Episode 262: In the beginning

John 1-2

The word became flesh

1 ¹ In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God.

³ He created everything that exists.

^9-12 Whoever receives the true light and believes in his name has the power to become a son of God.

¹⁴ And the word became flesh and lived among us and dwelt among us.

John the Baptist is not Elijah

¹⁹ The Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem who asked John, "Who are you?"

²⁰ John said, "I'm not Christ."

²¹ They said, “Well, who are you, then? Are you Elijah?”

²² John answered, "No."

The Lamb and Son of God (as witnessed by a dove)

²⁹ The next day, when John saw Jesus coming toward him, he said,

This is the lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.

³⁰ He's the who came before me and is better than me.

³² I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove and rest on him.

³³ I didn't know who he was until this happened. But the one who sent me to baptize said to me,

The one who the Spirit descends upon, is the one who will baptize with the Holy Ghost.

³⁴ So I'm sure this is the Son of God.

The first disciples

^35-37 The next day, two of John the Baptist's disciples followed Jesus.

⁴⁰ One was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.

⁴² Andrew brought Simon to Jesus, who said to him You are Simon. You'll be called Cephas [which means rock].

⁴³ The next day, Jesus went to Galilee and found Philip and said to him, "Follow me."

⁴⁵ Philip found Nathanael, and said to him, “We found Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

⁴⁶ Nathanael said, "Can anything good come from Nazareth?"

Philip said, "Come and see."

⁴⁷ When Jesus saw Nathanael, he said to him, “Here is a good Israelite.”

⁴⁸ Nathanael said, "How do you know me?" Jesus said, "Before Philip called you, I saw you sitting under a fig tree."

⁴⁹ Nathanael said, “You are the Son of God, the king of Israel.”

^50-51 Jesus said, “You believe because I said I saw you under the fig tree? You'll see greater things than that. You'll see heaven open and angels ascending and descending on the Son of man.”

The marriage at Cana (water into wine)

2 ¹ On the third day, there was a marriage in Cana. And Jesus's mother was there.

² Jesus and disciples were also invited.

³ When there was no more wine, Jesus's mother said to him, “They have no wine.”

⁴ Jesus said to her, “Woman, what do I have to do with you? It's not my time yet.”

⁵ His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you to do.”

⁷ Jesus said to them, “Fill the pots with water.”

⁹ So they filled the pots with water, and the water turned into wine. The master of the feast said to the bridegroom, “The good wine is usually served first while the guests are still sober, but you have saved the good wine for last.”

Jesus's temple tantrum

^13-14 Jesus went to Jerusalem for the Passover, and saw animals being sold for sacrifice in the temple.

¹⁵ He made a whip and drove them out of the temple, overturning the tables, and pouring the money on the floor.

¹⁸ The Jews said to him, “What sign can you show us to prove you should be doing these things?”

¹⁹ Jesus said, “Destroy this temple and in three days I'll raise it up again.”

²⁰ The Jews said, “It took forty-six years to build this temple. And you're going to rebuild it in three days?

²¹ But Jesus was talking about the temple of his body.

²² Later, when Jesus had risen from the dead, the disciples remembered that he said this and believed.