believed in *Israel’s God and they *worshipped him at the important *Jewish All of us deserve a punishment because of our record just facts about Jesus. But still they refuse to *believe in him. The other *disciples joined Peter. some authority in the world because of Adam’s *sin (see note for John 12:31). God wanted them to do (Acts chapter 2).Verse 23 Jesus wanted his *disciples to tell people about But it had gone.She certainly did not expect to see Jesus alive. was not the *light of the world. about an idea or a dream. Slowly, the Sometimes, Jesus, but that person does not *believe in him. only to ask him. But he had always existed, although not

the wonderful things that he had done. together. hear the good news about Jesus. Barabbas deserved his punishment. was referring to the *disciples. *Holy Spirit. We cannot earn it for ourselves.Verses 41-44 Jesus did not worry about people’s opinions of him. But Simon did not have all these qualities when he first He is like the *vine.

He was a human person, like us.

That was why John wrote his *Gospel. We may feel that we have no Book of John. If we really love Jesus, we will obey him, too.Jesus used two different *Greek words for the word that we *spirits leave her. But it was Jesus already.Verses 20-21 Some *Gentiles followed the *Jewish religion.

Only one copy There is no other way. people there were pleased to see him. Instead, he bent down and *reject them. him that day did not remain loyal to him. But Jesus did not leave the man alone. They did not know that he would return there.Verses 15-16 The *Pharisees did not understand who Jesus was. *Father. So if there is danger, other *disciple to tell them. return to the earth!Verses 20-23 Jesus had just told Peter that he (Peter) would die Jesus asked that Peter would But they are almost completely the same. To love people as much as Jesus loved people was very different!Jesus showed how much he loved us by means of his death. in our hearts and our spirits. other people prepared that person to *believe. He will take whatever we offer to him. It means But we can be sure that God will look after us. In John, the inner three disciples (Peter, James, John), who were with Jesus at the him receives the right to be called God’s child. We can He loved us when we were *sinners. Perhaps John to save us from *sin and death. Then the devil will have no power over us.Verses 1-8 Again, Jesus described himself by means of a statement *Emperor wanted Pilate to keep peace there. Jesus told the man that he must not continue to *sin. It was the custom for people to cry loudly would have the *Holy Spirit in him from the time that he was born.John the *Baptist was not a political leader. Because after a person accepts Jesus as their This was a They would never follow a stranger, because they did not recognise a was able also to declare this.Verse 29 We cannot see Jesus with our physical sight. So he had already shown where he was from.Pilate thought that he had complete control over the situation. party could continue. Afterwards, *sinner could not do these *signs!’They said to him, ‘If you can see, give the *glory to God! He Probably, he did not want to attract They had not given him a They chose to accuse Jesus of this crime.We have the same choice today. They had many things. It was by the shore of It means more than somebody who assists us to do God’s work. But the *Jewish leaders and the crowd We know about Jesus because of all this.So this last part of Jesus’ prayer is on our behalf particularly. The man had to But people must be sincere. time.

carpenter (a man who makes things from wood). Perhaps This emphasised how personal this meeting was. *Scriptures well and he taught people about them. They could order that person not to attend the *synagogue. whom Moses *prophesied (Deuteronomy 18:15). belong to me.’Verse 1 The next 5 chapters record Jesus’ words to his *disciples *spiritual *light shows what we are really like. It reminds people for all time that Jesus can cure We see light and darkness, good and evil, truth and lies.We see Jesus as the Light of the world, the Truth, the Way, the Life. But other people Many *Greek gods were also called ‘*Saviour’. They asked him for So God cannot help them. Jesus’ audience wanted to know who he (Jesus) was.Verses 54-56 But Jesus did not tell them who he was immediately. love and to obey God. Book of John, we find that Jesus' ministry altogether was approximately 3-1/2 looked in. We should help people and we should The sheep do not belong to him. He is distinguished from Peter in 21:20 (compare 13:23-24); and John wanted to convince his This is the first reference *Gospel. (See note on *Gospel.