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John 7:32–52

5/28/2012

 
Click here to read today's passage on Bible Gateway.

The Feast of Booths, Continued
Today we continue reading about the what happened when Jesus attended the Feast of Booths.  This is some overlap from yesterday, but I thought that the NIVAC John had a good observation in it concerning the conversation that goes on there.  Here's a quick, nifty chart:
Question

Where did Jesus go to school? (7:15)

Where is this man from? (7:25–27)

Where is this man going? (7:35)

Jesus' Response

Heaven

Heaven

Heaven [1]
A lot of our passage today centers around how people can't decide what they think of Jesus.  As we've seen already, John has certainly not kept any kind of "Messianic Secret", concealing Jesus' identity to build suspense (like the Synoptic writers do).  He has been straightforward:  Jesus is the Son of God.  People don't know what to do with this.  They question and argue and doubt, but in the face of this, Jesus is very clear about where He gets His knowledge, where He's from, and where He's going.  The answers are simple, but difficult.  The facts are there, but the question was (and is today): Do you believe it?

[1] Gary M. Burge, NIV Application Commentary: John (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 2000), 223.
Andrei
5/28/2012 04:22:54 pm

I had a question about verses 40-42. I was wondering... it says that people were divided on acknowledging Jesus as Christ because of what they thought was a discord in Scripture? Was this legitimate or was it just another case of people reading it wrong or not seeing it right? I'm guessing it has to be the latter... I was wondering what types of conflictual feelings we might have if we were in the shoes of those individuals back in the day?

Greg
5/30/2012 05:17:00 am

The issue has to do with the fact that Jesus came from Nazareth, and most people couldn't recall a prophecy about the Messiah coming from Nazareth. This has to do with the lack of knowledge that Jesus was BORN in Bethlehem, but grew up in Nazareth. Also, there is a prophecy mentioned in the Gospels (that we talked about a LONG time ago) about Jesus being a Nazarene, but I guess most people didn't catch that one. The discord comes because some think that He does fulfill the prophecies and others think He doesn't.


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