The Fulfillment of Prophecy: Jesus’ Crucifixion and Psalm 22
John 19:23–24 (NKJV) 23 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His garments and made four parts, to each soldier a part, and also the tunic. Now the tunic was without seam, woven from the top in one piece. 24 They said therefore among themselves, “Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it, […]
Jesus’ Trial Before Annas and Peter’s Denial
John 18:12-27 NKJV First Jewish Trial Before Annas Matt. 26:69, 70; Mark 14:66–68; Luke 22:55–57 12 Then the detachment of troops and the captain and the officers of the Jews arrested Jesus and bound Him. 13 And they led Him away to Annas first, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas who was high priest that year. […]
Jesus’ Arrest: Injustice, Sovereignty, and Obedience
John 18:1–11 (NKJV) The Arrest of Christ Matt. 26:47–56; Mark 14:43–52; Luke 22:47–53 18 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. 2 And Judas, who betrayed Him, also knew the place; for Jesus often met there […]
Jesus’ Prayer for Future Believers Through Disciples’ Witnessing Through the Spirit and Word
John 17:20–26 (NKJV) Christ Prays for All Believers 20 “I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; 21 that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may […]
Jesus’ Prayer for Disciples: Manifestation, Belief, Protection, Sanctification, and Commission
John 17:6–19 (NKJV) Christ Prays for His Disciples 6 “I have manifested Your name to the men whom You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours, You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word. 7 Now they have known that all things which You have given Me are from You. 8 For […]
The True Believers Hated By The World Without A Cause
John 15:18–25 (NKJV) The Relationship of Believers to the World 18 “If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. 19 If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the […]
Jesus’ Assurance of Paradise, the Only Way to the Father, and His Unity with the Father
John 14:1–11 (NKJV) Christ Comforts His Disciples 1 “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. 2 In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place […]
Jesus’ Glorification, the New Commandment, and Peter’s Denial Foretold
John 13:31–38 (NKJV) Christ Announces His Departure 31 So, when he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in Him. 32 If God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify Him in Himself, and glorify Him immediately. 33 Little children, I shall be with you a little while […]
The Divinity of Jesus: Affirmation, Denial, and Belief
John 10:31–42 (NKJV) 31 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone Him. 32 Jesus answered them, “Many good works I have shown you from My Father. For which of those works do you stone Me?” 33 The Jews answered Him, saying, “For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy, and because You, […]
When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know
John 8:25–29 (NKJV) 25 Then they said to Him, “Who are You?” And Jesus said to them, “Just what I have been saying to you from the beginning. 26 I have many things to say and to judge concerning you, but He who sent Me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I […]
