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John Bible Study, Day 40 Today’s passage: John 21:12–25 Focus verse: Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, “Do you love me?” (John 21:17) As Jesus wraps up his stint on earth, he spends time with the disciples he trained for three years. They must carry on without him, albeit under Holy […]
John Bible Study, Day 39 Today’s passage: John 21:1–11 Focus verse: They were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish. (John 21:6) The book of Luke has a story of Jesus. It’s early in his ministry. In this account, he tells a couple of fishermen to go out to […]
John Bible Study, Day 38 Today’s passage: John 20:19–31 Focus verse: Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!” (John 20:28) The Bible writes that faith is having confidence in the things we hope for and assurance in what we don’t see (Hebrews 11:1). Today this definition of faith applies to us. We cannot […]
John Bible Study, Day 37 Today’s passage: John 20:1–18 Focus verse: Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: “I have seen the Lord!” (John 20:18) Although Mary Magdalene shows up in each of Jesus’s four biographies, we know little about her. What we learn from Scripture is that Jesus casts seven demons out […]
John Bible Study, Day 36 Today’s passage: John 19:28–42 Focus verse: Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because he feared the Jewish leaders. (John 19:38) In reading the biographies of Jesus, it’s easy to assume that all the religious leaders oppose him and reject his message. They do this even though Jesus is […]
John Bible Study, Day 35 Today’s passage: John 19:1–27 Focus verse: “You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above.” (John 19:11) The Jewish religious leaders want to kill Jesus. They view him as a threat to the little authority their Roman occupiers have given them to rule […]
John Bible Study, Day 34 Today’s passage: John 18:28–40 Focus verse: “My kingdom is not of this world.” (John 18:36) Jesus talks often about his kingdom. John, along with Mark and Luke, uses the phrase kingdom of God, while Matthew prefers the kingdom of heaven. The two phrases mean the same thing. For the sake […]
John Bible Study, Day 33 Today’s passage: John 18:1–27 Focus verse: Again Peter denied it, and at that moment a rooster began to crow. (John 18:27) Peter has pledged he would die to protect his teacher (John 13:37). I’m sure he meant what he said—at the time. When we’re at our best, I suspect we […]
John Bible Study, Day 32 Today’s passage: John 17:20–26 Focus verse: “I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity.” (John 17:23) Jesus’s last prayer has three sections. First, he prays for his mission, its successful completion, and giving God glory. Next, he moves on to pray for his […]