Gospel of John
Lesson 1: John 1:1-14 - The Word
Lesson 1: John 1:1-14 - The Word1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.2 He was in the beginning with God.3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.4 In him was…
Lesson 2: John 1:15-23 - Identity and purpose of John the Baptist
Lesson 2: John 1:15-23 - Identity and purpose of John the Baptist?15 (John bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.’”)16 For from his fullness we have all…
Lesson 3: John 1:24-34 - Who is Jesus?
Lesson 3: John 1:24-34 - Who is Jesus?24 (Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.)25 They asked him, “Then why are you baptizing, if you are neither the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”26 John answered them, “I baptize with water, but among…
Lesson 4: John 1:35-44 - Calling His Apostles
Lesson 4: John 1:35-44 - Calling His Apostles35 The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples,36 and he looked at Jesus as he walked by and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!”37 The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed…
Lesson 5: John 2:1-12 - The Wedding at Cana
Lesson 5: John 2:1-12 - The Wedding at Cana1 On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.2 Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples.3 When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to…
Lesson 6: John 2:13-25 - The First Cleansing the Temple
Lesson 6: John 2:13-25 - The First Cleansing the Temple13 The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.14 In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there.15 And…
Lesson 7: John 3:1-14 - Jesus and Nicodemus (part 1)
Lesson 7: John 3:1-14 - Jesus and Nicodemus (part 1)1 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.2 This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can…
Lesson 8: John 3:14-21 - Jesus and Nicodemus (part 2)
Lesson 8: John 3:14-21 - Jesus and Nicodemus (part 2)14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,15 that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his…
Lesson 9: John 3:22-36 - John the Baptist
Lesson 9: John 3:22-36 - John the Baptist22 After this Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside, and he remained there with them and was baptizing.23 John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there, and…
Lesson 10: John 4:1-20 - The Samaritan Woman (part 1)
Lesson 10: John 4:1-20 - The Samaritan Woman (part 1)1 Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John2 (although Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples),3 he left Judea…
Lesson 11: John 4:21-42 - The Samaritan Woman (part 2)
Lesson 11: John 4:21-42 - The Samaritan Woman (part 2)21 Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.22 You worship what you do not know; we worship what we kno…
Lesson 12: John 4:43-54 - The Nobleman’s Son Healed
Lesson 12: John 4:43-54 - The Nobleman’s Son Healed43 After the two days he departed for Galilee.44 (For Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.)45 So when he came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, having…
Lesson 13: John 5:1-18 - The Paralytic Healed
Lesson 13: John 5:1-18 - The Paralytic Healed1 After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.2 Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Aramaic called Bethesda, which has five roofed colonnades.3 In these lay…
Lesson 14: John 5:19-29 - Jesus’ Authority
Lesson 14: John 5:19-29 - Jesus’ Authority19 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise.20 For the Fa…
Lesson 15: John 5:30-47 - The Fourfold Witness to Jesus’ Authority
Lesson 15: John 5:30-47 - The Fourfold Witness to Jesus’ Authority30 “I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.31 If I alone bear witness about myself, my…
Lesson 16: John 6:1-15 - Feeding the 5,000
Lesson 16: John 6:1-15 - Feeding the 5,0001 After this Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias.2 And a large crowd was following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing on the sick.3 Jesus went…
Lesson 17: John 6:16-25 - Walking on Water
Lesson 17: John 6:16-25 - Walking on Water16 When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea,17 got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.18 The sea became rough because a str…
Lesson 18: John 6:26-40 - The Bread of Life (part 1)
Lesson 18: John 6:26-40 - The Bread of Life (part 1)26 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you are seeking me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves.27 Do not work for the food that perishes, but for th…
Lesson 19: John 6:41-59 - The Bread of Life (part 2)
Lesson 19: John 6:41-59 - The Bread of Life (part 2)41 So the Jews grumbled about him, because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”42 They said, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does he now…
Lesson 20: John 6:60-71 - The Bread of Life (part 3)
Lesson 20: John 6:60-71 - The Bread of Life (part 3)60 When many of his disciples heard it, they said, “This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?”61 But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, “Do you…
Lesson 21: John 7:1-20 - The Feast of Booths (part 1)
Lesson 21: John 7:1-20 - The Feast of Booths (part 1)1 After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He would not go about in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him.2 Now the Jews’ Feast of Booths was at hand.3 So his brothers said to him, “Leav…
Lesson 22: John 7:21-36 - The Feast of Booths (part 2)
Lesson 22: John 7:21-36 - The Feast of Booths (part 2)21 Jesus answered them, “I did one work, and you all marvel at it.22 Moses gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.23 If…
Lesson 23: John 7:37-52 - The Feast of Booths (part 3)
Lesson 23: John 7:37-52 - The Feast of Booths (part 3)37 On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink.38 Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his he…
Lesson 24: John 7:53-8:11 - The Adulterous Woman
Lesson 24: John 7:53-8:11 - The Adulterous Woman53 They went each to his own house,1 but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.2 Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them.3 The scribes…
Lesson 25: John 8:12-30 - The Light of the World (part 1)
Lesson 25: John 8:12-30 - The Light of the World (part 1)12 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”13 So the Pharisees said to him, “You are bea…
Lesson 26: John 8:31-38 - The Light of the World (part 2)
Lesson 26: John 8:31-38 - The Light of the World (part 2)31 So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples,32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”33 They answered him,…
Lesson 27: John 8:39-59 - The Light of the World (part 3)
Lesson 27: John 8:39-59 - The Light of the World (part 3)39 They answered him, “Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them, “If you were Abraham’s children, you would be doing the works Abraham did,40 but now you seek to kill me, a man who has told…
Lesson 28: John 9:1-23 - The Blind Man Healed and Witnessing (part 1)
Lesson 28: John 9:1-23 - The Blind Man Healed and Witnessing (part 1)1 As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth.2 And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”3 Jesus answered, “It was not…
Lesson 29: John 9:24-41 - The Blind Man Healed and Witnessing (part 2)
Lesson 29: John 9:24-41 - The Blind Man Healed and Witnessing (part 2)24 So for the second time they called the man who had been blind and said to him, “Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.”25 He answered, “Whether he is a sinner I…
Lesson 30: John 10:1–21 - I AM the Good Shepherd
Lesson 30: John 10:1–21 - I AM the Good Shepherd1 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber.2 But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the shee…
Lesson 31: John 10:22–42 – I and My Father are One
Lesson 31: John 10:22–42 – I and My Father are One22 At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter,23 and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the colonnade of Solomon.24 So the Jews gathered around him and said to him,…
Gospel of John - Sections 1 and 2
JOHN BIBLE STUDY - PART 1 CHARACTER COUNT JOHN BIBLE STUDY - PART 2 CHARACTER COUNT Lesson 1: John 1:1-14 - The Word 3,003 Lesson 32: John 11:1-24 - The Resurrection and Life – 1 3,253 Lesson 2: John 1:15-23 - Identity…
Lesson 32: John 11:1-24 - I AM the Resurrection and the Life (part 1)
Lesson 32: John 11:1-24 - I AM the Resurrection and the Life (part 1)1 Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.2 It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose…
Lesson 33: John 11:25-44 - I AM the Resurrection and the Life (part 2)
Lesson 33: John 11:25-44 - I AM the Resurrection and the Life (part 2)25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live,26 and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die.…
Lesson 34: John 11:45-57 - I AM the Resurrection and the Life (part 3)
Lesson 34: John 11:45-57 - I AM the Resurrection and the Life (part 3)45 Many of the Jews therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what he did, believed in him,46 but some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.47 So…
Lesson 35: John 12:1-19 - Jesus Offers His Kingdom
Lesson 35: John 12:1-19 - Jesus Offers His Kingdom1 Six days before the Passover, Jesus therefore came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.2 So they gave a dinner for him there. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of th…
Lesson 36: John 12:20-36 - Jesus Answers Questions
Lesson 36: John 12:20-36 - Jesus Answers Questions20 Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks.21 So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.”22 Philip went and to…
Lesson 37: John 12:37-50 - Jesus’s Kingdom Rejected
Lesson 37: John 12:37-50 - Jesus’s Kingdom Rejected37 Though he had done so many signs before them, they still did not believe in him,38 so that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: “Lord, who has believed what he heard from us,…
Lesson 38: John 13:1-20 - The Truth about Leadership
Lesson 38: John 13:1-20 - The Truth about Leadership1 Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.2 Duri…
Lesson 39: John 13:21-38 - The Truth about Loyalty
Lesson 39: John 13:21-38 - The Truth about Loyalty21 After saying these things, Jesus was troubled in his spirit, and testified, “Truly, truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.”22 The disciples looked at one another, uncertain of whom he spo…
Lesson 40: John 14:1-14 – “I AM” the Way, Truth, and Life
Lesson 40: John 14:1-14 – “I AM” the Way, Truth, and Life1 “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.2 In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?3 An…
Lesson 41: John 14:15-31 - The Holy Spirit
Lesson 41: John 14:15-31 - The Holy Spirit15 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever,17 even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because…
Lesson 42: John 15:1-10 - “I AM” The Vine
Lesson 42: John 15:1-10 - “I AM” The Vine1 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.2 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.3 Already you…
Lesson 43: John 15:18-27 - The World’s Hatred
Lesson 43: John 15:18-27 - The World’s Hatred18 “If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.19 If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the…
Lesson 44: John 16:1-15 - The Spirit’s Work
Lesson 44: John 16:1-15 - The Spirit’s Work1 “I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away.2 They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.3…
Lesson 45: John 16:16-33 - Changes Predicted
Lesson 45: John 16:16-24 - Changes Predicted16 “A little while, and you will see me no longer; and again a little while, and you will see me.”17 So some of his disciples said to one another, “What is this that he says to us, ‘A little while, and you…
Lesson 46: John 17:1-5 - The High Priestly Prayer – Jesus Prays for Himself
Lesson 46: John 17:1-5 - The High Priestly Prayer – Jesus Prays for Himself1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you,2 since you have giv…
Lesson 47: John 17:6-15 - The High Priestly Prayer – Jesus’ Intercession for the Apostles
Lesson 47: John 17:6-15 - The High Priestly Prayer – Jesus’ Intercession for the Apostles6 “I have manifested your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world. Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word.7 Now the…
Lesson 48: John 17:16-26 - The High Priestly Prayer – Jesus’ Intercession for His followers today
Lesson 48: John 17:16-26 - The High Priestly Prayer – Jesus’ Intercession for His followers today16 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.17 Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.18 As you sent me into the world, so I hav…
Lesson 49: John 18:1-18 - The Arrest of Jesus
Lesson 49: John 18:1-18 - The Arrest of Jesus1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples across the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered.2 Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place…
Lesson 50: John 18:19-40 - The Religious Trial and Peter’s Denial
Lesson 50: John 18:19-40 - The Religious Trial and Peter’s Denial19 The high priest then questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teaching.20 Jesus answered him, “I have spoken openly to the world. I have always taught in synagogues and in the…
Lesson 51: John 19:1-16 - The Civil Trial
Lesson 51: John 19:1-16 - The Civil Trial1 Then Pilate took Jesus and flogged him.2 And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head and arrayed him in a purple robe.3 They came up to him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”…
Lesson 52: John 19:17-27 - The Crucifixion
Lesson 52: John 19:17-27 - The Crucifixion17 and he went out, bearing his own cross, to the place called The Place of a Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha.18 There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, and Jesus be…
Lesson 53: John 19:28-42 - The Death and Burial
Lesson 53: John 19:28-42 - The Death and Burial28 After this, Jesus, knowing that all things had already been accomplished, to fulfill the Scripture, said, “I am thirsty.”29 A jar full of sour wine was standing there; so they put a sponge full of th…
Lesson 54: John 20:1-18 - The Empty Tomb
Lesson 54: John 20:1-10 - The Empty Tomb1 Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.2 So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other di…
Lesson 55: John 20:19-31 - Jesus’ Appearance to His Disciples
Lesson 55: John 20:19-31 - Jesus’ Appearance to His Disciples19 On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be…
Lesson 56: John 21:1-14 - Jesus’ Appearance by the Lake
Lesson 56: John 21:1-14 - Jesus’ Appearance by the Lake1 After this Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias, and he revealed himself in this way.2 Simon Peter, Thomas (called the Twin), Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the…
Lesson 57: John 21:15-19 - Peter is Reinstated
Lesson 57: John 21:15-19 - Peter is Reinstated15 When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs…
Lesson 58: John 21:20-25 - John’s mission
Lesson 58: John 21:20-25 - John’s mission20 Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them, the one who also had leaned back against him during the supper and had said, “Lord, who is it that is going to betray you?”21 When Peter…
Lesson 59: - Spring Feasts
Lesson 59: - Spring FeastsLet’s begin in our study of the feasts with a very quick overview. The feasts are broken into 2 seasons, spring and fall. Spring was the beginning of the religious year for the Jewish people, and the fall was the beginning…
Lesson 60: - Fall Feasts
Lesson 60: - Fall FeastsThere are three feasts in the fall of the year: the Feast of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, and the Feast of Tabernacles.The Feast of Trumpets is a celebration of the New Year. It is a time of rejoicing, a time of new things…
Lesson 61: - Summary of the Gospel of John
Lesson 61: - Summary of the Gospel of JohnMany people tell us Jesus never claimed to be God. In these two studies covering this Gospel of John we find He DID claim to be God, the Son of God. Some tell us God could not have a Son – and He did not in…