John 18 – Jesus’ Arrest and Trial A. Notice repeated words and themes such as word, life, light, darkness, believe, know, “his own,” fullness, and bosom. There is a sense in which Jesus has prayed for us to experience the truth of Pr 18:10. Betrayal and arrest in the garden. 1. 145 Morris, The Gospel According to John, 752, n. 32. Therefore Jesus again said to them, I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep. On the other side there was a garden, and he and his disciples went into it(2 Now Judas, who betrayed him, knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with his disciples. John 10:11-18 . I am no longer in the world; and yet they themselves are in the world, and I come to You. Yes, bosom. For 33 years, he served as pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota. that it was a prediction of that particular death by which Peter should die, which was (if we may believe what the ancients have generally reported, and we can have no other proof) by crucifying; in which kind of death the hands of the person crucified are stretched out and nailed to the cross. What does He mean? In His great prayer in John 17 Jesus prayed to His Father in heaven. (John 10:7) Jesus declares that He is “the gate for the sheep.” In other words, Jesus is claiming that He is the One who provides entrance into “the sheepfold,’ and He is the only entrance into the fold. He is author of more than 50 books, including Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist and most recently Providence. How does Jesus describe Himself in John 10:7 (printed below?) (1-3) Jesus enters the garden, followed by Judas and his troops. 146 For more details see J. H. Bernard, A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Gospel According to St. John, 2:604. When Jesus had spoken these words, He went out with His disciples over the Brook Kidron, where there was a garden, which He and His disciples entered. These are all words and themes that … Continue reading "Commentary on John 1:[1-9], 10-18" More on that later. Stop what you are doing, read John 1:1-18, and jot down anything that strikes you. 18 When he had finished praying, Jesus left with his disciples and crossed the Kidron Valley. Critical Race Theory, Part 2 John Piper Nov 24, 2020 The Head of the Church Is … EXEGESIS: JOHN 9-10. Jesus healed the blind man, precipitating a controversy with the Pharisees, who refused to believe that Jesus had performed a miracle and who tried to discredit Jesus. John Piper is founder and teacher of desiringGod.org and chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary. John 21:19 gives us the general scope of John 21:15, viz. THE CONTEXT. 144 Ecclesiastical History 3.31.3. Jesus Arrested (). The Prologue introduces the major themes of the Gospel. 143 W. Wuellner, The Meaning of “Fishers of Men” (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1967). 147 Embassy to Gaius 38 [299]. The “I am the good shepherd ” passage has as its background the story of the man born blind (9:1-34).