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Oct 29, 2019 · It looks like Jesus was asking questions that were so perspicacious as to astonish the Jewish teachers in the temple that they confirmed his brilliance while leading the teachers themselves into deeper truths.
The 'Gospel of Thomas' (second century), for instance, tells us that Jesus, when on the road to Nazareth, returned of his own accord to Jerusalem, and amazed the rabbis of the temple by his solution of the hardest and most difficult questions of the Law and the prophets.
Jesus is often thought of as giving answers but, actually, he’s full of questions. Even as a boy, he was found sitting among the teachers in the temple asking them questions. ‘And all who heard him were amazed’ (Luke 2:47). In fact, Jesus is recorded as asking 307 questions in the Gospels.
And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.
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After traveling all day, with the sun was at its peak, it’s no wonder that Jesus stopped to rest by the well. It was surprising, however, to find a woman there in the heat of the day. Usually, women would go together in groups to get water for their families and animals later in the day, when it was cooler. But we see this woman alone, at the well ...
We know that this living water is the salvation Jesus givesto us since He says that it’s a gift from God. The woman at the well was picking up on this, and I’m sure was wondering if there was more to Jesus, maybe even more to her life. When we know who it is that is offering living water to us, when we know that it is the generous and kind Jesus, w...
Wow, Jesus brought up the most uncomfortable thing. Without any knowledge of who Jesus is, it sounds like Jesus is taunting her or taking on an accusatory tone. But if you know Jesus, you’d know that He was speaking gently and calmly, with a tone that assures her she’s not being accused. Jesus is trying to get to her heart, to the bottom of what sh...
Though she did changed the subject, Jesus doesn’t get mad at the woman at the well or condemn her, instead He answers her question with as much passion as his first statements. Because of Jesus, we don’t have to go to a specific place to worship. We don’t even have to be a Jew. This is epic news for the Samaritan woman, who otherwise would have no ...
The disciples did not understand what Jesus was doing. In later chapters, it takes many miracles before the disciples even declare Jesus as Lord, the Messiah. The Samaritan woman didn’t need long though, she knew that the change of love and grace and worship was bubbling up in her heart. She was experiencing the living water welling up inside of he...
Later on in this story, we read that the woman ran back to Jesus, bringing people from her town with her, seeking to introduce them to Jesus. It was the woman’s testimony that lead her town to Jesus, but ultimately it was Jesus’ love that changed them and convinced them that He was and is the Savior of the World. If you believe this passage today, ...
When we meet Jesus and are transformed by His love, it’s not just something we keep to ourselves. We are forever changed. Through His Holy Spirit, He will pour out the living water into our hearts, His goodness overflowing in us with His promises. His promise to the Jews was to bring salvation, and He extended that to the Samaritan woman and to us ...
How could Jesus give “answers” (Luke 2:47) to “the teachers” (Luke 2:46) by “listening to them and questioning them” (Luke 2:46)? Jesus often used questions to answer questions. For example, Matthew 12:9-12 reads: Then He departed from there and went into their synagogue.
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First, Theophilus should understand that Jesus knew and loved the law from an early age, and that in the very city where he was lynched 20 years later, he was approved at the age of 12. Or perhaps he wasn't approved.
