a gospel of John review

gospel of John review, chapters 11-16, RSV:

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John.11

[1] Now a certain man was ill, Laz'arus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

Genesis 43.[6] Israel said, "Why did you treat me so ill as to tell the man that you2 had another brother?"

Gen 48.[1] After this Joseph was told, "Behold, your father is ill"; / so he took with him2 his two sons, Manas'seh and Ephraim.

Joseph seeks blessing of first born Manasseh; father seeks blessing of second born Ephraim; makes a cross with his hand(s)

(see review 11.54 \/ )

[2] It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Laz'arus was ill.

event in future

‘was’ pointing back to past?

v 1: "a certain man was ill", v 2: "whose brother was ill'

‘hair’ reference to Jacob and Esau and the receiving of blessing: hair and garment

11.[2] It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Laz'arus was ill. 1-2

12.[3] Mary took a pound of costly ointment of pure nard and ( ) anointed the feet of Jesus and ( )2 wiped his feet with her hair; / and the house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment. 12.3a: 1, 2, 3

11.2: It was Mary anointed the Lord with ointment wiped his feet1 with her hair

12.3: Mary anointed the feet of Jesus2 wiped his feet3 with her hair

______'anointed the Lord' / anointed the feet of Jesus'_____

I I

'was' 'wiped his feet with her hair' <---> 'wiped his feet with her hair'

'and the house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.'

[3] So the sisters sent to him, saying, "Lord, he2 whom you love is ill.”
'him, saying, Lord, he2 whom you love is ill'

'sent' to him: by message? for they are in the 'house'?

[4] But when Jesus heard it he said, "This illness is not unto death; / it is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified by means of it.2”
v 3: 'Lord, he whom you love is ill'
v 4: 'Jesus heard it: 'Lord2, he whom you love is ill.' ('raise it up at the last day') (in time)

[5] Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Laz'arus.
reversal of 11.1: <----------

[6] So when he1 heard that he2 was ill, he3 stayed two days longer in the place where he was.

[7] Then after this he said to the disciples, "Let us go into Judea again.”

'we' not complete without the raising of Lazarus

[8] The disciples said to him, "Rabbi, the Jews were but now seeking to stone you, and are you2 going there again?”

[9] Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours in the day? / If any one walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he2 sees the light of this world.

[10] But if any one walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him2.”

/\ ‘thus he spoke’, v 11

v 9: ‘he2 sees the light of this world’

v 10: ‘the light is not in him2’

2 aspects: (sees the light1, v 9, vs ‘the light2 in him’, v 10)

note from v 26:

'lives in': 'sees the light'

'believes in': 'the light is in him'

[11] Thus he spoke, and then he2 said to them, "Our friend Laz'arus has fallen asleep, but I go to awake him3 out of sleep.”

from v 13: 'when Jesus had spoken' /\ re: 'Israel' and 'speak', Isa 40.27

Isaiah 41.

[8] But you, Israel, my servant,
Jacob, whom I have chosen,
the offspring of Abraham, my friend;

[9] / you whom I took from the ends of the earth,
and ( I2 ) called from its farthest corners, 2nd
saying to you2, "You3 are my servant,
I have chosen you and not cast you2 off";
[10] / fear not, for I am with you,
be not dismayed, for I am your God;
/ I will strengthen you, I2 will help you2,
I will uphold you3 with my victorious right hand.

[12] The disciples said to him, "Lord, if he2 has fallen asleep, he3 will recover.”

[13] Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he meant taking rest in sleep.

[14] Then Jesus told them plainly, "Laz'arus is dead;
[15] / and for your sake I am glad that I was not there, so that you may believe. / But let us go to him.”

[16] Thomas, called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, "Let us also go, that we may die with him.”
so there was a group with 'Thomas, called the Twin' as separate from v 15 'us'?
2 'us'; v 15, 16 into 1 'we'?

v 1-16: disciples refer to (Jesus) as:

'Lord': 3x

v 2: Mary anointed the Lord with her hair (in future);

v 3: The sisters sent to him, saying, 'Lord'

v 12: The disciples said to him, "Lord'

'Rabbi': 1x

v 8: the disciples said to him, 'Rabbi'

there are no uses of 'Jesus': only in narration

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[17] Now when Jesus came, he found that Laz'arus had already been in the tomb four days.

[18] Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off,
[19] and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother.

[20] When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and ( )2 met him, while Mary sat in the house.

‘she 'went’ and ( )2 met him’—————> Jesus 'Mary sat in the house'

'house' as it relates to the Bethany group, RSV:

John 11.

[20] When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and ( )2 met him 2-3, while Mary sat in the house.

[31] When the Jews who were with her in the house, consoling her, saw Mary rise quickly and go out, they followed her2, supposing that she3 was going to the tomb to weep there.
(Lazarus tomb: 'hand(s), feet and face-head' and relation to rift in Esau and Jacob)
John.12
[3] Mary took a pound of costly ointment of pure nard and ( ) anointed the feet of Jesus and ( )2 wiped his feet with her hair; / and the house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.

v 3a: (1st, 2nd and 3rd fragment together)
John.20
[26] Eight days later, his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. / The doors were shut, but Jesus came and ( ) stood among them, and ( )2 said, "Peace be with you." (3rd of 3)

[21] Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.

following pattern of comma; Jesus, Lord (Jesus and Lord, see J 4.1):

[22] And even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will give you2.”

John 1.

[1] In the beginning was the Word, and the Word2 was with God, and the Word3 was God2.

LORD of earth and of heavens?

[23] Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again.”

Why ‘again’?

Psalm 41.

[8] They say, "A deadly thing has fastened upon him;
/ he will not rise again from where he2 lies."

[24] Martha said to him, "I know that he2 will rise again2 in the resurrection at the last day.”
'in the resurrection at the last day':
v 23. 'your brother will rise again'
v 24: 'he2 will rise again'
v 25: Jesus: 'I am the resurrection2 and ( I am ) the life'

[25] Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection2 and ( )2 the life; / he who believes in me, though he2 die, yet shall he3 live,
[26] and whoever lives and believes in me2 shall never die. / Do you believe this?”
from v 10: 2 aspects: (sees the light1, v 9, and ‘the light in him’)
v 26: 'whoever lives and believes in me'
'lives in': 'sees the light'
'believes in': 'the light is in him'

complicated: 'Jesus' and 'Lord' use and disciples emphasis of latter (in calling Jesus 'Lord': the use of 2 'me': does this relate to the 'me' as 2 in 'Jesus' and the 'me' as 2 in the 'LORD'? (in the beginning)?

Mary anointing the feet of 'the Lord' and of 'Jesus'? J 11.2, 12.3

John 12.[24] Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; / but if it dies, it2 bears much fruit.

[27] She said to him, "Yes, Lord;/ I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, he who is coming into the world.”

v 21: Jesus, Lord

v 22: God, God

v 27: the Christ, the Son of God

[28] When she had said this, she2 went and ( )3 called her sister Mary, saying quietly, "The Teacher is here and ( ) is calling for you.”
telepathic? v 28 does not begin 'After'
said 'this': "Yes, Lord;/ I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, he who is coming into the world.”

[ 'Lord'2, 'the Christ'2, 'the Son of God'2, ''he'2 ]

so the disciples continue in their titles (not using 'Jesus'):

v 1-16: disciples refer to Jesus as:

'Lord': 3x

v 2: Mary anointed the Lord with her hair (in future);

v 3: The sisters sent to him, saying, 'Lord'

v 12: The disciples said to him, "Lord'

'Rabbi': 1x

v 8: the disciples said to him, 'Rabbi'

v 17-30:

'Lord': 3x

v 21: 'Jesus' but named him 'Lord'

v 27: She said to him, 'Yes, 'Lord' + v 28: 'this'

'the Christ', 'the Son of God', 'he who is coming into the world': 2x

v 27. and v 28: 'this'

'the Teacher': 1x

v 28: (when she had said 'this'), she called Mary (in the house), 'The Teacher is here and ( ) is calling for you.'

to 'Jesus wept' v 35:

v 32: 'Lord'

v 34: 'Lord'

after: v 35: Jesus wept

v 39: 'Lord'

to end of event

[29] And when she heard it, she2 rose quickly and ( )3 went to him. 2-3

v 28c: "The Teacher is here and ( ) is calling for you.”

'it': "The Teacher is here and ( ) is calling for you.”

[30] Now Jesus had not yet come to the village, but ( ) was still in the place where Martha had met him2.

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in Bethany:?

[31] When the Jews who were with her in the house, consoling her2, saw Mary rise quickly and go out, they followed her3, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there.
v 29: 'rose quickly' (2nd and 3rd blended)
v 31: 'rise quickly' (Jews consoling the 2nd 'her') ('saw Mary rise quickly and go out' 'they followed 'her'3)

Jesus, Thomas the Twin, the disciples, Martha? <—————————————— Mary, the Jews who were with her in

\ in the house (and Martha)?

tomb/cave of Lazarus

the question is whether Martha was with her sister and the Jews? v 31 reads differently if this is true. Martha returns in the narrative v 39

[18] Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off,

[19] and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother.

If Martha physically came to the house with Mary and the Jews (and from Jerusalem), then:

[31] When the Jews who were with her in the house, consoling her2, saw Mary rise quickly and go out, they followed her,3 supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there.

(Martha is a Jew affiliated with 'they' who 'followed her') or

the 'her' and 'she' in v 31 is a complex puzzle: as is v 33:

[33] When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her2 also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled;

[34] / and he said, "Where have you laid him2?” / They said to him, "Lord, come and see.”

[32] Then Mary, when she came where Jesus was and ( )2 saw him, ( )3 fell at his feet, saying to him2, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died2.”

2nd phrase: ‘my brother would not have died’

'Jesus' 'him' 'him' 'Lord' 'you' (singular)

[20] When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and ( )2 met him, while Mary sat in the house.

[21] Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.

'Jesus' 'was coming' 'him' / 'Jesus' 'Lord' 'you' 'Martha' 'she' ( ) / 'Martha' ('Mary sat in the house')

('heard', 'went', 'met' / 'said')

[32] Then Mary, when she came where Jesus was and ( )2 saw him, ( )3 fell at his feet, saying to him2, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”

'where 'Jesus' 'was' 'him' 'him' 'Lord' 'you' 'Mary' 'she' ( ) ( ) ('fell at his feet')

('came', 'saw', 'fell', 'saying')

Jesus' 'was' 'him' 'him' 'Lord' '

[33] When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her2 also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled;
[34] / and he said, "Where have you laid him2?” / They said to him, "Lord, come and see.”

v 21: 'Jesus, Lord' Martha ---------->

v 32: 'Jesus___him___him2, Lord' Mary <---------- + v 33: 'and the Jews who came with her' (2nd fragment)

v 34b: 'him, Lord' They ('her', 'the Jews with her2') 'come and see'
Was Jesus' question v 34 using 'you' directed to Mary (and Martha) (and the Jews)?

Did ‘they’ take Jesus to the tomb? When did Jesus weep v 35? Was it at seeing Mary and the Jews weeping? Was it as he/they approached the tomb?
and 'Thomas' and 'the disciples' with

time:

[35] Jesus wept.

'weeping/wept' in the gospel of John and the book of Genesis, RSV:

Genesis 21.

[16] Then she went, and ( )2 sat down over against him a good way off, about the distance of a bowshot; / for she said, "Let me not look upon the death of the child." / And as she sat over against him, the child lifted up his voice and ( ) wept. v 16c: 2-3

Ishmael+ (or 'the voice of the lad' 'where he is' heard through the voice of Hagar?)

( ) = 'he',, 'she', or 'they'?

Genesis 23.

[2] And Sarah died at Kir'iath-ar'ba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan; / and Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her2.

Can one argue that the 'to weep for her' was for Hagar? In the spirit of Abraham's: 'Oh, that Ishmael might live in thy sight!'?

Last HB citation in the gospel of John:

Zechariah 12.

[10] "And I will pour out on the house of David1 and the inhabitants of Jerusalem2 a spirit of compassion and supplication, so that, when they look on him whom they2 have pierced, they3 shall mourn for him2, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him3, as one weeps over a first-born.

'bitter' in the book of Genesis, RSV:

Gen 27.[34] When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and ( )2 said to his father2, "Bless me, even me also, O my father!3'
('first born' and 'only child') ('only son' in Issac)

Gen.27

[38] Esau said to his father, "Have you but one blessing, my father?/ Bless me, even me also, O my father." / And Esau lifted up his voice and ( ) wept.

( ) = 'he', 'he or 'they'?,

Gen.29

[11] Then Jacob kissed Rachel, and ( ) wept aloud.

Jacob gathers one flock of sheep
( ): 'he', 'she" or 'they'?

Gen.33

[4] But Esau ran to meet him, and ( ) embraced him, and ( ) fell on his neck and ( ) kissed him, and they wept.

Esau and Jacob divert vengeance and unite after Jacob's first naming to Israel
who is ( )? (text reads 'Esau' but in another way could it be 'Jacob' as ( )?) (see v 37) \/

Gen.37

[35] All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; / but he refused to be comforted, and ( )2 said, "No, I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning." / Thus his father wept for him.

Jacob wept for first born Joseph (first born son of Rachel)

Gen.42

[24] Then he turned away from them and ( )2 wept; / and he returned to them and ( )2 spoke to them2. / And he took Simeon from them and ( )2 bound him3 before their eyes. [ all 1-2 ]

Joseph and brothers/'turned away' (singular 'them')/'returned' 'spoke to' 2 'them'/'he' took second born and bound second 'him' before their eyes/Jesus 'bound' in g John) (Simeon is 2nd born through Leah)

waiting for Benjamin 'son of sorrow-son of the right hand'

Gen.43

[30] Then Joseph made haste, for his heart yearned for his brother,2 and he sought a place to weep3. / And he entered his chamber and ( )2 wept there. 1-2

secondary role of Joseph and Benjamin

first born thought dead reunited with second born

prior to first and second born feast

'Jesus wept'

Gen.45

[2] And he wept aloud, so that the Egyptians heard it, and the household of Pharaoh heard it2.

[14] Then he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck and ( )2 wept; 1-2/ and Benjamin wept upon his neck.

Joseph is first born of Rachel, Benjamin 'son of sorrow, son of the right hand' is the second born: reconciliation of first and second born of 'Rachel' ('travail' in birth of 'Benjamin', Gen 35.16 and 'travail' in the g J 16.21)

1st and 2nd born reconciliation /\

[15] And he kissed all his brothers and ( )2 wept upon them; 1-2/ and after that his brothers talked with him.

Joseph is revealed to his brothers

Gen.46

[29] Then Joseph made ready his chariot and ( ) went up to meet Israel his father in Goshen; / and he presented himself to him2, and ( )3 fell on his neck, and ( ) wept on his neck a good while.
first ( ): 'he' or 'they'?

v 29b, ( ) = 'he' as Joseph or Israel his father?

Gen.50

[1] Then Joseph fell on his father's face, and ( ) wept over him, and ( )2 kissed him2.

[3] forty days were required for it, for so many are required for embalming. / And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.

[4] And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh, saying, "If now I have found favor in your eyes, speak, I2 pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,

[17] `Say to Joseph, Forgive, I pray you, the transgression of your brothers and their sin, because they did evil to you.' /And now, we pray you, forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father." / Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

John 11.

[31] When the Jews who were with her in the house, consoling her2, saw Mary rise quickly and go out, they followed her3, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there.

[33] When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her2 also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled;

[35] Jesus wept.

John.16

[20] Truly, truly, I say to you, you2 will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; / you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy.

John.20

[11] But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she2 stooped to look into the tomb2;

[13] They said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" / She said to them, "Because they2 have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they3 have laid him."

[15] Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? / Whom do you seek?" / Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him2, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you2 have laid him3, and I will take him away."

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1. 'weeping': Jesus as gardener (to Mary)

2. 'weeping': two angels in white (to Mary)

3. 'weeping/wept': looking into the tomb (cave) (Mary)

'sorrow' to 'joy'

4. Jesus 'wept'

5. Mary 'weeping', and the Jews (2nd fragment) 'weeping' (and Martha?)

<raising of Lazarus: head, hands and feet: reconciliation/spirit of vengeance>

6. Brothers of Joseph ask for forgiveness and re: 'Israel' ('spoke')

7. sth re: Egypt

8. Joseph fell on father's face ('Jacob-Israel') 2 fragments: 'wept over' and 'kissed'

Joseph: 'Am I in the place of God?' 50.19

9. Joseph weeps upon brothers

10. Benjamin 'son of sorrow' and Joseph weep ('son of the right hand' (father))

11. Joseph binds the second born 'and he returned to them and ( ) spoke to them'

12. father Jacob-Israel weeps for Joseph

13. Esau and Jacob reunite and Esau initiates embrace, kiss, they wept (idea of mutuality and reconciliation)

14. Jacob gathers one flock of sheep ('they' (Rachel and Jacob) wept aloud')

15. Esau lifted up his voice and wept regarding lost blessing
16. Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her

17. Ishmael 'the child' lifted up his voice and wept.+ (or Hagar)

'neck' in this section:

Gen.33
[4] But Esau ran to meet him, and ( ) embraced him2, and ( )2 fell on his neck and ( )3 kissed him3, and they wept.

[ example: potential for mutuality ]

[ 2nd pass through? ]

Gen 45.
[14] Then he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck and ( )2 wept; / and Benjamin wept upon his neck.

[ As in previous 33.4 potentiality: first born initiates, second born follows ]

[ 45.14a: ( ) as 'he' or 'they"? ]

Gen 46.
[29] Then Joseph made ready his chariot and ( ) went up to meet Israel his father in Goshen; / and he presented himself to him2, and ( )2 fell on his neck, and ( )3 wept on his neck a good while.

[ another example: potentiality that it was Israel his father who fell on his neck and wept on his neck ]

[ 'Israel' and 'Joseph' ]

add Gen 27.

[15] Then Rebekah took the best garments of Esau her older son, which were with her in the house, and ( ) put them on Jacob her younger son;
[16] / and the skins of the kids she put upon his hands and upon the smooth part of his neck;

[17] / and she gave the savory food and the bread, which she2 had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.

[ garments of Esau, hair from gathered kids: "Go to the flock, and fetch me two good kids" G 27.8 Rebekah's command ]

[36] So the Jews said, "See how he loved him!2”

[37] But some of them said, "Could not he who opened the eyes8 of the blind man have kept this man from dying?”

opening eyes : significance of 8th

raising the dead

J 5.[21] For as the Father raises the dead and ( ) gives them life 1-2, so also the Son gives life2 to whom he2 will.

the eighth 'opening of eyes' of man born blind in v 33: and this event: \/

[33] When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her2 also weeping2, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled;

[34] / and he said, "Where have you laid him2?” / They said to him, "Lord, come and see.”

other use of 8: (the 8th, the brothers meet) (7 times 'bowing to the ground)

Gen 33.

[1]
And Jacob lifted up his eyes and ( ) looked 1-2, and behold, Esau was coming, and four hundred men with him2. / So he divided the children among Leah and Rachel and the two maids. 1-2
[2] And he put the maids with their children in front1, then Leah with her children2, and Rachel and Joseph last of all3.

[3] He himself went on before them, bowing himself2 to the ground seven times, until he2 came near to his brother.

[4]

But Esau ran to meet him, and ( ) embraced him, and ( ) fell on his neck and ( ) kissed him, and they wept.

(could v 3 be read in 2 ways?):

1. Jacob passes 'the children and women' and bows and/or

2. Esau passes 'his four hundred men' and bows; Esau initiates encounter

and the question of who is ( ) (of mutuality and reconciliation of 'brother').
Esau ----------> <----------- Jacob

This is a radical interpretation of possibility: I know it may offend some people. The intention is to find peace and reunification in the narrative that embraces separate traditions.

Esau and Jacob-Israel separated after this encounter after Esau's invitation for Jacob-Israel to follow:

Gen 33.

[16] So Esau returned that day on his way to Se'ir.

[17] But Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and ( ) built himself a house, and ( ) made booths for his cattle; / therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.

'Seir' in abarim:

The general root שער (s'r) appears to primarily express intense negative emotion or the experience of violence. Curiously, it also yields words that have to do with hair.

'Succoth' in abarim:

The root סכך (sakak) or שכך (sakak) speaks of the creation of a hedge of sorts from interwoven strands of sorts. It commonly describes how prickly branches interweave to create a defensive hedge to hide behind and to look intently out from. In a figurative sense it may describe any sort of protective thing that consists of many separate branches, and from which one looks out.

4 Ezra 6.

[7] And I answered and ( ) said, "What will be the dividing of the times? / Or when will be the end of the first age and the beginning of the age that follows?"
[8] He said to me, "From Abraham to Isaac, / because from him were born Jacob and Esau, for Jacob's hand held Esau's heel from the beginning.
[9] For Esau is the end of this age, and Jacob is the beginning of the age that follows. (retaliation to reconciliation?)
[10] For the beginning of a man is his hand, and the end of a man is his heel; / between the heel and the hand seek for nothing else, Ezra!"

[ 'hand'=life; 'heel'= death ]

Gen 25.

[26] Afterward his brother came forth, and his hand had taken hold of Esau's heel; / so his name was called Jacob. / Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.
Gen 33.
[10] Jacob said, "No, I pray you, if I have found favor in your sight, then accept my present from my hand; / for truly to see your face is like seeing the face2 of God, with such favor have you received me.
[ Jacob to Esau after his first naming to 'Israel' ]

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[38] Then Jesus, deeply moved again, came to the tomb; / it was a cave, and a stone lay upon it2.
'tomb' can be a 'cave', but a 'well'?

[39] Jesus said, "Take away the stone.” / Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, "Lord, by this time there will be an odor, for he2 has been dead four days.”

I\ 'Joseph's field', 'Jacob's well' : John 4.5, 6

From the Testament of Benjamin: (Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs) 70-200 AD

''And thus Jacob cried out, My child Joseph, thou hast prevailed over the bowels of thy father Jacob. And he embraced him, and kissed him for two hours, saying, In thee shall be fulfilled the prophecy of heaven concerning the Lamb of God, even the Saviour of the world*,'

* titles for Jesus only found in the gospels in John RSV

[40] Jesus said to her, "Did I not tell you that if you2 would believe you3 would see the glory of God?”
the glory of God in 3

[41] So they took away the stone. / And Jesus lifted up his eyes and ( ) said, "Father, I thank thee that thou2 hast heard me.

v 41b: 1-2

Gen 29 and re: the stone (and three flocks)

Lazarus

the empty tomb

'the glory of God' 3 v 40; 'Father': \/
[42] I knew that thou hearest me always, but I2 have said this on account of the people standing by, that they may believe that thou2 didst send me2.”

(the 'I' and 'I' 'from the beginning, the "me' and "me") o--------------------o

[43] When he had said this, he2 cried with a loud voice, "Laz'arus, come out.”

see ‘lifted up eyes’ and ‘cried’ (with a loud voice’), RSV

v 41: 'took away the stone' / 'And' ‘Jesus’, ( ) 'Father' 'I' 'me'

v 42: 'I' 'thou' 'me' 'I' 'thou' 'me'

v 43: ‘he’, ‘he’

'came out' in the book of Genesis, RSV:

Gen 38.28-30: twin sons of Tamar, first: hand and scarlet thread, see review John 20

all 'came out' in the book of Genesis after Abram ch 12, RSV:

Gen 24.

'he' v 15: [2] And Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his house, ( ) who had charge of all that he2 had

[ therefore first born ]

[15] Before he had done speaking, behold, Rebekah, ( ) who was born to Bethu'el the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, came out with her water jar upon her shoulder.

[45] "Before I had done speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came out with her water jar on her shoulder; / and she went down to the spring, and ( )2 drew. / I said to her, `Pray let me drink.'

[ Rebekah: mother of Esau and Jacob ] [ Jesus and Samaritan woman, J 4 : 'water jar' and Jesus' 'Give me a drink']

[ v 15: narration; v 45: oldest servant's recollection ]

Gen.38

[28] And when she was in labor, one put out a hand; / and the midwife took and ( ) bound on his hand a scarlet thread, saying, "This ( ) came out first."

[29] But as he drew back his hand, behold, his brother came out; / and she said, "What a breach you have made for yourself!" / Therefore his name was called Perez.

[30] Afterward his brother came out with the scarlet thread upon his hand; / and his name was called Zerah.

[ reviewed J 20 ]

'Perez'' means 'breach'; 'Zerah' means 'dawning of light' [ abarim.com ]

Gen.43

[31] Then he washed his face and ( )2 came out; / and controlling himself he said, "Let food be served."

[ Joseph and first and second born feast ]

[ v 33a: 'the first-born according to his birthright and the youngest according to his youth;' ]

[44] The dead man2 came out, his hands and ( ) feet bound with bandages, and his face wrapped with a cloth. / Jesus said to them, "Unbind him, and let him2 go.”

washing feet ‘clean by the word I have spoken to you’ ( John 15.3) but ‘hands’ and ‘face’ mentioned by ‘Simon Peter’:

John 13.

[9] Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!"

and ‘hand’, ‘feet’, and ‘face’ central to Jacob and Esau:

in the book of Genesis, RSV:
hands: 'The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.' (26.22)
(Jacob in place of Esau for blessing, disguises hands at directive of mother Rebekah) (and below 33.10)

(movement hand to hand)
feet: 'Afterward his brother came forth, and his hand had taken hold of Esau's heel.' (25.26) (Jacob, connected)
1 and 2 cause of dissent, 3rd is the 'face':
face: 'Jacob said, 'No, I pray you, if I2 have found favor in your sight, then accept my present from my hand, for truly to see your face is like seeing the face2 of God, with such favor you have received me.' (33.10)

[45] Many of the Jews therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what he did 2-3, believed in him2;

Bethany, beyond the Jordan /\

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Jerusalem \/

[46] / but some of them went to the Pharisees and ( )2 told them3 what Jesus had done.

[47] So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the council, and ( ) said, "What are we to do? / For this man performs many signs.

[48] If we let him go on thus, every one will believe in him2, and the Romans will come and destroy both our holy place and our nation.”

[49] But one of them, Ca'iaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them2, "You know nothing at all;
[50] / you do not understand that it is expedient for you2 that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation should not perish.”

holy place, v 48:

[51] He did not say this of his own accord, but being high priest that year he2 prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation,

[52] and not for the nation2 only, but to gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.

John 1. (one other use of 'children of God' in John's gospel), RSV

[12] But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he2 gave power to become children of God;

[13] / who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

'descendants of Abraham', 'descendants of Abraham', 'Abraham's children', J 8.33, 37, 39

[53] So from that day on they took counsel how to put him to death.

Jerusalem /\

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Ephraim \/

[54] Jesus therefore no longer went about openly among the Jews, but ( ) went from there to the country near the wilderness, to a town called E'phraim; / and there he stayed with the disciples.

Manasseh first born of Joseph, Ephraim second born: father Israel makes a cross with his hands blessing second born: Joseph seeks to switch father's right hand to his first born son Manasseh.

‘Ephraim’ means ‘two-fold increase’; ‘doubly fruitful’ v ‘exhausted, ashes’ (abarim publications online dictionary:)

also: ‘split’, ‘divide’, ‘expand’, ‘multiply’

Joseph and his first and second born sons and father Israel: Gen 48. \/

Ephraim /\

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Jerusalem \/

[55] Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.

[56] They were looking for Jesus and saying to one another as they2 stood in the temple, "What do you think? / That he will not come to the feast?”

[57] Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if any one knew where he was, he2 should let them know, so that they2 might arrest him3.

Gen 48.

[13] And Joseph took them both, E'phraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manas'seh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and ( ) brought them2 near him2.

"both', G 22: 'both.of them went together".

[14] And Israel stretched out his right hand and ( ) laid it upon the head of Ephraim 1-2, who was the younger, and his left hand upon the head of Manas'seh, crossing his hands, for Manas'seh2 was the first-born.

[17] When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of E'phraim, it displeased him; / and he took his father's hand, to remove it from E'phraim's head to Manas'seh's head.

[18] And Joseph said to his father, "Not so, my father; / for this one is the first-born; / put your right hand upon his head."

v 13: 'Israel's right hand' (toward) 1, v 14: 'Israel stretched out his right hand', 'it' 2
v 17: 'his father laid his right hand' 2, ~~'it' (condition)~~, 'his father's hand', 'it' (remove 'it' from 2 to 1)
v 18: 'his father', 'my father', 'your right hand' (1st born)

1st born: Manasseh
2nd born: Ephraim
(1st born): 'first-born'

'Israel's right hand' (1 toward) I "Israel's right hand' (stretched) and ( ) 'it' T: (touched, 3rd t) 2
'his father's right hand' T 2 / 'his father's hand' T 2 / 'it' (to remove; switch) T

'saying: 'his father'

'my father'

'put your right hand' upon the head 'this one is the first-born'

[19] But his father refused, and ( ) said, "I know, my son, I know; / he also shall become a people, and he2 also shall be great; / nevertheless his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his descendants shall become a multitude of nations."

[20] So he blessed them that day, saying, "By you Israel will pronounce blessings, saying,

`God make you as E'phraim and as Manas'seh'";

[21] / Then Israel said to Joseph, "Behold, I am about to die, but God will be with you, and ( ) will bring you2 again to the land of your fathers.

last use of 'Lord' in the book of Genesis, RSV: ('Jacob' calls sons):

Gen 49.

[1]

Then Jacob called his sons, and ( ) said, "Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you what shall befall you2 in days to come.

[2] Assemble and hear, O sons of Jacob,
and hearken to Israel your father.

[18] I wait for thy salvation, O LORD.

and part of text re: 'Joseph:

[26] The blessings of your father

are mighty beyond the blessings of the eternal mountains, 1-2

the bounties of the everlasting hills;

/ may they be on the head of Joseph,

and on the brow of him who was separate from his brothers.

John.12

Jerusalem /\

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Bethany \/

[1] Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Laz'arus was, whom Jesus2 had raised from the dead.
<————— re: event looking backward
whereas previous Mary looked forward re: 11.2: 'It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Laz'arus was ill.’
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v 11.2 I event Lazarus I 12.1 Mary’s act

[2] There they made him a supper; / Martha served, and Laz'arus was one of those at table with him.

consider the previous chapter and breakdown of two groups:

and, a question re: 'him'' : (Jesus) and/or 'Lazarus' (Jesus), 'came forth' J 8.42 in Esau and Jacob (G 25.25-26)

Jesus, Thomas, the disciples, Martha and

Mary and the Jews following her..the Jews had come to console Mary and Martha

[3] Mary took a pound of costly ointment of pure nard and ( ) anointed the feet of Jesus and ( )2 wiped his feet with her hair; 1-2-3/ and the house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.

to Jacob and Esau; blessing, hair and garment, and feet

Jesus’ compassion for both:

'the smell of a field which the Lord has blessed’ in Genesis: Jacob in Esau’s garments:

Gen 27. (Jacob disguised a Esau)

[27] So he came near and ( )2 kissed him3; / and he smelled the smell of his garments, and ( )2 blessed him3, and ( ) said, "See, the smell of my son

is as the smell of a field which the LORD has blessed'

something in ( ) as a foreshadowing to future event: the final reconciliation enacted in a future event which involves a going backward and through

v 3a: three fragments; no dividing punctuation

comma lifting and 'and' in the g John

[4] But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (he who was to betray him2), said,
[5] "Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?”

[6] This he said, not that he cared for the poor but because he was a thief, and as he had the money box he used to take what was put into it.

reference to 11.54 above: Judas stole the 2nd in 'it':
'he said' at 1st, did not care for the 2nd and 'he' was a 'thief' and not as the shepherd of the sheep

[7] Jesus said, "Let her alone, let her2 keep it for the day of my burial.

Jesus saying: pf Mary will keep 'it' / did she use 'it' v 3? there was more than one pound

'ointment' in the gospel of John, RSV:

John 11.

[2] It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Laz'arus was ill. >>

John.12

[3] Mary took a pound of costly ointment of pure nard and ( ) anointed the feet of Jesus and ( )2 wiped his feet with her hair; / and the house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.

(same event: 11.2 and 12.3)

[5] Judas

[7] Jesus said, "Let her alone, let her2 keep it for the day of my burial.

'the day of Jesus' burial': \/

John 19.

[38] After this Joseph of Arimathe'a, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly, for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave him2 leave. / So he came and ( )2 took away his body.

v 38b: 1-2

[39] Nicode'mus also, who had at first come to him by night, came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds' weight.

[40] They took the body of Jesus, and ( )2 bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews.

[41] Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden2 a new tomb where no one had ever been laid.

[42] So because of the Jewish day of Preparation, as the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus there.

(Therefore Mary was present in the preparation and laying Jesus in the new tomb (and perhaps also those of her house which includes the other Marys/Martha).)

[8] The poor you always have with you2, but you3 do not always have me.”

[9] When the great crowd of the Jews learned that he was there, they came, not only on account of Jesus but also to see Laz'arus, whom he2 had raised from the dead.

______Jesus______

I I

he he

'was there'' '

John 5.[21] For as the Father raises the dead and ( ) gives them life 1-2, so also the Son gives life2 to whom he2 will.

[10] So the chief priests planned to put Laz'arus2 also to death,
[11] because on account of him many of the Jews were going away and believing in Jesus.

Bethany /\

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Jerusalem \/

[12] The next day a great crowd who had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.

[13] So they took branches of palm trees and ( )2 went out to meet him, crying, "Hosanna! Blessed is he2 who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!”

John 11.

v 21: Jesus, Lord

v 22: God, God

v 27: the Christ, the Son of God

here: in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!

1st and 2nd fragments without punctuation divider

'cry'(ing)' in Genesis RSV:

G 4.10: 'the voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground' ('the LORD said')

G 27.34: Esau's great and bitter cry to 'his father, his father', 'O my father!' [ v 12 /\:'a great crowd' ]

'Tamar' means 'palm tree' according to abarim-publications.com

HB citation, RSV:

Lev 23.

[40] And you shall take on the first day the fruit of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook; / and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.

'Hosanna' in abarim:

The word Hosanna consists of two elements. The first part of Hosanna comes from the interesting word group that starts with the familiar Hebrew verb ישע (yasha'), meaning to be saved or delivered:

The final part of the word Hosanna is the Hebrew word נא (na'), the common particle of entreaty: please!

[14] And Jesus found a young ass and ( ) sat upon it; 1-2 / as it is written,

[15] "Fear not, daughter of Zion;

/ behold, your king is coming,

sitting on an ass's colt!”

HB citation, RSV:

Zech 9.9:

'Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!

/ Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem!

/ Lo, your king comes to you;

/ triumphant and victorious is he,

humble and riding on an ass,

on a colt the foal of an ass.
(John has a different: 'fear not' rather than 'rejoice greatly'; no 'triumphant and victorious' and no 'daughter of Jerusalem!')

[16] His disciples did not understand this at first; / but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that this had been written of him and ( it ) had been done to him2. 2-3

Jesus___him___him

[17] The crowd that had been with him when he2 called Laz'arus out of the tomb and ( )3 raised him from the dead bore witness.

this is the crowd of disciples, Thomas, [ Martha ], the disciples and the Jews from Jerusalem and Mary group 1

‘the great crowd of the Jews’ ‘came…to see Lazarus’, v 9
/\ (Bethany)

‘a great crowd’ (who welcomed Jesus into Jerusalem as ‘in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!’)
/\ came out to meet him from the feast in Jerusalem v 12

‘Bethany group (Thomas, Twin, Martha, the disciples and Mary and the Jews following her) and Jesus (’ and 'the great crowd of the Jews' 1-2————> <———— ‘a great crowd at the feast’ met him (coming into Jerusalem and leading him into Jerusalem) 3rd

[18] The reason why the crowd went to meet him was that they heard he2 had done this sign.

'the crowd':

(Bethany) <----------------o

[9] When the great crowd of the Jews learned that he was there, they came, not only on account of Jesus but also to see Laz'arus, whom he2 had raised from the dead. o-------->
<------- (Jerusalem)

[12] The next day a great crowd who had come to the feast

heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.

[13] So they took branches of palm trees and ( )2 went out to meet him

, crying, "Hosanna! Blessed is he2 who comes in the name of the Lord

, even the King of Israel!”

[19] The Pharisees then said to one another, "You see that you2 can do nothing;/ look, the world has gone after him.”

the role of the Greeks inclusion and story:

[20] Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks.
Greek worshippers 33 AD

[21] So these came to Philip, who was from Beth-sa'ida in Galilee, and ( )2 said to him, "Sir, we wish to see Jesus.”
( ): 'they'

Jesus to 'Simon Peter', J 21.15: 'Do you love me more than these?'...'Feed my lambs''

also: Gen 48.[8] When Israel saw Joseph's sons, he said, "Who are these?" (cross with hands on first and second born)

Isaiah 40.

[26] Lift up your eyes on high and see:

/ who created these?

/ He who brings out their host by number,

calling them all by name;

/ by the greatness of his might,

and because he is strong in power

not one is missing. 2-3

Isaiah 44.

[21] Remember these things, O Jacob,

and Israel, for you are my servant; 3rd

/ I formed you, you2 are my servant;

/ O Israel, you will not be forgotten by me.

[22] Philip went and ( ) told Andrew; / Andrew went with Philip and they told Jesus.

It was Philip gathering Nathanael / Andrew and the unnamed disciple; Andrew and Simon named 'Peter' / and Philip again

(and Philip and Andrew and the ‘lad’ feeding in ch 6) (Philip and Andrew and 'Peter')

('Simon Peter' as part of the 7 in J 21 and second catch of fish): [2] Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathan'a-el of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zeb'edee, and two others of his disciples were together.

[23] And Jesus answered them, "The hour has come for the Son of man to be glorified.

‘the Son of man’: (glorified) \/
[24] Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and ( ) dies, it2 remains alone; / but if it dies, it2 bears much fruit.

[25] He who loves his life loses it, and he2 who hates his life2 in this world will keep it2 for eternal life.

[26] If any one serves me, he must follow me2; / and where I am, there shall my servant be also; / if any one serves me, the Father will honor him.

v 26a: singular 'one' and 'he' must follow/serve (Jesus) to ('the LORD')

'before Abraham was, I am', J 8.58

''my servant' in Isaiah:

Isaiah 41.

[4b] I, the LORD, the first,

and ( I2 ) with the last; / I am He.

[8] But you, Israel, my servant,

Jacob, whom I have chosen,

the offspring of Abraham, my friend;

[9] / you whom I took from the ends of the earth,

and ( I2 ) called from its farthest corners,

saying to you, "You are my servant,

I have chosen you and not cast you2 off";

Isaiah 44:

[1] "But now hear, O Jacob my servant,
Israel whom I have chosen!

[2] / Thus says the LORD who made you,

( ) who formed you2 from the womb and ( )2 will help you3: 1/2 and 3

/ Fear not, O Jacob my servant,

Jeshu'run whom I have chosen.

abarim and 'Jeshurun': For a meaning of the name Jeshurun, NOBSE Study Bible Name List reads Upright One. Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names reads Upright.':

Isaiah 49:

[1] Listen to me, O coastlands, and hearken, you peoples from afar.

/ The LORD called me from the womb,

from the body of my mother he named my name.

[2] / He made my mouth like a sharp sword,
in the shadow of his hand he2 hid me;
/ he made me a polished arrow,
in his quiver he2 hid me away.

[3] And he said to me, "You are my servant,

Israel, in whom I will be glorified." ('Jesus': 'my servant Israel') (in whom the LORD is glorified; in 3)

[5] And now the LORD says,
( ) who formed me from the womb to be his servant,
to bring Jacob back to him2,
and that Israel might be gathered to him3,
for I am honored in the eyes of the LORD2,
and my God has become my strength -- [ Jesus: 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.' J 20.17 ]

[6] he says:

"It is too light a thing that you should be my servant

to raise up the tribes of Jacob

and to restore the preserved of Israel;

(no separative punctuation ends 1-2-3)

/ I will give you as a light to the nations,

that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth."

[27] "Now is my soul troubled. / And what shall I say? / `Father, save me from this hour'? / No, for this purpose I have come to this hour.

[28] Father, glorify thy name.” / Then a voice came from heaven, "I have glorified it, and I2 will glorify it2 again.”
'thy name' / 'it', 'it' ' of earth and of heaven(s)

(glorified 'it'('thy name'), and will glorify 'it2' ('thy name') again:

'I' and 'I' in 'Father' : ('the LORD')

FATHER 'THY NAME' / VOICE FROM HEAVEN / LORD 'I' 'I' / 'THY NAME': 'IT' (PAST), 'IT' (FUTURE)

[29] The crowd standing by heard it and ( ) said that it2 had thundered. / Others said, "An angel has spoken to him.”

'voice' and content: did the crowd here what was said?

v 29a: 1-2

[30] Jesus answered, "This voice has come for your sake, not for mine.

[31] Now is the judgment of this world, now shall the ruler of this world be cast out;
[32]/ and I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself.”

Jesus 'the ruler of this world': 'I am':

[33] He said this to show by what death he2 was to die.

this is still the Greeks and Philip and Andrew? Maybe it was the Greeks and others? v 20-21

v 22: reads Andrew and Philip (maybe v 22-27)

v 29: the crowd standing by (the v 28+ for 'the crowds' which could include ‘the great crowd’ welcoming Jesus (v 9, 12) and/or ‘the Pharisees’ (v 19): this chapter very complex re: ‘the crowd’ and ‘others’:

v 1-8: Lord's supper (Bethany group: Lazarus, Thomas, disciples, Martha, Mary and Jews coming to console+) (Judas Iscariat, betrayer)

v 9: ‘great crowd of the Jews’

v 12: ‘a great crowd who had come to the feast’ ‘Hosanna, Lord, King of Israel!’

v 16: ‘his disciples’

v 17: ‘the crowd’ whom were at the Lazarus raising (‘Jews’ also following Mary going to the tomb’)

v 18: ‘the crowd'

v 19: ‘the Pharisees’

v 20: some ‘Greeks’

(Philip, Andrew and Jesus): teaching from Jesus: (and re: ‘Son of man’): v 23-(v 22: who with P and A: any part of ‘crowd’+)-v 28

v 28——>

(crowds (Jesus and Philip and Andrew) crowds)

1- (Andrew and the unnamed disciple: 'Rabbi' 1.38 and 'Lamb of God!' (2nd use) 1.36)

2- (Andrew and Simon named 'Cephas': 'the Messiah (which means Christ)' 1.41)

3- (Philip found Nathanael: 'Jesus of Nazareth, son of Joseph' 1.45, 'Rabbi, the Son of God! (2nd use), 'the King of Israel!' 1.49)

many different groups centered on ‘the Christ’ v 34, ‘the Son of man’ v 34, ‘the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!' v 13...

[34] The crowd answered him, "We have heard from the law that the Christ remains for ever. / How can you say that the Son of man must be lifted up? / Who is this Son of man2?”

separation

[35] Jesus said to them, "The light is with you for a little longer. / Walk while you have the light, lest the darkness overtake you2; / he who walks in the darkness does not know where he2 goes.

v 35a: singular statement; v 35b: darkness overtakes the 2nd ‘you'; v 35c: there is no 1 and 2 in the dark

[36] While you have the light, believe in the light2, that you2 may become sons of light.”

/ When Jesus had said this, he departed and ( ) hid himself from them.
v 34a: 'the Christ' / ‘the Son of man’ / ‘this Son of man?'; v 35: 'the light' / 'the light'; v 36: ‘the light’, ‘the light’, ‘sons of light’

Isaiah 45:

[15] Truly, thou art a God who hidest thyself,
O God of Israel, the Savior.

other 'hid' in the gospel of John, RSV:

John 8.

[59] So they took up stones to throw at him; / but Jesus hid himself, and ( ) went out of the temple.
(Jesus saying 'before Abraham was, I am' v 58)

John 10.

[31] The Jews took up stones again to stone him.

(Jews questioning Jesus re: 'the Christ')

John 11.

[8] The disciples said to him, "Rabbi, the Jews were but now seeking to stone you, and are you2 going there again?"

(raising of Lazarus)

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[37] Though he had done so many signs before them, yet they2 did not believe in him2;
[38] / it was that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: /

"Lord, who has believed our report,
and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?” 3rd

Isaiah 53. speak /\

[1] Who has believed what we have heard? / And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?

[39] Therefore they could not believe. / For Isaiah again said,
[40] "He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart,
lest they should see with their eyes2 and perceive with their heart2,
and turn for me to heal them2.”

Isaiah 6. said /\

[10] Make the heart of this people fat,
and their ears heavy,2
and shut their eyes;3
/ lest they see with their eyes,
and ( ) hear with their ears,2
and ( ) understand with their hearts,3
and ( ) turn and be healed."4 (added 'for me'' /\)

('say', there is no hearing)

2nd fragments

[41] Isaiah said this because he saw his glory and ( )2 spoke of him3.

three fragments without punctuation: +

+ +

[42] Nevertheless many even of the authorities believed in him, but for fear of the Pharisees they did not confess it, lest they2 should be put out of the synagogue:

[ 'believed in him', 'it' ('believed in him') ]
[43] / for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.

[44] And Jesus cried out and ( ) said, "He2 who believes in me, believes not in me but in him3 who sent me. 'the Father' = 'the LORD'

see ‘cry-cried’ in the RSV: (first two):
G 4.10: 'And the LORD said, "What have you done? / The voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground.’
G 27.34:. 'When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and ( )2 said to his father, "Bless me, even me also, O my father!”
other uses of form 'to cry' in the book of Genesis, RSV: Joseph in Egypt and Potifar's wife

[45] And he who sees me sees2 him2 who sent me.

v 44: belief: 'He2 who believes in me, believes2 not in me but in him3 who sent me' 1, 2-3

v 45: see: ‘And he who sees me sees him2 who sent me’ 1-2 together

v 46: 'whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness

[ 'darkness' = not believing/seeing the 'him'3/2 who sent me;: gathering 2 in (Jesus) ]

believes2 not in me but in him3 who sent me / believes in me may not remain in darkness :

[ therefore, believe/follow the 3 in the LORD, the Father ]

J 1.18: No one has ever seen God; / the only Son, ( ) who is in the bosom of the Father, he2 has made him3 known.

[46] I have come as light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.

v 35: 'the light' / 'the light'

v 36: 'the light', 'the light', 'sons of light'

v 46: 'light'

[47] If any one hears my sayings and does not keep them, I do not judge him; / for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.

not judgment and end but saving

[48] He who rejects me and does not receive my sayings2 has a judge; / the word that I have spoken will be his judge on the last day.

'the word' is scripture and his Father's works
'I' as 'Lord' and the 'word' 'spoken' 'from the beginning': this is a further back 'beginning' than 'the beginning'; 'before Abraham was, I am': <-------------------

rejects the 2 'from the beginning' and in (Jesus) + 'sayings' as to 'Jacob' Isa 40.27

Gen 18: 'the LORD appears to him' (Abraham) 18.1

"three men stood in front of him' 18.2

Abraham addresses as 'my lord' 18.3

'the LORD said' 2x: 18.10, 13

[ 2 'angels' to Lot ]

'the LORD said' 3x: 18.17, 20, 26

'the LORD went his way', 18.33

Abraham addresses 'the LORD' as 'the Lord' 4x: 18.27, 30, 31, 32

18.25: 'Judge of all the earth'

[49] For I have not spoken on my own authority; / the Father who sent me has himself given me commandment what to say and what to speak.

Isaiah 40.

[27] Why do you say, O Jacob,
and ( )2 speak, O Israel,
"My way is hid from the LORD,
and my right is disregarded by my God"?

[50] And I know that his commandment is eternal life. / What I say, therefore, I2 say2 as the Father has bidden me.”

John.13

[1] Now before the feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.

[2] And during supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him,
[3] Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he2 had come from God and ( )3 was going to God2, +
[4] rose from supper, laid aside his garments, and girded himself with a towel. + +

'rose from supper': (‘Esau and Jacob’)

Gen 25.

[34] Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils, and he ate and ( ) drank, and ( ) rose and ( ) went his way. /

'laid aside his garments':

Gen 27.

[15] Then Rebekah took the best garments of Esau her older son, which were with her in the house, and ( ) put them on Jacob her younger son;
[16] / and the skins of the kids she put upon his hands and upon the smooth part of his neck; 1-2
[17] / and she gave the savory food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob. 1-2

[5] Then he poured water into a basin, and ( )2 began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which he3 was girded.

v 3: 3rd fragment: ‘and that he2 had come from God and ( )3 was going to God’

v 4: 1-2-3rd fragment:

'rose from supper' feasts and suppers previous consideration /\: Esau

'laid aside his garments' hair and garment caused resentment and separation Esau / Jacob

'and girded himself with a towel' a towel (only use of 'towel' in RSV, 2 in this chapter) Jesus

v 5: 2nd and 3rd fragment: ‘and ( )2 began to wash the disciples feet’, ‘and to wipe them with the towel with which he3 was girded’
'wash feet':
the 'feet', 'hands' and 'head' in Lazarus and in the tension and greatness in both brothers 'Jacob' and 'Esau':
their reconciliation, and reconciliation in narrative and peace and ''glory, glory' in (Jesus) and 'the Father'
and clean:
J 13.[10] Jesus said to him, "He2 who has bathed does not need to wash, except for his feet, but he3 is clean all over; / and you are clean, but not every one of you2."
J 15.[3] You are already made clean by the word which I have spoken to you2.

(there is a raising here (previous verses and 'rose from supper'): then, ‘he came to Simon Peter’ v 6):

[6] He came to Simon Peter; / and Peter said to him, "Lord, do you wash my feet?”

[7] Jesus answered him, "What I am doing you do not know now, but afterward you2 will understand.”

[36]

Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, where are you going?” / Jesus answered, "Where I am going you cannot follow me now; / but you shall follow ( ) afterward.”

(Simon Peter will follow the Lord afterward)

re: v 7: in ‘him’ are ‘Simon Peter’ and ‘Peter’? <——— addressing both?

because Peter asked the question v 6b: v 7: 'Peter': 'you do not know now, but afterward you2 will understand'
\/ given v 8 'you, you' indicates 2 in 'Peter' ('Peter' extended in time to 'Simon Peter')?

[8] Peter said to him, "You shall never wash my feet.” / Jesus answered him, "If I do not wash you, you2 have no part in me.”

‘washing’ and the ‘word spoken’

‘Peter’ needs to be washed by the word spoken (re: ‘Israel’) : 'Peter' denials 1st and 3rd; J 18: to 'maid who kept the door' and regarding 'garden' ('before Abraham', 'two angels in white', Jesus as gardener....)

according to John's text in the RSV: agreement that the later RSV text is not a dilution of text but a continuation

[9] Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!”

‘hands’ and ‘head’ additional; relationship of Lazarus to Jacob-Esau

Gen 33.

[10] Jacob said, "No, I pray you, if I2 have found favor in your sight, then accept my present from my hand; / for truly to see your face is like seeing the face2 of God, with such favor have you received me.

('hand' and 'heel'; Jacob's disguised 'hands' as Esau's and Rebekah's disguised meal into Jacob's 'hand' to reconciling 'hand' and all things into (Jesus') hands)

( 'I', 'I2', 'me': of earth and heaven(s))

('hand' to 'hand' in Jacob's taking heel to present/gift and hand in 'the right hand of heaven' (Isa 48.13) and Jesus (God giving all things into Jesus' hands (John 3.35))

and 'hand' and 'scarlet thread" and firstborn 'Zerah " "dawning of light', Gen 38

[10] Jesus said to him, "He2 who has bathed does not need to wash, except for his feet, but he3 is clean all over; / and you are clean, but not every one of you2.”

[11] For he knew who was to betray him2;/ that was why he said, "You are not all clean.”

[12] When he had washed their feet, and taken his garments, and resumed his place, he2 said to them, "Do you know what I have done to you2?

2nd and 3rd fragment; 'taken his garments and resumed his place’: garments gone and/or new garments

‘washed their feet’ (word spoken to Israel re: ‘feet’); ‘taken his garments’ (which caused the blessing and forever vengeance and retaliation), and resumed his place)

'taken his garments':

in Isaiah 61.

[10] I will greatly rejoice in the LORD,
my soul shall exult in my God;
/ for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation,
he2 has covered me with the robe of righteousness,
as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland,
and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

[13] You call me Teacher and Lord; / and you are right, for so I am.

(Jesus) is the vine (source of wine), the bread, the light, the life, ...

[14] If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet2.

reversal of ‘Teacher and Lord’ <———————

v 13: 'me' 'Teacher and Lord'

v 14: 'I' 'Lord and Teacher' <----

[15] For I have given you an example, that you2 also should do as I2 have done to you3.

heaven and earth washing of feet (I, I2)

[16] Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master; / nor is he who is sent greater than he2 who sent him3.

In the gospel of John, is Jesus God? 'from God', 'of God'

'believe not in me, but he who sent me'

'the Father who dwells in me''

Isaiah 48.

[16] Draw near to me, hear this:
/ from the beginning I have not spoken in secret,
from the time it came to be I2 have been there."
/ And now the Lord GOD has sent me and his Spirit.

Isa.61
[1] The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me,

because the LORD has anointed me
to bring good tidings to the afflicted;

(2nd and 3rd)
/ he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;

[17] If you know these things, blessed are you2 if you3 do them.

[18] I am not speaking of you all; / I know whom I2 have chosen; / it is that the scripture may be fulfilled, `He who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me.’

HB citation:

Psalm 41.

[7] All who hate me whisper together about me;
/ they imagine the worst for me.
[8] / They say, "A deadly thing has fastened upon him;
/ he will not rise again from where he2 lies." (Esau?) ''rise again' re: Lazarus, J 11.23, 24 2x
[9] Even my bosom friend in whom I trusted,
( ) who ate of my bread, ( )2 has lifted his heel against me. (Jacob?, Jesus)
[10] But do thou, O LORD, be gracious to me,
and ( )2 raise me up, that I may requite them!
(Jesus will overturn this spirit
for without Jesus' laying down his life, this overcoming, vengeance pattern and cycle will never cease)
'requite': 'make appropriate return for (a favor, service, or wrongdoing).'

John 3.[17] For God sent the Son into the world, not to condemn the world2, but that the world3 might be saved through him.

John 12.[47] If any one hears my sayings and does not keep them, I do not judge him; / for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world2.

[ different from the book of Revelation ]

[19] I tell you this now, before it takes place, that when it2 does take place you2 may believe that I am he.

John 1.

[2] He was in the beginning with God;
[3] / all things were made through him, and without him2 was not anything made2 that was made3.

[20] Truly, truly, I say to you, he who receives any one whom I2 send receives me; / and he who receives me receives him2 who sent me.”

[21] When Jesus had thus spoken, he was troubled in spirit, and ( )2 testified, "Truly, truly, I say to you, one of you2 will betray me."

[22] The disciples looked at one another, uncertain of whom he spoke.

[23] One of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was lying close to the breast of Jesus;
[24] / so Simon Peter beckoned to him and ( )2 said, "Tell us who it is of whom he3 speaks.”

Lazarus was also ‘loved’ (with Martha and Mary):

John 11.

[5]
Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

argument that the BD is Lazarus

John 20.4, 8: BD reaches 'tomb first' 2x (Lazarus and 'tomb' 1st)

v 24a: 1-2

[25] So lying2 thus, close to the breast of Jesus2, he said to him2, "Lord, who is it?”

v 23: 'was lying close to the breast of Jesus'; /

v 25: 'So lying2 thus, close to the breast of Jesus' [ 'Lord' and comma ]

[26] Jesus answered, "It is he to whom I shall give this morsel when I2 have dipped it2.” / So when he had dipped the morsel, he2 gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.
Jesus will absorb the spirit of vengeance, overcome the 'devil' v 2 and 'Satan' v 27

[2] And during supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him,

[27] Then after the morsel, Satan entered into him. / Jesus said to him, "What you are going to do, do quickly.”

[28] Now no one at the table knew why he said this to him2.

[29] Some thought that, because Judas had the money box, Jesus was telling him, "Buy what we need for the feast"; / or, that he should give something to the poor.

[30] So, after receiving the morsel, he immediately went out; / and it was night.

singularly

Judas had gone out ----------------->

[31] When he had gone out, Jesus said, "Now is the Son of man glorified, and in him2 God is glorified;
[32] / if God is glorified in him, God2 will also glorify him2 in himself, and glorify him3 at once.

v 32: 'God is glorified in him' (Jesus, 'thy Son') -----------> 'glorify him2' ('in himself')

-----------> 'glorify him3' ('at once')

[33] Little children, yet a little while I am with you. / You will seek me; / and as I said to the Jews so now I2 say to you, `Where I am going you2 cannot come.’

John 12.

[31] Now is the judgment of this world, now shall the ruler of this world be cast out;
[32] / and I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself."

('descendants of Abraham' 2x, 'Abraham's children' 3rd', J 8.33, 37, 39)

[34] A new commandment I give to you, that you2 love one another; / even as I have loved you, that you2 also love one another.

HB citation:

Lev 19.18: You shall not take vengeance or bear any grudge against the sons of your own people, but you2 shall love your neighbor as yourself: / I am the LORD.

[35] By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you2 have love for one another.”

v 34: ‘that you2 love one another’, ‘that you2 also love one another’

v 35: ‘if you2 have love for one another’

[36] Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, where are you going?” / Jesus answered ( ), "Where I am going you cannot follow me now; / but you shall follow ( me ) afterward.”
‘Simon Peter’ shall ‘follow afterward’

'Simon Peter' 'feeds lambs' and brings 'second catch of fish on right side' in John 21, RSV

is closely affiliated with BD, MM and the 7:

John 21.[2] Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathan'a-el of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zeb'edee, and two others of his disciples were together.

'afterward' and first-born Zerah ('dawning of light') and scarlet thread on hand

[37] Peter said to him, "Lord, why cannot I follow you now? / I will lay down my life for you.”

‘Peter’ and the ‘maid who kept the door’ and re: ‘the garden', John 18

'Peter': denial 1 and 3: 'Simon Peter:' denial 2nd J 18

[38] Jesus answered ( ) , "Will you lay down your life for me? / Truly, truly, I say to you, the cock will not crow, till you2 have denied me three times.

the denial of the 2 in 'me' ( and from the beginning) <-------

John.14

perhaps ch 13 goes directly into ch 14 and therefore there is a large group here: but Jesus is responding to 3 in this chapter: ‘Thomas (the Twin)’, ‘Philip’ and ‘Judas (not Iscariot)

all 3 address him as ‘Lord’:

since chapter 14 is a continuation, then who might be present here?:
1. Peter-Simon Peter
2. 'my disciples'; 'love for one another'
3. 'Little children'
4. The beloved disciple
5. the crowds and Philip and Andrew...

[1] "Let not your hearts be troubled; / believe in God, believe also in me.

[2] In my Father's house are many rooms; / if it were not so, would I have told you that I2 go to prepare a place for you2?

other use of 'Father's house' in John:

J 2.[16] And he told those who sold the pigeons, "Take these things away; / you shall not make my Father's house a house2 of trade.”

[3] And when I go and ( I2 ) prepare a place for you, I will come again and ( I2 ) will take you2 to myself, that where I am you3 may be also.

the integrative ( ) piece at Jesus' second coming? ('I am': the Father's house?)

[4] And you know the way where I am going.”

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[5] Thomas said to him, "Lord, we do not know where you are going; / how can we know the way?”

Thomas the Twin

‘we’ separated: there are 2 groups in 3rd: 'we' / 'we' (in 'him, Lord': ('Jesus' and 'Lord') : (in time):

'the second': 'second wine' J 2: 2 fish and 'lad feeding' J 6: Lazarus raising J 11: 'second catch' of fish (group of 7 which include 'Thomas the Twin', 'Simon Peter' and 'Nathanael') J 21: 'Simon Peter' 'feed my lambs', 'Peter' 'feed/tend my sheep' 2, J 21:

[6] Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; / no one comes to the Father, but by me.

2nd and 3rd fragments;

one comes to the Father through the 2 in Jesus (and 2 in 'the LORD')

Jesus:

'I am the way'

'I am the truth'

'I am the life' ('said' to Thomas, the Twin)

J 6: 'I am the bread of life' 2x / 'I am the living bread which came down from heaven'

J 8: 'I am the light of the world'

re: 'Son of man': 'I am he' 2x

'before Abraham was, I am'

J 9: 'As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.' (2nd)

J 10: 'I am the door of the sheep' / 'I am the door' /

'I am the good shepherd' 2x / 'I am the Son of God'?' /

J 13: 'I am he' 1x: (foot washing and 'Peter' and 'Simon Peter'...)

J 15: 'I am the true vine' / 'I am the vine, you are the branches'

J 18: at Gethesame, re: 'Jesus of Nazareth': "I am he' 3x

(complexity as contained within other 'I am' statements in gospel)

'the way of the Lord', RSV:

Gen 18.

[19] No, for I have chosen him, that he2 may charge his children and his household after him3 to keep the way of the LORD by doing righteousness and justice; / so that the LORD may bring to Abraham what he has promised him2."

2 in the 3rd:

John 8.[56] Your father Abraham rejoiced that he was to see my day; / he saw it and ( )2 was glad. 1-2" /\

first gospel of John direct HB reference is Isaiah 40.
[3] A voice cries:
"In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD,
make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
/\
Gen 33.[12] Then Esau said, "Let us journey on our way, and I will go before you." (to Jacob) (two levels)

2nd possible: ((Jesus) 'before Abraham)) and through: \/

o Esau

o 'I' ('Jesus-LORD') will go before you' ----->

o Jacob

Isaiah 40.[8] The grass withers, the flower fades;

/ but the word of our God will stand for ever.

Gen 33.

[10] Jacob said, "No, I pray you, if I2 have found favor in your sight, then accept my present from my hand; / for truly to see your face is like seeing the face2 of God, with such favor have you received me.

[11] Accept, I pray you, my gift that is brought to you2, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I2 have enough." / Thus he urged him2, and he3 took it. (the gift of 'I' and 'I', 'me' and 'it' in time?)

(Esau goes to Seir: Jacob-Israel to Shechem): separation

John 4.

[10] Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you2, `Give me a drink,' you3 would have asked him, and he2 would have given you living water."

[12] Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and ( ) drank from it himself, and his sons, and his cattle?"

epien kai
G4095 G2532 vi 2Aor Act 3 Sg Conj
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he-drank from: scripture4all.org /\

[13] Jesus said to her, "Every one who drinks of this water will thirst again,
[14] but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst; / the water that I shall give him will become in him2 a spring of water welling up to eternal life."
(heavenly waters from above?)

[7] If you had known me, you2 would have known my Father also; / henceforth you know him and ( )2 have seen him.2” v 7b: 1-2

'me'/'my Father'

'you' 'you2'

+ +

henceforth: 'you know him' and '( ) have seen him'

back to review 'you, you' of previous notes at J 3.7:
1. heaven opened, the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man' J 1.51
2. must be born anew (to Nicodemus, 'teacher of Israel') 3.7
3. seeking Jesus 'me' because of the miracle of the lad feeding. 6.26
4. Peter re: washing of feet. Necessary to be washed to have a part of 'me' (Jesus) 13.8
5. to 'little children': the 'I am' with you. You will seek me' 13.33
6. weep and lament: your sorrow will turn into joy. 16.20

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[8] Philip said to him, "Lord, show us the Father, and we shall be satisfied.”

significance of Philip: 'come and see' re: 'Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph' to Nathanael, 'an Israelite without guile' who calls to Jesus "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!" and who is told: /Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man."

(emphasis of 2: 'follow me' to Philip; Philip: '( ) said to him'; Jesus using 3 'you' 2x, Nathanael speaking in singularity, Jesus 'you, you' and 'the Son of man', Philip does not understand the 'lad' feeding)

[9] Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and yet you2 do not know me, Philip? / He who has seen me has seen the Father; / how can you say, `Show us the Father2’?

[10] Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father in me? / The words that I say to you I2 do not speak on my own authority; / but the Father who dwells in me does his works.

[11] Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father in me; / or else believe me for the sake of the works themselves.

[12] "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in me will also do the works that I2 do; / and greater works than these will he do, because I go to the Father.

[13] Whatever you ask in my name, I will do it, that the Father may be glorified in the Son;
[14] / if you ask anything in my name, I will do it.

[15] "If you love me, you2 will keep my commandments.

[16] And I will pray the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, to be with you2 for ever,
[17] even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him2 nor knows him3; / you know him, for he2 dwells with you2, and ( )3 will be in you3.

'Counselor' and 'Spirit of truth', RSV:

John 14.

[16] And I will pray the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, to be with you2 for ever,

[17] even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him2 nor knows him3; / you know him, for he2 dwells with you2, and ( )3 will be in you3.

[26] But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you2.

John.15

[26] But when the Counselor comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, ( ) who proceeds from the Father2, he2 will bear witness to me;

[27] / and you also are witnesses, because you2 have been with me from the beginning.

John.16

[7] Nevertheless I tell you the truth: / it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I2 do not go away, the Counselor will not come to you; / but if I go, I2 will send him to you.

[13] When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth; / for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he2 hears he3 will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.

[18] "I will not leave you desolate; / I will come to you.

multiple splits of 'I' and 'I'

[19] Yet a little while, and the world will see me no more, but you will see me; / because I live, you will live2 also.

'you will see me': 'I' live
[20] In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you2 in me, and I in you3.

when Jesus goes: the first will know that Jesus is in heaven in the Father (‘I am’)

and second fragment, the second ‘you’ (and thus the first) are also in the heart of Father and Son and thus each other (1-2)

and the third fragment, the ‘I’ (‘LORD’) in the 1-2-3?

3: in my Father2: 'I am', 'me' and 'I': in heaven and on earth > > >

forgive the provocative suggestion: just working way through in an attempt to understand

'Show us the Father’ 2x, v 8, 9

'I am in the Father and the Father in me’ 2x, v 10 as ?

'I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you' v 20

[21] He who has my commandments and keeps them, he2 it is who loves me; / and he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him2 and manifest myself to him3.”

LOVING ONE ANOTHER: 'HE' 'HE' (LOVES THE 2 IN 'ME' (JESUS AND LORD)

SINGULAR WHO LOVES THE 2 IN 3RD IS LOVED BY THE FATHER

'I' THE LORD' AND (JESUS) LOVE THE 1ST AND 2ND

only other use in John's gospel, RSV of 'he it'
John 15.

[5] I am the vine, you are the branches. / He who abides in me, and I in him2, he3 it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

John 1. [2] He was in the beginning with God;

[3] / all things were made through him, and without him2 was not anything made2 that was made3.

from the beginning was made as 3 in the 2 in the 3rd

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[22] Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, "Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?”

[23] Jesus answered him, "If a man loves me, he2 will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him2 and make our home with him3.
'love(s) me':
8.42: 'for I proceeded and ( )2 came forth from God; / I came not of my own accord, but he sent me.'
10.17: (the Father) 'because I lay down my life, that I2 may take it again.'
14.15: 'you will keep my commandments'
v 21a: 'he who has my commandments and keeps them'
v 21b: 'will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him2'
v 23: 'he will keep my word, and my Father will love him2, and we will come to him3 and make our home with him.'
21.15, 16, 17: 3 questions to Simon Peter-Simon-Peter

[24] He who does not love me does not keep my words; / and the word which you hear is not mine but the Father's who sent me.

[25] "These things I have spoken to you, while I am still with you2.

[26] But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.

the Counselor, the Holy Spirit

J 11.

v 21: Jesus, Lord

v 22: God, God

v 27: the Christ, the Son of God

and: the name of the the Lord, even the King of Israel

[27] Peace I leave with you; / my peace2 I give to you; / not as the world gives do I give to you. / Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
singular statements: 3 'I' separated

'afraid' = 'fear not'

[28] You heard me say to you2, `I go away, and I2 will come to you3.’ / If you loved me, you2 would have rejoiced, because I go to the Father; / for the Father is greater than I.

[3] And when I go and ( I2 ) prepare a place for you, I will come again and ( I2 ) will take you2 to myself, that where I am you3 may be also.

[29] And now I have told you before it takes place, so that when it2 does take place, you2 may believe.

[30] I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming. / He has no power over me;
[31] / but I do as the Father has commanded me, so that the world may know that I2 love the Father. Rise, let us go hence.

Jerusalem /\

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'Rise, let us go hence' \/

John.15

If ‘Rise, let us go hence’ (think of ‘henceforth’, RSV previous) and if Jesus stated something to the effect in previous chapter, ‘I am’ as going to the Father (in heaven) and if ‘before Abraham, I am’ and ‘He was in the beginning’: these combinations ‘Lord’ 2, ‘Jesus’ and backward and then through in various form in enfolding into 1-2 and 3. following a type of triad pattern found in Genesis 18, RSV: the LORD as 3 'men':

teaching of heaven: 'Rise, let us go hence'

+ +

'In the beginning' and through: o----------------->

'the LORD' and '(Jesus)': <-----------------o

examples of 'me' in the RSV:

Gen 4.

[10] And the LORD said, "What have you done? / The voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground.

Gen 17.

[1] When Abram was ninety-nine years old the LORD appeared to Abram2, and ( ) said to him2, "I am God Almighty; / walk before me, and be blameless.

[2] And I will make my covenant between me and you, and ( I2 ) will multiply you2 exceedingly."

Gen 22.

[11] But the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven, and ( )2 said, "Abraham, Abraham!2" / And he said, "Here am I."
[ see review of the use of RSV exclamation marks in Genesis and John ]
[12] He said, "Do not lay your hand on the lad or do anything to him; / for now I know that you fear God, seeing you2 have not withheld your son, your only son, from me."

Gen 24.

[7] The LORD, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my birth, and who spoke to me and swore to me, `To your descendants I will give this land,' he will send his angel before you, and you2 shall take a wife for my son from there.

(Abraham gathering 'his servant, the oldest of his house, who had charge of all that he had' to find a wife for Isaac.)

Gen 31.

[13] I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar and ( )2 made a vow to me. / Now arise, go forth from this land, and return to the land of your birth.'" v 13a: 2-3

Isaiah 40.

[25] To whom then will you compare me,

that I should be like him? says the Holy One.

Isaiah 43.

[11] I, I am the LORD,

and besides me there is no savior.

[22] "Yet you did not call upon me, O Jacob;

/ but you have been weary of me, O Israel!

Isaiah 44.

[6] Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel

and his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts:

"I am the first and I am the last;

/ besides me there is no god.

[21] Remember these things, O Jacob,

and Israel, for you are my servant;

/ I formed you, you2 are my servant;

/ O Israel, you will not be forgotten by me.

[24] Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer,

who formed you from the womb:

/ "I am the LORD, ( ) who made all things,

( ) who stretched out the heavens alone,

( ) who spread out the earth -- Who was with me?

[ 1st, 2nd ('in me'), in 3rd ( in 'I') in 'I am"- ]

an attempt at understanding potential structure

Isaiah 49.

[3] And he said to me, "You are my servant,
Israel, in whom I will be glorified."
[5] And now the LORD says,
( ) who formed me from the womb to be his servant,
to bring Jacob back to him2,
and that Israel might be gathered to him3,
for I am honored in the eyes of the LORD,
and my God has become my strength --
[ J 20.17b: Jesus: 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.' ]

[1] "I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.
the vinedresser > the true vine > branches

John 8.

[58] Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am."

[2] Every branch of mine that bears no fruit, he takes away, and every branch2 that does bear fruit2 he2 prunes, that it may bear more fruit3.

v 4b: 'As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine1, neither can you, unless you2 abide in me.

branch__branch__it

3: raise it up, it is he

[3] You are already made clean by the word which I have spoken to you2.

this text as it relates also to the washing of feet and 'clean' (re: 'Israel')

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'from the beginning and through':
[4] Abide in me, and I in you. / As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine1, neither can you, unless you2 abide in me.

'the branch' / 'it' ('the branch') 'raise it up at the last day' in v 4b 'me' pronoun

'I am' (the true vine); 'before Abraham'; 'I' and 'I2' in 'I am'...2x

'vine' = pronoun 'I am''? ('me', 'I') RSV

in 'the LORD', in ('Jesus': 'arm of the LORD')?: <------o-------->

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on earth: (from heaven):

[5] I am the vine, you are the branches. / He who abides in me, and I in him2, he3 it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

‘Rise, let us go hence' teaching…
from the beginning: 'me'

[6] If a man does not abide in me, he is cast forth as a branch and ( ) withers; / and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire and burned.

embracing understanding different traditions: as (Jesus) has multiple titles to different groups

this is a harsh verse : return to the beginning: 'love one another': 'believe in him who sent me' in 'the Father' '

(6 of 83 uses of 'believe' in the gospel of John, RSV:)

John 6.

[29] Jesus answered them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he2 has sent."

John 11.

[42] I knew that thou hearest me always, but I2 have said this on account of the people standing by, that they may believe that thou2 didst send me." (to 'Father')

John 12.

[44] And Jesus cried out and ( ) said, "He2 who believes in me, believes not in me but in him3 who sent me.

[46] I have come as light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.

(2 'life')

John 14.

[1] "Let not your hearts be troubled; / believe in God, believe2 also in me.

John 20.

[30] Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book;

[31] / but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you2 may have life in his name. (narration)

'in the beginning':: 'Rise, let us go hence'

[7] If you abide in me, and my words abide2 in you2, ask whatever you3 will, and it shall be done for you.

John 15a.[4] Abide in me, and I in you.

v 7a: 'my words' ('I')

[8] By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit, and ( )2 so prove to be my disciples.

[9] As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; / abide in my love.

[10] If you keep my commandments, you2 will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and ( )2 abide in his love.

two ‘you’ in Jesus; Jesus and ‘LORD’ (‘I’, '( )') kept his Father’s commandments and abides in his love.

Father's love of the 2 in Jesus

'the Father' 'LORD' '(Jesus')

'abide in my love':

v 9: 'As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you' 'abide in my love' (Jesus'-Lord's love)

v 10: 'If you keep my commandments, you2 will' 'abide in my love' (Jesus'-Lord's love)

'I have kept my Father's commandments and ( I2 )' 'abide in his love' (my Father's love)

[11] These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you2, and that your joy2 may be full.

[12]

"This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you2.

[13] Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

singular man lay down his life for his 'friends': (J 5: x, 'ill man', 'one man', 'no man')

('ill' in Lazarus and Jacob; John 19. There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, and Jesus between them.) 2 in the 3rd

'friend': 'offspring of Abraham', Isaiah 41.8:

[8] But you, Israel, my servant,
Jacob, whom I have chosen,
the offspring of Abraham, my friend;

John 15.[15] No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; / but I have called you friends, for all that I2 have heard from my Father I have made known to you2. \/

[14] You are my friends if you2 do what I command you3. (offspring of Abraham +)

'commandment' in the gospel of John, RSV:

John 12.

[49] For I have not spoken on my own authority; / the Father who sent me has himself given me commandment what to say and what to speak.
[50] And I know that his commandment is eternal life. / What I say, therefore, I2 say as the Father has bidden me."

John.13
[34] A new commandment I give to you, that you2 love one another; / even as I have loved you, that you2 also love one another.
John.14
[15] "If you love me, you2 will keep my commandments.
[21] He who has my commandments and keeps them, he2 it is who loves me; / and he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him2 and manifest myself to him3."
John.15
[10] If you keep my commandments, you2 will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and ( )2 abide in his love.
[12] "This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you2.

'one another' in the book of Genesis, RSV:

Gen 42.

[21] Then they said to one another, "In truth we are guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he besought us and we would not listen; / therefore is this distress come upon us.

[ re: Joseph ] [ speaking as 'Israel' re: 'our brother' ]

Gen 43.

[33] And they sat before him, the first-born according to his birthright and the youngest according to his youth; / and the men looked at one another in amazement.

[ the feast with Joseph and Benjamin ]

These are controversial considerations but they are in the text

[15] No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; / but I have called you friends, for all that I2 have heard from my Father I have made known to you2.
singular servant does not understand John's 1-2-3

v 15b: 2nd and 3rd fragments together

[16] You did not choose me, but I chose you2 and ( )2 appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit2 should abide; / so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you2.

[17] This I command you, to love one another.

[18] "If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it2 hated you2.

[19] If you were of the world, the world2 would love its own; / but because you are not of the world, but I chose you2 out of the world2, therefore the world3 hates you3.

[20] Remember the word that I said to you, `A servant is not greater than his master.’ / If they persecuted me, they2 will persecute you; / if they kept my word, they2 will keep yours also.

John 13.

[16] Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master; / nor is he who is sent greater than he2 who sent him3.

[21] But all this they will do to you on my account, because they2 do not know him who sent me.

[22] If I had not come and spoken to them, they2 would not have sin;/ but now they have no excuse for their sin.

[23] He who hates me hates my Father also.

[24] If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they2 would not have sin; / but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father.

[25] It is to fulfil the word that is written in their law, `They hated me without a cause.’

From Psalms 69. (outside the direct citation but in chapter):

[33] For the LORD hears the needy,
and ( ) does not despise his own that are in bonds.
[34] Let heaven and earth praise him,
the seas and everything that moves therein.
[35] For God will save Zion
and rebuild the cities of Judah; 1-2
/ and his servants shall dwell there and possess it;
[36] / the children of his servants shall inherit it,
and those who love his name shall dwell in it2.

[26] But when the Counselor comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, ( ) who proceeds from the Father2, he2 will bear witness to me;
[27] / and you also are witnesses, because you2 have been with me from the beginning.
the 'I' ('Lord') sends 'the Counselor-the Spirit of truth' who proceeds from the Father2
to the 2 'you' with 'me' (in the LORD) 'from the beginning'

John 15.

[3] You are already made clean by the word which I have spoken to you2.

[20] Remember the word that I said to you, `A servant is not greater than his master.' / If they persecuted me, they2 will persecute you; / if they kept my word, they2 will keep yours also.

[25] It is to fulfil the word that is written in their law, `They hated me without a cause.'

John.16

[1] "I have said all this to you to keep you2 from falling away.

[2] They will put you out of the synagogues; / indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.

HB citation RSV:

Isa 66.5:

'Hear the word of the LORD,

you who tremble at his word:

/ "Your brethren who hate you

and cast you2 out for my name's sake

have said, `Let the LORD be glorified, (first, second, third without ending punctuation)

that we may see your joy';

/ but it is they who shall be put to shame.

[3] And they will do this because they2 have not known the Father, nor me.

[4] But I have said these things to you, that when their hour comes you2 may remember that I2 told you3 of them.

/ "I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I2 was with you2.

note: v 4a: 2 ‘I’ and 3 ‘you’; v 4b: 2 ‘I’ and 2 ‘you’

the 'I' and 'I' 'from the beginning'

with the outcast

There were 2 unheeded, now there are 3.

[5] But now I am going to him who sent me; / yet none of you asks me, `Where are you2 going?’

Gen 16.

[8] And he said, "Hagar, maid of Sar'ai, where have you come from and where are you2 going?" / She said, "I am fleeing from my mistress Sar'ai." ('he'= 'angel of the LORD' to Hagar))

Gen.32

[17] He instructed the foremost, "When Esau my brother meets you, and ( )2 asks you2, `To whom do you3 belong? / Where are you going? / And whose are these before you?'

[18] then you shall say, `They belong to your servant Jacob; / they are a present sent to my lord Esau; / and moreover he is behind us.'"

(messengers of Jacob to Esau)

John.13

[36] Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, where are you going?" / Jesus answered ( ), "Where I am going you cannot follow me now; / but you shall follow ( ) afterward."

John 16.

[5] But now I am going to him who sent me; / yet none of you asks me, 'Where are you2 going?'

[6] But because I have said these things to you2, sorrow has filled your hearts.

v 4a: ‘I have said these things to you’ 3 'you' (‘hour comes’)

v 4b: ‘I did not say these things to you’ 2 'you' (‘from the beginning’)

v 6: ‘But because I have said these things to you’ 1 'you' (‘sorrow has filled your hearts’)

mystery of 'these things' in the 3 books considered, RSV:

Isaiah 44.

[6] Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel
and his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts:
/ "I am the first and I am the last;
besides me there is no god.

[21] Remember these things, O Jacob,
and Israel, for you are my servant;
/ I formed you, you2 are my servant;
/ O Israel, you will not be forgotten by me.

++++++ 'the Counselor'

[7] Nevertheless I tell you the truth: / it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I2 do not go away, the Counselor will not come to you; / but if I go, I2 will send him to you.

(the Counselor: ’him’):

[8] And when he comes, he2 will convince the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment:
[9] / concerning sin, because they do not believe in me;

[10] / concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you will see me no more;

[11] / concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.

[12] "I have yet many things to say to you, but you2 cannot bear them now.

++++++ 'the Spirit of truth'

[13] When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth; / for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he2 hears he3 will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.
‘in the beginning’ <——————————————

o----------------->

[14] He will glorify me, for he2 will take what is mine and declare it to you.
'the Spirit of truth' 'he1' will glorify the 2 ('he'2) in the 3rd ('it')

[15] All that the Father has is mine; / therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

v 13e: ', and he will declare to you the things that are to come.’ 'he' re: 3 'he'? 'speak' re: 'Israel'

v 14b: 'he1-2 will take what is mine and declare it to you.' 2 'he' ('me')

v 15c: 'he will take what is mine and declare it to you.’ 'I'

He will glorify the 2 in (Jesus) and declare it

He will take from the Lord and declare it

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[16] "A little while, and you will see me no more; / again a little while, and you will see me."

2nd coming?

[17] Some of his disciples said to one another, "What is this that he says to us, `A little while, and you will not see me, and again a little while, and you2 will see me'; / and, `because I go to the Father'?”

the ‘and’ rising and 2nd and 3rd

ie. ‘come and see’ 1, 2 and 4

‘come, see’ 3

'you, you' ('Son of man' 1.51, 'born anew' 3.7, 'sorrow turned to joy' 16.20)

'glory, glory' ('the only Son from the Father' 1.14)...

'a little while': (time) to 'again'

[18] They said, "What does he mean by `a little while'? / We do not know what he means.”

in singularity and thus division

[19] Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him; / so he said to them, "Is this what you are asking yourselves, what I meant by saying, `A little while, and you2 will not see me, and again a little while, and you3 will see me’?

use of 'I' = 'the Lord'

v 16: 'you will see me'

v 17: 'you2 will see me'

v 19: 'you3 will see me' ?

the delay: but it is done!

in the waiting:

[20] Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; / you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy.

so as the world is rejoicing, you hold to the 2 waiting for the ‘and’/this will bring sorrow but in time the joy will come

[21] When a woman is in travail she has sorrow, because her hour has come; / but when she is delivered of the child, she2 no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a child2 is born into the world.

Hagar's reference to Ishmael, not 'my child' but 'the child':

Gen 21.

[15]
When the water in the skin was gone, she cast the child under one of the bushes.
[16] Then she went, and ( )2 sat down over against him a good way off, about the distance of a bowshot; / for she said, "Let me not look upon the death of the child." / And as she sat over against him, the child lifted up his voice and ( ) wept. + [ some translations it was the mothers voice and weeping and God heard the voice of the lad where he is) ]
[ 'the child' v 15, 16, 17 to 'lad' v 17 (2), v 18, 19, 20 ]

note: reference to Rachel and the birth of Benjamin?
Benjamin is the second born of Rachel on the way to Ephrath-Bethlehem and mother Rachel dies. (first-born son in Joseph)
both as 'lad' in the book of Genesis, RSV;

Gen 35.

[16] Then they journeyed from Bethel; / and when they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor.

<---------------------- 'lad' in Genesis: 'Ishmael+', 'Joseph', ' Benjamin'

Jacob: Gen 30.[2] Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, "Am I in the place of God, ( )2 who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?"

Gen.50

[19] But Joseph said to them, "Fear not, for am I in the place of God?

most 'travail' is found in Isaiah and linked with 'woman': one is not:

Isaiah 53. '(the LORD's servant)

[11] he shall see the fruit of the travail of his soul and be satisfied;

/ by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant,

make many to be accounted righteous;

/ and he shall bear their iniquities.

(Jesus!)

Gen 35.

[18] And as her soul was departing (for she died), she2 called his name Ben-o'ni; / but his father called his name Benjamin.

(Rachel named him 'son of sorrow' / his father Jacob-Israel named him 'son of the right hand'-'son of the South')

'son of sorrow' -----> 'son of the right hand'

[22] So you have sorrow now, but I will see you2 again and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you3.

[ 'one' - 'you'__'you'__'you' ]

[23] In that day you will ask nothing of me. / Truly, truly, I say to you, if you2 ask anything of the Father, he will give it to you3 in my name.

'In that day' (examples, RSV) \/

Isa 2.

[17] And the haughtiness of man shall be humbled,

and the pride of men shall be brought low;

/ and the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.

Isa 10.

[20] In that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no more lean upon him that smote them, but ( )2 will lean upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

1-2

'in that day' in the gospel of John, RSV: heavenly peace

John 14.

[20] In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you2 in me, and I in you3.

John.16

[23] In that day you will ask nothing of me. / Truly, truly, I say to you, if you2 ask anything of the Father, he will give it to you3 in my name.

[26] In that day you will ask in my name; / and I do not say to you that I2 shall pray the Father for you2;

[27] / for the Father himself loves you, because you2 have loved me and ( )3 have believed that I came from the Father2. 2-3

These are speculations: the point is to open up to positive possibilities

[24] Hitherto you have asked nothing in my name2; / ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.
v 24b: second fragment brings joy thus 1-2-3

v 21b: but when she is delivered of the child, she2 no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a child2 is born into the world.
15.[11] These things I have spoken to you, that my joy1 may be in you2, and that your joy2 may be full.

[25] "I have said this to you in figures; / the hour is coming when I shall no longer speak to you in figures but tell you2 plainly of the Father.

[26] In that day2 you will ask in my name; / and I do not say to you that I2 shall pray the Father for you2;
[27] / for the Father himself loves you, because you2 have loved me and ( )3 have believed that I came from the Father. 2-3

John 14.

[13] Whatever you ask in my name, I will do it, that the Father may be glorified in the Son;

[14] / if you ask anything in my name, I will do it.

[26] But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you2.

John.15

[16] You did not choose me, but I chose you2 and ( I2 )appointed you3 that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit2 should abide; / so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you2.

John.16

[23] In that day you will ask nothing of me. / Truly, truly, I say to you, if you2 ask anything of the Father, he will give it to you3 in my name.

[24] Hitherto you have asked nothing in my name; / ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.

[26] In that day you will ask in my name; / and I do not say to you that I2 shall pray the Father for you2;

[27] / for the Father himself loves you, because you2 have loved me and ( )3 have believed that I came from the Father2. 2-3

[28] I came from the Father2 and ( )2 have come into the world; / again, I am leaving the world and ( )2 going to the Father.”

v 28a: 1-2
v 28b: 2-3

[29] His disciples said, "Ah, now you are speaking plainly, not in any figure!

[30] Now we know that you know all things, and ( )2 need none to question you2; / by this we believe that you came from God.”

John 17.

[7] Now they know that everything that thou hast given me is from thee2;

[8] / for I have given them the words which thou gavest me, and they2 have received them and ( )3 know in truth that I2 came from thee2; / and they have believed that thou didst send me.

[31] Jesus answered them, "Do you now believe?

speaking here: 17.1: \/
[32] The hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered, every man to his home, and ( )2 will leave me alone; / yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me.

separated

7.[53]

They went each to his own house,

(prior to woman brought accused of adultery, J 8)

John 8. (7.53 continues in chapter 8)

[1] but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.

[2] Early in the morning he came again to the temp;le; / all the people came to him, and he sat down and ( )3 taught them. 2-3

John 11.[25] Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life; / he who believes in me, though he2 die, yet shall he3 live,

[26] and whoever lives and believes in me shall never die. / Do you believe this?"

John 14.[19] Yet a little while, and the world will see me no more, but you will see me; / because I live, you will live2 also.

[33] I have said this to you, that in me you2 may have peace. / In the world you have tribulation; / but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”

'Rise, let us go hence' /\

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Jerusalem \/

John 17.

[1] When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven and ( )2 said, "Father, the hour has come; 2-3 / glorify thy Son that the Son may glorify thee,
[2] since thou2 hast given him power over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom thou3 hast given him2.

a gospel of John review

Sunday, September 1, 2019

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