Continuation of Last Week (John 20:19-31)
- Use the Strongs to look up the Greek word for “believe” (John 20:31 twice). Then find a couple of uses of that same word in the New Testament that you think are significant (be prepared to share them in class).
- What are the three names/titles given to Jesus in John 20:31 and what is the significance of each portion?
Addendum: Here are some answers I found to the questions above:
- Believing (verb) G4100 (pisteuo) 248 occurences in NT, astonishing # of times in John. [There is a very similar word, pistis (G4102 Noun), from which pisteuo originates, that is also found a lot in the NT, especially John.] Many of Jesus’ arguments and miracles listed in the book of John center around this term. I think the term pisteuo and pistis has a strong correlation with the idea of a saving belief in Jesus.
- Joh 9:35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God? Joh 9:36 He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him? Joh 9:37 And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee.
- Act 4:4 Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.
- Act 8:36 And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?
- Act 8:37 And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
- Rom 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Assignments for John 21 (part 1)
- Bring a list of questions about the passage
- John seemed to conclude his book at the end of John 20. Is this now just an interesting story about another appearance of Jesus (historical account), or why do you think it was important to John to add this story to his book?