a gospel of John review

gospel of John review: chapters 1-10

integrating the gospel of John, the book of Genesis and the book of Isaiah

John and his link to the past, present and future:

a work in understanding potential connections through the RSV

most recent general review: john 10/2021

contents: (working through RSV)
a. reviewing the gospel of John

b. reviewing the book of Isaiah 40-55

c. reviewing the book of Genesis 12-50
d. 'them' in the gospel of John
e. 'it' in the gospel of John
f. preliminary working through
g. other links to science and philosophy: Bergson+/Quantum Science/von Rad-Documentary Theory

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John

John.1

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

Gen 1.[1] In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

the heavens Word3

the earth Word3 the LORD/Lord as 3 men, G 18

[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.

all things were made in the 1 and 2 in the 1 ‘He' 'from the beginning'
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I I
'him' 'him'

[4] In him was life, and the life2 was the light of men.

2 ‘life’ and significance of 2nd [ , and ] fragment: therefore ‘life’ and ‘life’ in ‘(He/him)’

[5] The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness2 has not overcome it.

v 4: two ‘life’ in ‘light’: the life was the light of men [ the first and second ‘life’]

(v 5: ‘light’ and ‘it’ and the LORD's ‘raising it up at the last day’) (see section on 'it')
(Jesus) will teach about the 1-2 in the third (‘He’) yet it will not be accomplished until the future: within the signs, marvels and figures is John’s use of the hidden message:
the significance of a backward going movement reflected in Jesus’ statement ‘before Abraham was, I am’, MM and the two angels, Jesus as gardener and ‘white’ and ‘field’ (this is speculation) and in the forward going movement in the BD, Mother, MM, and Peter-Simon Peter)

LIGHT IT

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in Bethany, beyond the Jordan \/

19b: 'the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem’

[6] There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
‘a man’ and 2 ‘was’ as in John: 2 in John : ‘who are you?’ 2x 1.19, 22; ‘I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness’ 1.23 referring to Isaiah 40 which is packed with linkages found in the book of Genesis and the gospel of John, RSV:

John the Baptist: \/
[7] He came for testimony, to bear witness to the light, that all might believe through him2.

[8] He was not the light, but ( )2 came to bear witness to the light2.
2nd light: future in ( ) and 2nd 'he'

( ) and heaven and Israel

‘to bear witness to the light’ / ‘not the light’ / ‘to bear witness to the light’

Jesus: ‘the true light' v 9 \/

[9] The true light that enlightens every man was coming into the world.

[10] He was in the world, and the world2 was made through him2, yet the world3 knew him3 not.

significance of second fragment: 1 and 2 in the 3rd <------

[11] He came to his own home, and his own people received him2 not.

They do not receive the idea of the second ‘him’

[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.

‘believed in his name' / 'children of God'

‘him’ ‘he’

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"descendants of Abraham', 'descendants of Abraham', "Abraham's children", J8.33, 37 and 39

[14] And the Word became flesh and ( it ) dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; / we have beheld his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father.

v 14a: 1-2 together
v 1: ‘the Word’ 3 / ‘the only Son’ : 2 ‘glory’ : ‘from the Father'

'we' with Jesus and with 'the LORD' (from the beginning)

John 14.[6] Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; / no one comes to the Father, but by me.

J 14.6: 'him'': to 'Thomas', 'the Twin'

'pronoun 'me' = 2 'from the beginning'

‘the only Son from the Father'

‘glory’ ‘glory’

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[16] And from his fulness have we all received, grace upon grace2.

[17] For the law was given through Moses; / grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

[18] No one has ever seen God; / the only Son2, ( ) who is in the bosom of the Father, he2 has made him3 known.

This represents the gospel author John’s second use of ‘the only Son’, and to show consistency, is combined with a configuration of 3: ‘he’/‘him’: 2 in (Jesus) and as 3 in 'the Father'

‘one’ represents singularity: it takes two in the third 'to see the Father'

[19] And this is the testimony2 of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?”
They are asking him singularly

[20] He confessed, he2 did not deny, but ( )3 confessed2, "I am not the Christ.”

'he'___( )___'he'' ('the Christ') = "I am'

Jesus: 'before Abraham was, I am', J 8.58

[21] And they asked him, "What then? / Are you Elijah?” / He said, "I am not.” / "Are you the prophet?” / And he answered, "No.”

all singular fragments

HB citations, RSV:

Deut 18.15:

'The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you2, from your brethren -- him you3 shall heed--'

[ the singular 'him' in which is the 2nd and 3rd ]
Deut 18.18:

[17] And the LORD said to me, `They have rightly said all that they have spoken.

/ I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brethren; / and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I2 command him2.

[ 'say' and 'speak' as found in Isaiah 40 ]

[22] They said to him then, "Who are you?2 / Let us have an answer for those who sent us2. / What do you say about yourself?”

all singular with the exception of the use of 2 ‘us’ v 22b

significance of second question directed at John the Baptist: ‘who are you?’ and ‘What do you say about yourself?’ a form of question found in the two principal books in review: the gospel of John and the book of Genesis.

only use of ‘who are you?’ in the book of Genesis, RSV:

Gen 27.

[18] So he went in to his father, and ( )2 said, "My father”; / and he said, "Here I am; / who are you1, my son?”

(Jacob as Esau)

[ 'he' and ( )2 in 'my father' ]

[32] His father Isaac said to him, "Who are you?2” / He answered, "I am your son, your first-born, Esau.”

(Esau)

(true: 'I am your son and your first-born') v 32b

the rising use of 'and'

other 'who are you' in the gospel of John:

John 8.

[25] They said to him, "Who are you?" / Jesus said to them, "Even what I have told you from the beginning.
John.21
[12] Jesus said to them, "Come and have breakfast." / Now none of the disciples dared ask him, "Who are you?" / They knew it was the Lord.

John the Baptist: \/ : 'who are you?' 2x

[23] He said, "I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, `Make straight the way of the Lord,' as the prophet Isaiah said.”

HB citation:

From 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.

follow forms of ‘to cry’, RSV:

Genesis 4.

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

(pronoun 'me': 2 in 'the LORD' , 'angel of the LORD', 'the arm of the LORD" and in (Jesus-Lord): in the book of Genesis, book of Isaiah and the gospel of John, RSV:) (and pronouns also show in other as below) \/

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"

John 1.

[23] He said, "I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, `Make straight the way of the Lord,' as the prophet Isaiah said."

(J Bp: 'Who are you?', 'Who are you?', 'the voice of one')

[ 'lifting up' voice' in the book of Genesis RSV: in Hagar and Ishmael G 16, in Esau G 27 ]

John.12

[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!"

(1st and 2nd without separative punctuation)

[24] Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.
19b: 'the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem’

[25] They asked him, "Then why are you baptizing, if you2 are neither the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?”

John the Baptist cannot baptize in the Spirit; only ‘the Christ’ can as (Jesus): as in the 2nd fragment in the third

This work is focusing on a potential secondary level in John’s work:

[26] John answered them, "I baptize with water; / but among you stands one whom you2 do not know,
[27] even he who comes after me, the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie.”

J Bp is introducing ‘he’ who comes after: ‘one’ in whom is two ‘you’

‘one’

‘you’ ‘you’

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[28] This took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

'Bethany' in abarim:

The second part of our name can be interpreted in all kinds of way. Bethany may mean House Of Answering, House Of Now, House Of Cohabitation, etcetera. But for some reason scholars appear to draw to the dramatic rather than the consolatory:

For a meaning of the name Bethany, NOBSE Study Bible Name List reads House Of Poverty, and Spiros Zodhiates (The Complete Wordstudy Dictionary) proposes House Of Depression or Misery.

Centrality of 'Bethany' in John: raising of Lazarus: hand, feet and face, 'remove the stone', Mary's annointing Jesus/Lord's feet with her hair, Jesus' laying aside garments, Mary, Martha and Jews from Jerusalem J 11-12

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the Lamb of God

[29] The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him2, and ( )3 said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, ( ) who takes away the sin of the world!

(‘Jesus’ ) : ‘the Lamb of God’
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‘he’ ‘him’
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( ) and from/of heaven

HB citation RSV:

Isaiah 53.7:

[7] He was oppressed, and he2 was afflicted,

yet he3 opened not his mouth+;

/ like a lamb that is led to slaughter,

and like a sheep that before its shearers is dumb,

so he opened not his mouth.

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

+ : [ singular one, 'the King of the Jews', 'the King of Israel' in whom are 2 as 3rd; 'salvation is from the Jews', J 4.22 ]
[ John 21: v 15: 'Feed my lambs.', v 16: 'Tend my sheep.', v 17: 'Feed my sheep' ]

[30] This is he of whom I said, `After me comes a man who ranks before me2, for he2 was before me3.’

[15] (John bore witness to him, and ( )2 cried, "This was he of whom I said, `He2 who comes after me ranks before me2, for he3 was before me3.'”)

v 15: ' this was he' 'he2 who comes after'
'he3 was before'
v 30: 'this is he' 'after me comes a man'
'he2 was before'

[31] I myself did not know him1; / but for this I came baptizing with water, that he might be revealed to Israel.”
separation

[32] And John bore witness, "I saw the Spirit descend as a dove from heaven, and it remained on him.

the potential significance of ‘it’ and taking v 31-32 together: ‘he’ might be revealed to Israel’ and v 32 the Spirit coming from heaven and ‘it’ remained on 2nd ‘him’ (with 'I' 'the LORD's’ ‘raising it’ and ‘raising him’ on the last day)

THE SPIRIT IT (HEAVEN AND EARTH)

[ Jacob's dream and 'ladder' , 'the angels of God' and 'it' and John 1.51 and 'the Son of man' ] \/

[33] I myself did not know him2; / but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me, `He2 on whom you see the Spirit2 descend and remain, this is he3 who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’

2nd use of ‘I myself did not know him’

who is ‘he’ who sent J Bp?

2 'Spirit' descend [ 'the Spirit' descend 'as a dove from heaven', and 'it' remained on singular 'him' on earth ]

[ 'the Spirit descend and remain' ]

use of 3 ‘he’ and the third ‘baptizes with the Holy Spirit’

v 32: ‘the Spirit’, 'it'; v 33: ‘the Spirit’, ‘the Holy Spirit’

[34] And I have seen and ( )2 have borne witness that this is the Son of God.”

So J Bp, does not use ‘he’ but ‘this’

the ‘Son of God’ baptizes with the Holy Spirit and is revealed in the complexity of the previous verses:

‘the only Son from the Father’, v 14 ‘glory, glory'
‘Jesus Christ’, v 17 ‘grace and truth'
‘the only Son2, ( ) who is in the bosom of the Father’, v 18 ‘he2 has made him3 known’
‘Jesus’, ‘Lamb of God’ v 29 '( ) who takes away the sin of the world'
‘a man’ v 30 'after me comes a man who was before me'
‘the Son of God’ v 34 'seen and borne witness' ( 'I' and '( )' )
‘Jesus’2, ‘Lamb of God!’2, v 36 (second with exclamation mark) ('he', 'he', ( ))
‘Rabbi’, v 38 'where are you staying?' 2 disciples

’this is’ ‘the Son of God’:

a. ‘( ) who takes away the sin of the world!’ v 29

b. ‘he might be revealed to Israel’ v 31

c. ‘the Spirit2 descend and remains’ v 33

d. 'he3 who baptizes with the Holy Spirit' v 33

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the Lamb of God! 2

[35] The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples;
[36] / and he looked at Jesus as he2 walked, and ( )3 said, "Behold, the Lamb of God!2”

( 3rd 'he' ) = 'the Lamb of God!'
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'he' 'he'

[29]

The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him2, and ( )3 said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, ( ) who takes away the sin of the world!

( ): the singular one from heaven

(there is a sense in v 29: that Jesus was coming down from heaven ‘coming toward’, and then v 36 reads: ‘as he2 walked’)

the fragment ( ) is mysterious; it as if in v 36 there is 3 that will be lifted. In some cases the ( ) or missing pronoun is associated with a verb and serves as a linking with partner texts and part of John's mystery.

and there is a hint of heavens ('coming toward': 'he', 'him', ( )) and earth ('he walked': 'he', 'he', ( ))

v 29b: 'said, 'Behold, the Lamb of God, ( ) who takes away the sin of the world!''

v 36b: 'said, 'Behold, the Lamb of God!'2
[ 'the Lamb of God', '( )', 'the Lamb of God!2' ]

[ 'the Lamb of God' exclusive to John's gospel ]

(related to Abraham's sacrifice in Gen 22 in 'take your son, your only son'):

[13] And Abraham lifted up his eyes and ( ) looked 1-2, and behold, behind him2 was a ram, caught in a thicket by his horns; / and Abraham went and ( ) took the ram, and ( )2 offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son.

'a ram behind him caught in a thicket' (thereby 'heard' for 'Abraham lifted up his eyes') / 'the ram', 'it'
* note: Mary Magdalene, Jesus as gardener (behind her), and two angels in white J 20 /\
I
Lord's 'raising it up at the last day'

13a: 'a ram' (3rd fragment , 2nd him) : / ( ) 'him'2 (this Abraham lifted eyes/looked)

13b: 'the ram' (Abraham took) : ( ), and ( )2 offered 'it' (ram3) instead of his son.

[ 'a ram" / 'the ram" 'it' ]

Jesus as 'ram': v in Abraham as '( ), and 'him'2 v 13a

'ram' and 'it'2nd for 2 in 'his son': ('lifting it at last day) in Abraham ( ) ( )2

Gen 22.

[1]

After these things God tested Abraham, and ( ) said to him2, "Abraham!2" / And he said, "Here am I."

[11] But the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven, and ( )2 said, "Abraham, Abraham!2" / And he said, "Here am I."

[ v 11: 2 'Abraham' separated by ( )___him2 and 'test' / v 11: 'angel of the LORD' and 'Abraham' together, emphasis of 2nd with ! ]

[37] The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus.

'the two disciples' become the first disciples of Jesus as 'they', although v 35, 'The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples', does this mean that they were John's disciples? Through J Bp to Jesus?
v 39b. when 'They came and ( )2 saw where he was staying'

Rabbi

[38] Jesus turned, and ( ) saw them following, and ( )2 said to them2, "What do you seek?” / And they said to him, "Rabbi" (which means Teacher), "where are you staying?”

two fragments [ , and ] 2nd and 3rd

is J Bp with ‘them’?

‘them’ ‘them’ ? 'And' ‘they’: there will be two groups (one of Andrew, one of 'unnamed disciple') and in time they will be one?

in ‘the two disciples’ = Andrew and unnamed disciple, is the latter the same as the beloved disciple (BD)?

[39] He said to them, "Come and see.” / They came and ( )2 saw where he was staying; / and they stayed with him that day, for it was about the tenth hour.

4 instances of ‘Come and see’ in the gospel of John. The third, in the Samaritan woman to her people, the gospel author John and RSV translators chose ‘come, see’ [ use of comma ]

the Johannine comma: (lifting of comma set up by example of ‘him, he’, 'you, you', 'glory, glory' (see other configurations around a punctuation mark as center) and the sometimes binding/rising use of 'and');

found in another section:

John 8.

[31] Jesus then said to the Jews who had believed in him, 'If you continue in my word, you2 are truly my disciples,

[32] and you3 will know the truth, and the truth2 will make you free.'

[ 3 in the singular one ]

[ rising 'and' second truth in 3rd ]:

John 16.

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

[ separation at punctuation mark ]

[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'?

[ adjoining 'and' at punctuation mark ]

v 17b: second fragment, 'I go to the Father' and then v 18b: 'we'

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

[ split ]

[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'?

v 16: 'you will see me'

v 17: 'you2 will see me?'

v 19: 'you3 will see me?'

[40] One of the two who heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.

So two heard J Bp ‘speak’ but did the unnamed disciple follow?
or did only Andrew 'hear' and 'follow'?

where is the unnamed disciple?

is J Bp with them? no

'say' and 'speak' in the gospel of John:

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.

Isaiah 40. (first direct reference in the gospel of John)

[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"?

40:27
ֵמ ְיה ָוה

ִנ ְס ְתּ ָרה ִי ְשׂ ָר ֵאל וּ ְת ַד ֵבּר ַי ֲע ֹקב ת ֹא ַמר ָל ָמּה
l·me thamr ioqb u·thdbr ishral nsthre

to·what ? you-are-saying Jacob and·you-are-mspeaking Israel she-is-concealed way-of·me

: ַי ֲעב ר ִמ ְשׁ ָפּ ִטי וּ ֵמ ֱא ַהי

m·ieue u·m·ale·i mshpht·i iobur :
from·Yahweh and·from·Elohim-of·me judgment-of·me he-is-being-passed-over

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Messiah (which means Christ)

[41] He first found his brother Simon, and ( )2 said to him3, "We have found2 the Messiah" (which means Christ).

where is the unnamed disciple?

who is ‘we’?: maybe the unnamed disciple is present? or speaking of J Bp and his disciples?

‘he’ as Andrew and BD? no; could ( ) be the 'other disciple'? BD is the author and reveals the 1-2 in 3rdò

‘first’, ‘found’ and ‘brother’, RSV

'Peter' and 'Simon Peter' ('afterward')

[42] He brought him2 to Jesus. / Jesus looked at him, and ( )2 said, "So you are Simon the son of John? / You shall be called Cephas" (which means Peter).

separation of 2 ‘you’

does ‘shall be called’ mean immediately?

'Simon', 'Peter', ‘Simon Peter’ in the gospel of John

'Cephas' abarim definition:

The names Peter (petros) and Petra (petra) are regular Greek words; one means rock and the other means stone:

'Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph', v 45
'Simon the son of John', v 42

Psalm 89. RSV

[26] He shall cry to me, `Thou art my Father,

my God, and the Rock of my salvation.'

Psalm 95.

[1] O come, let us sing to the LORD;

/ let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!

in Bethany, beyond the Jordan /\

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on the way to/in Galilee \/

Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph

[43] The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. / And he found Philip and ( )2 said to him3 1-2, "Follow me.”

the titles of Jesus involve the use of 2: ie. 'believed in his name' v 12, 'the only Son ' v 14, 'the only Son' v 18, 'Lamb of God' v 29, 'the Lamb of God!' v 36, 'Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph' v 45, 'the Son of man' v 51...

: involve 3rd

[44] Now Philip was from Beth-sa'ida, the city of Andrew and Peter.

[45] Philip found Nathan'a-el, and ( ) said to him2, "We have found him3 of whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

Philip's use of ‘we’: therefore he heard from Andrew, Peter (and the unnamed disciple and/or J Bp regarding their experience of (Jesus))? Are they with Philip or is this a separate mission? In the first we have the double usage of ‘Lamb of God’ whereas in this event \/ there is the 2nd use of ‘Son of God’ and the 1st ‘the King of Israel’ v 48. In the narrative we already had ‘the only Son’. 2x v 14, 18 ('the only Son' and 'the King of Israel' not present in the synoptic gospels)

‘We’ and/or (‘Jesus of Nazareth’ 'him3')

‘( )' ‘him2'

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from Abarim publications online: 'Nazareth'
From the verb נצר (nasar), to protect or preserve, or the noun נצר (neser), branch or shoot.
From the verb נזר (nazar), to consecrate oneself.
From the verb זרע (zara'), to scatter to sow, or זרה (zara), to scatter to winnow.

[46] Nathan'a-el said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” / Philip said to him, "Come and see.”

[47] Jesus saw Nathan'a-el coming to him, and ( )2 said of him3, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!” I

[48] Nathan'a-el said to him, "How do you know me?” / Jesus answered him, "Before Philip called you, when you2 were under the fig tree, I saw you3.”

This is the first reference of Jesus’ as ‘I’: ‘I’ represents ‘LORD/Lord I in the book of Isaiah.

There is still singular separation: Nathanael responds singularly 1 'you' v 48a

Fragment 2 demonstrates the use of 3: Jesus is speaking of the past and the significance of ‘fig tree’

(the complex usage of 'Lord' and 'Jesus' (and word 'I' and 'me', 'I am' throughout John's text, RSV)

Jesus reveals

John 4.

[1]
Now when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John

Rabbi2, the Son of God!2, the King of Israel! \/

[38] Jesus turned, and ( ) saw them following, and ( )2 said to them2, "What do you seek?" / And they said to him, "Rabbi" (which means Teacher), "where are you staying?”

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’this is’ ‘the Son of God’:

a. ‘( ) who takes away the sin of the world!’ v 29

b. ‘he might be revealed to Israel’ v 31

c. ‘the Spirit2 descend and remains’ v 33

d. 'he3 who baptizes with the Holy Spirit' v 33

[49] Nathan'a-el answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! / You are the King of Israel!”

Nathanael's testimony: Jesus, as Rabbi will teach re: ‘the Son of God’ and his role as ‘King of Israel’

HB citation, RSV:

Psalm 2.7:

I will tell of the decree of the LORD:
/ He said to me, "You are my son,I
today I have begotten you2.

[50] Jesus answered him, "Because I said to you, I2 saw you2 under the fig tree2, do you3 believe? / You shall see greater things than these.”

v 50a: 2 ‘I’ ‘Lord’, 3 ‘you’, singular ‘him’
importance and mystery of 'these' in RSV

the Son of man

[51] And he said to him2, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you2 will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.”

‘angels of God’

i /\

I I

\/ I

‘the Son of man’

‘you’ ‘you’

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see ‘angel(s) of God’ in the book of Genesis, RSV:

(only uses of 'angel(s) of God' in the book of Genesis) \/

Gen 21.

[17] And God heard the voice of the lad; / and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, and ( ) said to her, "What troubles you, Hagar? / Fear not; / for God has heard the voice of the lad2 where [he is.]

v 17b: 2nd

Gen 28.

[12] And he dreamed that there was a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven; / and behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it!

[ Jacob ]

v 12b: 2nd

Gen 31.

[11] Then the angel of God said to me in the dream, `Jacob,' and I said, `Here I am!'

('Then the LORD said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you.", 31.3)

[ Command: 1 and 2 together, and 3rd 'I' ('the LORD') 'will be with you' ]

Gen 32.

[1] Jacob went on his way and the angels of God met him;

(Jacob's first naming to 'Israel' at night G 32.28: morning met by Esau G 33.1: challenge)

sequence by chapter:

angel of God called to Hagar from Heaven (G 21) 2nd in use: ‘where [ he is ]; Jesus, ‘I am he' and 'lad' significance
Jacob has a dream: and angels of God ascending and descending : heaven to earth (G 28)
angel of God said to Jacob in a dream: to return to the land of his fathers and his kindred (G 31)
angels of God met Jacob after first naming to Israel and prior to meeting with Esau. (G 32-33

a. ‘Lamb of God!2’ b. ‘Rabbi’ ‘Where are you staying?’ c. ‘Come and see’ a. (J Bp) b. unnamed disciple and Andrew c. Jesus
a. “Messiah (which means Christ)’ a. Andrew, Simon, (unnamed disciple?) b. Jesus (later) names Simon 'Cephas' -(Peter)
a. “Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph’ b. ‘Rabbi2…Son of God!2…King of Israel!’ a. Philip b. Nathanael c. Jesus

John.2

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Cana in Galilee \/

[1] On the third day there was a marriage at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there;

[2] / Jesus also was invited to the marriage2, with his disciples.

'Cana' in abarim:
The verb קנן (qanan) isn't used in the Bible but it appears to tell of the weaving of many strands into a dynamic and interlocked network. These strands may be reeds and twigs that a bird makes into a nest, or it may be acts of trade and routes of commerce that together combine into a bustling economy. Noun קן (qen) means nest, and verb קנן (qinnen) means to make a nest.

[3] When the wine failed, the mother of Jesus2 said to him, "They have no wine2.”

no second

[4] And Jesus2 said to her, "O woman, what have you to do with me? / My hour has not yet come.”

singular ‘you’ as it relates to 2 in pronoun ‘me'

[5] His mother said to the servants, "Do whatever he tells you.”

[6] Now six stone jars were standing there, for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons.

[7] Jesus said to them, "Fill the jars with water.” / And they filled them up to the brim.

see section on ‘them’, and as it pertains to objects; ‘them1: 'six stone jars', them2: ‘the scriptures’'
2 separate groups 'them'/'they'
v 2: 'his disciples'; v 5: 'the servants' ('fill the jars with water')

review: 'them' as things/objects:

them1 = jars 6
them2 = the scriptures
them3 = the loaves (also the fish?) 5 / 2 lad feeding
them4 = the loaves (also the fish?) 5 / 2
them5 = the words of God (also 'he is of God')?
them6 = 'works of my (Jesus') Father'
them7 = Jesus' sayings
them8 = 'disciples' feet'
them9 = 'these things'
them10 = (Jesus') 'my commandments'
them11 = 'your hearts'
them12 = 'these things' ('said') when the hour comes
them13 = 'many things' ('say') you cannot bear them now
them13= 'the words' given to Jesus
them14= (net) large fish 153 ('right side')

them15= 'many other things which Jesus did'

[8] He said to them, "Now draw some out, and take it to the steward of the feast." / So they took it.

3rd as [ , and ] fragment or as 2nd as contained in directive
2 uses of ‘it’: 'some', 'it' / 'it'

v 7: ‘Jesus’ directs action 1 [ 'them' / 'they' ] 'the servants' directed by mother v 6

v 8: ‘he’ directs action 2-3 [ 'them' ] 'the servants' (with mother?)

v 9: miracle water to wine in 3rd

‘the servants’ know: ‘the steward of the feast’ is surprised: 'the bridegroom' is called

after 'the wine failed' v 3: this represents a second 'wine' (which is 'water to wine') (following 2nd 'them' as object as 'scripture'): six jars

'water', 'water'
'now become wine' CANA

the use of 'some', John, RSV:

consider 'Simon Peter's' and 'the other disciples' second catch of fish on 'the right side', J 21:

John 21. Catch 2 Fish: 'Simon Peter' TIBERIUS

[6] He said to them, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some." / So they cast it, and now they2 were not able to haul it2 in, for the quantity of fish.

[10] Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish that you have just caught."
(Jesus on the beach with first catch of fish on 'charcoal fire' ('Peter'))
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John 18. Fish 1: 'Peter' (linking 'charcoal fire')
[18] Now the servants and officers had made a charcoal fire, because it was cold, and they were standing and warming themselves; / Peter also was with them, standing and warming himself.
John 21.
[9] When they got out on land, they2 saw a charcoal fire there, with fish lying on it, and bread.

('Simon Peter' brings the second catch of fish)

Peter's fish Simon Peter's fish (2nd: 'afterward')

(and consider the 'lad feeding' with two fish in John chapter six):

John 6.[9] "There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two fish; / but what are they among so many?"

merging of 2 groups: see chapter six TIBERIUS

significance of 'lad': ''Ishmael'-'Isaac' / 'Joseph', 'Benoni-Benjamin'

over 100 ‘it’ in John’s gospel: RSV: 26/106 estimate: The Lord raising it up at the last day

1. 'the light' 'it'
2. 'the Spirit' 'it'
3. 'water', 'water'
4. 'water now become wine'
5.  Psalm 69.9:  'For zeal for thy house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult thee have fallen on me.'
6. raising of temple and body (three days)
7. 2:  Jews question Jesus' raising of temple in three days.
8. 5: wind, Spirit; questioning 'where it comes from and where it is going?'
9. deeds wrought in God
10. not by measure that he gives the Spirit
11. Jesus breaking tradition in engaging with Samaritan and woman
12. Jesus 'living water'
13. Jacob's well
14. no longer because of woman's words, 'This is indeed the Savior of the World!'
15. 2:  sabbath and law
16. man healed did not know who it was, Jesus had withdrawn
17. man went away and told Jews it was Jesus who had healed him
18. scriptures
19. Moses accuses you
20. now dark, Jesus had not come to them (on sea)
21. he, Jesus, 'It is I, be not afraid'
22. it was not Moses, but Father gives the true bread from heaven
23.  that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up at the last day.
24.  Isa 54:13 Jer 31:33f
25. bread which comes down from heaven/eat+
26. It is the spirit that gives life, the flesh is of no avail; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.

[9] When the steward of the feast2 tasted the water2 now become wine3, and ( ) did not know where it came from (though the servants2 who had drawn the water3 knew), the steward of the feast3 called the bridegroom

3rd use of ‘it’

3rd use of ‘wine' ('wine failed' v 3, 'no wine' v 3, 'water now become wine' v 9

v 10: (usually) 'good wine first', 'poor wine', 'kept good wine until now')

2nd ‘water’ and taste to wine : 'servants'2 knew

2nd ‘the steward of the feast', 'tasted' (but did not know); 3rd 'steward of the feast' 'called the bridegroom'

green text identifies verse end text which does not include punctuation (rare) determined by RSV translators

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verse(s) in the gospel of John ending without punctuation RSV:

John 2.[9] When the steward of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and ( ) did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the steward of the feast2 called the bridegroom
[10] and ( )2 said to him3, "Every man serves the good wine first; / and when men have drunk freely, then the poor wine; / but you have kept the good wine until now."

John 4.[1]
Now when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John

[2] (although Jesus2 himself did not baptize, but only his disciples),
[3] he left Judea and ( )2 departed again to Galilee.

John 5.[28] Do not marvel at this; / for the hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice
[29] and come forth, those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those2 who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment.

John 8.[3] The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst
[4] they said to him, "Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery.

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[10] and ( ) said to him, "Every man serves the good wine first; / and when men have drunk freely, then the poor wine; / but you have kept the good wine until now.”

[11] This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and ( ) manifested his glory; / and his disciples believed in him.

still separation

'Galilee' in abarim:

The parallel verb גיל (gil) expresses a circular motion as is mostly associated with expressions of joy and celebration (dance). Nouns גיל (gil) and גילה (gila) mean a rejoicing. Noun גיל (gil) describes a circle or time: an age.

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Capernaum in Galilee \/

[12] After this he went down to Caper'na-um, with his mother and his brothers and his disciples; / and there they stayed for a few days.

went down: although movement geographically is upward (or does 'up' refer to Jerusalem)

first use of ‘brothers’ and not ‘servants’: 'his mother' and 'his brothers' and 'his disciples' (as one) (after water2 to wine and six jars/scriptures) (Capernaum: highest point and living Sea)

‘brothers’ = non-‘his disciples’: = ‘servants’2, ‘bridegroom1’, ‘steward of the feast’3? + 'his disciples' and 'his mother'

and/or 'brothers' 'born again' of the Spirit? (as taught to Nicodemus in the next chapter?)

and see John 19.

[26] When Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing near, he2 said to his mother2, "Woman, behold, your son!"
[27] Then he said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother!" / And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.

Capernaum:

The verb נחם (naham) basically means to be sorry. It may mean to have regret but also to have compassion and often to comfort and console whoever one is sorry for. This verb often describes God's attitude toward mankind.
Noun נחם (noham) means sorrow or repentance. Nouns נחום (nihum) and נחמה (nehama) mean comfort or compassion. Noun תנחום (tanhum) meaning consolation.

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[13] The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Jerusalem as in abarim:

The verb שלם (shalem) means to be or make whole or complete, and is also used to describe a righteous recompense or proper restitution (whether positive or not). The familiar noun שלום (shalom) means wholeness, completeness or peace.

Other derivatives are: noun שלם (shelem), peace offering; verb שלם (shalam), to be in a covenant of peace; adjective שלם (shalem), perfect, whole, complete, safe; noun שלם (shillem), recompense; nouns שלמן (shalmon), שלום (shillum), שלם (shillum) and שלמה (shilluma), reward or proper recompense.

[14] In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons3, and the money-changers at their business.

[15] And making a whip of cords, he drove them all, with the sheep and oxen, out of the temple; / and he poured out the coins of the money-changers and ( )2 overturned their tables.

v 15b: 1st and 2nd fragment without separative punctuation

[16] And he told those who sold the pigeons, "Take these things away; / you shall not make my Father's house1 a house2 of trade.”
v 14: 'in the temple'
v 15: 'out of the temple'
v 16: 'my Father's house'

[17] His disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal for thy house3 will consume me.”

Psalm 69.

[8] I have become a stranger to my brethren,
an alien to my mother's sons.
[9] For zeal for thy house has consumed me,
and the insults of those who insult thee have fallen on me.

[18] The Jews then said to him, "What sign have you to show us for doing this?”

[19] Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple1, and in three days I will raise it up.”

[20] The Jews then said, "It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?”

[21] But he spoke of the temple of his body.

John 18.
[12]b: the Jews seized Jesus and ( ) bound him.

[24] Annas then sent him bound to Ca'iaphas the high priest.

v 14: 'In the temple'

v 15: 'out of the temple'

v16: 'my Father's house' 'a house'

v17: 'thy house'

v 19: 'this temple'

v 20: 'this temple'

v21: 'the temple of his body'

John 19.

[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.

John 20.

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

[12] / and she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet.

John 20.

[4] They both ran, but the other disciple outran Peter and ( ) reached the tomb first;

('the other d', ( )2)
[5] / and stooping to look in, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he2 did not go in.
[6] Then Simon Peter came, following him, and ( )2 went into the tomb; / he saw the linen cloths lying,
[7] and the napkin, which had been on his head, not lying with the linen cloths but rolled up in a place by itself.
[8] Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and ( )2 believed;
[9] for as yet they did not know the scripture, that he must rise from the dead.

John 8.
[6] This they said to test him, that they2 might have some charge to bring against him2. / Jesus bent down and ( ) wrote with his finger on the ground.
[7] And as they continued to ask him, he2 stood up and ( )3 said to them2, "Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her."
[8] And once more he bent down and ( )2 wrote with his finger on the ground.

 Jesus: down bending-stooping kato kupsas (2)

(Jesus) (he) 'and ( ) wrote with his finger on the ground.' 2x: J 8.6, 8b: [1st and 2nd fragment together ]
Beloved disciple: beside-bending (peering in) parakupsas: he is looking/observing biepie

he saw the linen cloths lying there > Simon Peter also sees 'the napkin, which had been on his head, not lying with the linen cloths but rolled up in a place by itself.'

'the other disciple, 'went in', [ and ] 'he' saw2 and ( )2 believed'3 [2 fragments without separation ]

Mary Magdalene: she beside-bends (peers) parakupsen 'looking in'

she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet.

Jesus appears as gardener J 20.1: [ 2nd and 3rd together ]

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[22] When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he2 had said this; / and they believed the scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken.

'had spoken': 'speak' and 'Israel', Isaiah 40.

looking forward ——————> ‘his disciples’ remember the word-(scripture and act) (spoken-reflected in scripture and act) of previous became true

‘before Abraham was, I am'

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.

'say' and 'Jacob', 'speak' and 'Israel'

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[23] Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs which he2 did;
[24] / but Jesus did not trust himself to them,
[25] because he knew all men and ( )2 needed no one to bear witness of man; / for he himself knew what was in man.
('all men', 'man'/'man'): separation

John 1.[12] But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he2 gave power to become children of God;

'descendants of Abraham', 'descendants of Abraham', 'Abraham's children'; John 8.33, 37, 39

John.3

[1] Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicode'mus, a ruler of the Jews.

[2] This man came to Jesus by night and ( ) said to him2, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God; / for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him.”

all singular: as if, Jesus expand

"Rabbi' always of 2:

John the Baptist is called 'Rabbi', 3.26:

all other 'Rabbi' refer to (Jesus)

MM and 'the two angels in white': MM calls (Jesus) 'Rabon-ni' (which means Teacher)

[3] Jesus answered him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born anew, he2 cannot see the kingdom of God.”

singular ‘you’ and ‘one’ but introduces: born anew: second he: seeing the kingdom of God 1-2

[4] Nicode'mus said to him, "How can a man be born when he2 is old? / Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?”

because of question N. does not understand the two ‘he’ (‘him’), wording it but not understanding it

v 4b. singularity of ‘he’ and split or can a singular one be capable of it?

anew: must go spiritually through ‘his mother’s womb’ for second birth: ‘brothers’? v 5 \/

Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea, J 19.37

[5] Jesus answered ( ) , "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he2 cannot enter the kingdom of God.
v 3: 'born anew': 'see'*
v 5: 'born of water and the Spirit': 'enter'

in this seeing two: Jesus uses singular: it is a singular ‘you’ and ‘one’: water and the Spirit

natural ‘the water’ (earth); ‘the Spirit’ (heavenly miracle)?

the waters and the firmament? Gen 1.6

is ‘water’ the natural birth and ‘the Spirit’ that which is the 1st-2nd in the 3rd: or of earth and heaven(s)

John 1.

[32] And John bore witness, "I saw the Spirit descend as a dove from heaven, and it remained on him.

HB citations, RSV:

Ezek 36.25-27:

[25] I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and you2 shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I2 will cleanse you3.

[26] A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I2 will put within you2; / and I will take out of your flesh the heart of stone and give you a heart2 of flesh2.

v 26b: 1st and 2nd

[27] And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you2 to walk in my statutes and be careful to observe my ordinances. 2-3

[6] That which is born of the flesh is flesh2, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit2.

again, significance of right side and second fragment: ‘flesh’ and ‘flesh’ is a horizontal movement of ‘earth’; ‘spirit’ to ‘Spirit’ is a vertical movement and ‘heavenly’: (angels of God ascending and descending)

[7] Do not marvel that I said to you, `You must be born anew.’

here, Jesus said to a singular ‘you’. ‘You’ must be born anew: give up one’s earthly spirit into Spirit and see the second.

(as one level this work focuses on versus the current to future layer: and perhaps not ‘versus’ but ‘with’: )

born in the second ‘you’ as ‘You’ (emphasis)

'you you' in the gospel of John, RSV:

John 1.

[51] And he said to him2, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man."

[ the ladder or it as 2nd, the link between heaven and earth is in the Son of man ]

[ consider the rising addition of 'and' : separation or 1 to 2 ]

John.3

[7] Do not marvel that I said to you, `You must be born anew.'

(to Nicodemus, 'teacher of Israel')

John.6

[26] Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you seek me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves.

(after 'lad' feeding) /\

John.13

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

[9] Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!"
('Peter' then 'Simon Peter') 1-2-3 ('word spoken')
John 15.

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

[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.'

[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

[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.

[8] The wind blows where it wills, and you hear the sound of it, but you2 do not know whence it comes or whither it goes; / so it is with every one who is born of the Spirit.”

THE WIND [ IT WILLS, HEAR IT 2: NOT KNOWING ] /

SINGULAR ONE BORN OF SPIRIT [ IT WILLS, HEAR IT 2: NOT KNOWING 2 'IT' ]

Gen 16.

[8] And he said, ‘Hagar, maid of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you2 going?’
(he= the ‘angel of the Lord’)

[9] She said, ‘I am fleeing from my mistress Sarai'

two ‘you’ as in v 8 which showed separation: you hear it but do not know / born of the Spirit, give up the spirit, death to earthly spirit, but you do not know where it comes or where it goes…

8.[14] Jesus answered, "Even if I do bear witness to myself, my testimony is true, for I know whence I2 have come and whither I am going, but you do not know whence I come or whither I am going.

( 2 'I' in the 'I am') I /\

earth and heavens I I

\/ I

HB citation, RSV:

Ezekiel 37.

[9] Then he said to me, "Prophesy to the breath, prophesy2, son of man, and say to the breath2, Thus says the Lord GOD: / Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they2 may live."

Gen 2[7] then the LORD God formed man of dust from the ground, and ( ) breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; / and man became a living being..

man ( ) / man

Gen 2[7] then the LORD God formed man of dust from the ground, and ( ) breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man2 became a living being. 2-3

[9] Nicode'mus said to him, "How can this be?”

N. is asking singularly ‘him’ Jesus

[10] Jesus answered him, "Are you a teacher of Israel, and yet you2 do not understand this?

Jesus asks him as singular: the second ‘you’ not registered

[11] Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know, and ( ) bear witness to what we have seen; / but you do not receive our testimony.
( ) = 'we' or 'I2'?

Who is the accumulated ‘we’? ‘One of the two who heard John speak..(Andrew/BD) ‘saw where he was staying’ (1.39b: They came and ( )2 saw where he was staying) or as J Bp 2 in ‘one’?

here we have two ‘we’ with ‘speak’ in middle/ as Jesus sacrificed between two etc./ then , and ( ) bear witness to what ‘we’ have seen:

b. but ‘you’ singularly, representing Nicode'mus ‘teacher of Israel’ do not receive our testimony.

‘we’ to here, RSV:

John 1.
(narration: by BD John?): \/

[14] And the Word became flesh and ( ) dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; / we have beheld his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father.
[16] And from his fulness have we all received, grace upon grace.

(Andrew (and BD?) in Bethany, from Bethesda, J Bp's disciples?): \/
[41] He first found his brother Simon, and ( )2 said to him3, "We have found the Messiah" (which means Christ).

(Philip in Bethany on the way to Galilee, from Bethesda): \/
[45] Philip found Nathan'a-el, and ( ) said to him2, "We have found him3 of whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph."

John.3
(Nicodemus, 'teacher of Israel' in Jerusalem) \/
[2] This man came to Jesus by night and ( ) said to him2, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God; / for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him."

[12] If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe2 if I2 tell you heavenly things? 4; 2 and 2?

the use of two ‘you’: first must believe the earthly things?

[13] No one has ascended into heaven but he who descended from heaven, the Son of man.

question: when did the 'Son of man' 'ascend to heaven'?

[14] And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man2 be lifted up2,

[15] that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.”

is v 13-15 a composite: use of 'And'?

2 in the 'Son of man'?

'lifted up' in the book of Genesis and the gospel of John: eyes and voice

‘he’ 'the Son of man' (‘descended from heaven’) v 13 /\

I I

\/ 'he', 'the Son of man' v 13, 'him’ (‘lifted up’) v 14-15

this is very complicated: I seek to understand yet know that there is much error.

[16] For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him2 should not perish but have eternal life.
'he', 'the only Son', 'him' (and believing in 2nd 'him')

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

[18] He who believes in him2 is not condemned;

therefore contained within the singularity of ‘the Son’ is ‘he’ and ‘him’ and thus 2 in 3rd:

/ he who does not believe is condemned already, because he2 has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.

[19] And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light2, because their deeds were evil.

[20] For every one who does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light2, lest his deeds should be exposed.
2nd fragment

the secondary meaning behind the behind the moral teaching

other uses of 'light' in the gospel of John, RSV:

John 1.

[4] In him was life, and the life2 was the light of men.

[ 2nd fragment ]

[5] The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness2 has not overcome it.

[ second fragment ]

[7] He came for testimony, to bear witness to the light, that all might believe through him2. J Bp

[ 2 in John the Baptist , second fragment 'the light' separated by 2 he/him ]

[8] He was not the light, but ( )2 came to bear witness to the light2. J Bp

[ second possible he in the form of ( ) and heaven ]

[9] The true light that enlightens every man was coming into the world.

John 5.

[35] He was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light. J Bp

John 8.

[12] Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, 'I am the light of the world; / he who follows me will not walk in darkness, but ( )2 will have the light of life.'

John 9.

[5] As long as I am in the world, I am2 the light of the world.'

John 11.

[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.'

John 12.

[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.

[36] While you have the light, believe in the light2, that you2 may become sons of light3.' /. When Jesus had said this, he departed and ( )2 hid himself from them.

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

[21] But he who does what is true comes to the light, that it may be clearly seen that his deeds have been wrought in God.

[ the singular 'he' ]

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[22] After this Jesus and his disciples went into the land of Judea; / there he remained with them and ( )2 baptized.

( ) = 'they'? (baptize the 2 groups)
John 4.[2] (although Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples),

'Judea' in abarim:

The related verbs ידה (yada), to praise, and הוד (hod), to be worthy of praise, conjugate into such similar forms that it's often not clear which verb in which tense is used. From the verb ידה (yada), to praise, come:

The plural noun הידות (huyyedot), meaning songs of praise.

The noun תודה (toda), meaning confession or praise.

From the verb הוד (hod), meaning to be praise-worthy, comes the noun הוד (hod), meaning splendor, majesty, vigor, glory or honor.

[23] John also was baptizing at Ae'non near Salim, because there was much water there; / and people came and ( ) were baptized.2

"Ænon" is the Greek rendition of the Semitic term for "spring" or "natural fountain"

'spring' in RSV:

Isaiah 41: many uses of 'spring' in Isaiah RSV:

[18] I will open rivers on the bare heights,

and fountains in the midst of the valleys;

/ I will make the wilderness a pool of water,

and the dry land springs of water.

only use of 'spring' in the gospel of John:

John 4.

[13] Jesus said to her, "Every one who drinks of this water will thirst again,

[14] but whoever drinks of the water2 that I shall give him will never thirst; / the water that I shall give him2 will become in him2 a spring of water welling up to eternal life."

Gen 16.

[7] The angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur.

[ Hagar ]

[24] For John had not yet been put in prison.

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[25] Now a discussion arose between John's disciples and a Jew over purifying.

Could the ‘Jew’ be Jesus? next text ‘a Jew’ refers to ‘Jesus’:

J 4.[9] The Samaritan woman said to him, "How is it that you, a Jew, ask a drink of me, a woman of Samar'ia?" / For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.

therefore, ‘John’s disciples’ were not Jews? looking at next verse: therefore, 'John’s disciples' were once Jews or they are a segment of the Jews: Jesus in J 4 reminds the Samaritan woman: 'salvation is from the Jews'

[26] And they came to John, and ( )2 said to him, "Rabbi, he2 who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you2 bore witness, here he3 is, baptizing, and all are going to him.”

2 ‘you’, 3 ‘him’/‘he’ in statement, 4 ‘him’/‘he’ total

3 in the singular 1
2 groups ('they', ( )) 'said': 'him, Rabbi, he':

what was the ‘discussion’ that ‘arose’? v 25

John the Baptist answers all these singularly:

[27] John answered, "No one can receive anything except what is given him from heaven.

This is a heavenly thing: the heavenly to a singular 'one' and 'him':

[28] You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but I2 have been sent before him.

In the "I am' is 'me' (of 2) and "I" (earth) and 'I2' (of heaven)

[29] He who has the bride is the bridegroom; / the friend of the bridegroom, ( ) who stands and hears him2, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom's voice; / therefore this joy of mine is now full.

'friend' in the RSV:

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,
saying to you, "You are my servant,
I have chosen you and not cast you off";
[10] / fear not, for I am with you,
be not dismayed, for I am2 your God;
/ I will strengthen you, I2 will help you2,
I will uphold you3 with my victorious right hand.

* in the book of Isaiah, 'servant' used interchangeably for 'Jacob' and 'Israel' (and Jesus)

[30] He must increase, but I must decrease.”

J Bp or narrator:? \/
[31] He who comes from above is above2 all; / he who is of the earth belongs to the earth2, and of the earth3 he2 speaks; / he who comes from heaven is above all.

‘he who comes from above/heaven’:

[32] He bears witness to what he2 has seen and heard, yet no one receives his testimony; /
[33] he who receives his testimony2 sets his seal to this, that God is true.

[34] For he whom God has sent utters the words of God, for it is not by measure that he2 gives the Spirit;

[35] / the Father loves the Son, and ( ) has given all things into his hand.

hand to hand: hand grabbing heel, disguised hands and blessing to Jacob's gift from hand, (Jesus), and in hand and scarlet thread (Perez, Zerah), and father Israel, Joseph and Israel's hand on first and second born of Joseph....to he who is at the right hand of Father of heaven.

[36] He who believes in the Son has eternal life;

/ he who does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God rests upon him2.

John.4

[1] Now when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John

‘the Lord’ and ‘Jesus’ as separate in this verse……assume the text is Jesus’ self awareness? or is there a separation: 'the Lord' and ‘Jesus’ (or that ‘Jesus’ is in the ‘I’ (’the Lord’) and in ’the Father’ or ‘God the Father’)? consider:

Isaiah 53:

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

Isaiah 41.

[4] Who has performed and done this,

calling the generations from the beginning?

/ I, the LORD, the first,

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

John 14.

[20] In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you2 in me, and I in you3.
John.15
[4] Abide in me, and I in you. / As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you2 abide in me.
('the branch', 'it')

[2] (although Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples),

[3] / he left Judea and ( ) departed again to Galilee.

( ) = 'he' or 'they'?

( ) = and consider v 1 and 'the Lord' and 'Jesus'

'Galilee 1': Jesus found Philip to go from Bethany to Galilee and Philip found Nathanael and they went to Cana where Jesus made water wine

Judea /\

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to Galilee via Samaria \/

[4] He had to pass through Samar'ia.

'Sychar' ('Shechem') in abarim:
The important noun שכם (shekem) means shoulder, and one's shoulder was considered the seat of one's burdens, whether physical or metaphorical. Curiously, though, the denominative verb that came from this noun, namely שכם (shakam), does not mean "to shoulder" in the sense of to carry something, but rather to rise early or to make an early start. This seems to suggest that a person's burden was considered a thing of voluntary dedication rather than something forced upon this person.

[5] So he came to a city of Samar'ia, called Sy'char, near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. *

well in the field

'well of Jacob'; 'field of Joseph': significance of Joseph in secondary role in the book of Genesis: as well as mother Rachel ('travail', 'hard labor') and second born Benoni-Benjamin 'son of sorrow'-'son of the right hand of the father' (Jacob, the father), Joseph's sons Ephraim and Manasseh

[6] Jacob's well was there, and so Jesus, wearied as he was with his journey, sat down beside the well. / It was about the sixth hour.

singular power; not working with the 2 and 3

‘beside’ as in three flocks and Gen 29:

Genesis 29.

[1]

Then Jacob went on his journey, and ( ) came to the land of the people of the east.

[2] As he looked, he2 saw a well in the field, and lo, three flocks of sheep lying beside it; / for out of that well the flocks were watered. / The stone on the well's mouth was large,
[3] and when all the flocks2 were gathered there, the shepherds would roll the stone2 from the mouth2 of the well2, and water the sheep, and put the stone3 back in its place upon the mouth3 of the well3.

(Jacob waters one flock: Rachel brought her father’s sheep: Jacob’s mother's brother’s daughter= Rachel)

J 4.6: Jacob's well was there, and so Jesus, wearied as he was with his journey, sat down beside the well. / It was about the sixth hour.

‘Jesus’ / ‘sat down beside the well' / 'Jacob's well', 'the well'

well and field? (field of Joseph) / ‘raise it up at the last day’ /

G 29.2 3 flocks lying beside it

v 1: ‘Jacob’, '( )'; v 2: ‘he’, ‘he’ 'a well in the field' 'three flocks lying beside it' /

Jesus’ raising:

J 20.1: Now on the first day of the week Mary Mag'dalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and ( ) saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb2.

[7] There came a woman of Samar'ia to draw water. / Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink.”
singularity of ‘her’

'me' as 2 (from the beginning) o----------o

use similar found in Genesis RSV:

Genesis 24.

[2] And Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his house, who had charge of all that he had, "Put your hand under my thigh,

[17] Then the servant ran to meet her, and ( ) said, "Pray give me a little water to drink from your jar."

servant of Abraham gathering wife Rebecca for Isaac : mother of Esau and Jacob

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[8] For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.

[ past ]

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[9] The Samaritan woman said to him, "How is it that you, a Jew, ask a drink of me, a woman of Samar'ia?” / For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.

the living water comes from Jacob's well in (Jesus)

[10] Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God, and ( ) who it is that is saying to you2, `Give me a drink2,’ you would have asked him2, and he3 would have given you2 living water.”

use of [ 'him, he' ] and [ ‘him, and he’ ] in the book of Genesis and in the gospel of John, RSV:

v 7: ‘Jesus said to her’ (past) 'Give me a drink'

v 10: ‘who it is saying to you’ (present) 'Give me a drink'

[11] The woman said to him, "Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep; / where do you get that living water2?

separation: how do you fill up the second so that the 1-2-3

‘well’:

'pit'-'well'-'tomb'-'cave'
no water in the pit of Joseph, G 37. and 'pit' <-------------- backward blending with Rachel 'travail', Joseph and Benjamin

[12] Are you greater than our father Jacob, ( ) who gave us the well, and ( )2 drank from it himself, and his sons, and his cattle?”

epien kai
G4095 G2532 vi 2Aor Act 3 Sg Conj
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[13] Jesus said to her, "Every one who drinks of this water will thirst again,

water from Jacob's well v 12
[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.”

this is the first instance of ‘I’ used post 4.1:

‘ a spring of water welling up to eternal life’

‘the water that I shall give him’ / ‘the water that I shall give him’

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[15] The woman2 said to him, "Sir2, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw.”

[11] The woman said to him, "Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep; / where do you get that living water2?

[16] Jesus said to her, "Go, call your husband, and come here.” ———————>
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reference to ‘five husbands’ : the five tribes who joined Samaria at some time in her history. (see notes)

[17] The woman answered him, "I have no husband.” / Jesus said to her, "You are right in saying, `I have no husband2’;
[18] / for you have had five husbands, and he whom you2 now have is not your husband; / this you said truly.”

[19] The woman said to him, "Sir3, I perceive that you are a prophet.

[20] Our fathers worshiped on this mountain; / and you say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.”

[21] Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain2 nor in Jerusalem will you worship2 the Father.

The temple in Gerizim was destroyed in 128 BC? Is Jesus foretelling the destruction of the Jerusalem temple in 70 AD?

all singularity

Hyrcanus: destroyed Samaritan temple and circumcised Idumeans into Judea: what was happening with the book of Jubilees and the book of 1 Enoch, other DSS? Qumran and the Essenes? Later writings of 2 Esdras or the book of Jasher?

[22] You worship what you2 do not know; / we worship what we2 know, for salvation is from the Jews.

[23] But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for such the Father2 seeks to worship2 him.

‘the Father’2 and ‘God’ v 24

uses of ‘worship’;
v 22: 'worship' / 'worship'
v 23: 'true worshippers' 'worship' ('the Father in spirit and truth'), ('the Father'2) 'worship2' 'him'
v 24: ('God is spirit') ''worship him' 'worship'2 ( him )2 ('in spirit and truth')

[24] God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship ( )2 in spirit and truth2.”

the singularity of God between Jew and Samaritan: Jesus redefining through ’the Father’ 2 and 'from the beginning'

'God' v 24 = 'the Father' 'the Father' v 23

'him'______'God'______'( )'

[25] The woman said to him, "I know that Messiah is coming (he2 who is called Christ); / when he comes, he2 will show us all things.”

‘Messiah’ (‘he2 who is called Christ’)

‘he’ ‘he’

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not abandoning one but seeking a wider answer

[26] Jesus said to her, "I who speak to you am he.”

‘speak’ and hence related to ‘Israel’

‘LORD’ —————> ‘Jesus’ 2

‘I’ as 'Lord' speak to ‘you’ am ‘he’ (‘Messiah’, ‘he who is called Christ’)
all singular pronouns ('I', 'you', 'he/she' in the 'I (who speak to the singular 'you') am he') ('Messiah')

only other 'Messiah' in John, RSV:

John 1.

[41] He first found his brother Simon, and ( )2 said to him3, "We have found the Messiah" (which means Christ).

(past) :

and:

John 4.

[25] The woman said to him, "I know that Messiah is coming (he2 who is called Christ); / when he comes, he2 will show us all things.”

(Jesus) answers "I who speak to you am he.” (now)

[27] Just then his disciples came. / They marveled that he was talking with a woman, but none said, "What do you wish?" or, "Why are you talking with her?”

[28] So the woman left her water jar, and ( ) went away into the city, and ( )2 said to the people,
[29] "Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. / Can this be the Christ?”

can ‘a man’ be the Christ?
3rd of 4 instance of 'come and see' in 'come, see', again:
1. Jesus to 2 disciples J 1
2. Philip to Nathanael J 1
3. Samaritan woman to her people J 4
4. Mary and the Jews weeping to Jesus at Lazarus raising J 11
'skin'-'jar'

Gen 21.

[14] So Abraham rose early in the morning, and ( ) took bread and a skin of water, and ( )2 gave it to Hagar, putting it2 on her shoulder, along with the child, and ( )3 sent her away. / And she departed, and ( )2 wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.

[15] When the water in the skin was gone, she cast the child under one of the bushes.

[19] Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; / and she went, and ( )2 filled the skin with water, and ( )3 gave the lad a drink.

[29] "Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. / Can this be the Christ?”

delay: in midst

[30] They went out of the city and ( )2 were coming to him.

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delay: in midst: or while they were coming to him?

[31] Meanwhile the disciples besought him, saying, "Rabbi, eat."

[32] But he said to them, "I have food to eat of which you do not know.”

[33] So the disciples2 said to one another, "Has any one2 brought him food2?”

[34] Jesus said to them, "My food3 is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.

[35] Do you not say, `There are yet four months, then comes the harvest’? / I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see how the fields are already white for harvest2.

‘white’ for the first and second ‘harvest’ (not yet / ) : two angels in white in John 20 and 'lifting of eyes' and 'field' in the book of Genesis, RSV:

This verse is critically important if it is true that the gospel author John was linking his gospel with the book of Genesis using Isaiah. From the first direct reference to Isaiah 40 (reading the whole chapter) one finds the use of ‘lift up of eyes’ which is common to the two books (as ‘lifting up of voice’) along with the use of ‘white’ and ‘field’ here.
In the gospel of John, the two uses of ‘white’ are found as in this verse and in chapter 20 with Mary Magdalene at the empty tomb when she discovers the ‘two angels’ in ‘white’ with Jesus behind her whom she first sees as a gardener, and once her name is called, she turns and she calls him ‘Rabon'ni’ and ‘Teacher’.

The use of ‘white’ in this verse attached to ‘field’, combined with the theme of ‘before Abraham was, I am’ points to the importance of the term ‘field’ in the book of Genesis. Two angels in white where body of Jesus laid, Mary Magdalene meditating on these two angels, turning around and seeing Jesus as gardener in terms of second Adam, (considering ‘gardener’, ‘before Abraham was, I am’) and general ‘I am’ statements, one might ask if ‘He in the beginning’ (which contains 2 'him', J 1.2-3) takes one back to the garden and through in a reconciliatory sense--and the significance of 'field' in that reconciliation.

'lift up (eyes)' in the book of Genesis, RSV:

Genesis 18.

[2] He lifted up his eyes and ( )2 looked, and behold, three men stood in front of him3. / When he saw them, he2 ran from the tent door to meet them2, and ( )3 bowed himself to the earth,
(beautiful pronoun imagery of Abraham seeing the Lord as three men and as it relates to the 3 that runs throughout the Bible) No proper nouns: Reader insert
Gen.22
[4] On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and ( ) saw the place afar off.
[13] And Abraham lifted up his eyes and ( ) looked, and behold, behind him2 was a ram, caught in a thicket by his horns; / and Abraham went and ( ) took the ram, and ( )2 offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son.
Gen.24
[63] And Isaac went out to meditate in the field in the evening; / and he lifted up his eyes and ( )2 looked, and behold, there were camels coming.
[64] And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she2 alighted from the camel,
Gen.31
[10] In the mating season of the flock I lifted up my eyes, and ( I2 ) saw in a dream that the he-goats which leaped upon the flock were striped, spotted, and mottled.3

[ Jacob at Laban's ]
Gen.33
[1] And Jacob lifted up his eyes and ( ) looked, and behold, Esau was coming, and four hundred men with him2. / So he divided the children among Leah and Rachel and the two maids.
Gen.43
[29] And he lifted up his eyes, and ( )2 saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and ( )3 said, "Is this your youngest brother, of whom you spoke to me? / God be gracious to you, my son!"
(story of Joseph, first born; and second born Benjamin, son of sorrow: sons of Rachel)

2 Esdras: (later writing than or contemporary to the gospel of John)

4 Ezra 4.

[29] If therefore that which has been sown is not reaped, and if the place where the evil has been sown does not pass away, the field where the good has been sown will not come.

4 Ezra 16.

[32] And the earth shall be left desolate, and its fields shall be for briers, and its roads and all its paths shall bring forth thorns, because no sheep will go along them.

[77] Woe to those who are choked by their sins and overwhelmed by their iniquities, as a field is choked with underbrush and its path overwhelmed with thorns, so that no one can pass through!

instances of 'field' through chapter 29 /\: (not in entirety)

[36] He who reaps receives wages, and ( )2 gathers fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together.

there are 2 in the work
something of ( ) and raising/inclusion in John's gospel:

[37] For here the saying holds true, `One sows and another reaps.’

John 15.

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

HB citations in the RSV:

Job 31.

[8] then let me sow, and another eat;

/ and let what grows for me be rooted out.

Micah 6.15:

You shall sow, but not reap;
/ you shall tread olives, but not anoint yourselves with oil;
/ you shall tread grapes, but not drink wine.

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.

[38] I sent you to reap that for which you2 did not labor; / others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.”

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[39] Many Samaritans from that city believed in him because of the woman's testimony, "He2 told me all that I ever did.”

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[40] So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him2 to stay with them2; / and he stayed there two days.

Use of 2 ‘him’ and then the 3rd in singular ‘him’?

'Abide in me, and I in you.'?

[41] And many more believed because of his word.

[42] They said to the woman, "It is no longer because of your words that we believe, for we2 have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is indeed the Savior of the world.”

‘know’ and ‘believe’ (through hearing)

if the disciples as Jews were there, then could it be said that Jesus and his disciples as a group of the Jews seeking reconciliation and the Samaritans seeking reconciliation were united? (Cannot be substantiated that J Bp disciples were not Jews, although J Bp is called 'Rabbi'): a new form of Jews?

the use of ‘this’ for (Jesus) rather than ‘he’

and to the Samaritans in this verse: there are 3 uses of ‘we’ and the recognition of (Jesus) as ‘the Savior of the world’ (3 or 2 in 1)?

'Jesus' is commonly found in the narrative: the people refer to 'Jesus' in varied terms: 'Lamb of God', 'Rabbi', 'prophet', 'King of Israel', 'Son of God', 'Messiah', 'Lord', 'the Holy One of God'...

John's focus on the Samaritans but there were the Idumeans grafted into Judea around 130 BC? (And Herod as an Idumean?)

to Galilee via Samaria /\

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to Galilee2nd time (through Samaria) \/

[43] After the two days he departed to Galilee.
(on the beginning) of the third day

[44] For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.

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[45] So when he came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him2, having seen all that he3 had done in Jerusalem at the feast, for they too had gone to the feast2.

There is the use of 3 but is there an understanding?

Jesus will accuse many of his followers of ‘seeking signs’

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to Cana in Galilee (2nd time): 1st 'water to wine' \/

'Cana' west inland some

then to Cana:

[46] So he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he2 had made the water wine. / And at Caper'na-um there was an official whose son was ill.
This official came from Capernaum to Cana

[47] When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he2 went and ( )3 begged him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death.

relation to Hagar’s ‘let me not look upon the death of the child’? see v 50 notes: \/

'the father' v 53 'he'_____'he'_____( )

'Jesus'_____'him'

'his son'_____'he''

(how does the singular 'son' become as 3 in 'the father'?)

[48] Jesus therefore said to him, "Unless you see signs and wonders you2 will not believe.”

only seeing or seeking the ‘sign’: not believe re: the 2nd

[49] The official said to him, "Sir, come down before my child dies.”

[50] Jesus said to him, "Go; / your son will live.” / The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and ( )2 went his way.

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 ( )2 wept. 2-3

[17] And God heard the voice of the lad; / and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, and ( ) said to her, "What troubles you, Hagar? / Fear not; / for God has heard the voice of the lad2 where [ he is.]
('come down before before my child dies' and 'let me not look upon the death of the child' / 'your son will live' and 'God has heard the voice of the lad' 2x: 2nd 'where he is')

( some translations have the voice as mother Hagar's )

'went his way' in the book of Genesis, RSV:

Gen 18.

[33] And the LORD went his way, when he had finished speaking to Abraham; / and Abraham returned to his place.

Gen.24

[61] Then Rebekah and her maids arose, and ( ) rode upon the camels and ( )2 followed the man; / thus the servant took Rebekah, and ( ) went his way.

b: ( ) = 'he'' or 'they'?

'went his way' (Rebecca: mother of Jacob and Esau and eldest servant who had charge of all that Abraham had'): first born = eldest

2nd pass through

Gen.25

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

next verse: Gen 26.[1] Now there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine2 that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Gerar, to Abim'elech king of the Philistines.

'on his way', RSV:

Gen.32

[1] Jacob went on his way and the angels of God met him;

[2] / and when Jacob saw them he said, "This is God's army!" / So he called the name of that place Mahana'm.

(Jacob preparing for Esau upon return from Laban and prior to wrestling and being named 'Israel' the first time)

Mahanam in abarim: BDB Theological Dictionary, NOBSE Study Bible Name List and Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names agree: the name Mahanaim means Two Camps.

Gen.33

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

[18] And Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, on his way from Paddan-aram; / and he camped before the city.

(After Jacob's gift and reconciliation, Esau and Jacob go their separate ways 'on his way': Esau invites Jacob to follow him but Jacob travels to Shechem)

[51] As he was going down, his servants met him2 and ( ) told him3 that his son was living.

in the 3 ‘he/him’ ‘his son was living’
( ): 'servants' 2nd as 'they'

'going down': Capernaum is north of Cana

[52] So he asked them the hour when he2 began to mend, and they2 said to him3, "Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.”

[53] The father knew that was the hour when Jesus had said to him, "Your son will live"; / and he himself believed, and all his household.

v 49: 'come down before my child dies'

v 50b: 'your son will live' 'the man believed word spoke to him' 'and ( )2 went his way' (1-2nd together)

'Jesus' 'him and ( )'

v 51: 'he was going down' [ 'his servants' '( )' ] [ 'him2' 'him'3 ] [ 'his son was living' ] (2nd-3rd together)

v 52: 3: [ 'he, he, him' ] [ the servants: 'them', 'they' ]

v 53a: 'The father' 'him' 'Your son will live' [ he himself believed, and all his household' ]

--------- 'your son will live'

'The father' 'his son was living' ----- 3

--------- 'Your son will live'

'as (the father-he) was going down [ 'his servants' ( ) ] met ( him2 ) and told ( him3 ) 'his son was living'

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[54] This was now the second sign that Jesus did when he had come from Judea to Galilee.

Jesus is doing signs, his Father’s ‘works’ which is the ‘word’ as in combination with ‘scripture’:

although there appears to still be separation, there is belief, based on the sign:

Cana 1: six stone jars: water to wine

John.5

the son of the official’-father’s son healed

v 46: ‘he’ ‘he’ (Jesus)’, ‘ an official’s whose son was ill'

v 47: ‘he’ official-father, ‘he’ same, ‘him’ (Jesus), ‘his son’, ‘he’ ‘son’

v 48: / Jesus, ‘him’ official-father ‘you’…’you’

v 49: ‘the official’, ‘him’ Jesus, ‘Sir’ Jesus, ‘my child'

v 50: / Jesus, ‘him’/ ‘your son’/ ‘the man’/, Jesus, ‘him’ (‘spoke’) ( ) went his way

v 51: ‘he’ ‘him’ ‘him’ (official) ‘his son was living’

v 52: ‘he’ (official), ‘he’ (‘son’), ‘him’ (official), ‘him’ (son)

v 53: ‘the father’, Jesus, ‘him’ (official now ‘father’)/‘your son will live'/ ‘he’ (‘father’) himself believed and all his household

v 54: ‘Jesus’, ‘he’ (‘Jesus’)

4.[51] As he was going down, his servants met him2 and ( ) told him3 that his son was living.

geographically, 'going' up from Cana to Capernaum: he went down and he came up: \/ /\ (something of heaven)

and with this verse, the water to wine at Cana:

‘brothers’ = non-‘his disciples’: = ‘servants’2, ‘bridegroom1’ (Jesus), ‘steward of the feast’3?

v 53: 'the father': 2 in the Father and 2 in the Son

'servant' examples RSV:

Isaiah 41.

[4] Who has performed and done this,

calling the generations from the beginning?

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;

Isaiah 44.

[2] Thus says the LORD who made you,
( ) who formed you2 from the womb and will help you3: 2-3
/ Fear not, O Jacob my servant,
Jeshu'run whom I have chosen.

[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.

Isaiah 49.

[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 --

(Jesus Christ)

John's revelation: He writes:

J 8.[31] Jesus then said to the Jews who had believed in him, "If you continue in my word, you2 are truly my disciples,

[32] and you3 will know the truth, and the truth2 will make you free."

J 21.[25]

But there are also many other things which Jesus did; / were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.

an attempt to understand the gospel according to John

to Cana in Galilee /\

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Jerusalem2 \/

[1] After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

[2] Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Hebrew called Beth-za'tha, which has five porticoes.

'Bethesda':

The verb חסד (hasad) means to be good or kind. The important noun חסד (hesed) means loving-kindness or allegiance in a legally binding way. Adjective חסיד (hasid) means kind or godly.

[3] In these lay a multitude of invalids, blind, lame, paralyzed. 4

'these' here: a pool...(with) five porticos

[ no verse 4: in RSV]

[5] One man was there, who had been ill for thirty-eight years.

the idea that it takes two (in third): nothing in v 4

'ill' and Lazarus (J 11) and Jacob (b Gen)

[6] When Jesus saw him and ( ) knew that he2 had been lying there a long time, he2 said to him3, "Do you want to be healed?”
v 6a: 1st and 2nd fragment

'lying' in RSV:

"three flocks of sheep" lying [ Jacob at well ], Gen 29.2

[ beloved disciple 2x ]:

'was lying close to the breast of Jesus", J 13.23

"lying thus, close to the breast of Jesus', J 13.24

[ at the empty tomb ] J 20.5, 7:

[ beloved disciple and Simon Peter]:

BD3: [ outran Peter, "( ) reached tomb first' ] 'he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he2 did not go in.'

Simon Peter:

"Then Simon Peter came, following him, and ( )2 went into the tomb; / he saw the linen cloths lying2, and the napkin, which had been on his head, not lying with the linen cloths but rolled up in a place by itself.' [ the other disciple went in and he saw and ( ) believed ]

['the linen cloths', 'the linen cloths', 'the napkin' (3rd and 'head'-'face') ]

J 21.9 [ 2nd fish from right side catch, Jesus-Lord with fish and bread ] 'When they got on land, they2 saw a charcoal fire there, with fish lying on it, and bread.' [ unknown and 152 ]

[ fish and bread and 'lad' feeding, J 6 ] [ 5 and 2 ]

[7] The sick man answered him, "Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is troubled, and while I am going another steps down before me.”

[8] Jesus said to him, "Rise, take up your pallet, and walk.”

[9] And at once the man was healed, and he took up his pallet and ( )2 walked.

/ Now that day was the sabbath.
lifting of comma
blending of 2nd and 3rd fragment: and thus, the first healed
on 'the sabbath'

'he' '( )'2 : earth and heaven

[10] So the Jews said to the man who was cured, "It is the sabbath, it2 is not lawful for you to carry your pallet.”

singular statement

[11] But he answered them, "The manJ1 who healed me said to me, `Take up your pallet, and walk.’”

he has already risen

[12] They asked him, "Who is the manJ2 who said to you, `Take up your pallet, and walk'?3”

1. 'Rise, take up your pallet, and walk' v 8: (Jesus said to singular 'him')

2. 'and he took up his pallet and ( ) walked' v 9: (at once the man was healed; 'he' '( )')

3. 'take up your pallet, and walk.' v 11: ('the man who healed me said to me'; 'he')

4. 'take up your pallet, and walk.' v 12: ('who is the man who said to you'?)

[13] Now the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, as there was a crowd in the place.

[14] Afterward, Jesus found him in the temple, and ( )2 said to him3, "See, you are well! / Sin no more, that nothing worse befall you.”

( )

'him' 'him'

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[15] The man went away and ( ) told the Jews that it was Jesus who had healed him2.

the use of ‘it’ for persons: see section on 'it'

1-2 together

'THE GIFT OF GOD' AND (NOT KNOWING) 'IT' WAS (JESUS) LIVING WATER 4.10

(NOT KNOWING) 'IT' WAS (JESUS) HEALED MAN 5.13

IT WAS JESUS 'THE MAN': ( ) HIM2

[16] And this was why the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he did this on the sabbath.

The man who was cured:

'one man' / 'him, he, him' / 'the sick man', 'I','me'2, 'I am' / 'him' / 'the man', 'he', '( )' /' the man' (sabbath and law 2 'it'), 'you' / 'he', 'me'2 / 'him', 'you' / 'the man' (did not know who it was: Jesus had withdrawn) / 'him', 'him', 'you' / 'the man', '( )', (it was Jesus who healed) 'him'

Jesus:

'Jesus' / 'Jesus', '( )', 'he' / 'him', 'Sir' / 'Jesus' / 'the man' / 'the man' / (did not know who it was) 'Jesus' (had withdrawn) / 'Jesus', '( )' / 'it was Jesus' / Jesus', 'he', (on the sabbath)

some 'it was' in the gospel of John, RSV:

This chapter John 5. THE SICK MAN HEALED

[13] Now the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, as there was a crowd in the place.
[15] The man went away and ( ) told the Jews that it was Jesus who had healed him2.
( )________'it was Jesus'________'him'
(no separative punctuation)

John 20. MARY MAGDALENE - TWO ANGELS - JESUS GARDENER TO 'RABBONI-TEACHER-LORD'

[14] Saying this, she turned round and ( )2 saw Jesus standing 2-3, but she3 did not know that it was Jesus2.

angel in white_______[ empty tomb ]_______angel in white

Jesus appears as gardener : MM responds to his calling her name: "Rab-bo'ni!" (which means Teacher)

(2nd and 3rd no separative punctuation)

John 21. JESUS 3RD APPEARANCE, SECOND GROUP OF FISH WITH SIMON PETER AND THOMAS THE TWIN (OF 7)

[4] Just as day was breaking, Jesus stood on the beach; / yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.
[7] That disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" / When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his clothes, for he2 was stripped for work, and ( )3 sprang into the sea.
[12] Jesus said to them, "Come and have breakfast." / Now none of the disciples dared ask him, "Who are you?" / They knew it was the Lord.

[17] But Jesus answered them, "My Father is working still, and I am working.”

[18] This was why the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he2 not only broke the sabbath but ( )3 also called God his Father, making himself equal with God2.

John 14.[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.

John 20.

[19] Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing; / for whatever he does, that the Son does likewise.

[20] For the Father loves the Son, and ( ) shows him2 all that he3 himself is doing; / and greater works than these will he show him2, that you may marvel.

parallel 'the Father': 'the LORD'' 'the Son'' 'sees the Father doing' 'does likewise''

'raises the dead and ( ) gives them life'' 'gives life to whom he will'

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

1-2, and third (also)

[22] The Father judges no one, but ( ) has given all judgment to the Son,
[23] that all may honor the Son2, even as they honor the Father2. / He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him2.

[24] Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears my word and believes him2 who sent me, has eternal life; / he does not come into judgment, but ( )2 has passed from death to life.
24a: raising (saying to the living)?
v 21: 'the Father raises the dead and ( ) gives them life'

v 24a: 2-3

[25] "Truly, truly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear2 will live.

are they compassionate to the 'brother'? (and sister)? <---o----> Jesus and from beginning

The Father (O LORD) reveals (Jesus) and (Jesus) reveals the Father ('O LORD)

Isaiah 64.

[8] Yet, O LORD, thou art our Father;

/ we are the clay, and thou art our potter;

/ we are all the work of thy hand. hand and arm

'lifted up voice' in the book of Genesis, RSV:

Gen 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 ( )2 wept. Ishmael* (although most translations have the voice as Hagar (she) (KJV))
Gen 27.
[38] Esau said to his father, "Have you but one blessing, my father? / Bless me, even me also, O my father."2 v 34 / And Esau lifted up his voice and ( ) wept.

[26] For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life2 in himself,
[27] and ( )2 has given him authority to execute judgment, because he2 is the Son of man.

'the Father' 'he' ( )

'the Son' 'him' 'he' is 'the Son of man'

'the Son of man':

J 1.[51] And he said to him2, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man."
(to Nathanael)

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(ref: Jacob: Gen 28.[12] And he dreamed that there was a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven; / and behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it!

[ "angel(s) of God in Genesis: to Hagar re: "lad", angels ascending and descending, to Jacob re: return to land of fathers and kindred, naming to Israel and meeting with Esau ]

J 1.[32] And John bore witness, "I saw the Spirit descend as a dove from heaven, and it remained on him.

9.[35] Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him2 he3 said, "Do you believe in the Son of man?"
(blind man made to see: only 'him, he' without comma)

(blind man made to see: J 9.[38] He said, "Lord, I believe"; / and he worshiped him2.

Gen 18 chapter RSV:

'the LORD': 11 times

'My lord': 1 time

'the Lord'': 5 times

[28] Do not marvel at this; / for the hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice

[29] and come forth, those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment.

HB citation, RSV:

Dan 12.2: And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some2 to shame and everlasting contempt.

'came forth' in Esau, Jacob and Jesus as (I2); J 8.42

[30] "I can do nothing on my own authority; / as I hear, I2 judge; / and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.

[31] If I bear witness to myself, my testimony is not true;
[32] / there is another who bears witness to me, and I know that the testimony which he bears to me is true.

testimony re: (Jesus) and testimony re: 'the LORD' ('I' 'I'2) (2 pronoun 'me')

[33] You sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth.

[34] Not that the testimony which I receive is from man; / but I say this that you may be saved.

John 12.[47] If any one hears my sayings and does not keep them 1-2, I do not judge him;/ for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world2.

[35] He was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.

[36] But the testimony which I have is greater than that of John; / for the works which the Father has granted me to accomplish, these very works which I am doing, ( ) bear me2 witness that the Father has sent me3.

[37] And the Father who sent me has himself borne witness to me. / His voice you have never heard, his form you2 have never seen;

[38] / and you do not have his word abiding in you2, for you3 do not believe him whom he2 has sent.

John 1.[18] No one has ever seen God; / the only Son, ( ) who is in the bosom of the Father, he2 has made him3 known.
v 30: 'the will of him who sent me' ('I' seek not my own will')
v 36: 'the Father has sent me' (works2 of 'me' and 'I am')
v 38: (believe) 'him whom he2 has sent' (3 'you')

('not have his word abiding in/re: 2nd 'you': 3rd 'you' do not believe in the 2 in 1 in

[2] 'He was in the beginning with God;

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

him______( )______him LORD as three men, G 18.1-3 'I am': 'me' and 'I' / 'I am': 'me' and 'I'?

Jesus' 'I am he'; v 2 /\: 'He was in the beginning with God'

[39] You search the scriptures, because you2 think that in them you3 have eternal life; / and it is they that bear witness to me;
[40] / yet you refuse to come to me that you2 may have life.

v 39a: 'them2' as object: 'the scriptures'/ 'them1: 'six stone jars' J 2.6

the only way to eternal life is through the 2 in pronoun 'me' ('from 'the beginning' in LORD to Jesus: Jesus back to LORD): according to John

Jesus 'the Teacher', 'Rabbi' is speaking of the Torah and other Jewish Scriptures (and the Prophets-DSS?)

33 AD: The gospel of John completed 90-100 AD: letters of Paul 50 AD: synoptic gospels 60-90 AD

[41] I do not receive glory from men.

[42] But I know that you have not the love of God within you2.

[43] I have come in my Father's name, and you do not receive me; / if another comes in his own name, him you will receive.

you do not receive the 2 / another you singularly receive

[44] How can you believe, ( )2 who receive glory from one another and ( )3 do not seek the glory2 that comes from the only God?

‘the only Son’, ‘the only God'

John 1.

[14] And the Word became flesh and ( it ) dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; / we have beheld his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father.

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

John.3

[16] For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him2 should not perish but have eternal life.

[18] He who believes in him2 is not condemned; / he who does not believe is condemned already, because he2 has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.

Gen 22.

[1] After these things God tested Abraham, and ( ) said to him2, "Abraham!2" / And he said, "Here am I."

[2] He said, "Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Mori'ah, and offer him2 there as a burnt offering upon one of the mountains of which I shall tell you2."

[45] Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; / it is Moses who accuses you, on whom you2 set your hope.

[46] If you believed Moses, you2 would believe me, for he wrote of me.

'me' as 2 'from the beginning'' and contained in Moses writings' :

'the arm of the LORD'' -------> 'the arm of the LORD''

Moses writings and (Jesus: 'I' and ( ))

HEAVEN AND EARTH

Isaiah 51.

[9] Awake, awake2, put on strength,
O arm of the LORD;
/ awake, as in days of old,
the generations of long ago.
[ 1 and 2 separated by comma/ 3rd as singular ]

Isa.53
[1] Who has believed what we have heard? / And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?

John.12
[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 Lord2 been revealed?"

Isaiah 43.
[11] I, I am the LORD,
and besides me there is no savior.

John 1. (John the Baptist)

23] He said, "I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, `Make straight the way of the Lord,' as the prophet Isaiah said."

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.

John.4

[1] Now when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John

John 11.

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

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

[47] But if you do not believe his writings, how will you2 believe my words?”

Must believe Moses' writings

John.6

Jerusalem /\

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Galilee \/

[1] After this Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiber'i-as.
from Jerusalem v 2: 'with a multitude'

[2] And a multitude followed him, because they saw the signs which he2 did on those who were diseased.

'Sheep's Gate', J 5.2: in Jerusalem: are disciples part of the 'a multitude' as first?
for at the feeding we have 'Andrew', 'Philip', 'a lad', 'his disciples'

----------------> from Jerusalem to the area of Tiberias

John 5.[3] In these lay a multitude of invalids, blind, lame, paralyzed4.

[3] Jesus went up on the mountain, and there ( ) sat down with his disciples.

integrating the ( )

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

KJV: And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples.

[ 'into' and heaven ]

If this is the lad feeding, then one may consider Genesis 48.

('Israel' with hands on children of Joseph for blessing: making a cross with his hands on first and second born favoring the second born)

[15] And he blessed Joseph, and ( )2 said, "The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked,
the God2 who has led me all my life long to this day,
[16] the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads;
/ and in them let my name be perpetuated, and the name of my
fathers Abraham and Isaac;
/ and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth."

[ 'lad' in the book of Genesis RSV: 'Ishmael-Isaac', 'Joseph' and 'Benoni-Benjamin' ]

O /\

Sea of Galilee: near Tiberias mountain: 'lad feeding'

[4] Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand.

[5] Lifting up his eyes, then, and seeing that a multitude2 was coming to him, Jesus said to Philip, "How are we to buy bread, so that these people may eat?”

Is this a second ‘multitude’? (it does not read 'the multitude')

'on the mountain', 'lifting up his eyes': 'a multitude coming to him': coming from top of the mountain, from heaven? or was Jesus' head down/in prayer? (something of heaven and earth here?)

'coming to him' in the gospel of John, RSV:

John 1.

[47] Jesus saw Nathan'a-el coming to him, and ( )2 said of him3, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!"
John.4
[30] They went out of the city and ( )2 were coming to him. (the Samaritans: woman as mediator)
John.6
[5] Lifting up his eyes, then, and seeing that a multitude was coming to him, Jesus said to Philip, "How are we to buy bread, so that these people may eat?"

notes from Exodus:

Exodus 14.5 ‘Israel’ (‘all the people who follow you’ 11.8 and ‘a mixed multitude’ 12.38)

'lifted up eyes' in Genesis RSV:

Lot and Abram; G 13.10, 14 (lifted eyes)

Abraham and the LORD as three men, G 18.2 ( A. lifted eyes)

Hagar's eyes opened by God, the lad given a drink, G 21.19 (opened eyes)

''( ) wept' v 16 /'And God heard the voice of the lad' v 17a / 'God has heard the voice of the lad2 where [ he is ]', v 17c

Abraham's sacrifice, 2x, G 22.4, 13 (lifted eyes)

'saw the place afar off", 'on the third day"

'behind him was a ram'

Isaac and Rebeka, G 24.63, 64 (lifted eyes)

Jacob and 'he-goats' 2x, G 31.10, 12 (lifted eyes)

Jacob sees Esau coming, G 33.1 (lifted eyes)

Esau sees the women and children of Jacob, G 33.5 (raised eyes)

Joseph sees Benjamin coming, G 43.29 (lifted eyes)

[6] This he said to test him, for he2 himself knew what he3 would do.

[7] Philip answered him, "Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each of them to get a little.”

[8] One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him,

[9] "There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two fish; / but what are they among so many?”

Interesting that Andrew was closer in his suggestion regarding what would transpire:

[8] One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him,

(the necessity of the 'lad' feeding to integration:) ('lad' in the book of Genesis: 'Ishmael-Isaac', Joseph, and Benjamin and 'travail' (of Rachel)' and 'travail' in RSV and 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?")

'fruit': Joseph, Benjamin and Rachel

('One brother said')

[10] Jesus said, "Make the people sit down.” / Now there was much grass in the place; / so the men sat down, in number about five thousand.

Isaiah 51.

[12] "I, I am he that comforts you;

/ who are you that you2 are afraid of man who dies,

of the son of man who is made like grass,

(concept of lifting of comma: in this case: 'I, I am he that comforts you' not as one entity but as two or even three:

'I' and 'I am he' comfort you: 'I' as 'LORD' in the beginning and through to Jesus 'I am he' and 'he' as 'Comforter' or 'spirit of truth')?

'sat down' in RSV:

Gen 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

(Hagar)

'God has heard the voice of the lad where [ he is], v 17c

Gen.37

[25] Then they sat down to eat; / and looking up they saw a caravan of Ish'maelites coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing gum, balm, and myrrh3, on their way to carry it down to Egypt.

(saving Joseph with the help of Judah: brothers 'Israel' and 'Joseph' in the pit, G 37.28)

John 4.

[6] Jacob's well was there, and so Jesus, wearied as he was with his journey, sat down beside the well. / It was about the sixth hour.

John 8.

[2] Early in the morning he came again to the temple; / all the people came to him, and he2 sat down and ( )3 taught them.

(woman brought accused of adultery)

[11] Jesus then took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he2 distributed them to those who were seated; / so also the fish2, as much as they wanted.

multitude from Jerusalem, multitude from above in Jesus' lifting up of eyes?
'them'3= five barley loaves / two fish

[12] And when they had eaten their fill, he told his disciples, "Gather up the fragments left over, that nothing may be lost.”

[13] So they gathered them up and ( )2 filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves, left by those who had eaten.
them1 = jars 6
them2 = the scriptures
them3 = the loaves / (also the fish?) 5 / 2
them4 'up'= the loaves 5
'they' and ( )
'twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves'?
1st and 2nd fragment combined

[14] When the people saw the sign which he had done, they said, "This is indeed the prophet who is to come into the world!”
'this' and not 'he'

[15] Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him2 king, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself.

KJT: When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.

'make himself king': for the miracle and not the hidden meaning

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at night/dark:

[16] When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea,

[17] ( ) got into a boat, and ( )2 started across the sea2 to Caper'na-um. / It was now dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.

[18] The sea3 rose because a strong wind was blowing.

[19] When they had rowed about three or four miles, they2 saw Jesus walking on the sea and drawing near to the boat. / They were frightened,
[20] but he said to them2, "It is I; / do not be afraid.”

'Jesus' v 19/ 'he' 'I' v 20 (Jesus) identifying himself as 'I' ('the Lord')

'it is I': 'raising it on the last day'

v 19a: 2-3

'do not be afraid' and 'fear not' in the book of Genesis RSV:

Gen 15.

[1] After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, 'Fear not, Abram2, I am your shield; / your reward shall be very great.'

Gen 21.

[17] And God heard the voice of the lad; / and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, and ( ) said to her, 'What troubles you Hagar2? / Fear not; / for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is.'

[ Ishmael through voice of Hagar ]

Gen 26.

[24] And the LORD appeared to him the same night and ( )2 said, 'I am the God of Abraham your father; 1-2/ fear not, for I am with you and ( ) will bless you2 and multiply your descendants for my servant Abraham's sake.

[ Isaac : father of Jacob and Esau ]

Gen 35.

[17] And when she was in her hard labor, the midwife said to her2, 'Fear not; / for now you will have another son.'

['travail': birth of second born 'son of sorrow'-'> son of the right hand' (Jacob) in 'Benoni-Benjamin']

Gen 30. [ previous re: Rachel's wish for 'another son' ]

[22] The God remembered Rachel, and God2 hearkened to her and ( ) opened her womb. 2-3

[23] She conceived and ( )2 bore a son and ( )3 said, 'God has taken away my reproach' 1-2-3;

[24] / and she called his name Joseph, saying, 'May the LORD add to me another son!'

Gen 50.

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

(a 'man' in the place of God')

Gen 17.

[1] When Abram was ninety-nine years old the LORD appeared to Abram2 1-2, and ( ) said to him2, 'I am God Almighty; / walk before me, and be blameless.'

[ preserve the 2 ]

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

[3] The Abram fell on his face; / and God said to him,

[4] 'Behold, my covenant is with you, and you2 shall be the father of a multitude of nations.

[5] No longer shall your name be Abram, but your name2 shall be Abraham; / for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.

John 15.

[4] Abide in me, and I in you. / As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you2 abide in me.

[6] If a man does not abide in me, he is cast forth as a branch and ( )2 withers; / and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire and burned.

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

[21] Then they were glad to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat2 was at the land to which they2 were going.

2 groups:

o——————————> boat went forward ——————————----------—> Caperna'um

next 'glad' to the end of the gospel of John, RSV:

John 8.

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

v 56b: 1-2 together
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John.11
[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."
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(raising of Lazarus and 'Thomas, the Twin': central to 'us' to 'we')
John.20
[20] When he had said this, he2 showed them his hands and his side. / Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.
[21] Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. / As the Father has sent me, even so I send you."
[22] And when he had said this, he2 breathed on them, and ( )3 said to them2, "Receive the Holy Spirit.

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in the morning: the second day:

[22] On the next day the people who remained on the other side of the sea saw that there had been only one boat there, and that Jesus had not entered the boat2 with his disciples, but that his disciples2 had gone away alone.

2 ‘his disciples’: did the configuration of 'his disciples' change after the lad feeding? (Jerusalem and Galilee?)

[14a] When the people saw the sign which he had done

[23] However, boats from Tiber'i-as came near the place where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks.

the feeding was around Tiberias? did this group include some who were at the feeding?
v 11. 'he had given thanks' ('Jesus', 'he', 'he': 'the Lord')

[24] So when the people saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats and ( )2 went to Caper'na-um, seeking Jesus2.

2 groups?
'the people who remained on the other side/saw the sign', 'boats from Tiber'ias: 'the people'
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[25] When they found him on the other side of the sea, they2 said to him2, "Rabbi, when did you come here?”

'Rabbi' in the gospel of John, RSV:

John 1.

[38] Jesus turned, and ( ) saw them following, and ( )2 said to them2, "What do you seek?" / And they said to him, "Rabbi" (which means Teacher), "where are you staying?"

[ 2nd and 3rd ]

Andrew and unnamed disciple

[49] Nathan'a-el answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! / You are the King of Israel!"

John.3

[2] This man came to Jesus by night and ( ) said to him2, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God; / for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him."

Nicodemus, 'teacher of Israel'

[26] And they came to John, and ( )2 said to him, "Rabbi, he2 who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you2 bore witness, here he3 is, baptizing, and all are going to him."

John the Baptist as 'Rabbi' /\

John.4

[31] Meanwhile the disciples besought him, saying, "Rabbi, eat."

In midst of Samaritan mission

John.6

[25] When they found him on the other side of the sea, they2 said to him2, "Rabbi, when did you come here?"

after the 'lad' feeding

John.9

[2] And his disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he2 was born blind?"

Jesus' healing of the born blind man

John.11

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

Prior to Lazarus healing

John 20.

[16] Jesus said to her, "Mary." / She turned and ( )2 said to him in Hebrew, "Rab-bo'ni!" (which means Teacher).

Mary meditating on two angels and Jesus as gardener

v 16b: 1-2

[26] Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you2 seek me, not because you3 saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves.
2 in 'them' to be revealed

[27] Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food2 which endures to eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you; / for on him has God the Father set his seal.”

HB citation RSV:

Isaiah 55.2: ('the LORD')

Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread,
and your labor for that which does not satisfy? (2nd)
/ Hearken diligently to me, and eat what is good, 2 'food' /\ v 27
and delight yourselves in fatness. (2nd-3rd)

[28] Then they said to him, "What must we do, to be doing the works of God?”

[29] Jesus answered them, "This is the work of God2, that you believe in him whom he2 has sent.”

[30] So they said to him, "Then what sign do you do, that we may see, and believe you2? / What work do you perform?
the group is asking as one, v 28, 30

/\ this is a difficult to decipher group:

> a multitude from Jerusalem who came from the healing of those diseased following Jesus (through Samaria?)

> his disciples, Andrew, Philip, lad and a multitude (1-2) on mountain (above?)

> the people at the feast, boats from Tiberias
Jerusalem o--------------------Jesus, a multitude--------------------------> area of Tiberias O /\
(who was in 'Tiberias' already, were disciples part of the 1st 'a multitude'?)
Capernaum <----------------disciples2? and Jesus following--------------1o area of Tiberias
<-------------mixed group of people'---------------------------2o (those at feeding, those who heard?)

'Our fathers' \/:

[31] Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; / as it is written, `He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’"

[32] Jesus then said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you2 the bread from heaven2; / my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.

Jesus is speaking of the heavenly father and not the father of tradition

v 31b: 'bread from heaven'; v 32a: 'bread from heaven'; v 32b: 'true bread from heaven'
and the use of 'gives' rather than 'gave' as Jesus says: J 5[17] But Jesus answered them, "My Father is working still, and I am working."

'bread' and 'morsel' in the book of Genesis, RSV:

Gen 18. Abraham and the LORD as three men

[4] Let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree,
[5] while I fetch a morsel of bread, that you may refresh yourselves, and after that you2 may pass on -- since you3 have come to your servant." / So they said, "Do as you have said."

[ Jesus dipping the morsel of bread and Judas: betraying the three men in the LORD ]

Gen 21. Abraham and Hagar and Ishmael
[14] So Abraham rose early in the morning, and ( ) took bread and a skin of water, and ( ) gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, along with the child, and ( ) sent her away. / And she departed, and ( ) wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

For a meaning of the name Beersheba, Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names and NOBSE Study Bible Name List read Well Of The Oath. BDB Theological Dictionary proposes also The Well Of Seven.

'bread and a skin of water', 'it', 'it' [ 'along with 'the child' ]

Abraham ( ) ( ) 2-3rd: (Jesus): 'I am the true bread from heaven' and 'living water'

Gen 25. Jacob and Esau
[34] Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils, and he ate and ( ) drank, and ( ) rose and ( ) went his way. / Thus Esau despised his birthright.

Gen 27. Rebekah and Jacob
[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 she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.

[ blind father Isaac ]

Gen 43. the steward of Joseph's house
[24] And when the man had brought the men into Joseph's house, and given them water, and they2 had washed their feet, and when he had given their asses provender,
[25] they made ready the present for Joseph's coming at noon, for they2 heard that they should eat bread there.

[32] They served him by himself, and them by themselves, and the Egyptians who ate with him2 by themselves, because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews, for that is an abomination to the Egyptians.
[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.
[34] Portions were taken to them from Joseph's table, but Benjamin's portion was five times as much as any of theirs. / So they drank and ( )2 were merry with him. 1-2

[33] For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven, and ( it ) gives life to the world.”

Jesus will speak physically of bread in terms of eating and drinking of his flesh but then he will say ‘the flesh is of no avail, it is the spirit that gives life’, ‘the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life’

first 2 'it': 'the light' and 'it' J 1.5; Spirit' and 'it' J 1.3

here: 'the bread of God' and 'it'

[34] They said to him, "Lord, give us this bread always.”

singularity

'him' = "Jesus' v 32

'us' = without 'Jesus' 'LORD'

[35] Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; / he who comes to me shall not hunger, and he2 who believes in me shall never thirst.
second 'I am the bread of life', v 48

considering v 34, (Jesus) v 32 'him', 'LORD': 'come and believe' in the 2 'him' in 'me' ('from the beginning')

[36] But I said to you that you2 have seen me and yet ( )3 do not believe.
the 1-2-3: seen 'me' (Jesus), seen 'the Father', seen 'the LORD'

'CAME FORTH' RSV IN JACOB, ESAU AND JESUS

[37] All that the Father gives me will come to me; / and him who comes to me I will not cast out.
pronoun 'me' and 'I' in 'the Father': 'I am the bread of life' 2x, v 35, 48

see ‘cast’ (out), RSV:

John 9.

[34] They answered him, "You were born in utter sin, and would you2 teach us?" / And they cast him out.
[35] Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him2 he3 said, "Do you believe in the Son of man?"

[ BORN BLIND MAN MADE TO SEE ]

Gen 21.

[10] So she said to Abraham, "Cast out this slave woman with her son; / for the son of this slave woman shall not be heir with my son Isaac."

[15] When the water in the skin was gone, she cast the child under one of the bushes.

[ HAGAR ]

Gen.37

[22] And Reuben said to them, "Shed no blood; / cast him into this pit here in the wilderness, but lay no hand upon him2" -- that he might rescue him2 out of their hand, to restore him3 to his father.

(Reuben, first born of Leah re: Joseph and 'his father' Israel)

[23] So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe, the long robe with sleeves that he2 wore;

[24] / and they took him and ( ) cast him2 into a pit. / The pit was empty, there was no water in it.

(John 4.[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."

Is (Jesus)-LORD's water from heaven?

Gen 1.

[6]
And God said, "Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters2 from the waters3."
[7] And God made the firmament and ( ) separated the waters which were under the firmament2 from the waters2 which were above the firmament3. / And it was so.
[8] And God called the firmament Heaven. / And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

waters
Heaven
waters

[38] For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me;

[39] / and this is the will of him who sent me2, that I should lose nothing of all that he2 has given me, but raise it up at the last day.

J 4.[34] Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.
John.5
[30] "I can do nothing on my own authority; / as I hear, I2 judge; / and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.

[40] For this is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life; / and I will raise him up at the last day.”

'the LORD-I' will raise him up at the last day':

v 38: 'the will of him who sent me', v 39: 'the will of him2 who sent me2', v 40: 'the will of my Father'

[40] For this is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life; / and I will raise him up at the last day."

v 40a: second and third fragment without punctuation divider

[44] No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him; / and I will raise him up at the last day2.

v 44a: 1st, 2nd and 3rd together

[53] So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you2 eat the flesh of the Son of man and ( )3 drink his blood, you have no life in you; *

[54] / he who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him2 up at the last day3.

(v 40, 44: / 'and I will raise him up at the last day'. / 'and I will raise him up at the last day' ('I' = 'the LORD'a)

v 54: (1st and 2nd together), and I will raise him2 up at the last day'

a: the LORD raises 3: the LORD as three men, Gen 18

[63] It is the spirit that gives life, the flesh is of no avail; / the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.

[41] The Jews then murmured at him, because he2 said, "I am the bread which came down from heaven.”

[42] They said, "Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? / How does he now say, `I have come down from heaven'2?”

[43] Jesus answered them, "Do not murmur among yourselves.

[44] No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me3 draws him; / and I will raise him up at the last day.2
'the will of him who sent me', v 38, 39 / 'The Father who sent me' v 44

all 'the Father who sent me' in the gospel of John (and Bible RSV):

John 5.

[37] And the Father who sent me has himself borne witness to me2. / His voice you have never heard, his form you2 have never seen;

John.6

[44] No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me2 draws him; / and I will raise him up at the last day.

John.8

[18] I bear witness to myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness to me2."

John.12

[49] For I have not spoken on my own authority; / the Father who sent me has himself given me2 commandment what to say and what to speak.

[ each have 2 uses of 'me': could it be read 'the me' as 2 from the beginning?: 'the Son', 'the only Son'...in 'the Father', 'the LORD' from the beginning ]

'me I' in the gospel of John, RSV:

John 6.

[37] All that the Father gives me will come to me2; / and him who comes to me I will not cast out.

[ 'the Father' = 'the LORD' = sent (Jesus) is 2 in ]

John.17

[12] While I was with them, I2 kept them2 in thy name, which thou hast given me; / I have guarded them, and none of them2 is lost but the son of perdition, that the scripture might be fulfilled.

[22] The glory which thou hast given me I have given to them, that they2 may be one even as we are one,

[23] I2 in them and thou2 in me, that they2 may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that thou3 hast sent me2 and ( ) hast loved them3 even as thou hast loved me3.
[24] Father, I desire that they also, whom thou hast given me, may be with me where I am, to behold my glory which thou2 hast given me in thy love for me before the foundation of the world.

John.18

[9] This was to fulfil the word which he had spoken, "Of those whom thou gavest me I lost not one."

John 4.1:

[1]

Now when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John

forgive my error: strained in great measure 5/2021

[45] It is written in the prophets, `And they shall all be taught by God.’ / Every one who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me.

[46] Not that any one has seen the Father except him who is from God; / he has seen the Father2.

[47] Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes has eternal life.

[48] I am the bread of life.2

[35] Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life1; / he who comes to me shall not hunger, and he2 who believes in me2 shall never thirst.

[49] Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.

[50] This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that a man may eat of it and not die.

[51] I am the living bread which came down from heaven;/ if any one eats of this bread2, he will live for ever; / and the bread which I shall give for the life of the world is my flesh.”

[52] The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”

[53] So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you2 eat the flesh of the Son of man and ( )3 drink his blood, you have no life in you;

[54] / he who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him2 up at the last day.

v 54: raising the 2 up in 3rd

'I' and 'I' , 'me' and 'me' ('from the beginning'), 'I am' and 'I am'

[55] For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.

[56] He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood2 abides in me, and I in him2.

[57] As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, / so he who eats me will live because of me2.

[58] This is the bread which came down from heaven2, not such as the fathers ate and ( ) died; / he who eats this bread3 will live for ever.”

[59] This he said in the synagogue, as he2 taught at Caper'na-um.

continuation from 'lad feeding' \/:

[60] Many of his disciples, when they heard it, said, "This is a hard saying; / who can listen to it2?"

'travail' and Rachel's 'hard' labor (mother of 'lad' in Joseph and Benjamin): Gen 35.16, 17

'word spoken'

[61] But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at it, said to them, "Do you take offense at this?

[62] Then what if you were to see the Son of man ascending where he was before?

[63] It is the spirit that gives life, the flesh is of no avail; / the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.

'flesh'-------> 'spirit'

'blood'------> 'life'

and as the two life in the true light; J 1.8-9

therefore 2 blood yet separated: v 63a 'life' / v 53b 'life' and significance of 'it'

John 1.

[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.

'spoke' as to 'Israel' as found in Isaiah 40.27:

[64] But there are some of you that do not believe." / For Jesus knew from the first who those were that did not believe, and ( ) who it was that would betray him2.

[65] And he said, "This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him2 by the Father.”

[66] After this many of his disciples drew back and ( ) no longer went about with him.

the challenge of the spoken word or the challenge to eat flesh and drink blood?

'drew back': separation and vengeance
the idea of 'drew back' and 'fell to the ground' v 'let these men go'; John 18 at Gethesame

v 66: 1st and 2nd fragment together

[67] Jesus said to the twelve, "Do you also wish to go away?”

[68] Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? / You have the words of eternal life;

[69] / and we have believed, and ( ) have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God.”

many examples of 'the Holy One' in RSV:
Isaiah 40.

[25] To whom then will you compare me,

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

Isaiah 43.

[15] I am the LORD, your Holy One, 'the LORD' -------> 'the Holy One'

the Creator of Israel, your King." 'the Creator of Israel' -------> 'your King'

[ and ]

Isaiah 45.

[11] Thus says the LORD,

the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker:

Isaiah 49.

[7] Thus says the LORD,
the Redeemer of Israel and his Holy One, 2-3

[70] Jesus answered them, "Did I not choose you, the twelve, and one of you2 is a devil?”

[71] He spoke of Judas the son of Simon Iscariot, for he2, one of the twelve, was to betray him3.

John.7

[1] After this Jesus went about in Galilee; / he would not go about in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him2.

[2] Now the Jews' feast of Tabernacles was at hand.

[3] So his brothers said to him, "Leave here and go to Judea, that your disciples may see the works you are doing.

[4] For no man works in secret if he seeks to be known openly. / If you do these things, show yourself to the world.”

[5] For even his brothers2 did not believe in him.

[6] Jesus said to them, "My time has not yet come, but your time2 is always here.

[7] The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify of it2 that its works are evil.

[8] Go to the feast yourselves; / I am not going up to this feast2, for my time2 has not yet fully come.”

[9] So saying, he remained in Galilee.

[10] But after his brothers3 had gone up to the feast3, then he also went up, not publicly but in private.
all singular: split
‘brothers’ born anew: in ‘Spirit’ (in teaching to Nicodemus)

John 3.

[5] Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

'Spirit' from heaven:

John 1.

[32] And John bore witness, "I saw the Spirit descend as a dove from heaven, and it remained on him.

[33] I myself did not know him; / but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me, `He2 on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is he3 who baptizes with the Holy Spirit2'

'brothers' and water to wine at Cana: \/

‘servants’2, ‘bridegroom1’, ‘steward of the feast’3 (and mother and disciples went down to Capernaum, J 2.12 (although geographically 'up'))

or as reflected in 'BD and mother', John 20, ‘It is finished’ ('Woman, behold, your son!' ; 'Behold, your mother!))

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[11] The Jews were looking for him at the feast, and saying, "Where is he2?”

[12] And there was much muttering about him among the people. / While some said, "He is a good man," others said, "No, he2 is leading the people astray.”

[13] Yet for fear of the Jews no one spoke openly of him.

Galilee /\

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Jerusalem \/

[14] About the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and ( ) taught.

1-2

some uses of 'into' in the gospel of John, RSV: (7 of 41 uses) heaven \/

John 1.

[9] The true light that enlightens every man was coming into the world.

John 3.

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

[35] / the Father loves the Son, and ( ) has given all things into his hand.

John 4.

[38] I sent you to reap that for which you2 did not labor; / others have labored, and you have entered into their labor."

John 11.

[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."

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

John 21. (last use)

[7] That disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" / When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his clothes, for he2 was stripped for work, and ( )3 sprang into the sea.

< The Sea of Galilee, the Jordan River and the Dead Sea

firmament and waters

heavens and earth

example of 'into' in the book of Isaiah, RSV:

Isaiah 42.

('the LORD'):

[16] And I will lead the blind

in a way that they know not, 1-2

in paths that they have not known

I2 will guide them2.

/ I will turn the darkness before them into light,

the rough places into level ground.

/ These are the things I will do,

and I2 will not forsake them.

Gen 42.7a:

Joseph saw his brothers, and ( ) knew them, but he2 treated them2 like strangers and ( )3 spoke roughly to them.3

[15] The Jews marveled at it, saying, "How is it that this man has learning, when he has never studied?”

[16] So Jesus answered them, "My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me;
[17] / if any man's will is to do his will2, he shall know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority.

[18] He who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory; / but he who seeks the glory of him2 who sent him3 is true, and in him there is no falsehood.

[19] Did not Moses give you the law? / Yet none of you keeps the law. / Why do you seek to kill me?”

[20] The people answered, "You have a demon! / Who is seeking to kill you?”
v 19, 20: separative statements/questions

'demon' accusation re: 1st; seeking to kill 2nd

[21] Jesus answered them, "I did one deed, and you all marvel at it.

[22] Moses gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and you2 circumcise a man upon the sabbath.

HB citations RSV:

Lev 12.3: And on the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
Gen 17.10: This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you2 and your descendants after you3: / Every male among you shall be circumcised.
[26] That very day Abraham and his son Ish'mael were circumcised;
[27] / and all the men of his house, those born in the house and those2 bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him. (Abraham or Ishmael = 'him'?)
Gen 21.4: And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him2.

[23] If on the sabbath2 a man receives circumcision, so that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because on the sabbath3 I made a man's whole body well?

[24] Do not judge by appearances, but judge2 with right judgment.”

HB citations RSV:
Isaiah 11.3:

And his delight shall be in the fear of the LORD. / He shall not judge by what his eyes see,
or decide by what his ears hear;
Zech 7.9:

"Thus says the LORD of hosts, Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy each to his brother,
[10] do not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, or the poor; / and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart."

[25] Some of the people of Jerusalem therefore said, "Is not this the man whom they seek to kill?

[26] And here he is, speaking openly, and they say nothing to him!2 / Can it be that the authorities really know that this is the Christ?

[27] Yet we know where this man comes from; / and when the Christ2 appears, no one will know where he comes from.”

‘the Christ’___’he'
mostly all singular singular statements

[28] So Jesus proclaimed, as he taught in the temple, "You know me, and you2 know where I come from? / But I have not come of my own accord; / he who sent me is true, and him2 you do not know.

[29] I know him, for I2 come from him2, and he3 sent me.”

2 'I', 3 'him/he', and 'me'

[30] So they sought to arrest him; / but no one laid hands on him, because his hour had not yet come.

[31] Yet many of the people believed in him; / they said, "When the Christ3 appears, will he do more signs than this man has done?”

[32] The Pharisees heard the crowd thus muttering about him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent officers to arrest him2.

[33] Jesus then said, "I shall be with you a little longer, and then I2 go to him who sent me;
[34] / you will seek me and you2 will not find me2; / where I am you cannot come.”

[35] The Jews said to one another, "Where does this man intend to go that we shall not find him? / Does he intend to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks?

[36] What does he mean by saying, `You will seek me and you2 will not find me2,' and, `Where I am you cannot come’?”

similar statement as v 34:

the addition of 'and' as adjoiner v 36.

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[37] On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and ( ) proclaimed, "If any one thirst, let him2 come to me and drink.

In (Jesus) are 2: 2 in 'me' as 2 in 'LORD' (from beginning); 'earth' and 'heavens' : v 37: 'him' ( )

[38] He who believes in me, as the scripture has said, `Out of his heart shall flow rivers of living water.’"

from 12.40 note:

from review 11.26: 2 aspects: (sees the light1, v 9, vs ‘the light2 in him’)

eyes: 'see' '(sees the light') 'lives in'

heart: 'perceive' ('the light in') 'believes in'

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."

[11] The woman said to him, "Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep; / where do you get that living water?

HB citations:
Isaiah 44.

[3] 'I will pour water on the thirsty land,

and streams on the dry ground;

/ I will pour my Spirit upon your descendants.'

Isaiah 55.

[1] "Ho, every one who thirsts, come to the waters;

/ and he who has no money,
come, buy and eat!
/ Come, buy wine and milk
without money and without price. 2-3

Isaiah 58.11:

[11] 'And the LORD will guide you continually,
and satisfy your desire with good things,
and make your bones strong; 2-3
/ and you shall be like a watered garden,
like a spring of water, for 1-2
whose waters fail not. in 3rd

[ John 4.13-14: 'the water that I shall give him' 2x...'shall become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life' ]

[39] Now this he said about the Spirit, which those who believed in him2 were to receive; / for as yet the Spirit2 had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

'the Spirit' re: 2 will be given when Jesus is glorified

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.

[17] Thus says the LORD,

your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: [and]?

/ "I am the LORD your God,

( ) who teaches you to profit,

( ) who leads you2 in the way you3 should go.

'the way (of the LORD)': Hagar on the way to Shur (m. 'wall', 'to be raised': abarim) G 16.7, to Abraham G 18.19, Rachel on the way to Bethlehem in the birth of Benoni-Benjamin 3x in G 35.19, G 48.7 (2), Jesus to Thomas the Twin J 14.6,

twin(s) in Genesis RSV: Esau and Jacob, Zerah and Perez (and scarlet thread and hand)

Isaiah 49.

[7] Thus says the LORD,
the Redeemer of Israel and his Holy One, 2-3

[40] When they heard these words, some of the people said, "This is really the prophet."

[41] Others said, "This is the Christ." / But some said, "Is the Christ to come from Galilee?

[42] Has not the scripture said that the Christ is descended from David, and ( ) comes from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”

'Bethlehem':

The name Bethlehem means House Of Bread, with the strong connotation of House Of Battle.

HB citation RSV:

Micah 5.2:

'But you, O Bethlehem Eph'rathah,
who are little to be among the clans of Judah,
from you2 shall come forth for me
one who is to be ruler in Israel,
whose origin is from of old,
from ancient days.

Markan Priority: Mark > Matthew > Luke > John:

[ Review of Jesus' entry into Jerusalem and final word on the cross ]

John 19.

[26] When Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing near, he2 said to his mother2, "Woman, behold, your son!"
[27] Then he said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother!" / And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.
[28]
After this Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfil the scripture), "I thirst."

[29] A bowl full of vinegar stood there; / so they put a sponge full of the vinegar on hyssop and ( ) held it to his mouth. v 29b: 1-2
[30] When Jesus had received the vinegar, he said, "It is finished"; / and he bowed his head and ( ) gave up his spirit. v 30b: 1-2

[43] So there was a division among the people over him.

division over the singular one

[44] Some of them wanted to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him2.

[30] So they sought to arrest him; / but no one laid hands on him, because his hour had not yet come.

[45] The officers then went back to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, "Why did you not bring him?”

[46] The officers answered, "No man ever spoke like this man!2”

'spoke' re: 'Israel' Isa 40.27

[47] The Pharisees answered them, "Are you led astray, you2 also?

[48] Have any of the authorities or of the Pharisees believed in him?

[49] But this crowd, who do not know the law, are accursed.”

[50] Nicode'mus, who had gone to him before, and who was one of them, said to them2,

[51] "Does our law judge a man without first giving him2 a hearing and learning what he3 does?” 1-2-3

John 6.
[45] It is written in the prophets, `And they shall all be taught by God.' / Every one who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me.

John 3. (Nicodemus: 'teacher of Israel')

[2] This man came to Jesus by night and ( ) said to him2, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God; / for no one can do these signs that you do2, unless God is with him." v 2a: 1-2

[3] Jesus answered him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born anew, he2 cannot see the kingdom of God."

[52] They replied, "Are you from Galilee too? / Search and you will see that no prophet is to rise from Galilee.”
separative statements

[53] They went each to his own house,
v 53 runs into v 1: this struggle of these groups and Jesus teaches in temple...

previous Jerusalem /\:

John.8

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

'olivet' in abarim:
The noun ελαια (elaia) means olive and refers to both the fruit and the whole tree. It may be akin the verb ελαυνω (elauno), to impel or urge on, and ultimately to the Latin word elate, from which we get our adjective "elated."

[2] Early in the morning he came again to the temple; / all the people came to him, and he2 sat down and ( )3 taught them.

v 2b: 2nd and 3rd 'him'_______( )_______'he'

[3] The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst
[4] they said to him, "Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery.

only other use of 'Teacher' alone (without combination with 'Rabbi'(oni) ) is found:

John 11. (Martha, Mary and Lazarus)

[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."

v 28a: 2nd-3rd

'Teacher': 1-2 ( ): 'Israel' and 'into' (from heaven)

[5] Now in the law Moses commanded us to stone such. / What do you say about her?”

John 1.
[22] They said to him then, "Who are you2? / Let us have an answer for those who sent us2. / What do you say about yourself?" (John the Baptist)

[23] He said, "I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, `Make straight the way of the Lord,' as the prophet Isaiah said."

John 9.
[17] So they again said to the blind man, "What do you say about him, since he2 has opened your eyes?" / He said, "He2 is a prophet." (blind man made to see)

[6] This they said to test him, that they2 might have some charge to bring against him2. / Jesus bent down and ( ) wrote with his finger on the ground.

[7] And as they continued to ask him, he2 stood up and ( )3 said to them2, "Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.”

'stood up' in the book of Genesis and in the gospel of John, RSV:

John 7.

[37] On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and ( ) proclaimed, "If any one thirst, let him2 come to me and drink.

Gen 37. [ Joseph's dream1 ]

[6] He said to them, "Hear this dream which I have dreamed:

[7] / behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and lo, my sheaf arose and ( ) stood upright; / and behold, your sheaves gathered round it, and ( ) bowed down to my sheaf."

following the pattern: 'raising it up at the last day':

supremacy of Joseph's 'sheaf' ('sheaf' 'it')

'sheaf': (Oxford)
: a number of things held or tied together:
'sheaf' ((mathematics) wikipedia.org)
: In mathematics, a sheaf is a tool for systematically tracking data (such as sets, abelian groups, rings) attached to the open sets of a topological space and defined locally with regard to them. For example, for each open set, the data could be the ring of continuous functions defined on that open set.

[8] And once more he bent down and ( )2 wrote with his finger on the ground2.

Jesus bent down and ( ) wrote with his finger on the ground. v 6 I /\ I

him, he2 stood up and ( )3 said to them2 v 7 I I I

he bent down and ( )2 wrote with his finger on the ground. v 8 \/ I \/

[9] But when they heard it, they2 went away, one by one, beginning with the eldest, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him.

2 ‘they’; ‘it’ in center (and criticalness of 'hearing'): ‘raise it up at the last day’ (with ‘they’ and ‘they’); one by one

[10] Jesus looked up and ( ) said to her, "Woman, where are they? / Has no one condemned you?”

Jesus remained 'bent down', v 8

see diagram v 8

[11] She said, "No one, Lord." / And Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you; / go, and do not sin again.”

Is v 12 in the same scene as previous v 1-11 in the temple? \/

[12] Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world; / he who follows me will not walk in darkness, but ( )2 will have the light of life.”

John 1.
[4] In him was life, and the life2 was the light of men.

(2 ‘life’ in ‘light’ in Jesus)
the singular 'he' who follows the 2 in 'me' will have 'the light of (eternal life) which is 2 'life' [ 'he' and ( ) ]
first use of 'spoke' in this chapter so the use of 'Again' refers to?: did Jesus 'speak' in his gesture of 2 and/or re: 'Woman'?
last 'speak/spoke': John 7.[26] And here he is, speaking openly, and they say nothing to him2! / Can it be that the authorities really know that this is the Christ?

[13] The Pharisees then said to him, "You are bearing witness to yourself; / your testimony is not true.”
so where are the scribes? v 9: 'But when they heard it, they2 went away, one by one, beginning with the eldest, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him.'
(all went away leaving Jesus with the woman 'standing before him': '(Jesus): 'he' bent down and ( ) wrote' 2nd time, v 10: 'Jesus looked up and ( ) said to her'

[14] Jesus answered, "Even if I do bear witness to myself, my testimony is true, for I know whence I have come and whither I am going, but you do not know whence I come or whither I am going2.

and re: 'the Spirit' of J 3.8:

[8] The wind blows where it wills, and you hear the sound of it, but you2 do not know whence it comes or whither it goes; / so it is with every one who is born of the Spirit."

[15] You judge according to the flesh, I judge no one.

[16] Yet even if I do judge, my judgment is true, for it is not I2 alone that judge2, but I and he who sent me.

I, AND [ I AND HE ] WHO SENT 2 IN 'ME'

[17] In your law it is written that the testimony of two men is true;

[18] / I bear witness to myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness to me2.”

HB citation to v 17 RSV:

Deut 19.15:

"A single witness shall not prevail against a man for any crime or for any wrong in connection with any offense that he has committed; / only on the evidence of two witnesses, or of three witnesses, shall a charge be sustained.

[16] Yet even if I do judge, my judgment is true, for it is not I2 alone that judge2, but I and he who sent me. /\

2 or 3 judges (witnesses)

[19] They said to him therefore, "Where is your Father?" / Jesus answered, "You know neither me nor my Father; / if you knew me, you2 would know my Father also.”

follow the pattern: singular ‘you’ know not the 2 in ‘me’ or 2 in ‘my Father’ v 19b/19c separated

if ‘you’ knew the ‘me’ as 2, (immediately followed by ‘you’2) so as with ‘my Father’ is 2
and this is 'from the beginning' ('the LORD') and 2 in the 3 in heaven?

[20] These words he spoke in the treasury, as he2 taught in the temple; / but no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.

in the treasury in the temple /\ ______'spoke'______
I I
'he' 'he'

(the Pharisees devoid of scribes? in the temple? all the people?)

[21] Again he said to them, "I go away, and you will seek me and die in your sin; / where I am going, you cannot come."

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."

[22] Then said the Jews, "Will he kill himself, since he2 says, `Where I am going, you cannot come’?2”

[23] He said to them, "You are from below, I am from above; / you are of this world, I am not of this world2.

[24] I told you that you2 would die in your sins, for you3 will die in your sins2 unless you believe that I am he.”

Jesus: 'the light of the world', v 12

woman: 'Lord' v 11

[25] They said to him, "Who are you?" / Jesus said to them, "Even what I have told you from the beginning.

'Who are you?'' 2x to J Bp John 1: ' the voice of one';

'said' re: 'Jacob': Isaiah 40.27

'Who are you?' in the book of Genesis, RSV:

Gen 27.

[18] So he went in to his father, and ( )2 said, "My father"; / and he said, "Here I am; / who are you, my son?"

[19] Jacob said to his father, "I am Esau your first-born. / I have done as you told me; / now sit up and eat of my game, that you may bless me." (in 'he' and ( ))

(Jacob as Esau)

[32] His father Isaac said to him, "Who are you?" / He answered, "I am your son, your first-born, Esau."

(Esau: 'and' 2 true statements 'I am your son' and 'I am your first-born')

Isaiah 51.

[12] "I, I am he that comforts you; John 14.[16] And I will pray the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, to be with you2 for ever,

/ who are you that you2 are afraid of man who dies,

of the son of man who is made like grass,

[13a] and ( )3 have forgotten the LORD, your Maker,

( ) who stretched out the heavens

and laid the foundations of the earth, 2-3

Gen 1.[1] In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Gen 2.[4] These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created. / In the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens, (reversal and first use of 'Lord' in RSV)

Gen 4.[1] Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and ( )2 bore Cain, saying, "I have gotten a man with the help of the LORD."

(first use of 'Lord' singularly)

Gen.18
[1]
And the LORD appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he2 sat at the door of his tent in the heat of the day.
[2] He lifted up his eyes and ( )2 looked, and behold, three men stood in front of him3. / When he saw them, he2 ran from the tent door to meet them2, and ( ) bowed himself to the earth,
[3] and ( ) said, "My lord, if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by your servant.

v 25b: 'Jesus said to them, "Even what I have told you from the beginning':

[26] I have much to say about you and much to judge; / but he who sent me is true, and I declare to the world what I2 have heard from him2.”

Is Jesus claiming to be the Father or from the Father? 'I am he' 2x, v 24, v 28: in John 18 at 'Gethesame' 'I am he' 3x J 18.5, 6, 8: so 3 'I am he' in 1 'I am He' ('the LORD') see below \/

'he who sent me'

[27] They did not understand that he spoke to them2 of the Father.
multiple singular statements with the exception of v 24, 26b

[28] So Jesus said, "When you have lifted up the Son of man, then you2 will know that I am he, and that I do nothing on my own authority but ( I2 ) speak thus as the Father taught me.
2 in 'the Son of man' (you...you) and '2 in I am he'2; ( I...( I2 ) )', 2 in 'me'?

many uses of 'I am he' in the book of Isaiah, RSV:

John's Jesus (and RSV translators) never use 'I am He' but 'I am he':

John 1.

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

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

Isaiah 41:

[4] Who has performed and done this,

calling the generations from the beginning?

/ I, the LORD, the first,

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

Isaiah 48.

[12] "Hearken to me, O Jacob,

and Israel, whom I called!

/ I am He, I am the first,

and I am2 the last.

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

'the Father' \/:

[29] And he who sent me is with me2; / he has not left me alone, for I always do what is pleasing to him2.”
(the mysterious partnership of 'me' and 'I' in (Jesus))

[30] As he spoke thus, many believed in him2.

[31] Jesus then said to the Jews who had believed in him, "If you continue in my word, you2 are truly my disciples,
[32] and you3 will know the truth, and the truth2 will make you free.”
is this a 4th or the statement of 3 and then address to the singular 'you'?
raising of the comma and addition of 'and' in future and 2

o-----------o-----------o

[33] They answered him, "We are descendants of Abraham, and ( )2 have never been in bondage to any one. / How is it that you say, `You2 will be made free'?”

‘say’ surrounded by ‘you’ and then ‘You'
2 in Abraham and 'Abraham pleased to see (Jesus') day'?
John 8.

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

(8.56b: 1st and 2nd no separative punctuation)

'descendants of Abraham'

'we' '( )'

'you' 'you'

+ +

(Jesus)

heaven

earth

[34] Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, every one who commits sin is a slave to sin.
the literal translation: a teaching to the now and practical and moral teaching

[35] The slave2 does not continue in the house for ever; / the son continues for ever.

but now Jesus and gospel author John is giving the spiritual teaching which is for now, but also forever which includes ‘before Abraham was, I am’ andn ‘He was in the beginning’…v 36

Gen 15.

[2] But Abram said, "O Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Elie'zer of Damascus?"

[3] And Abram said ,"Behold, thou hast given me no offspring; / and a slave born in my house will be my heir."

[4] And behold, the word of the LORD came to him, "This man shall not be your heir; / your own son shall be your heir.”
(could be read 'this man' as 'Eliezer of Damascus' v 2; and that v 3b is a statement of fact (in time))

HB citation RSV:

Genesis 21.10

So Sarai said to Abraham, 'cast out this slave woman with her son; / for the son of this slave woman shall not be heir with my son Isaac.'

[11] And the thing was very displeasing to Abraham on account of his son. [ which son ? ]

leading up to next chapter Gen 22.2: (test) "take your son, your only son Isaac,'

[36] So if the Son makes you free, you2 will be free2 indeed.

similar to v 33: ‘free’, ‘you’, ‘you’

v 35: ‘the slave’ / ‘the son’, v 36: ‘the Son’

[37] I know that you are descendants of Abraham2; / yet you seek to kill me, because my word finds no place in you2.

"descendants of Abraham' but Jesus' second 'you' finding no place

'me' / 'I' /\ \/

[38] I speak of what I2 have seen with my Father, and you do what you2 have heard from your father.”

there are 2 ‘I’ in terms of ‘seen’ with Jesus in v 38a?
John 6.

[45] It is written in the prophets, `And they shall all be taught by God.' / Every one who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me.

[39] They answered him, "Abraham is our father." / Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham's children, you2 would do what Abraham did,

v 33: 'descendants of Abraham'

v 37: 'descendants of Abraham'

v 39: 'Abraham's children'

Gen 16.[2] and Sar'ai said to Abram, "Behold now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children; / go in to my maid; / it may be that I shall obtain children by her." / And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sar'ai.

‘Abraham’s children’

‘you’ ‘you’

+ +

there is something mysterious in the book of Genesis and the gospel of John RSV as it relates to 'slave'-'child''-'lad' to 'son' (and 'daughter': male primacy in Bible's patriarchy)

'child' -----> ( ) > 'son'

Gen 16.

[11] And the angel of the LORD said to her, 'Behold, you are with child, and ( )2 shall bear a son; / you shall call his name Ishmael; / because the LORD has given heed to your affliction.

[ Hagar: in time and ( )2 in 'son' ]

Gen 17.

[17] Then Abraham fell on his face and ( ) laughed 1-2, and ( )2 said to himself, 'Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? / Shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?'

[18] And Abraham said to God, 'O that Ishmael might live in thy sight!'

[19] God said, 'No, but Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you2 shall call his name Isaac. / I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant2 for his descendants after him2.

[ the 'no' in v 19 refers to the question of 'child' or 'son'; Sarah will bear Abraham a 'son' whose 2 descendants receive the covenant ]

[ sense of a direct 'son' and a 'child' or 'children' who in time become 'son'(s)? ]

[ G 25.25, 26: similar to Jacob ('he came forth') and Esau ('he is coming forth') in notes on J 8.42 ] \/

Gen 35.

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

[17] And when she was in her hard labor, the midwife said to her, ''Fear not; / for now you will have another son.' ['another son' in 'Benoni' ('son of sorrow') -'Benjamin' ('son of the right hand' (of Jacob)) ]

notes from John 4.

[53] The father knew that was the hour when Jesus had said to him, "Your son will live"; / and he himself believed, and all his household.
v 49: 'come down before my child dies' \/
v 50b: 'your son will live' 'the man believed word spoke to him' 'and ( )2 went his way' (1-2nd together)
'Jesus' 'him and ( )'
v 51: 'as he was going down' [ 'his servants' '( )' ] [ 'him' 'him' ] [ 'his son was living' ] (2nd-3rd together)
v 52: 3: [ 'he, he, him' ] [ the servants: 'them', 'they' ]
v 53a: 'The father' 'him' 'Your son will live' [ he himself believed, and all his household' ]

--------- 'your son will live' v 50b
   I
'The father' 'his son was living' v 51 ----- 3
    I
--------- 'Your son will live'

'as (the father-he) was going down [ 'his servants' ( )  ] met ( him2 ) and told ( him3 ) 'his son was living'

[40] but now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you2 the truth which I heard from God; / this is not what Abraham did2.

[[38] I speak of what I2 have seen with my Father, and you do what you2 have heard from your father.”

[41] You do what your father did." / They said to him, "We were not born of fornication; / we have one Father, even God.”

Jesus gives the teaching of 2 in 'the Father'

HB citations RSV:

Deut 32.6:

'Do you thus requite the LORD,
you2 foolish and senseless people?
/ Is not he your father, ( ) who created you,
( ) who made you2 and established you3?'

Isaiah 63.16:

'For thou art our Father,
though Abraham does not know us
and Israel does not acknowledge us; 2-3
/ thou, O LORD, art our Father2,
our Redeemer from of old is thy name.'

Isaiah 64.8:

'Yet, O LORD, thou art our Father;
/ we are the clay, and thou art our potter; 2nd
/ we are all the work of thy hand. ' in 3rd yet separated

[42] Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I proceeded and ( I2 ) came forth from God2; / I came not of my own accord, but he sent me.

see ‘came forth’ in the book of Genesis, RSV:

Genesis 25.

[25] The first came forth red, all his body like a hairy mantle; / so they called his name Esau.
[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.

25 u·itza and·he-is-coming-forth הָ רִ אשׁן e·rashun the·first אַ דְ מנִ י admuni ruddy כֻּ לּ kl·u all-of·him כְּ אַ דֶּ רֶ ת k·adrth as·fur-robe-of שֵׂ עָ ר shor hair וַיִּ קְ רְ אוּ u·iqrau and·they-are-calling

 shm·u name-of·him עֵ שָׂ ו oshu Esau : : וְ אַ חֲ רֵ י

26:25 u·achri and·after ־ - כֵ ן kn so יָצָ א itza he-came-forth אָ חִ יו achi·u brother-of·him וְ יָד u·id·u and·hand-of·him אֹ חֶ זֶת achzth holding בַּ עֲקֵ ב b·oqb in·heel-of עֵ שָׂ ו oshu Esau

א u·iqra and·he-is-calling שְׁ מ shm·u name-of·him יַעֲקֹ ב ioqb Jacob

from scriptureforall.org / Hebrew

( ) 'came forth': Jesus, Esau, Jacob

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"?

‘proceed(ed)’ in ‘Spirit of truth’:

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 Father, he2 will bear witness to me;

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

Isaiah 57.

[15] For thus says the high and lofty One
who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: 1-2
/ "I dwell in the high and holy place,
and also with him who is of a contrite and humble spirit,
to revive the spirit of the humble2,
and to revive the heart of the contrite2. <---

[16] For I will not contend for ever,

nor will I2 always be angry;

/ for from me proceeds the spirit,

and I have made the breath of life. [ in (Jesus-Lord) ]

J 6.
[68] Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? / You have the words of eternal life;
[69] / and we have believed, and ( ) have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God." + + +
J 8.[50] Yet I do not seek my own glory; / there is One who seeks it and he will be the judge. + + +

J 1.[33] I myself did not know him; / but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me, `He2 on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is he3 who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.'
J 14.[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.

J 17.[11] And now I am no more in the world, but they are in the world, and I am2 coming to thee. / Holy Father, keep them in thy name, which thou hast given me, that they2 may be one, even as we are one.

J 20.[22] And when he had said this, he2 breathed on them, and ( )3 said to them2, "Receive the Holy Spirit.

(3 'Holy Spirit', 1 'Holy Father') ('Holy Spirit', 'Holy Spirit', 'Holy Father'; 'them, and them', 'he', 'he' and '( )), 'Receive the Holy Spirit')

only use of 'come forth' in the gospel of John, RSV:

John 5.

[28] Do not marvel at this; / for the hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice
[29] and come forth, those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment.

'said' continued \/

[43] Why do you not understand what I say? / It is because you cannot bear to hear my word.

separation

the next text is very difficult:

[44] You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. / He was a murderer from the beginning, and ( )2 has nothing to do with the truth1, because there is no truth2 in him3. / When he lies, he2 speaks according to his own nature, for he3 is a liar and the father of lies.

v 44b: no truth re: the 2nd him

for gospel author John RSV: 'salvation is from the Jews' and 'the King of Israel' is the Jewish+ 'Jesus Christ' (he does not negate the accusation that he is Samaritan)

'speaks' re: 'Israel'

book of Jubilees and other texts elaborating on the Torah (principally the book of Genesis) (and re: Abraham)

this is difficult and a harsh accusation

HB citation RSV:

Genesis 3.

[4] But the serpent said to the woman, "You will not die.

'the author of John knows very well that Jesus and the earliest followers were Jewish, and that salvation is essentially Jewish: 1:41, 45, 49; 4:9, 22; 3:1

sometimes the Jews and the Pharisees seem to function synonymously; elsewhere the Jews may stand for the priestly classes. All this suggests the Jews refers principally (though not exclusively) to members of the establishment / leadership / heirarchy / power-wielding classes. It is well established from the Synoptic tradition that the Pharisees were Jesus' principal sparring partners during his ministry.

another article (Raymond Brown): Although they recognize hostility between [the Gospel of John's] Jesus and "the Jews," some scholars question whether one may appropriately call this "anti-Jewish." They contend that we are hearing a dispute between one group of Jews and another, and therefore "anti-Jewish" is no more appropriate here than it would be if applied to hostility between the Qumran Essenes and the Jerusalem high-priestly family.'

http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/2004/01/Jesus-Versus-The-Jews.aspx#vEjp275stFA2GiKZ.99

[45] But, because I tell the truth, you do not believe me.

[46] Which of you convicts me of sin? / If I tell the truth2, why do you not believe me2?

[47] He who is of God hears the words of God; / the reason why you do not hear them is that you2 are not of God.”

‘words’ are the works also

Jesus speaks of ‘the word’ and ‘scripture':
John 2.[22] When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he2 had said this; / and they believed the scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken.

[48] The Jews answered him, "Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and ( )2 have a demon?"

[49] Jesus answered, "I have not a demon; / but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me.

Jesus does not negate his association as a Samaritan

dishonor the 2 in 'the Father'-'the LORD' and the 2 in (Jesus): 'the only Son', 'the Son of man', 'the Son of God', 'the Lamb of God', 'the Messiah', 'the Christ', 'the King of Israel'...

[50] Yet I do not seek my own glory; / there is One who seeks it and he will be the judge.

[51] Truly, truly, I say to you, if any one keeps my word, he will never see death.”

speaking to the singularity:

[52] The Jews said to him, "Now we know that you have a demon. / Abraham died, as did the prophets; / and you say, `If any one keeps my word, he will never taste death.’

v 51: ‘never see’ (Jesus’ statement); v 52: ‘never taste’ (‘Jews’ restating)

blue bold: see v 48: insert of ‘you’ as 2nd from v 52?: (therefore cutting out 'you' and 'Samaritan')

[53] Are you greater than our father Abraham2, who died? / And the prophets2 died! / Who do you claim to be?”

v 52b: 'Abraham' 'the prophets'

v 53: first 'Abraham', second 'the prophets' (and re: 2nd), and third 'Jesus' as singular 'you'

not understanding the:

[54] Jesus answered, "If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing; / it is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say that he is your God.

[55] But you have not known him; / I know him. / If I said, I2 do not know him, I should be a liar like you; / but I do know him and I2 keep his word.

2 'I' in 'him' 'God'

'I, said, I', then 'I'

heaven and earth /\

[56] Your father Abraham rejoiced that he was to see my day; / he saw it and ( )2 was glad.”

Abraham knew and had great compassion re: the separation; ‘Oh, that Ishmael might live in thy sight’ but he saw Jesus’ day, he saw ‘it’ and ( )2 was glad (1st and 2nd in Abraham), when the LORD ‘raises it up at the last day’. Yes, the primary covenant is through Isaac and Jacob but Ishmael (and Hagar)- Esau were also given a promise.

[57] The Jews then said to him, "You are not yet fifty years old, and have you2 seen Abraham?” <-----

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

[59] So they took up stones to throw at him; / but Jesus hid himself, and ( ) went out of the temple.

resistance

Jesus leaving the temple in Jerusalem \/

John.9

[1] As he passed by, he2 saw a man blind from his birth.

[2] And his disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he2 was born blind?”

blind to the 2nd ‘he’

[3] Jesus answered ( ), "It was not that this man sinned, or his parents2, but that the works of God might be made manifest in him.

made manifest in the singular ‘him’

2nd ‘this man or his parents’ with comma

[4] We must work the works2 of him who sent me, while it is day; / night comes, when no one can work.

[5] As long as I am in the world, I am2 the light of the world.”

v 3-5: ‘ Jesus’ / 'we', ‘me’ / ‘I am’, ‘I am’

[23] He said to them, "You are from below, I am from above; / you are of this world, I am not of this world2.

[6] As he said this, he2 spat on the ground and ( ) made clay1 of the spittle and ( ) anointed the man's eyes with the clay2, 3
[7] saying to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Silo'am" (which means Sent). / So he went and ( )2 washed and ( )3 came back seeing.

two examples ‘he’ followed by 2nd and 3rd empty

v 6: ‘he spat on the ground and ( ) made clay of the spittle and ( ) anointed the man’s eyes with the clay,

(no separating punctuation)

v 7b: ‘so he went and ( ) washed and ( ) came back seeing.' (2nd and 3rd)

‘he went’ ————————————> (pool/water of ‘sent’)

<———————— ‘came back seeing’

v11b: ‘so I went and ( ) washed and ( ) received my sight.

v15b: ‘he put clay on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.
/\ /\
2nd fragment: 3rd fragment:
( 'word spoken') (Jesus) (thus 2nd and 3rd fragment)

[8] The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar, said, "Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?”

[9] Some said, "It is he"; / others said, "No, but he is like him2.” / He said, "I am the man2.”

could this be a second question re: 'the Christ-Messiah'?

[10] They said to him, "Then how were your eyes opened1?”

[11] He answered, "The man3 called Jesus made clay3 and ( )2 anointed my eyes2 and ( )3 said to me, `Go to Silo'am and wash'; / so I went and ( )2 washed and ( )3 received my sight.”

[12] They said to him, "Where is he2?” / He said, "I do not know.”

where is the 2nd he? the 1st, 2nd in the 3rd.

the man remains singular: does not know 3rd

[13] They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind.

[14] Now it was a sabbath day when Jesus made the clay and ( ) opened his eyes2.

2nd use of ‘Jesus’ and the 2 re: clay and eyes opened; considering ‘before Abraham was, I am’ and creation:

Gen 2.

[6] but a mist went up from the earth and ( it ) watered the whole face of the ground --

[7] then the LORD God formed man of dust from the ground, and ( ) breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; / and man became a living being.

('man'/'the breath of life'/'man')

Gen 7.

[15] They went into the ark with Noah, two and two of all flesh in which there was the breath of life.

John 20.

[21] Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. / As the Father has sent me, even so I send you."

[22] And when he had said this, he2 breathed on them, and ( )3 said to them2, "Receive the Holy Spirit.

Isaiah 57.

[16] For I will not contend for ever,

nor will I2 always be angry;

/ for from me proceeds the spirit,

and I have made the breath of life.

[15] The Pharisees again asked him how he2 had received his sight. / And he said to them, "He2 put clay on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.”

v 11c: so I went and ( ) washed and ( ) received my sight.”

[16] Some of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God, for he does not keep the sabbath.”/ But others said, "How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?" / There was a division among them.

[17] So they again said to the blind man, "What do you say about him, since he2 has opened your eyes3?" / He said, "He2 is a prophet.”

building up to Jesus’ testimony and revelation

[18] The Jews did not believe that he had been blind and ( )2 had received his sight, until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight2,
[19] and ( )2 asked them3, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? / How then does he now see?”

singular
'the Jews', [ 'they', ( ), 'them' ]

[20] His parents answered, "We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;

2nd use of ‘son’, v 19: ‘your son’; v 20: ‘this is our son, and that he was born blind' (re: second)

[21] / but how he now sees we do not know, nor do we2 know who opened his eyes4. / Ask him; / he is of age, he2 will speak for himself.”

v 21cd: ask singular him, 2 in ‘speak’ (‘Israel’)

they are not aware but this follows the nature of John’s gospel: the revelatory truth in the now and particular, and also, a structure that reveals an eternal truth from the beginning and through

parents had no idea of the 2 ‘we’ concept as it relates to ‘speak’: the son knows or the son will speak the truth

[22] His parents said this because they feared the Jews, for the Jews2 had already agreed that if any one should confess him to be Christ, he2 was to be put out of the synagogue.

if any singular ‘one’ confesses him to be Christ: the idea of 2nd 'put out'

‘Christ’

‘him’ ‘he’

+ +

[23] Therefore his parents said, "He is of age, ask him2.”

v 21 <————

[24] So for the second time they called the man who had been blind, and ( )2 said to him, "Give God the praise; / we know that this man is a sinner.”

[25] He answered, "Whether he2 is a sinner, I do not know; / one thing I know, that though I was blind, now I see.”
/\
(2nd and 3rd fragment become true: I see 3rd, not blind re: 2nd)

( 'I' and 'I' )

[26] They said to him, "What did he2 do to you? / How did he open your eyes?5”

[27] He answered them, "I have told you already, and you2 would not listen. / Why do you want to hear it again? / Do you too want to become his disciples?”

[28] And they reviled him, saying, "You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.

[29] We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we2 do not know where he comes from.”

we only understand the one line : we have no idea of the 2 and 3

there are 2 groups: ‘we’ know God but ‘we’ do not know about Jesus-the man: the Spirit

Nicodemus as 'teacher of Israel': J 3.10

[30] The man answered, "Why, this is a marvel! / You do not know where he comes from, and yet he2 opened my eyes6.

[31] We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if any one is a worshiper of God2 and does his will, God listens to him.

3 ‘God’, singular ‘him’ or 'God does not listen to sinners' ('a worshipper of God') 'God listens to him'

simplification of entry requirement distilled as in Jesus with Samaritan: ‘God worshipped in spirit and truth'

[32] Never since the world began has it been heard that any one opened the eyes7 of a man born blind.

[33] If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.”

[34] They answered him, "You were born in utter sin, and would you2 teach us?" / And they cast him out.

[35] Jesus heard that they had cast him out2, and having found him2 he3 said, "Do you believe in the Son of man?”

only verse without comma (him he) and ‘the Son of man’

[36] He answered, "And who is he2, sir, that I may believe in him3?”
v 35 and 'him he' 'Son of man' as 2nd and 3rd (and 1st) and here as 3

/\
[37] Jesus said to him, "You have seen him2, and it is he3 who speaks to you2.” /

similar to Jesus to the Samaritan woman: ‘I who speak to you am he’ /

why ‘it is he’? 'I' 'LORD' will raise it up at the last day': ________'it'________
I I I
'him' ' 'he' 'him'

[38] He said, "Lord, I believe"; / and he worshiped him2.

In the ‘Lord’ is 2: in God is 2?: in (Jesus) is 2: in Jesus’ followers are 2 in 3rd?

structure of 'abide in me, and I in you": 2 in the 'me" (LORD-Lord, angel of the LORD, arm of the LORD, to Lord Jesus as I and I2 (into, of heaven)) and I in Jesus as 3rd in which 1 and 2 are 1

[39] Jesus said, "For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those2 who see may become blind.”

can this be read: those who do not see (judgment) may see, and that those who see (judgment) may become blind?

[40] Some of the Pharisees near him heard this, and they said to him2, "Are we also blind?”

[41] Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you2 would have no guilt; / but now that you say, `We see,' your guilt remains.

If you were blind (to judgment) you would have no guilt but

now that you say, we see (judgment), your guilt remains.

Jesus challenging 'we'

still on leaving the temple: addressing Pharisees

John.10

[1] "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber;
[2] / but he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

singular 'he'

'the door" is of 2 : now separated

a thief takes for himself and not for another.

[7] So Jesus again said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

John 8.

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

'the shepherd of the sheep' \/:

[3] To him the gatekeeper opens; / the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep2 by name and ( )2 leads them out.

'the maid who kept the door' 2x, John 18

Hagar as 'maid' 7x in the book of Genesis, RSV, 8th?

'shepherd of the sheep': 'he' '( )'

[4] When he has brought out all his own, he2 goes before them, and the sheep follow him3, for they2 know his voice2.

2 groups follow the three in 'him'?

'his own' = 2

[5] A stranger they will not follow, but they2 will flee from him, for they3 do not know the voice of strangers.”

only in (Jesus) as 3rd

in the stranger is 1

[6] This figure Jesus used with them, but they2 did not understand what he was saying to them3.

be one [ [ 1 + 2 ] ]

[7] So Jesus again said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

[8] All who came before me are thieves and robbers; / but the sheep did not heed them.
'all who came before' were singular: why use of 'are'?

[9] I am the door; / if any one enters by me, he will be saved, and ( )2 will go in and out and find pasture.

v 7: 'I am the door of the sheep' 'I say''

v 9: 'I am the door' 'enter by me, he1 will be saved, and ( )2

' before Abraham was, I am'

> 'enter by 'me' as 2 __'he'____\ /____( )2____ [ the gate ] 'from the beginning'

earth and heaven : ( )

\ I / 'Son', 'only Son'', 'Son of man', 'Christ', 'Messiah', 'King of Israel', ''Son of God', 'Savior of the world', 'Rabbi', 'prophet', 'Lamb of God', 'Teacher', 'Jesus of Nazareth'...

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.

[10] The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy3; / I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.
John 1.[4] In him was life, and the life2 was the light of men.

[11] I am the good shepherd. / The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

[12] He who is a hireling and not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming and ( )2 leaves the sheep and ( )3 flees; / and the wolf snatches them and ( ) scatters them2.
'sees the wolf coming': ( ) leaves the 2nd and ( ) flees as potential 3rd

'the wolf' scatters the 2

the 3rd (as good shepherd) gathers the 1-2 and in 3rd

consider the use of 'wolf' and 'Benjamin' in the book of Genesis, RSV:

Gen 49.

[27] Benjamin is a ravenous wolf,

in the morning devouring the prey,

and at even dividing the spoil."

'Benjamin' as 'stone' defined in Abarim. (review J 20)

J 10. (this chapter)

[27] My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they2 follow me; 2-3

[28] / and I give them eternal life, and they2 shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them3 out of my hand. 2-3

[29] My Father, ( ) who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them2 out of the Father's hand.

[ 1 + 2 in Father's hand ] [ 'the Father had given all things into his hands', J 13.3) ]

[ 1 + 2 + 3 in (Jesus-Lord's hand) ]

[ 'a hireling' ] \/:

[13] He flees because he2 is a hireling and ( )3 cares nothing for the sheep.

[14] I am the good shepherd2 ;/ I know my own and my own2 know me,
[15] as the Father knows me2 and I2 know the Father2; / and I lay down my life for the sheep.

[16] And I have other sheep, that are not of this fold; / I must bring them also, and they2 will heed my voice. / So there shall be one flock, one shepherd.

HB citation RSV:

Isa 56.8:

"Thus says the Lord GOD,

( ) who gathers the outcasts of Israel,

I will gather yet others to him2

besides those already gathered."

( ) )

[17] For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life2, that I2 may take it again.

[18] No one takes it from me, but I lay it down2 of my own accord./ I have power to lay it down3, and I2 have power to take it again2; / this charge I have received from my Father.”

v 17: ('For this reason the Father loves me')1 I ('lay down') 'my life' 2 I2 ('may take') 'it' ('again') 3

v 18a: ('no one takes') 'it' ('from') 'me'1 I ('lay') 'it' ('down of my own accord')2 <---

v 18b: I ('have power to lay') 'it' ('down')1 , and I2 ('have power to take') 'it' ('again')2

v 18c: ('this charge I have received from my Father')

[19] There was again a division among the Jews because of these words.

[20] Many of them said, "He has a demon, and he2 is mad; / why listen to him?”

any one who considers a 2nd and 3rd and Jesus has a demon and is mad

[21] Others said, "These are not the sayings of one who has a demon. / Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”

no: searching for the 8th 'open of eyes'

and only two (persons) 'opening of eyes' in the Bible RSV:

Gen 21. Hagar

[19] Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; / and she went, and ( )2 filled the skin with water, and ( )3 gave the lad a drink.

v 19a: 'well' for second / v 19b: 2nd and 3rd and 'lad': Jacob's 'bless the lads' and mystery of 'lad' in the book of Genesis

John 9. Blind man made to see

(8 references to opened eyes and the blind man made to see: 8th ahead J 11: raising of Lazarus: v 33-37)

note: the only use of 'raised eyes' in the RSV:

Gen 33.
[5] And when Esau raised his eyes and ( ) saw the women and children, he2 said, "Who are these with you?" / Jacob said, "The children whom God has graciously given your servant."

[ Esau and Jacob's first meeting after Jacob's first naming to 'Israel' ]

[22] It was the feast of the Dedication at Jerusalem;
[23] / it was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the portico of Solomon.

only other use of 'walking' in the gospel of John, RSV:

John 6. post 'lad' feeding:

[19] When they had rowed about three or four miles, they2 saw Jesus walking on the sea and drawing near to the boat. / They were frightened, v 19a: (2nd and 3rd)
[20] but he said to them2, "It is I; / do not be afraid."

[24] So the Jews gathered round him and ( ) said to him2, "How long will you keep us in suspense? / If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.”

v 24a: 1st and 2nd fragment together
separation: 'you' and 'us'

other use of 'round' in the gospel of John, RSV:

John 20.

[14] Saying this, she turned round and ( )2 saw Jesus standing, but she3 did not know that it was Jesus2.

(In circle: MM, two angels in white, Jesus seen as gardener:)

------------------------> 0 MM, two angels

I book of Genesis

o <--------------------------------------------------------------- (Jesus) gardener

(2nd (and 3rd fragment)) with 1st

MM replies:

[16] Jesus said to her, "Mary." / She turned and ( )2 said to him in Hebrew, "Rab-bo'ni!" (which means Teacher).

v 16b: (1st and 2nd fragment)

[17] Jesus said to her, "Do not hold me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; / but go to my brethren and say to them, I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God."
[18] Mary Mag'dalene went and ( ) said to the disciples, "I have seen the Lord"; / and she told them that he had said these things to her2.
v 18a: (1st and 2nd fragment)

Jews gather round him \/:

[25] Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you2 do not believe. / The works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness to me;
only use of 'you, and you' in John's gospel, RSV

[26] / but you do not believe, because you2 do not belong to my sheep.

you do not believe the second fragment as enfolded in 'I-me' in the beginning and as 'I-me' on earth in (Jesus); the works in the Father’s name bear witness to the 2 in ‘me’; you do not believe and therefore you are singular, 'salvation is from the Jews' 4.22

v 24a: 'Jews'___( )

[27] My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they2 follow me;

[28] / and I give them eternal life, and they2 shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them3 out of my hand.

v 12b: 'and the wolf snatches them and ( ) scatters them2'.

[29] My Father, ( ) who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them2 out of the Father's hand.

v 28: 'and no one shall snatch them3 out of my hand' ('I') ('the Lord') 3 : or 2 in 3rd ('eternal life')
v 29: 'and no one is able to snatch them2 out of the Father's hand' ('me') 2

v 27:

[ complicated section ]

[30] I and the Father are one.”

John 14.

[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.

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

[32] Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good works from the Father; / for which of these do you stone me?”

[33] The Jews answered him, "It is not for a good work that we stone you but for blasphemy; / because you, being a man, make yourself God.”
but does Jesus make himself God?
Jesus does say in v. 29: 'My Father, ( ) who has given them to me, is greater than all'

the competing Jews to the Jewish Jesus are singular, v 33

[34] Jesus answered them, "Is it not written in your law, `I said, you are gods’?

[35] If he called them gods to whom the word of God came (and scripture cannot be broken),
[36] do you say of him2 whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, `You2 are blaspheming,' because I said, `I am the Son of God’?

2 in the ‘Son of God': blaspheming regarding the 2nd:

Jesus in the LORD in the beginning in the 'I am';
'before Abraham was, I am', 'the Son of God' , 'the King of Israel', 'the Lamb of God'...

‘him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world’: 'the Son of God'

‘you’ ‘You’

+ +

[37] If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me;
[38] / but if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works2, that you2 may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father2.”

‘In the beginning’: this 2 in the 3rd has been from the beginning according to John RSV

I /\ 'I am' ('I', 'I') 2 + + +

I I I

\/ I 'me' 2 + + +

[39] Again they tried to arrest him, but he2 escaped from their hands.

Jerusalem /\

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

Bethany, beyond the Jordan \/

[40] He went away again across the Jordan to the place where John at first baptized, and there he2 remained.

[41] And many came to him; / and they said, "John did no sign, but everything that John2 said about this man was true.”

John the Baptist: 'Who are you?' 2x, 'I did not know him' 2x

'the voice of one crying in the wilderness' (Isaiah 40)

[42] And many believed in him there.

'believe' to this point RSV:

John 1.

[50] Jesus answered him, "Because I said to you, I2 saw you2 under the fig tree, do you3 believe? / You shall see greater things than these.". (to Nathanael)

John 2.

[11] This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and ( ) manifested his glory; / and his disciples believed in him. [ water to wine at Cana ]

[22] When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he2 had said this; / and they believed the scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken. 1-2

[23] Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs which he2 did;

John 4.

[39] Many Samaritans from that city believed in him because of the woman's testimony, "He2 told me all that I ever did."

[41] And many more believed because of his word.

[42] They said to the woman, "It is no longer because of your words that we believe, for we2 have heard for ourselves, and we3 know that this is indeed the Savior of the world."

[50] Jesus said to him, "Go; / your son will live." / The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and ( )2 went his way.

the 'official' - 'father'

[53] The father knew that was the hour when Jesus had said to him, "Your son will live"; / and he himself believed, and all his household.

John 6.

[68] Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? / You have the words of eternal life;

[69] / and we have believed, and ( )2 have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God."

[ post lad feeding ]

John 7.

[31] Yet many of the people believed in him; / they said, "When the Christ appears, will he do more signs than this man has done?"

John 8.

[30] As he spoke thus, many believed in him2.

[31] Jesus then said to the Jews who had believed in him, "If you continue in my word, you2 are truly my disciples,

[32] and you3 will know the truth, and the truth2 will make you free."

John 9.

[38] He said, "Lord, I believe"; / and he worshiped him2..

[ blind man made to see ]

John 10.

[42] And many believed in him there.

on the way to Galilee 1.50 > at Cana 2.11 > in Jerusalem 2.22, 23 (2) > in Samaria 4.39, 41, 42 (3) >

Nathanael: 'Israelite without guile', 'fig tree'

his disciples his disciples, many many S., many more, we3

at Cana in Galilee 4.50, 53 (2) > in Capernaum via Tiberius 6.69 > in Jerusalem 7.31

the man, he himself and his HH we, ( )2 many of the people

at Mount of Olives (in the temple) 8.30, 31 (2) > coming out the temple 9.38 > 'beyond the Jordan' 10.42

many, the Jews who had believed in him blind man made to see (he) many

(Jesus): 'I am he' (from the beginning)

sequence:

1. Nathanael, 'an Israelite without guile' you3

2. 'his disciples' in singular 'him''

3. 'his disciples' words spoken by singular one

4. 'many' (in Jerusalem') believed in signs of 'him___he2

5. 'many Samaritans' ('woman's testimony') believed in 'him___he2'

6. 'many more' (in Samaria) because of his word

7. 'we'__'we'__'we' (Samaritans) hearing from the 'Saviour of the world!'

8. 'official-> 'father' ('the man') believed word spoken by Jesus 'he'__'( )2' 'went his way'

9. (same) /\ the hour 'your son shall live': he and his household (from Capernaum)

10. Simon Peter 'we'__( we2 )' believe and know you are the 'Holy One of God'

11. many of the people believed in the singular 'him' : asking about 'Christ'

12. 'many' believed in 'he'__'him' ('spoke thus')

13. 'the Jews who had believed in singular 'him'' 'you'3 and 'truth, and the truth' as disciples

14. Blind man made to see 'Lord': worshipped 2 'him'

15. 'many' believed in singular him, 'there'

a gospel of John review

Thursday, May 6, 2021

Bible, Revised Standard Version

John

John.1

John.2

John.3

John.4

John.5

John.6

John.7

previous Jerusalem /\:

John.8

John.9

still on leaving the temple: addressing Pharisees

John.10

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