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Chapter nine continues the John 7-10 narrative. On his way out of the Temple, escaping the blood-thirsty mob, Jesus stopped to heal a blind man, because he is “the light of the world” (John 9:5, spoken the same day as John 8:12). The disciples’ question about the reason for the man’s blindness betrayed their commonly-held […]
Chapter eight begins with a disputed passage. From John 7:53-8:11, the passage about the woman caught in adultery, scholars are divided on its authenticity. Many Bible translation committees chose to bracket and footnote it rather than completely remove it, although they do not believe it is original. Whether the event itself is true or not
Chapter seven through the first half of chapter ten all occurred at the same “feast of Tabernacles” (John 7:2), so they comprise a series of consecutive events. Again John noted that “the Jewish leaders wanted to kill” Jesus, so he planned to attend the feast somewhat in hiding (John 7:10). “When the feast was half
