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The Gospel of John is the culmination of a couple of generations of recitation and reflection on the words and deeds of Jesus. They have been examined from multiple perspectives and studied with respect to Scripture. What starts out as a historical recollection gets filtered through the community’s experiences, and the result is a two-level … Continue reading “John 10:1-18 Commentary by Mark G. Vitalis Hoffman”

En un sermón que “hace bajar de las nubes” al mundo bíblico, el predicador habló de su vida en África. Nos dijo que la gente de un pueblo conocía a las ovejas de sus vecinos igual que conocemos a los niños de nuestros vecinos. Mientras se sentaba en un grupo en el pueblo, una persona … Continue reading “San Juan 10:1-10 Comentario por Sarah Henrich”

Yo soy la puerta de las ovejas La palabra “puerta” aparece cuatro veces a lo largo de los diez versículos. Por eso nos preguntamos: ¿qué nos querrá decir el escritor bíblico? La puerta es un accesorio útil y necesario en nuestro desenvolvimiento cotidiano; lo utilizamos en nuestras casas, oficinas, transporte, etc. Sencillamente, no podemos prescindir … Continue reading “San Juan 10:1-10 Comentario por Ismael León”

Lovers of the literal, maligners of metaphor, beware!: This passage is not for you. Or, maybe this passage is especially for you. Here John showcases Jesus’ habit of conveying truth not propositionally, but poetically. Jesus carries on about sheepfolds, gates, thieves, sheep, and gatekeepers, strangers, and voices. After five verses he pauses and notes that … Continue reading “John 10:1-10 Commentary by Jaime Clark-Soles”

In one of those sermons that bring the biblical world “down to earth,” the preacher talked about his life in Africa. He told us how the people of a village knew each other’s sheep the way we might know one another’s children.  As he sat in a group in the village, a person would stop … Continue reading “John 10:1-10 Commentary by Sarah Henrich”

Liturgically sensitive preachers will immediately take note that the 4th Sunday of Easter in the Revised Common Lectionary is always “Good Shepherd Sunday” and perhaps will then let out an audible sigh of despair. It’s not that we don’t like Jesus as the Good Shepherd. After all, probably half of Christian art would disappear were … Continue reading “John 10:1-10 Commentary by Karoline Lewis”

¿Quién Puede Juzgar? En este texto leemos que los judíos debaten quién puede perdonar y/o juzgar. Un hombre ciego de nacimiento es sanado, y mientras que los discípulos, los vecinos, los padres, y los judíos entendían que nacer ciego es el resultado de un pecado, Jesús tiene un punto de vista diferente. Jesús está más … Continue reading “San Juan 9:1-41 Comentario por Amanda Olson de Castillo”

The account of Jesus healing a blind man in John 9 is one of the “signs” (semeia) Jesus performs in John’s gospel. It is related to the healing of the lame man in 5:1-18 which also involves a pool, the Sabbath, issues of Jesus’ whereabouts and identity and the “work” he does, and increasing tension … Continue reading “John 9:1-41 Commentary by Mark G. Vitalis Hoffman”

Preaching on John 9:1-41 reminds me of the children’s book A Fish Out of Water, not because of the moral lesson of closely listening to the instructions of persons who know much more than you do, but because Otto, the fish, was indeed a fish out of water. Because Otto is fed too much (the … Continue reading “John 9:1-41 Commentary by Karoline Lewis”

This week’s text is another in a series of encounters with Jesus in John with this one focused, along with the Old Testament text, on seeing rightly. Blindness and sight are explicitly mentioned in 24 of the chapter’s 41 verses, including the first and last ones.  The details of the miracle itself are repeated four … Continue reading “John 9:1-41 Commentary by Meda Stamper”