Chapter ten finishes the story of the Feast of Tabernacles, then jumps ahead a couple of months. In verses 1-21, Jesus added two new āI amā statements. First, he told a parable about a sheepfold and its gatekeeper (John 10:1-10). The gatekeeper alone decided who was allowed to enter and exit the sheepfold. Jesus claimed, […]
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 āthe light of the worldā (John 9:5, spoken the same day as John 8:12). The disciplesā question about the reason for the manās 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
