Jn 18:25-19:22

• Peter's 2nd and 3rd Denials
• to avoid ceremonial uncleanness the Jews did not enter Pilate's palace
• so Pilate came out to them
• the Jews did not have the right to execute anyone
• but their intent was to have Jesus killed
  
• Pilate heard Jesus
• are you the king of the Jews
• is that your own idea or something you heard?
• I'm not a Jew, but your people sent you to me, what have you done?
• my kingdom is not of this world, but from another place
• you are a king then
• you're right; that's why I was born and came to this world--to testify the truth
• what is truth? (Pilate walked out, not intended for an answer)
• Pilate offered the Jews the release of either Jesus or Barabbas
• the crowd chose Barabbas
  
• the soldiers put a crown of thorns on Jesus' head
• they stuck him in the face
• they put on him a purple robe
• Pilate wanted to hear Jesus again
• where do you come from?
• Don't you realize I have power either to free you or to crucify you?
• the power is from above
• the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin
• Pilate wanted to set Jesus free, but the Jews objected
• if you let him go, you're no friend of Caesar
• we have no king but Caesar (the chief priests)
• notice from Pilate
• JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS
• written in
  
• Aramaic,
  
• Latin and
  
• Greek
• the Jews asked for a modification (self claimed), but Pilate refused

Jn 18:1-24

• Jesus arrested
• When Jesus said, "I am he," they drew back and fell to the ground
• Peter cut off the right ear of high priest's servant's (by the name of Malchus)
• Peter disowned Jesus
• Jesus, I said nothing in secret
• ask those who heard me, they surely know what I said
• an official struck Jesus in his face
• Is this the way you answer the high priest?
• if I spoke the truth, why did you strike me?
  

Jn 17

• Jesus distinguished the world and the believers
• I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours
• protect them by the power of your name—the name you gave me—so that they may be one as we are one
• My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one
• Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. 18As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world
• Be One!
• vv11, 21, 22, 23,
  

Jn 16:1-33

• the benefit to his followers in Jesus' departure (v7):
  
• Unless I go away, the Counselor will not come to you
• if I go, I will send him to you
• when he comes, he will convict the world of guilt in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment
• He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come
• I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world

Jn 14:15-31

• love me -> obey my commands
• God will give you another Counselor
• to be with you forever
  
• he is the Spirit of truth, the Holy Spirit (v25)
  
• he lives with you and will be in you
• he will teach you all things
• will remind you of everything I have said to you (v26)
  
• loves Jesus -> loved by God and by Jesus, who will show to him
• do not let your heart be troubled and do not be afraid

Jn 13:31-14:14

• where I am going, you cannot come
• where I am going, you cannot follow now,but you will follow later (Jesus said to Peter)
• A new command:
• love one another
• as I have loved you, you must love one another
• by this all men will know that you are my disciples
  
• disciples' reactions upon Jesus' pronounced departure:
• Peter
• where are you going?
• why can't I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.
• to which Jesus answered Peter will disown him 3 times before the rooster crows
• Thomas
• how can we know the way if we don't know where you're going?
• upon Jesus' promise to come back and take them to be where he will be
• to which Jesus replied
• I am the way and the truth and the life
• No one comes to the Father except through me
• Philip
• show us the Father and that will be enough for us
• to which Jesus replied
• anyone who has seen me has seen the Father
• I am in the Father, and the Father is in me
• Jesus' promise on prayers
• I will do whatever you ask in my name
• so that the Son may bring glory to the Father
• you may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it
  

Jn 13:1-30

• Jesus loved his own (people) who were in the world
• he now showed them the full extend of his love (or loved them to the last)
  
• -> to die for them
• devil prompt Judas Iscariot to betray Jesus
• Jesus washed his disciples' feet
• because
• he knew
• his Father had put all things under his power
• he had come from God and was returning to God
• Peter refused
• you shall never wash my feet
• Jesus replied
• unless I wash you, you have no part with me
• why? what's the significance of washing his feet?
• Jesus said also that later they would understand. Did they?
• Jesus explained why
  
• it's true that I am your teacher and Lord
• now that I washed your feet, you should wash one another's feet
• I have set you an example that you should follow
• whoever accepts Jesus accepts the one who sent him
• Satan entered into Judas

Jn 8:31-59

• If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.
• I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.
• He who belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God
• Jesus accused the unbelieving Jews belong to the devil
• I tell you the truth," Jesus answered, "before Abraham was born, I am!"
• Jesus claimed he had seen Abraham
• At this, the Jews wanted to stone him, but he hid himself and slipped away
  

Jn 8:21-30

• I am not of this world.
• if you do not believe that I am the one I claim to be, you will indeed die in your sins
• who are you?
• Just what I have been claiming all along
• I do nothing on my own
• I always do what pleases him
• that's the reason God's always with him
  

Jn 8:1-20

• the adulterous woman
• caught in the act of adultery
• she was used as a trap to establish a base to accuse Jesus
• Jesus didn't reply at first
• he bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger
• when repeatedly asked, Jesus replied
• if any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.
• then he continued with writing
• then they left one-by-one, starting with the eldest
• when there's only Jesus left, he straightened up and said to the woman
• ...go now and leave your life of sin
• the Pharisees accused Jesus the validity of his testimony
• Jesus appeared as his own witness -> not valid
• I am not alone; I stand with the Father, who sent me
• where is your father, they asked
• you do not know me or my father; if you knew me, you would know my father also.
  

Jn 7:30-52

• his time had not yet come
• God determines the time
• how then shall we pray?
• pray along with God's will
• not against it
• if anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink
• whoever believes in me, streams of living water will flow from within him
• Jewish leaders didn't believe
• Nicodemus cautioned them to hear him first

Jn 7:1-29

• Jesus' time
• Jesus' brother urged to go to Judea
• for no public figure should act in secret
• Jesus' brother didn't believe him yet;
  
• Jesus replied
  
• The right time for me has not yet come; for you any time is right
• But Jesus did go after all
• but in secret, not in public
• Some said, he's a good man
• others replied, No, he deceives the people
• My teaching is not my own, but from the one who sent me
  

Jn 6:43-71

• God initiates, man response:
  
• No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day;
• 6:47 - I tell you the truth, he who believes has everlasting life.
• For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink
• in synagogue of Gapernaum
• The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing
• The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life
• Peter acknowledged, you have the words of eternal life
• Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!

Jn 6:22-42

• God's work -> believe
• I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty;
• God's will ->
  
• not lose anyone who was given to Jesus
• raise them up at the last day
• those who believe shall have eternal life

Jn 6:1-21

• Jesus fed 5000
• Sea of Galilee = Sea of Tiberias
• near Passover Feast
• Jesus tested Philip
• where shall we buy bread for these people?
• Philip realized the difficult task
• even 8 months' wages would not be enough money for the bread
• Andrew brought to Jesus the child with
  
• 5 small barley loaves and
  
• 2 fish
• 5000 all had enough to eat
• Jesus ordered to pack the leftovers
• Gather the pieces that are left over
  
• Let nothing be wasted
• they gathered 12 baskets of leftovers
• Jesus walked on the water
• in the midst of strong wind and rough water
• disciples saw Jesus approaching them, walking on the water
• they were terrified
• It is I; don't be afraid
• after Jesus aboard the boat, they reached the shore immediately!
  

Jn 5:24-47

• crossed over from death to live
• those hear Jesus' word and believe God, the sender
• I seek not to please myself but him who sent me
• the scriptures testify about Jesus
• Moses wrote about Jesus
  

Jn 5:1-23

• Bethesda
• a pool with healing power;
  
• near Sheep Gate of Jerusalem;
• now Bethesda, MD is home to NIH;
• a sick man with 38 years of illness
• Jesus said, 'get up! pick up your mat and walk'
• at once the man was cured
• then he was accused of picking up the mat during Sabbath
• but the man who cured me told me to;
• who is the fellow...?
• he didn't know at the time, but after he found out, he told the Jews about it
• Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you
• does it mean this man's disease was linked to his sins/life style?
• does it mean that if he doesn't change his life style, then he may get something worse; and vice versa?
• the Son will do the judgment (v22)
  
• honor the Son so the Father is also honored;
  

Jn 4:43-54

• a prophet has no honor in his own country;
• Jesus heals official's son
• he believed when Jesus said 'you may go, your son will live';
• at that moment, his son's fever left him;
• then he believed in Jesus, so did his entire household;
• That was the 2nd miraculous sign Jesus performed in Galilee;
  

Jn 4:4-42

• Jesus stopped at Jacob's well;
• Samaritan Woman asked
  
• why -
  
• why did you ask from me, a Samaritan?
• how -
  
• how can you get living water?
• who -
• are you greater than our father Jacob?
• whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life
• the woman wanted the living water from Jesus
  
• did she get it?
  
• Jesus admitted to her he is the Messiah
• she almost believed (v29)
• she led others to come to Jesus--they believed (v41-42);
• did she ever truly believe?
  
• the scripture wasn't explicit about it;
  
• it's probably arguable, but from her reactions she most likely did (I just hope that could last till the end of her life, even that it is not difficult to imagine);
  
• those who she helped would help her to be sure--
• yes, I met the Messiah
• he spoke to me
• he knew everything about my past
  
• many people who came to him after hearing my story believed;
  
• God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth;
  

Jn 3:22-4:3

• John the Baptist discuss with his disciples about Jesus
• everyone is going to be baptized by Jesus now
• John repeated he's not Christ
• as the friend who attends the bridegroom, he waits and listens for Christ
• and is full of joy when he hears the voice of the bridegroom
• He must become greater, I must become less
• the one comes from above is above all
• God gives the Spirit without limit
• The Father loves the Son and has placed everything in his hands
• Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life,
  
• but whoever rejects the Son will not see life,
  
• for God's wrath remains on him
• Jesus' disciples also baptized others
• Jesus to return to Galilee (the same region as Cana, where he attend the wedding and changed water to wine)
• Jesus did not avoid Samaria, but went through it;
  

Jn 3:1-21

• reborn through Spirit
  
• believe -> eternal life
• just as Moses lifted up the snake in desert (Num 21:4-9);
• men loves darkness because
• their deeds were evil
• fear their deeds be exposed
• whoever lives by truth comes into the light
• live our daily life by truth!
• not fear of being exposed, laid plainly in front of people -> what he has done has been done through God
  

Jn 2:1-25

• Jesus performed his first miracle sign at a wedding banquet at Cana in Galileee
• Jesus clears the temple
• almost time for Passover (1 or 2 years before he died)
• the disciples remembered a scripture verse (v17) from his action
• Jesus came to fulfill the prophecies
  
• Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.
• his body as the temple (v21)
• But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all men. He did not need man's testimony about man, for he knew what was in a man.
• meaning?
  

Jn 1:29-51

• John recognized Jesus as Lamb of God and Son of God
  
• testified for Jesus
• but later in life also doubted (Lk 7:19);
• Jesus calls Disciples
• 2 of John's disciples followed Jesus (to see where he lived)
• one was Andrew, brother of Peter
• the first thing he did--he went to Peter and said
• we have found the Messiah
• and led him to Jesus
• Jesus gave Peter the name (he was named Simon)
• the other one is not mentioned...
• Philip
• from Bethsaida
• same as Peter and Andrew
• Philip found Nathanael
• told him that the one prophesied was Jesus of Nazareth
• Nathanael despise people of Nazareth
• come and see, said Philip
• Jesus said Nathanael was a true Israelite, nothing is false in him
• Nathanael believed because Jesus saw him even before Philip found him;