A Tour through John, Lesson 6

<p>For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ <a href="https://www.douglasjacoby.com/tour-john-lesson-6/" target="_blank"><strong>website.</strong></a></p><p>Recap of lesson 5 (Water to Wine)</p><ul><li><i>Time</i> out for a wedding: Shows us how Jesus related to others, valued them, connected with them</li><li><i>Timing </i>("My time has not yet come."): Jesus was acutely aware that the clock was ticking.<ul><li>He dared not squander the Father's time.</li><li>He fell into neither (opposite) error, moving along too slowly or rushing about frenetically.</li></ul></li><li>Signs were not arbitrary. He did not perform them to impress people or dazzle them (although they would surely be impressed by (God). This also explains why Jesus didn’t go berserk using his miraculous powers, as you are I probably would if we were in his position.</li><li>Each podcast in the series aims to turn up some important emphases in John, whether a major motif (time), a minor motif (water), a patterned sequence (…“Come and see”…), or one of the three heptads (7 signs, 7 confessions, 7 I Am sayings).</li></ul><p>COMMENT</p><p>13 When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. </p><ul><li>Note: The ministry of Jesus in the gospel of John is constructed around three or four Passovers: 2:13,23; 6:4; 11:55; etc. In contrast, the three Synoptic gospels paint the picture of a one-year ministry with a single Passover.</li><li>The "holiday season" has arrived.<ul><li>There's a buzz in the air, and a bustle in the marketplace.</li><li>Deeply rooted traditions and customs run their annual course.</li><li>Into this busy scene Jesus explodes in a paroxysm of premeditated action.</li></ul></li></ul><p>14 In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. 15 So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables. 16 To those who sold doves