Further Resources Consider Jesus: Why “He Gives the Spirit” is Better Than “He Gets Us” (John 16:1–15) It’s Time: Jesus’s Final Word in His Farewell Discourse (John 16:16–33) John 16 (ESV) 16 “I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away. 2 They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, the … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: John 16

Further Resources John 15 (ESV) I Am the True Vine 15 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3 Already you are clean because of the … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: John 15

Further Resources John 14 (ESV) I Am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life 14 “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. 2 In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? 3 And … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: John 14

Further Resources John’s Priestly Passion (Sermon on John 13:1–30) An Outline of John 13:1–35 (see image) John 13 (ESV) Jesus Washes the Disciples’ Feet 13 Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: John 13

Further Resources John’s Chiasm Highlights the Mission of Christ: Six Observations from John 11:45–12:11 John 12 (ESV) Mary Anoints Jesus at Bethany 12 Six days before the Passover, Jesus therefore came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. 2 So they gave a dinner for him there. Martha served, and Lazarus was … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: John 12

Further Resources It Is Not Death to Die – A hymn by Bob Kauflin, updating Cesar Malan (1832); translated by George W. Bethune (1847).  John’s Chiasm Highlights the Mission of Christ: Six Observations from John 11:45–12:11 The Resurrection and the Life: A Sermon on John 11 John 11 (ESV) The Death of Lazarus 11 Now a … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: John 11

Further Resources “The Court of the Sheep”: A Temple Reading of John  John 10 (ESV) 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 … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: John 10

Further Resources   John 9 (ESV) Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind 9 As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3 Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: John 9

Further Resources Go and Preach No More? Six Contextual Problems with John 7:53–8:11 The Crack in the Cosmos: Letting the Light of John 8:12–59 Expose the Divide in Humanity John 8 (ESV) [The earliest manuscripts do not include 7:53–8:11.] The Woman Caught in Adultery [[They went each to his own house,1 but Jesus went to the … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: John 8

Further Resources Three Literary Mountains: Seeing the Chiastic Structures of John 7 Sacred Time and Sacred Space (Leviticus 23–24) John 7 (ESV) Jesus at the Feast of Booths 7 After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He would not go about in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him. 2 Now the Jews’ Feast of Booths … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: John 7