Study Desk

When the soldier saw what had happened, he thanked God. He said, "For sure, He was a good man."

This man did not agree with what the court did. He was from Arimathea, a city of the Jews. He was looking for the holy nation of God to come.

Jesus said to them, "What things?" They answered, "The things about Jesus of Nazareth. He was the great One Who spoke for God. He did powerful works and spoke powerful words in the sight of God and the people.

They spent all their time in the house of God honoring and giving thanks to God.

The Word (Christ) was in the beginning. The Word was with God. The Word was God.

He was with God in the beginning.

There was a man sent from God whose name was John.

He gave the right and the power to become children of God to those who received Him. He gave this to those who put their trust in His name.

These children of God were not born of blood and of flesh and of man's desires, but they were born of God.

The much-loved Son is beside the Father. No man has ever seen God. But Christ has made God known to us.

They asked him, "Then who are you? Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not!" Then they asked, "Are you the special One Who was to come to speak for God?" John said, "No."

They asked John again, "Then why do you baptize if you are not the Christ or Elijah or that special One Who was to come to speak for God?"

The next day John the Baptist saw Jesus coming to him. He said, "See! The Lamb of God Who takes away the sin of the world!

I did not know Him then. But God sent me to baptize with water. God said to me, ‘The Holy Spirit will come down and stay on Him. He is the One Who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.'

I saw this happen. I am now saying that Jesus is the Son of God."

Jesus walked by. John looked at Him and said, "See! The Lamb of God."

Nathanael said to Him, "Teacher, You are the Son of God. You are the King of the Jews."

He went into the house of God and found cattle and sheep and doves being sold. Men were sitting there changing money.

Jesus made a whip of small ropes. He used it to make them all leave the house of God along with the sheep and cattle. He pushed their money off the tables and turned the tables over.

Jesus answered them, "Destroy this house of God and in three days I will build it again."