Category Archives: John

Chapter 9 is another comedic chapter. Rather than Jesus’ debating the Jewish religious leaders, this dialog falls to a blind man. Jesus lets his case be argued by a man who’d never seen a Torah scroll, who’d never read the … Continue reading →

(John 9:18-21 ESV) 18 The Jews 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, … Continue reading →

(John 9:6-7 ESV)  6 Having said these things, he spit on the ground and made mud with the saliva. Then he anointed the man’s eyes with the mud  7 and said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” … Continue reading →

(John 7:53-8:2 ESV) 53 [They went each to his own house, 8:1 but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.  2 Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat … Continue reading →

The (true) story of the woman taken in adultery is in the KJV without footnote or warning. But nearly all translations published in the last 100 years place these verses in brackets or even in a footnote. Why? Well, its … Continue reading →

We skipped the woman taken in adultery, but that (true) story will be next up. The rest of chapter 8 is a continuation of Jesus’ discourse and debate at the Feast of Booths. * How do you suppose the crowd … Continue reading →

(John 8:31-32 ESV)  31 So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples,  32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” What … Continue reading →

We skip the next few verses for a moment. The story of the woman taken in adultery is almost certainly not part of John’s original manuscript. It’s written in a different style (very much like Luke, the experts say), and is … Continue reading →

I’m sure I’ve read John many, many times before, but for some reason, chapter 7 and 8 never clicked for me. I’d never really read them. But I just love these chapters. I wrote all the posts on both chapters … Continue reading →