John 1:1 In a beginning [eternity past] the Word [Jesus
Christ] was [continued existence]. Moreover, the Word [Jesus Christ] was face-to-face with God [intimate fellowship with the
Father]. In fact, the Word [Jesus Christ] was God [deity].
John 1:2 He [the same One] was in a beginning [eternity past]
face-to-face with God [intimate fellowship with the Father].
John 1:3 All things [creation]
came into being through Him [intermediate agency], and apart from Him not even one thing came into being [refutes evolutionary
theory] that came into existence in the past and continues to exist in the present.
John
1:4 In Him [Jesus Christ] spiritual life began and continued to exist. In fact, this spiritual life came into existence and
continued to be the Light [communicated sphere of the Divine] of men [believers].
John
1:5 Moreover, the Light [sphere of the Divine] is constantly shining in the sphere of darkness. But the darkness could not
overwhelm it [overcome it with hostile intent].
John 1:6 A man appeared, whose name was John, who was sent
as an ambassador from the presence of God.
John 1:7 This man [John] came as a witness, in order that
he might testify about the Light [Jesus Christ], so that all types of people [Jew & Gentile, rich & poor, male &
female, slave & free] might come to believe through him [his testimony about the coming Messiah].
John
1:8 He [John] was not the Light, but was sent in order to testify about the Light [Jesus Christ].
John
1:9 He [Jesus Christ] was the genuine Light, which having come into the world [at the incarnation], brings spiritual light
to each man [convicts each individual of sin].
John 1:10 He [Jesus Christ] was in the world [during the dispensation
of the Hypostatic Union]. In fact, the world [the creation and its inhabitants] came into existence through Him. However,
the world [inhabitants] did not recognize Him.
John 1:11 He [Jesus Christ]
came unto His own [possessions], but His own people did not receive Him.
John 1:12 But as many [His
own: Jews] as received Him [Jesus Christ], He gave to them the right [judicial authority] to become children of God [as opposed
to children of Abraham by heredity], to those who are the believing ones [Christians] in His name:
John
1:13 Who, not out from bloods [two parents] as a source, nor from the desire of the flesh [sexual desire of the parents] as
a source, nor from the desire of man [procreative instinct of the male] as a source, but from God as a source [as opposed
to heredity] they were born.
John 1:14 Moreover, the Word [deity of Christ] became flesh
[humanity of Christ] and came to dwell among us [with human beings on Earth], and we observed firsthand His glory, glory as
the uniquely-born [in hypostatic union] from the Father, full of grace and truth.
John
1:15 John continually testified concerning Him, shouting with a loud voice, saying: This person is the One whom I spoke about,
the One who would come after me [John preceded and announced His coming ministry], Who will rise above me [higher in stature
and rank], because He was before me [eternal existence],
John 1:16 Since we [believers] have all [including John the
Testifier] received out from His abundance [no shortage], even grace [continuous blessing] upon grace [initial blessing].
John
1:17 Because the law was given through Moses, grace and truth were established through Jesus Christ [the standards and penalty
of the law required the provision of grace and truth from God].
John 1:18 No one has ever
seen the essence of Deity. The uniquely born one [Jesus Christ in hypostatic union], the essence of Deity, the One who is
in the bosom of the Father [intimate fellowship], explained Him [the essence of the Father].
John
1:19 Now this is the testimony of John, when the Judeans sent priests [descendants of Aaron] and Levites [non-priests from
the same tribe] from Jerusalem face-to-face to him, so that they might ask him: Who are you?
John
1:20 And he acknowledged and did not refuse [to answer them], and declared: I myself am not the Messiah.
John
1:21 Then they asked him: What? Then are you Elijah? And he replied: I am not. Are you the Prophet [like Moses]? And he replied
with discernment: No.
John 1:22 Then they asked him: Who are you, so that we may
give an answer to those [religious leaders in Jerusalem] who sent us? What do you say about yourself?
John
1:23 He replied: I myself am a voice shouting in the desert, “Make straight [prepare] the way of the Lord,” just
as Isaiah the prophet said.
John 1:24 And they were from the Pharisees who were sent on
the mission.
John 1:25 And they interrogated him and asked him: Why then are you baptizing,
if you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet [like Moses]?
John 1:26 John replied with
discernment to them saying: I myself am baptizing by means of water. He [Jesus Christ] stands in your midst, One you [religious
leaders] do not recognize,
John 1:27 The One [Jesus Christ] who is coming after me [John
preceded and announced His coming ministry], Whose sandal strap I am not worthy to release.
John
1:28 These things happened in Bethany on the other side of the Jordan [River], where John was in the habit of baptizing.
John
1:29 On the next day, John saw Jesus coming towards him [returning from the desert where He had been tempted], and proclaimed:
Look, the Lamb of God [allusion to the sacrificial system of Israel] who will take away the sin of the world [exclusive Jewish
benefits are extended to Gentiles in future dispensations]!
John 1:30 This is He concerning
whom I proclaimed: A man will come after me [John preceded and announced His coming ministry] Who will rise above me [higher
in stature and rank], because He was before me [eternal existence].
John 1:31 Now as for me, I
was not personally acquainted with Him in the past. But in order that He might be revealed to Israel [as their Messiah], for
this reason [purpose of identification], I came before the public baptizing by means of water.
John
1:32 And John testified, saying that: I saw the Spirit descending like a dove out of heaven and He [the Spirit] abode upon
Him [Jesus Christ].
John 1:33 Moreover, I did not recognize Him [as the Messiah
with my own perceptive abilities]. But He [God the Father] who sent me to baptize by means of water, that same One said to
me: Upon whomever you see the Spirit descending and abiding upon Him, this One [Jesus] is He who will baptize by means of
the Holy Spirit.
John 1:34 And it came about that I did see [the Spirit descend
upon Him] and have testified that this One [Jesus] is the Son of God.
John 1:35 On the next day
[day 3], John was once again standing firm, also accompanied by two of his followers [Andrew & John, the author of this
gospel].
John 1:36 And after fixing his gaze upon Jesus as He was walking about, he
shouted: Look, the Lamb of God!
John 1:37 And the two followers [of John] heard him shouting
[directing them to the Lamb of God], and began to accompany Jesus as disciples.
John
1:38 Then Jesus, after turning around and noticing that they are following Him, asks them: What are you searching for? And
they replied: Rabbi, (which translated means Teacher), where do you live?
John 1:39 He replied to them:
Come and you will see. So they departed and saw where He lived and they stayed with Him that day. It was about the tenth hour.
John
1:40 One of the two who heard John and followed Him [Jesus] was Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter.
John
1:41 He [Andrew] found his own brother Simon first, and said to him: We found the Messiah, which means, being interpreted,
the Christ [the Anointed One].
John 1:42 He [Andrew] brought him [Simon] to Jesus. After
Jesus fixed His gaze upon him, He said: You are Simon, son of Jonas. You will be called Kephas, which is translated: Rock.
John
1:43 On the next day, He decided to go to Galilee. Then He came upon Philip and Jesus said to him: Follow Me!
John
1:44 Now, Philip was from Bethsaida, out from the city of Andrew and Peter.
John 1:45 Philip located Nathanael
and said to him: We found the One Moses wrote about in the law, as well as the prophets - Jesus from Nazareth, the son of
Joseph.
John 1:46 But Nathanael asked him: Is anything good able to come out of Nazareth?
Philip replied to him: Come and see!
John 1:47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him and said concerning
him: Look, a true Israelite in whom guile does not exist!
John 1:48 Nathanael asked Him: From what source did you obtain
this personal knowledge about me? Jesus answered him: Before Philip summoned you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw
you.
John 1:49 Nathanael replied with discernment to Him: Rabbi, you are the Son
of God. You are the King of Israel.
John 1:50 Jesus replied with discernment and asked him: Did
you come to believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than these.
John
1:51 Then He said to him [directed at Nathanael]: Most assuredly, I am saying to you [including everyone else in the periphery],
you will see heaven opening and the angels of God ascending and descending in the presence of the Son of Man [representing
humanity].
John 2:1 Now on the third day [of Jesus’ journey from Bethany] a wedding
banquet took place in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus [Mary] was there.
John
2:2 And Jesus was also invited to the wedding banquet [a family affair], as well as His disciples.
John
2:3 But when the wine began to run out, the mother of Jesus [Mary] said to Him: They [the wedding guests] will have no more
wine.
John 2:4 And Jesus replied to her: Woman, what has that got to do with Me
or you? My time has not yet arrived.
John 2:5 His mother [Mary] said to the waiters: Whatever He
says to you, do it.
John 2:6 Now, there were six stone jars standing there, for
the purpose of Jewish purification, which held two or three liquid measures each [about 100 to 150 gallons in total].
John
2:7 Jesus said to them: Fill the water pots with water. So they filled them to the brim.
John
2:8 Then He told them: Start drawing now and carry it to the Master of the feast. And so they carried it.
John
2:9 Now, while the Master of the feast tasted the water which had become wine, and did not know where it might have come from,
of course, the waiters who drew the water knew. The Master of the feast summoned the bridegroom,
John
2:10 And said to him: Every man customarily serves good wine first, and when they [the guests] have become intoxicated, the
inferior [wine]. You have reserved the best [quality] wine until now.
John 2:11 Jesus did this first
of His miracles [signs] in Cana, Galilee. Then He began to reveal His glory and His disciples believed on Him.
John
2:12 After this He went down to Capernaum, He and His mother [Mary] and His brethren [brothers and sisters] and His disciples.
And they remained there not many [a few] days.
John 2:13 Now the Jewish Passover was near, so Jesus went
up to Jerusalem.
John 2:14 But He found in the outer courts of the temple those
who were selling oxen and sheep and doves [legitimate temple business], as well as seated money changers [foreign currency
translation].
John 2:15 And after He made a scourge [whip] out of cords [ropes], He drove
them all from the outer courts of the temple, including the sheep and the oxen. He also poured out the money changer’s
coin and overturned the tables.
John 2:16 Then He shouted to those who were selling doves:
Take these things out of here! Stop making My Father’s house a market house!
John
2:17 And His disciples remembered that it was written in the past and remains written: The zeal of your house will consume
Me.
John 2:18 Then the Jews spoke with discernment and asked Him: What miraculous
sign can you show us [as vindication], since you are doing these things?
John 2:19 Jesus replied with
discernment and said to them: If you destroy this inner sanctuary of the temple [crucifixion], then I will raise it up [resurrection]
in three days.
John 2:20 Then the Jews replied: This temple was built in forty and six years,
yet you will raise it up in three days?
John 2:21 But He was speaking about the inner sanctuary of
the temple, His body.
John 2:22 Now when He was raised up from among the dead [resurrection],
His disciples remembered that He had said this. And so they believed the scripture [Psalm 16:10] and the word which Jesus
had spoken.
John 2:23 Now, when He was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many came
to trust in His Name [Person] while carefully observing His miraculous signs which He produced.
John
2:24 But Jesus Himself did not entrust Himself to them [hesitation], because of that which He understands [divine omniscience]
about all kinds of people,
John 2:25 And because He did not have need that anyone might
speak well of a man [other men’s character references], for He Himself understood [divine omniscience] what was in a
man.
John 3:1 Now there was a man of the Pharisees, Nicodemus was his name, an
official among the Jews.
John 3:2 This one [Nicodemus] came face-to-face to Him [Jesus]
at night and said to Him: Rabbi, we know that you, a teacher, came from from God, for no one has the power to repeatedly perform
these miraculous signs unless God is with him.
John 3:3 Jesus replied with discernment and said to him: Most
assuredly I say to you, Unless a man is born from above [by the sovereignty of God], he does not have the ability to see [mental
and spiritual perception] the kingdom of God.
John 3:4 Nicodemus asked Him face-to-face: How is a man able
to be born [physically], being an old man? He is not able to enter into his mother’s womb a second time and be born
[into a different race].
John 3:5 Jesus replied with discernment: Most assuredly I
say to you, unless a person is born out of the water [of the Word] and the Spirit [regenerating power], he is not able to
enter into the Kingdom of God.
John 3:6 That which has been born out of the flesh is flesh
[physical birth], and that which has been born out of the Spirit is spirit [spiritual birth].
John
3:7 Do not marvel that I said to you: It is necessary for you all [Jews & Gentiles] to be born from above [by the sovereignty
of God].
John 3:8 The wind blows where it desires and you can hear its sound, but
you cannot tell from where it has come or where it is going. So is every one who has been born out of the Spirit [both are
sovereign in their actions mysterious in their operations].
John 3:9 Nicodemus replied
with discernment and asked Him: How is it possible for these things to come about?
John
3:10 Jesus replied with discernment and asked him: Are you the teacher of Israel? Then don’t you understand these things?
John
3:11 Most assuredly I say to you: We [Father, Son, Spirit] speak about that which We know and testify to that which We have
seen, yet you [Pharisees] do not receive Our testimony.
John 3:12 Since I told you about earthly things [flesh, wind,
baptism] and you do not believe, how will you believe if I should tell you about heavenly things [predestination, regeneration,
propitiation]?
John 3:13 Furthermore, no one has ascended into heaven except He [Jesus Christ]
who descended from heaven [when Deity took on humanity]: the Son of Man.
John 3:14 And just as Moses
lifted up the serpent in the wilderness [on a pole], so the Son of Man must [by divine decree] be lifted up [on the cross],
John
3:15 In order that every one who believes in Him [after being born out of the water of the Word and the regenerating power
of the Spirit] might have eternal life.
John
3:16 By all means [indeed], God loved the world [Jews & Gentiles regardless of geographical location] to this degree [by
lifting His Son up on a cross]. Therefore [as a consequence of His love], He [the Father] gave His uniquely born [virgin birth]
Son, so that every one who believes in Him [the elect] may not perish [in his sins], but has and will continue to possess
eternal life.
John 3:17 For God did not send His Son into the world [planet earth] in order
to judge the world [it had already been condemned at the Fall], but in order that the world [Gentiles as well as Jews] might
be saved through Him.
John 3:18 The one who believes in Him [Jesus Christ] will
not be condemned. But the one who does not believe has already been condemned in the past [at the Fall] with the result that
he stands condemned, with the result that he does not believe in the Name of the uniquely born [virgin birth] Son of God [due
to his state of spiritual death].
John 3:19 Now this is the verdict, that the light [Jesus Christ]
came into the world [of fallen mankind], but men loved the darkness [Satan’s sphere of influence] rather than the light
[Jesus’ sphere of influence]. In fact, their works were evil.
John 3:20 For each person
who makes it a habit to practice evil [living in the cosmic system] hates the light [Bible doctrine], since his works would
be exposed and rebuked [by the presence of divine viewpoint].
John
3:21 But the person who makes it a practice to carry out the truth comes face-to-face to the light [Bible doctrine], so that
his [spiritual] production might be revealed that it is being accomplished by means of God.
John
3:22 After these things, Jesus came to the land of Judea, also His disciples, and He stayed there with them and was baptizing
[He officiated, they performed the ceremony].
John 3:23 Meanwhile, John was also engaged in baptizing in
Aenon near Salim, because there was a great amount of waters there. And so they [many locals] came forward publicly and were
baptized,
John 3:24 For John had not yet been thrown into prison.
John
3:25 Then a controversial question arose [theological debate] from among the disciples of John with a Jew concerning ceremonial
purification [related to baptism].
John 3:26 And they [John’s disciples] approached John
face-to-face and said to him: Rabbi, He [Jesus] who was with you on the other side of the Jordan River, to whom you spoke
well of and approved, be aware that He is baptizing, and all manner of men [lowlifes, and lots of them] are coming face-to-face
to Him.
John 3:27 John replied with discernment and said: A man is not able to receive
even one thing, unless it was given to him from heaven.
John 3:28 You yourselves were witnesses to me, that I said:
I myself am not the Messiah, but that I was sent on a divine mission ahead of Him.
John
3:29 He [Jesus Christ] who has the bride [the elect of Israel] is the bridegroom. But the friend [best man] of the bridegroom
[John the Baptist], who stands and listens to him, gladly expresses happiness during the bridegroom’s speech [wedding
vows]. This [hearing the bridegroom’s voice], accordingly, brings my inner happiness to completion.
John
3:30 It is necessary for Him [Jesus Christ] to continue increasing, but for me [John the Baptist] to be continually decreasing.
John
3:31 He [Jesus Christ] who comes from above [heaven] is over and above all [has ultimate authority over all men and His creation].
He [John] who is from the earth [origin] is of the earth [character], and speaks of the earth [content]. He [Jesus Christ]
who comes from heaven [origin] is over and above all [has ultimate authority over all men and His creation].
John
3:32 What He [Jesus Christ] has seen and heard, this He bears witness to, yet [virtually] no one receives His testimony.
John
3:33 He who received His testimony has certified that God is true.
John 3:34 For He [Jesus Christ]
whom God [the Father] sent on a divine mission communicates the spoken words of God, for He [the Father] does not give the
Spirit [to Jesus] by measure.
John 3:35 The Father loves the Son and has entrusted [divine
delegation] all things into His hand.
John 3:36 He who believes in the Son has eternal life. But
he who refuses to believe in the Son [willful disobedience] will not see life [total lack of recognition], but instead the
wrath of God abides on him.
John 4:1 Now when Jesus came to know that the Pharisees had
heard that: “Jesus is gaining and baptizing more disciples than John,”
John
4:2 (Although Jesus Himself was not baptizing, but rather His disciples),
John 4:3 He abandoned Judea
and departed again toward Galilee.
John 4:4 Now [at this time in His ministry] it was necessary
[according to God’s plan] for Him to travel through Samaria.
John 4:5 Consequently, He
arrived at a city of Samaria which is called Sychar, near a parcel of land which Jacob had given to his son, Joseph.
John
4:6 As a matter of fact, Jacob’s well was there. Jesus, therefore, being exhausted because of His journey [walking],
sat down near the well without further ado [collapsed]. It was about the sixth hour.
John
4:7 A woman from Samaria [a local] came to draw water. Jesus said to her: Please permit me a means to drink [let me borrow
something to draw water with].
John 4:8 You see, His disciples had departed towards the city
for the purpose of buying food in the market place.
John 4:9 Then the Samaritan
woman asked Him: How is it possible that you, being a Jew, are asking from me a means to drink, since I am a Samaritan woman?
It’s a well known fact [from Pharisaic purity laws]: “Jews do not share water vessels with Samaritans.”
John
4:10 Jesus replied with discernment and said to her: If you were familiar with the gift of God and Who it is [Jesus Christ]
that is saying to you: “Please permit Me a means to drink,” you would have asked Him and He would have given to
you living water.
John 4:11 She replied to Him: Sir, you have no bucket [for
drawing water] and the well is deep. How, therefore, will you obtain this living water?
John
4:12 You are not greater than our ancestor Jacob, who gave us the well, are you? Even he himself [the original well-digger]
drank from it, as well as his sons and his livestock.
John 4:13 Jesus answered and said to her: Each person who
keeps on drinking from this water [in Jacob’s well] will thirst again.
John 4:14 But whoever takes
a drink from the water which I will give him [initial belief in Christ], shall never thirst during his age [lifetime]. Instead,
the water which I will give to him will keep on becoming [if not quenched] a spring of water in him [source of spiritual life]
flowing into eternal life [experiential sanctification].
John 4:15 The woman responded face-to-face to Him: Sir, please
give me this water so that I am not continually thirsty and may not have to keep on coming here to draw water.
John
4:16 He said to her: Go home, invite your husband and return here.
John 4:17 The woman replied
with discernment and said to Him: I do not have a husband. Jesus replied to her: You have spoken correctly, “I do not
have a husband,”
John 4:18 For you have had five husbands, but he whom you
have now is not your husband. This you have acknowledged truthfully.
John 4:19 The woman replied
to Him: Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet.
John 4:20 Our ancestors [Samaritan prophets] worshipped on
this mountain [Gerizim]. But you [Jewish prophets] maintain that the place where worshipping must occur is in Jerusalem.
John 4:21 Jesus responded
to her: Believe Me, woman, that an hour [a time] is coming when you will not worship the Father on this mountain [Gerizim]
nor in Jerusalem.
John 4:22 You [Samaritans] do not know what you are worshipping.
We [Jews] know what we are worshipping, for the salvation [in the Person of Christ] is from the source of the Jews.
John 4:23 But an hour [a time] is coming, in fact it exists now [it’s
just beginning], when genuine worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. For indeed, the Father is seeking
for such a kind as this to worship Him.
John 4:24 God is spirit [a Spiritual Being], and for those
who are worshipping Him, it is necessary to worship in spirit [spiritually] and truth [according to Bible doctrine].
John 4:25 The woman replied to Him: I know that the Messiah is coming, the
One who is called Christ. When that One arrives [He knows more than you], He will reveal all things to us [teach us absolute
truth and we will see who is right and who is wrong].
John 4:26 Jesus replied to her: I am He [the Messiah], the
One [Christ] who is speaking to you.
John 4:27 Now in the mean time, His disciples returned and
were amazed because He was talking with a woman. Nevertheless, no one asked: What are you looking for, or, Why are you talking
with her?
John 4:28 Consequently [since the disciples had returned], the woman left
her water pot [with Jesus at the well] and entered the city and proclaimed to the men:
John
4:29 Come on! Meet a man who has told me many kinds of things I have done! Can this One, perhaps, be the Christ?
John
4:30 They left the city and proceeded towards Him [Jesus at the well].
John 4:31 Meanwhile [back
at the well], the disciples kept on pleading with Him, saying: Rabbi, please eat.
John
4:32 But He replied to them: I have food to eat which you know nothing about.
John 4:33 Then the disciples
asked one another face-to-face: Did anyone bring Him something to eat?
John 4:34 Jesus said to them:
My food is that I might perform the will of Him [the Father] who sent Me and to complete His work.
John
4:35 Were you not discussing [on the way back to the well]: Are there yet four months and then the [agricultural] harvest
comes? Behold, I say to you: Lift up your eyes [exercise mental & spiritual understanding] and observe the cultivated
fields, because they [God’s elect Samaritan believers] are already ripe for the harvest.
John
4:36 The one who is harvesting is receiving a reward and is gathering together fruit [a crop of believers] for eternal life,
so that the one who is sowing [the initial gospel message] and the one who is harvesting [sees the end result] may have inner
happiness together [witnessing is often teamwork].
John 4:37 So by this [witnessing teamwork] the proverb is
true, that there is one kind who sows and one of another kind who harvests.
John 4:38 I sent you [divine
commission] for the purpose of harvesting that which you have not labored for [Samaritan believers]. Others have labored [Jesus,
Samaritan woman, John the Baptist, unnamed others] and you have entered into their labor [sharing the fruits by continuing
the process].
John 4:39 Moreover, many of the Samaritans from that city believed on Him
because of the report of the woman when she testified: “He told me about all kinds of things which I have done.”
John
4:40 Consequently, when the Samaritans came face-to-face to Him [at the well], they repeatedly implored Him to stay with them.
So He remained in that place [Sychar] for two days.
John 4:41 Meanwhile, many more came to believe because of
His word [logos],
John 4:42 And they continually declared to the woman: We no
longer believe because of your speaking, for we ourselves have heard and have come to know that He is truly the Savior of
the world [Jews and Samaritans alike, regardless of geographical location].
John 4:43 Now, after two days
He departed from that place [Sychar] toward Galilee,
John 4:44 Because Jesus Himself had confirmed [during His
earlier visit at the wedding in Cana] that a prophet in his own country has no place of honor [He could keep a relatively
low profile in the land where He grew up until it was time for His ministry to become more pronounced].
John
4:45 However [an exception to the rule], when He returned to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed Him, having seen all kinds of
things that He had done in Jerusalem during the feast [they welcomed His miracles], for they themselves had also attended
the feast.
John 4:46 So He entered again into Cana of Galilee, where He had created
wine from water. Now a certain royal official was present [in Galilee] whose son was sick in Capernaum.
John
4:47 This man, having heard that Jesus had departed from Judaea into Galilee, came face-to-face to Him and repeatedly begged
that He would come down [to Capernaum] and heal his son, because he was about to die [on the verge of dying].
John
4:48 Consequently, Jesus replied face-to-face with him: Unless you see [addressing a crowd of people] signs and wonders [attesting
miracles to His deity], will you not believe?
John 4:49 The royal official
answered Him face-to-face: Sir, please come down [to Capernaum] before my little boy dies.
John
4:50 Jesus said to him: “Go, your son will live.” The man believed the assertion which Jesus spoke to him and
began his journey [home to Capernaum].
John 4:51 Now as he was already going down [on his way home
to Capernaum], his slaves met him and exclaimed: “You little boy continues to live!”
John
4:52 In reply, he [the royal official] inquired from them [his slaves] the hour in which he [his son] had begun to improve.
Accordingly, they replied to him: Yesterday, at the seventh hour, the fever left him.
John
4:53 Then the father began to comprehend that it was during that same hour in the course of which Jesus had said to him: “Your
son will live!” Consequently he himself came to believe [in Christ as Savior], including his entire household [his family
and slaves].
John 4:54 Now, this, in turn, was the second corroborating miracle Jesus
performed, after coming out of Judaea into Galilee.
John 5:1 After these things [His ministry to the Samaritans
and the healing of the young boy in Capernaum], a Jewish festival was about to take place, so Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
John
5:2 Now, there is in Jerusalem near the sheep gate a pool which is called in Hebrew [Aramaic], Bethzatha, having five porticoes
[roofed colonnades].
John 5:3 On these [five porticoes] reclined a multitude who
were infirm [for example]: the blind, the crippled, the withered.
John 5:5 Now there was a particular
man in that place who had been in his infirm condition for thirty-eight years.
John 5:6 Jesus, having seen
this man reclining and knowing that he had been in that condition for a long time already, asked him: Do you want to become
well?
John 5:7 The man who was infirm replied with discernment: Sir, I do not have
a man, so that whenever the water is stirred up, he might place me into the pool. Instead, while I myself [unaided] am in
the process of coming [to the edge of the pool], another man climbs down [into the pool] before me.
John
5:8 Jesus said to him: Get up, pick up your bedding, and start walking!
John 5:9 And immediately the
man became healthy [well], and picked up his bedding and walked about. However, it was a Sabbath on that day.
John
5:10 Therefore the Jews [primarily Pharisees] repeatedly warned him, the one who had been healed [the invalid]: It is the
Sabbath, so it is not permitted for you to pick up and carry your bedding.
John 5:11 But he replied with
discernment to them: He who made me healthy, He [Jesus] told me: Pick up your bedding and start walking.
John
5:12 They asked him [interrogation]: Who is the man who told you, Pick up [your bedding] and start walking?
John
5:13 But the one who had been healed [the formerly invalid man] did not know who He was, for Jesus had withdrawn, since there
was a crowd in that place.
John 5:14 After these things, Jesus found him [the healed
man] in the temple and said to him: Pay attention. You have become healthy [healed]. Stop habitually sinning, so that no evil
of any kind comes upon you.
John 5:15 The man [healed invalid] departed and reported to
the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him healthy [restored].
John 5:16 And, by means of
this [identification], the Jews began persecuting Jesus, because He had done these things on the Sabbath.
John
5:17 But Jesus replied to them with discernment: My Father continues to work up to this very moment, so I will also keep on
working.
John 5:18 Therefore, because of this [refusal to acquiesce to their demands],
the Jews kept on seeking to an even greater degree [intensified revenge motivation] for a way to kill Him, not only because
He continued to break the Sabbath [according to their twisted way of thinking], but also He claimed on many occasions that
God was His own unique Father, making Himself equal with God [a member or possessor of deity].
John
5:19 Consequently, Jesus replied with discernment and said to them: Most assuredly, I tell you: The Son is able to do nothing
by Himself unless it is something He knows the Father is doing [such as healing the crippled man on the Sabbath], for you
see, whatever things He [the Father] is doing, the Son also, in the same manner [perfect harmony], is doing these things [unity
in the Godhead].
John 5:20 Indeed, the Father loves the Son [total rapport:
a bond of friendship and affection according to the standards of deity] and shows Him [in His humanity] all things which He
Himself is doing. As a matter of fact, He [the Father] will show Him [Jesus] greater works [than the healing of the crippled
man at the pool] in order that you [legalistic Jews] might continue to be amazed.
John
5:21 For even as the Father raises the dead and restores life, in this manner also, the Son restores life to those whom He
wishes.
John 5:22 As a matter of fact, neither does the Father judge anyone, but
instead He has given all judgment to the Son,
John 5:23 So that all [those who believe in God] may honor
the Son just as they have honored the Father. He who does not honor the Son [the Jewish officials, for instance], does not
honor the Father who sent Him [they end up rejecting the very God they claim to worship].
John
5:24 Most assuredly I tell you: He who hears My words and believes on the One [God the Father] who sent Me [God the Son],
he possesses eternal life and will not come under judgment [at the Great White Throne], but instead has changed residence
out from [spiritual] death into the [eternal] life.
John 5:25 Most assuredly I tell you: An hour is coming [Church
Age dispensation], in fact, it is about to begin now [during the dispensation of the Hypostatic Union], when the [spiritually]
dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
John 5:26 For you see, as
the Father has life within Himself, so He entrusted life to the Son [emphasis on His deity], also having it [life] within
Himself.
John 5:27 He [the Father] also gave to Him [Jesus] authority to execute judgment,
because He is the Son of man [emphasis on His humanity].
John 5:28 Stop marveling at this, because an hour is coming
[two-part resurrection split by 1,000 years] in which all those in graves [the dead] will hear His voice,
John
5:29 And will come forth: those who did good [believers] to a resurrection of life [at the Evaluation Seat of Christ], and
those who practiced evil [unbelievers] to a resurrection of judgment [at the Great White Throne].
John
5:30 I am not able to do anything by Myself [voluntary submission to authority]. As I hear [from the Father], I judge. Moreover,
My judgment is always righteous, because I do not seek My own will, but rather the will of the One [the Father] who sent Me.
John
5:31 If I testify on behalf of Myself, is My testimony not true?
John 5:32 There is Another
of the same kind [Holy Spirit] who testifies concerning Me, and I know that the testimony which He confirms about Me is absolutely
true.
John 5:33 You dispatched men [with hostile intent] against John [the Baptist],
even though he testified to the truth.
John 5:34 However, I am not drawing [relying] on the testimony
of man [for legal defense], but am rather asserting these things so that you might be saved.
John
5:35 That man [John the Baptist] was a lamp which burned and gave light, and you were willing to rejoice in his light for
an hour [a short time].
John 5:36 But I have a greater testimony than John, for the
works which the Father has given to Me for the purpose of bringing them to pass, the same works which I am performing [including
miracles on the Sabbath], testify about Me: that the Father sent Me.
John 5:37 Furthermore, He
who sent Me, the Father, He has testified in the past and continues to testify about Me. Neither have you ever heard His voice
nor seen His form.
John 5:38 Moreover, you do not have His word abiding in you,
because He [Jesus Christ] whom the One [the Father] sent, this One [Jesus] you do not believe.
John
5:39 You keep on searching the scriptures [OT writings] because you think you will obtain eternal life in them, but those
[scriptures] are the ones which testify about Me.
John 5:40 And yet [in spite of your seaching the scriptures]
you do not wish to come face-to-face to Me [the Messiah] in order that you might have life.
John
5:41 I do not accept praise from men [as a bribe for eternal life].
John 5:42 Moreover, I know
you [omniscience], that you do not have the virtue love of God in yourselves.
John 5:43 I have come publicly
in the Name of My Father, but you do not accept Me. If another person comes before the public in his own name, you always
accept that person.
John 5:44 How are you able to believe in the praise which
you constantly receive from one another [which is mere flattery], and yet you do not seek praise from the only God?
John
5:45 Stop wondering whether I will accuse you before the Father. There is a person who is accusing you: Moses, in whom you
have trusted in the past and are continuing to trust to this day.
John 5:46 For if you had believed
Moses [but you didn’t], then you would believe Me, because he wrote about Me.
John
5:47 But since you do not believe his [Moses] written words, how do you propose to believe My spoken words?
John
6:1 After these things, Jesus departed to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, to Tiberias.
John
6:2 Now a large crowd followed Him [a Jewish paschal caravan and curious Gentiles] that continued to observe the miraculous
signs which He continued to perform on those who were infirm.
John 6:3 Then [after a long
day in town] Jesus went up into a mountain [hillside: Golan heights] and sat down there with His disciples.
John
6:4 But the Passover, a Jewish feast, was imminent.
John 6:5 Consequently, as Jesus raised His eyes and saw a
large crowd coming face-to-face to Him, He questioned Philip: Where can we buy loaves of bread [pancake-like flatbread] in
order that these people can eat [a full meal, not appetizers]?
John 6:6 However, He [Jesus]
asked this for the purpose of testing him [Philip], because He knew what He was about to do.
John
6:7 Philip replied to Him with discernment: Two hundred denarii [a full day’s wage for 200 people] is not enough bread
for them, in order that each person might receive a little piece [tiny morsel].
John
6:8 One of His disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, said to Him:
John 6:9 There is a young
boy in this place who has five barley loaves [flatbreads] and two fish [sardines] at his disposal. But what are these things
[what good is this small contribution] for so many people?
John 6:10 Jesus replied: “Get the men to sit down.”
Now there was a lot of grass in the area, so the men sat down, the number about five thousand.
John
6:11 Then Jesus took the loaves of flatbread and after giving thanks, He distributed to those who were seated, and likewise
from the fish as much as they wanted.
John 6:12 Now when they [the five thousand] were full and
satisfied, He said to His disciples: Start gathering up the broken pieces which are present in abundance, so that nothing
perishes [is left behind to rot].
John 6:13 Then they gathered up and filled twelve large wicker
baskets with the broken pieces from the five loaves of barley flatbread which were left over after they [the 5,000 people
on the hillside] had eaten.
John 6:14 Then the men, after witnessing and deliberating
on the miraculous sign which He [Jesus] had performed, proclaimed [spread the word around]: This person [Jesus] is the true
prophet who has come before the public [made His dramatic appearance] into the world [planet earth].
John
6:15 When Jesus realized that they were about to come and seize Him in order to make Him King, He withdrew Himself again into
the mountain alone.
John 6:16 Now, when evening came, His disciples went down
to the sea,
John 6:17 And having boarded a ship, they departed for the opposite shore
of the sea towards Capernaum. However, by this time darkness had arrived and Jesus had not yet appeared before them.
John
6:18 And the sea was stirred-up by a severe blowing wind.
John 6:19 Then, after rowing about twenty-five or thirty furlongs
[approximately 3 to 3-1/2 miles], they watched Jesus as He walked upon the sea and approached close to the ship. In fact,
they became afraid.
John 6:20 But He assured them: It is I. Stop being afraid!
John
6:21 Consequently, they were willing to receive Him into the ship. However, the ship immediately arrived at the land unto
which they had departed and were headed for.
John 6:22 On the following day, the crowd which had been standing
firm on the other side of the sea [waiting to grab Jesus and make Him their King], deliberated that another small ship was
not there, except one, and that Jesus had not boarded the ship together with His disciples, but rather His disciples had departed
alone [so the concluded that He must still be on their side of the sea].
John 6:23 Other small ships
[water taxi service] arrived from Tiberius, close to the place where they had eaten bread after the Lord had given thanks
[but they hadn’t seen Jesus either].
John 6:24 When the crowd finally realized that Jesus was not
there, nor His disciples, they themselves boarded small ships and departed for Capernaum, continuing their search for Jesus.
John
6:25 Now when they found Him on the other side of the sea, they asked Him: Rabbi, when did you arrive here?
John
6:26 Jesus answered them with discernment and replied: Most assuredly I say to you, You are seeking Me, not because you want
to comprehend miraculous signs [doctrine], but because you ate from the loaves of bread and were satisfied [materialism].
John
6:27 Stop working for the food [physical] which always perishes, but rather for the food [spiritual] which will abide for
eternal life, which [eternal life as spiritual food] the Son of Man will give to you. For this One [Jesus, the Son of Man]
the Father has sealed [certified from heaven and attested by miracles], even God.
John 6:28 Then [shortly after the miraculous feeding
of the multitude] they [Jewish crowd] asked Him: What shall we do on a continual basis in order that we might perform the
works of God?
John
6:29 Jesus replied with discernment and said to them [Jewish crowd at Capernaum]: This is the work of God, that you might
keep on trusting in the One [Jesus Christ] that He [the Father] has sent on a divine mission.
John 6:30 Then they said to Him: What corroborating
miracle, therefore, can you perform on a continual basis [as opposed to the one-time feeding of the multitude] that we may
see and as a result believe you? What can You yourself do [like Moses] on a continual basis [similar to the daily supply of
manna from heaven]?
John
6:31 Our fathers ate manna in the desert wilderness, just as it is written: He gave them bread [special food] out of heaven
to eat.
John
6:32 Then Jesus replied to them: Truly, truly, I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread out of heaven, but My Father
keeps on giving you the true bread [not the type] out of heaven [Jesus Christ himself].
John 6:33 For the bread from God is He [Jesus Christ]
who keeps on coming down out of heaven [like the manna] and continues to give [spiritual] life to the world.
John 6:34 Then they said face-to-face to Him: Master,
please give us [one-time miraculous event] this bread of lasting effects.
John 6:35 Jesus replied to them: I am the bread of life. He who continues to come to Me
will never hunger [spiritually], and he who continues to trust in Me will never, ever, at any time, thirst [continuing benefits
well into the future].
John
6:36 But I have declared to you that indeed you have seen Me [performing miracles on many occasions], yet you will not believe.
John 6:37 All that the Father gives to Me [the entire
company of the elect, the royal family of God] will come to Me. Furthermore, the one [individual believer] who keeps on coming
to Me [after salvation], I will not ever drive away outside [ignore His spiritual needs],
John 6:38 Because I came down from heaven, not so that
I might carry out My will, but the will of Him [the Father] Who sent Me.
John 6:39 And this is the will of Him [the Father] who sent Me, that concerning all which
He gave to Me [the royal family], I will not lose any [not a single person] out from it [the elect company], but will raise
it [the royal family] up on the last day [of the Church Age dispensation].
John 6:40 For this is the will of My Father, that every
one [in the company of the elect] who continues to perceive the Son [spiritual understanding] and continues to trust in Him
[experiential sanctification] may keep on having [qualitative] eternal life. Furthermore, I will raise him up [resurrection]
on the last day [of the Church Age dispensation].
John 6:41 Then the Jews began grumbling [rebellious muttering] concerning Him, because He
had said: I am the bread who came down out of heaven.
John 6:42 And they kept on asking: Is this Jesus not the son of Joseph, whose father and
mother we know? How can he now claim, I have come down out of heaven?
John 6:43 Jesus replied with discernment and said to them: Stop grumbling [muttering] among
yourselves.
John
6:44 No one is able [has the power] to come to Me, unless the Father who sent Me draws him [divine sovereignty and omnipotence].
Moreover, I will raise him up on the last day [of the Church Age dispensation].
John 6:45 It is written [Isaiah 54:13] in the prophets:
“And they [His children] will all be taught about God.” Each one who has heard with understanding and learned
by inquiry will come to Me –
John
6:46 Not that anyone has seen the Father, except the One [Jesus Christ] who is from the presence of God [confirming His deity].
This One [Jesus Himself] has seen the Father [reaffirming His deity].
John 6:47 Truly, truly, I am saying to you: He who keeps on trusting [day-after-day] continues
to have [qualitative] everlasting life.
John 6:48 I am the bread of life.
John 6:49 Your fathers [ancestors] ate the manna in the desert wilderness and they died
[physically].
John
6:50 This is the bread which comes down out of heaven [Jesus], so that a man may come to eat of it [Him] and not die [spiritually].
John 6:51 I am the living bread which came down out
of heaven. If anyone has eaten of this bread [initial belief in Christ], he will live [spiritually] forever. Moreover, the
bread which I will give [pointing to His sacrifice on the cross] also represents My flesh [the virtue of His humanity], which
life [His spiritual death provides us with spiritual life] I will give on behalf of the world.
John 6:52 Therefore, the Jews began to quarrel with
one another, asking: How is this man able to give us His flesh to eat?
John 6:53 Then Jesus said to them: Truly, truly, I say to you, Unless you have eaten the
flesh of the Son of Man and have drunk His blood [hendiadys for initial faith in Christ], you do not [at this very moment]
have [spiritual] life in you.
John
6:54 He who keeps on chewing [munching, grazing] My flesh and keeps on drinking My blood continues to have eternal [qualitative]
life. Moreover, I will raise him up on the last day [of the Church Age].
John 6:55 Indeed, My flesh is true [spiritual] food and My blood is true [spiritual] drink.
John 6:56 He who keeps on chewing [munching, grazing]
My flesh and keeps on drinking My blood, continues to abide in Me and I in him [mutual fellowship].
John 6:57 In so far as the living Father sent Me on
a divine mission [purpose] and I continue to live through the Father [daily spiritual sustenance], likewise he who keeps chewing
on Me [purpose] shall also continue to live through Me [daily spiritual sustenance].
John 6:58 This is the bread which has descended out
of heaven [Jesus Himself], not as the fathers ate [manna] and died [physically]; He who keeps chewing on this bread [Person
of Christ] shall continue to live [qualitative spiritual life] forever.
John 6:59 These things He spoke in the synagogue as He was teaching in Capernaum.
John 6:60 Many [the unbelieving majority] of His students
[followers] who had been listening then exclaimed: This message is harsh [offensive]! Who is able to continue listening to
it?
John
6:61 And Jesus, knowing within Himself [divine omniscience] that His students [followers] were grumbling concerning this [message],
said to them: Does this [message] offend you so much that you are going to fall by the wayside [leave Him in the midst of
a religious scandal]?
John
6:62 What if you could experience with your own eyes the Son of Man ascending to where He was [prior residence in heaven]
in former times [before the incarnation]?
John 6:63 The Spirit is He who brings life; the flesh is of no beneficial use [spiritually
speaking] to anyone. The words which I have repeatedly spoken to you are spiritual; in fact, it [My message] is spiritual
life.
John
6:64 But there are some among you who do not believe. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe
[the non-elect], including who [Judas Iscariot] would betray Him.
John 6:65 And He said: Because of this [omniscience] I have told you on many occasions [with
details] that no one is able to come to Me unless it [the gift of faith with drawing power] was given to him from the Father.
John 6:66 As a result [of His offensive discourse],
many of His students [the unbelieving majority] returned to the things they had left behind [details of life] and never again
did they walk with Him.
John
6:67 Then Jesus asked the Twelve: Don’t you want to leave, too?
John 6:68 Simon Peter replied with discernment to Him: Lord, to whom shall we go? You have
[spoken] words of eternal [qualitative] life.
John 6:69 And as for us [speaking on behalf of the other disciples], we have believed and
continue to trust and have come to know and continue to know that You are the Holy One of God.
John 6:70 Jesus answered them with discernment: Have
I not selected you Twelve, and yet one of you is a false accuser [slanderer]?
John 6:71 Now He was referring to Judas, from Simon
Iscariot [his son], for he - one of the Twelve - was about to betray Him.
John 7:1 Now after these things [the 6-month Vacation or Retirement ministry], Jesus was
living in Galilee, for He had no desire to live in Judea because the Jews [religious & civic officials] were determined
to kill Him.
John
7:2 Now it was close to [the time of] the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles.
John 7:3 Therefore [due to the upcoming feast], His brethren [brothers: James, Joseph, Simon,
Jude] suggested face-to-face to Him: Leave this place [Galilee] and go into Judea, so that Your disciples [not the Twelve]
may also see and understand Your works which You continue to perform,
John 7:4 For no one [of any consequence] does anything [of any importance] in secret when
he wants to be known publicly. If you are going to continue doing these things [miraculous signs], You should make Yourself
known to the world [expand Your power base by networking with the masses outside Galilee].
John 7:5 For neither did His brethren believe on Him.
John 7:6 In reply, Jesus said to them: My appointed
time [according to divine viewpoint] has not yet arrived, but your opportune time [according to human viewpoint] is always
ready.
John
7:7 The world [those in the cosmic system] is not able to continually hate you, but it constantly hates Me, because I alone
testify concerning it, that its works are wicked [total depravity].
John 7:8 You should go up to the feast. I am not yet going up to this feast, because My
appointed time is not yet ready to be fulfilled.
John 7:9 And after He said these things to them, He remained in Galilee [until the appropriate
time for His departure].
John
7:10 So after His brethren [brothers] had gone up to the feast, then He Himself went up, not publicly, but privately, as it
were.
John
7:11 Meanwhile, the Jews [religious officials] continued to search for Him at the feast and kept on asking: Where is He?
John
7:12 Furthermore, there was considerable whispering about Him among the crowd. On the one hand, they [common people] said:
He is exceptional. But on the other hand, others [religious officials] said: No, He is rather deceiving the crowd.
John
7:13 However, no one talked openly about Him in public due to fear of the Jews [religious officials].
John
7:14 Now when the feast was at the midpoint, Jesus went up into the temple and began to teach.
John
7:15 Then the Jews [religious officials] were astonished, and inquired: How is it possible that He is intimately familiar
with the Scriptures [OT canon], since He has not studied [matriculated at any of the known rabbinical schools]?
John
7:16 Then Jesus answered them with discernment and said: My doctrinal teaching is not My own, but from Him [the Father] who
sent Me.
John 7:17 If anyone wants to execute His will [the protocol plan of God], he may obtain
experiential comprehension concerning this doctrinal teaching, whether it is from God [the Father] as a source or I alone
speaking on My own authority [communicating the Truth as the unique God-man].
John 7:18 The one [respected Jewish leader] who makes
it a practice to communicate from himself as a source is seeking his own private glory [reputation]. But the One [Jesus Christ]
who is seeking the glory of the One [the Father] who sent Him, this same One [Jesus Christ] is true [veracity], and no unrighteousness
exists in Him.
John 7:19 Didn’t Moses give you the law? And yet none of you [religious leaders or
members of the congregation] is adhering to the law [the 6th commandment, for example]. Why are you trying to murder Me?
John
7:20 The crowd responded with discernment: You must have a demon! Who is trying to murder You?
John 7:21 Jesus answered with discernment and said
to them: I did one work [healing the paralytic at the Pool of Bethzatha on the Sabbath] and all of you were amazed.
John 7:22 For this reason [ceremonial cleansing], Moses
gave circumcision to you – not as though it originated from Moses as a source, but rather from our forefathers as a
source – and yet you make it a practice to circumcise a man on the Sabbath.
John 7:23 Since a man receives circumcision on the
Sabbath in order that the law of Moses might not be broken [partial cleansing], are you angry at Me because I made a man completely
healthy on the Sabbath [total cleansing]?
John 7:24 Stop judging according to outward appearance [superficially], but rather make
it a habit to judge with a righteous judgment [objectivity].
John 7:25 Then certain ones from Jerusalem asked: Isn’t this the One whom they [the
Jewish officials] are trying to murder?
John 7:26 And look, He is speaking in public and they [the Jewish officials] are saying
nothing about Him [bringing no charges]. Do the authorities recognize that perhaps He is truly the Christ?
John 7:27 But we know for certain where He [Jesus the
man] came from [Nazareth in Galilee]. However, when the Christ comes, no one [according to legend or popular theology] will
know where He comes from.
John
7:28 Then Jesus shouted with a loud voice as He was teaching in the temple: You [those from His hometown] know Me quite well
[Jesus the man] and you also know for a certainty where I have been living [in Galilee]. However, I have not come before the
public on My own authority [since they knew He didn’t graduate from any rabbinical seminary]. Furthermore,
the One [God the Father] who sent Me is trustworthy [veracity], One whom you are not intimately acquainted with.
John 7:29 As for Me, I was in the past and still am
intimately acquainted with Him [God the Father], because I am from His presence, and He has sent Me on a divine mission.
John 7:30 Consequently [after being ridiculed], they
deliberated on a way to take Him into custody, yet no one laid a hand upon Him, because His hour had not yet come.
John 7:31 But many out of the crowd believed on Him
and inquired: When the Christ comes, He will not perform more miracles than what this man [Jesus] has performed, will He?
John 7:32 The Pharisees heard the crowd secretly muttering
these things concerning Him [Jesus], so the chief priests and the Pharisees dispatched deputies [combination of police officer
and legal assistant] for the purpose of taking Him into custody.
John 7:33 Then Jesus said: I will be with you for yet a little while longer. Then I will
depart to be face-to-face with the One [God the Father] who sent Me.
John 7:34 You will seek Me [in My empty tomb], but
you will not find Me. Furthermore, where I will be [at the right hand of the Father in heaven], you will not be able to come.
John 7:35 Then the Jews began inquiring among themselves:
Where is He about to go that we cannot find Him? He is not about to go to the dispersed among the Gentiles [Jews outside of
Palestine] and even to teach the Gentiles, is He?
John 7:36 What is this statement that He declared: You will seek Me, but you will not find
Me, and, Where I will be, you will not be able to come?
John 7:37 Now, on the last day, the great day of the
feast, Jesus stood firm and began to shout, saying: If anyone [believers] is thirsty, let him keep on coming face-to-face
to Me and keep on drinking [obtaining daily sustenance from His Word].
John 7:38 He who keeps on believing in Me [daily adherence
to the protocol plan of God], just as the scripture declares, rivers of living water [blessing by association] will flow out
from his innermost being.
John
7:39 Now He said this with reference to the Spirit, Whom those who had come to believe on Him [initial faith in Christ] were
about to receive [indwelling], for the Spirit was not yet residing [living in them], because Jesus had not yet been glorified
[resurrection, ascension and session of Christ must come first].
John 7:40 Consequently, some out of the crowd [1st group], having heard this message, declared:
This man is truly the Prophet [mentioned in Deut. 18:15-19].
John 7:41 Others of a different kind [2nd group] maintained: This man is the Messiah. But
some [3rd group] asked: The Messiah will not come out of Galilee, will He?
John 7:42 Didn’t the scripture say that out of the family lineage of David and from
the small town of Bethlehem, where David was living, the Messiah would come?
John 7:43 Consequently [due to different conclusions],
a division arose in the crowd because of Him [concerning His true identity].
John 7:44 As a matter of fact, some among them wanted
to take Him into custody, but no one laid hands upon Him.
John 7:45 Then the deputies [combination police officer and legal assistant] returned face-to-face
to the chief priests and the Pharisees, and they [chief priests and Pharisees] asked them [the deputies]: Why didn’t
you bring Him?
John
7:46 The deputies [combination police officer and legal assistant] answered with discernment: Never has a man spoken in this
manner [He’s a slippery guy].
John 7:47 Then the Pharisees replied to them with discernment: You are not also deceived,
are you?
John
7:48 Not a single man among the rulers [political leaders] or among the Pharisees [spiritual leaders] believed on Him, did
he?
John
7:49 In fact, this crowd [the hoi polloi] which does not understand the law is accursed.
John 7:50 Nicodemus, the one who came face-to-face
to Him earlier [under cover of darkness], being one of them [a fellow Pharisee], asked them face-to-face:
John
7:51 Our law does not judge a man if it has not heard from him first and comes to understand what he has done, does it?
John
7:52 They answered with discernment and said to him: You are not also out of Galilee, are you? Search [the Scriptures] and
come to the understanding [the Pharisee’s conclusion] that a prophet will not arise out of Galilee.
John 8:12 Meanwhile, Jesus spoke to them again, saying:
I alone am the light of the world. He who keeps on following Me [daily decisions] will never walk in the sphere of the darkness
[as a way of life], but will keep on possessing the light of life [spiritual blessing].
John 8:13 Then the Pharisees said to Him: You are bearing
witness on your own behalf. Your testimony is not reliable [or legally acceptable].
John 8:14 Jesus answered with discernment and said
to them: Even though I am bearing witness on My own behalf, My testimony is reliable, because I know for a certainty where
I came from [heaven] and where I am going [back to heaven through the cross]. You, however, do not know where I have come
from or where I am going.
John 8:15 You make it a habit to judge according to the flesh [external appearance and circumstances].
As for Me, I am not in the habit of judging anyone.
John 8:16 But when I do begin to pass judgment [in
the future], My judgment will be in accordance with Truth [divine standards], for I am not alone, but rather I and the Father
who sent Me.
John 8:17 In fact, it is written in the law [Deut. 17:6] that is incumbent on you, that
the testimony of two men is reliable.
John 8:18 I am the One who bears witness concerning Myself, and the Father who sent Me bears
witness concerning Me.
John
8:19 Then they asked Him: Where is Your Father? Jesus answered with discernment: You neither know Me nor My Father. If you
knew Me, you would also know My Father.
John 8:20 Jesus spoke these words in the treasury as He was teaching in the temple. Moreover,
no one took Him into custody, because His hour had not yet arrived.
John 8:21 Then He said to them again: I will go away and you will look for Me [not to believe
in Him, but to take Him into custody], but you will die in your sin [as unbelievers]. Where I am going [to heaven to be with
the Father], you are not able to come.
John 8:22 Then the Jews asked: Surely, He isn’t going to kill Himself, is He? Because
He said: Where I am going, you are not able to come.
John 8:23 Then He said to them: You are from below [Gehenna], I am from above [heaven].
You are from this world, I am not from this world.
John 8:24 Therefore, I said to you: You will die in your sins, for if you do not believe
that I Am [deity], you will die in your sins.
John 8:25 Then they asked Him: Who are you? Jesus answered them: Namely, the One [the Messiah]
I have been telling you about from the first [since the beginning of His public ministry].
John 8:26 I have many things to proclaim and evaluate
concerning you. Certainly He [God the Father] who sent Me is reliable; furthermore, I am proclaiming to the world [not just
to the Jews] those things [doctrinal truths] which I have heard from Him.
John 8:27 They did not understand that He was speaking to them about the Father.
John 8:28 Then Jesus said: When you have lifted up
the Son of Man [on the cross], then you will begin to understand that I Am [deity of Christ], and that I do nothing by Myself.
Instead, just as the Father instructed Me [unity in the Godhead], I am communicating these things [doctrinal truths].
John 8:29 And He [God the Father] who sent Me is always
with Me. He did not leave Me alone, for I am always accomplishing beneficial things for Him.
John 8:30 While He was speaking these things, many
[Jews] believed on Him.
John
8:31 Then Jesus resumed speaking face-to-face to the Jews who had believed on Him: If you abide in My word [experiential progress],
you are truly My disciples [obedient students].
John 8:32 Indeed, you should continue to comprehend the truth [consistent intake and metabolization
of Bible doctrine]; then the truth will continue to make you free [correct application of Bible doctrine].
John 8:33 They answered Him face-to-face with discernment:
We are the descendants of Abraham and we have never been slaves at any time [what about Egypt, Babylon, Persia, Syria and
Rome?]. Why did You say: You will become free?
John 8:34 Jesus replied to them with discernment: Most assuredly, I say to you, Every one
who habitually commits sin [lifestyle] is a slave of sin.
John 8:35 Now a slave [to sin] will not abide in the house for a long time. A son [disciple
of Christ] may abide for a very long time.
John 8:36 Consequently, if the Son sets you free [positionally], you may keep on being free
[experientially].
John
8:37 I know that you are descendants of Abraham, but [that is irrelevant because] you are seeking to kill Me, because My word
has found no place in you.
John
8:38 I am communicating the things [doctrines] which I have seen in the presence of My Father, but you, in turn, carry out
the things [cosmic activity] which you have heard in the presence of your father [the devil].
John 8:39 They replied with discernment and said to
Him: Abraham is our father. Jesus said to them: If you were children of Abraham [physically yes, but spiritually you are not],
you would be doing the works of Abraham.
John 8:40 But now you are seeking to kill Me, a man [humanity of Christ] who has communicated
the truth to you, which I heard in the presence of God [deity of Christ]. Abraham did not do this.
John 8:41 You are carrying out the works [murder] of
your father [the devil]. They replied to Him: We were not born from illicit sexual intercourse [a slur against the doctrine
of the virgin birth]. We have one Father - God.
John 8:42 Jesus replied to them: If God was your Father [but He’s not], you would
love Me, for I descended from God [from heaven] and have arrived [on earth]. Indeed, neither did I come forward publicly on
My own authority [self-determination], but rather He sent Me on a divine mission.
John 8:43 Why do you not understand My speech? Because
you do not have the power to hear My word [message].
John 8:44 You [unbelieving Jews] are out from your father, the devil, and the lusts [legalistic
and lascivious] of your father you continuously desire [non-stop] to keep on practicing [accomplishing]. He [the devil] was
a murderer from the beginning [of human history] and he did not stand in the past and to this day he does not stand in the
sphere of truth, because the truth [absolute divine viewpoint] does not exist in him. Every time that he speaks the lie [an
intricate web of deceit], he is speaking from his own inner resources [evil motivations], because he is and always will be
a liar and the father of it [the intricate web of deceit that maintains cosmos diabolicus].
John 8:45 But though I am speaking the truth, you will
not believe Me.
John
8:46 Who among you convicts Me of sin? If I am speaking the truth [and I am], why don’t you believe Me?
John 8:47 The one who is out from God as a source [the
Father’s children] hears the words of God. According to this [doctrine of unconditional election], you do not hear because
you [the devil’s children] are not out from God as a source.
John 8:48 The Jews replied with discernment and said to Him: Didn’t we express it
rather well, that you are a Samaritan and that you have a demon?
John 8:49 Jesus replied with discernment: I do not have a demon. On the contrary, I am honoring
My Father, while you are dishonoring Me.
John 8:50 Moreover, I do not desire to defend My own reputation. There is One [God the Father]
who will examine and pass judgment.
John 8:51 Most assuredly, I am saying: If someone [a believer] keeps My Word [follows or
adheres to it on a daily basis], he will absolutely not experience [spiritual] death for a long period of time [a life on
earth that is engulfed in spiritual blindness and impotence as if he were an unbeliever].
John 8:52 Then the Jews replied to Him: Now we know
for sure that You have a demon. Abraham died [physically], as well as the prophets, but You are saying: If anyone pays attention
to My word [initial belief], he will absolutely never experience death [physically] into eternity [not now, not ever].
John 8:53 You are not greater than our ancestor, Abraham,
who died, are you? Likewise, the prophets died. Whom are You claiming yourself to be?
John 8:54 Jesus answered with discernment: If I am
magnifying Myself, My honor is worthless. It is My Father who honors Me, about Whom you claim that He is your God. [If you
won’t take My word on it, how about the Father’s witness?]
John 8:55 However, you have not known Him [the Father] in the past and you still do not
know Him now. But I have known Him in the past and I continue to know Him now. In fact, if I should claim that I have not
known Him in the past and still do not know Him now, I would be a liar like you. But I have known Him in the past and I continue
to know Him now [positional truth], and I am keeping His Word [experiential truth].
John 8:56 Abraham, your ancestor, was overjoyed that
he would see My day [the future Messiah]. Moreover, he saw it [through the birth of Issac] and became extremely happy [knowing
the prophecy would be fulfilled].
John
8:57 Then the Jews said face-to-face to Him: You are not yet fifty years old, and yet you have seen Abraham?
John 8:58 Jesus replied to them: Most assuredly I am
saying to you, Before Abraham came into existence [was born], I am [emphatic claim to deity].
John 8:59 Then they picked up stones to throw at Him.
But Jesus was concealed [divine cover] and exited the temple.
John 9:1 Now as He passed by, He saw a man, blind [congenital] from birth.
John 9:2 And His disciples asked Him, inquiring: Master
[rabbi], who sinned, this man or his parents, with the result that he was born blind?
John 9:3 Jesus replied with discernment: Neither this
man nor his parents sinned [as the cause for his congenital blindness], but in order that the works of God [attesting miracles]
might be manifested.
John
9:4 It is necessary for us [Jesus and His disciples] to keep on performing the works of Him [the Father] who sent Me [the
Son] as long as it is daylight [the duration of His ministry on earth]. When night comes [the crucifixion], nobody will be
able to continue working.
John
9:5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
John 9:6 After saying these things, He spat on the ground and made clay out of the saliva
and smeared the clay upon his [the blind man’s] eyes,
John 9:7 And said to him: Go, start washing yourself in the pool of Siloam – which
interpreted means: “Being sent on a mission.” Consequently, he departed and washed himself and came before the
public, having sight.
John
9:8 Consequently, neighbors and those who had formerly seen him – that he was blind – asked: Isn’t this
the man who is always sitting and begging?
John 9:9 Some [probably neighbors] were saying: This is the one! Others were saying: Absolutely
not, although he is similar to him [he’s a close resemblance, but not the same man]. The man in question [the formerly
blind beggar] kept on saying: I am the one!
John 9:10 In turn [after acknowledging his identity as the blind beggar], they asked him:
How, then, were your eyes opened?
John
9:11 He replied with discernment: A man, named Jesus, made clay and spread it on my eyes, and said to me: Go to Siloam and
start washing yourself. Consequently, after departing and washing myself, I could see.
John 9:12 Then they asked: Where is this man? He replied:
I do not know.
John
9:13 They brought the formerly blind man face-to-face before the Pharisees.
John 9:14 Now it was a Sabbath on the day when Jesus
made the clay and opened his [the formerly blind beggar’s] eyes.
John 9:15 Then the Pharisees questioned [interrogated] him again, namely: How did he come
to see? And he replied to them [with a shorter summarization]: He put clay upon my eyes and I washed myself and I can see.
John 9:16 Consequently, some of the Pharisees maintained:
This man [Jesus] is not from God because He does not keep the Sabbath [pay attention to their strict rules and regulations].
But others [Pharisees of a different mind] asked: How is a man such as this, one not careful in the observance of ceremonial
duties [unobservant and irreligious by their standards], able to perform miraculous signs? And so there was a division among
them.
John
9:17 So they [the positive, minority contingent of the Pharisees] asked the blind man again: What do you say about Him, since
He opened your eyes? And he replied: He is a prophet.
John 9:18 However, the Jews [the negative, majority contingent of the Pharisees] did not
give credence to the things [events] concerning him, that he had always been blind [congenital] and had just begun to see,
until which time they summoned the parents of the man himself who had just begun to see,
John 9:19 And they [Pharisees] asked them [parents],
saying: This man, is he your son, whom you claim was born blind? How, then, can he now see?
John 9:20 Then his parents replied with discernment
and said: We know with a certainty that this is our son and that he was born blind.
John 9:21 But how he now sees, we do not know for certain.
Neither do we know for certain who opened his eyes. Ask him! He has attained maturity. He will speak on his own behalf.
John 9:22 His parents said these things [evasive answers]
because they were afraid of the Jews. For by this time, the Jews had agreed among themselves [political compact] that if anyone
acknowledged Him [Jesus] as the Christ [Messiah], he would be expelled from the synagogue [excommunicated from Jewish life].
John 9:23 Because of this [fear of being ejected from
the synagogue] his parents replied: He has attained maturity. Interrogate him.
John 9:24 Then they summoned the man who had been blind
a second time [cross-examination] and said to him: Give glory to God [for the miracle]! We know for a certainty
that this man [Jesus] is a sinner.
John
9:25 Then he [the formerly blind beggar] replied with discernment: Whether He [Jesus] is a sinner I do not know for a certainty.
One thing I know for sure: Although I was always blind [from birth], now I can see.
John 9:26 Then they asked him: What did He do to you?
How did He open your eyes?
John
9:27 He answered them with discernment: I told you [my story] already, but you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it
again, unless you also want to become His disciples?
John 9:28 But they scolded him with an abusive tone and replied: You may be His disciple,
but we are disciples of Moses.
John
9:29 We know with a certainty that God spoke to Moses, but this man, we do not know for sure where He came from.
John 9:30 The man [formerly blind beggar] replied with
discernment and said to them: Indeed, there is a remarkable thing in this [situation], that you do not know for sure where
He came from, and yet He opened my eyes!
John 9:31 We [the general public] know with a certainty that God does not listen to sinners,
but if anyone is a worshipper of God and makes it a habit to execute His will, He [God] will listen to him.
John 9:32 Since the world began, it has never been
heard that anyone opened the eyes of one who was born blind.
John 9:33 If this man was not from God, He would not have the power to produce anything
[sight out of blindness].
John
9:34 They answered with discernment and said: You were born under the influence of sins [your parents did something terrible],
totally [it was so bad that it has affected all of you, including your reason], and yet you presume to teach us? Then [after
their cross-examination had failed] they cast him outside.
John 9:35 Jesus heard that they had thrown him [the formerly blind beggar] outside, and
after locating him, He asked: Do you believe in the Son of Man?
John 9:36 He answered with discernment and said: Who is he, sir, that I might come to believe
in him?
John
9:37 Jesus replied to him: As a matter of fact, you have seen Him. He is the One who is speaking to you even now!
John 9:38 And he affirmed: I believe, Lord. And then
he started worshipping Him.
John
9:39 Then Jesus said: I came into this world for the purpose of judgment, so that those who do not see [little or no religious
training, as represented by the blind beggar] might see [belief in Christ], and those who see [considerable religious training,
as represented by the Jewish leaders] might become blind [disbelief in Christ].
John 9:40 Those of the Pharisees who were with Him
[serving as journalistic spies] heard these things and asked: We are not also blind, are we?
John 9:41 Jesus replied to them: If you were blind
ones, you would not in that case need to acknowledge sin. But now you are claiming: We can see. Your sin remains.
John 10:1 Most assuredly I am saying to you: He [the
Pharisee] who does not enter through the door [Jesus Christ] into the courtyard for the sheep [the formerly blind beggar and
other believers], but instead climbs up by another way [his illegitimate use of law and works], that person [false shepherd]
is a thief and a rustler.
John
10:2 But He [Jesus Christ] who enters through the door is Shepherd of the sheep.
John 10:3 The Doorkeeper [Holy Spirit] opens for this
One [Jesus Christ]. Moreover, His sheep [unconditional election] hear His voice. In fact, He [Jesus Christ] calls His own
sheep by name [particular redemption] and leads them out.
John 10:4 Whenever He [Jesus] leads all of His own [God’s elect] forward, He proceeds
in front of them [spiritual leadership], and His sheep follow Him [irresistible grace] because they know His voice.
John 10:5 But they [the elect sheep] will certainly
not follow a hostile stranger [Satan], but will flee from him [positionally], because they do not recognize the voice of hostile
strangers [Satan’s representatives].
John 10:6 Jesus gave this proverb to them verbally, but these [Jewish leaders] did not understand
what it was [out-gathering of the remnant] that He was trying to communicate to them.
John 10:7 Therefore Jesus said again: Most assuredly
I am saying to you, I alone am the Door of the sheep.
John 10:8 All [false shepherds] who came before Me were thieves and rustlers, nevertheless,
My sheep did not listen to them.
John
10:9 I alone am the Door. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved [positional guarantee]. In addition, he may repeatedly
enter [through confession of sin] and repeatedly exit [by sin], but he will always find pasture [Bible doctrine as spiritual
food].
John
10:10 The thief [Satan and his representatives] does not come except for the purpose of stealing and killing and destroying.
I alone have come so that they [My sheep, God’s elect] may possess life [positional truth: justification salvation]
and might possess it abundantly [experiential truth: sanctification salvation].
John 10:11 I alone am the good Shepherd. The good Shepherd
lays down His life [positionally and experientially] on behalf of His sheep [substitutionary atonement].
John 10:12 The one who is a hired man [Pharisee] and
not a shepherd, whose sheep are not his own [personal property], sees a wolf [Satan] coming but abandons the sheep and runs
away. Then the wolf drags them away and scatters them,
John 10:13 Because he [the guardian] is a hired man [mercenary] and it is not a concern
to him [who cares?] regarding the sheep.
John 10:14 I alone am the good Shepherd and I know those [elect sheep] who are mine, and
those who are mine [elect sheep] know Me,
John 10:15 Just as the Father knows Me and likewise I know the Father. Moreover, I lay down
My life [positionally and experientially] on behalf of My sheep [substitutionary atonement, particular redemption].
John 10:16 Furthermore, I have other sheep [believers
in other dispensations, both Jews and Gentiles] which are not among this sheepfold [alive during the Hypostatic Union]. It
will be necessary for Me to lead and bring them as well. So they will hear My voice [irresistible grace], and then one-flock/one-Shepherd
will come into being [prior to the Millennial Reign of Christ].
John 10:17 For this reason [superb care of His sheep], My Father loves Me, because I will
lay down My life [voluntarily], with the result [reward] that I may receive it again [pointing to His resurrection].
John 10:18 No one will take it [My life] from Me, but
rather I alone will lay it down Myself. I have the authority to lay it down, and I have the authority to receive it again
[two expressions of divine omnipotence]. I obtained this mandate [commission] from My Father.
John 10:19 A division arose among the Jews again because
of these statements.
John
10:20 And many of them exclaimed: He has a demon and is insane. Why do you keep listening to Him?
John 10:21 Others [of the same kind: unbelieving Jews]
said: These are not the words of one who is demon possessed. A demon is not able to open the eyes of a blind man, is he?
John 10:22 At that time, the Festival of Dedication
[Hanukkah] began to take place in Jerusalem. It was winter.
John 10:23 And Jesus was walking around in the temple under Solomon’s colonnade [protected
from the rain].
John
10:24 According [since it was raining], the Jews surrounded Him [on the porch] and kept asking Him: How long are you going
to keep our minds in suspense [impatience]? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.
John 10:25 Jesus answered them with discernment: I
did tell you, but you did not believe. The works which I am doing [performing miracles] in My Father’s name, they provide
testimony concerning Me [proof of His deity].
John 10:26 But you do not believe now and never will believe [persistent to the end], because
you are not part of My sheep [not given to Him by the Father].
John 10:27 My sheep will hear My voice [mutual recognition], that is, I will choose them
[intimate selection] and they will follow Me [reciprocal activity],
John 10:28 And I will also give to them life eternal. Furthermore, they will never as a
result ever perish in eternity [authoritative assurance] and no one will snatch them out of My hand [eternal security].
John 10:29 My Father who gave them [the elect sheep]
to Me is greater than [divine omnipotence] all [human or demonic entities]. Furthermore, no one is able to snatch them out
of My Father’s hand [eternal security].
John 10:30 The Father and I are one [united in will and purpose].
John 10:31 Again the Jews picked up stones so that
they might stone Him.
John
10:32 Jesus asked them with discernment: I have showed you many good works from My Father. For which of these works do you
intend to stone Me?
John
10:33 The Jews answered Him with discernment: We are not planning to stone You because of a good work, but because of blasphemy,
because You, being a human being, claim that you yourself are God.
John 10:34 Jesus asked them with discernment: Is it not written in your law [Psalm 82:6]:
I have declared, you are gods [judges representing God’s authority on earth]?
John 10:35 If He called them gods, to whom the Word
of God came – and the Scripture can not be broken –
John 10:36 Concerning Him [Jesus as compared to the judges in Psalm 82:6] whom the Father
consecrated and sent on a mission into the world – are you saying: “You are blaspheming,” because I have
asserted: “I am the Son of God”?
John 10:37 If you assume that I am not doing the works of My Father, then you may stop believing
Me.
John
10:38 But since I am doing the works, even if you do not believe Me, believe the works, so that you may come to know [initial
faith] and keep on knowing [experiential sanctification] that the Father is in Me and I am in the Father [identical essence].
John 10:39 Consequently [after His affirmation of deity
again], they sought again to take Him into custody, but He departed from their hand [slipped through their fingers].
John 10:40 Then He departed again to the other side
of the Jordan [strategic retreat] to the place where John was first baptizing, and He remained there.
John 10:41 And many came face-to-face to Him and said:
On the one hand, John performed no miracle, but on the other hand, all things that John spoke about this One [Jesus] were
true.
John
10:42 And many came to believe [initial faith] in Him there [continued advance].
John 11:1 Now there was a certain person who was sick,
Lazarus, from Bethany, from the small town of Mary and Martha, her sister.
John 11:2 Now it was Mary, who anointed the Lord with perfumed ointment and wiped His feet
with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.
John 11:3 Consequently, the sisters sent a message face-to-face to Him, saying: Lord, be
aware of this – he whom you love like a brother [Lazarus] is sick.
John 11:4 And Jesus, having heard the report, replied: This sickness will not be face-to-face
with death [ultimate physical death], but to reveal the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it [Jesus
is predicting a miracle of resuscitation].
John 11:5 Now Jesus loved [virtue love] Martha and her sister [Mary] and Lazarus.
John 11:6 Then, when He heard that he [Lazarus] was
sick, He [Jesus] remained for the time being in the place where He was residing for two days.
John 11:7 Then after this [two day R&R in the perimeter],
He said to the disciples: Let us go into Judea again [no-man’s land].
John 11:8 His disciples ask Him [for clarification
and confirmation]: Master, the Jews were just now trying to stone you, and yet [are you sure] you are going to return there
again?
John
11:9 Jesus replied with discernment: Are there not twelve hours of daylight? When someone is walking in the daylight, he does
not stumble [has no fear], because he can see the light of this world [Jesus is the Light of this world].
John 11:10 But when someone is walking in the night
[without God’s plan], he stumbles, because the light [of this world] is not in him.
John 11:11 He communicated these things, and following
that He declared to them: Lazarus, our friend, has fallen asleep and remains asleep [death]. However, I am planning to travel
[to Bethany] so that I may awaken him [resuscitation].
John 11:12 Then the disciples replied to Him: Lord, since he has fallen asleep and remains
asleep [part of the recuperative process], he will be healed [certain recovery from death].
John 11:13 However, Jesus had referred to his [physical]
death. But they had concluded that He was referring to a recuperative sleep.
John 11:14 Consequently [due to their confusion], then,
Jesus stated to them plainly: Lazarus has died.
John 11:15 But I am glad that I was not there [in Bethany], for your benefit, so that you
might begin to have confidence [opportunity to see another miracle and apply some of the teachings they had received]. Nevertheless,
let us go face-to-face to him.
John
11:16 Accordingly [confirming his understanding of Jesus’ words], Thomas, the one called Didymus [the twin], said to
his fellow-disciples: Let’s go, so that we may also die with Him!
John 11:17 Then Jesus, after He had arrived [in Bethany, Judea], found him [Lazarus] already
having been four days in the tomb.
John
11:18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, approximately two miles away.
John 11:19 And many of the Jews had come and were still arriving face-to-face [a steady
stream of visitors] to Martha and Mary so that they might comfort them concerning their brother.
John 11:20 Consequently, when Martha heard that Jesus
was coming, she went out to meet Him. But Mary remained seated in the house.
John 11:21 Then Martha said face-to-face to Jesus:
Lord, if you would have been here, my brother would not have died.
John 11:22 But even now I am beginning to understand [erroneously] that whatever You [Jesus
Christ] request from God [prayer from an inferior to a superior], God will give it to You.
John 11:23 Jesus replied to her: Your brother will
rise and come back to life.
John
11:24 Martha replied to Him [not understanding that He was referring to an immediate resuscitation]: I know for certain that
he will rise and come back to life during the resurrection on the last day.
John 11:25 Jesus replied to her: I Myself am [the root
and essence of] the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me [one-time event], even though he will die physically,
he will live [guaranteed resurrection life in the future].
John 11:26 Furthermore, every person who lives [is still alive] and believes in Me [point-in-time
event] will never ever die in eternity future. Do you believe this?
John 11:27 She replied to Him: Yes, Lord [deity], I believed in the past and continue to
believe in the present that You are the Christ [Messiah], the Son of God, Who has come publicly into the world of humanity
[planet earth].
John
11:28 Now after asserting this [affirmation of His deity], she departed and summoned Mary, her sister, secretly, saying: The
Teacher has arrived and is asking for you.
John 11:29 Consequently, after she heard [Martha’s message], she was helped up without
delay and she departed to appear face-to-face to Him.
John 11:30 Now, Jesus had not yet entered the town [Bethany], but was still at the place
where Martha had met Him.
John
11:31 Then the Jews (those who were with her in the house and who were periodically comforting her) - when they noticed that
Mary had quickly risen to her feet and departed - followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb for the purpose of
wailing there [extreme emotional weeping at the graveside of her brother, Lazarus].
John 11:32 Now when Mary arrived where Jesus was waiting
and she saw Him, she collapsed in front of His feet, crying out to Him: Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have
died.
John
11:33 When Jesus saw her as she was wailing and the Jews who came with her also wailing, He was deeply moved in the spirit
and was Himself disturbed [in His humanity],
John 11:34 And He asked: Where have you laid him? They replied: Lord, come and see.
John 11:35 Jesus began to weep.
John 11:36 Consequently, the Jews declared: See how
fond He was of him [brotherly love for Lazarus].
John 11:37 But some of them [the haters] remarked: Doesn’t this man [Jesus], Who opened
the eyes of the blind man, have the power to intervene, so that even this man [Lazarus] might not have died?
John 11:38 Meanwhile, Jesus arrived at the tomb, again
deeply moved within Himself. It was, in fact, a cave, and a slab of stone was sealed upon it [the entrance].
John 11:39 Jesus ordered: Remove the stone slab. Martha,
the sister of the one who had died [Lazarus], replied to Him: Lord, he already [by this time] smells, because it has been
four days [since he died].
John
11:40 Jesus replied to her: Did I not tell you that if you would believe, you would see the glory of God?
John 11:41 Then they lifted up and removed the slab
of stone. And Jesus raised His eyes upward [toward heaven] and said: Father, thank You, for You have heard Me.
John 11:42 Furthermore, I know beyond a shadow of a
doubt, that You always hear Me. But on behalf of the crowd which is standing around [gathered here], I have spoken [predicting
the resuscitation of Lazarus from the dead], so that they might come to believe that You [God the Father] have sent Me on
a divine mission.
John
11:43 Then after saying these things [audible prayer to the Father], He shouted: Lazarus, come out!
John 11:44 And he who was dead [Lazarus] came out,
his feet and hands bound with burial bandages and his face wrapped with burial cloth. Jesus said to them: Untie him and let
him go home.
John
11:45 Consequently, many of the Jews who had come face-to-face to Mary [to comfort her in the loss of her brother] and had
seen firsthand the things which He had done [they were not spreading secondhand rumors], believed in Him.
John 11:46 However, some of them [Jewish informants]
departed for the Pharisees and told them about the things which Jesus had done.
John 11:47 Consequently [as a result of their informant’s
investigative reporting], the chief priests and the Pharisees called together a high council, and asked: What are we going
to do, for this man is performing many attesting miracles?
John 11:48 If we simply ignore Him, all kinds of people [a cross-section] may come to believe
in Him and the Romans will come and take over both our religious organization and nation [body politic].
John 11:49 Now a particular one of them [exalted member
of the Sanhedrin], Caiaphas, who was chief priest that year [appointed by Valerius Gratus, the predecessor of Pontius Pilate],
addressed them: You don’t understand something.
John 11:50 You have not even considered [proposed] that it might be to your benefit [personal
advantage and expediency] that one man should die on behalf of the people so the whole nation will not perish.
John 11:51 Of course, he was not referring to this
with reference to himself [he wasn’t volunteering to die], but since he was high priest that year, he would be obliged
[through the power of his office] to predict that Jesus was destined to die on behalf of the nation [use false prophecy to
have Him eliminated],
John
11:52 And not on behalf of our nation [Israel] only, but in order that He might also gather together the children of God [all
of His elect] who are scattered abroad [geographically and historically] into one.
John 11:53 Accordingly, from that day forward they
[the Sanhedrin conspiracy] began deliberating [plotting], so that they might kill Him.
John 11:54 Therefore, Jesus no longer made it a habit
to walk publicly among the Jews, but departed from there to a region near the desert [wilderness], into a city which was called
Ephraim, and lived with His disciples.
John 11:55 Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many [of them] left the country towards
Jerusalem for the Passover, for the purpose of purifying themselves ceremonially [beforehand].
John 11:56 Consequently [due to the timing of the Passover],
they [Jewish guards and members of the Sanhedrin] were searching for Jesus and talking with one another as they stood in the
temple: What do you think? He will certainly not come to the festival, will He?
John 11:57 Now the chief priests and the Pharisees
had issued commandments to the effect that if anyone knew where He was, they should inform them [the religious authorities],
so that they might arrest Him.
John 12:1 Now Jesus, six days before the Passover, entered
Bethany, where Lazarus was living, whom Jesus had raised [resuscitated] from among the dead.
John
12:2 As a courtesy, they prepared a dinner for Him, and Martha served it [waitress]. Furthermore, Lazarus was one of those
who reclined at the table with Him.
John 12:3 Then Mary, after retrieving a pound of pure, very
expensive, perfumed ointment from the oil of the nard plant, anointed [poured and rubbed it into] the feet of Jesus and wiped
His feet dry with her hair. Consequently, the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfumed ointment.
John
12:4 Then Judas Iscariot, one of His disciples, the one who was destined to betray Him, asked:
John
12:5 Why was this perfumed ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given [redistribution of wealth] to the poor?
John
12:6 However, he did not ask this because he cared for the poor himself, but because he was a thief and held the money bag
[acting treasurer]. He made it a habit to steal that which was periodically deposited [he skimmed off the top].
John
12:7 Then Jesus replied: Leave her alone, because she observed this preparation [performed this honor] with a view towards
the day of My future burial,
John 12:8 For you will always have the poor with you [no human
scheme can eliminate poverty], but you will not always have Me.
John 12:9 Then a large crowd
of people among the Jews discovered that He was there [in Bethany], and they came publicly not because of Jesus only, but
so that they might also see Lazarus, whom He had raised [resuscitated] from the dead.
John
12:10 Meanwhile, the chief priests deliberated [secret counsel] specifically for the purpose of murdering Lazarus,
John
12:11 Since many of the Jews were departing [from the influence of their spiritual leaders] because of him [Lazarus] and were
believing in Jesus.
John 12:12 On the next day, a large crowd of people who came
to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
John 12:13 Took branches from
palm trees and went out for the purpose of meeting Him, and they shouted: We pray [to God], blessed and praiseworthy is the
One who is coming in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel.
John 12:14 Then Jesus, after
locating a young donkey, sat upon it, just as it stands written [in Zech. 9:9]:
John
12:15 Stop being afraid, daughter of Sion [Jerusalem]. Behold, your King is coming, seated on a young donkey, a female ass.
John
12:16 His disciples did not understand at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things [waving
of palm branches, cheering] had been written about Him and these things would be done to Him.
John
12:17 Meanwhile, the crowd which was with Him when He called Lazarus out from the tomb and raised [resuscitated] him out from
the dead, continued to bear testimony.
John 12:18 Because of this [testimony concerning the miracle
of Lazarus’ resuscitation], the crowd also came to meet Him, since they heard He had performed this miracle.
John
12:19 Consequently, the Pharisees brought accusations face-to-face to one another [arguing factions]: Do you not see why you
have accomplished nothing [blame game]? Look, the world [those hostile to the Jewish leadership in Jerusalem] has begun to
follow after Him.
John 12:20 Now there were some Greeks [Hellenistic Jews] who
had come for the purpose of worshipping at the feast [Passover].
John 12:21 Then these same
ones [Hellenistic Jews] approached Philip, the one from Bethsaida of Galilee, and made a request of him, saying: Sir, we would
like to meet Jesus.
John 12:22 Philip departs and confers with Andrew. Andrew
departs, likewise Philip, and they confer with Jesus.
John 12:23 Then Jesus replied to them with discernment, saying:
The hour has been approaching and has now arrived [crucifixion, death and burial], in order that the Son of Man might be glorified
[resurrection, ascension and session].
John 12:24 Most assuredly I am saying to you, unless a grain
of wheat, which has fallen, dies [death of Christ], it will abide alone, but if it dies, it will bring forth much fruit [spiritual
harvest].
John 12:25 He who is fond of his earthly life may lose it [both physically
and spiritually], while he who detests his earthly life in the sphere of this world system [Satan’s cosmos diabolicus]
will guard and protect it [by remaining in fellowship] with a view to eternal life [both temporal and qualitative].
John
12:26 If anyone wants to serve Me [application of His teaching], let him make it a practice to keep on following Me [intake
and metabolization of His teaching]. Furthermore, wherever I am, there also will My servant be [divine guidance]. If anyone
makes it a practice to serve Me [application of doctrine], the Father will honor him [respect and reward].
John
12:27 Now that My soul has been stirred up [disturbed at the thought of becoming sin for us], what then shall I say as a result:
Father, please deliver Me from this hour? Rather [instead], I have arrived at this hour for this reason [predetermined event].
John
12:28 Father, You may glorify Your name [Jesus accepts His role in the plan of redemption and consents to the crucifixion].
Then a voice came out of heaven: Indeed, I have glorified it [Jesus’ dramatic entrance at the virgin birth] and I will
glorify it again [Jesus’ dramatic exit at the crucifixion].
John 12:29 Then the crowd
which was standing nearby and listening, claimed that thunder had occurred. Others asserted: An angel spoke to Him.
John
12:30 Jesus replied with discernment and said: This voice did not come for My benefit, but for your benefit.
John
12:31 The judgment of this world system has now arrived. The prince of this world system [Satan] will now be thrown out [rejected
and ejected from heaven].
John 12:32 And when I have been lifted up [resurrection &
ascension] from beneath the earth [Hades], I will draw all kinds [Jew & Gentile, male & female, slave & free]
face-to-face to Me.
John 12:33 In fact, He said this for the purpose of predicting
what kind of death He was destined to die [substitutionary atonement on behalf of the elect].
John
12:34 Then the crowd replied to Him with discernment: We have heard and understand from the law that the Messiah will abide
unto the ages [into eternity future]. So how can You say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?
John
12:35 Then Jesus replied to them: The Light [Jesus] is only going to be with you for a short time. Keep on walking [thinking
and behaving according to divine standards] while you have the Light, so that darkness [Satan’s power system] does not
apprehend you. Indeed, the one who continues to walk in darkness [thinking and behaving according to demonic and human standards]
does not understand where he is going [totally disoriented].
John 12:36 While you have
the Light [Jesus Christ as the Light of the world], keep on believing in the Light, so that you may become sons of light [as
opposed so sons of darkness]. Jesus spoke these things, and after departing, He was concealed [supernaturally hidden] from
them.
John 12:37 But in spite of the fact that He had performed so many attesting
signs [miracles] before them, they [the vast majority] did not believe on Him,
John 12:38 So that the word
[prophecy] of Isaiah, the prophet, would be fulfilled, who asked: Lord, who will believe our report [preached message]? And
to whom will the arm of the Lord be revealed [the elect are a small percentage of the overall population]?
John
12:39 They did not have the ability to believe [reprobation] due to one fact that Isaiah explained next:
John
12:40 He has completely blinded their eyes and hardened the mentality of their soul, with the result that they could not see
with their eyes nor understand with the mentality of their soul and be converted so I might heal them.
John
12:41 Isaiah explained these things because he saw His glory [sovereignty and omnipotence] and spoke with respect concerning
Him.
John 12:42 Nevertheless, even among the ruling authorities many believed
on Him, though they would not acknowledge it because of the Pharisees, so that they might not become excommunicated from the
synagogue.
John 12:43 For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
John
12:44 Then Jesus shouted out loud and said: He who believes on Me is not believing exclusively on Me, but also on Him [the
Father] who sent Me.
John 12:45 Furthermore, he who sees Me is seeing Him [the
Father] who sent Me.
John 12:46 I came into the world a light, so that every one
who believes on Me [believers] may not abide in the sphere of darkness.
John 12:47 Furthermore, if
anyone hears My words but does not observe them [experiential sanctification], I will not judge him [during the dispensation
of the Hypostatic Union], for I did not come [1st advent] for the purpose of judging the world [which is hostile to God, lost
in sin, ruined, depraved], but for the purpose of saving the world.
John 12:48 He [the reversionistic
believer] who makes it a habit to ignore Me and does not take hold of My words [ignores the spiritual life], may possess [positionally]
the One who will evaluate him [at the Judgment Seat of Christ]. The word [norms and standards of Bible doctrine] which I have
spoken will evaluate him on the last day [Judgment Seat of Christ],
John 12:49 Because, as for
Me, I have not spoken from Myself as a source, but He who sent Me, the Father Himself, gave me a mandate regarding what I
should say [content] and how I should proclaim it [method of delivery].
John 12:50 Furthermore, I
know beyond a shadow of a doubt that His mandate [the effect of it] is eternal life. Therefore, whatever I proclaim, just
as the Father has spoken to Me, in this manner I will proclaim.
John 13:1 Now before the feast
of the Passover, Jesus, knowing beyond a shadow of a doubt that His hour had arrived, resulting in His eventual departure
from this world to the presence of the Father, holding in the highest esteem His own [peculiar people: the elect], those in
the world, displayed His profound love for them to the very end.
John 13:2 So while the supper
was in progress, and the devil had already been deposited into the mentality of the soul of Iscariot, belonging to Simon,
so that as a result [of satanic infiltration] Judas would betray Him,
John 13:3 And knowing beyond
a shadow of a doubt that the Father had placed [appointed] all things into His hands [divine sovereignty], and that He had
come from God and was going to return face-to-face with God,
John 13:4 He was roused from
the supper [encouraged by the others to begin the festivities], but laid aside His robe and cloak, and after grabbing a linen
towel, He wrapped it around Himself.
John 13:5 Then He poured water into a wash basin and began
to wash the disciple’s feet and to wipe them dry with the linen towel which was wrapped around Him.
John
13:6 Then He [Jesus] came face-to-face with Simon Peter. He [Peter] asked Him: Lord, are you going to wash my feet?
John
13:7 Jesus answered with discernment and said to him: What I am about to do [humiliation of footwashing] you do not understand
at this time, but you will comprehend after these things [humiliation of the cross].
John
13:8 Peter replied to Him: You will never wash my feet during this age [as long as we are alive on planet earth]! Jesus replied
to him with discernment: If I do not wash you [cleanse from sin], you cannot have a continuous relationship [experiential]
with Me.
John 13:9 Simon Peter exclaimed to Him: Lord, not my feet only, but also
my hands and my head!
John 13:10 Jesus replied to him: He who has been completely
bathed [regeneration] does not have a need [to have his hands and head washed again], except to wash his feet [to eliminate
the daily defilement of sins], since he is entirely clean [positionally]. Indeed, you all [His disciples] are clean [true
believers], but not every one of you [Judas Iscariot was an exception],
John 13:11 For He knew [omniscience]
the one [Judas Iscariot] who was in the process of betraying Him. Because of this [divine foreknowledge], He declared: You
are not all clean [the spiritual side of the footwashing was a waste of time for Judas].
John
13:12 Then after He had washed their feet and had picked up His robe and had taken His place at the table again, He asked
them: Do you understand what I have done [feet-washing as a symbol] and am going to do in the near future for you [points
to His spiritual death on the cross positionally and the ministry of the Holy Spirit experientially]?
John
13:13 You call Me the Teacher and the Lord, and you are speaking accurately, because I am [affirmation of deity].
John
13:14 Since, therefore, I alone, the Teacher and the Lord, have washed your feet, you should [by mutual obligation] also make
it a practice to wash each other’s feet,
John 13:15 For I have provided you with an example [feet-washing
as a teaching aid for the confession of sins], so that just as I have done for you [service with genuine humility], you should
also make it a habit to do [use customs as teaching aids to communicate doctrine].
John
13:16 Most assuredly I am saying to you: A slave is not greater than his master, nor is the envoy [messenger] greater than
the one who sent him.
John 13:17 If you understand these things [the doctrines behind
the ritual teaching aid], you can have spiritual happinesses [divine blessings] if you make it a practice to do them [correct
thought followed by correct action].
John 13:18 I am not speaking [of the potential for spiritual
happiness] concerning all of you. I have known from the beginning and I still know [omniscience] whom I have chosen [selected
as one of my inner circle of disciples]. Nevertheless, in order that the Scripture may be fulfilled: He who is eating bread
with me has lifted up his heel against me.
John 13:19 I am telling you now before it comes to pass [foreknowledge],
so that when it comes to pass [foreordination], you will believe that I am He [the Messiah, God the Son].
John
13:20 Most assuredly I am saying to you: He who receives the Person of importance [the Holy Spirit] Whom I will send, is receiving
Me [the Son], and he who receives Me, is receiving Him [the Father] Who sent Me.
John
13:21 After saying these things, Jesus became disturbed in His disposition [state of mind] when He confirmed by testimony
and said: Most assuredly I am saying to you, that one of you [Judas Iscariot] will betray Me.
John
13:22 The disciples continued to look at each other, being at a loss [hesitant & perplexed] about whom He was referring
to.
John 13:23 One of His disciples, whom Jesus held in high esteem [virtue love],
was reclining on his arm near Jesus’ chest [close quarters].
John 13:24 Consequently [because
John was seated closest to Jesus], Simon Peter signals to him with a nod, that he [John] might inquire which one he [the betrayer]
might be, concerning whom He has been referring to.
John 13:25 Accordingly [because of his close proximity to
Jesus at the table], he [John] who was leaning on his elbow near Jesus’ chest, asked Him: Lord, who is it?
John
13:26 Jesus answered with discernment: He is the one to whom I will give a small piece of bread after I have dipped it. Accordingly,
He selected a small piece of bread and after He had dipped it, He gave it to Judas, related to [son of] Simon Iscariot.
John
13:27 Furthermore, in company with the small piece of bread [perfectly coordinated event], at that time [synchronized] Satan
entered into [possessed] him. Then Jesus said: That which you are planning to accomplish, start carrying it out immediately.
John
13:28 However, not one of them who was reclining at the table understood the connection [strategic importance] behind what
He had said to him,
John 13:29 For some of them supposed, since Judas carried
the money bag, that Jesus had said to him: Buy in the marketplace whatever we have need of for the feast, or, that he should
give something to the poor.
John 13:30 Then, after taking hold of the small piece of bread,
he [Judas] immediately departed. Accordingly, night began to take place [sunset].
John
13:31 Then, when he had departed, Jesus said: Now [an important milestone in God’s plan of redemption] the Son of Man
will be glorified [voluntary self-surrender] and God will be glorified in Him [by giving up His Son to immiment death].
John
13:32 Since God [the Father] will be glorified in Him [by the redemptive work of the Son], God will also glorify Him [by means
of His death, resurrection and ascension] in Himself [same divine essence]. In fact, He [God the Father] will glorify Him
[Jesus] immediately [in a matter of hours].
John 13:33 Students [in His traveling seminary], I will be
with you for a short time yet [a little while longer]. You will continue to search for Me [after the resurrection], but just
as I told the Jews, that “Where I am going [face-to-face with the Father], you are not able to go,” so also I
am telling you now.
John 13:34 I am giving a new mandate [1st problem-solving
device for the upcoming Church Age dispensation] to you [His disciples as the first recipients of the Christian way of life],
that you should exercise [basic] virtue love towards one another of the same kind [fellow disciples], just as I have exercised
[advanced] virtue love toward you [in the prototype divine dynasphere], with the result that you increasingly exercise virtue
love [progress from basic to advanced] towards one another of the same kind [fellow believers].
John
13:35 By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you increasingly have and hold within yourself [by progressing
from basic to advanced] virtue love towards one another of the same kind [fellow believers].
John
13:36 Simon Peter asked Him: Lord, where are you going? Jesus replied to him with discernment: Where I am going [face-to-face
with the Father] you are not able to follow Me just now, but you will follow later [at the moment of his death by crucifixion].
John
13:37 Peter asked Him: Lord, why am I not able to follow You right now? I will lay down my life on your behalf.
John
13:38 Jesus replied with discernment: Will you lay down your life on My behalf? Most assuredly I am saying to you: A rooster
will absolutely not crow until which time you have denied Me three times.
John 14:1 Stop allowing the
mentality of your soul to be continually disturbed. Keep on putting your confidence in God [the Father] and keep on putting
your confidence in Me [faith rest].
John 14:2 There are many abiding places in My Father’s
house [heaven]. Indeed, if it were not true, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you [each and every
one of the eleven remaining disciples]?
John 14:3 Furthermore, after I go and prepare a place for
you [the Groom builds a house for His bride], I will return again [at the rapture] and will receive you with favor face-to-face
with Myself [the Groom comes for His bride], so that where I Myself am residing, there you may also be residing [Groom and
Bride living in the same house together].
John 14:4 And where I am departing, you [disciples] know the
road.
John 14:5 Thomas asked Him: Lord, we do not know where you are going. How
is it possible to know the road?
John 14:6 Jesus answered him: I alone am the road [one way]
and the [redemptive] truth and the [everlasting] life. No one comes face-to-face to the Father [in heaven] except through
Me.
John 14:7 If you [disciples] had come to know Me [doctrine in the soul] in
the past with the result that you knew Me well in the present [but you don’t], then you would also know the Father [the
Father and Son are one in essence]. However, from now on [it’s not too late to begin] you may come to know Him [doctrine
upon doctrine] and experience Him [advance to spiritual maturity].
John 14:8 Philip said to Him:
Lord, show us the Father [theophany] and it will be enough for us [a miraculous manifestation will ameliorate their doubts].
John
14:9 Jesus replied to him: Have I been with you [disciples] for such a long time, Philip, and still you [in particular] have
not come to a firm knowledge of Me? He who has come to know Me spiritually in the past with the result that he knows Me spiritually
now knows the Father [Father and Son are one in essence]. How is it possible that you [Philip] are requesting: Show us [the
disciples] the Father?
John 14:10 Are you [Philip] not confident that I am in the
Father and the Father is in Me [one in essence]? The words [hearing] which I am speaking to you [disciples] I am not communicating
from Myself as the ultimate source. Furthermore, the Father who continues to abide in Me keeps on performing His works [observation].
John
14:11 Keep on increasing your confidence in Me, that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me [concentrate on the divine
attributes]. But if not [if you can’t manage to do this], keep on increasing your confidence because of the works themselves
[focus on My spiritual production].
John 14:12 Most assuredly I am saying to you [disciples]:
He who increases his confidence in Me [by the intake, metabolization and application of doctrine] should be able to perform
the works [spiritual production] which I am performing, and even perform a greater quantity than these, since [due to the
time limitation on My earthly ministry] I am about to go face-to-face to the Father.
John
14:13 Furthermore, whatever you [disciples] may request in My Name [prayer], this I will accomplish [during the interim period
between dispensations], so that the Father may be glorified [attested] in the Son.
John
14:14 If you [disciples living during the interim period between dispensations] ask Me anything in My Name [prayer request
from one of lower rank], I will do it.
John 14:15 If you love Me [virtue love], you will keep My
mandates [that He was enumerating in the Upper Room Discourse].
John 14:16 Also, I will ask
the Father [on terms of equality] and He will give another of the same kind [deity] of Advocate [Helper, Energizer] to you,
with the result that He [the Holy Spirit] will be with you in perpetuity [during the Church Age and beyond],
John
14:17 The Spirit of Truth [veracity], Whom the world [of unbelievers] is not able to grasp, because it cannot see nor know
Him [no frame of reference]. You know Him, because He abides [currently] with you [externally] and will [in the near future]
reside in you [internally].
John 14:18 I will not leave you, orphaned [without spiritual
parents]. I will return face-to-face to you [indwelling us with the Spirit at Pentecost].
John
14:19 A little while longer, and the world [unbelievers] will not see Me any more, but you [disciples] will continue to see
Me [spiritually]. Because I will continue to live [executing His plan from heaven], you will continue to live also [indwelled
by the Spirit for a spectacular ministry on earth].
John 14:20 In that day [Church Age dispensation], you will
know that I am in My Father [one in essence] and you are in Me [union with Christ as positional truth] and also I will be
in you [indwelling of the Son].
John 14:21 He who keeps My mandates [Church Age protocol]
at his disposal [metabolized doctrine in the soul] and continues to execute them [application of doctrine to daily life],
that person only [he alone] is the one who is progressively exercising virtue love for Me [spiritual growth]. Furthermore,
the one who is progressively exercising virtue love for Me [continued spiritual growth] will be increasingly loved by My Father
[reward for faithfulness]. Not only that, but I will also increasingly love him [reward for faithfulness] and will progressively
reveal Myself to him [Christ intimacy increases as the faithful believer progresses from spiritual self-esteem to spiritual
autonomy to spiritual maturity].
John 14:22 Judas [Thaddaeus Lebbaeus], not Iscariot, asked
Him: Lord, what has happened in the past that is unfolding in the present concerning Yourself that You are about to explain
to us [during a private session with the disciples], but not to the world [public announcement to those outside of the upper
room]?
John 14:23 Jesus answered with discernment and said to him: If anyone continues
to exercise virtue love for Me [spiritual momentum], he will increasingly keep and apply My Word [consistently metabolize
and execute doctrinal principles]. Furthermore, My Father will increasingly love him [as a reward for faithfulness] and We
ourselves [both Father and Son] will come face-to-face with him [intimate fellowship] and will build an abiding place [spiritual
house] with him [construct an edification complex in his soul].
John 14:24 He who is not continuously,
progressively exercising virtue love for Me [making spiritual progress] is not increasingly keeping and applying My words
[doctrinal principles]. In fact, the word [doctrinal teaching] which you are hearing is not My own possession, but belongs
to the Father who sent Me.
John 14:25 I have communicated these things [doctrinal principles]
to you repeatedly while abiding with you [on earth].
John 14:26 However, the Intercessor, the Holy Spirit –
Whom the Father will send in My Name – He will teach you everything [spiritual] and will remind you of all the things
[doctrinal principles] which I have communicated to you.
John 14:27 Peace [spiritual tranquility] I am leaving you;
the peace which I am giving to you is Mine, not as the cosmic system gives [fleeting] am I giving to you. Stop allowing the
mentality of your soul to be agitated [troubled] or fearful [cowardly].
John 14:28 You were listening
when I told you: I am going away [ascension], but will return face-to-face to you. If you were exercising virtue love for
Me, you would be pleased, because I will be proceeding face-to-face to the Father, since the Father is greater than Me [higher
rank].
John 14:29 And now I have told you before it happens, in order that when
it happens [His death, resurrection, and ascension], you may believe [confirmation].
John
14:30 I will no longer communicate many things [doctrinal teachings] with you, for the prince [ruler] of the world [Satan]
is coming, and he has absolutely nothing within himself with reference to Me [the antithesis of holiness].
John
14:31 But in order that the world [believers and unbelievers] might understand that I love the Father, and insofar as the
Father has commanded Me, I will simply proceed [obedience without question]. Get up. Let us leave here.
John
15:1 I alone am the Vine, the true One, and My Father is the Vinedresser.
John 15:2 Every vine branch
in Me [Christians only] which does not consistently bear fruit [lack of spiritual growth], He [the Father as the Vinedresser]
lifts it up [help and encouragement for new believers]. And every vine branch which does consistently bear
fruit [spiritual growth], He periodically prunes it [cleansing and testing], so that it may continue to bear more fruit [spiritual
progress].
John 15:3 You [disciples] are already pruned ones through the word [doctrine]
which I have spoken to you in the past and am speaking to you now [He has prepared them to bear more fruit when He departs].
John
15:4 Abide in Me [maintain continuous fellowship], and I in you [reciprocal relationship]. Just as a vine branch is not able
to bear fruit from itself as a source, if it does not abide in the vine, likewise neither you, unless you keep on abiding
[maintaining continuous fellowship] in Me [the True Vine].
John 15:5 I alone am the Vine
[source of life], you are the vine branches. He who keeps on abiding in Me [maintains continuous fellowship], and I in him
[reciprocity], this one will bear much fruit [spiritual growth], because without Me you are not able to produce anything [powerless
in the spiritual life].
John 15:6 If anyone [of the eleven disciples, who are all
believers] does not keep on abiding in Me [temporal fellowship with the Lord], he will be cast aside [out of fellowship with
the Lord] like a vine branch [sprig] that has been withering [lack of spiritual growth]. In fact, they [angels] will gather
them together [cuttings: works] and will throw them into the fire [Evaluation Seat of Christ] and they will be burned [loss
of rewards].
John 15:7 If you [eleven disciples] will abide in Me and My spoken words
abide in you, when you ask for what you wish, it will, in fact [as an answer to prayer], take place for you [preparing them
for the interim period between the end of the dispensation of the Hypostatic Union and the beginning of the Church Age, during
which time they would be empowered to perform miracles].
John 15:8 My Father will be glorified by this, that you [disciples]
continue to bear fruit [spiritual growth] and you become My disciples [representatives to Church Age believers].
John
15:9 Just as the Father has loved Me [from eternity past], I have also loved you [during the dispensation of the Hypostatic
Union]. Get ready to begin and continue to abide [during the Church Age with the advent of the Spirit] in the sphere of My
love [complex].
John 15:10 If you keep My mandates [Church Age protocol],
you will abide in the sphere of My love complex [operational system], just as I have kept My Father’s mandates [standard
operating procedures] and am abiding in the sphere of His love complex [prototype system].
John
15:11 I have communicated these things [doctrinal principles] to you so that My inner happiness may increasingly reside in
you [continual spiritual growth], and your inner happiness might become full to the point of overflowing.
John
15:12 This is My mandate, that you should keep on exercising virtue love with reference to each other [fellow disciples or
believers] just as I have exercised virtue love with reference to you.
John 15:13 Nobody has greater
virtue love than this, that someone lays down his life on behalf of his friends.
John
15:14 You [disciples] are My friends if you make it a practice to do the things [Church Age mandates] I am commanding you.
John
15:15 I will no longer call you servants, because a servant does not understand what his master is doing. Instead, I will
call you friends, since all the things [Bible doctrine] which I have heard from My Father, I have revealed to you.
John
15:16 You did not choose Me [free will has its limitations], but rather I chose you [election by sovereign grace] and appointed
you [for a particular ministry], so that you might go [accept your divine commission] and continuously bear fruit [evangelism]
and your fruit might persist [pastoral responsibility], so that whatever you might ask the Father in My Name [petition by
prayer], He will give it to you.
John 15:17 I am giving orders to you with reference to these
things [Upper Room and Farewell discourses], so that you will keep on exercising virtue love towards one another [they will
need this new protocol to continue to grow spiritually as a team].
John 15:18 Since the cosmic
system [those in it] will hate you [those residing and functioning in the divine dynasphere], you should understand that it
hated Me before you [suffering by association].
John 15:19 If you make it a habit to live according to the
cosmic system, the cosmic system [those in it] would be favorably disposed towards one of its own people. But since you do
not make it a habit to live according to the cosmic system – and I did indeed elect you out from the cosmic system –
because of this [combination of positional and experiential truth], the cosmic system [those in it] will hate you.
John
15:20 Keep on remembering the proverb [doctrine] which I communicated to you: The slave is not greater than his master. If
they have persecuted Me [and they did], they will also persecute you. If they pay attention to My word [some did], they will
also pay attention to yours.
John 15:21 Furthermore, they will do all these things to you
because of My Name, since they do not know the One [the Father] who sent Me.
John 15:22 If I had not come
before them publicly [Jewish and Roman authorities] and talked to them, they would not have considered sin, but now they have
no excuse for their sin.
John 15:23 He who hates Me also hates My Father.
John
15:24 If I had not performed works among them which nobody of the same kind [religious leaders] could perform, they would
not have considered sin. But now they have also seen [attesting miracles] and they still hate both Me and My Father.
John
15:25 But, in order that the word which stands written in their law [Psalm 35:19, 69:4] might be fulfilled: They hated Me
without cause.
John 15:26 When the Advocate [Holy Spirit] arrives, Whom I will send to you
from the side of the Father - the Spirit of Truth Who will proceed from the side of the Father - He will testify concerning
Me.
John 15:27 Furthermore, you [disciples] will also testify, because you have
been with Me from the beginning [of His earthly ministry].
John 16:1 I have told you in the past and I’m telling
you these things again [warnings about hatred from the cosmic system], so that you may not become shocked and fall apart spiritually
[stumble in the spiritual life: implode, explode and revert].
John 16:2 They will expel
you from the synagogues [excommunication]. In fact, the time will come when anyone who attempts to kill you will believe that
he is offering an act of worship to God [because blasphemy in the Jewish religion was punishable by death].
John
16:3 Now they will do these things [attempts to destroy you] because they have not come to know the Father nor Me.
John
16:4 Furthermore, I am telling you these things [predictions], so that when their time comes [persecution by the Jewish and
Roman leaders], you may remember them because I informed you. Also, I did not communicate these things to you at the beginning
[of My ministry], because I was with you [protecting them from harm].
John 16:5 But now I am about
to return home face-to-face to Him [the Father] Who sent Me, and yet not one of you has asked Me [due to preoccupation with
themselves]: Where are you going?
John 16:6 Instead, because I am telling you these things [predictions
concerning His departure and their persecution by the cosmic system], grief is filling up the mentality of your soul to the
point of overflowing [overwhelmed with sorrow].
John 16:7 Nevertheless, I am going to keep on telling you
the truth. It is advantageous for you that I depart [leave planet Earth], for if I do not leave, the Advocate will not come
face-to-face to you. But when I depart, I will send Him face-to-face to you.
John 16:8 Furthermore, after
He [the Holy Spirit] has arrived, He will enlighten [expose and maybe convict] the world about sin and about righteousness
and about judgment:
John 16:9 On the one hand (a), about sin, because they do
not believe on Me;
John 16:10 On the other hand (b), about righteousness, because
I am returning face-to-face to the Father and you will no longer see Me;
John 16:11 On the other hand
(c), about judgment, because the ruler of this world system [Satan] has been judged in the past and is now under judgment.
John
16:12 I still have many things [prophetic teachings] to tell you, but you are not able to bear [carry] them now.
John
16:13 However, when He comes, the Spirit of Truth, He will instruct you [teaching ministry of the Spirit] in all Truth [Bible
doctrine]. In fact, He will not speak from Himself as the ultimate source, but everything that He hears [from the Father and
the Son in heaven], He will communicate, even [especially] proclaiming things which are coming [eschatology, pneumatology,
experiential sanctification].
John 16:14 He [the Holy Spirit] will glorify Me, because He
will select from that [body of OT doctrine] which pertains to Me and will reveal it to you.
John
16:15 Everything [all doctrine] that the Father has within Himself is Mine. Because of this [unlimited supply of absolute
Truth], I can say that He [the Holy Spirit] will select from that [body of OT doctrine] which pertains to Me and will reveal
it to you.
John 16:16 Now in a little while [a few short hours], you will no longer
see Me visibly [in a physical body], but a short time later [a few days], and you will see Me reappear [in a resurrection
body].
John 16:17 Consequently, some of His disciples asked among themselves: What
is this which He is telling us, Now in a little while [a few short hours], you will no longer see Me visibly [in a physical
body], but a short time later [a few days] and you will see Me reappear [in a resurrection body]? And also, Because I am going
face-to-face to the Father?
John 16:18 Then they asked: What is this which He keeps on
saying, In a little while? We did not understand the first time and we still do not understand what He is talking about.
John
16:19 Jesus recognized that they wanted to ask Him a question, so He addressed them: Are you searching for clarification among
yourselves concerning this point that I communicated, Now in a little while [a few short hours], you will no longer see Me
visibly [in a physical body], but a short time later [a few days] and you will see Me reappear [in a resurrection body]?
John
16:20 Most assuredly I am saying to you: You shall weep and mourn, but the cosmic system [those in it] shall be happy. You
shall be distressed, but your grief shall be turned into inner happiness.
John 16:21 When a woman gives
birth, she experiences increasing pain and anguish, because her time has arrived. But as soon as she has given birth to a
child, she no longer remembers the anguish due to a state of inner happiness, because a human being was delivered into the
world.
John 16:22 Likewise, you, in a similar fashion, are now experiencing increasing
pain and anguish. But I will see you again [after the resurrection], and the mentality of your soul will receive inner happiness.
Furthermore, nobody will take your inner happiness away from you [permanent possession].
John
16:23 And in that day [the transition period between the dispensation of the Hypostatic Union and the Church Age], you will
not ask Me any questions [the teaching ministry of the Holy Spirit will take over]. Most assuredly I am saying to you: If
you request anything from the Father [in prayer] in My Name, He will give it to you.
John
16:24 Up to the present time [imminent dispensational change] you have not requested anything in My Name. Keep on asking [prayer
petition] and you will receive, in order that your inner happiness might continue to be full to the point of overflowing in
the present and remain so until the end.
John 16:25 I have communicated these things [Bible doctrine]
to you in the past and I am continuing to communicate them in the present by means of figures of speech. The time is coming
[dispensational change] when I will no longer communicate to you by means of figures of speech, but instead I will tell you
about the Father with plain speech.
John 16:26 In that day [during the Church Age dispensation],
you will request in My Name [prayer], but I am not telling you that I Myself will ask the Father on your behalf,
John
16:27 For the Father Himself has affection for you [personal relationship], because you have shown affection for Me in the
past and continue to have it now [category 3 friendship], and have believed in the past and continue to believe that I came
from the presence of God [deity of Christ].
John 16:28 I originated from the Father [His deity preexisted
in heaven] and came into the world [became part of humanity on planet Earth]. In turn, I am leaving the world [planet Earth]
and returning face-to-face to the Father [in heaven].
John 16:29 His disciples replied: We notice that you are now
communicating with plain speech [frankness & simplicity] and are no longer speaking with figures of speech [metaphors
& similes].
John 16:30 Now [since you have spoken to us in simplicity
and frankness] we recognize and understand fully that You know all things [divine omniscience] and have no need for anyone
to petition you [prayer requests go straight to the Father]. Because of this, we believe that you came [descended] from God.
John
16:31 Jesus replied to them with discernment: Are you just now [after 3-1/2 years in His traveling seminary] beginning to
believe?
John 16:32 Look, the time has now arrived – you are going to be dispersed
[scattered by Roman soldiers], each man to his own [mind your own business and go home], and you will abandon Me. However,
I will not be alone, because the Father will be with Me.
John 16:33 I have communicated these things [prophetic events]
to you, so that you might have continuing peace in Me. You will have [meet face-to-face] outside pressure [affliction, oppression]
in the cosmic system, but be courageous. I have conquered in the past and will keep on conquering [prevailing over] the cosmic
system [we are affiliated with the Winner of the angelic conflict].
John 17:1 Jesus communicated
these things [final words to His disciples], and while lifting upHis eyes toward heaven, He said: Father, the time has arrived
[for the fulfillment of the plan of redemption on the cross]. You may begin to glorify Your Son [during the betrayal, arrest,
and trials], so that the Son may glorify You [by submitting to the cross],
John 17:2 Insofar as You entrusted
Him with authority over all flesh [human beings], so that [according to the divine plan] with reference to all those You have
entrusted to Him [the elect, His sheep], He will give them eternal life.
John 17:3 Furthermore, this
is eternal life: that they [the elect, His sheep] might come to know You on an increasingly personal basis [as a result of
the intake, metabolization, and application of Bible doctrine in the filling of the Holy Spirit], the only true God, as well
as the One You sent, Jesus Christ.
John 17:4 I have glorified You [the Father] on earth, having
completed the work which You gave Me to do.
John 17:5 And now, Father, may You glorify
[reward] Me at Your side [right hand] with the glory which I had with You before the universe existed [eternity past].
John
17:6 I have made Your Name [Person] known to the men [disciples] whom You gave to Me out from the cosmic
system. They were Yours [in eternity past], and then [in time] You entrusted them to Me. Furthermore, they have kept Your
Word [divine evaluation focused on successes, not failures].
John 17:7 As
things now stand, they [disciples] know that all things which You have entrusted to Me are from You [the basic relationship
between the Father and Son is understood],
John 17:8 Because I gave the spoken words to them which You
entrusted to Me, and they themselves received them. Furthermore, they truly understand that I descended [to earth] from Your
side [in heaven] and they believe that You sent Me on a divine mission.
John 17:9 I make a request
[prayer] concerning them [primarily the disciples, secondarily the elect]. I do not make a request [prayer] concerning the
cosmic system [the non-elect: those whose father is the devil], but rather concerning those [the elect] You gave to Me [in
eternity past], because they are Yours [the Father’s sheep].
John 17:10 In fact, all those
[the elect] who are Mine are Yours [mutual, double ownership and eternal relationship], and those who are Yours are Mine [because
the Father and Son are one in essence], and I stand glorified in them [viewing His death for them on the cross as if it has
already occurred].
John 17:11 When I am no longer in the world [absent from planet
Earth], but they themselves [the eleven disciples] remain in the world [enveloped by Satan’s cosmic system], and I have
returned face-to-face to You, holy Father, guard and protect them [spiritually] at the mention of Your Name [prayer request
addressed to the Father], which You have given to Me, so that they might be one [united in mind, will & purpose] just
as we are.
John 17:12 While I was with them [on planet Earth in the midst of Satan’s
cosmic system], I constantly guarded and protected them [spiritual custodian over the disciples] in Your Name – those
whom You gave and entrusted to Me [the eleven elect disciples]. Furthermore, none of them were lost [ruined] but the son of
perdition [Satan’s ambassador, Judas Iscariot], so that the Scripture [Psalm 41:9] might be fulfilled.
John
17:13 But now I am returning face-to-face to You [Father], so I have been communicating these things [Church Age doctrines]
in the world [on planet Earth], so that they might have an ever increasing supply of My inner happiness [from living in the
prototype divine dynasphere], being filled to the point of overflowing in themselves [from living in the operational divine
dynasphere].
John 17:14 I gave Your Word to them repeatedly [repetition] and the cosmic
system came to hate them [the world hates Christians], because they are not from the cosmic system just as I am not from the
cosmic system [seed of the woman as opposed to the seed of the serpent].
John 17:15 I do not ask that
You should remove them from the cosmic system [take them off planet Earth], but that You will guard and protect them from
the wicked one [Satan, the creator of the cosmic system].
John 17:16 They are not from the cosmic system just as I am
not from the cosmic system [seed of the woman as opposed to the seed of the serpent].
John
17:17 Sanctify them [experientially] in the sphere of the truth. Your Word [Bible doctrine] is truth [veracity].
John
17:18 Just as You sent Me on a mission into the cosmic system, I also am about to send them on a mission into the cosmic system.
John
17:19 Similarly, I have been sanctifying Myself, so that they also might become the same [by following My example], sanctified
[experientially] by means of the truth [doctrine in the soul].
John 17:20 Now I am not making
this prayer request on behalf of them [the eleven disciples] only, but also on behalf of those [future Christians] who will
believe on Me through their word [spoken & written evangelistic message],
John 17:21 In order that all
[believers] might become one [Church], just as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, so that they also might be in Us, with
the result that the world [the elect that have not yet believed] might come to believe that You sent Me on a mission.
John
17:22 And as for Me, the glory which You have given to Me, I have given to them [positional unity], in order that they may
become one [experiential unity], just as We are One.
John 17:23 I in them [My words] and You in Me [positional
unity], in order that they may live as one [experiential unity], after being brought to a state of spiritual maturity [experiential
sanctification], so that the world [the elect who have not yet believed] may come to know that You sent Me and loved them
[His sheep] just as You loved Me.
John 17:24 Father, with reference to that [body of believers]
which You have given to Me, I desire that where I am [in heaven or in the Millennial kingdom], they may also be with Me, so
that they may see My glory, which You gave to Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
John
17:25 Righteous Father, to be sure, the world [unbelievers] did not come to know You, but I know You and these [eleven disciples]
have come to know that You sent Me on a divine mission.
John 17:26 Furthermore, I have made Your Name known to them
and I will keep on making it known, so that the love with which You have loved Me might reside in them and I in them [indwelling
of Christ].
John 18:1 After He said these things [completed His prayer to the Father],
Jesus proceeded with His disciples to the other side of the Kedron brook where there was a garden [Gethsemane], into which
He and His disciples entered.
John 18:2 But Judas, the one who was engaged in the act of
betraying Him, also knew the place well, since Jesus gathered His disciples together there on many occasions [secret meeting
place].
John 18:3 Consequently, Judas, after requisitioning the cohort of soldiers
[600 Roman troops], and police officers [temple guards] from the chief priests and Pharisees, arrived there [at the Garden
of Gethsemane] with torches and lamps and weapons.
John 18:4 Jesus, therefore, knowing all the things [divine
omniscience] which were coming upon Him [they were destined to occur], stepped forward [without intimidation] and asked them
[politely]: Who are you looking for?
John 18:5 They answered Him with discernment [arrogantly]:
Jesus from Nazareth. He replied to them [politely]: “I am [affirmation of deity].” Furthermore, Judas, the one
who was engaged in the act of betraying Him, also stood with them.
John 18:6 Immediately after
He said to them: “I am,” they [the entire military contingent] stepped backwards and collapsed to the ground [a
momentary display of divine omnipotence forced them to genuflect].
John 18:7 Then He interrogated
them further [His tone changed from His humanity to His deity]: Who are you looking for? And they replied [respectfully]:
Jesus from Nazareth.
John 18:8 Jesus replied with discernment: I told you that
“I am.” Therefore, since you are looking for Me, dismiss these [eleven men] so they may leave,
John
18:9 In order that the word which He spoke might be fulfilled: With reference to those [eleven elect disciples] whom you have
given to Me [in eternity past], I have not lost any from among them.
John 18:10 Then Simon Peter,
who had a sword, drew it and struck the slave of the High Priest and cut off his right ear. The slave’s name was Malchus.
John
18:11 In turn, Jesus said to Peter: Put the sword back into the sheath. The cup [metonym for undergoing a violent death] which
the Father gave Me, shall I not drink it?
John 18:12 Then the cohort of soldiers and the military tribune
[commander] and the Jewish officers apprehended Jesus and tied Him up,
John 18:13 And led Him face-to-face
to Annas first [high priest emeritus], since he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was the high priest that year.
John
18:14 Now Caiaphas was the one who had given [previous] advice to the Jews, that it was advantageous for one man [Jesus in
particular] to die on behalf of the people.
John 18:15 Meanwhile, Simon Peter and another disciple tried
to follow Jesus. And since that disciple [probably John] was known by the high priest [recognized as a frequent visitor],
he also accompanied Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest.
John 18:16 However, Peter
remained outside standing at the door. Consequently, the other disciple [John], known by the high priest, stepped out and
spoke to the doorkeeper and then escorted Peter in.
John 18:17 Then the female slave, the doorkeeper, asked Peter
[to confirm her suspicions]: Aren’t you also one of this man’s disciples? He replied: I am not.
John
18:18 Now some slaves and officers, after building a charcoal fire because it was cold, stood firm and tended to [the fire]
and tried to warm themselves. Furthermore, Peter was also there, standing firm and tending to [the fire] and warming himself.
John
18:19 Then the high priest [Annas] began interrogating Jesus [preliminary hearing] concerning His disciples [to determine
the extent of the rebellion] and His teaching [to document the nature of his heresy and blasphemy].
John
18:20 Jesus answered him with discernment: I have always communicated openly to humanity in general. I have always taught
in a synagogue or in the temple, where all kinds of Judeans [rich & poor, free & slave, brilliant & unintelligent]
make it a practice to assemble together. In fact, I have communicated nothing in secret [like the closed door sessions the
Sanhedrin had been holding against Him].
John 18:21 Why are you interrogating Me? Start interrogating
those [potential witnesses] who listened to what I was communicating to them [Jesus knows how the law of evidence should work
and demands that Annas adhere to it]. You may start [following legal protocol] by considering them; they know what I have
proclaimed in the past and am still maintaining.
John 18:22 Now, after He had asserted these things [His legal
right to call witnesses for His defense], one of the officers who was standing by inflicted a blow to Jesus’ face [struck
Him with a rod], and said with a scornful rebuke: How dare you answer the high priest in this manner?!
John
18:23 Jesus answered him [the officer] with discernment: If I have spoken erroneously [about My legal rights under the Mosaic
Law], then issue a clarifying statement concerning the error. But if I have spoken correctly [and I have], then why are you
striking Me [violence during a legal hearing is forbidden by the law]?
John 18:24 Subsequently, while
remaining tied-up, Annas sent Him face-to-face to Caiaphas, the high priest.
John 18:25 Meanwhile, Simon
Peter was still present, standing firm and tending [the fire] and warming himself. Then they [some of the soldiers and slaves
around the campfire] asked him: Are you not also one of His disciples? He repudiated them, and replied: I am not.
John
18:26 One of the slaves of the chief priest, being a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked: Did I not see
you in the garden with Him?
John 18:27 Then Peter denied again [3rd time], and immediately
a rooster crowed.
John 18:28 Meanwhile, they [the temple guards] led Jesus from
Caiaphas into the governor’s official residence [Praetorian Guard HQ]. However, it was early in the morning, and they
themselves would not enter into the governor’s official residence, so that they might not become defiled, but might
eat the Passover.
John 18:28 Meanwhile, they [the temple guards] led Jesus from
Caiaphas into the governor’s official residence [Praetorian Guard HQ]. However, it was early in the morning, and they
themselves would not enter into the governor’s official residence, so that they might not become defiled, but might
eat the Passover.
John 18:29 Consequently [because the Jewish contingent wouldn’t
enter the Roman governor’s official residence], Pilate went outside face-to-face to them and asked for confirmation:
What accusation are you bringing against this man?
John 18:30 They replied with discernment [blackmail] and said
to him: If this man was not habitually engaged in doing evil, we would not have delivered Him to you [don’t question
our assessment of Him if you want to keep your job as Governor].
John 18:31 Then Pilate said
to them: You take Him and judge Him according to your law [delegation of authority]. The Jews replied to him: We are not permitted
to kill anyone [before the Passover],
John 18:32 In order that the prediction of Jesus would be
fulfilled, which He communicated when He signified beforehand what kind of death He was destined to die.
John
18:33 Then Pilate entered into the governor’s official residence [praetorium] again, and he summoned Jesus and asked
Him: Are You [in particular] the King of the Jews?
John 18:34 Jesus asked with discernment: Did you conclude
this yourself, or did others maintain this charge about Me to you?
John 18:35 Pilate answered
with discernment: I am not a Jew, am I? Your people, even the high priests, delivered you to me. What did you do?
John
18:36 Jesus answered with discernment: My kingship is not of this world [satanic system]. If My kingship was of this world
[satanic system], then My officers would fight with all their strength so that I would not be delivered to the Jews. But My
kingship is not here [place] at the present time.
John 18:37 Then Pilate asked Him: So then, are you a king?
Jesus answered with discernment: You have [already] concluded that I am a king. I was born for this purpose, in fact, for
this purpose I entered the universe, so that I might bear witness to the truth. Everyone who makes it a habit to live according
to the truth [Bible doctrine] is listening to My voice [teaching].
John 18:38 Pilate asked Him
[with cynicism and sarcasm]: What is truth? Then after he had asked this, he went out again face-to-face to the Jews, and
said to them: I have found nothing with respect to grounds for a legal charge [indictment] in Him [as far as I’m concerned,
He’s an innocent man].
John 18:39 But there is a custom with you that I should pardon
and release one [convicted criminal] to you at the Passover. Do you want me, therefore, to pardon and release to you the King
of the Jews?
John 18:40 Then they shouted in turn, saying: Not this man [Jesus], but Barabbas!
Now Barabbas was a robber [community organizing insurrectionist].
John 19:1 Consequently [after
the Jewish leaders picked Barabbas over Jesus], Pilate had Jesus seized and then scourged.
John
19:2 Furthermore, the soldiers, having woven a victor’s crown made of thorns, place it upon His head and wrapped a purple
robe around Him,
John 19:3 And they presented themselves face-to-face to Him
one after the other and shouted [mockingly] in turn: Hail [pleased to meet you], King of the Jews! In the same manner [one
after the other], they took turns inflicting Him with blows to the face.
John 19:4 Then Pilate went
outside again and said to them [the Jewish leaders]: Behold, I have brought Him outside to you, so that you may know that
I have found no legal grounds for conviction in Him [no crime was committed].
John 19:5 Then Jesus came
outside, wearing the victor’s crown made of thorns and the purple robe. And he [Pilate] said to them: Look! The man!
John
19:6 However, when the chief priests [Annas and Caiaphas] and police officers [temple guards] saw Him, they shouted, yelling:
Crucify! Crucify! Pilate replied to them: You take Him and crucify Him, for I have found no legal grounds for conviction in
Him.
John 19:7 The Jews [chief priests and temple guards] replied to him with
discernment: We have a law, and according to the law He must die, because He claimed Himself [blasphemy] to be the Son of
God.
John 19:8 Consequently, when Pilate heard this declaration, he became afraid
to an even greater degree,
John 19:9 And entered into the governor’s official residence
again and asked Jesus: Where are You from? But Jesus would not give him an answer.
John
19:10 Consequently, Pilate asked Him: Aren’t You going to speak to me? Don’t You understand that I have the authority
to release You and I have the authority to crucify You?
John 19:11 Jesus answered with discernment: You would not
have authority over Me in any capacity, unless it was delegated to you from above. Because of this [divinely delegated authority],
he [Caiaphas] who delivered Me to you has the greater sin [judicial lying and murder].
John
19:12 Because of this [Jesus’ words made an impression on him], Pilate strived to release Him, but the Jews shouted,
yelling: If you release this man, you are not a friend of Caesar [Tiberius]! Every man who claims himself to be a king is
speaking against [challenging] Caesar!
John 19:13 Then Pilate, after hearing these complaints, brought
Jesus outside and sat down on a judicial bench [bema: judgment seat] at a place called the Stone Platform, that is, in Hebrew,
Gabbatha.
John 19:14 Now it was the day of preparation for the Passover [Friday]. It
was about the sixth hour [6 o’clock in the morning]. And he shouts [in a bitter taunt] to the Jews: Look [Caiaphas]!
Your King [the entire crowd]!
John 19:15 However, they shouted: Do away with Him! Do away
with Him! Crucify Him! Pilate asked them: Shall I crucify your king? The chief priests [Annas, Caiaphas] answered with discernment:
We have no king except Caesar [Tiberius].
John 19:16 Consequently, then, he [Pilate] surrendered Him
to them [the Jewish leaders] in order that He might be crucified. Then they [Roman guards] took Jesus away,
John
19:17 And bearing the cross Himself, He proceeded to a place called Skull, which is called Golgotha in Hebrew,
John
19:18 Where they [Roman soldiers] crucified Him, and two others with Him - one on each side and Jesus in the middle.
John
19:19 Furthermore, Pilate also wrote an inscription and fastened it to the cross, on which it was written: Jesus of Nazareth,
the King of the Jews.
John 19:20 Now many Jews read this inscription, because the
place where He was crucified was near the city [Jerusalem]. In addition, it was written in Hebrew [local Jews], Latin [Roman
government], and Greek [commerce & culture].
John 19:21 However, the chief priests of the Jews [Annas and
Caiaphas] pleaded with Pilate: Please do not allow it to remain written: “The King of the Jews,” but rather, “This
man claimed, I am King of the Jews.”
John 19:22 Pilate replied with discernment: That which I have
written, stands written.
John 19:23 Then some soldiers, after they had crucified Jesus,
grabbed His clothing and divided them into four parts, to each soldier a part, including His tunic [undergarment]. Now His
tunic was seamless, woven from the top throughout.
John 19:24 Consequently, they discussed face-to-face with
each other: “Let us not rip it apart, but rather cast lots [gamble] for it, concerning whom it will belong to,”
in order that the scripture [Psalm 22:18] might be fulfilled, which said: “They distributed My clothing among themselves,
but they cast lots [gambled] for My garment [one-piece, seamless tunic].” Therefore [because it was divinely decreed],
the soldiers indeed carried this [prophetic act] out.
John 19:25 Meanwhile, standing near the cross of Jesus, were
His mother [Mary] and His mother’s sister [Salome], Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.
John
19:26 Now, when Jesus saw His mother, and the disciple whom He held in high esteem [John] standing by, he said to His mother:
Woman, look at your son [John].
John 19:27 Then He said to His disciple [John]: Look at your
mother. And from that hour, the disciple received her as his own relative.
John 19:28 After this, Jesus,
knowing that all things had now been brought to a conclusion, in order that the scripture [Psalm 22:15] might be fulfilled,
said: I am thirsty.
John 19:29 A vessel was standing there full of sour wine.
So after attaching a sponge full of sour wine to a hyssop branch, they placed it to His mouth.
John
19:30 Then, after Jesus had received the sour wine, He said: “It [redemption] has been accomplished.” Then, after
bowing His head, He dismissed His spirit.
John 19:31 Now the Jews, because it was the day of preparation
[Friday], so that bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath – for that Sabbath was special [Passover] –
pleaded with Pilate that their legs might be broken [to quicken death] and they might be carried away [removed for immediate
burial].
John 19:32 In reply, soldiers came and broke the legs of the first one and
then of the other one [one on each side] who had been crucified with Him.
John 19:33 But upon coming
to Jesus, after they saw He had already died, they did not break His legs.
John 19:34 Nevertheless, one
of the soldiers pierced His lung with a spear and immediately blood clots and serum came out.
John
19:35 Furthermore, he [John, the author] who saw it has confirmed it; indeed, his testimony is true and accurate. As a matter
of fact, he stands in close relation [stakes his reputation] that he is telling the truth, so that you also might come to
believe it,
John 19:36 For these things took place so that the scripture [Numbers 9:12]
might be fulfilled: Not a bone of His will be broken.
John 19:37 And again, another scripture [Zech. 12:10] says:
They will look on Him whom they pierced.
John 19:38 Now after these things, Joseph from Arimathaea,
who was a student of Jesus, but concealed [in secret] due to fear of the Jews, pleaded with Pilate, that he might take down
and carry away the body of Jesus. When Pilate granted him permission, then he took down and carried away His body.
John
19:39 Now Nicodemus also appeared, he who came to Him initially at night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about
one hundred pounds.
John 19:40 Then they took the body of Jesus and wrapped it
with linen bandages accompanied by aromatic oils and spices, just as the Jewish habit was when preparing for burial.
John
19:41 Now, there was a garden near the place where He was crucified, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever
been buried.
John 19:42 Therefore, due to the preparation of the Jews [for the Passover],
and because the tomb was nearby, they buried Jesus there.
John 20:1 Now, on the first day of the week [Sunday], Mary
Magdalene arrived early in the morning at the tomb while it was still dark, and she discovered that the stone had been removed
from the tomb [violently disengaged from its track or groove].
John 20:2 Then she ran and
came face-to-face to Simon Peter and the other disciple [John] whom Jesus was fond of, and reported to them: They have removed
the Lord from the tomb and we do not know where they have laid Him.
John 20:3 Then Peter and the
other disciple [John] proceeded [on the trail] and arrived at the tomb.
John 20:4 As a matter of fact,
the two began running together, but the other disciple [John] ran ahead, quicker than Peter, and arrived at the tomb first,
John
20:5 And after crouching [stooping], he [John] noticed strips of linen cloth lying there. However, he did not enter.
John
20:6 Then, when Simon Peter arrived, who was following him, he entered the tomb [without hesitation] and also observed the
strips of linen cloth lying there,
John 20:7 And the facecloth which was around His head, not
lying with the strips of linen cloth, but folded up neatly in a separate place by itself.
John
20:8 Then, in turn, the other disciple [John] who had arrived at the tomb first, also entered and understood [comprehended
the significance of what he had only noticed earlier] and believed [in the resurrection].
John
20:9 For they did not yet comprehend the scripture [Psalm 16:10], that it is a necessity for Him to rise out from the dead
ones [resurrection].
John 20:10 Then the disciples [John & Peter] returned
again to their own places [homes or lodging places].
John 20:11 Now, Mary stood outside, facing the tomb and weeping
and wailing. Then, while she was weeping and wailing, she crouched down [stooped] and looked into the tomb,
John
20:12 And she observed two angels sitting there in brilliant white, one facing the head and one facing the feet, where the
body of Jesus had been lying.
John 20:13 And they asked her: Woman, why are you weeping
and wailing? She replied to them: Because they removed my Lord and I do not know where they have laid Him.
John
20:14 After saying these things, she turned around, backwards [180 degrees], and observed Jesus standing there, but she did
not recognize that it was Jesus.
John 20:15 Jesus asked her: Woman, why are you weeping and
wailing? Who are you looking for? She, supposing that he was the gardener, asked Him: Sir, if you removed Him, tell me where
You have laid Him, so I may carry Him away.
John 20:16 Jesus said to her [in Aramaic]: Mariam. She, after
turning around, said to Him in Aramaic: Rabboni, which means, Teacher.
John 20:17 Jesus said to her:
Stop clinging to Me, for I have not yet ascended face-to-face to the Father, but rather go face-to-face to My brethren and
tell them I am going to ascend face-to-face to My Father, even your Father, and My God, even your God.
John
20:18 Mariam the Magdalene appeared before the public and reported to the disciples: I have seen the Lord! In addition, He
had spoken these things to her [which she now conveyed to them word-for-word].
John 20:19 Then, when it was
evening on that day, the first day of the week [Sunday night], the doors having been shut and barricaded where the disciples
were assembled [hiding from the world] due to fear of the Jews, Jesus appeared and stood in their midst and said to them:
Peace to you.
John 20:20 And after He said this, He showed them His hands and side. Consequently,
after looking over the Lord [brief examination], the disciples became jubilant.
John
20:21 Then Jesus said to them again: Peace to you. Just as the Father sent Me on a mission in the past [first commission]
which is in effect up to this moment, I am also sending you [second commission begins].
John
20:22 And after saying this, He breathed on them and said: Receive the Holy Spirit [special enduement, not baptism or indwelling
of the Spirit].
John 20:23 If you proclaim the remittance of the sins of someone
[confirming their belief in the Gospel], they have been forgiven of them in the past with the result that they are in a current
state of forgiveness [by God]. If you deny with reference to someone [not confirming their belief in the Gospel], they have
been denied in the past with the result that they are in a current state of being denied [their sins are not forgiven by God].
John
20:24 But Thomas, one of the Twelve, who was called Didymus [the twin], was not with them when Jesus had appeared.
John
20:25 Therefore, the other disciples tried to assure him: We have seen the Lord. But he said to them: If I do not see the
mark [impression] of the nails in His hands, and put my finger into the place [holes] of the nails, and put my hand into His
side [gash], I will definitely not believe.
John 20:26 Now after eight days, His disciples were inside
again, including Thomas with them. Jesus appeared, the doors having been shut and barricaded, and stood in their midst, and
said: Peace to you.
John 20:27 Then He said to Thomas: Reach your finger out here,
and look at My hands. Then reach your hand out and put it into My side. Then stop being progressively faithless [getting worse
by the day], but instead faithful [believing].
John 20:28 Thomas replied with discernment and said to Him:
My Lord and my God.
John 20:29 Jesus said to him: Because you have seen Me, you
have believed. Happinesses to those who have not seen Me, yet will believe.
John 20:30 As a matter of
fact, Jesus also performed many other attesting signs in the sight of the disciples, which have not been written in this book.
John
20:31 But these [attesting signs] have been documented so that you may come to believe that Jesus is now and always has been
the Christ, the Son of God, and that, after you have believed [positional: justification salvation], you might continue to
have life [experiential: sanctification salvation] in His Name.
John 21:1 After these things
[in Jerusalem], Jesus revealed Himself again to the disciples at the Sea of Tiberias. Now He revealed Himself as follows.
John
21:2 There were together: Simon Peter, and Thomas, the one who was called Didymus [the twin], and Nathanael [Bartholomew],
the one from Cana of Galilee, and the offspring [sons] of Zebedee [John and James], and two others of His disciples.
John
21:3 Simon Peter announced to them: I am going to fish. They replied to him: Likewise; we are coming with you. They departed
and embarked on the [Peter’s] commercial fishing boat, but during that night they caught nothing.
John
21:4 When morning was about to arrive [daybreak], Jesus stood on the shore. However, the disciples did not recognize that
it was Jesus.
John 21:5 Then Jesus shouted to them: Young lads, do you have any fish? They
answered Him with discernment: No!
John 21:6 Then He shouted to them: Cast the net on the right
side of the boat and you will find some. In response, they cast the net and they were no longer able to haul it back because
of the abundance of fish.
John 21:7 Then that disciple whom Jesus held in high esteem
[John] proclaimed to Peter: It is the Lord! Consequently, when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his fishing
uniform - for he was naked - and threw himself [diving] into the sea.
John 21:8 Meanwhile, the other
disciples proceeded by means of a small skiff [row boat] – for they were not far from dry land, only about two hundred
cubits [300 feet] – dragging the net containing fish.
John 21:9 Then when they got
out [of the skiff] onto the shore, they saw a charcoal fire which had been set up, as well as a fish and a loaf of bread [breakfast
appetizers] which had been laid upon it.
John 21:10 Jesus said to them: Bring some of the fish which
you just [recently] caught.
John 21:11 Simon Peter got up [from the campfire] and dragged
[miraculously by himself] the net full of large fish – one hundred fifty three - onto the shore. Even though there were
so many, the net did not split apart.
John 21:12 Jesus said to them: Come! Eat breakfast. Now none
of the disciples presumed to inquire of Him: Who are you? Because they knew that it was the Lord.
John
21:13 Jesus went [to the fire] and took the loaf of bread and distributed it to them, and likewise the fish.
John
21:14 Jesus had already made Himself visible to the disciples for this third time since He was raised from among the dead.
John
21:15 Then, when they had finished eating breakfast, Jesus asked Simon Peter: Simon, [son] of Jonas, do you love Me with virtue
love more than these [disciples]? He replied toHim: Yes, Lord. You know that I have brotherly love for You. He said to him:
Keep on feeding My lambs [teach new converts basic doctrine].
John 21:16 He asked him again
a second time: Simon, [son] of Jonas, do you love Me with virtue love? He replied to Him: Yes, Lord. You know that I have
brotherly love for You. He said to him: Keep on shepherding My sheep [teach Church Age protocol to those who have already
learned basic doctrine].
John 21:17 He asked him a third time: Simon, [son] of Jonas,
do you love Me with brotherly love? Peter was distressed that He had asked him a third time: Do you love Me with brotherly
love? So he replied to Him: Lord, You know all things. You have come to comprehend [from my prior confessions] that I have
brotherly love for You. Jesus said to him: Keep on feeding My sheep [mature believers still need doctrine every day].
John
21:18 Most assuredly I am saying to you [Peter]: When you were young, you girded yourself and walked wherever you wanted.
But when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands and another will gird and lead you where you do not want [crucifixion].
John
21:19 Now He made this prediction for the purpose of indicating beforehand by what manner of death he [Peter] will glorify
God. Then, after making this prediction, He said to him [Peter]: Keep on following Me.
John
21:20 Peter, having turned around [he was walking beside Jesus], noticed the disciple [John] whom Jesus loved, following –
the one who had also reclined [on his elbow] near the chest of Jesus during the supper, and asked: Lord, who is the one who
is going to betray You?
John 21:21 Then Peter, after seeing him [John], asked Jesus:
But Lord, what about him [John]?
John 21:22 Jesus answered him [Peter]: If I want him [John]
to continue living until I return [2nd Coming], what is it to you [mind your own business]? You keep on following Me.
John
21:23 Consequently, this message [gossip] returned to the brethren, that this disciple [John] will not die. But Jesus did
not tell him [Peter] that he [John] would not die, but rather: If I want him to continue living until I return, what is it
to you?
John 21:24 This is the disciple [John] who is bearing testimony about these
things and who has written these things. Indeed, we [pastors in Ephesus] know that his testimony is accurate and true.
John
21:25 Now there are many other things, which Jesus also did, which are of such a quality that, if they could be documented,
I suppose that the planet itself would not even have enough room for the books which could be written.