Week V John 2:12-25, Jesus Cleanses the Temple, Tuesday, June 5

Major topics:
• Brothers of Jesus
• Passover, Temple in Jerusalem
• Angry Jesus
• “evil” Business

Brothers of Jesus?
• http://catholic.com/library/Brethren_of_the_Lord.asp
CCC 501

Passover



• What is Passover? What do you know about it?
-Ex 12: 1-51
-Korban Pesac: "Paschal Lamb"
-Matzo: unleaven bread
-Removal of chametz
-Maror: bitter herbs
-Recounting the Exodus
-The Four Cups of wine
-CCC 1334, 1340

Temple in Jerusalem
• What do you know about it?
-1 kings 8:1-30
-1st Temple: build by Solomon, 10th century BC, destroyed by the Babylonians, 586 BC
-2nd Temple: built after Cyrus allowed the Jews to return from the Babylonian captivity, completed in 516 BC.
-3rd stage of the Temple: Around 19 BC, Herod the Great began a massive renovation and expansion of the Second Temple Complex. The Temple itself was torn down and a new one built in its place.
The Second Temple was destroyed by Roman Empire troops under general Titus in 70 AD.
-3rd Temple?: Ever since the Second Temple's destruction, a prayer for the construction of a new Third Temple has been a formal part of the thrice daily Jewish prayer services. However, the question of whether and when to construct the Third Temple is disputed both within the Jewish community and without. The physical location of the historic Temple is believed to be occupied by the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock.

John 2:15
• why did they need to change money?
-Deut 16:1-2, 5-6, Lev 5:7
-Exodus 30:11-16
• Where did they do these?
-Isaiah 56:6-7



John 2:16-17
• How did Jesus refer to the Temple? What did he imply?
-John 5:18; 10:29-33
• Why does John quote from Psalm 69?
-Psalm 69 1-21

John 2:18
• How did the Jews react? What did the Jews think of Jesus?
-Zechariah 14:21, mal 3:1-3
• Did Jesus give them a sign?

John 2:19-22
• What does Jesus mean when he says that he will destroy the Temple and raise it up in 3 days? What do the Jews think he means?
-CCC 593
• After the Resurrection, what did the disciples remember? What did they do?
John 20:30-31

John 2: 24
• Why did not Jesus Trust them? What do we learn about human nature?
-CCC 401
• What kind of faith does God require of us?
-CCC 1814, 1815

“evil” Business
• Was Jesus against the Temple? What was He against?
-CCC 583, 584, 586
• Are money, business, enterprise evil? What’s the Christian attitude?
-1 Tim 5:8, Deut 8:18, 1 Thess 4:11, 2 Thess 3:8-12
-CCC 2426-28

Angry Jesus?
• How does this aggressive Jesus fit the picture of “meek and mild Jesus”?
-1 Peter 4:17-18
• How does this apply to our Christian lives?
-CCC 1695

Advance questions
• Basing on the historical background the Gospel (~90 AD), what do you think John was thinking about when he wrote about the Temple?
-John 14:26
• Why did the evangelist put this story between the wedding and Nicodemus?

Week IV John 2:1-11, Wedding at Cana

Tuesday, May 22

Major Topics
Writing Style of John
Mary, the second Eve
Jesus vs Moses
Wine or Grape Juice?
Sacrament of Marriage

Writing Style of John
How many parables John used in this Gospel?
Chiastic structure is a literary structure which comprises concepts or ideas in an order ABC…CBA so that the first concept that comes up is also the last, the second is the second to last, and so on.
Number

John 2:1
“Third day”? What does it remind you? Why did John put this sign on the 3rd day?
-New creation,
How did John refer to Mary?

John 2:3
What did Mary do in such situation?
-To intercede is to go or come between two parties, to plead before one of them on behalf of the other.
-"Mediation" means a standing in the midst between two (contending) parties, for the purpose of bringing them together
-invocation: a form of prayer invoking God's presence

John 2:4
How did Jesus react to Mom’s request? Was Jesus angry at Mom’s request?
-Luke 8:28
What does “my Hour” mean?

John 2:5
What did Mary do? Did she expect a miracle?
How does the Church view the “ministry” of Mary? What do her life and example teach us?
-CCC 494

Mary, the Second Eve
How did Jesus call her? Where else did He call this way? Did John make a mistake?
-Gen 3:15, Rev 12:1-6, CCC2618
What’s Mary’s relationship with Jesus?
-CCC 964, 969

John 2:6
What were the stone water pots for? How many were they?
-Num19:9, Mark 7:2-5
Why did John emphasize the function of the pots?
-John 1:17

John 2:7-11
What did Jesus told them to do? What did they do?
-John 1:16
What does John call this miracle?
-Sign: an appeal to intelligence, and expresses the purpose or final cause of the miracle.

Jesus vs Moses
John 1:17
-1st sign: turn water into blood (Ex 7:20)
-container: everything (even stone pots) (Ex 7:19)
-results: fish dead, no fit for drinking (Ex 7:21)

Marriage Feast
What future event the marriage feast might point forward to?
-CCC2618, 1244 Rev 19:7-9

Wine or Grape Juice?
Theology of wine
-“where there is no wine, there’s no joy”
What’s the Catholic attitude toward wine?
-CCC2290

Sacrament of Marriage
What John 2 teach us about Jesus’ attitude toward marriage?
-CCC1613
Catholic teaching about marriage
-CCC 372,1603, 1660

Week III, May 8

John 1:19-51

Major topics:
•Theology of Lamb
•Baptism Of Jesus
•Holy Spirit
•Peter the Rock
•Discipleship, Evangelism

John 1:19
• “Jews”? Is John anti-Semitic?
• The words “testify” or “Witness” were used 46 times in John. Why so often? How did early Christians witness Christ?
– CCC 2473

John 1:19-34
• Who’s John the Baptist?
– CCC 523, 1286

Theology of Lamb
• What are the significance of lamb in Old Testament?
– Leviticus 4:32-34, 5:6
– Exodus 12:3-11, Numbers 19:11-12
– Isaiah 53: 6-7
• What about NT?
– Rev. 5:6,8,12…

Theology of Lamb
• Jesus as Paschal Lamb?
– redemption of men
– sacrifice of the New Covenant
• Where do your hear John 1:29 outside Bible? Why?
– CCC 1367

Baptism of Christ
• Christ is sinless, why he needed baptism?
– CCC536, 1286
– Acceptance, inauguration, love
• How did Holy Spirit manifest itself in the Bible/ Church?
– CCC 1302-3,951

John 1:35-51
• What’s Jesus’ last name? (hint: not Christ)
– Messiah (Hebrew): Anointed one
– Christ (Greek): Anoint one
• What kind of people Jesus chose as apostles? Why?
– 1 Cor 1:26-29

Peter the Rock
• What’s the language Jesus was using?
• Who else got their names changed in Bible?

Discipleship, Evangelism
• What does Disciple mean?
– CCC 2233,1816
• How did Jesus approach discipleship/ evangelism?
• How did St Andrew react to the good news?
– CCC 848

John 1:47-51
• Any story about Jacob?
– Gen 28:11-18, 22
• Son of Man
– Daniel 7:13-14