” 5 They answered him, “Jesus of

Nazareth.” Jesus said to them, “I am he.”1 Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them. 6 uWhen Jesus2

n Matt. 26:30, 36; Mark 14:26, 32; Luke 22:39 o See 2 Sam. 15:23 p Luke 22:40 q [Luke 21:37; 22:39] r For ver. 3–11, see Matt. 26:47–56; Mark 14:43–50; Luke 22:47–53 s ch. 13:1 t ver. 7; ch. 1:38; 20:15 1 Greek I am; also verses 6, 8 u [ch. 10:18; Matt. 26:53; Rev. 1:17] 2 Greek he

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And they said, “Jesus of Nazareth.” 8 Jesus answered, “I told you that I am he. So, if you seek me, let these men go.” 9 vThis was to fulfill the word that he had spoken: “Of those whom you gave me I have lost not one.” 10 Then

Simon Peter, whaving a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s servant3 and cut off his right ear. (The servant’s name was Malchus.) 11 So Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword into its sheath; xshall I not drink the cup that the

Father has given me?”

Jesus Faces Annas and Caiaphas

12 So the band of soldiers and their captain and the officers of the Jews4 arrested Jesus and bound him.

t [See ver. 4 above] v ch. 17:12 w [Luke 22:38] 3 Or bondservant; twice in this verse x Matt. 20:22; 26:39, 42; [Isa. 51:22] 4 Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time; also verses 14, 31, 36, 38

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13 First they yled him to zAnnas, for he was the father-in- law of aCaiaphas, who was high priest that year. 14 It was

Caiaphas who had advised the Jews bthat it would be expedient that one man should die for the people.

Peter Denies Jesus

15 cSimon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple. Since that disciple was known to the high priest, he entered with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest, 16 dbut Peter stood outside at the door. So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the servant girl who kept watch at the door, and brought Peter in. 17 eThe servant girl at the door said to Peter, “You also are not one of this man’s disciples, are you?” He said, “I am not.” 18 Now the servants5 and officers had made a charcoal fire, because it was cold, and

y [Matt. 26:57] z ver. 24; Luke 3:2; Acts 4:6 a ver. 24, 28; See Matt. 26:3 b ch. 11:50 c Matt. 26:58; Mark 14:54; Luke 22:54 d For ver. 16–18, see Matt. 26:69, 70; Mark 14:66–68; Luke 22:55–57 e Acts 12:13 5 Or bondservants; also verse 26

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The High Priest Questions Jesus

19 gThe high priest then questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teaching. 20 Jesus answered him, “I have spoken hopenly ito the world. I have always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where all Jews come together. jI have said nothing in secret. 21 Why do you ask me? Ask those who have heard me what I said to them; they know what I said.” 22 When he had said these things, one of the officers standing by struck Jesus with his hand, saying, k“Is that how you answer the high priest?” 23 Jesus answered him, “If what I said is wrong, bear witness about the wrong; but if what I said is right, why do you

f ver. 25; Mark 14:54 g For ver. 19–24, [Matt. 26:59–68; Mark 14:55–65; Luke 22:63–71] h ch. 7:26; [Matt. 26:55] i [ch. 8:26] j Isa. 45:19; 48:16; [ch. 7:4] k [Acts 23:4]

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Peter Denies Jesus Again

25 mNow Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. So they said to him, “You also are not one of his disciples, are you?” He denied it and said, “I am not.”

26 One of the servants of the high priest, a relative of nthe man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, “Did I not see you oin the garden with him?” 27 Peter again denied it, and pat once a rooster crowed.

Jesus Before Pilate

28 qThen they led Jesus rfrom the house of Caiaphas to sthe governor’s headquarters.6 It was early morning. They

l ver. 13 l ver. 13 m For ver. 25–27, see Matt. 26:71–75; Mark 14:69–72; Luke 22:58–62 n ver. 10 o ver. 1 p ch. 13:38 q Matt. 27:2; Mark 15:1; Luke 23:1 r ver. 24 s ver. 33; ch. 19:9; See Matt. 27:27 6 Greek the praetorium

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Passover. 29 vSo Pilate went outside to them and said,

“What accusation do you bring against this man?” 30 They answered him, “If this man were not doing evil, we would not have delivered him over to you.” 31 Pilate said to them, w“Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law.” The Jews said to him, “It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death.” 32 xThis was to fulfill the word that

Jesus had spoken yto show by what kind of death he was going to die.

My Kingdom Is Not of This World

33 zSo Pilate entered his headquarters again and called

Jesus and said to him, a“Are you the King of the Jews?”

34 Jesus answered, “Do you say this of your own accord,

t Acts 10:28; 11:3; [ch. 11:55] u [ch. 19:14] v For ver. 29–38, see Matt. 27:11–14; Mark 15:2–5; Luke 23:2, 3 w [ch. 19:6] x [ch. 13:18] y ch. 12:32, 33; Matt. 20:19; 26:2; Mark 10:33; Luke 18:32 z ch. 19:9 a [ch. 19:12]

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“Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests have delivered you over to me. What have you done?” 36 Jesus answered, b“My kingdom cis not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, dmy servants would have been fighting, that eI might not be delivered over to the

Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world.” 37 Then

Pilate said to him, “So you are a king?” Jesus answered, f“You say that I am a king. gFor this purpose I was born and for this purpose hI have come into the world—ito bear witness to the truth. jEveryone who is kof the truth llistens to my voice.” 38 Pilate said to him, “What is truth?”

b [ch. 6:15; Dan. 2:44; 7:14, 27; Luke 17:21] c ch. 8:23; [ch. 15:19; 17:14, 16; 1 John 2:16; 4:5] d [Matt. 26:53] e ch. 19:16 f See Luke 22:70 g [ch. 12:27; Rom. 14:9] h ch. 16:28 i ch. 3:11, 32; 5:31; 8:13, 14, 18 j 1 John 4:6; [ch. 8:47] k 1 John 2:21; 3:19 l ch. 10:16, 27

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After he had said this, mhe went back outside to the

Jews and told them, n“I find no guilt in him. 39 oBut you have a custom that I should release one man for you at the Passover. So do you want me to release to you the

King of the Jews?” 40 They cried out again, p“Not this man, but Barabbas!” Now Barabbas was a robber.7

Jesus Delivered to Be Crucified

19 Then Pilate took Jesus and qflogged him. 2 rAnd the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head and arrayed him in a purple robe. 3 They came up to him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and struck him with their hands. 4 Pilate went out again and said to them,

“See, I am bringing him out to you that you may know that sI find no guilt in him.” 5 So Jesus came out, wearing tthe

m ch. 19:4 n ch. 19:4, 6; See Luke 23:4 o For ver. 39, 40, see Matt. 27:15–18, 20–23; Mark 15:6–14; Luke 23:18–23 p Acts 3:14 7 Or an insurrectionist q Matt. 20:19; 27:26; Mark 15:15; Luke 23:16 r Matt. 27:27–30; Mark 15:16–19 s ver. 6; ch. 18:38 t ver. 2

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God.” 8 When Pilate heard this statement, zhe was even more afraid. 9 aHe entered his headquarters again and said to Jesus, b“Where are you from?” But cJesus gave him no answer. 10 So Pilate said to him, “You will not speak to me? Do you not know that I have authority to release you and authority to crucify you?” 11 Jesus answered him, d“You would have no authority over me at all unless it had

u [ver. 14] v [ch. 18:31] w ver. 4 1 Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time; also verses 12, 14, 31, 38 x Lev. 24:16; [ch. 10:33] y ch. 5:17, 18; 10:36; Matt. 26:63; Luke 22:70 z [Matt. 27:19] a ch. 18:33 b ch. 7:27 c [ch. 18:37]; See Matt. 26:63 d [Rom. 13:1]

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12 From then on gPilate sought to release him, but the

Jews cried out, “If you release this man, you are not

Caesar’s friend. hEveryone who makes himself a king opposes Caesar.” 13 So when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat down on ithe judgment seat at a place called The Stone Pavement, and in Aramaic2

Gabbatha. 14 Now it was jthe day of Preparation of the

Passover. It was about the sixth hour.3 He said to the

Jews, k“Behold your King!” 15 They cried out, l“Away with him, away with him, crucify him!” Pilate said to them,

“Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered,

e [ch. 18:14, 28–32; Matt. 27:2] f See ch. 9:41 g Acts 3:13 h See Luke 23:2 i Matt. 27:19 2 Or Hebrew; also verses 17, 20 j [ch. 18:28]; See Matt. 27:62 3 That is, about noon k [ver. 5] l Luke 23:18; [Acts 21:36]

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“We have no king but Caesar.” 16 mSo he ndelivered him over to them to be crucified.

The Crucifixion

So they took Jesus, 17 and ohe went out, pbearing his own cross, to the place called The Place of a Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha. 18 qThere they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, and Jesus between them. 19 Pilate ralso wrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It read, “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the

Jews.” 20 Many of the Jews read this inscription, for sthe place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Aramaic, in Latin, and in Greek. 21 So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The

King of the Jews,’ but rather, ‘This man said, I am King of

m Matt. 27:26; Mark 15:15; Luke 23:25 n ch. 18:36–40 o Matt. 27:33; Mark 15:22; Luke 23:33 p Luke 14:27; [Matt. 27:32; Mark 15:21; Luke 23:26] q Matt. 27:38; Mark 15:24, 27; Luke 23:32, 33 r [Matt. 27:37; Mark 15:26; Luke 23:38] s ver. 17; [Num. 15:35, 36; Heb. 13:12]

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23 uWhen the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his garments and divided them into four parts, one part for each soldier; also his tunic.4 But the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom, 24 so they said to one another, “Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it to see whose it shall be.” vThis was to fulfill the Scripture which says,

w“They divided my garments among them,

and for my clothing they cast lots.”

So the soldiers did these things, 25 xbut standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother’s sister,

Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26 When

Jesus saw his mother and ythe disciple whom he loved

t [Gen. 43:14; Esth. 4:16] u Matt. 27:35; Mark 15:24; Luke 23:34 4 Greek chiton, a long garment worn under the cloak next to the skin v See ch. 13:18 w Cited from Ps. 22:18 x Matt. 27:55, 56; Mark 15:40, 41; Luke 23:49 y See ch. 13:23

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The Death of Jesus

28 After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now bfinished, said (vto fulfill the Scripture), c“I thirst.” 29 A jar full of sour wine stood there, dso they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it to his mouth.

30 When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, e“It is finished,” and he bowed his head and fgave up his spirit.

z ch. 2:4 a [ch. 16:32] b [ver. 30] v [See ver. 24 above] c Ps. 69:21; See ch. 4:6, 7 d Matt. 27:48; Mark 15:36; [Luke 23:36] e [ver. 28; Acts 13:29]; See ch. 17:4 f Matt. 27:50; Mark 15:37; Luke 23:46

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Jesus’ Side Is Pierced

31 Since it was gthe day of Preparation, and hso that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was ia high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away. 32 So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other jwho had been 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 at once there came out kblood and water. 35 lHe who saw it has borne witness—mhis testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth—nthat you also may believe. 36 oFor these things took place that the Scripture might be fulfilled:

g ver. 14 h Deut. 21:23; Josh. 8:29; 10:26, 27 i Ex. 12:16 j ver. 18 k 1 John 5:6, 8 l 1 John 1:1–3; Rev. 1:2; See ch. 15:27 m [ch. 21:24] n [ch. 20:31] o See Matt. 1:22

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Jesus Is Buried

38 sAfter these things Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly tfor fear of the Jews, asked

Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus, and

Pilate gave him permission. So he came and took away his body. 39 uNicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus5 by night, came vbringing a mixture of wmyrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds6 in weight. 40 So they took the body of Jesus and xbound it in ylinen cloths with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews. 41 Now in the

p Cited from Ex. 12:46; Num. 9:12; [1 Cor. 5:7] q Ps. 34:20 r Cited from Zech. 12:10; [Rev. 1:7] s For ver. 38–42, see Matt. 27:57–61; Mark 15:42–47; Luke 23:50–56 t See ch. 7:13 u ch. 3:1, 2; 7:50 5 Greek him v [Mark 16:1; Luke 24:1] w Ps. 45:8; Prov. 7:17; Song 4:14 6 Greek one hundred litras; a litra (or Roman pound) was equal to about 11 1/2 ounces or 327 grams x ch. 11:44; [2 Chr. 16:14; Acts 5:6] y ch. 20:5–7; Luke 24:12

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JOHN: A 12-WEEK EXEGETICAL STUDY SHE SHALL BE CALLED place where he was crucified there was a zgarden, and ain the garden a new tomb bin which no one had yet been laid. 42 So because of the Jewish cday of Preparation, dsince the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus there.

z [ch. 20:15] a 2 Kgs. 21:18, 26 b Luke 23:53; [Mark 11:2] c ver. 14, 31 d ver. 41 9 The Holy Bible: English Standard Version. (2016). (Jn 18:1–19:42). Wheaton: Standard Bible Society.

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John 20:1–29 (ESV)

The Resurrection

20 eNow on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that fthe stone had been taken away from the tomb. 2 So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, gthe one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and hwe do not know where they have laid him.” 3 iSo Peter went out with the other disciple, and they were going toward the tomb.

4 Both of them were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. 5 And stooping to look in, he saw jthe linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in. 6 Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying

e Matt. 28:1; Mark 16:1, 2; Luke 24:1 f Matt. 27:60, 66; 28:2; Mark 15:46; 16:3, 4; Luke 24:2 g See ch. 13:23 h ver. 13 i Luke 24:12 j ch. 19:40

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Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

11 But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb. 12 And oshe saw ptwo angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet. 13 They said to her, q“Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, r“They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know

k ch. 11:44 1 Greek his l ver. 4 m Matt. 22:29 n Ps. 16:10; Luke 24:46; Acts 2:25–31; 13:34, 35; 17:3; 1 Cor. 15:4 o [Mark 16:5] p Luke 24:4 q ver. 15; [ch. 2:4] r ver. 2

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Magdalene bwent and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord”—and that he had said these things to her.

s Mark 16:9; [Matt. 28:9] t ch. 21:4; Luke 24:16, 31 u ver. 13 v ch. 1:38; 18:4, 7 w [ch. 19:41] 2 Or Hebrew x See ch. 1:38 y See Matt. 28:10 z [Mark 16:19]; See ch. 14:12 a Matt. 27:46; Eph. 1:17; Rev. 3:2, 12; [1 Cor. 3:23] b Mark 16:10; [Matt. 28:10; Luke 24:10, 22, 23]

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Jesus Appears to the Disciples

19 cOn the evening dof that day, the first day of the week, ethe doors being locked where the disciples were ffor fear of the Jews,3 Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, g“Peace be with you.” 20 When he had said this, hhe showed them his hands and his side. Then ithe disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. 21 Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As jthe Father has sent me, keven so I am sending you.” 22 And when he had said this, he lbreathed on them and said to them, m“Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 nIf you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld.”

c 1 Cor. 15:5; [ver. 26] d Luke 24:33, 36 e ver. 26 f See ch. 7:13 3 Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time; also verse 50 g See ch. 14:27 h Luke 24:40 i ch. 16:22 j ch. 17:18; See ch. 3:17 k ch. 13:20; See Acts 1:2 l Gen. 2:7 m [Acts 2:4]; See ch. 7:39 n [Matt. 16:19; 18:18; 1 Cor. 5:4, 5]

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Jesus and Thomas

24 Now oThomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin,4 was not with them when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, p“Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the mark of the nails, and place my hand into his side, I will never believe.”

26 Eight days later, his disciples were inside again, and

Thomas was with them. qAlthough the doors were locked,

Jesus came and stood among them and said, q“Peace be with you.” 27 Then he said to Thomas, r“Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side. Do not disbelieve, but believe.” 28 Thomas answered him, s“My Lord and my God!” 29 Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me?

o See ch. 11:16 4 Greek Didymus p ver. 20; [Ps. 22:16] q ver. 19 q ver. 19 r ver. 20; 1 John 1:1; [Luke 24:39] s [ch. 1:1, 49]

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JOHN: A 12-WEEK EXEGETICAL STUDY SHE SHALL BE CALLED tBlessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” 10

t 1 Pet. 1:8; [2 Cor. 5:7] 10 The Holy Bible: English Standard Version. (2016). (Jn 20:1–29). Wheaton: Standard Bible Society.

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John 20:30–21:25 (ESV)

The Purpose of This Book

30 uNow Jesus did many other signs vin the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; 31 wbut these are written so that you may xbelieve that Jesus is the Christ, ythe Son of God, and that by believing zyou may have life ain his name.

Jesus Appears to Seven Disciples

21 After this Jesus brevealed himself cagain to the disciples by dthe Sea of Tiberias, and he revealed himself

u ch. 21:25 v Acts 10:41 w 1 John 5:13 x See ch. 11:27 y See Matt. 14:33 z ch. 3:15, 16; 5:40; 6:53; 10:10 a [Acts 10:43; 1 Cor. 6:11]; See Acts 3:6 b ver. 14; [Mark 16:12, 14]; See ch. 7:4 c ch. 20:19, 26 d ch. 6:1

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Nathanael of fCana in Galilee, gthe sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were together. 3 Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.” They said to him, “We will go with you.” They went out and got into the boat, but hthat night they caught nothing.

4 Just as day was breaking, Jesus stood on the shore; yet the disciples idid not know that it was Jesus. 5 jJesus said to them, “Children, do you have any fish?” They answered him, “No.” 6 kHe said to them, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” So they cast it, and now they were not able to haul it in, because of the quantity of fish. 7 That disciple lwhom Jesus loved therefore said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” When Simon

Peter heard that it was the Lord, mhe put on his outer

e See ch. 11:16 f ch. 2:1; 4:46 g Matt. 4:21; Luke 5:10 h [Luke 5:5] i ch. 20:14 j Luke 24:41 k [Luke 5:4, 6, 7] l See ch. 13:23 m ver. 18; [ch. 13:4]

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JOHN: A 12-WEEK EXEGETICAL STUDY SHE SHALL BE CALLED garment, for he was nstripped for work, and othrew himself into the sea. 8 The other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish, for they were not far from the land, but about a hundred yards1 off.

9 When they got out on land, they saw a charcoal fire in place, with fish laid out on it, and bread. 10 Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish that you have just caught.”

11 So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, 153 of them. And although there were so many, the net was not torn. 12 Jesus said to them, p“Come and qhave breakfast.” Now rnone of the disciples dared ask him, “Who are you?” They knew it was the

Lord. 13 Jesus came and stook the bread and gave it to them, and so with the fish. 14 tThis was now the third time

n 1 Sam. 19:24; Isa. 20:2; Mic. 1:8 o [Matt. 14:29] 1 Greek two hundred cubits; a cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters p Acts 10:41 q ver. 15 r [ch. 4:27] s ver. 9 t ver. 1; ch. 20:19, 26

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Jesus and Peter

15 When they had ufinished breakfast, Jesus said to

Simon Peter, v“Simon, wson of John, xdo you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed ymy lambs.” 16 He said to him a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?”

He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, z“Tend ymy sheep.” 17 He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was grieved because he said to him athe third time, “Do you love me?” and he said to him, “Lord, byou know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him,

u ver. 12 v [Matt. 16:17; Luke 22:31] w ch. 1:42 x [Matt. 26:33; Mark 14:29] y ch. 10:11–16; [Isa. 40:11] z Acts 20:28; 1 Pet. 5:2; Rev. 7:17 (Gk.) y [See ver. 15 above] a [ch. 13:38] b See ch. 2:25

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“Feed cmy sheep. 18 dTruly, truly, I say to you, when you were young, eyou used to dress yourself and walk wherever you wanted, but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will dress you and carry you where you do not want to go.” 19 (This he said to show fby what kind of death he was to glorify God.) And after saying this he said to him, g“Follow me.”

Jesus and the Beloved Apostle

20 Peter turned and saw hthe disciple whom Jesus loved following them, ithe one who also had leaned back against him during the supper and had said, “Lord, who is it that is going to betray you?” 21 When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, “Lord, what about this man?” 22 Jesus said to him, “If it is my will that he remain juntil kI come, what

c ver. 16 d [ch. 13:36] e ver. 7 f 2 Pet. 1:14 g ver. 22; Matt. 16:24; [ch. 13:36]; See ch. 8:12 h ver. 7 i ch. 13:25 j Matt. 10:23; 16:28; 1 Cor. 4:5; 11:26; James 5:7; Rev. 2:25 k [ch. 14:3, 18, 28; Heb. 10:37; Rev. 2:5, 16; 3:3, 11; 16:15; 22:7, 12, 20]; See Matt. 16:27

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24 This is the disciple nwho is bearing witness about these things, and who has written these things, and owe know pthat his testimony is true.

25 Now qthere are also many other things that Jesus did.

Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that rthe world itself could not contain the books that would be written. 11

l ver. 19 m Acts 1:15; 9:30; 11:1; 12:17; 15:1; 16:2, 40; 21:7, 17; 1 John 3:14, 16 2 Or brothers and sisters n See ch. 15:27 o 1 John 3:2, 14; 5:15, 18–20; [ch. 19:35] p 3 John 12 q ch. 20:30 r [Amos 7:10] 11 The Holy Bible: English Standard Version. (2016). (Jn 20:30–21:25). Wheaton: Standard Bible Society.

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