Posts from 2017

Posts from 2017

The Woman Caught in Adultery: Why We Aren’t Preaching It

The Woman Caught in Adultery As we arrive at the end of John 7 in our sermon series, we find a story that, in the ESV it is set apart through [[double brackets]] and an editorial note: “The earliest manuscripts do not include 7:53-8:11”, to which there is attached a footnote: “Some manuscripts do not include 7:53-8:11; others add the passage here or after 7:36 or after 21:25 or after Luke 21:38, with variations in the text.”  This is an…

The Feast of Booths

The Feast of Booths (or Tabernacles) As we make our way through the Gospel of John, we approach chapter 7, where we’ll find our Lord in the context of a particular Jewish feast, the Feast of Tabernacles.  What is this feast?  What’s it all about? Well, it’s one of the 3 major festivals that Israelite males were expected to attend.  It comes at the time of the fruit harvest.  Grapes and olives would be in abundance.  Most of the festivals were…