JOHN
(Answers)



CHAPTER 1

  1. The Word is the ways, thoughts, and mind of God. It is his wisdom and intelligence.
  2. a. This was all that was in the beginning with God. It was God and only God and His existence as a holy and righteous God. "He" should be translated "this" or "the same" and used as a summary of what was said in the previous verse. b. God made all things.
  3. Life is the word of God and eternal life.
  4. By following and obeying the word of God, we follow the road map to eternal life.
  5. God word is in purity. Darkness can not bind to it.
  6. To bear witness of God's word and to give understanding of how to get to Him and receive life.
  7. By following God's ways or His will, you will do the things which are righteous before man and God. Therefore, you will be in His will.
  8. The thoughts, mind, and ways of God were taught to us directly (through Jesus) so we could have an understanding of what God wants and how we are to have our hearts.
  9. a. No. b. Through the teachings of Jesus we learned of our expectations to God.
  10. Andrew.
  11. The Son of God, the King of Israel.

CHAPTER 2

  1. a. There was no more wine. b. "My hour has not yet come." c. She knew Jesus had the power to make more wine.
  2. They were doing business there for profit. Therefore, they were defiling the use of the temple.
  3. He was speaking of the temple of His body to be raised by the power of God.

CHAPTER 3

  1. a. He did not want his fellow Pharisees to see him learning from Jesus. b. He must be born again. c. We must be attentive to the God's will and Spirit so we can walk in righteousness.
  2. We believe He was sent by God to teach us how to live in the will of God. We follow His teachings and serve God in purity of heart trusting in the forgiveness in Jesus.
  3. They are not following the ways of God because they do not want to change their ways. They will be condemned for not accepting the words of Jesus.
  4. a. The believers. b. Jesus. c. John the Baptist.
  5. Jesus received the Spirit of God without limit. He was full of knowledge and wisdom.

CHAPTER 4

  1. The city of Samaria became a group of foreigners after the Assyrians captured the city. They were not Jews any longer (2Ki.17:24).
  2. He would have told her of the words to life and of the Holy Spirit.
  3. You are fed constantly by the Spirit for growth spiritually. This is a daily occurrence that, if heeded and followed fully, you will mature and become complete in righteousness.
  4. In spirit and in truth. This is in our hearts and by our actions.
  5. The former prophets had laid the foundation of the coming Christ. The people were already knowledgeable of the Christ. All the apostles had to do was to bring the people to Him and the words of life.

CHAPTER 5

  1. He healed a man who had been sick for 38 years.
  2. IF the man continued to sin something worse would happen to him.
  3. He had power given to Him by God to heal others physically and spiritually.
  4. They should have known Jesus from the scriptures and testimony of the prophets and rejoiced to see Him, but they did not because they did not honor or abide in the early scriptures.
  5. Moses wrote of Jesus and they trusted in him. But, they would not accept Jesus. This would judge them.

CHAPTER 6

  1. a. 5000. b. Five loaves of bread and two small fish. c. 12 baskets of fragments.
  2. He walked on water.
  3. They wanted Him for their physical and material needs.
  4. He had the words to eternal life and wanted them to seek this.
  5. The Jews who believed in God and followed His ways would accept Jesus' words also.
  6. On the last day (the resurrection of the dead).
  7. To clarify that He was teaching the Father's words because no one has seen God at any time. They are drawn by the word of God they hear and know (vs.45).
  8. We will live because we receive the words of Jesus and obey them feeding on them daily.

CHAPTER 7

  1. They did not believe in Him and thought He was just trying to exalt Himself. They also knew He would have trouble with the Jews in Judea.
  2. God gave Him the words to say.
  3. His power was coming from a spiritual source (God) and to look deep into the things He was doing so they might see the righteousness in it.
  4. Nicodemus.

CHAPTER 8

  1. God foretold of Him through the prophets.
  2. By abiding in His words. This is the state of continuing and holding fast to the teachings of righteousness which leads to life.
  3. Following the ways of righteousness will keep you from being a slave to sin.
  4. They should be doing works of righteousness as Abraham did.
  5. He existed before Abraham.

CHAPTER 9

  1. To show the works of God, through Jesus, in him.
  2. Jesus would be gone and the world would regress more and more away from God's ways.
  3. They did not know where Jesus came from. It was plain to the healed man that only a man from God could do such things.
  4. God hears those who worship Him and follow His will.
  5. They said they could "see" - they knew God. If they knew Him they would accept Jesus as sent by God.

CHAPTER 10

  1. Those who know God and His ways and seek to know Him more.
  2. The Gentiles (in one body, one spirit, and one Lord - Eph. 2;11-16; 4:4).
  3. He had His own will or freedom of choice to die the death to come or to live.
  4. Those following Jesus are in His hand and He is in the Father's hand. Whoever accepts Jesus will be accepted by the Father also, because Jesus is in the will of the Father.
  5. Those who ruled or led others in the ways of God. They received the instructions or words of God.

CHAPTER 11

  1. Jesus was in the light of God and knew it was not time for His death yet.
  2. On the last day at the resurrection.
  3. He said this so the people could hear and know that the power to raise the dead was from God working through Him. It was not of His own doing.
  4. They feared the Romans would take away their authority over the people.
  5. Caiaphas knew that the Messiah to come would suffer death for the world. He thought it would be beneficial to their positions of they helped this along.

CHAPTER 12

  1. a. She anointed His feet with it and wiped them with her hair in preparation of His death. b. 300 denari (about 1 years wages). c. Judas was a thief and wanted the oil for the money he could get.
  2. Because on account of Lazarus many of the Jews left them and went to Jesus believing in Him.
  3. If you live for your satisfaction, you will not be living for God. This brings death. If your life is lived seeking to please God, you will have eternal life at the end of time.
  4. The time had come for Jesus' death and resurrection and Satan's defeat. Death could not hold man in the grave any longer.
  5. They were afraid they would be put out of the synagogues. They loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
  6. He did the things the Father told him to do. He said the things God told Him to say.
  7. The word of God given to us that we should have regarded and obeyed.
  8. Everything about God, all His goodness and how we are to live to please Him.

CHAPTER 13

  1. To show them not only to be humble, but to be a servant in the spreading of the knowledge of God as Jesus was.
  2. Judas Iscariot.
  3. By Jesus' death and resurrection He would be glorified.
  4. Our love for each other will show we are of Christ.
  5. He would deny knowing Jesus 3 times.

CHAPTER 14

  1. Jesus had been with them all this time and had taught them all things concerning His death and resurrection and heaven.
  2. The Father had given Jesus the words to say and the Spirit without measure to do the works and miracles. God working through Jesus is how they saw the nature of God.
  3. We must keep His commandments and teachings.
  4. The Holy Spirit will be given to help us follow the commandments and to remember the teachings of Jesus.
  5. The Spirit was in Jesus showing and teaching them the way and the truth which they adopted for themselves. By this adoption they were filled by the Spirit too.
  6. Jesus obeyed God in all things and had the same will and purpose of God.
  7. We by obeying His commandments and following His teachings (which came from God) will become one in purpose and will with Him and therefore with God also
  8. The Spirit will help us remember all we have received and learned of God and Jesus and apply this to our lives.

CHAPTER 15

  1. a. Jesus is the vine. b. God is the vinedresser. c. The believers are the branches.
  2. a. A branch is pruned to help it produce more fruit or better fruit. b. God corrects us and gives us knowledge of Him and His ways so we can remove the unclean things in us. Sometimes He must discipline us to bring us to realization of our sin or uncleanness. Sometimes He allows tribulations to wake us. Other times He can remove the bad influence in our lives.
  3. We are to produce goodness, righteousness, and truth within ourselves first. We are also to be an influence or an effective force on others also to bring them or keep them in a proper and pure walk in the kingdom.
  4. If we are not seeking the will of God we can be cut out of the body of Christ and the kingdom.
  5. a. To remain in the commandments and teachings of Jesus we abide in Him. b. We continue and endure in the kingdom of God.
  6. By obeying Jesus' words which came from God, we will grow in our faith. This faith honors God.
  7. By obeying His commandments and teachings we have His love.
  8. Because Jesus was persecuted we will be also. The persecutors do not know God nor tried to understand His ways. Therefore, they do not love the people of God.
  9. The people did not have the sin of rejecting the Son and the will of God and the errors of their ways.
  10. a. The Spirit will reveal to us that Jesus was real and His words were life through our hearts and minds. We will feel the presence of the Spirit and it will guide us by teaching us and helping us to remember what we have received through the gospel of Christ. b. We will testify of Jesus through our words and actions. We continue the work of the Lord through the Spirit by our own teachings and by application of the words of Christ in our own life.

CHAPTER 16

  1. The sins of man had to be forgiven before the Spirit and presence of God would dwell among man.
  2. The presence of the Spirit of God would continue the work of Jesus. However, this work would not take place through many people and in many places at the same time.
  3. a. The Spirit will teach us of Christ and the sin of rejecting Him. b. The Spirit will show us Jesus' righteousness, the righteousness He brought to man through justification, and will teach us the proper and righteous way. c. The Spirit will show us the judgment due the good and that reserved for the sinner and the leader of sinners. We will understand the judgment due Satan and of those who choose to follow an unrighteous course in life.
  4. The Spirit proceeds from the Father and does not act independently. The Spirit will guide us by the prompting of God through the Spirit in our heart and mind. We will feel His presence in our souls and by our conscience.
  5. All goodness, righteousness, and truth of Christ is of the Father. This knowledge of truth and righteousness will be shown to us and received in us through the Spirit as we strive to know and live by the will of God.
  6. Jesus will be in Heaven. The Holy Spirit will be in us as we live by the will of God. We will be representative of Jesus. God will hear us for we will be following His will because we believed in His son.
  7. We will no longer be spoken to through parables. Through the Spirit we will understand the things of God, His will, and choose proper righteousness for the Spirit will speak to our heart and actively prod our mind and conscience.

CHAPTER 17

  1. a. The Son would be raised from the dead. b. The power of God would be made true by Jesus' resurrection. The world will hear and know of God's power.
  2. We must know God, His commandments, and know Jesus was provide for forgiveness of our sins.
  3. Jesus wanted to return to the Father in heaven to what He was before the earth was even made.
  4. The disciples were chosen by God and then given to Jesus' leadership.
  5. He was given authority by God to teach and direct the disciples into the will of God.
  6. The words of God, they are truth we must follow and obey. They teach us the will and salvation of God.
  7. Jesus followed and obey God's will. He led the disciples by example so they would know sanctification and teach others also.
  8. We all have one purpose and spirit. We are united spiritually in the spreading of the gospel and in learning and teaching the purity, morality, and righteousness God wants us to live.

CHAPTER 18

  1. He cut off his ear.
  2. a. He said he did not know Jesus. b. The rooster crowed.
  3. A robber who would be released instead of Jesus.

CHAPTER 19

  1. He had been given his power to crucify Jesus from God.
  2. a. Jesus of Nazareth - The King of The Jews. b. A sarcastic title that said "He said He was the King of The Jews." c. He would not honor their request, but had respect for Jesus.
  3. Preparation Day of the Passover week (this was on a Friday).

CHAPTER 20

  1. Mary Magdalene.
  2. a. Peter and John. b. John. c. Peter.
  3. No, she thought He was the gardener.
  4. a. His Father and His God. b. He is our Father and our God also.
  5. Thomas.
  6. As Moses was God to Aaron (Ex. 4:16) and Pharaoh (Ex. 7:1) because he had the words of God, so too was Jesus God to Thomas.

CHAPTER 21

  1. They went fishing and with life as usual.
  2. a. Did Peter really love Him more than the others. b. Jesus was motivating Peter concerning the spreading of gospel. c. To do the work of spreading the gospel and strengthening the faith of those who believe.
  3. Do not worry about what I have for others to do, you do what I have for you to do.