John 7
John 5–7
New Testament Student Manual: Religion 211–212 (2018)
This chapter gives the religious significance and cultural background to the events of John 7: the Feast of Tabernacles, Jesus teaching in the temple, the flowing of living water, and Nicodemus.
Raising Lazarus: Jesus’s Signing of His Own Death Warrant
John W. Welch
BYU New Testament Commentary website (Mar. 2016)
Without seeing the raising of Lazarus as a background, it is hard to imagine a reason why a large multitude of people would have followed Jesus into Jerusalem shouting, “Hosanna! Save us now!” and why the chief priests turned the crowds away and were able to execute him so quickly.
The Trial and Death of Jesus
Why was Jesus killed? Who was responsible? Looking at the legal circumstances, it is clear that Jesus was in full control from beginning to end.
John 8
John 8–10
During this period, Jewish leaders increase their opposition to Jesus’ ministry. Here is the woman taken in adultery, Jesus teaching about his identity as God’s son and his mission, the Good Shepherd, and more.
Physical Light and the Light of Christ
David A. Grandy
BYU Studies Quarterly 53, no. 4 (2014)
Grandy discusses the concept of light in the Gospel of John, exploring its symbolic and theological significance, particularly in connection with Jesus as the Word of God.
Your Jericho Road
Thomas S. Monson
Ensign 19, no. 2 (Feb. 1989)
As we study the parables such as the Good Samaritan, we realize that we can have treasured experiences on our own Jericho Road.
John 9
Jesus and the Man Born Blind (John 9:1–38)
Gaye Strathearn
Thou Art the Christ, the Son of the Living God: The Person and Work of Jesus in the New Testament, excerpted on the BYU New Testament Commentary website (Apr. 2019)
The real miracle was that the man received his spiritual sight, which enabled him to break free from his earthly shackles and “see” who Jesus really was: not just a man, or even a prophet, but his God.
Miracles of Jesus in the Gospel of John
Blair G. Van Dyke
Religious Educator 9, no. 3 (2008)
Blair G. Van Dyke explores the seven miracles recorded in John 2–11, highlighting their role in deepening faith in Christ within the context of John’s Gospel.
John 10
Thou Shalt Not Kill
Arthur R. Bassett
Ensign 24, no. 7 (Aug. 1994)
The sixth commandment’s injunction to avoid murder is the minimum standard. The Savior’s example points to a higher level” enhancement of life for others.
What Has Moroni to Do with John?
Nick Frederick
Religious Educator 14, no. 3 (2013)
When Jesus speaks to Moroni, he speaks with the voice and language similar to the voice and language found in the writings of John the Beloved. Moroni 7 also easily reflects 1 Corinthians 13.
Ye Are Gods: Psalm 82 and John 10 as Witnesses to the Divine Nature of Humankind
Daniel C. Peterson
The Disciple as Scholar: Essays on Scripture and the Ancient World in Honor of Richard Lloyd Anderson (2000)
Psalm 82 reflects an ancient concept of the heavenly divine council and names for God and Sons of God. Relevant Old Testament passages show that Hebrew prophets conceived themselves as standing in Yahweh’s assembly. This detailed article looks at deification in early Christianity. “The Latter-day Saint conception of humanity and divinity seems to allow a reconciliation of the broad contemporary consensus that Psalm 82 is speaking of celestial beings with the necessity, in order to see Jesus’ argument as logically respectable, that it also refers to human beings.”
