Go back and Read John 2:18-25 below in the Amplified Topical Reference BIBLE copyright 2006.
Then the Jews retorted, What sign can You show us, seeing You can do these things? [What sign , token , indication can You give us as evidence that You have authority and are commissioned to act in this way?] Jesus, answered them, Destroy (undo) this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again? Then the Jews replied, It took forty-six years to build this temple (sanctuary) and will You raise it up in three days? But He had spoken of the temple which was His body. When therefore He had risen from the dead, His disciples remembered that He said this. And so they believed and trusted and relied on the scripture and the word Jesus had spoken.
Define Retorted from an English dictionary and then in your own words discuss how this word is used in this passage of scripture and Why?
Read Psalm 16:10 and Acts 13:35 and explain how these two passages relate to John 2:18-22?
John 2:23-25 Amplified Topical Reference Bible
But when He was in Jerusalem during the Passover Feast, many believed in His name (identified themselves with His party) after seeing His signs (wonders and miracles) which He was doing. But Jesus for [ His part] did not trust Himself to them, because He knew all {men}; And He did not need anyone to bear witness concerning man [need no evidence from anyone about men] For He Himself knew what was in human nature. [ He could read men’s hearts].
List the miracles that were done around or during the Passover Feast in any of the following : Matthew, Mark, Luke or in John and the passage references below:
Read 1st Samuel 16:7 and discuss how this verse relates to John 2:25?
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