Jesus' Ministry, strictly per John (part 4)

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Focuses of the itinerary on this page: [19] - [21]

  • For the entire itinerary, see page Ministry Itin'ry;
  • for the entire chronology see Ministry Chro1 - 3;
  • in (parentheses) is the location per today's geography;

[19] 3rd time in Jerusalem-- mid-fall, Feast of Tabernacles:

  1. in Jerusalem-- halfway through the Feast, to the Temple courts;
  2. to the Mount of Olives (south-central West Bank)-- for 1 night;
  3. back in the Temple courts of Jerusalem;
  4. Jesus spoke again to the people; as He went along...;
[20] 4th time in Jerusalem-- winter, Feast of Dedication;

[21] to Judea & surroundings (southern West Bank & E of the southern Jordan River):

  1. went on the other side of the Jordan R. (west-central Jordan);
  2. approached, entered & left Jericho, NE of Jerusalem (southeast-central West Bank);
  3. in Bethany on the Mount of Olives, less than 2 mi. from Jerusalem (SE of Jerusalem; south-western West Bank)-- raised Lazarus;
  4. in Ephraim (NE of Jerusalem; central West Bank);
  5. back in Bethany, 6 days before the Passover-- Jesus' feet anointed;
  6. came to Bethany & Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives (between Jerusalem & Bethany in the West Bank)-- 2 disciples sent;
[22] 5th time in/near Jerusalem-- mid-spring, Passover Feast #2:
  1. entered Jerusalem riding a donkey; went to the Temple area; returned to Bethany for 1 night;
  2. left Bethany; went back to Jerusalem, to the Temple courts;
  3. each: morning/day at the Temple, evening/night on the Mount of Olives;
  4. in Bethany 2 days before the Passover-- Jesus' head anointed;
  5. in Bethany(?) 1 day before the Preparation Day;
  6. in Jerusalem for the start of the Preparation Day-- the Feet Washing & the Lord's/Last Supper;
  7. across the Kidron Valley, on the Mount of Olives, during the Preparation Day-- teachings & prayers;
  8. back across the Kidron Valley, in the Garden of Gethsemane, also during the Preparation Day-- agony & betrayal;
  9. in Jerusalem, still during the Preparation Day-- arrest & "trial";
  10. Crucifixion & burial-- still during the Preparation Day;
  11. Entombment & resurrection-- near the beginning of the Passover Feast;
  12. Ascension-- after the Passover Feast.

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A. Back in Jerusalem [19] (3rd pt.) above

    1. The healed blind man handed over & interrogated;

  • John 9:13-34 They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind. Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud & opened the man's eyes was a Sabbath. Therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. 'He put mud on my eyes,' the man replied, '& I washed & now I see.' Some of the Pharisees said, 'This man is not from GOD, for He does not keep the Sabbath.' But others asked, 'How can a sinner do such miraculous signs?' So They were divided. Finally They turned again to the blind man, 'What have you to say about Him. It was you're eyes He opened.' The man replied, 'He is a prophet.' The Jews still did not believe that he had been blind & had received his sight until They sent for the man's parents. 'Is this your son?' They asked. 'Is this the 1 you say was born blind? How is it that he can now see?' 'We know he is our son,' the parents answered, '& we know he was born blind. But how he can see now, or who opened his eyes, we don't know. Ask him. He is of age; he will speak for himself.' His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews, for already the Jews had decided that anyone who acknowledged that Jesus was the Christ would be put out of the synagogue [become an un-converted Jew] . That is why his parents said, 'He is of age; ask him.' A 2nd time They summoned the man who had been born blind. 'Give glory to GOD,' They said. 'We know that this man is a sinner.' He replied, 'Whether He is a or not, I do not know-- you say I was a sinner just because I was born blind. 1 thing I do know. I was blind but now I see!' Then They asked him, 'What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?' 'I have told You already & You did not listen. Why do You want to hear it again? Do You want to become His disciples, too-- implying he already was. Then They all hurled insults at him & said, 'You are this man's disciple! We are disciples of Moses! We know that GOD spoke to Moses, but as foe this fellow, We don't even know where He comes from. The man answered, 'Now that is remarkable! You don't know where He comes from, yet He opened my eyes. You can't add 1 & 1? We know that GOD does not listen to sinners. Are you saying God then listened to a sinner? He listens to the godly man who does HIS Will. Nobody has ever heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind. Should it not be obvious he is not a sinner? If this man were not from GOD, He could do nothing.' To this They replied, 'You were steeped in sin at birth; how dare you lecture Us!' And They threw him out.

    2. 4 vv. about ABCing;

  • John 9:35-41 Some time age somebody(ies) coined the acronym, ABC (admit, believe, confess) as the steps of the path sinners proceed down on the way to receiving eternal life. It has been referred to more often on this website than any other vision-of-wisdom (perhaps not the latest was in PSALM 143 Nicodemus..., but there 1 of the 1st references was referred to, so that it is not necessary to repeat the concept here). 'Course, we've already seen the 1st step-- the man born blind had many years of admitting to blindness (realizing he was deficient from birth).  Indeed, we've already seen the confirmation that he had admitted-- he received his sight. But this was hardly end-of-story (much as we saw that the 5,000+ being fed was hardly end-of-story). Jesus heard that They had thrown him out of the synagogue, & when He found him He said, Do you believe in the Son of GOD? Have you admitted & are thinking, 'Is this it?" Be relieved, God is still knocking, seeking-- & awaiting the response. Who is He, sir? Tell me, so that I may farther believe in Him-- not just in his capacity to set things straight physically. Jesus said, You have seen Him; in fact, He is the 1 speaking with you. Now we have confession: Then the man said, Lord, I believe, & He worshiped Him. End of the 4 vv.! Jesus said, commenting, For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see & those who see will become blind. Some Pharisees who were with Him heard  Him say this & asked, What, are We blind too? Jesus said, If You were blind, you would not be guilty of sin; but now that You claim you can see, Your guilt remains.

    3. Jesus is both the gate & (specifically) the GOOD shepherd;

  • John 10:1-21 Still speaking to some Pharisees: I tell You the truth, the man who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief & a robber. The man who enters by the gate is the shepherd of his own sheep. The watchman opens the gate for him, & the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep & leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, & his sheep follow him because they know his voice. But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger's voice. Jesus used this figure of speech, but They did not understand what He was telling Them. Hoping the Pharisees could fathom the missing-piece-of-the-puzzle: Therefore Jesus said again, I tell You the truth, I am the gate for the "old" sheep-- those now making up the cloud of witnesses. All who came before Me were thieves & robbers, but the faithful sheep did not listen to them. As for the sheep entering now, I am the gate; whoever enters through Me will be saved. He/She will come in & go out, & find pasture. The staff is the staff! Comparison #1: The thief comes only to steal & kill & destroy; I have come that They might have life, & have it to the full. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep. Comparison #2: The hired hand categorically is not the shepherd who owns the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming to the sheep pen he abandons the sheep & runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock & scatters it-- they are not abandoned & forsaken, but remain disoriented until they fit into another pen. The man runs away because he is just a hired hand & cares nothing for the sheep. I am the good shepherd; I know My sheep & My sheep know Me-- just [in the same way] as the FATHER knows Me & I know the FATHER --& I lay down My life for the sheep who recognize me in the heart of the staff. I have other sheep who are not of this particular sheep pen. I must heal & eventually bring them also. They too will listen to My voice, & there shall be 1 flock & 1 shepherd. But as for now: The reason My FATHER loves Me is that I lay down My life-- only to take it up again. No 1 takes if from Me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down & authority to take it up again. This command I received from My FATHER. I shall die for the sins of the world; then return to life; then ascend to Heaven-- so that both the sheep & the staff might have the Holy Spirit at heart). At these word the Jews were again divided. Many of Them said, 'He is both demon-possessed & raving mad. Why even listen to Him?' But others said, maintaining, 'These are not the sayings of man possessed by a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?'

A. Yet in Jerusalem [19] (4th pt.) above

  1. The healed blind man was questioned & challenged

  • John 9:13-34 They [witnesses & others] brought to the Pharisees the man who had been born blind. Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud & opened the man's eyes was a Sabbath. Therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. 'He put mud on my eyes,' the man replied, '& I washed, & now I see.' Some of the Pharisees said, 'This man Jesus is not from GOD, for He does not keep the Sabbath.' But others asked, 'How can a sinner do such miraculous signs?' So they were divided. Finally they turned again to the formerly blind man, 'What have you to say about Him? It was your eyes He opened.' The man replied, He is a prophet.' The Jews still did not believe that he had been blind & had received his sight until They sent for the man's parents. 'Is this your son?' They asked. 'Is this the 1 you say was born blind? How is it that he can now see?' 'We know he is our son,' the parents answered, '& we know he was born blind. But how he can see, or who opened his eyes, we don't know. Ask him. He is of age; he will speak for himself.' His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews, for already the Jews had decided that anyone who acknowledged that Jesus was the Christ would be put out of the synagogue. That was why his parents said. 'he is of age; ask him.' A 2nd time They summoned the man who had been blind. 'Give glory to GOD, They said. 'We know this man is a sinner.' He replied, 'Whether he is a sinner or not,  don't know. 1 thing I do know. I was blind but now I see!' Then They asked him, 'What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?' He answered, 'I have told You already & You did not listen. Why do You want to hear it again? Do You want to become His disciples, too?' Then They hurled insults at him & said, 'You are this fellow's disciple! We are disciples of Moses! We know that GOD spoke to Moses, but as for this fellow, We don't know where He comes from.' The man answered, 'Now that is remarkable! You don't know where He comes from, yet He opened my eyes. We know that GOD does not listen to sinners. HE listens to the godly man who does HIS Will. Nobody has ever heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind. If this man were not from GOD, He could do nothing.' To this They replied, 'You were steeped in sin at birth; how dare you lecture Us!' And They threw him out.

  2. So that the blind will see

  • John 9:35-41 Jesus heard that They had thrown him the healed blind man out, & when He found him, He said, Do you believe in the Son of man? Who is He, sir? the man asked. Tell me, so that I may believe in Him. Jesus said, You have seen Him; in fact, He is the 1  speaking with you. Then the man said, Lord, I believe, & He worshiped Him. Jesus said, For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see & those who see will become blind. Some Pharisees who were with Him heard Him say this & asked, What? Are We blind too? Jesus said, If You were blind, You would not be guilty of sin; but now that You claim You can see, Your guilt remains.

  3. I am both the gate & the good shepherd

  • John 10:1-21 This is a repeat-of-a repeat-- we saw the original in PSALM 16 Matt (when Jesus gave the "beatitudes" & teachings to the crowd). And we saw the repeat, when (after the night at the Mount of Olives) Jesus spoke to the crowd in Jerusalem. Here we have him speaking to the Pharisees: 
  • I tell You the truth, the man who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief & a robber. The man who enters by the gate is the shepherd of his sheep. The watchman opens the gate for him, & the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name & leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, & his sheep follow him because they know his voice. But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger's voice. Jesus used this figure of speech, but They did not understand what He was telling Them. Therefore Jesus said again,
  • I tell You the truth, I am the gate for the sheep. All who ever cams before Me were thieves & robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. I am the gate; whoever enters through Me will be saved. He will come in & go out, & find pasture. The thief comes only to steal & kill & destroy; I have come that They may have life, & have it to the full.
  • I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep. The hired hand is not the shepherd who owns the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep & runs away. The wolf attacks the flock & scatters it. The man runs away because he is a hired hand & cares nothing for the sheep.
  • I am the good shepherd; I know My sheep & My sheep know Me-- just as the FATHER knows Me & I know the FATHER --& I lay down My life for the sheep. I have other sheep that are not of this particular sheep pen. I must bring Them also. They too will listen to My voice, & there shall be 1 flock & 1 shepherd. The reason My FATHER loves Me is that I lay down My life-- only to take it up again. No 1 takes it from Me, but I lay it down of My own accord. I have authority to lay it down & authority to take it up again. This command I received from My FATHER. At these words the Jews were again divided. Many of Them said,'He is demon-possessed & raving mad. Why listen to Him?' But others said, 'These are not the sayings of a man possessed by a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?'

B. During the Feast of Dedication [20] above

   1. In Solomon's Colonnade

  • John 10:22-39 Then came the Feast of Dedication at Jerusalem. It was winter, & Jesus was in the Temple area walking in Solomon's Colonnade. The Jews gathered around Him, saying, How long will You keep Us in suspense? If You are the Christ, tell Us plainly. Jesus answered, I did tell You, but You do not believe. The miracles I do in My FATHER'S Name speak for Me, but You do not believe because You are not 1st My sheep. I.e., that degree of belief hinges upon 1st being a sheep-- without that simple belief whereby 1 becomes a sheep, 1 is in a state of perpetual suspense no matter what's said or witnessed. Being a sheep requires simple belief, that Jesus can/must/will provide the necessary salvation. My sheep listen to My voice; I know Them, & They follow Me. I give Them eternal life, & They shall never perish; no 1 can snatch Them out of My hand. My FATHER, who has given Them to Me, is greater than all; no 1 can snatch Them out of My FATHER'S Hand. I & the FATHER are 1. Again the Jews picked up stones to stone Him. but Jesus said to Them, I have shown You many miracles from the FATHER. For which of these do You stone Me? We are not stoning You for any of these, replied the Jews, but for blasphemy, because You, a mere man, claim to be GOD. Jesus answered Them, Is it not written in Your Law, 'I have said You are gods'? If HE called Them "gods," to whom the Word of GOD came-- & Scripture cannot be broken --whar about the 1 whom the FATHER set apart as HIS very own & sent into the world? Why then do You accuse Me of blasphemy because I said, 'I am GOD'S Son'? Do not believe Me unless I do what My FATHER does. But if I do it, even though You do not believe Me, believe the miracles, that You may know & understand that the FATHER is in Me, & I in the FATHER. Again They tried to seize Him, but He escaped Their grasp.
C. Across the Jordan [21] (1st pt.) above

    1. Where many believed in Jesus

  • John 10:40-42 Then Jesus went back across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing in the early days. Here He stayed & many people came to Him. They said, 'Though John never performed a miraculous sign, all that John said about this man was true-- see Late Life John Later life... Per John & BeforeMinistry Prior to...Per Matt, Mark, Luke & John. And in that place many believed in Jesus.

    2. Jesus heard of Lazarus being sick; He stayed 2 days

  • John 11:1-16 Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary & Her sister Martha. This Bethany, less than 2 mi. from Jerusalem (John 11:18), is unique from the Bethany on the other side of the Jordan (John 1:18) where John the Baptist testified of Jesus. This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay sick, was the same 1 who in the future poured perfume on the LORD & wiped His feet with Her hair-- it is not covered until John 12:1-3, where it is, Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. So the sisters sent word to Jesus, Lord, the 1 You love is sick. When He heard this, Jesus said, This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for GOD'S Glory so that GOD'S Son may be glorified through it. Jesus loved Martha & Her sister & Lazarus. Yet when He heard that Lazarus was sick, He stayed where He was 2 more days. Then He said to His disciples, Let Us go back to Judea. But Rabbi, They said, a short while ago the Jews tried to stone You, & yet You are going back there? Jesus answered, Are there not 12 hours of daylight? A man who walks by day will not stumble, for he sees by this world's light. It is when he walks by night that he stumbles, for he has no light. After He had said this, He went on to tell Them, Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I going to wake Him up. His disciples replied, Lord, if He sleeps, He will get better. Jesus had been speaking of His death, but His disciples thought He meant natural sleep. So then He told Them plainly, Lazarus is dead, & for Your sake I am glad I was not there, so that You may believe. But let Us go to Him. Then Thomas (called Didymus) said to the rest of the disciples, 'Let Us also go, that We may die with Him.'