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John 14:8-27
With thanks to page sponsor:
the Anglican Parish of Green Island,
Dunedin, New Zealand.
(May 07-08)
 | Reading the Text:
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| Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
 | The
Five Gospels Parallels, John W. Marshall, University of Toronto. |
| Comparative World Scriptures from United
Communities of Spirit:
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"Ask, Seek, Knock," The Jesus Database, an online annotated inventory of
the traditions concerning the life and teachings of Jesus. Dr. Gregory C.
Jenks, FaithFutures Foundation. |
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XLV.36-48;
XLVI.1-7;
Tatian's
Diatessaron
(c. 150-160). |
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III.XIII.2,
V.XVIII.1, Adversus
Haereses,
Irenaeus of Lyons.
(c. 180) |
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Chapter IX, Adversus
Judaeos,
Tertullian
(c. 198) |
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Chapter
VIII,
Chapter
XX,
Chapter
XXIV,
Chapter
XXV, Against Praxeas,
Tertullian
(c. 213) |
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I.II.6,
I.III.4,
II.IV.3, First
Principles (De Principiis),
Origen.
(c.225) |
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VI.2, Philocalia
[anthology of Origen prepared by St. Basil and St. Gregory Nazianzen],
Origen. (c.230) |
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VII.XLIII,
VIII.XII,
VIII.XIV, Against
Celsus,
Origen. (c.246) |
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XII.8, Commentary
on the Gospel of Matthew,
Origen. (c.247) |
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On the
Unity of the Church, Paragraph 2,
Cyprian of Carthage (c. 250) |
| From Augustine's Tractates on John:
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Tractate 70
(John 14:7-10)
| "When He says, therefore, "That where I am, there ye may be
also," where else were they to be but in Himself?" |
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Tractate 71
(John 14:10-14)
| "And yet He said not, Greater works than these shall ye do, to lead us
to suppose that it was only the apostles who would do so." |
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Tractate 72
(John 14:10-14)
| "Here, then, you see, He did greater works when preached by believers,
than when speaking Himself to hearers." |
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Tractate 73
(14:10-14)
| "What one, therefore, wishes to receive, in order to turn to an improper
use, God in His mercy rather refuses to bestow." |
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Tractate 74
(14:15-17)
| "How can we love so as to receive Him, without whom we cannot love at all?
or how shall we keep the commandments so as to receive Him, without whom we have no power
to keep them?" |
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Tractate 77
(14:25-27)
| "Peace He leaveth with us, that we may not judge one another of what is
secret to each, while here on earth: His own peace will He give us, when He 'will make
manifest the counsels of the heart; and then shall every man have praise of God'." |
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| Book
XIV, Paraphrase by Nonnos (c.450). Translated into English by Tony Prost. Home Page includes historical and
literary notes. |
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Chapter XI, Historia Calamitatusm: The Story of My Misfortunes,
Pierre Abélard
/ Peter Abelard, c. 1140. |
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"The
Self-Communication of God," John 14:23, Meister Eckhart. |
| From the Geneva Notes.
| "Christ's power is not only shown within his own person, but it is spread
through the body of his entire Church." |
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| From
Matthew
Henry's Commentary.
| "Whatever we ask in Christ's name, that shall be for our good, and suitable
to our state, he shall give it to us." |
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| From Wesley's Notes.
| "Greater works than these shall he do - So one apostle wrought
miracles merely by his shadow, Acts 5:15; another by handkerchiefs carried
from his body, Acts 19:12; and all spake with various tongues. But the
converting one sinner is a greater work than all these." |
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| "The
Personality of the Holy Ghost," John 14:16,17, Charles H. Spurgeon,
1855. |
| "The
Comforter," John 14:26, Charles H. Spurgeon, 1855. |
| "Christ
Manifesting Himself to His People," John 14:22, Charles H. Spurgeon,
1855. |
| From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
| "I will come to you--"I come" or "am coming"
to you; that is, plainly by the Spirit, since it was to make His departure to be no
bereavement." |
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| "Life
in Christ," John 14:19, Charles H. Spurgeon, 1871. |
| The
Absent Present Christ, Alexander MacLaren, c. 1880.
| "'I come to you.' 'Then, and only then, will you cease to be desolate and
orphans. My presence will change everything and turn winter into glorious summer'
." |
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| From The People's
New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
| "Those who believe shall have power given to do works, in some respects
greater; not greater miracles, but to effect greater moral and spiritual
revolutions." |
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| "Sharing Christ's
Life," John 14:19, Charles H. Spurgeon, 1914. |
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
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Comments
(commentary) and
Clippings
(technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican
Diocese of Montreal. |
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"First
Thoughts on Year C Gospel Passages in the Lectionary: Pentecost,"
William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
| "Whether in the company of Jesus or, in his
absence, in the company of the Spirit, what ultimately matters is
recognising God’s action and becoming part of it. All else is
subordinate to that." |
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"'Peace I Leave with You,' War & Conflicts," Resources for Prophetic
Worship, Speaking to North Carolina Justice Issues, North Carolina Council
of Churches. |
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Laterally Luke, by
Brian McGowan, Anglican priest in Western Australia. |
| Exegetical
Notes by Brian Stoffregen at CrossMarks Christian
Resources.
| "Sometimes the Presence can
seem very close and other times we may feel forsaken. It is to be
noted that our feelings do not determine the reality of the Presence
in our lives, but they do affect our perception of reality." |
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"'If You
Ask Me Anything in My Name, I Will Do It!'"
Jerry Goebel, One
Family Outreach. "Focus on scripture from a justice perspective." Exegesis, study, and teen study
and activities.
| "Jesus would have
probably used the Hebrew term for name, “shem [HSN8034],” a legal and
binding term which carried a great deal of weight with the nomadic tribes
in the era of the Patriarchs. Your name was the accumulated testimony of
your character, which bore enough weight to cement political and economic
agreements between nations. A person was literally “as good as his name.”" |
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"The Spirit in
John," Expository Essay,
John 14:8-17, Dr. William R. Long.
Part 2.
| "Rather than healing or powerful
sermons resulting from the presence of the Spirit (as in Acts), we have
here a quieter, more ruminative, more full-orbed view of the Spirit in our
midst." |
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Kairos CoMotion Lectionary Discussion,
John 14:8-17, (25-27), Wesley White. "A place of
conversation regarding Progressive Christianity." |
| "Help
for Troubled Hearts (John 13:31 - 14:31)," by J. Hampton Keathley III at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
| "People
everywhere want peace, do they not? But they are looking for it in all the wrong
places." |
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| "Facing
the Future: A Prescription for Peace (John 14)," by Robert Deffinbaugh at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
| "He urged them
to consider the final chapter of history before drawing hasty conclusions about the events
of the immediate future." |
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| "Testify!"
analysis and reflections by Robin Morgan, in Sabbatheology by The Crossings
Community of St Louis, Missouri.
| "Set free by the truth of the Lord
and the Spirit, we are empowered to testify to the Word made flesh, the Word which comes
from our lips to the ears and hearts of those who have not yet heard (or even if they had,
to hear it again)." |
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Reflection on
John 14:8-17, Rev. Tom Harries. At Environmental Reflections, Lectionary Year A,
Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota, Environmental Stewardship Commission.
| "Don't’ forget that Creation
is redeemed and sanctified along with humanity according to Paul." |
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"First
Thoughts on Year A Gospel Passages in the Lectionary: Easter
6,"
William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia, 2002.
| "The passage is framed by human anxiety
about the absence of Jesus and ultimately about the absence of God (14:1;
14:27). It does not deny the anxiety and distress, but offers a promise of
presence and sense of meaning embedded in sharing God’s life and
participating in God’s action in the world, recognisable by its
‘Jesus-shape’." |
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Exegesis,
Easter 6A,
by Richard Donovan at lectionary.org.
| "It is easy to
judge whether one has been faithful to a particular Torah law, but how can
one claim to have fulfilled the demands of love? " |
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The Promise/Works of the Paraclete, Easter
to Trinity with the Gospel of John: Bearing Witness to the Father, Son, and
Holy Spirit, Paul S. Berge, Word & World Texts in Context, Luther
Northwestern Theological Seminary, 1995.
| "Jesus' words
promise that God's living presence in this world remains as always." |
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"The Command to Love," Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com: A Catholic
Resource for This Sunday's Gospel. Adult Study, Children's Story, Family
Activity, Support Materials.
| "How do we know we
are loved?" |
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| Articles & Background:
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"Worship in
the Fourth Gospel: A Cultural Interpretation of John 14-17," Jerome H.
Neyrey, Biblical Theology Bulletin, 2006.
| "...the personnel of worship are
clearly defined: the Patron Father who bestows benefaction on his clients
by means of Jesus, the Broker. Jesus, in turn, brokers the concerns of the
clients to the Patron. Finally, the household with many rooms is not space
out of the world, but relationships brokered by Jesus." |
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"The
Actualization of Christ's Achievement in our Historical Existence: Breaking Out of the New
Babylonian Captivity," Herman C. Waetjen. At
Religion On-Line. (The fulfillment of the
promise of John 14:12)
| "Not only has the church subjected
its members to a hierarchical relationship of dependency vis a vis the Christ that would
preclude the actualization of such a divine potentiality, but as a participant in the
culture of the Western world, the church has been captive to a five-hundred-year
trajectory of material rationality that has eclipsed the reality of
possibility." |
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| "The
Holy Spirit: A Folk Perspective," Henry H. Mitchell at The
Living Pulpit.
| "Despite all the spontaneity
connected with my African American heritage, a great majority of us
have never been guilty of what has been called over-subjectivity. We
have traditional safeguards, spoken and unspoken, against this kind
of excess. I invite you to consider these safeguards now as basic
ingredients of a folk doctrine of the Holy Spirit." |
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| "The Sociology of
Secrecy and the Fourth Gospel." Jerome H. Neyrey, in What Is John? Vol.
II: Literary and Social Readings of the Fourth Gospel, 79-109. F. Segovia, ed.
Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1998.
| "Once we start to pull back the veil, we notice numerous instances
of hiding-revealing, secrecy, ambiguity and even lying. The following is an attempt to
catalogue the primary and related instances of secrecy and "information control"
in the document." |
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"Wind,
Wind," a reflection on the Spirit by William Loader, Murdoch
University, Uniting Church in Australia. |
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"The 'Greater
Works' of the Believer according to John 14:12," Dr. Andreas J.
Koestenberger, Didaskalia, 1995. |
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| Articles in
ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are
subscribed and logged in to
ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
| Anderson, Paul N.,
"The Having-Sent-Me Father: Aspects of Agency, Encounter, and Irony in the
Johannine Father-Son Relationship," Semeia, 1999. |
| Bock, Darrell,
"Dribbling Circles around Jesus," Christianity Today, 2006. |
| D'Angelo, Mary Rose,
"Imitating Deity in the Gospel of John: Theological Language and 'Father' in
'Prayers of Jesus'," Semeia, 1999. |
| Fee, Gordon D.,
"Expository Article: John 14:8-17," Interpretation, 1989. |
| Köstenberger, Andreas
J.,
"The 'Greater Works' of the Believer according to John 14:12,"
Didaskalia, 1995. |
| O'Day, Gail R.,
"'Show Us the Father, and We Will Be Satisfied' (John 14:8)," Semeia,
1999. |
| Segovia, Fernando F.,
"The Structure, Tendenz, and Sitz im Leben of John
13:31-14:31," Journal of Biblical Literature, 1985. |
| Somerville, James G.,
"Who Will Take Care of Us?" The Christian Century, 1998. |
| Taylor, Barbara Brown,
"God's Breath," Journal for Preachers, 2003. |
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| Reviews:
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Review:
L. Scott Kellum, The Unity of the Farewell
Discourse: The Literary Integrity of John 13.31-16.33.
T&T Clark, 2004. Review by Joseph Matos in SBL's Review of Biblical
Literature. |
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Review:
George L. Parsenios, Departure and Consolation: The Johannine Farewell
Discourse in Light of Greco-Roman Literature. Brill, 2005. Review by Jan
van der Watt, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007. |
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| Sermons:
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"A New Way to Live - The Spirit's Way,"
Hubert Beck /
"You Haven't Seen Anything Yet," David Zersen, Pentecost, May 27,
2007, Goettinger Predigten: Every Sunday
Sermons based on the RCL by a team of Lutheran theologians/ pastors. |
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"The Holy
Spirit," Sigurd Grindheim, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. |
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"Claim the
Promise," Maxie Dunnam, 30 Good Minutes, Chicago Sunday Evening
Club. |
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"Doing Greater
Things," The Rev. Dr. Tony Campolo, 30 Good Minutes, Chicago
Sunday Evening Club, 1996.
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"God Will Give Us Anything If We Ask in Jesus' Name?"
Easter 6 (St. Philip & St James, Apostles) - 1 May 2005, Hubert Beck, Göttinger Predigten im Internet: Every Sunday Sermons based on the
RCL by a team of Lutheran theologians/ pastors. |
| The Cure for Heart Trouble - John 14:1-14, Ray C. Stedman.
Text or
Real Audio. |
| That Other Helper - John 14:15-31, Ray C. Stedman.
Text or
Real Audio. |
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| With Children:
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"Three In One,"
"Show Your Love,"
and "The
Security Blanket," Charles Kirkpatrick, Sermons4kids.com. |
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"Love in Twenty Questions,"
children's story by Larry Broding, word-sunday.com. |
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"The Greatest
Wish,"
"Trinity,"
Jim Kerlin, childrensermons.com. |
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Crossword on John
13 & 14, Don Crownover's Bible Puzzles. |
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| Drama:
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| Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
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| Hymns and Music:
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Contemporary/Praise Song suggestions, Together to Celebrate,
David MacGregor. |
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Hymns with Scripture
Allusions: John 14:8, 9, 13, 14, 16, 18, 21, 23, 26, 27. The Cyber Hymnal. |
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"His Spirit
Dwells in Me," Brenton Prigge, NewHymn, a
new, relevant hymn set to traditional tunes. |
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Hymnal
Scripture References, The Lutheran Hymnal, Lutheran Worship. |
| At Digital Hymnal (midi files, guitar chords, karaoke
files, projection text):
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| Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's
Art Index: |
| Movies scenes with the following themes,
listed at The Text This Week's Movie Concordance: |
| Study Links and Resources for the
Book of John |
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