John Chapter 1 Bible Study

 Beloved in Christ,

God bless you for staying in the Arising Forum Group over the past year and spending the time to read the weekly Chapters of the Book of Proverbs as an ‘ice-breaker’ into our journey of New Believers who have accepted Jesus Christ as their Saviour and Lord.

Bible Studies Questions for John Chapter 1

1.1) In the first verse of the chapter, what beginning does the writer refer to? In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God’. (John 1:1)

1.2) Can you name another passage in the Bible which makes mention of the phrase, ‘In the beginning’? (John 1:1)

1.3) In the beginning was the Word….What Word is the writer referring to that was with God and at the same time was God? (John 1:1)

2.1) Who does “He” refer to?... 2 He was in the beginning with God. (John 1:2)

2.2) Why was it important that “He” was in the beginning with God? (John 1:2)

All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. (John 1:3)

3.1) Who does “Him” refer to? (John 1:3)

Now let us relate to this verse 3 to our everyday lives. There is the business Creator/Founder/Owner called God, and He created (or formed/founded) a world company called, the earth. This Same Creator/Founder/Owner made Himself available as AGENT so that anyone who needs a ‘free service’ could easily reach the business Owner through the AGENT.

3.2) Who is an Agent and what are the important roles of the Agent?

3.3) Do you know of any Bible passage/s which talk about the AGENT referred to in this verse? 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. (John 1:3)

3.5) What was used to make all things through Him? (John 1:3)

3.6) What lessons can you learn from this verse when you carefully read Proverbs Chapter 8 | Hebrews 1 v 2 and Psalm 33 v 6? (John 1:3)

All…………………….. and without Him nothing was made that was made.

3.7) What does this statement prove about the One referred to as ‘HIM’? (John 1:3). How does this declaration in this verse 3 relate to the statements in Hebrews 3 v 4 | Isaiah 40 v 12, 28; 41 v 4 and Jeremiah 10 v 11, 12

In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 

4.1) What can you say about the qualities of the “Life” and the “Light” described in this verse? (John 1:4). (Cross reference in John 5 v 26)

4.2) Throughout the Bible what does ‘Light’ refer to? (John 1:4). What does ‘light’ refer to intellectually? (Cross reference in Psalm 119 v 105; Proverbs 6 v 23)

4.3) Throughout the Bible what does ‘darkness’ refer to? What does ‘darkness’ refer to intellectually? (Cross reference in Psalm 119 v 105; Proverbs 6 v 23)

5) What shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it? (John 1:5)

6) For what purpose was John sent from God to bear witness of the light? (John 1:6-7)

7) Who was the light, but was sent to bear witness of the light? (John 1:6-9)

8) Finish this quote, “He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world ______ ______ ______,” (John 1:10)

9) He came unto his own. How did they treat him according to John? (John 1:11)

10) What light every man coming unto the world? (John 1:9)

11.a) Those that did receive and believe Jesus when he came was given power to become what? (John 1:12)

11.b). If a person asked you how he could become a Christian, what would you say? What are the advantages to using John’s approach in 1:12? (John 1:12)

12) Those that received and believed on the name of Jesus when he came were born of God. Name three things of which they were not born of. (John 1:12-13)

13) In what form was the word made (2) and the word then could dwell where? (John 1:14)

14) When John wrote of the word becoming flesh and dwelling among us he wrote, we beheld his glory, and the glory as of the only what of the Father? (John 1:14)

15) Give two things the word was full of when he was made flesh and dwelled among men. (John 1:14)

16) Who bare witness and cried, “This was he of whom I spoke, and he that cometh after me I preferred before me; for he was before me.” (John 1:15)

17) The law given by whom and by who came grace and truth? (John 1:17)

18) Who only has seen God? (John 1:18)

19) No man hath seen whom at any time? (John 1:18)

20) Who is in the bosom of the Father? (John 1:18)

21) Give two groups of people the Jews sent from Jerusalem to ask John who he was. (John 1:19)

22) Give three persons John denied being to the priest and Levites from Jerusalem. (John 1:19-20)

23) John told the priest and Levites from Jerusalem, “I am the voice of one crying where and make straight what.” (John 1:19-24)

24) When John denied being Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet, what was he doing that puzzled his questioners? (John 1:25)

25) How unworthy did John profess to be when compared to the one who comes after him and is preferred before him? (John 1:27)

26) With what did John baptize? (John 1:26)

27) Give the place, beyond Jordan where John was baptizing, when he was questioned by the priests and Levites if he were Christ, Elias or that prophet. (John 1:28)

28) Quote John’s words when he saw Jesus approaching the next day after priest and Levites from Jerusalem questioned his identity. (John 1:29)

29) (T or F) John came baptising with water in order to make Jesus know to Israel. (John 1:31)

30) John saw what descending from Heaven like a dove and He remained upon Him. (John 1:32)

31) John baptised with water. With what did Jesus baptise? (John 1:33)

32) When John saw the Spirit descending from Heaven like a dove and remaining on Jesus what conclusion did he reach? (John 1:34)

33) The next day after John baptised Jesus how many of his disciples stood with John as Jesus walked by when John said to them, “Behold the Lamb of God?” (John 1:35-36)

34) What does the word “Rabbi” means according to verse 38? (John 1:38)

35) When Jesus asked John’s two disciples why they were following him after John had told them “Behold the Lamb of God “what reason did they give? (John 1:38)

36) Give the hour John’s two disciples started their visit at Jesus’s home. (John 1:39)

37) Andrew was one of the two of John’s disciples who visited in Jesus’s home, who was Andrew’s brother? (John 1:40)

38) What does the word “Messiah” means according to verse 41? (John 1:41)

39) When Andrew brought his brother Simon Peter to Jesus what name does Jesus give Simon the son of Jons? (John 1:42)

40) What does “Cephas” mean under interpretation? (John 1:42)

41) Give three apostles who were of the city of Bethsaida. (John 1:44)

42) The next day after Jesus told Simon he would be called Cephas Jesus went into Galilee, who did he find and said to him “follow me?” (John 1:43)

43) To whom did Phillip say, “We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph?” (John 1:45)

44) Who said, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” (John 1:46)

45) Who said and of whom, “Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!.” (John 1:47)

46) Who did Jesus see under a fig tree and caused him to confess, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.” (John 1:48-49)

47) Who said to Nathanael, “__________ hereafter ye shall see Heaven open, and the Angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.” (John 1:51)

Jesus answered and said to him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.”

 

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The Eternal Word

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ² He was in the beginning with God. ³ All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. ⁴ In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. ⁵ And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

John’s Witness: The True Light

⁶ There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. ⁷ This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might believe. ⁸ He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. ⁹ That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world.

¹⁰ He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. ¹¹ He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. ¹² But as many as received Him, to them He gave the ^[e]right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: ¹³ who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

The Word Becomes Flesh

¹⁴ And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.

¹⁵ John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.’ ”

¹⁶ And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace. ¹⁷ For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. ¹⁸ No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.

A Voice in the Wilderness

¹⁹ Now this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”

²⁰ He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.”

²¹ And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?”

He said, “I am not.”

“Are you the Prophet?”

And he answered, “No.”

²² Then they said to him, “Who are you, that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?”

²³ He said: “I am

‘The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
“Make straight the way of the Lord,” ’

as the prophet Isaiah said.”

²⁴ Now those who were sent were from the Pharisees. ²⁵ And they asked him, saying, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”

²⁶ John answered them, saying, “I baptize with water, but there stands One among you whom you do not know. ²⁷ It is He who, coming after me, ^[i]is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose.”

²⁸ These things were done in Bethabara beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

The Lamb of God

²⁹ The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! ³⁰ This is He of whom I said, ‘After me comes a Man who is preferred before me, for He was before me.’ ³¹ I did not know Him; but that He should be revealed to Israel, therefore I came baptizing with water.”

³² And John bore witness, saying, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and He remained upon Him. ³³ I did not know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘Upon whom you see the Spirit descending, and remaining on Him, this is He who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ ³⁴ And I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.”

The First Disciples

³⁵ Again, the next day, John stood with two of his disciples. ³⁶ And looking at Jesus as He walked, he said, “Behold the Lamb of God!”

³⁷ The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus. ³⁸ Then Jesus turned, and seeing them following, said to them, “What do you seek?”

They said to Him, “Rabbi” (which is to say, when translated, Teacher), “where are You staying?”

³⁹ He said to them, “Come and see.” They came and saw where He was staying, and remained with Him that day (now it was about the tenth hour).

⁴⁰ One of the two who heard John speak, and followed Him, was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. ⁴¹ He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated, the Christ). ⁴² And he brought him to Jesus.

Now when Jesus looked at him, He said, “You are Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas” (which is translated, A Stone).

Philip and Nathanael

⁴³ The following day Jesus wanted to go to Galilee, and He found Philip and said to him, “Follow Me.” ⁴⁴ Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. ⁴⁵ Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found Him of whom Moses in the law, and also the prophets, wrote—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

⁴⁶ And Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?”

Philip said to him, “Come and see.”

⁴⁷ Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him, and said of him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!”

⁴⁸ Nathanael said to Him, “How do You know me?”

Jesus answered and said to him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.”

⁴⁹ Nathanael answered and said to Him, “Rabbi, You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”

⁵⁰ Jesus answered and said to him, “Because I said to you, ‘I saw you under the fig tree,’ do you believe? You will see greater things than these.” ⁵¹ And He said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, here after you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.”