Author Archives: Jay F Guin

(John 13:34-35 ESV)  34 “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.  35 By this all people will know that you are my … Continue reading →

(John 13:10-11 ESV)  10 Jesus said to him, “The one who has bathed does not need to wash, except for his feet, but is completely clean. And you are clean, but not every one of you.”  11 For he knew … Continue reading →

(John 13:1-2 NET) Just before the Passover feast, Jesus knew that his time had come to depart from this world to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he now loved them to the very end … Continue reading →

Before we get to the verse-by-verse discussion, we need to pause. We’re about to engage chapters 13 – 17, Jesus’ washing of his disciples’ feet followed by an extended discourse just before his arrest. Here we have 5 chapters recording … Continue reading →

Again, “Jesus Christ Superstar” isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, and there are countless errors here in the details. For example, where’s the donkey? But Tim Rice’s lyrics and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s music do an excellent job, I think, of showing … Continue reading →

(John 12:37-41 ESV)  37 Though he had done so many signs before them, they still did not believe in him,  38 so that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: “Lord, who has believed what he heard … Continue reading →

(John 12:14-16 ESV) 14 And Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written,  15 “Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your king is coming, sitting on a donkey’s colt!”  16 His disciples did not … Continue reading →

(John 12:1-2 ESV) Six days before the Passover, Jesus therefore came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.  2 So they gave a dinner for him there. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those … Continue reading →

First, a question: If you’d been there in Bethany as friends of the family, how would you have reacted to Jesus’ raising of Lazarus? Would you have been ecstatic that your friend was alive again? Would have bowed before Jesus … Continue reading →