Kostenberger, Swain, and Rainbow (for any theology nerds out there), agree that "The reader is left to deduce that Jesus speaks words and does works in the rest of the Gospel by God’s God’s virtue of this Meaning that everyone that Jesus does for the rest of the Gospel empowerment” will be a result of receiving this Holy Spirit. where things start to get interesting. Here’s look at first week of ministry in John 1:19-2:11 Let’s Jesus’ Day 1: John’s testimony regarding Jesus (1:19-28) Day with Jesus (1:29-34) Day 3: referral of 2: Johns’ encounter Johns’ two disciples to Jesus (1:35-39) Day of his brother Peter to Jesus 4: Andrews’ introduction Day 5: Philip follows Jesus (1:43-44) Day 6: Nathanael follows Jesus (1:45-51) Day 7: the wedding at Cana (2:1-11). Considering the ridiculous amount of creation imagery already presented in John, the fact that John delineates first week of ministry into 7 clear days Jesus’ should be another obvious allusion to seven structure of the creation narrative. When I was talking to my good friend about this, he pointed out that if this were an allusion to the seven days of creation, a day of Sabbath should be presented, and it This a isn’t. good point, with a really good answer. Commentators link the lack of a Sabbath in the first week of ministry to statement to the in chapter 5. The Jewish leaders get mad Jesus’ Jesus’ Pharisee’s at Jesus for healing the sick man at Bethesda, and so Jesus responds in is 5:17, “My Father working until now, and I Myself am In light of all of this, we can conclude that John working.” understands ministry as the beginning of new creative work in this world, for Jesus’ God’s “no one other than the Creator had the authority to determine whether engaging in a particular activity on the day of rest was appropriate.” Now something very important happens on seventh day of ministry: his first Jesus’ miracle. Jesus is at a wedding party, when suddenly they run out of wine. So mom comes Jesus’ to Jesus and says, you need to And Jesus says, “hey, fix this. Like now” (I’m paraphrasing).
Kostenberger, Swain, and Rainbow (for any theology nerds out there), agree that "The reader is left to deduce that Jesus speaks God’s words and does God’s works in the rest of the Gospel by virtue of this empowerment” Meaning that everyone that Jesus does for the rest of the Gospel will be a result of receiving this Holy Spirit. Here’s where things start to get interesting. Let’s look at Jesus’ first week of ministry in John 1:19-2:11 Day 1: John’s testimony regarding Jesus (1:19-28) Day 2: Johns’ encounter with Jesus (1:29-34) Day 3: Johns’ referral of two disciples to Jesus (1:35-39) Day 4: Andrews’ introduction of his brother Peter to Jesus Day 5: Philip follows Jesus (1:43-44) Day 6: Nathanael follows Jesus (1:45-51) Day 7: the wedding at Cana (2:1-11). Considering the ridiculous amount of creation imagery already presented in John, the fact that John delineates Jesus’ first week of ministry into 7 clear days should be another obvious allusion to seven structure of the creation narrative. When I was talking to my good friend about this, he pointed out that if this were an allusion to the seven days of creation, a day of Sabbath should be presented, and it isn’t. This a good point, with a really good answer. Commentators link the lack of a Sabbath in the first week of Jesus’ ministry to Jesus’ statement to the Pharisee’s in chapter 5. The Jewish leaders get mad at Jesus for healing the sick man at Bethesda, and so Jesus responds in 5:17, “My Father is working until now, and I Myself am working.” In light of all of this, we can conclude that John understands Jesus’ ministry as the beginning of God’s new creative work in this world, for “no one other than the Creator had the authority to determine whether engaging in a particular activity on the day of rest was appropriate.” Now something very important happens on Jesus’ seventh day of ministry: his first miracle. Jesus is at a wedding party, when suddenly they run out of wine. So Jesus’ mom comes to Jesus and says, “hey, you need to fix this. Like now” (I’m paraphrasing). And Jesus says,
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