Commentary on John 19:1-16a
This week’s text continues Jesus’ trial before Pilate. The first three scenes, covered in last [...]
Narrative Lectionary
Commentary on John 18:28-40
The narrative lectionary gives us two weeks to consider Jesus’ interaction with Pilate in John [...]
Commentary on John 18:12-27
The week’s text is a tale of two interrogations, with Peter’s threefold denial of Jesus [...]
Commentary on John 13:1-17
It has taken 12 chapters to reach the eve of John’s third Passover. It will [...]
Commentary on John 11:1-44
This story in John 11 often carries the heading “Jesus Raises Lazarus,” but Jaime Clark-Soles [...]
Commentary on John 10:1-18
Narrative models of reading scripture encourage interpreters to consider the meaning of a text (its [...]
Commentary on John 9:1-41
Jesus heals a man blind from birth. Instead of celebrating this good deed, members of [...]
Commentary on John 4:1-42
As I write this, I’m cleaning toddler fingerprints off of my glasses. Smudgy lenses make [...]
Commentary on John 3:1-21
If we think of John’s story as a play, by the time we get to [...]
Commentary on John 2:13-25
I was hoping to stop in to a new café that had opened in Baltimore, [...]