Outline/Summary The Lamb of God The day after John testified about Jesus, he was with two of his disciples when he saw Jesus passing by. He again said, “Look, the Lamb of God!” When the two disciples heard this, they followed Jesus. Jesus turned around and asked them, “What do you want?” They said, “Rabbi (teacher), where are you
Outline/Summary The Lamb of God takes away the sins of the world The day after the Jewish leaders questioned John, he saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the world’s sins! This is the one I meant when I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me
Outline/Summary John confirms he is not the Christ John was at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, baptizing people, when the Jewish leaders sent the priests and Levites to ask him who he was. He freely told them, “I am not the Messiah.” They asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?” He answered, “I am
Introduction The Word was with God In the beginning was the Word. The Word was with God and the Word was God. He was with God from the beginning. Through him, all things are made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness
A powerful story of Jesus and Christianity But not considered as relevant as the other three gospels The fourth gospel is a powerful retelling of Jesus’ story. An exuberant recount of early Christianity, it is not without controversy. Once considered the most accurate of the four gospels, it is given less relevance today than in the past,
Outline/Summary The bitter Marah waters After leading the Israelites through the Red Sea, Moses took the people into the Desert of Shur, where they traveled for three days and found no water. They arrived at Marah but could not drink because the waters were bitter (in Hebrew, Marah means “bitter”). The people grumbled against Moses, “What can we
Outline/Summary I am with you always, even to the end of the age After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week (Sunday), Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. Suddenly, there was a massive earthquake. An angel of the Lord descended from Heaven, rolled away the stone that
Outline/Summary My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? From noon until three, darkness came over all the land. At about three o’clock, Jesus shouted in a loud voice, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” When some of the bystanders heard him, they said, “This man is calling for Elijah.” Immediately, one of them
Outline/Summary Jesus is tormented, then executed After the people chose Jesus for execution over Barabbas, Pilate’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered an entire company of soldiers around him. They stripped off his clothes and put a scarlet robe on him and then twisted together a crown of thorns and placed it on his head.
Outline/Summary The chief priests convince Pilate to allow the execution of Jesus Jesus stood before the Roman governor, Pontius Pilate, who asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” “You have said so,” Jesus replied. When he was earlier accused by the chief priests and the elders of the people, Jesus had refused to answer. Pilate asked him,