The Questions Jesus Asked | Anita Mathias: Dreaming Beneath the Spires

Did I not tell you that if you believed you would see the glory of God

Some very penetrating and hard-hitting questions from the Gospel of John

1 Do you want to get well, John 5:6

² How can you believe since you accept glory from one another but do not seek the glory that comes from the only God. John 5:44

³ Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat? ⁶ He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do. John 6:6

4 John 6: ⁵⁵ Unless you eat my flesh and drink my blood, you have no life in you. For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. ⁵⁷ Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me.

⁶⁰ On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?” ⁶¹ Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, “Does this offend you?

⁵ “You do not want to leave too, do you?” Jesus asked the Twelve. John 6:75

6 “Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?” John 11:40

7 John 13:12 “Do you understand what I have done for you?” he asked them. ¹³ “You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am. ¹⁴ Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. ¹⁵ I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you.¹⁷ Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.

⁸ Again he asked them, “Who (what) is it you want?”John 18: 7

⁹ He asked her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?” John 20:15

10 John 21: ⁵ He called out to them, “Friends, haven’t you any fish?”

“No,” they answered.

⁶ He said, “Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.” When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish.

¹¹ Again Jesus said, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?”

¹² When Peter saw him, he asked, “Lord, what about him?”

²² Jesus answered, “If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? You must follow me.”

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