'Not being condemned' (3:18) 'not coming under judgment' (5:24) passing from death to life (5:24) living and never dying (11:25-26).'Not perishing' (3:16), but having 'eternal life'-already now, not just after physical death (3:15-16, 36 5:24 6:40, 47).Mary obeys and acts: вЂњMary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, 'I have seen the Lord' and she told them that he had said these things to her.вЂќ (20:18)Д) Results/Effects of Believing in Jesus and/or in God:.Jesus commissions Mary: вЂњGo to my brothers and say to them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.' вЂќ (20:17b).10:3-4, 27 - 'He calls his sheep by name they know his voice') Jesus calls her by name: ' Mary!' / Mary turns and says, in Hebrew, ' Rabbouni!' (20:16 cf.Jesus: ' Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?' / Mary: 'Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.' (20:15).She turns, sees Jesus, but doesnвЂ™t recognize him thinks heвЂ™s the gardener (20:14).Angels: ' Woman, why are you weeping?' / Mary: 'They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.' (20:13).Stands weeping outside the tomb looks inside and sees two angels (20:11-12).She goes to the tomb, sees the stone gone, runs to tell Peter & BD: вЂњThey have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.вЂќ (20:1-2).John 20: How Mary Magdalene interacts with the Risen Jesus:.The formerly blind man is a sinner they throw him out (9:34).They are disciples of Moses, but don't know where Jesus comes from (9:29).Anyone who confesses Jesus as Messiah would be put out of the synagogue (9:22).Some say Jesus is 'not from God,' since he breaks the Sabbath (9:16).John 9: What the Pharisees/Jews say about Jesus:.'If this man were not from God, he could do nothing' (9:33).'Do you also want to become his disciples?' (9:27).the Thomas story, 20:19-29 and the first conclusion to the Gospel: 20:30-31)Д¬) Examples of Increasing (or Decreasing) Faith Growing Acceptance (or Rejection) of Jesus the royal official from Capernaum (4:53) Martha (believes before Lazarus is raised, 11:27) later believers, down to today (cf.Those who believe even without seeing signs, on the basis of hearing the words of Jesus and/or other witnesses:.Those who encounter Jesus and come to believe in him, and are recognized as his disciples:.Nicodemus (3:1-10), some of 'the Jews' (12:42) the parents of the man born blind (9:18-23).Those who come to believe in Jesus, but are evidently afraid to acknowledge their faith publicly:.Those who hear Jesus' words and/or see his signs and begin to believe, but don't fully recognize Jesus' identity:.'the world' 'chief priests' most 'Jews' and Pharisees in the FG (12:37) even the 'brothers of Jesus' (7:5).Those who hear Jesus' words and/or see his signs, yet refuse to believe:.Opposites of 'believing' include 'not believing, not receiving, rejecting, denying, going away, not abiding, etc.'Д«) Possible Responses/Reactions to the Revelation of Jesus (with examples from the Fourth Gospel).Synonyms for 'believing' in John's Gospel include 'knowing, seeing, receiving, coming to, accepting, abiding, remaining, etc.'.Since believing involves relationship, an even better translation in English would be ' trusting' or ' entrusting oneself to.Believing is an action that one does, not an object or thing that one possesses thus, the translation ' believing' is better than 'having faith.'.In contrast to the Synoptics and Paul, John's Gospel never uses the noun ('faith, belief'), but only the verb ('to believe to trust').Verb: to believe, trust participle: believerДЄ) Introductory Comments on the Greek Vocabulary: 'To believe ' in the Fourth Gospel 'Believing' in the Fourth Gospel

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