Not Yet Said Jesus…John 8:20 “Jesus made these statements while he was teaching in the section of the Temple known as the Treasury. But he was not arrested, because his time (Greek his hour.) had not yet come.“  This is the last of seven times in the gospel of John that the phrase “not yet” […]

“What did Jesus mean when He said the first will be last and the last will be first?”……Jesus made the statement “many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first” in His response to the disciples’ asking what reward they would have for giving up everything to follow Him […]

In the Gospel of John, Jesus says, “The Father is greater than I.” What does he mean by that?   Sometimes when Jesus makes straightforward statements that appear to mean one thing on the surface, they require that we go a bit beneath the surface to resolve the apparent difficulty. In this case, that kind […]

“What did Jesus mean when He said the eye is the lamp of the body (Matthew 6:22)?”……Answer: Jesus said, “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light” (Matthew 6:22). Here our Lord describes the eye as a lamp which lights the entire […]

“What did Jesus mean when He spoke of living water?”……Answer: Jesus uses the phrase “living water” in two instances in the Bible. The first instance is found in John chapter 4. Jesus was tired and sat at a well while His disciples went into town to buy food. A Samaritan woman came to draw water […]

“What does it mean when Jesus says ‘my yoke is easy and my burden is light’ (Matthew 11:30)?”……Answer: The phrase “my yoke is easy and my burden is light” is part of a larger passage (Matthew 11:28-30), in which Jesus tells all who are weary and burdened to come to Him for rest. He isn’t […]

“What did Jesus mean when He said ‘I AM’?”……Answer: Jesus, in response to the Pharisees’ question “Who do you think you are?” said “‘Your father Abraham rejoiced at the thought of seeing my day; he saw it and was glad.’‘You are not yet fifty years old,’ the Jews said to him, ‘and you have seen […]