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John himself claims that his eyewitness testimony is trustworthy in that it provides a reliable account of the life and ministry of Jesus that can function as a basis for an informed belief about the identity of Jesus, which, in turn, gives access to divine life.
- Verses 6-8
- Verse 15
- Verses 19-23
- Verses 29-34
- Verses 35-37
6 A man came, sent from God, whose name was John. 7He came as a witness, to testify about the light, so that everyone might believe through him. 8 He himself was not the light, but he came to testify about the light. The Word was; John came. The Word was the Light; John came, sent from God as a witness to this Light. John was a witness, and the Lor...
John testified about him and cried out, “This one was the one about whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is greater than I am54because he existed before me.’” The first words of the Baptist, which the Apostle John records in verse 15, concern the Baptist’s subordinate status in relation to the Word, the One of whom he bears witness. Notice that the ...
19 Now this was John’s testimony when the Jewish leaders sent to him 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 So they asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” He answered, “No.” 22 Then they said to him, “Wh...
29 On the next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! 30 This is the one about whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who is greater than I am, because he existed before me.’ 31 I did not recognize him, but I came baptizing with water so that he could be revealed to Israel.” 32 Then Jo...
35 Again the next day John was standing there with two of his disciples. 36 Looking at Jesus as he walked by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!” 37 When his two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus. Technically, these three verses are a part of the text we will study in our next lesson, but they also reveal a great deal about John’s cha...
Oct 12, 2008 · Believing Comes Through a Witness. And now John makes explicit why this witness is so necessary. Verse 7: “. . . that all might believe through him.” Believing in the light happens through a witness to the light. There is no other way. “Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word” (Romans 10:17).
May 13, 2008 · Eyewitness testimony in John affirms the commonsense and obvious truth that the closer a story or account gets to the original sources (in this case to Jesus himself), then the more reliable and accurate the account or story becomes – true to things as they really happened. Origins and close proximity anchor belief and knowledge and truth, in ...
The same came for a witness: John was called a messenger to denote his authority; a witness, to denote his work, which is the work of every true minister of the gospel. John was the first witness, and witnessed a thing wholly unknown (before him) to the generality of the world; for though the shepherds, and Simeon, and Anna, had given some ...
Sep 8, 2016 · Craig Blomberg gives five reasons why it's most reasonable to agree with them, such as: there's a strong case that the author was Jewish, from Palestine, and an eyewitness of the events.
scholars believed that John’s Gospel could not be considered as reliable history. But those reasons are completely outdated. Several discoveries have proved them to be entirely false.
