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Jesus' discourse with Nicodemus is related in John 3:1–21, [1] but not in the synoptic gospels. [2] For fear of the Jewish authorities a ruler in Israel, Nicodemus, one of the Pharisees, comes by night to see Jesus. Jesus explains to him that to enter the Kingdom of God, he must be born again of water and of the Spirit.
John's disciples tell him that Jesus is also baptizing people, more than John it seems (John 3:26: "everybody is going to Him"). John replies that "A man can receive only what is given him from heaven. You yourselves can testify that I said, 'I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of him'. The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend who ...
John 3:16 is the sixteenth verse in the third chapter of the Gospel of John, one of the four gospels in the New Testament. It is the most popular verse from the Bible [ 1 ] and is a summary of one of Christianity's central doctrines—the relationship between the Father (God) and the Son of God (Jesus) .
The language of 3 John echoes that of the Gospel of John, which is conventionally dated to around AD 90, so the epistle was likely written near the end of the first century. Others contest this view, such as the scholar John A. T. Robinson, who dates 3 John to c. AD 60–65. [3] The location of writing is unknown, but tradition places it in Ephesus
In the liturgy of the Roman Catholic church, the readings in the Holy Mass for the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross draw a comparison between the bronze serpent of Numbers 21, which was raised up on a pole so that all who looked upon it would be cured of the deadly poison of venomous snakes, and John 3:14–15, "And just as Moses ...
[3] [4] [5] The second miraculous catch of fish is also called the "miraculous catch of 153 fish", and seems to recall the first catch. It is reported in the last chapter of the Gospel of John (John 21:1–14) [6] and takes place after the Resurrection of Jesus. [7] [8] [9] [10]
The seven signs are: [2] [3] Changing water into wine at Cana in John 2:1–11 – "the first of the signs" Healing the royal official's son in Capernaum in John 4:46–54; Healing the paralytic at Bethesda in John 5:1–15; Feeding the 5000 in John 6:5–14; Jesus walking on water in John 6:16–24; Healing the man blind from birth in John 9:1–7
The statement in John 14:26: "the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name" is within the framework of the "sending relationships" in John's gospel. [15] In John 9:4 (and also 14:24 ) Jesus refers to the father as "him that sent me", and in John 20:21 states "as the Father hath sent me, even so send I you" where he sends the disciples.