John 20:11-31 Dear RTB’ers, Each of the four gospels reports Jesus’ Resurrection appearances. Mary Magdalene is the one Resurrection appearance reported in all four gospels. Today we have the most personal account of Jesus appearing to her and of her reporting back to the disciples. Surprisingly, John is quite detailed in reporting their meeting, he …
Category Archives: RTB 2025 – Search the Scriptures, Part 2
November 13 / John 19:38-20:10
John 19:38-20:10 Dear RTB’ers, As I was putting together the reading list for this month I thought it curious that the STS authors would combine the end of chapter 19, Jesus’ burial, with the beginning of chapter 20, the Resurrection. As I am reading it today, I see that these readings are not at all …
November 12 / John 19:17-37
John 19:17-37 Dear RTB’ers, Yesterday’s reading was about Jesus being flogged and taunted and delivered over to be crucified. I offered no personal comments, instead asking that you read those verses a couple of times and do your own reflecting. Today we read of Jesus’ Crucifixion and I ask the same as yesterday, that you …
November 11 / John 18:28-19:16
John 18:28-19:16 Dear RTB’ers, No comments today, folks. But I do ask that you read these verses a couple of times in different translations and that do your own reflecting. Blessings! See also:
November 10 / John 18:1-27
John 18:1-27 Dear RTB’ers, It’s good that we have four gospel writers, especially when John is so different from the other three. A couple of items on that… First, John does not go into Jesus’ agony in the Garden of Gethsemane, even though he was one of the three who went forward with Jesus. To …
November 9 / John 17 #2
John 17 Dear RTB’ers, John 17, Jesus praying for Himself, His disciples, and us…! After teaching and speaking with His disciples, Jesus took the time to speak with His Father, and John recorded His words for all of us to read centuries later. Personally, I am touched when I read this chapter; to me, it’s …
November 7 / John 16:16-33
John 16:16-33 Dear RTB’ers, One sentence, repeated three times in today’s reading, first by Jesus, then by His disciples, then again by Jesus: A little while, and you will see Me no longer; and again a little while, and you will see Me. (vv. 16, 17, 19b) After more words from Jesus, He finally says, …
November 6 / John 15:26-16:15
John 15:26-16:15 Dear RTB’ers, Today we have Jesus’ third and fourth mentions of the Holy Spirit. First, But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, He will bear witness about Me. (v. 15:26) Sent from the Father, the Spirit of truth, bearing …
November 5 / John 15:9-25
John 15:9-25 Dear RTB’ers, …whatever you ask the Father in My name, He may give it to you. (v. 16b) We read similar verses yesterday: Whatever you ask in My name, this I will do … If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it. (vv. 14:13-14) Those three words, in My …
November 4 / John 14:25-15:8
John 14:25-15:8 Dear RTB’ers, Yesterday we saw Jesus’ first mention of the Holy Spirit in John 14:16-17. Today we have a second mention, with the Holy Spirit mentioned as the Helper: But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I …