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John 7:1-13

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5:15The man went away and told the Jewish leaders that it was Jesus who had made him well.

5:16So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began to persecute him.

5:17In his defense Jesus said to them, “My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I too am working.”

5:18For this reason they tried all the more to kill him; not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.

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6:59He said this while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.

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1After this, Jesus went around in Galilee. He did not want to go about in Judea because the Jewish leaders there were looking for a way to kill him.

2But when the Jewish Festival of Tabernacles was near,

3Jesus’ brothers said to him, “Leave Galilee and go to Judea, so that your disciples there may see the works you do.

4No one who wants to become a public figure acts in secret. Since you are doing these things, show yourself to the world.”

5For even his own brothers did not believe in him.

6Therefore Jesus told them, “My time is not yet here; for you any time will do.

7The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify that its works are evil.

8You go to the festival. I am not going up to this festival, because my time has not yet fully come.”

9After he had said this, he stayed in Galilee.

10However, after his brothers had left for the festival, he went also, not publicly, but in secret.

11Now at the festival the Jewish leaders were watching for Jesus and asking, “Where is he?”

12Among the crowds there was widespread whispering about him. Some said, “He is a good man.” Others replied, “No, he deceives the people.”

13But no one would say anything publicly about him for fear of the leaders.

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1)      Are verses 5:15 to 5:18 and 6:59 included in VisionCasting-John5.1-15, VisionCasting-John5.16-30 and VisionCasting-John6.25-71?

o  Yes.

 

2)      Why are verses 5:15 to 5:18 and 6:59 included here?

o  They are included here to provide continuity of context.

 

3)      According to verse 1 where did Jesus go around after teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum?

o  Jesus went around in Galilee.

 

4)      According to verse 1 why did Jesus not want to go about in Judea?

o  It is because the Jewish leaders there were looking for a way to kill Jesus.

 

5)      Why were the Jewish leaders in Judea looking for a way to kill Jesus?

o  It is because Jesus

§ Broke the Sabbath by healing an invalid.

§ And called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.

 

6)      How many times a year did God command the Jews in the bible to go to Jerusalem?

o  Three times a year, for

§ The Festival of Passover in spring.

§ The Festival of Weeks in summer.

§ And the Festival of Tabernacles in the fall.

 

7)      According to verses 2 to 4 why did Jesus’ brothers tell him to leave Galilee and go to Judea when the Jewish Festival of Tabernacles was near?

o  They told Jesus to go to Judea.

o  So that

o  His disciples there might see the works he did.

o  Because

o  No one who wants to become a public figure acts in secret.

 

8)      According to verse 4 what did Jesus’ brothers consider to be his motive for doing the works he did?

o  They thought that Jesus wanted to become a public figure.

 

9)      According to verse 5 why did Jesus’ brothers say such things to him?

o  It is because even Jesus’ own brothers did not believe in him.

 

10)   According to what Jesus said in verses 6 and 8 why was he not going up to the festival?

o  It is because Jesus’ time had not yet fully come.

 

11)   According to what Jesus said in verse 7 what was the attitude of the world toward his brothers and him respectively?

o  The world could not hate Jesus’ brothers.

o  But it hated Jesus.

 

12)   According to what Jesus said in verses 6 to 8 why did he suggest that his brothers should go to the festival?

o  For them any time would do.

o  Because

o  The world could not hate them.

 

13)   According to what Jesus said in verse 7 why did the world hate him?

o  it is because Jesus testified that its works were evil.

 

14)   What did the world intend to do to Jesus when he testified that its works were evil?

o  The world intended to kill Jesus.

 

15)   What was the time Jesus was referring to that had not yet fully come?

o  Jesus was referring to the time of his death.

 

16)   What was Jesus trying to avoid when he chose not to go to the festival?

o  Jesus was trying to avoid getting killed prematurely.

 

17)   What did Jesus avoid getting killed prematurely for?

o  Jesus had work to finish.

o  Before

o  He died.

 

18)   What was Jesus keenly aware of?

o  Jesus was keenly aware of the timing of his ministry.

 

19)   According to verse 9 what did Jesus do after his conversation with his brothers?

o  Jesus stayed in Galilee.

 

20)   According to verse 10 what did Jesus do after his brothers had left for the festival?

o  Jesus went also,

§ Not publicly.

§ But in secret.

 

21)   According to verse 11 what were the Jewish leaders doing at the festival?

o  They were

§ Watching for Jesus.

§ And asking where he was.

 

22)   According to verse 12 what was the spectrum of widespread whispering about Jesus among the crowds?

o  Some said that he is a good man.

o  Others replied in the negative, saying that he deceived the people.

 

23)   According to verse 13 why would no one say anything publicly about Jesus?

o  It is because they feared the leaders.

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John 7:1-13

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