• 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…

  • John 1:43-44

    John 1:43-44

    “The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, ‘Follow me. ’Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.”                As we have seen before, Jesus is calling what will be known as the 12 disciples. He has already brought in Andrew and Simon, now…

  • John 1:42

    John 1:42

    “He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, ‘You are Simon the son of John. You shall be called Cephas’ (which means Peter).”             In the previous verses we saw that Andrew ran to tell his brother that they had found the messiah. This is another gospel message just like the one…

  • John 1:40-41

    John 1:40-41

    “One of the two who heard John speak and followed Jesus was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, ‘We have found the Messiah’ (which means Christ).”             John shows in this passage the continuous multiplication of the gospel. It starts with the declaration from John the…