John 7 & 8 Questions
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Read John chapter 7 and answer these questions.
- Why did Jesus stay away from Judea at this point in his ministry?
- Which Jewish Feast was near?
- Who suggested that Jesus should go to Judea for the Feast?
- What were their names? (Mt 13:55)
- Why does the world hate Jesus?
- What were the two opinions that people were whispering about Jesus?
- What did Jesus begin to do halfway through the feast?
- Where did Jesus get his knowledge?
- What did the crowd accuse Jesus of being?
- Where did the people think that the Messiah would come from?
- What happened when the Jews tried to seize him?
- What was the logic that some people used when they decided to believe in Jesus? (v 31)
- What did Jesus say on the last and greatest day of the feast?
- What did he mean by “living water”?
- Why had the Spirit not been given at that point?
- Where did Scripture say that the Christ will come from?
- The Pharisees had sent guards to arrest Jesus but they came back without him. What was the reason that they gave the Pharisees for not arresting Jesus?
- Who stood up for Jesus among the Pharisees?
- What did he say?
Open your LOC books to page 147. Find the box that says “Stoning.” Answer these questions.
- What is the common understanding of what happened during stoning?
- According to your book what was the actual procedure for stoning?
- Why did the accuser have to throw the stone?
Now read pages 145-146. Answer these questions.
- What do some scholars think that Jesus wrote?
- Which verse of prophecy makes them think that?
Read John 8
- Where did Jesus go after the Feast of Tabernacles?
- Where did Jesus go on the morning after the Feast of Tabernacles?
- Who was brought before Jesus?
- Who brought her?
- What did they ask him in order to trap him?
- What did Jesus DO in response to their question?
- What did Jesus SAY in response to their persistent questioning?
- What did the people do when Jesus said this?
- What did Jesus say to the woman?
- What did she say to him?
- What did Jesus command her to do?
- What “I am” statement did Jesus make when he spoke to the people again?
- What did the Pharisees say about his testimony?
- What does Jesus tell them their own Law says about testimony?
- Who is Jesus’s other witness?
- When Jesus says, “Where I go, you cannot come,” what did the Jews ask?
- After what event does Jesus tell them they will know that he is who he claims to be?
- To those that truly believed, what will the truth do?
- What are they slaves to?
- Who do the Jews say is their father in verse 39?
- Who do they say is their father in verse41?
- Who does Jesus say their father is in verse 44?
- What reason did Jesus give for the Jews not hearing (understanding) what he was saying?
- What did Jesus promise would happen to those people who keep his word?
- What did Abraham get to see that made him glad?
- What does Jesus say about himself in relation to Abraham?
- What did the Jews do when Jesus said that?
- Are there people who are treated like the adulterous woman today? How do you respond (either to that person or the way they are treated)?