Commentary on John 11:1-44
(Author’s note: I discussed the latter part of this pericope in an earlier essay for [...]
Narrative Lectionary
Commentary on John 10:1-18
John 10:1-18 may be one of those texts that is best read with two frameworks [...]
Commentary on John 9:1-41
As someone who teaches exegesis, I will be the first to rate this text as [...]
Commentary on John 7:37-52
This passage is tightly connected to and shares parallels with the one immediately preceding (7:10-36): [...]
Commentary on John 6:35-59
When clergy invite me to speak at their church, I ask them what they are [...]
Commentary on John 4:46-54
This story is the first of the only three healing stories that occur in John. [...]
Commentary on John 4:1-42
Recently I taught a series on the Gospel of John in a church, as I [...]
Commentary on John 3:1-21
The story of Nicodemus forms part of the “Cana to Cana” cycle of John’s Gospel [...]
Commentary on John 2:13-25
Most of us are familiar with the story of the Cleansing of the Temple, when [...]
Commentary on John 2:1-11
The first disciples have been gathered in the previous narrative and Jesus has announced that [...]