Questions to ask as you read chapter 1 of the Gospel of John
1A:
Who is the Word?
The universe was created through whom?
What is the “Word of God”?
Why is Jesus the light of the world?
What is “the darkness”?
1B:
Who were “His Own”?
Are all humans “Children of God”?
What do we as Christians believe?
Why can we not physically see God?
1C:
Who was John the Baptist?
Why did he come to the Jewish people?
1D:
What is the significant of the lamb to Old Testament Israel?
When John the Baptist sees Jesus and says “Behold the Lamb of God” who is he talking to and what is he telling them? What is a Rabbi and what type of Rabbi was Jesus of Nazareth?
What time was the Tenth hour?
1E:
Why does the writer of John use “the next day” for the third time in this beginning passage?
Who was Nathanael?
What is Jacob’s Ladder?