20:8 - he saw and believed - What did they see that caused them to believe? I have always taken it to be the way the strips of cloth and the cloth that had been around Jesus was laying. If Jesus had not really been dead and fought His way out of the clothes they would have been everywhere, but if He was resurrected by God they might have been laying just as the body had been, but without the body.
20:19/21/26 - Peace be with you. - What is it Jesus is trying to help us see that He says this three times and always as His first thing?
20:22 - Then he breathed on them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit." - The disciples did not have the Holy Spirit indwelling (living inside of them) up until this time. The next time you see the Holy Spirit coming on the disciple sit is at Pentecost and this time it the Spirit coming on them for miraculous gifts.
20:29 - You believe because you have seen me. Blessed are those who believe without seeing me.
20:31 - But these are written SO THAT you may continue to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing in him you will have life by the power of his name. - What is it we are supposed to believe? Jesus is the Messiah. Jesus is the Son of God. These should lead us to a powerful life in His name. If you do not have a powerful lif ein Christ you have a belief problem.
21:15-17 - Jesus obviously asked Peter 3 times as a reference back to the three times Peter denied Him, but I think this was redemptive and not punitive. I think Jesus did it to help Peter see he was completely restored in Jesus' eyes.
21:19 - by what kind of death he would glorify God. - God can be glorified in our living and our dying.
I never caught the Follow me. to Peter before. I am not sure it has more significance than any other place Jesus said it, but it just struck me that it was there. Maybe the significance is that Jesus was letting Peter know he got in trouble the first time by not following Jesus and now he needs to get back to following.
21:25 - Jesus also did many other things. If they were all written down, I suppose the whole world could not contain the books that would be written. - I have always loved this statement. It is just filled with admiration for Jesus and all He did. It reminds me of a little kid talking about how His dad could have run 1,000 miles.
Love, Michael
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