Category: Jesus’ Life

Jesus’ Life: Chapter 11 – Jesus At The Feast Of Tabernacles (St John) Jesus said to the gathered crowd, “I am the Good Shepherd”. The occasion was probably after he healed the man who was blind from birth and he wanted to share a deeper meaning of his teaching with the people. Jesus told them…

Jesus’ Life: Chapter 11 – Jesus At The Feast Of Tabernacles (St John) As Jesus left the Temple in Jerusalem, probably on the occasion when the Jews were about to stone him – a Sabbath, he saw a man who had been blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Who committed the sin that caused…

Jesus’ Life: Chapter 11 – Jesus At The Feast Of Tabernacles (St John) Jesus often said to his disciples and the crowds, “Whoever keeps my word will never see death,” but many didn’t believe Him. When Jesus was being aggressively questioned by Jews at the Feast of Tabernacles and he used the same words, they…

Jesus’ Life: Chapter 11 – Jesus At The Feast Of Tabernacles (St John) How did Jesus thwart the claims from Jewish Leaders that He was not the Son of God? In addition to his many miracles, including raising the dead back to life which they could not do, and his Good News Gospel, there were…

Jesus’ Life: Chapter 11 – Jesus At The Feast Of Tabernacles (St John) Was all of Jesus’ time during the Feast of Tabernacles a personal disappointment? People from across Israel had travelled to Jerusalem to celebrate the festival. Jesus spent much of his time in the Temple Courts preaching. Many Jewish leaders, already aware of…

Jesus’ Life: Chapter 11 – Jesus At The Feast Of Tabernacles (St John) What is the Holy Trinity? When answering such a question, we delight in reciting Jesus’ testimony: the Holy Trinity is God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit; three divine persons but only one God. Our faith in Jesus’…

Jesus’ Life: Chapter 11 – Jesus At The Feast Of Tabernacles (St John) Do you judge others? What criteria do you use? Jewish law stated that the truth should be established by the testimony of two or more witnesses (Deuteronomy 19:15). So, Jesus said to a group of Pharisees challenging his authority, “I testify about…

Jesus’ Life: Chapter 11 – Jesus At The Feast Of Tabernacles (St John) At the end of the Feast of Tabernacles, Jesus again went to the Temple Courts, sat down and a crowd gathered around him. While teaching them, some experts in the law and Pharisees brought a woman to him who had committed adultery. Forcing…

Jesus’ Life: Chapter 11 – Jesus At The Feast Of Tabernacles (St John) On the last day of the Feast of Tabernacles, Jesus stood among the crowd in the Temple Courts and announced, “Let anyone who thirsts come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as scripture says: ‘Rivers of living water will flow from within…

Jesus’ Life: Chapter 11 – Jesus At The Feast Of Tabernacles (St John) During the second half of the week-long Feast of Tabernacles, Jesus, who had secretly travelled to Jerusalem,  went to the Temple Courts and openly taught the crowds.  This was despite knowing some wanted to kill him. The people were astonished at his…