CAF Bible Study - The Gospel of John

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John, Chapter 1

1: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2: He was in the beginning with God;
3: all things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made.
4: In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
5: The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
6: There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
7: He came for testimony, to bear witness to the light, that all might believe through him.
8: He was not the light, but came to bear witness to the light.
9: The true light that enlightens every man was coming into the world.
10: He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world knew him not.
11: He came to his own home, and his own people received him not.
12: But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God;
13: who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
14: And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; we have beheld his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father.
15: (John bore witness to him, and cried, “This was he of whom I said, He who comes after me ranks before me, for he was before me.'") 16: And from his fulness have we all received, grace upon grace. 17: For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18: No one has ever seen God; the only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has made him known. 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, he 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 answered, "No." 22: They said to him then, "Who are you? Let us have an answer for those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?" 23: He said, "I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord,’ as the prophet Isaiah said.”
24: Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.
25: They asked him, “Then why are you baptizing, if you are neither the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?”
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26: John answered them, “I baptize with water; but among you stands one whom you do not know,
27: even he who comes after me, the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie.”
28: This took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
29: The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
30: This is he of whom I said, After me comes a man who ranks before me, for he was before me.' 31: I myself did not know him; but for this I came baptizing with water, that he might be revealed to Israel." 32: And John bore witness, "I saw the Spirit descend as a dove from heaven, and it remained on him. 33: I myself did not know him; but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me, He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’
34: And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God.”
35: The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples;
36: and he looked at Jesus as he walked, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!”
37: The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus.
38: Jesus turned, and saw them following, and said to them, “What do you seek?” And they said to him, “Rabbi” (which means Teacher), “where are you staying?”
39: He said to them, “Come and see.” They came and saw where he was staying; and they stayed with him that day, for it was about the tenth hour.
40: One of the two who heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother.
41: He first found his brother Simon, and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which means Christ).
42: He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him, and said, “So you are Simon the son of John? You shall be called Cephas” (which means Peter).
43: The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. And he found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.”
44: Now Philip was from Beth-sa’ida, the city of Andrew and Peter.
45: Philip found Nathan’a-el, and said to him, “We have found him of whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
46: Nathan’a-el said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.”
47: Jesus saw Nathan’a-el coming to him, and said of him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!”
48: Nathan’a-el said to him, “How do you know me?” Jesus answered him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.”
49: Nathan’a-el answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”
50: Jesus answered him, “Because I said to you, I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You shall see greater things than these.”
51: And he said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.”
 
Is it legitimate to post complete chapters from a Bible without permission of the editor or printer? Just curious.
 
This chapter is beautiful.

Verse 33 speaks of baptizing with the Holy Spirit. What did people at that time think that the Holy Spirit was? The concept of the Trinity wasn’t already established, was it? Did they have a concept of a “duality”?

Please pardon my questions. I don’t know what kind of questions are appropriate for a Bible study. Is there a guide?

Peace.
 
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I’ve seen others write this as well. While viewing the thread, if you click on “thread tools” at the approximate top of the thread, you can then click on “subscribe to thread” or some such. Then it will give you a dialogue box where you have to confirm that you want to subscribe. You can do this rather than post to it, if you like.

That menu is not available if you are already posting a reply, though. Just if you are viewing the thread.
 
How exactly does this bible study work? I wasn’t part of the James one? Do we post questions, and remarks and discuss it or is their a mediator that probes questions and we discuss? Just curious, because their really isn’t any opener about it or what we should be doing?

~Jerry
 
All I can say is that the first 18 lines of this Gospel, the Prologue, is packed with more Catholic Doctrine than any other 18 verses of the Bible. At least in my book they are!!! The Prologue used to confuse me, but now it makes much more sense!
 
rwoehmke said:
Is it legitimate to post complete chapters from a Bible without permission of the editor or printer? Just curious.
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It should be okay as long as you have the permission of the Author;)
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Based on their terms of usage statement, there does not appear to be a problem using the chapters in this context.

And, for the record, I believe the primary author is the Holy Spirit. Now the translator, on the other hand…

Mane Nobiscum Domine,
Ferdinand Mary
 
Pug said:
I’ve seen others write this as well. While viewing the thread, if you click on “thread tools” at the approximate top of the thread, you can then click on “subscribe to thread” or some such. Then it will give you a dialogue box where you have to confirm that you want to subscribe. You can do this rather than post to it, if you like.

That menu is not available if you are already posting a reply, though. Just if you are viewing the thread.
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Thank you very much, good advice.
 
I have a very dear friend who died about 5 years ago. Her husband is also a very dear friend. Each year since she died I have gone on Christmas eve to his house(while he and his family are at Mass) and lined his driveway with white luminary bags and each year I find a few verses from scripture to write on the bags. This year I chose John 1:1-5. This year one of his daughters, who had never seen the luminaries, called me when they got home. She was crying and said, I now know what that verse means, the Word has lit our path tonite.
 
The Word.

In Greek, Logos. The word Logos, prior to the birth of our Lord, was used in Greek philosophy as the universal principle which animates and rules the world.

In Hebrew, the creative act of God is frequently is represented as the “word of God”.

This union of both the theological and philosophical, is fundamentally our faith and reason. God as creator of all that is good is ultimate Truth. And the Word walked among us.
 
Efrain said:
The Word.

In Greek, Logos. The word Logos, prior to the birth of our Lord, was used in Greek philosophy as the universal principle which animates and rules the world.
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From Strong’s, “λόγος
logos
log’-os
From G3004; something said (including the thought); by implication a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension a computation; specifically (with the article in John) the Divine Expression (that is, Christ): - account, cause, communication, X concerning, doctrine, fame, X have to do, intent, matter, mouth, preaching, question, reason, + reckon, remove, say (-ing), shew, X speaker, speech, talk, thing, + none of these things move me, tidings, treatise, utterance, word, work.”
In Hebrew, the creative act of God is frequently is represented as the “word of God”.
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This union of both the theological and philosophical, is fundamentally our faith and reason. God as creator of all that is good is ultimate Truth. And the Word walked among us.
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lak611 said:
From Strong’s, “λόγος
logos
log’-os
From G3004; something said (including the thought); by implication a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension a computation; specifically (with the article in John) the Divine Expression (that is, Christ): - account, cause, communication, X concerning, doctrine, fame, X have to do, intent, matter, mouth, preaching, question, reason, + reckon, remove, say (-ing), shew, X speaker, speech, talk, thing, + none of these things move me, tidings, treatise, utterance, word, work.”
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Interesting
 
Oremus, (Let us pray.)

COME, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Thy faithful and kindle in them the fire of Thy love.

O GOD, Who taught the hearts of the faithful by the light of the Holy Spirit, grant that, by the gift of the same Spirit, we may be always truly wise, and ever rejoice in His consolation. Through Christ our Lord. Amen

I just figure that every study needs to begin with prayer to the Holy Spirit. :signofcross:
 
NOTICE:
The purpose of this thread is as a Catholic Bible study of the book of James.

This is not a debate thread.

Please keep all posts faithful to the Magesterial teachings of the Catholic Church.

For this thread only, I am placing Church Militant in charge under my direction. I am placing on his shoulder the key of the house of Sacred Scripture - whoever hears him hears me. 😛 Should there be a problem, he will let me know and I will take appropriate action. If he causes a problem, however, please report his posts and I will take appropriate action.

I wish you all well, and I leave you to your study.

God Bless,
Ferdinand Mary
 
1: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2: He was in the beginning with God;
3: all things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made.
4: In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
5: The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
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I have always been fascinated by St. John’s language here which parallels that of Moses in Genesis.
1: In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
2: The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters.
3: And God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.
4: And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness.
5: God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.
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I have no doubt that it is not accidental.

This parallel certainly shows that St. John was making it plain that he believed Our Lord to be Divine, and it would be hard to miss that, especially as John links Christ to creation in saying things like “1: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2: He was in the beginning with God;
3: all things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made.” all the while knowing as he did that creation itself came into being with “3: And God said,” Just as the Church teaches, when we speak of “the Word of God”, we are speaking first of Christ, even as St. John does.
 
Ferdinand_Mary said:
Based on their terms of usage statement, there does not appear to be a problem using the chapters in this context.

And, for the record, I believe the primary author is the Holy Spirit. Now the translator, on the other hand…
Mane Nobiscum Domine,
Ferdinand Mary
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So is this okay… (what rwoehmke was asking)
thanks
 
That first section of John has always been my favorite part of Scripture. It says so much so eloquently.
 
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