• John 2:17

    John 2:17

    “His disciples remembered that it was written, ‘Zeal for your house will consume me.’”             In the last passage we saw Jesus’s reaction to the money changer and the sellers who made a home in the temple ground. His response was that they had made His father’s house into a den of trade. In this…

  • John 2:15-16

    John 2:15-16

    “15 And making a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. And He poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables. 16 And He told those who sold the pigeons, ‘Take these things away; do not make my Father’s house a house of trade.”            …

  • John 2:13-14

    John 2:13-14

    “13 The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there.”             Just like in the last passage this is another section where Jesus was traveling. This time, however, instead of going to…

  • John 2:12

    John 2:12

    “After this he went down to Capernaum, with his mother and his brothers and his disciples, and they stayed there for a few days.”             This strange sentence comes at the end of the miracle at the wedding at Cana. The reason why I say that it is strange is because it seems to have…

  • John 2:6-11

    John 2:6-11

    “6 Now there were six stone water jars there for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. 7 Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” And they filled them up to the brim. 8 And He said to them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the…

  • John 2:1-5

    John 2:1-5

    “On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. 2 Jesus also was invited to the wedding with His disciples. 3 When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to Him, ‘They have no wine.’ 4 And Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, what does this have…

  • John 1:50-51

    John 1:50-51

    “50 Jesus answered him, ‘Because I said to you, ‘I saw you under the fig tree,’ do you believe? You will see greater things than these.’ 51 And he said to him, ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.’”            …

  • John 1:48-49

    John 1:48-49

    48“’How do you know me?’ Nathanael asked. Jesus answered, ‘I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you.’ 49Then Nathanael declared, ‘Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the king of Israel.’”             In the last passage we saw the skepticism of Nathanael when he did not…

  • John 1:46-47

    John 1:46-47

    “Nathanael said to him, ‘Can anything good come out of Nazareth?’ Philip said to him, ‘Come and see.’ 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, ‘Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit!’             In this passage, we see Nathanael’s response to Phillip after he explains to Nathanael who Jesus…

  • John 1:45

    John 1:45

    “Philip found Nathanael and said to him, ‘We have found him of whom Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.’”             In the last passage we see that Jesus chooses Phillip and now we have Phillip reaching out to his friend Nathanael. This parallels what Andrew did when he found…