Week XVI John John 7:1-14 Jesus Goes to the Feast of Tabernacles 3/4, Tues.

John 7:1
•When John refers to “the Jews”, to whom is it referring to?
-CCC 597
•Why were they trying to kill Him?

John 7:2
What is the “Feast of Tabernacles”? How many days did the feast last?
-Lev 23:33, 34-36 Neh 8:18

John 7:3-5
•What did His brothers ask him to do? Why?
•Did Brethren believe in him? Why do you think St John made such assessment?

Brethren, Apostle and Disciple
•Does this prove Mary had other children?
-CCC499, 500
•Who were the Brethren of Jesus?
-Mt 13:55 James, Joseph, Simon, and Jude
•What are the difference between Brethren, Apostle and Disciple?
-"Apostle": (Greek apostello) "to send forth", "to dispatch"
•What eventually happened with some brethren?
-Acts 1: 14

John 7: 6
•What does Jesus mean by saying “for my time has not yet fully come”?
•When did his time come?
-Jn 12:23 Mt 26:45-46

John 7:7
•What did the ‘world’ refer to?
-Jn1:10, 15:18-19

John 7:8-10
•Did Jesus lie to his Brethrens?
•How far away from Galilee?
•How would the brethrens travel?

John 7:11-12
•Why did people have different opinions about Jesus?

John 7:13
•Why were they afraid of the Jewish leaders?
-Jn 9:22

John 7:14
•Why do you think He waited until the middle of the feast?
•Did this contradict with Jesus’ early rejection?

Week XV John 6:60-71 Many Disciples Desert Jesus 2/19, Tues.

John 6:60-62
•Ascending to where? How would this help the listener understand these matters?
•Does Jesus, after death and resurrection, still possess his physical body?
- CCC 999-1000

John 6:63
•What did “the flesh” refer to?
-Jn 8:15
•What did “my flesh” refer to?
-Jn 6:51, 54, 55, 56
•What are the difference?
-Jn 1:13-14
•Can the fleshly mind or the carnal man understand the spiritual things of Jesus’ teaching? What is necessary to understand the spiritual meaning of Jesus’ words?
-CCC 687

Gnosticism
•What’s Gnosticism?
-CCC 285
•Did John 6:63 support a Gnostic understanding of the flesh?

John 6:64-65
•What most people there for?
-Jn 6:26

John 6:66
•Notice the reaction of the crowd, as Jesus gets more explicit and demanding
-Jn6:28, 41,52, 66
•This is the only case of disciples turning away from Christ over doctrinal issues. Why?

John 6:67-69
•What did Peter’s statement show about him?
•From St Peter’s answer, what came 1st, belief or knowing?
•Does this mean that Christian faith is anti-intellectual or irrational?
-CCC2500
•Why did Peter and the other apostles stay?
-Jn 17:8

John 6:70-71
•How did Jesus treat Judas? How did Jesus treat unbeliever?
-Jn 6:67
•What can we learn from that? How shall we deal with “traitors” or scandals?
-CCC827

Predestination
•Did Jesus “predestinated” Judas to betray him?
•What’s the Catholic understanding of Predestination?
-God infallibly foresees and immutably preordains from eternity all future events, all fatalistic necessity, however, being barred and human liberty remaining intact.

Advanced questions
•Let’s review and summarize John 6