In his 1993 Word and Glory: On the Exegetical and Theological Background of John’s Prologue (Library of New Testament Studies) (79-82), Craig A. Evans lays out five parallels between the account of Moses’ intercession at Sinai (Exodus 33-34) and the latter part of the Johannine prologue . . . . Continue Reading »
Some Christmas reflections on what it means to receive bread from heaven over at www.firstthings.com this morning. . . . . Continue Reading »
Advent celebrates the coming of day. The Light that lightens every man comes into the world to break the gloom that hangs over Israel and the nations. Zecharias sings, “The Sunrise from on high has visited us.” Night is past; Dawn has come. You’d think everyone would be glad, but . . . . Continue Reading »
In John’s gospel, Jesus famously says “I am” again and again. These allude to the Old Testament’s revelation of “I am,” but if we can press the wording, they are also statements about the being of Jesus. Let’s say they are ontological statements. The . . . . Continue Reading »
John 1: The Word became flesh and tabernacled among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. Moses ascended Mount Sinai and entered Yahweh’s cloud, and when he came out his face radiated the glory of the cloud. As Pastor Sumpter has . . . . Continue Reading »
John 21:15: Jesus said to Peter, “Feed my lambs.” There are two charcoal fires in the last chapters of John’s gospel, and Peter is at both of them. He warms himself by the charcoal fire in the court of the high priest. There he denies Jesus, and when Jesus looks at him across the . . . . Continue Reading »
“No man has seen God at any time; the only begotten God who is in the bosom of the Father, He exegesato Him” (John 1:18). Meaning what? The verb contains the word hegemon , and means to “lead out.” The Father has been hidden, and the Begotten God “leads Him out” . . . . Continue Reading »
“I know My own and My own know Me,” Jesus the Good Shepherd says (John 10:14). Then He adds, “even as the Father knows Me and I know the Father” (v. 15). There’s a neat symmetry here: “I know My own” matches “the Father knows Me”; Jesus as Good . . . . Continue Reading »
It’s often noted, but during this Advent the point struck home with particular force: John begins his gospel with the incarnational gospel that the “Word became flesh and tabernacled ( skenoo ) among us.” God the Word descends from heaven to pitch His tent with men. But that . . . . Continue Reading »
In John 10:30, Jesus says “I and the Father are One.” The Jews think it blasphemous. Why? Jesus’ statement seems to be a riff on the Shema - “Hear, O Israel, YHWH your God is One.” Jesus sticks Himself into the Shema: Not YHWH along, but “I and YHWH” are . . . . Continue Reading »
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