Commentary on John 13:1-17
This passage for the second Sunday in Lent in the Narrative Lectionary is deceptively simple [...]
Narrative Lectionary
Commentary on John 11:1-44
John 11:1–44 is the reading for the first Sunday of Lent in 2026. Any preacher [...]
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
How do we know what we know about ourselves and about each other? Who gets [...]
Commentary on John 4:46-54
The healing story that follows Jesus’ encounter with the woman of Samaria takes place when [...]
Commentary on John 4:1-42
In a blaze of light, Jesus encounters a woman of Samaria at a well. This [...]
Commentary on John 3:1-21
The encounter between Jesus and Nicodemus may be the beating heart of irony in John’s [...]
Commentary on John 2:13-25
The question that springs to mind immediately upon reading this text is, “Why is this [...]
Commentary on John 2:1-11
The movement in John’s gospel does not detail Jesus’ baptism, and one is left to [...]
Commentary on John 1:35-51
This text is normally considered a recounting of the call of the first disciples by [...]