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Recap and Introduction

In John chapter 5 we saw clearly that Jesus revealed Himself to be equal with the Father.

There are three things we saw in chapter five.

First, we saw the Word of the Son.

Jesus, fulfilling Messianic prophecy, spoke to the man who had been sick for 38 years (in verse 8 of chapter 5),

It was by the power of Jesus’ word that the man was able to get up and walk.

Revealing what John had spoken of in chapter 1 about Jesus being the Word.

The One who was with God by whom all things were made.

Revealing what John had spoken of in chapter 1 about Jesus being the Word.

The One who was with God by whom all things were made.

What followed this was the reaction by the Jewish leaders.

Verses 16 and 18 show us how they felt about Christ.

The Jewish leaders here sought to kill Jesus because they thought that He had broken the Sabbath.

But the root problem was that they didn’t believe Him when speaking of Himself as equal with the Father.

The healing of the man at the pool revealed Jesus to be God because

Second, We saw the Work of the Son.

Second, We saw the work of the Son.

Jesus began to tell them about the work that has been given to Him by the Father.

Jesus showed His humility in verse 19 and then goes on the explain the work in verses 20-29.

He revealed that:

the Son gives life to whom he will

all judgment was given to the Son

19 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing.

For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise.

20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing.

And greater works than these will he show him, so that you may marvel.

21 For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he will.

22 For the Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son, 23 that all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father.

Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

24 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life.

He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.

25 “Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.

26 For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself.

27 And he has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man.

28 Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice 29 and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

the hearing of His words and belief in Him brings one to eternal life

He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.

25 “Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.

26 For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself.

27 And he has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man.

28 Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice 29 and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live

the Son has life in himself and He give life to whom He wills

the Son will execute judgment

the tombs will hear his voice and come out

those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment

Because of the accusations, Jesus would then prove by witnesses that He is who He said He was.

Third, We saw the Witness of the Son.

Again, Jesus humbly introduced Himself in verse 30 as One who sought, not His own will, but of the One who sent Him.

Namely, the Father.

There were four witnesses mentioned in the following verses from verse 31-47:

1. John the Baptist (vv.

31-35)

1. John the Baptist (vv.

31-35),

2. Jesus’ own works (v.

36)

3. The Father (vv.

32,37-38)

4. The Scriptures (v.

39), more specifically it was about what Moses wrote (vv.

45-47)

Chapter five, along with the preceding chapters, revealed clearly that Jesus is God and chapter 6 is no exception.

Chapter 6 is no exception.

It continues the theme of Jesus being the Christ.

The Son of God.

Which is what this whole account is about.

Always remember .

The feeding of the five thousand is recorded in all four gospels.

We see this in:

, and .

The miracles Jesus did prior to this were in fact Messianic and an exposure of His deity.

In the synoptic gospels (Matthew, Mark and Luke) the event prior to this happens to be the beheading of John the Baptist.

And in the gospels of Matthew, Mark and John we see Jesus withdrawing to the mountain by himself and following that is the on the sea.

Which is again, a revelation of His deity.

withdrew again to the mountain by himself.

A. T. Robertson, A Harmony of the Gospels (Bellingham, WA: Logos Bible Software, 2009), .

The miracle of feeding the Five Thousand is about provision.

But its not the provision that many have thought or preached.

Something here was provided and we cannot afford to miss what that was.

Outline

1.

The Setting (v.1 - 4)

2. The Miracle (v.5-13)

3. The Conclusion (v.14-15)

1.

The Setting (v.1 - 4)

Verse 1 After this Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias.

In chapter five Jesus was in Jerusalem.

And it was from there that He went away to travel to the Sea of Galilee.

Tiberias is mentioned by name only three times in the New Testament, and all three references come from the Gospel of John.

Tiberias sat west of the Sea of Galilee and it was about 73 miles north from Jerusalem.

Which would have been about a walk of about two days.

TIBERIAS A city on the southwest shore of the Sea of Galilee, founded by Herod Antipas during the lifetime of Jesus of Nazareth (Antiquities 18.33; Jensen, Herod Antipas in Galilee, 136).

During Jesus’ ministry, Tiberias functioned as the capital of Galilee.

It is also a possible candidate for the historical location of the imprisonment and death of John the Baptist.

Tiberias was founded by Herod Antipas during the lifetime of Jesus and Tiberias functioned as the capital of Galilee.

A city on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee (John 6:23), built ca.

A.D. 25 by Herod Antipas as the capital of his tetrarchy of Galilee and Perea and named for Emperor Tiberius.

Despite initial Jewish resistance to the establishment of the city because it was built on the site of a cemetery, it came to be dominated by Jews.

Tiberias had, nonetheless, a mixed populace and was an important center of Hellenism, governed according to Greek customs with a large council of six hundred members and a small council of ten.

Surrounded by a strong wall, the city had a synagogue, a palace, and a stadium.

The Sanhedrin relocated at Tiberios ca.

150, and from the second and third centuries the city was the major western center of Jewish learning.

Here the Palestinian Talmud was compiled and the Tiberian system of Hebrew vowel pointing devised.

Tiberias had a mixed population and it was an important center for the Greeks and their customs.