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John 15 is the fifteenth chapter in the Gospel of John in the New Testament section of the Christian Bible. It is part of what New Testament scholars have called the ' farewell discourse ' of Jesus. It has historically been a source of Christian teaching and Christological debate and reflection, and its images (particularly of Jesus as the vine ...
[70] The verse in Luke does differ from the contexts of the similar verses at Matthew 27:15 and Mark 15:6, where releasing a prisoner on Passover is a "habit" or "custom" of Pilate, and at John 18:39 is a custom of the Jews – but in its appearance in Luke it becomes a necessity for Pilate regardless of his habits or preferences, "to comply ...
The New King James Version divides this chapter into three sections: John 17:1–5: Jesus Prays for Himself; John 17:6–19: Jesus Prays for His Disciples; John 17:20–26: Jesus Prays for All Believers. [4] The book containing this chapter is anonymous, but early Christian tradition uniformly affirmed that John composed this Gospel. [5]
John's Gospel is the only one which observes that Judas was responsible for the disciples' "common fund" or "money box", both here in verse 6 and again in John 13:29. The word το γλωσσοκομον ( glŨssokomon ) "means literally "a case for mouthpieces" of musical instruments, and hence any portable chest.
John 14:2 begins, in many English translations, with the statement "There are many rooms in my Father’s house", but the alternative, if it were not so, is presented in various ways: if it were not so, I would have told you. (e.g. New King James Version, Geneva Bible)
Also significant are the Bodmer Papyri: š¯”“ 66, which contains the Gospel of John; [6] and š¯”“ 75, which contains the Gospels of Luke and John. [7] These early manuscripts are more complete, allowing scholars to better examine their textual character.
Some of the language used in Revelation 1 is also used in Revelation 19 to describe the Rider on the White Horse. In both places, he has a sword coming out of his mouth (1:16 and 19:15) and has "eyes like blazing fire" (1:14 and 19:12). The sword proceeding from Jesus’ mouth describes the counterintuitive way God's messiah conquers: by the ...
Matthew 6:7–16 from the 1845 illuminated book of The Sermon on the Mount, designed by Owen Jones. In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. The World English Bible translates the passage as: Pray like this: ‘Our Father in heaven,