John the Baptist

John the Apostle was born to his mother, Salome, and his father, Zebedee, around 6 A.D. in Bethsaida, Syria. John the Apostle is also called John the Evangelist, John of Patmos, the Beloved Disciple, and the Apostle of Charity. John’s family was falling into poverty during John’s childhood. John worked with his brother and dad as a fisherman in the Sea of Galilee to support his family. John had one sibling named James. James was also known as James the Son of Zebedee and James the Greater. James…

The Gospel of John Introduction The Gospel of John is arguably legacy of john ministry. “Highlighting intimacy in a way we had not seen Jesus reveled in prior gospels.” The literature, both profound and conveying really can be quite confusing at times. Even with this, the gospel was given a high place of honor. The following is a study to dissect the inside of many scholars trying to unravel the gospel that is been filled with intimacy and expression. The analysis of The Gospel of John's…

Twelve Apostles series (c. 1611), at the Museo del Prado, Madrid. The Synoptic Gospels list Philip as one of the apostles. The Gospel of John describes Philip's calling as a disciple of Jesus. Philip is described as a disciple from the city of Bethsaida, and connects him to Andrew and Peter, who were from the same town. He also was among those surrounding the Baptist when the latter first pointed out Jesus as the Lamb of God. It was Philip who first introduces Nathanael (sometimes identified…

John the Apostle, also called Saint John the Evangelist, was born in the year 6 AD in the city of Bethsaida. Bethsaida is located near the Sea of Galilee. John was the son of Zebedee, a Galilean fisherman, and Salome. John became one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. His brother James was also one of the first disciples of Jesus. Their mother Salome and Mary were sisters, this made the boys cousins to Jesus. Jesus referred to the brothers as "Boanerges," meaning "sons of thunder." This was…

miracles or Signs according to John. John describe the seven significant by the symbolism. Our class discussion, we were ask was it signs instead of miracles in the Gospel of John? The significance are, who is Jesus? According to Matthew Smith Lecture notes, the four Gospel- purpose, characteristics and application showed the seven miracle as sign, though it can be use the authority of all things. Here are the list: Changing water into wine reveals power over nature( John 2:1-11); Healing of…

John 11:25-26 The Gospel of John, one of the four canonical gospels in the New Testament, demonstrates the career and teaching of Jesus Christ. Distinguished from the first three Synoptic Gospels, this Gospel focusing on new events with developed views was written significantly later. Being the priceless treasure of the Catholic Church in all ages, the Gospel opens to audiences within a broad range, including Christians, Jews, and Gentiles. The Fourth Gospel contains a high standard…

“When John prophesies about this baptism, he seems to promise it to the whole crowd.” Some believers are specifically validated instead of the everyone. The confusion is cleared up by the explanation “‘Baptism of the Holy Spirit’ is an umbrella term that Luke uses to describe the two ‘Pentecost’ experience in Acts while Paul and John the Baptist used it more broadly for the universal experience of conversion.” Verses 6-7…

Galileeaccording to John 21:2. He was well versed in the Hebrew Scriptures and was one of Jesus’chosen disciples. (Matthew 10:2-4) The name Bartholomew was a derivative from the Greeklanguage and means “son of Tolmai.” In the Hebrew language Nathaniel means, “God hasgiven.” Bartholomew was known to be skeptical (John 1:46) Honest, (John 1:47) and Faithful (John 1:49) Jesus told Nathanael once that he was an honest Israelite and informed him that hesaw him sitting under the fig tree. (John…

why the Gospel of Matthew is a matter of fact called the Gospel “according to” Matthew. Due to the fact that Matthew was a Jewish man, his interpretation of his Gospel is different from the other three men that also wrote some of their own including John, Luke, and Mark. It can be seen that back in Jesus’ time Jews may have been prideful, in that by believing in Jesus they thought they may have been drifting away from their own traditional ways. This is when Matthew steps in to let them know…

This is assumed because in John 19:26-27 we are told of Jesus calling for his mother to be in John’s care after His death. Revelation For my book of choice in the New Testament, I chose Revelation. This particular book has always held my interest, even before I was a saved…