CAF Bible Study - The Gospel of John

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NotWorthy said:
I was listening to Fr. Andrew Apostoli who has an audio Bibly Study on the Gospel of John on EWTN. He mentioned that the Prologue may have been a poem that John used for his Gospel. The text seems to suggest Jewish poetry, where the author will recite the same thing twice - once in the positive and once in the negative.

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All things came to be through him (positive), and without him nothing came to be (negative).
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the commentary I have on the Gospel Of John states that" This most exhaulted of gospels begins with a liturgical hymn that celebrates the divine origin of Jesus of Nazareth. So filled with the spirit were those first Christians that they expressed their faith in song. The Canticle of the word-The Prologue (Jn 1:1-18)
 
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! There is just so much packed into this passage!

“The Lamb of God”, consider what all that means.

The sacrificial death of Christ is here prophesied from the very beginning of His ministry by John the Baptist. The fact that that same paschal lamb’s flesh is eaten will tie directly into the Bread of Life discourse in John 6 and the last supper as well as all the other Eucharistic scriptures of the New Testament (for reference

By using the expression “lamb”, the baptist aroused in his listeners the picture of the servant of Isaiah 53. Like a lamb this servant_martyr was sacrificed that by his sufferings the wound of people’s sin would be healed.
Another rich connection came from the story of the sacrifice of Isaac, where the young man asked his father Abraham, “Who shall provide the lamb?” Abraham replied that God would provide the lamb.
 
NotWorthy said:
I was listening to Fr. Andrew Apostoli who has an audio Bibly Study on the Gospel of John on EWTN. He mentioned that the Prologue may have been a poem that John used for his Gospel. The text seems to suggest Jewish poetry, where the author will recite the same thing twice - once in the positive and once in the negative.

For example:
All things came to be through him (positive), and without him nothing came to be (negative).
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Amazing! When I was young the opening of John’s gospel was said at the end of every Mass. I just loved it, altho I don’t know if I could have articulated just why. But “poem” comes very close. There was a rhythm and a mystery to the words that struck a deep chord in me. Have always been sorry the Church decided to remove it from the rite of the Mass.

Nita
 
Nita said:
Amazing! When I was young the opening of John’s gospel was said at the end of every Mass. I just loved it, altho I don’t know if I could have articulated just why. But “poem” comes very close. There was a rhythm and a mystery to the words that struck a deep chord in me. Have always been sorry the Church decided to remove it from the rite of the Mass.

Nita
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Yes, he mentioned that, too. It was said at the end of Mass, wasn’t it? That would have been a wonderful tradition to keep.

I still say there is more theology packed in those 18 verses than anywhere else in the Bible!!!
 
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.”
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One thing that I really love about this Gospel is the way St. John just sort of throws us all into the deep end of the mystical pool here and confronts us with the Jesus that will just blow us away just like he did Nathaniel. Christ is amazing and overwhelmingly so!:bowdown: :bowdown2: :bowdown: :bowdown2:
 
Church_Militant said:
One thing that I really love about this Gospel is the way St. John just sort of throws us all into the deep end of the mystical pool here and confronts us with the Jesus that will just blow us away just like he did Nathaniel. Christ is amazing and overwhelmingly so!:bowdown: :bowdown2: :bowdown: :bowdown2:
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John is just such an amazing apostle, inspired so much by the Holy Spirit because the way he ends Chapter 1 just leaves us expecting Jesus to do something miraculous in the next chapter, which He does, when He performs His first miracle.
 
Church_Militant said:
One thing that I really love about this Gospel is the way St. John just sort of throws us all into the deep end of the mystical pool here and confronts us with the Jesus that will just blow us away just like he did Nathaniel. Christ is amazing and overwhelmingly so!:bowdown: :bowdown2: :bowdown: :bowdown2:
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The call of the Apostles shows how important personal contact was in bringing someone to Jesus. At the same time, it demonstrates that JESUS did the choosing.Thank you Lord for choosing me. Amen.:bowdown2:
 
Church_Militant said:
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! There is just so much packed into this passage!

“The Lamb of God”, consider what all that means.

The sacrificial death of Christ is here prophesied from the very beginning of His ministry by John the Baptist. The fact that that same paschal lamb’s flesh is eaten will tie directly into the Bread of Life discourse in John 6 and the last supper as well as all the other Eucharistic scriptures of the New Testament (for reference).

34: And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God."

It’s really kinda surprising that the chief priests and pharisees didn’t seek to take John out at this point for proclaiming Jesus to be 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!”

The second testimony of Jesus as the Lamb of God. Consider these same images in the Book of Revelation. Same author too!

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).

Verse 41 tells us that St. Andrew recognized Jesus as the Messiah even then, upon John’s testimony. At this point Our Lord has not even performed His first public miracle.

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).

Here it is. St. John tells us about our Lord renaming Simon, and not well that he doesn’t call him “Peter”… Look what He says, “You shall be called Cephas”. Our Lord used the Aramaic, not the Greek or even the Hebrew. It’s pretty clear that even St. John is translating for his readers.
Pax Domini sit semper vobiscum,
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Cephas also means Rock I see the connection here from Gospel of Matthew 16:18.
 
Mannyfit75 said:
Cephas also means Rock I see the connection here from Gospel of Matthew 16:18.
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It’s most definitely there. As in many cases in the Bible, there is not only the particular passages context to consider but the context of all the other related to that topic.
 
Dear Catholic Family,
The Apostle St. John is so close to my heart & soul. After all these years, you can still learn something new everyday. I am born on his Feast Day, 2 days after Christmas. I love reading his words more than the other apostles in the Bible. I read them over & over. I sometimes find new meanings. My favorite is his introduction of Christ begining in verse #22. Who are you? I am the voice of one crying out… And later in #26 I baptize with water… #27the One who is coming after me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to untie.
I think that each phrase in that first chapter represents a later event
for Christ and for His apostles. One example, in my opinion, would be When St John said "I baptize with water…and later with fire…I think of Pentecost more. Sincerely
 
I am taken by how important Andrew was without even knowing it. His recognition of Jesus as Messiah led him to bring Peter, the rock on which Jesus built his Church.
 
katy said:
I am taken by how important Andrew was without even knowing it. His recognition of Jesus as Messiah led him to bring Peter, the rock on which Jesus built his Church.
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Kind of funny how stuff work? We can be doing something great for the Kingdom, and not even know it at the time.
 
mommyof4 said:
Kind of funny how stuff work? We can be doing something great for the Kingdom, and not even know it at the time.
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Hi all!
How many times do we see that very principle in the New Testament?

Reminds me of the passage that says, (Matthew 10)* "40 “Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me. 41 Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever receives a righteous man because he is righteous will receive a righteous man’s reward. 42 And whoever gives only a cup of cold water to one of these little ones to drink because he is a disciple–amen, I say to you, he will surely not lose his reward.”*

Such simple things…just like Matthew 25:31-46, right?
 
Most publishers permit a limited amount of published material without permission. This is especially true for bible passages
 
NoelFitz said:
Does this mean one has to have God’s permission before quoting large extracts from the Bible?🙂 🙂 🙂
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Some of the newer translations of the Bible are copyrighted by the publishers. The older translations like the Douay-Rheims and KJV have no copyright protection any longer.
 
27: even he who comes after me, the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie."

Who alone is worthy to even touch the sandal on His feet? Yet the Lord Jesus came to us and humbled Himself for us to come to know Him. He even washed the feet of His beloved Apostles. Such is the love He has for us!
 
Efrain said:
27: even he who comes after me, the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie."

Who alone is worthy to even touch the sandal on His feet? Yet the Lord Jesus came to us and humbled Himself for us to come to know Him. He even washed the feet of His beloved Apostles. Such is the love He has for us!
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Humbling, isn’t is. God is humble, and we are proud.
 
I thought of Jesus washing the feet of his disciples at the Holy Thursday service this year. I hadn’t seen the footwashing by the priest before. It was the object lesson that I suppose it was meant to be. Here was our leader washing the feet of 12 men from the congregation. And that is what Jesus did, and he is God. Amazing.
 
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