Gospel

Nicodemus and Jesus on a Rooftop
Commentary on John 3:1-17

The backdrop against which the dialogue between Jesus and Nicodemus should be understood is John [...]

Nicodemus and Jesus on a Rooftop
Commentary on John 3:1-17

If Nicodemus comes under cover of darkness, it is darkness disturbed by peculiar light. According [...]

Thirst
Commentary on John 4:5-42

The lection assigned for the Third Sunday in Lent provides something of a study in [...]

Illuminated Manuscript, Gospels
Commentary on John 9:1-41

John 9 functions as a commentary on Jesus’s claim in 8:12 (“I am the light [...]

Illuminated Manuscript, Gospels
Commentary on John 9:1-41

This text offers at least three or four related trajectories of interpretation: the question of [...]

Raising of Lazarus
Commentary on John 11:1-45

In this chapter, which lies at the rhetorical and theological center of the gospel of [...]

Raising of Lazarus
Commentary on John 11:1-45

Stories of Jesus raising the dead appear in all the Gospels, but John alone includes [...]

Three times
Commentary on Matthew 27:11-54

The Gospel reading for Passion Sunday offers the preacher an [...]

Three times
Commentary on Matthew 27:11-54

This day is an image of ourselves and of the [...]

Jesus washes his disciples' feet
Commentary on John 13:1-17, 31b-35

Here we are in the midst of Holy Week, the [...]