John’s gospel study chapters 13 to 21

 

            I am led to do these 9 chapters of the gospel of John next as a bible study as Jesus both says and does some very important things in these chapters of this gospel, and there are teachings which can really alter our lives if we can meditate on them. There are many excellent things.

I am starting this study in chapter 13, although you can read the 12 earlier chapters, this is the chapter  where Jesus washes His disciples feet at the last supper, and uses that service to His disciples as a teaching example of how we are also  to love one another. He is betrayed and prophesies Peter’s denial, but also Peter’s eventual martyrdom:

(John 13:1)  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.

 

(John 13:2)  During supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him,

 

(John 13:3)  Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going back to God,

 

(John 13:4)  rose from supper. He laid aside his outer garments, and taking a towel, tied it around his waist.

 

(John 13:5)  Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him.

 

(John 13:6)  He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, "Lord, do you wash my feet?"

 

(John 13:7)  Jesus answered him, "What I am doing you do not understand now, but afterward you will understand."

 

(John 13:8)  Peter said to him, "You shall never wash my feet." Jesus answered him, "If I do not wash you, you have no share with me."

 

(John 13:9)  Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!"

 

(John 13:10)  Jesus said to him, "The one who has bathed does not need to wash, except for his feet, but is completely clean. And you are clean, but not every one of you."

 

(John 13:11)  For he knew who was to betray him; that was why he said, "Not all of you are clean."

 

(John 13:12)  When he had washed their feet and put on his outer garments and resumed his place, he said to them, "Do you understand what I have done to you?

 

(John 13:13)  You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am.

 

(John 13:14)  If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet.

 

(John 13:15)  For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you.

 

(John 13:16)  Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.

 

(John 13:17)  If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.

 

(John 13:18)  I am not speaking of all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But the Scripture will be fulfilled, 'He who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me.'

 

(John 13:19)  I am telling you this now, before it takes place, that when it does take place you may believe that I am he.

 

(John 13:20)  Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever receives the one I send receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me."

 

(John 13:21)  After saying these things, Jesus was troubled in his spirit, and testified, "Truly, truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me."

 

(John 13:22)  The disciples looked at one another, uncertain of whom he spoke.

 

(John 13:23)  One of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was reclining at table close to Jesus,

 

(John 13:24)  so Simon Peter motioned to him to ask Jesus of whom he was speaking.

 

(John 13:25)  So that disciple, leaning back against Jesus, said to him, "Lord, who is it?"

 

(John 13:26)  Jesus answered, "It is he to whom I will give this morsel of bread when I have dipped it." So when he had dipped the morsel, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.

 

(John 13:27)  Then after he had taken the morsel, Satan entered into him. Jesus said to him, "What you are going to do, do quickly."

 

(John 13:28)  Now no one at the table knew why he said this to him.

 

(John 13:29)  Some thought that, because Judas had the moneybag, Jesus was telling him, "Buy what we need for the feast," or that he should give something to the poor.

 

(John 13:30)  So, after receiving the morsel of bread, he immediately went out. And it was night.

 

(John 13:31)  When he had gone out, Jesus said, "Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him.

 

(John 13:32)  If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and glorify him at once.

 

(John 13:33)  Little children, yet a little while I am with you. You will seek me, and just as I said to the Jews, so now I also say to you, 'Where I am going you cannot come.'

 

(John 13:34)  A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.

 

(John 13:35)  By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another."

 

(John 13:36)  Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, where are you going?" Jesus answered him, "Where I am going you cannot follow me now, but you will follow afterward."

 

(John 13:37)  Peter said to him, "Lord, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you."

 

(John 13:38)  Jesus answered, "Will you lay down your life for me? Truly, truly, I say to you, the rooster will not crow till you have denied me three times.

 

In chapter 14, Jesus gives some very wonderful promises as He starts 3 consecutive chapters of teachings for and discussions with His disciples:

(John 14:1)  "Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.

 

(John 14:2)  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?

 

(John 14:3)  And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.

 

(John 14:4)  And you know the way to where I am going."

 

(John 14:5)  Thomas said to him, "Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?"

 

(John 14:6)  Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

 

(John 14:7)  If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him."

 

(John 14:8)  Philip said to him, "Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us."

 

(John 14:9)  Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'?

 

(John 14:10)  Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works.

 

(John 14:11)  Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else believe on account of the works themselves.

 

(John 14:12)  "Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father.

 

(John 14:13)  Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

 

(John 14:14)  If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.

 

(John 14:15)  "If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

 

(John 14:16)  And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever,

 

(John 14:17)  even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.

 

(John 14:18)  "I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.

 

(John 14:19)  Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live.

 

(John 14:20)  In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.

 

(John 14:21)  Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him."

 

(John 14:22)  Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, "Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?"

 

(John 14:23)  Jesus answered him, "If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.

 

(John 14:24)  Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not mine but the Father's who sent me.

 

(Joh 14:25)  "These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you.

 

(Joh 14:26)  But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.

 

(Joh 14:27)  Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.

 

(Joh 14:28)  You heard me say to you, 'I am going away, and I will come to you.' If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.

 

(John 14:29)  And now I have told you before it takes place, so that when it does take place you may believe.

 

(John 14:30)  I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no claim on me,

 

(John 14:31)  but I do as the Father has commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us go from here.

 

Above Jesus promises the Holy Spirit as well. Chapter 15 is a powerful teaching one talking about Jesus being the vine and we the branches, the Father the vinedresser so we can do nothing without Jesus; also it warns us of persecution and reinforces the promise of the Holy Spirit coming for believers.

(John 15:1)  "I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.

 

(John 15:2)  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.

 

(John 15:3)  Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you.

 

(John 15:4)  Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.

 

(John 15:5)  I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

 

(John 15:6)  If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.

 

(John 15:7)  If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

 

(John 15:8)  By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.

 

(John 15:9)  As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love.

 

(John 15:10)  If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love.

 

(John 15:11)  These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.

 

(John 15:12)  "This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

 

(John 15:13)  Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

 

(John 15:14)  You are my friends if you do what I command you.

 

(John 15:15)  No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.

 

(John 15:16)  You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

 

(John 15:17)  These things I command you, so that you will love one another.

 

(John 15:18)  "If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.

 

(John 15:19)  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 world, therefore the world hates you.

 

(John 15:20)  Remember the word that I said to you: 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.

 

(John 15:21)  But all these things they will do to you on account of my name, because they do not know him who sent me.

 

(John 15:22)  If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have been guilty of sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.

 

(John 15:23)  Whoever hates me hates my Father also.

 

(John 15:24)  If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin, but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father.

 

(John 15:25)  But the word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled: 'They hated me without a cause.'

 

(John 15:26)  "But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me.

 

(John 15:27)  And you also will bear witness, because you have been with me from the beginning.

 

Chapter 16 continues with the themes of persecution, and the hatred of the world for Jesus and Christians, but also of the coming of the Holy Spirit, for conviction of sin and other purposes such as to be a comforter:

(John 16:1)  "I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away.

 

(John 16:2)  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.

 

(John 16:3)  And they will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor me.

 

(John 16:4)  But I have said these things to you, that when their hour comes you may remember that I told them to you. "I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you.

 

(John 16:5)  But now I am going to him who sent me, and none of you asks me, 'Where are you going?'

 

(John 16:6)  But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.

 

(John 16:7)  Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.

 

(John 16:8)  And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment:

 

(John 16:9)  concerning sin, because they do not believe in me;

 

(John 16:10)  concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you will see me no longer;

 

(John 16:11)  concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.

 

(John 16:12)  "I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

 

(John 16:13)  When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.

 

(John 16:14)  He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

 

(John 16:15)  All that the Father has is mine; therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

 

(John 16:16)  "A little while, and you will see me no longer; and again a little while, and you will see me."

 

(John 16:17)  So some of his disciples said to one another, "What is this that he says to us, 'A little while, and you will not see me, and again a little while, and you will see me'; and, 'because I am going to the Father'?"

 

(John 16:18)  So they were saying, "What does he mean by 'a little while'? We do not know what he is talking about."

 

(John 16:19)  Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him, so he said to them, "Is this what you are asking yourselves, what I meant by saying, 'A little while and you will not see me, and again a little while and you will see me'?

 

(John 16:20)  Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy.

 

(John 16:21)  When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world.

 

(John 16:22)  So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.

 

(John 16:23)  In that day you will ask nothing of me. Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you.

 

(John 16:24)  Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.

 

(John 16:25)  "I have said these things to you in figures of speech. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech but will tell you plainly about the Father.

 

(John 16:26)  In that day you will ask in my name, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father on your behalf;

 

(John 16:27)  for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.

 

(John 16:28)  I came from the Father and have come into the world, and now I am leaving the world and going to the Father."

 

(John 16:29)  His disciples said, "Ah, now you are speaking plainly and not using figurative speech!

 

(John 16:30)  Now we know that you know all things and do not need anyone to question you; this is why we believe that you came from God."

 

(John 16:31)  Jesus answered them, "Do you now believe?

 

(John 16:32)  Behold, the hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me.

 

(John 16:33)  I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world."

 

In chapter 17, Jesus then makes a powerful prayer for His disciples to His Father who is in Heaven:

(John 17:1)  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,

 

(John 17:2)  since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him.

 

(John 17:3)  And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.

 

(John 17:4)  I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do.

 

(John 17:5)  And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed.

 

(Josh 17:6)  "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.

 

(John 17:7)  Now they know that everything that you have given me is from you.

 

(John 17:8)  For I have given them the words that you gave me, and they have received them and have come to know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you sent me.

 

(John 17:9)  I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours.

 

(John 17:10)  All mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them.

 

(John 17:11)  And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one.

 

(John 17:12)  While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me. I have guarded them, and not one of them has been lost except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.

 

(John 17:13)  But now I am coming to you, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves.

 

(John 17:14)  I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

 

(John 17:15)  I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one.

 

(John 17:16)  They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

 

(John 17:17)  Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.

 

(John 17:18)  As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.

 

(John 17:19)  And for their sake I consecrate myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth.

 

(John 17:20)  "I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word,

 

(John 17:21)  that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.

 

(John 17:22)  The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one,

 

(John 17:23)  I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me.

 

(John 17:24)  Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.

 

(John 17:25)  O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me.

 

(John 17:26)  I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them."

 

Judas the betrayer brings the guards to come and arrest Jesus in this chapter, 18, and Jesus goes through some of the trails before Him. Note how the guards fall over and also Pilate’s question “what is truth?” that question is something we all have to work out in our lives for us.

(John 18:1)  When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples across the Kidron Valley, where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered.

 

(John 18:2)  Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place, for Jesus often met there with his disciples.

 

(John 18:3)  So Judas, having procured a band of soldiers and some officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, went there with lanterns and torches and weapons.

 

(John 18:4)  Then Jesus, knowing all that would happen to him, came forward and said to them, "Whom do you seek?"

 

(John 18:5)  They answered him, "Jesus of Nazareth." Jesus said to them, "I am he." Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them.

 

(John 18:6)  When Jesus said to them, "I am he," they drew back and fell to the ground.

 

(John 18:7)  So he asked them again, "Whom do you seek?" And they said, "Jesus of Nazareth."

 

(John 18:8)  Jesus answered, "I told you that I am he. So, if you seek me, let these men go."

 

(John 18:9)  This was to fulfill the word that he had spoken: "Of those whom you gave me I have lost not one."

 

(John 18:10)  Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's servant and cut off his right ear. (The servant's name was Malchus.)

 

(John 18:11)  So Jesus said to Peter, "Put your sword into its sheath; shall I not drink the cup that the Father has given me?"

 

(John 18:12)  So the band of soldiers and their captain and the officers of the Jews arrested Jesus and bound him.

 

(John 18:13)  First they led him to Annas, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.

 

(John 18:14)  It was Caiaphas who had advised the Jews that it would be expedient that one man should die for the people.

 

(John 18:15)  Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple. Since that disciple was known to the high priest, he entered with Jesus into the court of the high priest,

 

(John 18:16)  but Peter stood outside at the door. So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the servant girl who kept watch at the door, and brought Peter in.

 

(John 18:17)  The servant girl at the door said to Peter, "You also are not one of this man's disciples, are you?" He said, "I am not."

 

(John 18:18)  Now the servants and officers had made a charcoal fire, because it was cold, and they were standing and warming themselves. Peter also was with them, standing and warming himself.

 

(John 18:19)  The high priest then questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teaching.

 

(John 18:20)  Jesus answered him, "I have spoken openly to the world. I have always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where all Jews come together. I have said nothing in secret.

 

(John 18:21)  Why do you ask me? Ask those who have heard me what I said to them; they know what I said."

 

(John 18:22)  When he had said these things, one of the officers standing by struck Jesus with his hand, saying, "Is that how you answer the high priest?"

 

(John 18:23)  Jesus answered him, "If what I said is wrong, bear witness about the wrong; but if what I said is right, why do you strike me?"

 

(John 18:24)  Annas then sent him bound to Caiaphas the high priest.

 

(John 18:25)  Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. So they said to him, "You also are not one of his disciples, are you?" He denied it and said, "I am not."

 

(John 18:26)  One of the servants of the high priest, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, "Did I not see you in the garden with him?"

 

(John 18:27)  Peter again denied it, and at once a rooster crowed.

 

(John 18:28)  Then they led Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the governor's headquarters. It was early morning. They themselves did not enter the governor's headquarters, so that they would not be defiled, but could eat the Passover.

 

(John 18:29)  So Pilate went outside to them and said, "What accusation do you bring against this man?"

 

(John 18:30)  They answered him, "If this man were not doing evil, we would not have delivered him over to you."

 

(John 18:31)  Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law." The Jews said to him, "It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death."

 

(John 18:32)  This was to fulfill the word that Jesus had spoken to show by what kind of death he was going to die.

 

(John 18:33)  So Pilate entered his headquarters again and called Jesus and said to him, "Are you the King of the Jews?"

 

(John 18:34)  Jesus answered, "Do you say this of your own accord, or did others say it to you about me?"

 

(John 18:35)  Pilate answered, "Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests have delivered you over to me. What have you done?"

 

(John 18:36)  Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world."

 

(John 18:37)  Then Pilate said to him, "So you are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world--to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice."

 

(John 18:38)  Pilate said to him, "What is truth?" After he had said this, he went back outside to the Jews and told them, "I find no guilt in him.

 

(John 18:39)  But you have a custom that I should release one man for you at the Passover. So do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?"

 

(John 18:40)  They cried out again, "Not this man, but Barabbas!" Now Barabbas was a robber.

 

Chapter 19 is the completion of the Passion of Jesus where Jesus is flogged, then crucified, and dies for our sins, at the demand of the crowd even though it can seem Pilate wants to free Jesus. At the end of this chapter Jesus is buried in His tomb.

(John 19:1)  Then Pilate took Jesus and flogged him.

 

(John 19:2)  And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head and arrayed him in a purple robe.

 

(John 19:3)  They came up to him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" and struck him with their hands.

 

(John 19:4)  Pilate went out again and said to them, "See, I am bringing him out to you that you may know that I find no guilt in him."

 

(John 19:5)  So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, "Behold the man!"

 

(John 19:6)  When the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried out, "Crucify him, crucify him!" Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves and crucify him, for I find no guilt in him."

 

(John 19:7)  The Jews answered him, "We have a law, and according to that law he ought to die because he has made himself the Son of God."

 

(John 19:8)  When Pilate heard this statement, he was even more afraid.

 

(John 19:9)  He entered his headquarters again and said to Jesus, "Where are you from?" But Jesus gave him no answer.

 

(John 19:10)  So Pilate said to him, "You will not speak to me? Do you not know that I have authority to release you and authority to crucify you?"

 

(John 19:11)  Jesus answered him, "You would have no authority over me at all unless it had been given you from above. Therefore he who delivered me over to you has the greater sin."

 

(John 19:12)  From then on Pilate sought to release him, but the Jews cried out, "If you release this man, you are not Caesar's friend. Everyone who makes himself a king opposes Caesar."

 

(John 19:13)  So when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called The Stone Pavement, and in Aramaic Gabbatha.

 

(John 19:14)  Now it was the day of Preparation of the Passover. It was about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, "Behold your King!"

 

(John 19:15)  They cried out, "Away with him, away with him, crucify him!" Pilate said to them, "Shall I crucify your King?" The chief priests answered, "We have no king but Caesar."

 

(John 19:16)  So he delivered him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus,

 

(John 19:17)  and he went out, bearing his own cross, to the place called The Place of a Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha.

 

(John 19:18)  There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, and Jesus between them.

 

(John 19:19)  Pilate also wrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It read, "Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews."

 

(John 19:20)  Many of the Jews read this inscription, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Aramaic, in Latin, and in Greek.

 

(John 19:21)  So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, "Do not write, 'The King of the Jews,' but rather, 'This man said, I am King of the Jews.'"

 

(John 19:22)  Pilate answered, "What I have written I have written."

 

(John 19:23)  When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his garments and divided them into four parts, one part for each soldier; also his tunic. But the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom,

 

(John 19:24)  so they said to one another, "Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it to see whose it shall be." This was to fulfill the Scripture which says, "They divided my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots." So the soldiers did these things,

 

(John 19:25)  but standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

 

(John 19:26)  When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, "Woman, behold, your son!"

 

(John 19:27)  Then he said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother!" And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.

 

(John 19:28)  After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), "I thirst."

 

(John 19:29)  A jar full of sour wine stood there, so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it to his mouth.

 

(John 19:30)  When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, "It is finished," and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

 

(John 19:31)  Since it was the day of Preparation, and so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away.

 

(John 19:32)  So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who had been crucified with him.

 

(John 19:33)  But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs.

 

(John 19:34)  But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once there came out blood and water.

 

(John 19:35)  He who saw it has borne witness--his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth--that you also may believe.

 

(John 19:36)  For these things took place that the Scripture might be fulfilled: "Not one of his bones will be broken."

 

(John 19:37)  And again another Scripture says, "They will look on him whom they have pierced."

 

(John 19:38)  After these things Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave him permission. So he came and took away his body.

 

(John 19:39)  Nicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus by night, came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds in weight.

 

(John 19:40)  So they took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews.

 

(John 19:41)  Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid.

 

(John 19:42)  So because of the Jewish day of Preparation, since the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus there.

 

In chapter 20, Jesus rises from the dead and appears several times first to Mary and then to His disciples. At the end is the doubting Thomas story, when Thomas refused to believe the disciples first claim of seeing the Lord risen from the dead, until Thomas could put his finger in the piercings in Jesus hand and also Thomas’ hand in Jesus’ side.

(John 20:1)  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.

 

(John 20:2)  So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him."

 

(John 20:3)  So Peter went out with the other disciple, and they were going toward the tomb.

 

(John 20:4)  Both of them were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first.

 

(John 20:5)  And stooping to look in, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in.

 

(John 20:6)  Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying there,

 

(John 20:7)  and the face cloth, which had been on Jesus' head, not lying with the linen cloths but folded up in a place by itself.

 

(John 20:8)  Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed;

 

(John 20:9)  for as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.

 

(John 20:10)  Then the disciples went back to their homes.

 

(John 20:11)  But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb.

 

(John 20:12)  And she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet.

 

(John 20:13)  They said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She said to them, "They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him."

 

(John 20:14)  Having said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing, but she did not know that it was Jesus.

 

(John 20:15)  Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?" Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away."

 

(John 20:16)  Jesus said to her, "Mary." She turned and said to him in Aramaic, "Rabboni!" (which means Teacher).

 

(John 20:17)  Jesus said to her, "Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"

 

(John 20:18)  Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, "I have seen the Lord"--and that he had said these things to her.

 

(John 20:19)  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 with you."

 

(John 20:20)  When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.

 

(John 20:21)  Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you."

 

(John 20:22)  And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit.

 

(John 20:23)  If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld."

 

(John 20:24)  Now Thomas, one of the Twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came.

 

(John 20:25)  So the other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them, "Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the mark of the nails, and place my hand into his side, I will never believe."

 

(John 20:26)  Eight days later, his disciples were inside again, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you."

 

(John 20:27)  Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side. Do not disbelieve, but believe."

 

(John 20:28)  Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!"

 

(John 20:29)  Jesus said to him, "Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed."

 

(John 20:30)  Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book;

 

(John 20:31)  but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

 

Chapter 21, the conclusion sees the one fish catching miracles, then Jesus asks Peter three times if He loves Him more so than the other disciples, Peter seems to realize Jesus did this as Peter denied Jesus three times, after each time then commanding Peter(and all believers for that matter, to feed Jesus, lambs, then His sheep(twice, for emphasis)  then prophesies Peter’s martyrdom once again. Then the gospel of John concludes by saying the world itself could not contain all the books that would be written about Jesus’ works on the earth.

(John 21:1)  After this Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias, and he revealed himself in this way.

 

(John 21:2)  Simon Peter, Thomas (called the Twin), Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were together.

 

(John 21:3)  Simon Peter said to them, "I am going fishing." They said to him, "We will go with you." They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.

 

(John 21:4)  Just as day was breaking, Jesus stood on the shore; yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.

 

(John 21:5)  Jesus said to them, "Children, do you have any fish?" They answered him, "No."

 

(John 21:6)  He said to them, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some." So they cast it, and now they were not able to haul it in, because of the quantity of fish.

 

(John 21:7)  That disciple whom Jesus loved therefore said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment, for he was stripped for work, and threw himself into the sea.

 

(John 21:8)  The other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish, for they were not far from the land, but about a hundred yards off.

 

(John 21:9)  When they got out on land, they saw a charcoal fire in place, with fish laid out on it, and bread.

 

(John 21:10)  Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish that you have just caught."

 

(John 21:11)  So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, 153 of them. And although there were so many, the net was not torn.

 

(John 21:12)  Jesus said to them, "Come and have breakfast." Now none of the disciples dared ask him, "Who are you?" They knew it was the Lord.

 

(John 21:13)  Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and so with the fish.

 

(John 21:14)  This was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples after he was raised from the dead.

 

(John 21:15)  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."

 

(John 21:16)  He said to him a second time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I love you." He said to him, "Tend my sheep."

 

(John 21:17)  He said to him the third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, "Do you love me?" and he said to him, "Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Feed my sheep.

 

(John 21:18)  Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were young, you used to dress yourself and walk wherever you wanted, but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will dress you and carry you where you do not want to go."

 

(John 21:19)  (This he said to show by what kind of death he was to glorify God.) And after saying this he said to him, "Follow me."

 

(John 21:20)  Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them, the one who had been reclining at table close to him and had said, "Lord, who is it that is going to betray you?"

 

(John 21:21)  When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, "Lord, what about this man?"

 

(John 21:22)  Jesus said to him, "If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow me!"

 

(John 21:23)  So the saying spread abroad among the brothers that this disciple was not to die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he was not to die, but, "If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you?"

 

(John 21:24)  This is the disciple who is bearing witness about these things, and who has written these things, and we know that his testimony is true.

 

(John 21:25)  Now there are also many other things that Jesus did. Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.

 

The book of John, especially these 9 chapters contains many exciting teachings by Jesus, but it also shows what He went through in love, dying through the cross for our sins, and then at also shows some of the things He did after God raised Him up from the dead. He went through all of what He did, which is described in chapters 18 and 19 above just for you and me so we can have a relationship with Him and His Father, in Heaven. All we as people have to do accept this wonderful completed work on the cross, praying for Him to forgive our sins, to come to Him, or return to Him if we have slipped away for any reason. I am now including a prayer to facilitate this, so please pray this with me:

Dear God in heaven, I come to you in the name of Jesus. I acknowledge to You that I am a sinner, and I am sorry for my sins and the life that I have lived; I need your forgiveness. I believe that your only begotten Son Jesus Christ shed His precious blood on the cross at Calvary and died for my sins, and I am now willing to turn from my sin. You said in Your Holy Word, Romans 10:9 that if we confess Jesus as our Lord and believe in our hearts that God raised Jesus from the dead, we will be saved. Right now I confess Jesus as the Lord of my soul. With my heart, I believe that God raised Jesus from the dead. This very moment I accept Jesus Christ as my own personal Savior and according to His Word, right now I am saved. Thank you Jesus for your unlimited grace which has saved me from my sins. I thank you Jesus that your grace never leads to license, but rather it always leads to repentance. Therefore Lord Jesus transform my life so that I may bring glory and honor to you alone and not to myself. Thank you Jesus for dying for me and giving me eternal life.

Amen.

God bless you and yours