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Please forgive the following rant. But I’m just so tired of shallow commentaries that don’t listen to what Jesus is saying. Jesus’ difficult statements in John 6 about eating his flesh and drinking his blood have normally been interpreted as though … Continue reading →

(John 6:66 ESV)  66 After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him. The traditional interpretation is that the disciples left Jesus because they thought he was teaching cannibalism or some such thing. And to … Continue reading →

(John 6:64-65 ESV)  64 “But there are some of you who do not believe.” (For Jesus knew from the beginning who those were who did not believe, and who it was who would betray him.)  65 And he said, “This … Continue reading →

(John 6:47-51 ESV)  47 “Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life.  48 I am the bread of life.  49 Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.  50 This is the bread that … Continue reading →

(John 6:41-42 ESV)  41 So the Jews grumbled about him, because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”  42 They said, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How … Continue reading →

(John 6:36-37 ESV)  36 “But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe.  37 All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.” … Continue reading →

(John 6:15 ESV)  15 Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself. Many of the Jews were desperately unhappy with Roman rule. Moreover, … Continue reading →

(John 6:1-3 ESV) After this Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias.  2 And a large crowd was following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing … Continue reading →

Let’s reflect a bit on the character of Jesus as revealed in this chapter. Jesus healed a man lame from birth on the Sabbath. He had no hope of being healed by the medicine of the day. And hopping in … Continue reading →

(John 5:17-18 ESV)  17 But Jesus answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I am working.”  18 This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, … Continue reading →