Why do you think John included chapter 21 after his climatic statement about believing in Jesus as the Son of God? Chapter 21 doesn’t seem to support that main theme that well. (??) Peter and Jesus use 2 different Greek words to talk about love in a word play that isn’t apparent in English. For […]
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 […]
Read 1 Cor 15:1-29 Read Luke 24 Write a list of questions you have about the passage on a 3×5 or whatever Consider the following questions: What is the focus of chapter 20? What did the disciples do with what John/Peter and Mary Magdalene told them? Verse 19 talks about how the disciples were behind […]
A tool I find useful for studying a Scripture passage is to ask questions of the passage. Following are some of my introductory questions. What is the point of the resurrection from a birds-eye-view? What is the significance of John 20 to Christianity (hint: read 1 Corinthians 15:1-34) What is the significance of Jesus being […]