John 7 & 8 Questions

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Read John chapter 7 and answer these questions.

  1. Why did Jesus stay away from Judea at this point in his ministry?
  1. Which Jewish Feast was near?
  1. Who suggested that Jesus should go to Judea for the Feast?
  1. What were their names? (Mt 13:55)
  1. Why does the world hate Jesus?
  1. What were the two opinions that people were whispering about Jesus?
  1. What did Jesus begin to do halfway through the feast?
  1. Where did Jesus get his knowledge?
  1. What did the crowd accuse Jesus of being?
  1. Where did the people think that the Messiah would come from?
  1. What happened when the Jews tried to seize him?
  1. What was the logic that some people used when they decided to believe in Jesus? (v 31)
  1. What did Jesus say on the last and greatest day of the feast?
  1. What did he mean by “living water”?
  1. Why had the Spirit not been given at that point?
  1. Where did Scripture say that the Christ will come from?
  1. 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?
  1. Who stood up for Jesus among the Pharisees?
  1. What did he say?

Open your LOC books to page 147. Find the box that says “Stoning.” Answer these questions.

  1. What is the common understanding of what happened during stoning?
  1. According to your book what was the actual procedure for stoning?
  1. Why did the accuser have to throw the stone?

Now read pages 145-146. Answer these questions.

  1. What do some scholars think that Jesus wrote?
  1. Which verse of prophecy makes them think that?

Read John 8

  1. Where did Jesus go after the Feast of Tabernacles?
  1. Where did Jesus go on the morning after the Feast of Tabernacles?
  1. Who was brought before Jesus?
  2. Who brought her?
  1. What did they ask him in order to trap him?
  1. What did Jesus DO in response to their question?
  1. What did Jesus SAY in response to their persistent questioning?
  1. What did the people do when Jesus said this?
  1. What did Jesus say to the woman?
  1. What did she say to him?
  1. What did Jesus command her to do?
  1. What “I am” statement did Jesus make when he spoke to the people again?
  1. What did the Pharisees say about his testimony?
  1. What does Jesus tell them their own Law says about testimony?
  1. Who is Jesus’s other witness?
  1. When Jesus says, “Where I go, you cannot come,” what did the Jews ask?
  1. After what event does Jesus tell them they will know that he is who he claims to be?
  1. To those that truly believed, what will the truth do?
  1. What are they slaves to?
  1. Who do the Jews say is their father in verse 39?
  1. Who do they say is their father in verse41?
  1. Who does Jesus say their father is in verse 44?
  1. What reason did Jesus give for the Jews not hearing (understanding) what he was saying?
  1. What did Jesus promise would happen to those people who keep his word?
  1. What did Abraham get to see that made him glad?
  1. What does Jesus say about himself in relation to Abraham?
  1. What did the Jews do when Jesus said that?
  1. 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)?