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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:
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.
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