John 1.4

John 1.4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. John continues his thinking from the first three verses of his Gospel, mindful of the creation passage of Genesis One. God is the creator of life so, Jesus, being God, is also the creator of life.  The...

John 1.1-3

Commentary on John Introduction The Gospel of John is believed to have been written by the Apostle, John, one of the twelve disciples who accompanied Jesus during his three years of ministry. John considered himself “the one whom Jesus loved” (John 20.2). Perhaps this...

John 1.5

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.  If you look at a half dozen translations of John 1.5 you will see there is debate over how to interpret it. Some translations, instead of using the concept for “overcome”, express the...

Lord of the Sabbath

Lord of the Sabbath Matthew 12.1-8 At that time Jesus went through the grain fields on the Sabbath.  His disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain to eat.  But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is not...