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 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,
Outline/Summary A potter’s field, a field of blood The Jewish leaders perceived Jesus’ teachings as threatening the Jewish religion and their credibility. After arresting Jesus (with assistance from the disciple Judas), early in the morning, the chief priests and the elders of the people planned how they could have Jesus executed. They bound him and handed him
Outline/Summary Curses, oaths, and lies Peter was sitting in the courtyard when a girl approached him, saying, “You were with Jesus of Galilee.” But Peter denied her accusation before everyone present. “I don’t know what you are talking about.” Then he went out to the gateway, where another servant girl approached him and said to the people there, “This
Outline/Summary Jesus appears before Caiaphas and the teachers of the law After his capture and arrest, Jesus was taken to Caiaphas, the high priest, where the teachers of the law and the elders had assembled. Peter followed them from a distance, right up to the courtyard. He entered and sat down with the guards to see the