New Testament Archive

After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him (John 6:66). The Oxford Dictionary says the phrase “post-truth” was its word of the year 2016 because it was widely used especially in American and British politics. “Post-truth” is defined as an “adjective…relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to …

After the two days he departed for Galilee (John 4:43) Without the context, this text means nothing. After what two days? Who departed for Galilee? The text is simply telling us a journey Jesus undertook.  Now, in the opening words of John Chapter 4, we are told Jesus initially set off on a journey to Galilee: Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard …

John 4:28-42 I think it is natural with us humans. When we encounter a good fortune; we love to share, talk about it and if it is something others can also experience, we recommend it to them. We see this phenomenon happening in our opening text. Jesus was in a conversation with the Samaritan woman ( who we saw in our previous post). When Jesus …