| Using
Greek for Sunday Text Preparations
Exegetical
Considerations
John 1:29-42
2nd
Sunday after Epiphany/ January 20, 2002
1.
How do verses 6-8,15,19-28 serve as the backdrop for this text?
a.
In the 4th gospel, what is to be the entire mission of
John the Baptist?
b.
How is John’s baptismal activity related to this mission?
2.
How do vv. 29 and 35 echo Exodus 12:1-13; Isaiah 53:7?
a.
In the Passover tradition how is the sacrificial lamb related to
liberation more than forgiveness?
b.
How does this relate to John’s theology of Jesus as the lamb of
God?
c.
How do these verses get played out in John’s passion narrative in
19:31-37?
3.
What are the verb tenses and the significance of that tense of the
following verbs:
a.
gegonen (v. 30)?
b.
tetheamai (v. 32)?
c.
heraka (v. 34)?
d.
memartureka (v. 34)?
e.
heurekamen (v. 41)?
4.
What is the significance of the two-fold use of ouk
eidein in vv. 31,33?
5.
What is the significance of the four-fold use of meno
in vv. 32,38,39?
a.
How does meno
function on both literal and theological planes in vv. 38-39?
b.
How does this relate to the subsequent uses of meno
in 8:12; 10:4,27; 12:26; 15:1-11?
6.
How does v. 32 echo Isaiah 11:2?
7.
What is the significance of the fact that in the 4th
gospel Jesus is never baptized by John?
a.
Of what does Jesus’ baptism consist in this scene?
b.
How will v. 33 be played out in 20:19-23?
8.
What are 5 significant aspects of John’s witness of Jesus in vv.
29-35?
9.
What is the significance of Jesus issuing an invitation to the two
people in v. 39 rather than answering their question of v. 38?
10.
What is the significance of the two-fold use of heurisko
in vv. 41-42?
a.
How does that relate to the nature of discipleship in this gospel?
11.
According to the United States constitution, a newly elected
president shall be inaugurated on January 20.
a.
What is being inaugurated in this text?
b.
How does this text serve as an inauguration into discipleship?
12. What are the contours of discipleship
according to this text?
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