Category: Bible
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Who is John the Baptist? Studying John 1:19-22
19 And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” 20 He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.” 21 And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” And he…
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Background on John the Baptist for the Gospel of John
I’m in a series of articles studying the Gospel of John. Several times in the first chapter, the author makes reference to a man named John. The Apostle John (the author of the gospel) is referring to a man named John the Baptist. But as we study the Gospel of John, who is John the…
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The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. Studying John 1:14
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. -John 1:14 In his commentary on John, the late New Testament Grant Osborne says of this verse “In my opinion, this is the single greatest sentence…
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All things were made through him. Studying John 1:3
All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.-John 1:3 John 1:3 is speaking to the divinity of Jesus. All things were made through him. All means all. The ground, the trees, the sand of the beaches, the stars in the sky, the air we breathe, the…
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In the beginning was the Word. Studying John 1:1-2
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.-John 1:1 It’s interesting in comparing the beginning of John’s gospel to the beginnings of the other three. Mark’s gospel begins with the ministry of John the Baptist as the one who points to Christ. Luke’s gospel goes back…
Josh Benner 