Category Archives: John

(John 14:21 ESV)  21 “Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.” Jesus is … Continue reading →

(John 14:19 ESV) 19 “Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live.” Jesus is now referring most especially to his post-resurrection appearances. “Because I … Continue reading →

(John 14:18-19 ESV)  18 “I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.  19 Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will … Continue reading →

(John 14:7 NET) “If you have known me, you will know my Father too. And from now on you do know him and have seen him.” I prefer the NET Bible’s choice of “have” to “had,” as in the ESV. … Continue reading →

(John 14:1 ESV) “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.” Jesus had just told Peter than he’d deny Jesus three times that night! Jesus was speaking in dark terms that surely terrified his disciples. … Continue reading →

(John 13:34-35 ESV)  34 “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.  35 By this all people will know that you are my … Continue reading →

(John 13:10-11 ESV)  10 Jesus said to him, “The one who has bathed does not need to wash, except for his feet, but is completely clean. And you are clean, but not every one of you.”  11 For he knew … Continue reading →

(John 13:1-2 NET) Just before the Passover feast, Jesus knew that his time had come to depart from this world to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he now loved them to the very end … Continue reading →

Before we get to the verse-by-verse discussion, we need to pause. We’re about to engage chapters 13 – 17, Jesus’ washing of his disciples’ feet followed by an extended discourse just before his arrest. Here we have 5 chapters recording … Continue reading →

Again, “Jesus Christ Superstar” isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, and there are countless errors here in the details. For example, where’s the donkey? But Tim Rice’s lyrics and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s music do an excellent job, I think, of showing … Continue reading →